The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-15
ENLISTMENTSN THE ARMY.
The Senate Passes a Bill Containing
New Regulations.

All Enlistments in the Future to Be-
for the Term Of Three Years-Eo Per-
son Who Is Not Citizen to Be En-
listed Hereafter in Time of Peace.
The Debate on the Chemical Schedule
of the Tariff Bill Continued.
Washington. May 1.-THE resolutions
of the Memphis Cotton Exchange favor
ing an international exhibition at At
lanta. Ca, in September 1895, were pre-
sented by Mr. Harris, dem, of Tennessee,
and referred TO the committee on com
merce.
The Senate bill to regulate euIstments
in the army OF the United States was
taken from the calendar and passed. 1t
repeats so much of the army appropria-
tion bill for the present year as provides
that no private shall be re-enlisted who
has served ten years or more, and who IS
over 35 years of age, except such as
have already served as enlisted men for
twenty years or upward. 1t also pro-
vides that hereafter all enlistmer>s in
the army shall be for the term of three
years. and that no soldier shall be again
enlisted in the army whose services dur
ing his last preceding term of enlistment
have not been honest and faithful; ana
that in time Of peace no person who is not
a citizen of the United States or who can
not speak, read and write the English
language, shall be enlisted in the army
for the first time. provided that the fore
going requirements as to enlistments in
time of peace shall not apply to the en-
listment of Indians.
TIE TARIFF TAKEN Up.
The eighth item in the chemical sche-
dule was "alumina, alum, alum cake,
patent alum, etc, d" the Jones amendment
being TO change the ad valorem rate of
10 and 80 per cent to the specific rate of
four-tenths of a cent per pound.
MIR. Aidrich moved to make the rate
six-tenths Of a cent per pound
The amendment served the intended
purpose of starting debate, and, as Mr..
Butler iutimated, of killing time
Mr.. Aldrich's amendment was defea ted
yeas 25 nays II.
Mr.. Aldrich Immediately moved to
make the rate half a cent per pound
and another political debate followed
Mr.. Harris interrupted the discussion
with motion to table Mr.. Aldrich's last,
and Iit was so voted-yeas 90, nays IA
and the question REQUIRED on Mr.. Jones'
amendment, to make the duty on alumina
four-tenths of cent per pound.
A vote could not be reached, however,
until further time had been spent in dis
putting. The amendment was then agreed
TO without division, and the paragraph
stands: 'Alumina, alum cake, patent
alum, sulphate of alumina, and aluminous
cake, and alum in crystals or ground,
four-tenths of cent per pound"
THE RATE ON AMMONIA.
Mr.. Jones then moved his next amend
ment, and it was agreed to as follows
Ammonia, carbonate of, 20 per cent. ad
valorem; muriate of, or sal ammouiac, 10
per cent. ad valorem; sulphate of, 90 per
cent ad valorem."
Item No. 9 was adopted, without di-
vision. 1t reads: "Blacking of all kinds
20 per cent. ad valOrem. Bone char suit
able for use in decolorizings, 20 per cent.
ad valorem."
The next item was No. 10. The Jones
amendment proposed that it read
''BoraX, crude, or borate of soda, or
| borate Of lime, 1 per cent per pound Re-
| fined borax, cents per pound"
In the course Of long discussion, Mr..
Chandler suggested that perhaps the
reason why the two California senators
| favored such low rate of duty on boraX
was that they had an arrangement under
which the rate would, before the final
| passage of the bill, be increased to 5 cents
| per pound.
! Mr.. Perkins, rep, of California, dis
| claimed any such understanding, although
| he hoped that as while the lamp holds
out to burn the vilest sinner may return, >
so his democratic friends would not crush
out one of the industries of the Golden
| state
The amendment was agreed to.
THE DUTY ON CAMPHoR.
The next of MIR. Jones' amendments wa,
to insert as new paragraph. "Camphor
refined, 10 per cent. ad valorem"
Mr. Aldrich moved to amend the
amendment by making the duty cents a
pound.
| The Aldrich amendmentwa rejected
yeas, 81; nays, 81 and Mr.. Aldrich ther
moved to make the rate 80 per pound.
Rejected-yeas, 20; nays, 81.
The Jones amendment was then agreed
to without division.
The next item was "Chalk, prepared
precipitated, French, red, and all othel
| chalk preparations not specially provided
for in this act, 20 per cent. ad valorem .
The republicans endeavored, unsuccess
fully, to engraft amendments upon tn,
section and the item was agreed to with
out division.
The next item was No -, "Chlora
hydrate, % per cent. ad valorem," AM
without action on it, the Senate at 6 2
m, adjourned until tomorrow at IL a. m