Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
DIFFERING TROOPS.
New Rule is to Go Into Effect in
the I. N. G.
ORDER WILL Be ISSUED THIS WEEK
Requires That Officers of the Guard
Shall Submit to An Examination At
ter Jan. 1, 1so1-companies Will
Shortly Receive Their Pay.

An order has been prepared by Adj
jutant General Byers and will be issued
in printed form this week that makes
a complete revolution in the matter of
officering the state troops, according
to Des Moines dispatch, which says
that on and after Jan. 1, 1901, no Off
Ger of the national guard, the govern
or's staff excepted, will be commits
stoned by the commander-in-chief I'M
til he has duly qualified for the Office
to which he may have been elected or
appointed before board Of not less
than three nor more than five officers
OF the guard.
1t has been the desire of the adju-
tant generals department, it is said,
to put an order of this kind into force.
At present there is no order of the
kind existing, tho prior to the Spanish
American war it was customary to ex
anime officers in connection with the
officers school at Ames, conducted
each winter.
The order is lengthy one and goes
into details concerning the compost
ton of the examining boards. A strin-
| 1t is provided that examination ques-
number of military text books, ranging
Manual of Strategy and Won du Goltz's
"The Conduct Of War No officer
who fails to attain rating of rs per
Guiding section of the order says:
Correct understanding of theory is
Indispensable but should in all cases
| "a o1yn
practical application of the knowledge.
| The use an officer has made
of his opportunities in the
past will be taken into con-
sideration. To this end, whenever an
/ officer is ordered for examination for
promotion, the commanding officer I'M
der whom he is serving and the COM
manding officer of his regiment shall,
without further instruction, furnish to
the examining board. in writing. any
facts relating to any disqualification
thru the failure of an officer to make
1 proper use of his opportunities for per-
fecting himself in his professional du-
ties or otherwise. Troop and compa-
ny commanders will report any facts
relating toQieutenants which, in their
opinion, should be brought to the
knowledge of examining boards. Such
reports will be thoroly inquired into
by examining boards and given due
weight in determining upon the fitness
OF officers for promotion. In the alb
sence of any detrimental reports from
commanding officers or from the rec
ords of the adjutant generals office
n all officers will be presumed to be OF
good character and no testimonials OF
letters to that effect will be required
submitted to or attached to the pro
ceedings of examining boards.
The proceedings of examining
boards will be forwarded to the adju
! tant general for the final action of the
, commander-in-ch
Camp Pay Coming.
: The members of all companies in the
: Fiftieth regiment with the possible
exception of Company G, who have re
: fused to accept theirs pending the ad
2 justment of certain claim, will re
t ceive their pay next week from thu
r state for their weeks service in camp
D Each member of the company will re
e ceive IS, the privates, non-commisslon
ed and commissioned officers all re
J, ceiving the same amount per day.
The national guardsmen are paid &C
: cording to the length of service, Their
t being no difference in the pay of off
J GERS and men. Soldiers who hav
T seen less than three years SCI
Il vice receive 81 per day while in camp
Q over three years and up to five years
:. the pay is $3.50 per day during tn
+ camp, and over five years service tn
!. pay is So per day. The colonel of tn
q regiment receives no more than tn
n lowest private in the rear ranks. TIL
It cost of the different camps in the stat
s this year will reach an approximate
It total of $4,000.
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