Show Or INTEREST TO SOLDIERS AdJtGcn Corbin has started a movement to Induce Congress to remove re-move from the ijUuuto books a law that makes an unjust discrimination 3U1 against West Pointers the army The detachments of the Sixteenth Seventeenth Nineteenth anjl Twenty S third Infantries and the Fourth cavalry t cav-alry under command of Captn Buck i and Wrenn left the Columbus barracks I bar-racks for Manilayesterday They go via New York C Unless Congress shall so amend the law under which the present volunteer arm7 wan enlhsled as toipcrmit volunteers vol-unteers to be discbarged in the Philippines Philip-pines and subsequently transported to the United States It wlllbe necessary to begin thehomdward movement of the volunteers before January 1st By direction of the Preaiden the Department I De-partment of Porto Klcowill be discontinued I discon-tinued on December 15 1000 and the inland of Porto BIo and the islands and keys adjacent thereto will be attached at-tached to the Department of the East S and designated the Dlatrlpt > of Porto Rico Gen Davis Is ordered lo proceed 1 pro-ceed lo Philippines F1c Th President has made the following appointments to Jill vacancies Irf the ti AdjutantGenerals oillce Capt H P t27 McCain to be l Major and Assistant Ad JutantGencraUCaltJT Ken Seventeenth c Sev-enteenth Infantry lo be Major and As c siatant AdjutantGeneral Capt John L Pharnberlain First artillery to be Major and InspectorGeneral and First Lieut W II Hart Seventh cavalry cav-alry to be Captain and Commissary of Subsistence 1 |