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Show A NEW AP.MY DILL. A Bill to DC rreientid In Congress That I'rotides for 00,000 31cn. Washington, Deo. 23. The bill for the increase cf the regular army, which the arnority of the house committee com-mittee on military affairs "-ill offer as a substitute fur the Hull bill, was drawn up by Representative Hay of Virginia and is now in the hands of the war department, where an estimate is ' eing mado of the cost of such a military establishment as it provides. The bill, as drawn, provides for a standing array of 30,000 men; 12,000 artillery, 8.000 infantry, 0,00q cavalry and engineer, ordnance and signal corps and general staff. To meet the existing exigency for troops in Porto P.ieo, Cuba, the Philippines, Phil-ippines, Hawaii and the Ladrones, the bill provides that the president may issue his proclamation for SO, 000 additional addi-tional volunteer troops to be enlisted for two years. These latter troops are to be commanded by officers appointed by the president. The organization is to be the same as in the regular army, the strength of the different arms of the service to be determined by the president. The present volunteers are to be mus. tered out within sixty days after the passage of this act, but volunteer organizations or-ganizations now in the service shall be given preference for enlistment in the new volunteer army if they so elect, within fifteen days. The bill provides that no regular army officer who was in the army prior to the war with Spain shall be mustered out of the service. |