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Show To Inereuse (he Army. WaihinaUvi, 12. The house com-mittt-e on military affairs tu-day considered, con-sidered, the president's message in re-1 latiou 10 the increase of the army during the pending of the ludian , war, and agreed to the bill passed by I the senate July 31, providing that the I president shall have power to increase I the number of enlisted men in each company of cavalry to 100 in such I regiments as may in his opinion re-! re-! quire such increase, provided that not mors thau 2,o00 enlisted men shall thus be added at any one time to the 20,000 authorized by aci of July 24, 1S76. The committee adopt-i adopt-i ed an amendment that as soon as the hostilities shall cease the regiments 1 6nall be reduced again and the extra i men be mustered out. |