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Show MAY OP AltMY OFFICIALS, NrrreUrf at ttar lln-lilrt an ImporlaM l'Ut IVaahlugton, June ). Secretary Alger Al-ger ha rendered a dcetttoii of great Importance tn army ofllcer, In which ho hold that men aervlng within tbe IImIU of tbo llnlteil HUten nt a time wheo thnw It no army within tald litn- It, are not "operating agalntt an I enemy," notwlthttandliig tho nxUtcnce , of wnr condition. Tho cao upon I which the declalnu wa hatpd nroo In I connection with the claim of aoino offl- I cer who had cterclMtl a higher command com-mand than their grade, nnd who con tended they were entitled to tho pay of the higher grade. The paymaster gen. oral maintained that tho troop were i not oicrutliig agaluat the enemy until they had actually loft tha ahurea of tho Uullud Htte. and In thlt ha It upheld by tho tecrrtary. Tho aecretary haa dceldcd alto that for the piirpovi of rrttrlctlng nttlgn-menu nttlgn-menu to command under eeollon 7 of the volunteer army to "competent authority," au-thority," auoli authority can bo oxer-elkcil oxer-elkcil only by the trcretary of war, or by the commanding genornl of tho army "operating agalntt an enemy." |