The National tribune., 1906-04-26

the passing of the carbine so long a
weapon of the cavalry branch of the
service. Both infantry and cavalry are
now supplied with the same model of
rifle, n modification of the model 1909.
That is about six inches shorter than
the IIrag and about two inches longer
than the carbinc now being discarded
by the cavalry. For the present the
rifles are being issued with the rod
bayonet, but later they will be called
in, when tho new bayonet reCently de-
cided upon will be substituted.
Comrade j. A. McMariin. I'd Pa. Art,
Butler, Pa, has been in the city on a
visit. lie is in the oil business
Comrade e. W. Morse and wife came
back to Washington last week from q
visit TO the Shenandoah Valley and the
Old backgrounds, which comrade
Morse has not seen since the war. He
belonged TO Co. G. eSth y. Y.
Count Cassini, who was Russian
ambassador to the United States
and who was supposed to have been
practically recalled for things that hap
pened when he could not bring to a
conclusion that pleased Russia the af-
fairs I'm which the United States. Russia
and Japan were mixed up. has been
Signally honored by the Car. He has
been appointed Privy Councillor. Count
CaSsini was Il statesman of high order,
and Russia ought to have been pleased
with the work he did here.
How many know that members of
Congress are not considered by the
courts Officers of the Government" but
are considered by the courts Officers
Of their respective States?"
When Leut-Gen. John c. Bates,
Chief of Staff, retired in favor of Brig
Gen. ]. Franklin Bell, an order was is
sued by the Secretary of War which
materially changes the powers of the
Chief of Staff.
The Chief of Staff is now an advisory
officer, his executive authority circum-
scribed by the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of War. He can only issue
orders in his own name or by his direc-
ton to the General Staff Corps. and all
other orders will be issued 'by order
OF the Secretary of War" or through
the Military Secretary.
The order materially changes the du
ties and authority of Assistant Secretary
Oliver. All business arising in the Army
which comes to the Military Secretary
for the action of superior authorities
and which does not come within the
Chiefs of Bureaus, and all business
emanating from the Bureaus Of the De-
partmcnt which require action of high
er authority, win first be submitted to-
the Chief of Staff fer consideration and
then TO the Assistant Secretary for final
decision.
An exception Is made in the cases of
questions involving policy. the estab-
IisimeEt or reversal of precedent, or
matters of special or extraordinary i'm
portance, which must be taken to the
Secretary of War direct.
The order further provides that "thc
submission of matters to the Secretary
by the Chief OF Staff will be in person.
Before presentation TO either the Sec
Tetary- or the Assistant Secretary the
cases should be completed by obtaining
the necessary recommendation, reports
or information from the Bureaus of the
Department or the military authorities
outside of the Department, and to this
end the Chief of Staff is authorized to-
call therefore "by order of the Secre-
tary of War"
After business is acted upon by the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of War
1t will be returned to the Chief of Staff.
and the orders will then be issued ''by
order of ihe Secretary of War"
II has been knoWn for some time thai
some such change would be made at
the time Gen. Bell assumed the duties
OF Chief of Staff. When IL was an
nounced that Gen. Bell, a ErigadieF-
General, had been appointed to the po-
sition OF Chief of staff, ii was shown
that he would be placed in a position
to direct and give orders to a dozen
officers who were his superior in grade.
Such a condition OF affairs would soon
lead to friction, and from the amount
of criticism launched at the time of his
appointment il was found that the above
order. which placed his orders as those
Of E,n fP NsaR- ut
time be made.
As the British Embassador could not
very well be invited TO take part in
eulogiziHg Paul Jones. who in his day
was stigmatized by the British as a
pirate" no diplomats are invited IL
tEe ceremonies OF another interment of
the bones of the late lamented first
Admiral of the United States Navy An
odd situation developed in this connec
ton. IL was the intention of the Navy
Department 10 have full diplomatic
Representation at the unvailing but
When the Secretary of the Navy came
to look into matters il was found that
some diplomats would take 1t as an
insult were they invited. 1t would not
dc to invite some and leave others out.
France simply had to be In it, so the
Gordian knot was cut by asking France
to help. and no other foreign power
bc finally put away until next April.
the mausoleuni in which his dust will
finally be interred-SuppoSabiy not
yet completed, SO the ceremonies will be
to place his dust in a vault until the
fnausoieum is completed. 1t does look
as though the ceremonies might have
been postponed until the sepuIcher was
completed.
Baroness Hengelmueiler, wife of the
Austrian Embassador. has q time of ii
every time she goes away from home.
She has some ugly little pug dogs of
various breeds, blue-blooded. of course
the Hengelmuellers have only blue
hiue-biooded Things about them-and
these dogs she insists on taking every
where with her. The hotels won't have
'em, simply won't. aud that is ali there
is To ii. She had rows with every hotel
in Atlantic City last year. and the same
thing over again seems Ia be going on.
She says that on the other side she no,
only has her dogs with her, but she
takes them to the dining-room, and the
walters get high CHAIRS for them and
Pin napkins under their chins. The
Barcness's pretty little girl is tenderis
cared for-at homo by the nurse anu
govcrness. The dogs only accompany
the Baroness-and sometimes the Bar
on.
Tho House Committee on Irrigati
has commenced an inquiry into the gen.
eral operation of the National Reclama-
ton act. Secretary Hitchcock gave full
details Of the expenditures and receipts