The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-20
ARMY. !. 4 BILL
Feeds Modification in Sections Re-
is;ladng to Artillery, Says Mr.. Scott.
'BELlEVESIN THE SEPARATION.
IN , jtt "A 49, Z w. y 10
OF tho Coast and Field Artillery
Latter Should be Commanded by the
CHIEF Of Enthusiastically Paper
Submitted to Committee on Mill
n tary Affairs:

Special Dispatch 10 the Intclligencer.
WARRINGTON; Dec. 49, Senator N.
b. Scott recently appeared before the
COMMITTEES on military affairs. OF which
Senator Ha%ley Is chairman, to urge a
Observation-Disclosures to the army rcorgan-
izatlon, bnl.
After careful study OF the. question
md after consultation with various
myoficers, the. senatorls OF the opin-
ion that certain sections OF the bill re-
lating to tho artillery branch OF the
service should be amended. He Is in
favor OF the; complete separation OF the
coast and field artillery and believes
that the latterarm OF the service. should
be commanded by an officer to be. known
as the chief OF artillery. who shall be
appointed from one of the fifteen brig
adler generals provided for by the bill.
He As also On: favor of Increasing the
pay Of first class artillery gunners to
that Of engineer troops. The senator
submitted ailengthy paper substantial
ting his suggestions modifying the bill,
The suggestions submitted are as fol-
pws: , 1 r. 'Sl4.
Is His Suggestions.
5s,t'I beg to present for your consldera-
ton, as well as OF that OF the commit
Zee oyer which you preside. d few modi-
fcatlons which have suggested them
Selves 10. me In the. regulations Of the
artillery arm OF the army as 1t now
Stands in the, new reorganization bill.
These notifications OF the bill. i think,
are needed and would be satisfactory to
every artillery officer in the service.
They are::gA *
'First-The complete separation OF
the coast and field artillery.
Secondly chief OF artillery who shall
command the coast artillery. He, should
be one OF tho fifteen ,brigadier; generals
named in the bill,
Thlrd-Pay oftengineer troops for the
hssticalss arsillery. gunners.
Field and Coast Artillery.
"In favor of the first modification l
would invite your attention to the dis
similarity; OF the work Of field and coast
artillery. The former is mobile, the
latter fixed: the former m sycs with the
army in the field and has a place on
the battle line: the latter is attached to
certain definite portions of. the coast
line and bears n similar relation to the
coast forts that the men OF the navy
bear to the war, ships. Indeed, war
ships are, In one sense, floating fort
resses. There is, therefore, such wide
divergence In duties and spheres of ac-
lion IN. war, and in peace between the
field artillery and the coast artillery, II
would seem advisable to permanently
separate the two branches. The field
artillery, as a part Of the mobile army,
is adapted to regimentn Organization
as was the practice during the civil war
but the coast artillery. assigned to the
coast forts. Is no more fitted for the
resimenta organization than the navy
Is. Ninety per. cent OF the officers of
=. >.a'Si ; aS iSe " tIIiS view. IL tNpy
had a voice 1t would be for Il rcgmenta]
organization for the field artillery and
acorps organization for the coast artil-
lery.
Must Have Trained Men.
'The, argument fora corps organiza-
ton f6t the coast artillery is precisely
the SAME as would apply in sub.divid-
ing the working force of.a large manu-
featuring establishment. Where we
have aidlstinct branch of the work. the
personnel assigned to that work should
be organized strictly with respect to the
work toib be DONE For the manufacture
OF iron we must have a trained body
OF iron workers. with their own train
ed superintendents and overseers. I.
would be, fatal TO high class work to
transfer from time to time ship carpen-
ters TO the iron work department of ou,
large chip yards, or the reverse. 1t Is
just as fatal to high class work tc
transfer coast artillerymen to field ar.
tillery. and the reverse.
again, 1T would be absurd to have
regimeptal Organization for the iror
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