New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-07
ARMY COMBATS MILITIA.
Will Oppose National Guards
Desired Legislation.
From The Tribune Bureaul

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| agreement by which there may be unity
of action between the War Department
and the militia people. The latter have
! shown their displeasure with the War De-
! partment because of it's attempt TO re-
quire a reorganization Of militia to CORE
spond with the organization Of the army,
which change shall go into effect on
! January !.
! Only one of the states. New York, is
able to muster full division and Is en-
titled to a major general In command
! thereof. Other states have engaged IN
| controversy with the War Department
over what may be done. The department
| has insisted that there shall be full nu-
merical strength in the unit commands
and that the officers shall only be those
allowed by the approved army organiza-
| ton. This is all I'm accordance with the
| Dick law. the provisions of which have
| been set aside heretofore by the War
| Department I'm the interest of the militia.
! Secretary Garrison takes the position
| that the militia must give some return
| for the largo amount Of money expended
! in it's behalf, and is the more insistent
! upon this inasmuch as the projected IN
crease Of militia pay would require an
additional appropriation of not less than
| $50 100000 year The department be-
lieves that the militia should be organ
| lied along the lines Of the army to the
end that IL may become a part Of the
regular military establishment in time OF
war without the delay Of organization
- pHf. 10
sisted that the taking over of the militia
should be accomplished without the con-
| fusion which prevailed in 1898.
The i'll feeling Of the militia amounts
| in some instances 10 resentment and mas
| led to the preparation OF pay bill inde-
pendent of the War Department and a
protest against the enforcement of the
departmental circular on organization
! The National Guard Association has Sc
| riously considered a proposition for OBJ
| tanning legislation that would require q
! national guard officer TO be placed at the
| head OF the militia division of the war
| Department. The better judgment of
more conservative militia officers, how
ever. has interfered with such a radical
| change. but the fact that II was seriously
considered has not added 10 the good
feeling between the militia and the de-
partment.
There are indications OF a fight when
the military pay bill is sent to Congress
Coming from military sources. II Will be
opposed by the War Department in Wig
orous measures, and that will probably
interfere seriously with its consideration
early in the session, as has been pro-
posed by the National Guard Association
The Secretary OF War will insist that
nothing be done for the militia until the
militia is organized along the lines pre-
scribed by the War Department and re-
| CURED by the Dick law.
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following army
and navy orders have been issued:
Colonel FRANK WEST "a Cavalry. detailed
for recruiting service. 20 command recruit
depot. Fort Slocum.
Major MAvILLES :. JARVIS. 24th lhiahIy'
detailed in Inspector generals department'
December /. vice Major ANDRE W. BREW
STER. inspector general 10 Fort sam Hols
ton. nc assistant department inspector South
crn lyisiOr.
Major JOHNSON coast artillery, on arrival at
Manila report commanding officer. coast dc
fences OF Manila Bay. for duty.
| Following changes quartornaster corps ordered
|
Jr assistant depot qudTtcrmastcr TEN
| porarily relieve Lieutenant Colonel JOHN r.
| BANTER as depot qudrtermaster at Omaha
| Lieutenant Colonel BAXTER 70 charge Port
land office, uuartcrmaster corps, relieving
| Major CHARLES l.. STANTON Of temporary
| Oh urge that Office, and Lieutenant colonel
| ARTHUR W. YATES Of permanent charge
that office. Major STANTON resume duty
as assistant depot quartermaster. san Fran
cisco.
Captain JAMES NJ. LOUD. sth Infantry. to
IL al 80
! Captain JOHN C. woRKIZER. coast ARTILLERY.
from stan duty commanding officer. coast
| defcnces Of Baltimore. 20 course instruction
| coast artillery school, Fort Monroe. Deem
Leaves Of absence: Captain WILLIAM r.
| STAMFORD, oath Infantry, to November
30; Captain HUGH ID. BERKELEY. 18th
| Cavalry, one month and twenty days; First
Lieutenant HENRY j. REILLY. 18th cav
| airy, two months
NAVY.
Rear Admiral A. VI. KNIGHT. additional duty,
| president Naval War College.
| Lieutenant r. T. COFFEY. detached Naval
War College: aid on stan commander IN
| chief Atlantic reserve fleet. -
| Paymasters Clerks 7 j. BOLAN ana HENRY
| GUILMETTE, appointments revoked.
| MOVEMENTS OF WAR VESELS.-The
following movements of vessels have been
reported to the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
| November 5-The Saratoga. at Annoy. the
| Nashua at Tampico the Eagle, at Charles
| ton; the Nanshan. at San Diego: the Cum
| mngs, at Newport
| SAILED
November 2-The Birmingham. from IA
| Cuayra for Bahia.
| November 5-The Saratoga. from Annoy for
| Manila: the Ontario from Norfolk TO search
| for lost anchors: the Manshan, from san
Diego for san Francisco.
| The Cummins, assigned torpedo fotilla. At
lantic feet. a., =,
| The Hopkins ordered in reserve at Mare Isl
| and. detached torpedo hotilla, Pacific de.t;
assigned reserve torpedo division Mare Isl
and. II,
The Stewart. detached reserve torpedo di'l-
sion, commissioned In full at Mare lsland'
| and assigned torpedo feet. Pacihs Meet
| The chester commissioned In full at Phlladel-
| mia. detached Atlantic reserve meet, ana as
| signed general service. 49,,
THO ouisiana the New Hampshire. the Mical-
gan and the California, remain In Mexico
waters. ,.-t.., go
| The III and the H-2 when commissioned as
signed second submarine division torpedo no
tflla, Pacific fleet 49,. ~. -
Tho Monaghan the Sterett and the Terry or
d.re5 in reserve at Charleston
EXPORTS OF APPLES AND PEARS.
Exports of apples from United states
- canadian norts for the week ended