Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10
THE NEW ARMY B![LPASSE5
Measure Which Revolutio1izes
Present Staff Arrangements.
SENATE DEBATE QUITE BRIEF.
Progress on suudry Civil Bni-President
Mckinley Names Several New onicers-
Dole as Governor of MANIFESTATIONS
to Go to Japan.

Washington, May THE session OF
the senate was rendered especially
notable by the passage, after debate
lasting only three hours, of the army
reorganization bill. In military cir
cIes the measure is regarded as one OF
the most important of the present ses-
sion. 1t practically reyolutionizes the
present staff arrangements of the
army. 1t proposes to change the pres
ent system of permanent appointments
in certain staff corps to one of detail
by a gradual process, as the officers
now in those corps go out OF active
service. AS vacancies occur in the
departments Of the Acknowledgement,
the inspector-general, quartermaster-
general and commissary-genera they
are to be filled by details from the line,
the details to be temporary and not
TO exceed four years. The new system
is not applied to the corps ofengineers,
medical department, pay department
or judge-advocate generals depart
ment. The bill discontinues the reg
mental organization of the artillery
ana eSldUllSutS al al IiiiCiy WI PS
two branches-viz., l26 batteries OF
coast artillery and eighteen batteries
of field artillery, with total OF l7,4iS
men. 1t provides for an increase OF
100 in the corps of cadets at west
Point. two at large from each state
and ten more to the present number of
twenty from the United States at
large. The rank of the commanding
general of the army is raised to that OF
lieutenant general, and that of the
adjutant general to major-general, the
latter being during the incumbency OF
the present djutant-general, Gen.
Corbin. The president Is empowered
TO place on the retired list any officer
who has been suspended from duty by
sentence of court-martial or by legis-
iatiye order in mitigation Of such SEN
tence, for a period extending to OF
within one year of the time of his COM
pulsory retirement for age. This Is
well understood to apply to Commits
sary-General Eagan. An amendment
creating a veterinary corps for the
army, consisting of colonel and thir-
ty-fiye other commissioned officers
was attached to the bill after spirited
debate, the amendment being adopted
by vote of % to %. The Notifications
appropriation bill, carrying about ST.
100000, was passed.
The resolutions offered by Mr.. Tel
Ter (Col) expressing sympathy for the
Beers, was taken up Saturday.
Progress OF sundry Civil Bill
washington, May THE house
made fair progress with the sundry
civil appropriation bill. completing Z;
of the 1872 pages of the measure. Much
Of the time was consumed in an efor'
OF the members of the naval commit
tee to cripple the coast and geodetit
survey in retaliation for the refusal
of the house to agree with their rec
omendation, when the naval bill wa!
before the house, to place the survey
of the waters of our insular possession
in the hands of the navy.
New Consul General for Japan.
Washington, May THE presiden
has sent the following HonlHdtious u
the senate: E. C. Bellows of Washing
ton, to be consul-general at Yokohama
Japan; Lieutenant-Comman Sam
uel c. Lemly U. S. N, of North Caro-
lima, to be judge-advocate general q
the navy, with rank of captain for tn
term of four years from June 4, 1906
Sanford B. Dole Of Hawaii, to be gov
ernor of Hawaii; Henry E. Cooper O
Hawaii, to be secretary of Hawaii.
Advocate Revenue Tax Report.
Washington, May 7-Presiden
Charles G. Wilson and other represen
tatives of the consolidated stock ex
change of New York appeared befor
the house ways and means committe
in advocacy of the repeal of the war
revenue act. and particularly the ia
on transactions in stocks and on ex
change.