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Show The Extra Session ofCoititruas, Washington, 5. It having been understood for several weeks that au extra session of cangres would be convened on the 4th of Juno, the military authorities anticipated no trouble, having taken for granted that the army appropriation bill would be passed by the beginning of the next fiscal year and that business would proceed as usual. Therefore no difficulties diffi-culties woro anticipated nor mentioned. men-tioned. The postponement of the extra session was a great surprise to them and nearly every bureau chief in the war department sees some difficulty ahead, all of which they mentioned to the secretary of war this morning. Secretary McCreary has directed the paymaster general to prepare a statement showing the number of men whose terms will expire ex-pire between July 1st and October 5th, Such statement will be submitted sub-mitted to the president and the subject sub-ject of the extra session of congress will atrain be considered by the cabi net on Tuesday next. 1 It has been augtjested that the : difficulty in regard to the pay of tho discharged men might be overcome by discharging 2,500 men prior to the first of July whose terras of enlistment enlist-ment will expire between July 1st and October 15th. About $900,000 will be required to pay this number of men, and upon examination it has been ascertained thiit thero is not HllfViriont mnnoy lo tho orolit of llio army appropriation fund of the present pres-ent fiscal year to make such payment. Therefore the plan had to bo abandoned. aband-oned. The Journal's Washington Bpocial says: The cabinet's docision is not to be regarded as tho final action re-gardipg re-gardipg the extra Bcaaion and some members of the cabinet think it will have to be called earlier than October on account ol tho army and navy and other complications. McCrary snys that aince the meeting ho learns that about one fifth of the army men's time will expire before October, And that with this fact before them tho cabinet would probably rescind its action. . |