The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-11

habille.
President Roosevelt signed the bill
for the reorganization of the militia of
the United States. and its arming and
equipment at cost not to exceed So
100000. and gave the pen he used for
the purpose to General j. A. Drain.
chairman of the executive committee of
the National Guard Association, who
vas active in the movement TO obtain
the legislation. Assistant Secretary
Oliver of the War Department, who has
been charged with the execution of the
provisions Of the new law, said that
one of tile first steps to be taken will
he the appointment of a board COM
posed of five representative officers of
the organized militia to consult the
Secretary of War regarding the condi-
lion and needs of that branch of the
military establishment.
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| After resting for four years less than
a century in, the congressional ceme-
terry in Washington, the body of George
Clinton, once major general i'm the rev.
dictionary army. first governor of New
York, and a former vice president of
the United States. has been removed
to livingstone, " Y, for final inter-
ment. Not since the death of President
Mckinley has q funeral been marked
with such elaborate military honors.
The President has passed upon the
cases of twenty-three enlisted men from
the department OF Dakota, who were
convicted by courtmartial of various in
fractions of the army regulations, prin-
cipally desertion. In the most Of these
cases. the President approved the find
| few cases he mitigated the sentence
TO lighter punishment than, that i'm
posed.
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A subcommittee of the House Com
mittce on Rivers and Harbors unani-
mously decided to report to the full
committee q plan under which all OPP
position to the sanitary canal and to
improvement of the Mississippi River.
based upon the claim that an intake at
Chicago of 1900 cubic feet a second
will lower the level of the lakes, must
disappear.
The department of justice, at the re-
quest of the President. has Congress
man volstead's bill for draining the
Red Lake Indian reservation i'm North
ern Minnesota under consideration.
The lands i'm question being vested in
the federal government, 1t is believed
that there are no legal objections to
Mr.. yolstead's measure.
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An agreement has been made between
the War Department and the Interna-
tional Falls Improvement Company rel
alive to the Rainy River dam, and
work will continue under the existing
rights held by the company. Next ses-
sion a bill will be passed extending the
time for completion.
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One of the important duties of the
next President will be to appoint mem
bers of the United States Supreme
Court. The Chief Justice and three
other justices have already passed the
age of 20 years, and probably their
next administration.
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After being exposed to a mauling by
projectiles fired from the heaviest guns
in the navy, the turrets of the Mont
tor Florida still worked, her mechanism
was not disabled, nor was her arInor
plate pierced. The test vindicates the
turret system of construction for war
vessels
A new fighting mast constructed of
twisted steel pipe is likely to be fea-
ture of American fighting ships here
after The monitor Florida was
equipped with one in the recent test
and shells thrown into the basket-like
top had no appreciate effect
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Rear Admiral Evans, who has re-
turned to Washington, says the Uni:ed
States should have nineteen more bat
tleships. making forty-eight in all.
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The President conferred with Clifford
Pinchot, chief of the bureau of forestry,
relative to the new national forest re-