New-York tribune., 1901-02-18
ARMY NOTES.
washington. Fehruary u.

,- soT.DIERs' ACTUAL COST.-The new
N ~, srrlv ~ lo0oe0 men Is 10 cost next
- slsooNOoo. or an average of $500 year
ea-h man. This amount does not in-
= COWS or other heavy defenoes and their
ne cost OF administration. the Mill
- Academy a. West Point, nor many other fac
=, National defence, neither are pensions taken
' s,count These figures. which are obtained
~, tbe War Department estimates. the current
l-,,r,a.ion bill and the deficiency rates relate
- 10 the pay and expenses Of officers ana en-
- men the food. clothing. travelling. ammuri-
=, equipment horses and wagons. and hospital
.,sstrnent. The items are about as follows:
line officers. nearly Sll Oo0 0OO: star officers
Zee 10000. enlisted men, nearly NoGo0O00. total
g.saaeaN ENneuses-Subs istence (foodl 40l0 eli.
arsrmasaeb aben P IS ] S eseaRi Deps sna
eSr SCI eo5lo. engineers (material tools. ETC.,
e@ @ S5r5.arent about s. $4,000 total 50 5s' 3. ~
fsgregate. S5""oe'
n, this amount the pending Army Appropriation
.u carries NlSe.oooo. allowing for a deficiency Of
-,,re than SO esloo, no be made good next winter
ssr the regulation Congress manner Of meeting
Government expenditures.
- hill WIS drawn the two-thirds basis this,
. for an Army Of eS.ooo, though 100000 was the
,u,horized strength Among fits instructive items
s,s the following pay figures, arranged in man
ar that gives much clearer insight into the cost
- the service thsn ordinarily appears from reading
49, hin as il is drawn
oreers of The line S5ooOooO. additional for length
q, service, 100000; retired officers. S.SooH length
foreign service S5ooe9o; Increased pay when in com
san officers ACCOMPLISHMENTS, $500, length Of
service, $3.50 inspector-generals S5l5oo length OF
e % or5asncs ] sS length enFtR Of SR seroe St sslsS sS sea-
ouarermasters. S35Cl; length Of service, $4,000;
ssons N076l loo length Of service slsSs5O: contract
sirgeons $s6i"oo; paymasters. I2S00l; length os
ssics oo' signa officers ssIsSo; lsng.h OF ser
of ser
Enlisted meu-I.ine tcavalry. infantry and srtil-
lefy slo0 o. ,,g eggth gtl Of service seao'o sngi.
ordnance, SI7l l2O length Of service. SS4 e2i, non
signal corps S2o4s6o length OF service $50 8as hos
riisi corps s. soo; length Of service 6sO4o;
nary. $500: dental surgeons $4,000; paymasters'
service s. 5o COZ allowance on discharge for travel,
Ne0eo, allowance on discharge for clothins,
rspsid s. o7oooO. Total SOS OgS.i7S.
ID aeairon. % TIC above, amounts: officers are
non Of quarters
GREAT FIELD EvOLUTIONs- Secretary Root
now looking for fields adapted 10 grand military
suolutions such as are possessed by the British
Government Aldershot and by France Ger
many. Russia ana Japan, Congress having become
impressed with the excellence Of the recommenda-
uon made IN the last two annual reports OF Adju-
tsnt-General Corbin. There viii be mobilization
next summer but beginning with 1872 II is probable
hat annual drills by Army corps and divisions
formed from regulars and militia viii be a feature
o, American life. Nothing was more notoriously
lacking the outbreak OF the war with Spain
than general officers who had commanded more
than single regiment There were no camps
where troops could he effectively made ready for
actual service and IN consequence there followed
The scandals Of Camps Alger and Meade Chicka-
nauga, Tampa, Jacksonville, Admission. Hunts
vlle Lexington and Montauk Point The author
nv 20 select permanent camp sites is given in Sec
hon Of the new Army Law, follows:
That the Secretary OF War be and he is hereby
aminatons and surveys 20 be made for the purpose
of selecting four sites with view To the estah-
hshment OF permanent camp grounds for instruc-
uon OF troops of the Regular Army ana National
their equipment with eli modern appliances ana
Tor this purpose Is authorized 20 detail such OFF
;hs preliminary work: ana the sum Of 1000 is
hereby appropriated for the necessary expense of
slch work. 20 be oisbursed under the direction Of
ne erss.;5ss sesTs;ary 70 Of We WSTs s.;
surveys and no contract for said sites shall be
shall approve such selections and appropriste the
money therefor
STRENGTH OF THE MILITIA.-Not the least
benefit 70 accrue from the field evolutions Will be
the improvement OF the militia Regarding the
possibilities and impossibilities OF that important
branch OF the Nations power. interesting
statistics are furnished by General Corbin IN The
up from the latest returns received al the War
Department for the year 1900 II appears that the
aggregste force. officers and men, OF organized
strength. is 1887, divided into OF service IS
follows
Generals "a sne generals stan ss3: engineers sos;
tS; machine gun batteries. 2ai; infantry. se 5s2:
sssl corps Sa hospital anG am6ulSnoe corps 35i
zee io5cs rs aggEegae strength being u lS4 VITA
feItsylvania next with ssz2. The third IS Illinois,
ue Territories would not be expected 10 furnish
much IN military way, but It is somewhat sur
tlrce q s65 Oklahoma one of 800 and Hawaii 5Sl.
an sgFTeeSe Of Z oicers and men sithoush "iS he
sIate has 5000 men available for military duty.
men, the meagreness of South Dakota's organized
~ Military strength is pitiful Even Montana, with
sss ses =, better showing NTH rs g oo men avail;
men who NAV Be called upon Tor actual Service.
sass9gh a. present unorsanizea. is placed ~
Commenting on these figures The Army and
Navy Register" says:
country which possesses an available force of
more thar ten million men. representing an walks
= NE, might be SAID fear no likely Zoe. but i
,sss,ion OF lls.y0 men is IN any sense organized,
sae The organization, 81 1t may be called such, is
Territories. Esch National Guard Is an organ
-, -Saoh snio itssl: The attempts 70 increase the
sanitation and administration. which shall make
le STATE troops an efficient ally or the Federal
tofce, has only partially succeeded. II Is a.
ssseraon 70 say that the incorporation OF the Or
eanizee militia Of the country into a Federal force
could be effected only with the same difficulties
nat would attend the organization and equipment
{. the ten million available men included in the
uhofganized hghtng personnel OF our country.
9uefruffou.
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