Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-16
THE ARTILLERY ARM.
SECRETARY Of War Will increase Il TO Is Full
Strength.

Washington, May l3.- Secretary
Root is man to whom wide discrc
ton in the matter oi interpreting and
administering the laws might have
been given. This is shown in his de-
termination to increase the artillery
corps NJ once to Its full strength.
Congress, IL its ahleci fear Of criti-
cism. placed provision in the bill
which looked Ms II the artillery corps
vi the army was To he increased only
90 yer cent each Tor FIVE years. But
the men who drafted the bill knew
what they were doing. and when II
came out US law il provided that
no, less than ~ per cent shouid Ne
raised the first wear, and not less than
% ,pr cent each succeeding l. months
until the iull strength OF the artillery
was reached Secretary Root inter
,,rv'ts the ''noi less II mean that ne
is loI prevented from making the en-
tire inc~eas: Il, once, and 50 ne d.
res,tt'd that il should ne done
Tins is 4 very good thing. NJ
branch y. the military service needs
men 50 much rs the artillery. The
lori meat IONS and Iat equipment ol
,ns io-Iiticarons with valuable guns
has ht.en il, in advance ~ Iht IN
craas. q t,le artillery IL lhe Spanish
Wa, congress WAS induced Il increase
The artillery from ~: I9 seven rerl-
,nenIs ana The .aSi congress was lil-
duc-3 u make tat lacreast to is. ON
,,le. M, with RI .iItlDaIl1n ~, Int
wording Oi IN, till t,la1 l.is increase
Was 10 II: made on 7 gradually III -
~. c-,..l i year lor ilvt, wears. ivs',y
coast STATE -v+s,v s-Aif wiia~e' 1qr1- Il
cations ..-t ,a.aeGea and v.ie-e they
have ,e-sn erected VII a.Falaud Inc
ac-lan oi Secretary Al.of. r. = means
nar. heavy A~I-lle~y @nd io.'l .ica-
.iNl> Already il ,,lnc- and i.i'tl-lca-
1lu,s * y erected W have a-ti iss,-y
,laeea ulhu them ana received I;ls
car. NJ Trained and -a-iiclnla, latl4 !.
care that very valuable. a-'1a,ls..s have
oo1 received during lns .'asl hire.
years.
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Rpo, showed ms sn4cular, WAS =.
constituting IN. stu,ad PROVISION, q
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