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Show Auother Army Iteortruiiizii-Uoii Iteortruiiizii-Uoii Bill. Washington, 13. In view of the prospective laiJure of tbe Burnaide army bill Representative Atkins, with the counsel and suggestive cooperation of some of the ablest officers of tho army, has prepared another as a substitute, sub-stitute, whioh, although it has the same general object ss tho Burnside bill, differs considerably from tho lat-tor lat-tor in its methods and details. Ita principal provisions are as follows: The army id to be reduced to the desired strength, not by summary dismissals dis-missals or enforced retirements, but by the slower operation 'of natural laws. Vacancies created by death, casualties and resignations are to be left unfilled. Regimeuts are to be consolidated as their eflective strength decreases, and the whole army, lina and stall alike, allowed to gradually shrink to the desired numerical lim- ila The, pcHrori Mar inktpnri nl hpincr restructed, as now, to 4U0, is to be made as large as the necessities ot the service may require, and all oflicern, without exception, are to bo pUced on that list as fast aa they became incapacitated for active duty or reach the age of C2. In the meantime the supply of new oflicers from West Point is to be cut oil. The bill provides that momberd of the npxt two classes graduating from that academy shall, it they so desire, receive $700 each, upon completion com-pletion of their studies and be per mitted to return to their homes, sub ject to recall at tbe expiration of two years, if their services are required. The provisions of the bill, with regard to the reduction of the number of regiments regi-ments in the army, are similar to those of the Burnside bill. The army, however, is placed under the supreme control of tbe secretary of war, subject only to tho higher authority of the president as commander-in-chief. The power of the general ofthe army, instead of being increased, as by the BurnBide bill, 1b strictly circuited to its present bounds. The bill provides for the adoption of the battalion system sys-tem of regimental organizition, and makes a change in the present rule ol i promotion as regards first and second j lieutents- Lieutenants can now be I I advanced only in regiments to which I they are attached, while captains and i majors may Jbe promoted to higher rankB in other regiments, belonging to the same army service. This difference differ-ence the bill proposes to abolish, by giving lieutenants the same eligibility to promotion in other regiments thai hitht-r oflicers enjoy. |