Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1896 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Secretary Olney receivedtthoYollowihg cablegram announcing rhe pardoning of ex-Consul John L. Waller by-President Faure, of France: “The President signed Waller's pardon. Orders are issued for his release. . EUSTIS.”; The Postoffice Department has issueda general order directing ail division superintendents of the railway mail service to stop the practice of depositing mail matter in a postal car unless there is a clerk in the car to receive it. The action is the res ult p f com pl ain t s of; dain age by li re and water to such mail deposited prior to the arrival of derksfat The following announcement was made at the Treasury Department Wednesday: "“Messrs. J. P. Morgan '&‘Co/and associates. under their bid f0r.5100,000,000 of United States 4 per cent, bonds of 1023, made In accordance with the recent circulars of the Secretary of the Treasury, are entiped to receive bonds of the face value of about $4,700,000 in addition to those of which they have already been notified. 'Exact figures cannot be stated until returns from various subtreasuries are fully verified.” • The new recruiting system for the army, aided by the hard times of the last few years/;has Tesirlted;>in bringing Ufa enlist-’ ed strength up to its maximum and a few days ago ■ orders -were issued by the Adjutant General instructing recruiting officers accordingly. Several of the minor stations have been closed temporarily and the officers on the detail have been given other duties. Recruits have been coming in rapidly for some months, and they are a good class of men, most of whom have been out of employment and have taken the army in preference to any uncertainty regarding their board and fadging. Then the new regulations governing recruiting places make it optional with regimental co jb manslers. _asjta Jailing Jheix. cammanxls.. This has resulted in more care being taken, for the regimental adjutants are careful to enlist only such me u auuvillJia. a credit Io their di-.,■,■rninrn: ■ if ,-l,:i:-:i■ The new instructions to the recruiting officevs areAhat they slfaltPiriist onlyilie veTj--highest class of applicants and be very sparing in enlisting them.