Show TELLERS BOER resolution WILL COME UP IN THE SENATE TOMORROW washington mar 4 mr wolcott chairman of tho postoffice post office and post roads committee today reported the postoffice post office appropriation bill he gave notice he would call di up tor consideration on the instant the resolution offered by mr teller of colorado offering sympathy for the boers at the request of the author was laid over to tomorrow mr teller gave notice that he would then call it up immediately after routine business the bill to establish a branch soldiers home at or near denver colorado was passed the army organization reorganization re bill was called by mr proctor in charge of the measure the bill proposed to change the method of staff appointments by detailing officers of the line for departments of adjutant general inspector general quartermaster general and commissary general it also increases the rank of gen miles to lieutenant general and gen corbin to major general regimental formations of the artillery are discontinued and batteries of coast artillery and 18 batteries of held artillery are provided for after one or two amendments to the phraseology of the bill haa been made mr tallman of S C moved that the fifteenth section ot the measure be amended so as to read us follows that the senor major general commanding the army shall have the rank pay and allowances of a lieutenant general and his personal staff have the rank pay and allowances authorized for the staff of Q lieutenant gereral ge aeral the amendment proposed by mr hlll man had the effect of striking out tho provision making the section apply only to gen miles the present commander of the army it was agreed to mr berry of arkansas moved to strike out the section as amended he did not think any good could be sub served aty increasing the rank of the commander ot the army mr bate of tenn also objected to the increase of the rank and designated what he said was B tendency to increase the strength of the army mr sewell pointed out th atthe confederacy had nineteen lieutenant generals and eighteen full generals he paid handsome tribute to general miles he said that in any european army of men the presenta presen tj strength approximately of the united states army there would be two f tenant generals and vone full general history he said would look upon the increase ot our army from to in thirty days as one df the greatest achievements yet little credit the which enabled this result to cje accomplished mr lodge had read a letter from major general W ja hancock warmly praising general miles mr teller thought the proposed rank ought to be given to the commander of the army in the course of a tribute to general miles jie said that it the general had into the councils as he should have been during the recent war some difficulties that were encountered might nave teen avoided the motion vias defeated 8 to 44 as follows yeas bate berry butler clay culberson kenny money vest 8 nays allison bacon baker bard burrows chandler cockrell davis deboe elkins fairbanks foraker gallinger gear hale harris hawley etcar jones of nevada kean kyle lendsay lodge mccomas mason nelson platt of conn proctor quarles rawlins ross sewell shoup simon stewart teller wellington wolcott 44 the army reorganization bill passed the senate without division |