The National tribune., 1902-06-05
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

SKIES Oh heaven forever.
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.
May 81. by direction of the President.
Secretary Root has issued Il general order
decreasing the strength of our permanent
military establishment anG changing the
ratio of its makeup as provided in the
general order, issued last May, to carry
out the army reorganization law. Under
the general order of last May, the total
strength of the army was fixed at 1I,2SI
men. The order issued May 81 reduced
this figure to G6,497-a reduction of 49,
100.
In the cavalry branch of the service. the
old order specified II troops of So men
each to a regiment: the new order eS-
tablishes II troops of 10 men each. This
will decrease the total strength of the -
cavalry regiments from 15.S40 to 14.O10.
In the artillery branch the coast con
tingent will be kept at its present strength
of 126 companies of 100 enlisted men each
or total of 1874. but the field artillery
will be reduced from 80 batteries of 100
men each to % batteries 90 light and 3
mountainJ of 40 men each.
Provision is made in the new order for
Two siege batteries, each with strength
Of 1GO men. which. in addition to the light
and mountain batteries. will give the ar
tlllery corps Il total enlisted strength of
1I,T42. as against the 1882 men provided
i'll the former order.
The new order reduces the number of
men to an infantry company from 10i to
80. and our so regiments of II companies
each will now give a total infantry force
of 2D.SSO, instead of 3S!52Oy The strength
of the engineer branch remains as for
merly. as does also the strength of the
staff departments JE..
1t will be the plan of the War Depart
ment hereafter to divide the army. as pro-
vided in the order issued May 81. into
thirds. having one-third of the entire es-
adjustment in the Philippines mt all times.
and the remaining two-thirds in the Unit
ed States and elsewhere BY this plan an
enlisted man. taking six years as a basis.
would serve four years in the United
States proper, or in Hawaii. or in Alaska.
to every two years served in the Philip
pines. ...r
Representative Payne. of New York. the
floor leader of the House, thinks that Con
gress will adjourn about July l. Mr..
Payne is of the opinion that in the mean
time the three bills of most Importance
now pending, the Cuban Reciprocity. Phil
ippines Civil Government and Isthmai.
Canal Bills, will have been passed by both
Houses.
In compliance with the suggestion made
by the Commander-inC Chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic in his order for Me
mortal Day, in regard to putting flowers
on the waters of every river that flows to
the ocean. Lincoln Post 3, Department of
the Potomac. Washington. d. c.. freighted
n boat with fresh. fragrant flowers OF
Spring, and started it down the Potomac
River on the afternoon Of May 80. The
To-.
ed the money to purchase the flowers. and
s. X. Whitney, member of the Post.
furnished the boat named Oregon 1t
was built by +. Grant Whitney, youngest
son of Stephen K. Whitney, in the Spring
of 1898, and was the first 10 bear from the
Capital City loving tribute to the mem
Dry of the sailors and soldiers who sleep
beneath Atlantic's deepest waters.
Comrade H. Rhodes, Commander Of the
Post at Blairsville. Pa, has been in the
city looking out for quarters for his Post,
and also for his interests in his candidacy
for Postmaster at Blairsville. Comrade
Rhodes served in the splendid old 18th Ill.
clear through the war. was wounded three
times, and in prison nine months. He is
indorsed by all the business men of Blairs-
vile, and also by the two Senators from
Pennsylvania.
Rev. Mr.. MilburB, the blind Chaplain
Of the United States Senate, will not, it
is believed, be able to again Officiate in the
opening of the Senate with prayer during
the present session of Congress. This is
the result OF the accident to Mr.. Milburn
last week, when the toes of one of his
feet were crushed. 1t will be some time
before he is again able to walk, as his
condition at the time of the accident was
very feeble.
Postmaster General Payne announced
May p that the portrait Of Martha Wash
ington had been decided upon as the first
Of American women to adorn a United
States postage stamp. This announce
ment was made then, because it was the
centennial anniversary Of the death Of the
wife of the first President, and it is
deemed fitting to commemorate the event
in this manner.
The portrait will be placed upon the
Scent stamp Of the new issue, which will
appear some time next fall.
Lieut.-Col. John Lincoln Glen. Deputy
uartermaster-General, United States
known to all comrades Of the Grand
Army, as Little Johnny Glen, the Drum
mer Boy of Chickamauga," is in the city.
for brief stay. Col. Glen, it will be
remembered, was promoted to Sergeant in
Co. G, odd Mich, for distinguished gal
lantry at Chickamauga, put on duty at
the Headquarters Of the Army of tho
Cumberland, and placed iIon the Roll Of
Honor, order Of Gen. Rosecrans. He was
given Lieutenantcy in the Regular
Army, and has risen to bis present rank
by long and efficient service. He went
with the army to Porto Rico, and was
stationed there for some time after the
war. He Is now stationed at San An
tonic, Tex. He is a Jealous G. A. r.
man, and was Commander of the De-
partment Of Georgia in 1896.
Altogether there have been 80 men
hanged in the District of Columbia, of
whom 20 have been colored.
Qualified.