The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-12-13
THE DEFICIENCY PASSED..

Washington. Dec. S.-Thc Urgent Dc
fcjency BiII to provide for the support
III the military and naval establishments
u.as PASSED ilr ;he House to-day practi-
clIiy without opposition. \ fear had
lrccn EXPRESSED thar the measure might
u0pn NJ Il prolonged debate upon the
conduct Of the WAR. but the Democratic
lenders decided that such i debate would
properly come later upon u" regular
appropriation bills, or upon the bIiI for
the REORGANIZATION OF the army 1nere
was not L WORD II criticism Of The war
during The debate. The only point upon
which I'm issue WAS raised to-day was ~
to whether the iii. providing ~ il lid for
/ The pay of the volunteers until July 1>t.
1899. mi@ht net DC construed rs z modi-
f|cat.on Of the law under which the vol
~nntcar~ were mustered into service. Mr.
McItue. oil Arkansas, offered III amend
mcnt providing that it should not he 50
construed. and upon it there was 4 gen
eraI discussion rs to the advisablIty Of
mastering the volunteers ont before
he regular army was increased. Mr..
Cannon finally accepted the Ncitae
amendment and that removed the only
shadow Of opposition to the bill. ! mum
her Of amendments were adopted upon
the recommendation OF the appropriate
lI0llS committee, Ntlicil ItCtIAtl SUM
supplemental estimates after the bl was
prepared. The largest Of these WAS In
tom Of S3.0OO.OGO for an emergency
fund for the War Department. and
%o7@.D00 fer the Ordnance Department.
increasing the amount carried by the
bill to $50. &19.S92.
When the bin was first called NJ. Mr..
+ Underwood. Democrat. Alabama, inter
ro@ated Mr.. Cannon, the chairman o.
the appropriations committee with Il
view to securing Il statement as to the
disposition to he made Of the volunteer
army.
Mr.. Cannon said the treaty Of peace
had rot been ratified. 1t might be rati-
fed in january. it might net be rati-
fed for months. No one could tell
what was il front Of Us. We must deal
with Il situation. The volunteer army
might be mustered ont. and its place
taken by the regular army. mat was
4 matter for the future to decide. but
he felt confident that the treasury would
be rich enough and Congress wise
enough to meet any emergency.
Mr.. Savers, democrat, Texas. the
ranking minority member Of the ap-
preparations committee, gave his UNI
qualified endorsement to the bill. It did
not effect III any way. be said. the lcgis-
latiOn regarding the volunteer or regular
armies.
Mr.. Livingston. Democrat. Georgia.
in supporting the bin expressed the opin-
ion that the law under which the yolun-
teers We're mustered into service was
subject to double construction rs to the
time when they should be mustered out.
That law said they should be mustered
out when the purpose for which they
y5,ara pl1iSfnl hDi hapD occpvOIliShnl
or when hostiiities had ceased. He be
lieyed if the President was disposed to
keep the volunteers in the service until
the regular army had been recognized
this Dll alrropriating money for their
payment would strengthen his hands.
Mr.. McItae. democrat. Arkansas.
said there was no purpose On his side of
the House to oppose the appropriations
III the bill, but he did not believe that
it's passage should be construed as IL any
way Interpreting the act creating the
volunteer army. He said he would not
have pressed the amendment above re-
ferred to. which was finally adopted. had
it not been for the Presidents dcclara-
ton in lis message that he would must
or out the volunteer army as soon as
the regular establishment was in
creased. It was unjust to the volunteers
to hold them III the service when Con-
gress had given a solemn pledge that
they should Ee mustered out as soon as
the war ended.
Replying to \ question by Mr.. Cannon,
Mr.. McIsae said:
We are opposed to 4 large standing
army, and we are opposed to holding
the volunteers to perform the duty Of
regulars and be used as 4 club to force
rs to create 4 large standing army.
let REORGANIZATION Of the army come III
the regular way
Mr.. Underwood asserted that the vol
untccrs who enlisted. did 50 with the
understanding that they would lee mus
tered out rs soon as hostiiticr ceased.
and since hostilities had ceased there
had been 4 daily average of 800 appIi-
cations for discharge. lie was opposed
TO keeping men IN the field who volun-
teercd for patriotic purposes. He. as
well us his colleagues, received letters
every day urging their discharge. If an
increase in the regular army WAS found
to be necessary he stood ready to vote
for it. But an Increase should not he
forced through under the threat that
unless it was granted the volunteers
would be kept in the field.
Mr.. Fleming. democrat. Georgia.. de-
clared that the volunteers had enlisted
under the promise that they would be
discharged when the war was over. The
LII was then passed.
The conference report upon the bill
10 render the Suretics of consuls, vice
~con<u,s and consular agents liable for
damage in suits at law was adopted.
The House adjourned over until Mon
day to give the committee an oppor-
tunity to work without interruption.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.
At the opening Of to-day's session Of
the Senate it was decided that the ad-
journnelt to-day be until Monday next.
II was also determined TO give one
hour Of to-day's session to the consider
alton Of pension bills.
In connection viii the consideration
Of the bills on the pension calendar. Mr..
Vest. Missouril. said:
I do not want to be captions about
this Eension business and do not Mant