Year: 1876

adds TO their knowledge and experience and enlargcs
their professional abilities that instead OF the early
decay Of their mental officers OF the Engineer
corps usually arrive at their greatest distinction and
period OF greatest usefulness age when officers
who have served corresponding time In the Ordnance
corps forgotten only remembered by their
fobles mental nGrmlties II nneenihs of the Ord.
nance corps bloled from Official existence single
capable energetic officer with real progressive ideas
would alone MI the blank filled by SO many II
that the officers OF this corps not original,
endowed, at least most OF them, with iair share
natural intelligence nor that they did not cullivat
these abilities; but it il simply due to rust, TO
tai Inactivity


GENERAL LoGAS's PRIVATE PROPERTY.


However Jealous and sincere the present majority Il
the House be in their desircto reduce the natona
expenditures It is doubtful If General Banning and In
Military Committee in tho House will be able 10 put
forward any measure OF retrenchment affecting th'
army which will approval in the Senate unless
the latter body assertsts Independence of committees
and Ignores General Logan and his peculiar
ideas. Logan looks upon the army as his per-
sona and private property; it must neither be
enlarged nor reduced, except the idea first
originates with him. He will oppose any measure
ing from the House If the latter presses q reduction
the army Logan will shout in favor OF nerease and
rice versa His great fear now is that the House will
be able circumvent him and the Senate will over.
ride all opposition of the latter by adopting trick
legislation for which the republican majority OF the
last Congress responsibethat OF attaching doubt
ful to appropriation bills and thus forcing
their adoption. In 1874 Wheeler, republican, from
New York, then in charge OF the Committee Appro-
priations Introduced and drove through the House,
under the party LASH q rider the Army Appropri.
alton BILL an amendmont that money appropriated by
that act should be paid to maintain an army beyond
the number OF rs, 900 men, although tho legal num-
Der then allowed 80 Ooo This passed the
republican House and also adopted by the Senate,
thus reducing the army 5000 men by refusing TO vote
appropriation to keep it up to its legal limit Be-
ing republican dodge Logan saw nothing objection
able in 1t then. aud gave the measure his support
Now, however, when the same trek 10 threatened by
the opposition in the House, Logan suddenly dis.
covers that this the proper way effect such
result


1t Is the old story again TO whose OK Is being
gored It's likely that Bannns's last b which pro-
poses to disband discharge two regiments Of cav.
airy and of infantry will encounter serious oppo-
siton from the friends OF the colored man.
the act Is understood to be covered attack the
four remaining regiments Of coorcd troops in ths
service There being two colored regiments in the
cavalry and in the infantry, and 1t is usual in





ments bearing highest numbers, 1t Is likely the
proposed reduction would fall upon the Ninth
and Tenth cavalry (colored), and tho Twenty fourth
and Twenty nth infantry (coloredL No regrets would
DC felt IN the army II somc measure could be adopted
doing away with negro troops, US 1t s admitted by all
that the experiment OF employing negro soldiers
ticularly time OF peace when moro than the neces
sary number of suitable white be enlisted las
proved an utter and expensive failure


THE TROOPS IN THE SOUTH.


member of tho Military Committee In the House ID
authority the statement that the House will pass
resolution calling upon the President for Information
ns TO the reasons which make 1t necessary in tmcs
OF profound peace keep troops stationed throughout
certain States of the South and in tho event Of the
Presidents reply containing any satisfactory
reason further than is publicly known, the House
will add amendment to the Appropriation bill pro-
vidng that no portion OF the money appropriated oi
the support Of the army shall be paid for maintaining
troops In any of the Southern States. except such
may necessary to garrison portion of the soacoas
forts The Texas members claim that moro
troops are absolutely demanded to protect their
constituents the Mexican border and that the troops
now maintained IN idleness louisiana Mississippi
and other should be moved points where their
! services required Republicans however, are In
favor OF keeping portion OF the army Ia the two
States named, particularly since the steps
toward the Impeachment OF Amcs and Kellogg Ben
Butler is reported 10 have said that II tho regular
forces wcro TO withdraw Mississippi his son-in-
law could not remain within the limits OF tho State I've
minutes ancrward. Most people might regard this
sufficient reason a order their removal