Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-13
ARMY NOTES

| NEWS HAS bSSu FSCSlNeu mere lHdl
] Colonel George. Bell, Jr., commander
of the fighting Sixteenth, now part
l,of, Brigadier general John J. Perish
ling's brigade at the front, had been
named by President Wilson to sue
coed Brigadier-general Ramsay d
Potts, retired. The nomination was
made, according to adyices, on the
recommendation of chief of staff, Ma
jor-general William w. Wotherspoon
The nomination will come before the
senate in the very near future for
confirmation, and it is confidently ex
pected that the senate will concur
with the president in his appoint
ment. ~
| AS soon as the appointment is con.
Efirmed by the senate, and perhaps, be
fore, Colonel Bell will return to San
Francisco, where he will probably
find orders awaiting him to take com
mand of the Seventh Brigade, with
headquarters at Vancouver Barracks,
Wash. This brigade is left without
commander by the retirement OF
Brigadier-general Potts. which was
made four months before the schedul-
ed time at the generals own request.
Served Thirty-Eisht Years. .
Colonel Bell has served thirty-eight
years as an officer in the army. His
record, dating from cadetship IN 1875
to the present, has been one or grad
ual rise. He was commissioned sec
Iond lieutenant in the Third Infantry
in 1880, first. lieutenant in 1885, cap
tain in the First Infantry in 1898,
transferred to the Fifteenth Infantry
in 1903, reached his majority and
transferred to the Twelfth Infantry
In the same year, transferred to the
First Infantry in 1904, made ieuten-
ant-colonel in 1911, promoted to col
oneI and given command of the six
teenth in 1918. 20. >
.-,r=s 49, ~ ~ 2
+ The army appropriation bill has
been reported out of committee and
has been passed practically as amend;
ed by the senate. 1t awaits the sig
nature of the president. The bill was
amended in increasing figures by the
senate, the appropriations provided
for being doubled, and in some places
trebled. The house refused to adopt
seven, of the senate amendments.
They are:
Appropriating $1S,17O.8S4. instead of
S16,949,126, for pay of enlisted men,
providing for an increase in the stand
ing army of 5000 men.
Appropriating $9,802, 141.39 instead
of S9,139, 66639, for subsistence.
Appropriating $S,155, 600, instead OF
81, 7O0,0 600, for quartermasters' corps
regular supplies.
: Appropriatfng $565,2S5, instead Of
$500 900, for horses for cavalry, per-
hitting the recruiting of cavalry regl-
ments to full strength, which has not
been done because of lack Of animals.
Appropriating $6,500,O0O, instead OF
S., 100000 for. clothing and equipaGe.
Appropriating $2,100,000, instead OF
$3.50, 900, for field artillery for organ
lied militia
Appropriating $4,000, 900, instead Of
$1,000, 0eN, for ammunition for field ar
tillery, organized militia.
The seven raises aggregated So
5000 900 and this was the difference
over which the house and the senate
disagreed. With the bubble settled
and the bill before the president for
signature, the army officials are reas-
sured, for now there are available the
funds for the purchase Of additional
field artillery to protect the infantry
and cavalry in action.