The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-04-26

p!eted the issue of new rifles to thu
troops i'm the United States. This mark!
the passing of the carbine, so long 6
weapon of the cavalry branch Of thu
service. Both infantry and cavalry are
now supplied with the same model OF
rifle, n modification of the model 1908
That is about six inches shorter thar
the Krag and about two inches longer
than the carbine now being discarded
BY the cavalry. For the present tho
rifles are being issued with the roc
bayonet, but later they will be called
in. when the new bayonet recently de-
cided upon will be substituted.
Comrade ]. A. McMariin. I'd Pa Art.
Butler, Pa, has been in the city OH 9
visit. lie is in the oil business.
Comrade f. W. Morse and wife came
back to Washington last week from a
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 In which the United States. Russia
and Japan were mixed up. has been
signally honored by the Car. He has
been appointed Pfivy Councillor. Count
Cassini was 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 Lieut.-Gen. John c. Bates,
Chief of Staff, retired i'm favor of Brig
Gen. j. 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. will first be submitted to
the Chief OF Staff for consideration and
then TO the Assistant Secretary for final
decision.
An exception ia made in the cases of
questions involving policy. the estab-
iishment 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 "the
submission OF matters to the Secretary
by the Chief OF Staff will be i'm person.
Before presentation to either the Sec
rotary 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-
fary Of War;"
After business is acted upon by the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of War
It will be returned to the Chief OF Staff.
and the orders will then be issued "by
order of he Secretary of War;
II has been knowa for some time thai
the time Gen. Bell assumed the duties
of Chief OF Staff. When Ii was an
nounced that Gen. He'll. a Brigadier-
General, had been appointed to the po-
sition of Chief of STAFF, II was shown
that he would be placed In q position
to direct and give orders to q dozen
officers who We're 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 aboy G
order. which placed his orders as those
OF the Secretary OF War. would at this
time be made.
AS the British ambassador could not
very well be invited to take part i'm
eulogizing Paul Jones' who In his day
was stigmatized by the British az n
pirate, no diplomats are invited" to
the 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. 1t was the intention of the Navy
Department to have a full diplomatic
representation at the unyailing, but
when the Secretary of the Navy came
To look into matters it was found that
some diplomats would take II as an
insult were they invited. 1t would not
Go TO invite some and leave others out.
France simply had to be I'm II, SO the
GOrdian knot was cut by asking France
TO help. and no other foreign power.
BY the way. poor Paul Jones will not
h finally put away until next April
the mausOleum i'm which his dust will
finally be inferred -supposabiy-is no.
YET completed. SO the ceremonies will be
to place his dust in vault until the
fnausoieum is completed. 1t does look
as though the ceremonies might have
been postponed until the sepulcher was
completed.
baroness HengelmueIler, wife Of the
Austrian ambassador. has q time of ii
every time she goes away from home
She has some ugly little pug dogs oi
various breeds blue -biooded. of course
tho Hengelmuellers have only blue
biue-bloodcd things about them-and
these dogs she insists ON taking every
where with her. The hotels won't hay1
EN-, simply won't. and that is all there
Is TO 1t. She had rows with every hote
In Atlantic City last year. and the same
thing over again seems Ia he 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 tho
walters get high chairs for them ani
piI, napkins under their chins The
Baroness's pretty little girl Ii tenderl,
cared for-at home by the nurse AM
gUyernesS The doDc only onnor,na n,