The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-15
THE NEW ARTILLERY CORPS.
The Order for It's Organization Is
sued by Secretary Root

sued by Secretary Root.
Secretary Root yesterday issued the or
der for the organization of the new artil-
lery corps. The order provides for re-
numbering of the present artillery force
and total oganization of thirty field bat
teries and 126 coast batteries. The pres
ent organizations designated as field bet.
teries are as follows: Light Batteries, f
and X, First Artillery; a and f, Second
Artillery; C and F, Third Artillery; B and
F, Fourth Artillery; ID and F. of the Fifth
Artillery: Siege Battery X, of the Fifth
Artillery; Light Batteries ID and G, Sixth
Artillery; C and NJ. Seventh Artillery, and
Siege Battery o. Seventh Artillery, to be
numbered respectively from First to Six
teenth Battery of Field Artillery.
The coast artillery is to be numbered
from the First Company to the Eighty
second Compare. the following existing or
CARNATIONS in the order named being so
numbered: Batteries A, B, C, ID, f, G, Fl,
l, l.. NJ, n, OF the First Artillery, to be
known hereafter as Companies l to r. in
elusive; Batteries B, o. ID, E, G, II, /. K,
J., NJ, n, o, Second Artillery. as Com
panies 10 to "a, inclusive; Batteries A, b,
u, f, G, II, !. K. L. NJ. n. o, Third Ar
tillery, Companies 25 to &c, inclusive; Bat
teries A, c, D, E. G, H. l, X. L. NJ, n. o,
Fourth Artillery, and Batteries A, b, c,
Fifth Artillery. from Companies 81 to 81,
Inclusive Batteries e. G, H, /. Fifth Ar
tillery, Companies SO to So; Batteries l.,
VI, n, o, of the Fifth and A, b, c, Sixth
Artillery. Companies Sc to 81; Batteries
i. f, H, l, K, l., NJ. n, o. of the Sixth,
and and B. Of the Seventh, to the Com
panies 81 to 10; Batteries ID, E, F. g, II,
/, X, L. N. Seventh Artillery. to be Com
panies "A to 50.
Under the provisions of the new army
bill fourteen batteries of field artillery
and forty-four of coast artillery are now
to be organized. The order issued yester-
day numbers the artillery bands from
to I, inclusive, and provides for the or
ganization of three more bands.
Col Wallace F. Randolph, First Artil-
iery. will be assigned by the Secretary OF
War to organize the artillery corps pro-
vided for by the new army bill. He will
serve on the staff of Lieutenant General
Miles. The order for the assignment has
been prepared, but has not yet been pub
lished The position will not increase
either the rank or pay of Colonel Ran
dolph.
He is now at Sullivans Island, s. C.,
commanding the Seventh Regiment, which
is to be disbanded with the other regi-
ments of the artillery arm in general or
ueTS TO De lSSutu ne 10 hOI "a
West Pointer, having come into the ser
vice as a second lieutenant at the begin
ming of the civil war from the ranks OF
the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Volunteers.
He was brevetted as major in the regular
establishment at the close of the war, and
reached his present grade on October II.
1899, after holding volunteer rank as big.
der general in the Spanish war. Two
officers are his seniors in the artillery
corps-Col. John l. Rodgers. Fifth Artil-
lery, stationed at Fort Hamilton, New
York, and Col. Henry S Hasbrouck, Sew
enth Artillery. at Fort Adams, Rhode
Island
Colonel Rodgers was artillery officer on
General Miles staff in the conquest of
Porto Rico. Both he and Colonel Has
brouck are West Pointers, having been
graduated in 1861. and both were volun
teer brjgadier generals in the Spanish
war. Colonel Hasbrouek like Colonel
Randolph, gained majors brevet in the
civil war Colonel Rodgers, like Colonel
Randolph, is from Pennsylvania. while
Colonel Hasbrouck is from New York. 1t
is understood that there has been no con-
test for the assignment which Colonel
Randolph will secure.