New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-21
VOLUNTEER BILL PASSED.
PROMPT AND PATRIOTIC ACTION bi
THE HOUSE.
ernr ENGINEERING THE PRESIDENT
TO CALI. FOR TROOPS ADOPTED
WITHOUT OPPOSITION.


TO CALI. FOR TROOPS ADOPTED
WITHOUT OPPOSITION.
rpv TELEGRAPH TO THE TEiBuNEl
u,ashing,on. April 2O-The House OF Repre-
.entatives to-day again showed that IL couiu ~ !
with promptness and patriotism in the presence
~ an emergency. The tremendous deho''S',
tion Of approval on the floor and IN the cro"ue'
galleries which followed the official announc'
ment OF TIE approval Of the CUBAN resoiu0'
had hardly ceased and one or TWO rhi''oi i'i.''
OF routine been disposed Of when Cha'Ti'a" "a w.
Of the Committee on Military AHaHs' a'
unanimous consent for the immediate c'"a''
,,or ~ the hill, 10 authorize and provide for the
organization Of volunteer army III ."'V "
90 vhon var should be imminent. The commit
tee had held a special session oc'o'' INV
oss,nh,ed and after a consultation Win "e"-
., ,,uo. had hastily perfected the measu e
prepared at the War Department ana 'h''o.
duced nv Mr. Hull yesterday. with so e'e"
o,oritv had the committee acted that 'he wiz
90. ronor, recommending the passage OF inc o'''
ia no, hcen finished when Chairman Hun priv
,..rod h,e reouest His further request 'ha' WV
.,u 80 .orsdered by the House in Com'ni''ee Va
~. 1,-ho,a and that failing that general "e"''
=, ,,,oa,.te1v closed were both denied os '"e
1,o,,o,rots ard it was not until after : o ci'o"
that the consideration OF the Dill oS Se''''
rnder tho fve-rnute rule was oesu" -
Committee Of the Whole
The chief amendments proposed oy VIC ,,'
m,ttee (all Of witch were adopted) we'' !" y.
ont the provision requiring an
., .ho A,ness and capacity or volunteer
-. =. commands mustered into the seiN'1
..I. ,-n,tsd states under the provisions oil '"'
.o.. IN nroyide that all officers Oh
ror,y,.,ons below the rank OF p'isau x,,,,
"a oxcenting officers OF the general 60
y. onno,rtol and commissioned w IT.,
..,ors ~ the states and IerrNo'e' 49,
,ber were respectively orsah'%eu' - 80. IN
. iro,.,, poards" authorized by the ao' ~
aete,n,ne the fitness. capac''S' -,.. ,hou,a
-, volunteer officers In the service s'o', 80
SO o" ~. oor,nosed OF volunteer officers o'
,,,,,,..r army. Another amendment ""
so,,ad which added a judsc-advoes'e " WV
'nr o-r,r,zations Of each army CORPS
~.o I'm would have been brought 10 wv
nu, FOR the inability o, some % ."
. ,,er,hers to comprehend the pri'of
,."n ,rder,,e army organization anu @.So ~,
,-.,>,,,,, a, some Of them to grasp 'he
-. ,or,,.an obstruction or opposition '"e'
- ,na.cations whatever ara mos. VA
49,. counted IN explanations and Ill ms ',
Questions for which duty Cnaif'''a"
~. colleagues were fully prepared
7, .e,vbody appeared TO realize ''e i'.'Po
1900 and hearty response to the urgent
"a ,do,,ons OF the Administrator. 10
.,D, ,hn,r attention was repeatedly calico o'
chairman Hull and other members. ..,,ors
II was generally understood among n,en.o.,'
y, tine House on both sides. although 'he s'a',
Won't was not publicly made on the moor ''"' .
"au For volunteers was already IN course W
nr.rarat,on. and that the Presiden, was a"N.'''
~ ,ssue ~ at the earliest practicable moment