Etc. [pp. 107-109]

1 890.]
Etc.
Details from the Army:
30 Division Generals.
ioo Brigadier Generals.
325 Colonels.
30 A. Adjt. Generals of Division.
IOO A. Adjt. Generals of Brigade.
585, being a little more than 5 per cent of the total of
officers.
To become eligible, an officer, (except army details,) must have served a full term as an enlisted
man, or have been honorably discharged as a commissioned officer from the National Guard of a State
o the Army, and must be a resident of the State
in which he is commissioned.
Through natural changes incident to the service
at all times, it is expected that fully one-foarth of
the personnel of the entire National Guard would
be changed annually after the new establishment had
been fully enforced, and that after ten years of existence the general Government w6uld have at least
i,ooo,ooo men within its borders whose term of service was within so recent a date that they would be
available in an incredibly short time for active service.
Again, the service of so many officers of the army
as superior commanding officers would give them
an unequalled opportunity for learning the theory of
war on a large scale in times of peace, besides creating an experience and outlet for West Point graduates, which has always been found difficult during
times of peace.
Without going into details, it is fair to presume
that the average expense through the effective, systematic, and economical methods of the War Department would not be much greater than that now incurred by the several States.
It would seem possible that an agreement as to
proposed national legislation to bring about a re-organization like that proposed might be reached by a
convention composed of Adjutant Generals of States,
representing the National Guard on the one hand,
and army officers detailed by and representing the
War Department on the other.
A. D. CUTLER,
Major and Brigade Inspector,
2d Brigade, N. G. C.
109
A Religious Test.
Wong Lee has just arrived at a new place, and proceeds to question the mistress of the house as follows
WONG LEE: You Clyst-man?
THE MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE: - A Christian?
Why, yes!
WONG LEE: You b'lieve um Bible?
THE MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE: Of course I believe
the Bible, Wong.
WONG LEE: - You lead um stoly about Jonah? You
b'lieve him?
THE MISTRESS OF TIE HOUSE: - Why, yes, I suppose so, of course.
WONG LEE: - H'm! You b'lieve one big fish eat
him up,- go lound tlee day, spit him out, he walk off
all light? - One damn lie! I no stay.
[And he departs in indignation.]
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