Show REORGANIZE ARMY Measure Providing Therefor Passes Senate CHANGES PRESENT SYSTEM i I i i I 1 I Practically Revolutionizes Staff Arrangements Prctcnly Revolutonize Staf I I I rangements of the Military Establishment Estab-lishment War Department Officials I Regard It j as One of tho Most Important Im-portant Bills Acted Upon this Session I Ses-sion Rank of Commanding General Gen-eral of tho Army is Raised to that of LieutenantGcucral II I j I I Washington May Todays I session of the Senate wan rendered especially I I notable by the passage aftor 1 a debate lasting only three hours of the army i reorganization bill In military circles I Din measure Is regarded us one of the most Important of the present session I I practically revolutionizes the present I pres-ent staff arrangements of the army I proposes to change the present system I of permanent appointments In certain staff corps to one of detail by a gradual I process as the officers In those corps go out of acthe service As vacancies occur oc-cur In department of the Adjutant General the InspectorGeneral Quar termasterGeneral and Co mm ssary General they are to be filled by details j I from tho line the details to be temporary tempo-rary and not to exceed four years REGIMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS The now system Is not applied to tho corps of engineers medical department I pay department or Judge advocategen I orals department The bill discontinues 1 the regimental organization of the artillery I ar-tillery and establishes an artillery corps of two branches viz 12G batteries batter-ies of coast artillery and IS batteries of field artillery with a total of 17IIS men CADET CORPS INCREASED r It provides for an Increase of 100 In j the corps of cadets at West Point two at large from each State and ten more I to the present number of twenty from the United States at large The rank of the commanding General of tho army Is raised to that of Lleu tenantGcncral and that of the Ad jutantGeneral to MijorGeneral the latter being during the Incumbency of I the present AdjutantGeneral Corbin TO REACH EAGAN The President is empowered to place on the retired list any ofllcer who has been suspended from duty by sentence of courtmartial or by legislative order In mlt < atlon of such sentence for a period extending to or within one year of tho time of his compulsorj retirement retire-ment for ape This Is well understood to apply to CommissaryGeneral Engan VETERINARY CORPS An amendment creating a veterinary corps for the army consisting of a Colonel and thirtyfive other commissioned commis-sioned ofllcers was attached to the bill after a spirited debate the amendment being adopted by a vote of 2G to 23 The fortifications appropriation bill carrying about 7500HJO was passed POSTOFFICE BILL REPORTED Mr Wolcotl chairman of the Post office and Post Roads committee today reported the postolllce appropriation bill He gave notice that he would call it up for consideration on the ICth Inst The resolution offered by Mr Teller fColo expressing sympathy for the Boers at the request of the author was laid over until tomorrow Mr Teller gave notice that he would then call It up Immediately after routine business Tho bill to establish a branch soldiers homo at or near Denver Colo was passed ARMY REORGANIZATION I The bill to Increase the efficiency of tho military establishment of the United States better known as the army ar-my reorganization bill was called up by Mr Proctor In charge of the measure meas-ure The bill proposes to change the method of staff appointments by detailing detail-ing officers at the line for departments of AdjutantGeneral InspectorGeneral QuartermasterGeneral and Commis saryGeneral RANK OF GEN MILES It also Increases the rank of Gen Miles to LlcutcnantGeneral and Gen Corbin to MajorGeneral Regimental formations of the artillery are discontinued discon-tinued and 1C batteries of coast artillery artil-lery and eighteen batteries of field artillery ar-tillery are provided for After one or two amendments to the phraseology of the bill had been made Mr Tillman moved that the fifteenth section of the measuie be amended so as to read as follows APPLIES TO OTHER COMMANDERS That the senior MajorGeneral commanding com-manding the army shall have the rank pay and allowances of I Lieutenant General and his personal staff have the rank pay and allowances authorized 101 the fttufi of a LieutenantGeneral The amendment proposed by Mr TII1 man had the effect of striking out the provision making tho section apply only to Gen Mlks i I the prosuni commander of the army It t was agreed to BERRY AND BATE OBJECT Mr Berry moved to strike out these the-se < Llon us amended He did not think any good could bo subserved by increasing In-creasing the rank of the commander of the army Mr Bate also objected to the Increase of rank and designated It as a tendency to Increase the strength of the army TRIBUTE TQ GEN MILES Mr Sew ell pointed out that tho Confederacy Con-federacy had nineteen LleuteiumtGcn orals and eight full Generals He paid JL handsomo tribute to Gen Miles He said that in any European army of 100 000 men Limo present strength approximately I approxi-mately of the United States army there would be two Lieu tCnuntGenolals and ono full Quncral History he said would look upon the Increase of our army from 25000 to STfiGOO In thirty days as one of the greatest of military i achievements Yet little credit was t given the organization which enabled this result to bo accomplished I PRAISING GALLANT OFFICER Mr Lodge rend a letter from Maj Gen W S Hancock warmly praising Gen Miles Mr I Toller thought the proposed rank ought to be given to the commander nf the army In tho course of a tribute to Gen Miles he said that If the General I had iccn called Into the councils as hu should have been during the recent war some difficulties that were encountered might haw been avoided The motion I was defeated 8 to 11 ns follows I YEAS I I II Bate Berry Butler Clay Culberson I Kenny Money VestS I NAYS j Allison Bacon Bard Burrows I Chandler Cockrell Davis Deboe El klnf Fairbanks Fornker Foster Foe GalUngcr Gear Hale Ilanabrough Harris Hawley Hoar Jones Ncv TCoan Kyle Lindsay Lodge McComas Mason Nelson Perkins Pettigrew Pettus Plait Conn Prottor Quarles Rawllns ROHH Sewell Shoup Simon Stewart Teller Wellington Wolcott H < i r I j I AFRAl OP MI HPA ft ISM1 i Mr Bato delivered l a speech in op I i position to the Increase In the army r proposed by the bill He thought th < r move people would regard It as a flank oC mllltat mont to advance the spirit him Mr Coekrell anlagonUed igorously the said itc Hc Bate the poslllon of JUr abso was men oC number Increased man the anti ititoly required to care for fortifications oC artillery In the coaal lie regard the He did noL iIHT country r j militarism but bill as a step toward on the opposite BILL IS PASSED passed with The bill as amended wan I I division out 2MS lc Pfiohael A Senate bill to pay UV county Vest YII I Wilson of Harrison A services of her father for the glnla li I flof Benjamin wliS lit thc Revo j rhe ben was passed lut onary war enemrv of the bill Is one of twentynlns I children of Col Wilson FORTIFICATIONS BILL PASSED appropriation was The fortifications passed as reported to thr Senate It GIO10 Carries 7733628 an Increase of oer the House measure Heforf puss ugi > an amendment authorising proportional i propor-tional I I payments for pneumatic dynamite dyna-mite I guns carriages and ammunition I was agreed to The bill was passed extending the i i limo for proof and payment on lands I claimed under tho desert land law of the United States by the members of the Colorado cooperative colony In southwestern foloiado After a short I cxfcMitlvc session the Senate at 510 n m adjourned until Monda j I |