The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-22
MILITARY MATTERS;
 GUARD OF ALABAMA
Bv D. ". McIVER.

QO so, are maSSacnuSett8 ana llIlnOlS.
 All the States of the Union having a sufficient number of troops to con- stitute a brigade have adopted the brigade organization, with the excep- ton of five, Georgia, Tennessee. vir- ginia, Iowa and Wisconsin. Within the year that is between the report of organized militia of 1906 and 1907, the following States have adopted brigade organization: Colorado, In- diana. Kentucky. Louisiana and Mis- souri. ---.
 Illinois is the third State in the Union in the size of its National Guard, that is in accordance with the num- Der of units provided for.
 New York has one Major General and four Brigadier-Generals; Pennsyi- vania has one Major-General and three Brigadier-Generals; Illinois has no Major-Generals and four Brigadier- Generals; Ohio has one Major-General and two Brigadier- Generals; Texas has one Major-General and two Brigadier- Generals.
 Twenty-two States have sufficient for brigade and seventeen of the twenty two are 50 organised and have each single head in the person of a Briga- dier-General commanding. It is mo- ted, therefore. that there Is . general conformity on the part of the different States to the provisions of the Dick bill, and it is likely that by the next report all States will have compiled with the requirements of this bill.
 The New Leggings.
 The new leggings are not received with favor. We are told that mo lit- tie difficulty has been experienced in the trial of the various patterns of leg gings or puttees proposed to be is- sued to the United States Cavalry. The canvas puttees have been in use with the End squadron of the 18th cavalry. stationed at the Jamestown Exposition, and the End squadron of the 18th, sta- tioned at Fort Meyer. The men of the 18th do not like the puttees, claim ing that the corset steel in them digs into the shin, and that the bottoms are cut too scant, and 50 make the Feet look too big.
 Specimen leggings returned to the Quartermaster-Gener show that the men have pushed them down on the shoe and doubled them out of shape in order to make them cover the foot. In the 18th, many men have sent to New York and bought the same sort of puttees out of their own pockets. Officers and men generally In other regiments seem to like the new leg gings, and want them issued. General Humphreys has now had 500
 
 steel shortened an inche, with leather facings around the bottom, so that there can be no wear on the shoe, and with a metal stud to hold the strap se- curely when drawn taut.
 "A quantity of tanned leather put tees and some of black have been made for trial. The latter are intended to go with the blue dress uniforms. but 1t is not likely that they will be adopt ed, The leather puttees are not as handsome as those of duck, the leather being split and likely, with use. to lose shape and color"
 No Pay for Sick. There is to be no pay for men sick have been contracted while on duty in the service of the State.
 The Comptroller of the Treasury has sustained the Auditor in disallowing g the payment of an army paymaster of two enlisted men of the South Dakota National Guard for twenty-seven days during which they were sick in hos pital at Fort Riley, at the time of the | joint maneuvers in 1906.
 1 The pay department contended tha, the detention of these men for treat ment was involuntary and on account of sickness incurred in the line of duty and that they were. therefore, entitled | to pay for all the time thus made nee | essary to return to their homes. The Comptroller says the statute clearly contemplates that the encamp- ment will be for fixed period and that the payment should be made for that period and that members of the militia l organization can not be construed as participating in the service after the l camp period.