Show AN ARMY COMPROMISI Democratic Senators Force Conces sions From the Republicans + INCREASE IS TEMPORARY 4 f AB3TST TO BE SEDUCED TO ANTE BELIUH STATUS t 2force of 100000 Men May Be Maintained Main-tained Until J1901 ToConsIstL of 65000 Regulars and 35009 JCoK unteers Other Features Sameas Those of Hull Bill J Washington Feb 24rrThe tenate committee on military affairs reported the compromise arty reorganization bill just before adjournment of the senate sen-ate jst C30 i > m The bill had been framed at the war department last night by the officials ol that department depart-ment and a number r senators imA was under consideration by the senate sen-ate committee and its subcommittee cmmltee during the greater part of the day The formulation of the compromise was placed In the hands of Senators Hawley Haw-ley and Carter of the military committee tee on behalf of the Republicans anl l Senator Cockrell in the interests of thp Democrats They met at 10 oclock today to-day and continued quite constantly in i session Colonel Carter of the army sat with them for the purpose of supplying sup-plying technical Information The subcommittee had i in charge until 430 oclock when the ull committee com-mittee met The committee made a number of changes and after h sitting of two hours reported the bill to the I senate The bill a repotted differs in many I details from the bill read in the house today by Mr Hull but the general I framework is the same In the new bill one section covers the entire increase I in-crease of the army and it reads as follows f lows lowsThat to meet the srescnt exigencies of the military service the president is hereby authorized to maintain the regular I rEg-ular army at a strensth not exceeding 65000 enlisted men to be distributed amongst the several branches of the service according to the reds of ea hand h-and raise a force of not more than C3 000 volunteer infantry ae he may de tefmine from the country at large under un-der general law or from the facilities where the service may be required with regard to citizenship or educational qualifications and to form the Lane into not more than thirty regiments organized as infantry regiments of war strength in the regular army Provided further that each real ment shall have one surgeon v jUt the rank of major two assistant surgeons one of whom shall have the rank of captain and one that of frs lieutenant lieuten-ant and three hospital stewards Provided that such increase In the regular and volunteer forces shall continue con-tinue in service only during the npfes sity therefor and not later than Julv i 1 1901 ALLOTMENT OF GENERALS The allotment of major and brigadier generals is as follows That the president shall have power to continue in service or to appoint by and with the advice and consent of the senate brigadier generals of volunteers volun-teers who including the brigadier generals gen-erals of the regular army shall not exceed I ex-ceed one for every 4000 enlisted men actually In service and major generals of volunteers who including the major generals of the regular army shall not exceed one for every 2000 enlisted menProvided that regular army olicers continued or appointed as general officers of-ficers or as field or staff officers of volunteers vol-unteers under the provisions oC this act shall not vacate their regular army commissions And provided further that no general gen-eral officers appointed under the provisions provis-ions of this section shall bo continued J In service as such beyond July 1 1901 7 Section one provides that the regular army shall consist of three major generals six brigadier generals ten regiments of cavalry seven regiments of artillery twentyfive regiments of infantry In the cavalry organizUiun pnch ree hrent consists of twelve troops organized organ-ized into three squadrons of four troops each The artillery regiments ar fixed at fourteen batteries of which two maybe may-be organized as field artillery Two veterinarians are allowed to each regiment of cavalry In the case of artllllery the number of privates in a battery of heavy artillery is lixed at a minimum of fiftytwo and of light artillery at a minimum of fiftyone The same word is used in fixing Ihe strength of the regiments giving each infantry company a minimum of for tyeicht privates The infantry regiments are fixed at twelve companies organized into the three battalion formation The adjutant generals and inspector generals departments are to consist of the number of officers now in these departments de-partments respectively with a provision provi-sion that captains of the line who have shown marked aptitude in the command com-mand of troops shall be entitled to compete for staff appointments The senate amendment to the Hull Haw ley bill increasing the number of cadets to 100 is retained The judge advocates quartermasters subsistence medican pay ordnance engineering and signal corps departments depart-ments shall consist of the officers and enlisted men now provided by law A proviso makes the battalion of engineers engi-neers a part of the line and allows retired re-tired command officers to be assigned to active The present chief of the record and pension office is made a brigadier general gen-eral subsequent chief to be colonel er The provision of law authorizing the assignment of officers of the quartermasters quarter-masters and subsistence departments with increased rank and the continuance continu-ance in service of certain volunteer officers offi-cers of those departments for a period of one year Is repealed QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS Provision Is made that no person other titan a officer of the regular army who has passed the age of 45 shall be appointed field offi years shal as a feld of cer in the volunteer force noras a company or staff officer therein if he be past the age of 35 years neither shall any person not a regular army officer be so apponted until he shall have demonstrated his moral physical phy-sical and professional fitness for the grade in which he is to be commissioned commission-ed to the satisfaction of a examining board provided that the field officers of the force authorized be appointed from officers of the regular army or from persons who served as officers of volunteers in the war with Spain The president is authorized to continue con-tinue in service or appoint volunteer staf officers as follows Nine assistant assist-ant adjutant generals nine assistant Inspector generals five judge advocates advo-cates thirty quartermasters and forty assistant quartermasters six commissaries commis-saries of subsistence and twelve assistant assist-ant commissaries These volunteer staff officers are given various ranks from colonpl to second lieutenant AS soon a practicable the officers and men of the volunteer army not authorized in the bill shall be mustered mus-tered out provided that enlisted men of volunteers may be transferred toad to-ad enlisted in such of the new organizations or-ganizations as may be below the maximum imum authorized strength Provision is made that the act is not to be construed to cause the discharge of any commissioned commis-sioned officer now in the service jj j |