Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-07-18
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

The President has issued an order
prohibiting the exercise OF outside ill.,
tiuence in securing promotions in the
classified civil service. The order il
an amendment TO rule II of the civil
service code. and is as follows: mo
recommendation for the promotion OF
any empioyc In the classified service
shall be considered by any office con-
csrned in making promotions except
IL be made by the officers or officer
under whose supervision or control
such employe Is serving; and such rec
ommendation by any other person.
with the knowledge and consent OF
the empioye. shall be sufficient cause
for declaring him from the promotion
proposed. and reIrtition OF the Of
Tense shall he sufficient cause Tor re-
moving him from the service" Pres
ident Proctor OF the civil service com
mission stated that while this rule met
tiie hearty approval Of the commits
sion, IL did not originate with them.
bur with prominent members of Con
grsss. who had sone to the President
and urged the Necessity OF such rule.
An official order Issued by the War
Department invites the cooperation OF
all the nationa! guards within COM
municnting distance OF Fort Riley,
Kansas, to Join In the military nanru-
vers to be held at that post sNbout the
end OF September. The order gives an
intimntion OF the extent OF the Innnsti-
y-rs. which promise TO he OH larger
scale than has heretofore be"n contein-
plated. General Corbln announces that
there Will bc three regiments OF tho
regular Infantry engaged In the war
A.. In. LA. ~
operation Of ut least six additional
regiments of guards from the different
states. making a total Infantry force
OF nine regiments. II II announced.
also, that the regular army Will FUR
nish the cavalry and artillery forces
necessary TO conduct ninncuvcrs on tho
contemplated large scale. The invita-.
ton for the cooperation OF the national
guard has been addressed TO the Cover
nors OF all OF the states In the Union.
II Is specified In the announcement
that the United States cannot pay any
OF the cost Of travel or maintenance OF
the state troops durln. the meeting.
but will sell supplies to them ut III.
army rates. II IL urged TINT the guards
OF the different states meet Mt Fort
Riley instead Of the usual place for
holding their annual cncnmpmcnts.
StNte uur u'ett'b w
press forward toward completion the
Colombian treaty looking TO the ncinl-
sition OF the right Of way for the 18th
milan canal. Thisisa slight chnnEcin the
original progrum. which contemplated
the complete adjustment OF the pucs-
tion OF title before concluding the
treaty. Secretary Hay. who already
Inns accepted the best portion OF the
work to bc done In treaty making ana
Inns Il before him In the shape of n pro.
tocoi promised to the last session OF
Congress. has taken steps To give this
the form OF n treaty and to have II
signed formally by accredited rcprcscn-
tntivcs VI the government OF Colombia
and OF the United States. so that the
convention may bc laid before the Sem
ate ms soon ms II cohvcncs In December.
by adopting this course the State De-
pnrtmcnt will remove. IL is expected.
any chance OF having the agreement
already reached with Colombia s.,s-
turbcd by anything that may occur rs
result OF political changes. for II is
the purpose to hold that such agree
mcnts. once duly entered upon. are not
subject to population even In the event
OF change OF government. The pro-
tocol referred 10 WAS 40 definitely
drawn that not many changes are re-
CURED In order to adopt the instrument
for use us n treaty. No difficulty Is cx-
pcctcd TO result In securing an abatc-
mcnt OF the old provision In the canal
franchise requiring the use OF French
material only In the construction OF
the canal. and the State Department
already has received an assurance
from the French government which IL
regards as meeting the objection that
has been made on that score.
Beyond general idea OF the char
acter of the army and naval maneuvcrs
which viii take place on the Atlantic
coast this summer. nothing bearing Of
fetal authorization is obtainable in
either the Navy or War Departments.
But from high official sketch OF the
exercises has been obtained. There are
to be two distinct sets OF mancuvers.
The first will be purely naval and will
consume probably the first three weeks
OF August. Two or perhaps three of
the vessels belonging to the North At
lantic station will represent an encmy's
fleet. and will attempt to elude de-
fensive squadron commanded by Rear
Admiral HigginsOn. and accomplish n
landing ut some point OH the New Eng
land coast inside of limits not yet pre-
scribed. The duty Of the defending
squadron will be to send out scouts to
locate the enemy's vessels before they
can reach the coast. The vessels par
ticipating In these maneuvers will in
clude the battleships Kcarsarge, Ala
bama and Massachusetts, and cruiser
Olympia. comprising the North Allan
tic squadron. MS well as the Montgom-
cry. Scorpion, Marblehead. Mist and
such other vessels as can be spared mt
the time. At these naval maneuvers
the officials hope to experiment with
wireless telegraphy IL suitable arrange.
ments can be perfected in time, and It
is said there will also be experiments
in coaling ship, transporting supplies
and other comparatively minor fea-
lures of naval warfare. The second
and more important set Of summer
mnneuvers will consist of n naval at
tack OH point on the North Atlantic
coast by supposed hostile fleet, which
attack is to be met by joint defense
by the army and militia, assisted by n
small number of naval vessels de-
tnched for the purpose from the North
Atlantic squadron. Active preparations
are in progress by the army for its part
in the coming maneuvers. The defense
will be under the general direction of
IL