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Show T5ff FOR He and Corhin Will Both Reach Rank of Lieutenant-Genoral. Lieutenant-Genoral. HIGHEST GRADE IN ARMY WILL THEN BE ABOLISHED United States Foreign Consuls Will Soon Receive Additional Addi-tional Compensation. : WASHINGTON, March 19. The House today reached a compromise on the question ques-tion or abolishing the grndo or lieutenant-general lieutenant-general In the .army, by providing that It shall not become effective until October 12 next, ln order that Generals Corbln nnd MacArthur may be promoted before their retirement. An Important bill, declared lo be tho llrst step toward a reorganisation of the consular service, was passed. Tha bill already al-ready has been noted upon by the Senate. U reclassifies the service and Increases salnrles to the extent of $170,000 u year. During tho completion of tho general debate on the legislative bill. Mr. Gros-venor Gros-venor (Ohio) came to tho defenso of tho army ln the Mount DnJo battle nnd was replied to briefly by Mr. Williams, tho minority leader, who asserted that all criticism was based on the official reports re-ports so far received. Reservation Opening Postponed. The retirement of aged clerks received tho attention of the Houso ror more than nn hour, during which the debate was general, whllo Mr. Tawney, chairman of tho Appropriations committee, held the floor In ndvorncy of the seventy-year retirement re-tirement provision In the bill. A joint resolution was passed extending to August 15 next the time for opening to public entrv the ceded portion of the Shoshone or Yvind River Indian reservation reserva-tion In Wyoming. ... , A bill was passed authorizing the leasing leas-ing of COM acres of land In La Plata countv, Colorado, lo the P. V.'U. Rubber company ror the raising of tho rubber 1 Tho Alnskn delegate bill was sent to conference, with Brick of Indiana. Powern I of Maine and Lloyd of Missouri as House conrereca. Defends Soldiers in Jolo Fight. Tho battle of Mount Dajo, near Jolo. was the subjret or comment by Mr. Groovonor cf Ohio nnd Mr. Williams of Mississippi. Mr. Grosvenor defended the army. ., , "This gang of Mores.' ho said, "belong to a class of pirates and professional thieves Thy were an organized band of murderers who never surrender, but lli'ht until the last one or them lo dead. "Ther. wno only one way to get them rut and that wus exactly the plan lhc American solldor executed, and tho President Presi-dent was exactly right when he telegraphed tele-graphed that It was a significant Teat of UIMr ' WUlloins0 criticised the report of the battle. What had been said about It was bavwl ou this report, and should subsequent subse-quent information present a difircnt sltu-Itlon sltu-Itlon of course, the criticism, bated on another report, could not stand. ii Klilng'tho general debate, tho Ilousa adjourned at ":C5 o'clock until 12 o'clock tomorrow. ...-. |