The Holly chieftain., 1902-08-29
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND .
GOVERNMENTAL PROCEEDINGS

ne W ar fOepdEtIueNI mas IN COurDe
Of preparation an order for the army
maneuvers to take place at Fort Riley,
Kansas, In the latter part of Septem-
Der. The maneuvers will be timed 10
suit the President. who will review the
troops that participate In them. Sew
eral thousand regular and volunteer
soldiers will appear N the maneuvers
Including two regiments of United
States infancy, one regiment of Unit
ed States cavalry, several batteries of
united States artillery and the militia
organizations Of Kansas and Nebraska.
The celebrated Gardener lntestiga-
tion at Manila has come to an end and
1t IL stated tina the record and report
on the case will be forwarded to WASH
ington for consideration. General
Chaffee would ordinarily be the review
ing authority, but his last reports to
the War Department were to the effect
that he would review the case If pos
sibie within the time he had at his dis
posal. He then had under considera-
tion the Moro campaign, which was oc-
now forwarded the Gardener papers to
Washington.
Attorney General Knox returned to
Washington August 23d. being sched-
uled to sail from New York for Payis
on the 9th. Mr.. Russell. who is now
there investigating the Panama canal
question for this government, has ca
bled Mr.. Knox that there are some fea-
lures Of the case that should receive
the attorney generals personal atten-
ton. In speaking of the railroad
merger suit the attorney general said
that testimony would be taken In the
case, beginning at New York next
month. Referring to the published re-
port that he would be selected to sue
ceed Justice Shiras on the supreme
bench in case Of the latter's early re-
tirement, Mr.. Knox said that he had
no information upon the subject. The
published report that Solicitor General
John K Richards is to resign to enter
into partnership with Abner Mckinley
Is discredited by Mr.. Knox.
Advocates of the metric system in
the United States see In the action of
the colonial conference In favor of
compulsory use of the metric system
the early adoption Of that system by
the United States. While it may be
true that the action of the colonial con-
fersnce does not apply to Great Britain
proper, its sentimental influence will
be very great indeed. With the British
Parliament strongly in favor of the
metric system and 250 of it's members
absolutely on record In favor of It,,
there is little doubt in the minds of the;
American exponents of this modern
system that its worldwide adoption is
almost at hand. Fofty-three countries
Of the world, including France, Russia
and Germany, andsa host of lesser ma
tions, now use the metric system. The
British empire is half committed and
the United States IL on the threshold.
In Congress there Is . bill favorably re-
ported and on the House calendar for
early consideration. Representative
and advanced thinkers In every busi-
ness and profession In this country
have indorsed the proposition to
change the weights and measures Of
the United States to conform with the
French standard. -'ss.ss
An order has been issued at the War!
Department directing the mobilization
Of a mixed division of regulars and,
militia, on the large reservation at
Fort Riley, Kansas. The regular
troops to participate In the maneuvers
comprise the following: First bat<al-i
lon Of engineers; headquarters band,
first and second squadrons, Fourth cav
airy; third squadron. Eighth cavalry;
sixth, seventh, nineteenth, twentieth
and twenty eighth batteries field artil-
lery; headquarters band and twelve
companies. Sixth United States infant
ry; headquarters band and twelve
companies Twenty second United
States infantry; headquarters band
and Eighteenth United States infantry,
except company L; detachment of the
signal corps; detachment of the hospi-
tai corps. The states were all invited
to send troops. OF these Arkansas will
send one battalion Of infantry; Kansas
two regiments Of infantry and two bat
teries Of field artillery; and Nebraska
two regiments Of infantry. A number
of governors of states have signiaed
their intention to send officers to wit
ness the maneuyers. The date of the
review has not been determined def
nitely. The regular contingent of ,ne
division will go into camp at Fort RI
ley September Goth and will be fol-
lowed by the state organizations Sep
tember Goth. 1t is intended to continue
joint maneuvers for ten days after the
division is organized. In order not to
interfere with the current work of the
various department headquarters. a
special division stan has been detailed
to report to Maj. Gen. John @. Bates
who has been assigned to the command
Of the division during the maneuvers.
The benefits to be derived from this
coming together Of brigades and divi-