Year: 1879

The army appropriation bill was reporfed IN
the House by Representative Hewitt YESTERDAY
The total amount recommended is s25.147. 800
The total estimates amounted to S290Sl5 800
The appropriation for the SunnOrt Of the army
during the year 1879 was 1851 osT The com
mittee at their session yesterday afternoon con
ciuced to strike out number OF the provisions
heretofore informally agreed un0n in thnir
draft of the bill, and as reported to the House
the rev legislation recommended for enact
ment In the bill is as follows: Each member of
tle IeXU TWO graduating classes at the military
academy may elect to receive $3.50 and mileage
10 MS place OF residence, the acceptance Of
which shall render him Ineligible to appoint
ment In the army until two years after his
urea list is to be repealed and every.Ofi ,er who
has been thirty years in service may. u lon hi,
,,V.n Owl appncatlon, be placed upon it. And on
have rendered forty years service or shall b,
s1Xty-tWO years of age shall be retired: but the
resident may extend the limit OF age to sIxtr-
IVe years In any case where, in his Judgment
tie o1llcer possesses peculiar fitness for his
position. 1t Is also provided that the Secretary
OF " ar snail cause reports to be made showing
what officers may, in the opinions of their
superior officers, be unfit for the efficient per-
Iormance OF military duty, andif any such Off
Ger snail not apply for permission to appear be-
lore retlrlng board he shall be retired COM
pulsorily, but in case of such application he
shall be retired or continued in service accord
Ing to the recommendation of the retiring
board, If approved by the President The





by law there shall be no promotions or appoint
mentS in the army above the rank OF captain
except in the corps Of engineers, and that no
C1flcer shall be placed upon the retired list I'M
less found to be no longer tit for active service
1t is next provided that any officer who, with
the consent of the President may voluntarily
resign from the active list of the army before
January /, 1880, shall be discharged with three
years full pay, With the advice and consent OF
tie President. Any officer hereafter retired by
reason of wounds received In action shall be re-
q 0f hra aJ-pfN
actually held by him in either the regular or
volunteer service. Whenever the number OF
officers on any staff corps is found to be made
quate for the performance OF its duties, the
President may supply The deficiency by detail
ing for four years line officers OF the rank below
the lowest grade OF the staff corps wherein
Their services are required. and vacancies Oc-
CURING in tie staff corps other than the engi-
neers and ordnance, below the rank Of lor,
SHALL hereafter De filled by selection from the
lire officers who have served by detail therein
Ii any there be. The only other new legislative
prCviS ion reported by the committee is one FIX
ing Il G number OF aids de camp to which the
general Ulcers shall be entitled. The general
is 10 be allowed three hot above the rank OF
cCi0ho', the lieutenant-general three below the
rank of lieutenant coi0rel. the major generals
each two below the rank OF major, and the brig
adler generals each two below the rank OF cap
tain. The pay OF each aid-de- camp, other than
colonel. Is to be that OF 0ne grade higher than
his actual rank.