Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-24
MANY GENERALS
ON RETIRED LIST.
The Number Has Now Reached
Two Hundred and Sixty
Six.
MAY CUT DOWN THEIR PAY.
Topheayy Army VIII Receive Some At
tention During This Session Of
Congress.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
washington, Feb. 20.--The top heavy
army will receive some attention in this
Congress. II may not be that the office
Of litutenant general Of the army will
be abolished, although there is a strong
feeling that the great Office created to
honor such soldiers as Scott. Grant,
sherman and Sheridan should not be-
come common property Of q dozen men
whose names will scarcely figure In his
tory. The idea OF those who are trying
TO have the office abolished Ia that It
should be reserved for men who have
particularly distinguished themselves
in command Of great armies on the bat
teheld. Before this Office can be abol-
ished there will be ON the retired list of
the army as lieutenant generals six
men, and 1t will take very close stu
dent OF recent events to tell wherein
any Of them earned that title in view
of the fact that Thomas, Meade, Burn
side. Hooker, Crook and dozen other
distinguished officers Of the civil war
never held higher rank than major
general.
THE RETIRED LIST.
Besides these six lieutenant generals
there are about rs major generals and
$50 brigadier generals on the retired
list. With eight major generals and 20
brlgadier generals on the active list
and numerous promotions for retire
ment of these grades frequently being
made the retired list Is becoming some
thing of a menace to the army, and
many officers fear that II 1t keeps on
increasing an effort may be made to
abolish 1t or cut down the pay of retired
officers. Restrictions are proposed in
the army appropriation bill which may
tend to prevent large additions to the
retired list in the future.
ROOSEVELT LUCK AGAIN"
Roosevelt luck again" was a remark
made by Republican not over friendly
TO the president when he heard that
the Democratic senators were holding
a caucus to unite their party against
the policy of the president In Santo
Domingo. Gould anything be more
opportune?" he continued. Just as we
were all split to pieces on everything
the Democrats determine to unite
against the president, which will force
us to get together for him. Sometimes
! think that there is going to be
change In Roosevelt luck, but ! am now
convinced that he Is a man OF destiny
CRANES PATERNALIsTIC BILL.
Senator Crane of Massachusetts. a
man who never seeks notoriety TO any
great extent, finds himself the subject
of considerable public discussion be-
cause he introduced bill to establish
'children's bureau in the interior
department. which bureau was charged
with the duty of investigating and re-
porting upon all matters pertaining to
the welfare of children and child lie,
and shall especially investigate the
questions of infant mortality, the birth
rate, physical degeneracy, orphanage,
juvenile delinquency and juvenile
courts, desertion and illegitimacy, dam
gerous occupations, accidents and dis
ease OF children Of the working classes.
employment, legislation affecting chill
dren in the several states and terrific
rles and such other facts as have
bearing upon the health, efficiency.
character and training OF children
Some who criticise this measure say
that Crane introduced It to secure facts
TO back up the theories of the president
regarding race SulNiuS'
RAILWAY NAIL RATES.
For several years Frank Pettigrew,
when a senator from South Dakota.
made an earnest endeavor to secure
reduction in the amount of money paid
railroads for the transportation OF
mails. There was long drawn our
Investigation OF the subject by joint
committe of the senate and mouse.
Volumes of testimony We're taken ana
never read and the net result was
some speeches In Congress and the
usual appropriations. Now another et-
fort in the same direction Is being
made. or perhaps 1t would be better 70
say that there Is agitation In that d.
rection. II began about the time the
PASSES were being curtailed on differ
emit railroads in the country and may
not have been a coincidence, but de-
sire TO get even.
A BIT MIXED,
Representative Richardson OF Ala
hama, while discussing the railroad
rate bill In the house perpetratad an
Irish bull "Mr. Chairman he said,
speaking OF the work of the commit
tee, there are n great many features
IN this legislation ''at we had great
deal OF trouble that are not IN
this bill" He t that the COM
mittee had elm. Aed some of these
Objectionable features
RE-ENACTING THE CONSTITUTION
Some land bill was being considered
in the senate which caught the eye OF
Senator Spooner Of Wisconsin.
Il notice clause In the BILL" he
said. where the constitution Is re-eu-
acted very mdustrially, and question
the necessity"
1T Is nothing new 10 re-enact the
constitution" blithely remarked Sem
ator Beveridge OF Indiana, IL Will say
to the senator that 1t is done here all
the time"
Although the senator says II Is
quite customary to rc-enact the con-
stitution," retorted Spooner, ut Is
equally customary TO forget 1t after
II Is re-enacted."
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