Show PROPOSED NEW ARTILLERY Its Creation Will Effect a Number of Army Promotions Washington Feb 26The officials of the war department have completed all I the preliminary arrangements for the I immediate execution of the bill which is expected to become a law within the I next few days providing for two additional addi-tional regiments of artillery There will be no difficulty whatever in securing I secur-ing men applications for enlistments having been received far in excess of I the number required viz 1610 men I Great care will be taken In the recruitIng recruit-Ing and only the best men will be accepted ac-cepted Under the law all the new men must be citizens of the United States I is probable that the ranks will be recruited to a large extent from men who have already served one or more terms In the army As fast a recruited re-cruited they will be gathered at the recruiting re-cruiting rendezvous and held to await I I the action of the general commanding The principal rendezvous for recruits I are at Fort Slocum N Y Washington I barracks Columbus barracks Ohio Fort Sheridan Ills and Jefferson barracks bar-racks Mo The present intention is to transfer experienced noncommissioned officers and men to the new regiments rgments as a nucleus for their organization and to fill their places by promotion and recruits re-cruits With the two new regiments there will be seven regiments of artillery regments I tillery and the total strength of the army including the hospital corps ordnance nance and engineer battalions and the West Point detachment will be Increased I In-creased to nearly 27000 menThe men-The new organization will result In the promotion of two lieutenant colo j nels four majors ten captains 35 first lieutenants three second lieutenants and uill absorb the JS additional second I I lieutenants of the No o infantry vacancies vacan-cies will ft be created however and c no 1 I appomtnuns ill Tc made The commanders com-manders < > t ti ill new regiments will be I Lieutenant Col l ie = ES Williston and William Sinclair who willbe promoted j I to the gfad ofcolonelas Son a the bill become a aw Besides these pro I otiims four major will becftme lieu Unant colonels viz Randolph 1 I Ira Smith and Ramsey Ten captains will become majors viz Morris Mac Murray Dulenbeck Burbank Mills Story Vose Greenough Russell Morgan Mor-gan Thirtyfive first lieutenants will bi advanced to captains viz Adams 1 Lund en Crawford Whistler Gluora Smith Reed Cummings Dyer Walker Du ail Andrews Parkhurst Randolph Foneycutt Macoirb Wilson Wisser I ° mley Harrison Sage Williams Horner Hor-ner Andeism Miles Coffin Todd Brown Slakir Brush Ludlow Simpson Simp-son Satterlte Hamilton Foster Three second lieutenants will become first lieutenants viz Hear Davis and I Mouidm These promotions will result in creat I lug 19 vacancies among second lieutenants lieuten-ants ta be milled by officers now await In assignment to vacancies Three Off I these Millar Overton and BUckley wlllt be assigned as second lieutenants There are many < thus awaiting endorsement The last graduating class from West point received few appointments a there were no vacancies then The graduates were temporarily assigned as additional second lieutenants to various var-ious arms of the service Infantry cavalry cav-alry etc They will now receive permanent per-manent places under the new arrange jaent I |