Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-18
FEDERAL ASSEMBLY.
YOUNG MCCLELLAN SOUNDS a WARN
ING AS TO THE ARMY.
WOLCOTI REPORTS ON BIMETALLlSM.
He Announces Hts Prospective With
drawaI from the Commissfon-op-
posinu Attitudes of Mckinley ana
Gage on the Money Question.

WASHINGTON, D. c., January IL
ghs was District OF Columbla-Day in the
House. bat only three bills OF local I'M
portance were passed. The remainder
of the session was devoted 70 further
consideration Of che army appropriation
bill. The debate was particularly notable
Tor n vigorous speech by Mr. Mcclellan
(Dcmocra). OK New York. n son Of Gene
raj George y. Mcclellan. attacking the
present army organization as obsolete
and insufficient. The army to-day. Mr..
McClenand declared, "was little better
than a clumsily organized national police
force. top-hoavy with the gold lace OF
staff officers. many OF whom had not
seen moro active service than falls to
the lot OF a member Of the police force
Tho army should" he declared. "be en-
tirely reorganized." He said this in no
spirit Of jingoism, but for the purpose OF
calling the attention Of the country 10
the fact that we were paying a large
price for n very inefficient army. utterly
unprepared for war. while very small
additional expenditure, with proper re-
organization. would work wonders.
one of the gravest defects in the pres
ent organization. he said. was lack OF
q properly instructed and competent stan |
The brains Of the army should be In the |
STAFF In the modern sonsa OF the word |
we had no stan.
our ammunition plant was he said. |
hopelcssly deficient. At the present |
rate of accumulated reserve, he said ut
the end Of five years We would only have
enough ammunition to supply the infantry
for two days az the firing rate of the bat
tie Of Gettysburg In the present con-
ditiOn Of things. hedged about as the ser
vice was. Mr. Mcclellan said, II was not
strange that army officers lost pride and
ambition in their profession and looked
forward only TO soft berths and retire
ment
1t was utterly amazing. he said, but 1t
was true, that not an officer in the SER
vice was engaged in preparing for war.
There existed not a single plan OF cam
paign, not single skeleton order for
mobilization, no plans for camps Of in
struction, in fact, not one Of the prelimi-
nary necessities to meet a war crisis,
should it come. These statements might
be denied. but they were true
1t was the duty of Congress, he de-
clared in conclusion, TO see TO IL that
our army for its size was as nearly per-
iect as human experience and knowledge
could make IT,.
MCCLELLAN APPLAUDED. .
Mr.. McClellan's remarks were given 7
close attention, and he was literally APP +
plauded when he concluded. I
Mr.. Lewis DemocraO, Of Washington. C
made vigorous speech against any in r
crease of the army. He charged that the S
trusts We're in control of the country, 4
and constituted the mailed hand Of power Z
behind the DEGREES Of the courts. If the Il
army were increased. the people would s
he said, be justified in asking whether it
was not 10 be used to barricade the 4
courts, and break down everything that II
means the freedom OF the government. n
Mr.. Lewis quoted a telegram which, he a
said. Senator Hanna had received from Il
Frankfort. Germany, signed by a. Selig- OF
man. as follows: Il congratulate you on t'
your election. 1t IS most satisfactory to ".
me-" That message, he said, came from :.
the man who helped TO place a mortgage y,
Dn this government of 10000 O00 It's inso- =,
ence, he said. had no parallel in history, .,
save in the message sent by Iontius ~
plate TO the executioner of the Saviour. yv
him that his work was
well done.
Mr.. Hull Republican,, OF Iowa, chair
man Of the Committee on Military At u
fairs. expressed concurrence in the views 81
of Mr.. Mcclellan TO the extent that he =,
believed the army should be reorganized -,
as the present organization was obsolete -
The discussion of the needs of the army -
was continued by Messrs. Wheeler Dem -,
ocraO, Of Alabama; Clark OemocraD. Of 10
Missouri; Cox OemocraD, of Tennessee; 7
Marsh Republican). Of Illinois, ana ei
others. h.
Without completing the bill, the com al
mittee rose. and at $40 p. NJ the House til
adjourned. AZ
Senate Features. til
The features of to-day's proceedings u
IN the Senate were ~ speech delivered by II.
Senator Wolcott, of Colorado. Chairman u,
OF the Bimetallic Commission upon the =
negotiations of the commission with Eu- cn
rOpean countries relative to international
and the passage of the hin tu
restricting immigration into the United gu
States The proceedings were the most de
and important that have char sal
acterized any single days work in the Sc
Senate during the present session. de
Quite Unexpectedly Senator Hama ap- J
peared al the opening of to-day's ses- foi
sion. eli
Mr. Foraker, the senior senator from SO,
Ohio, presented Mr.. Hanna's credentials As
for the remainder Of Mr. Sherman's term. pIa
which will expire on March 4. 1899 and Sc,
asked that the oath Of office be admins hie
tered 10 him. Mr.. Foraker escorted his hi,
colleague TO the desk, where Vice-Presi-
dent Hobart administered the oath.
At $3.50 Mr.. WOlcott was recognized
BY this time the galleries and the floor sp'
were CROWDED MT. WolcOlt was in fine an
voice, and spoke with only occasional VIII
references to his manuscript. which he arr
had before him. He was accorded the me
closest attention by his auditors, among Of
whom were many members of the House SD,
WOLCOTTS REPORT. by
Mr.. Wolcott introduced his subject by 4
saying that ne was glad TO make state Y
nent respecting sertain phases of the Ca
work OF the recent Bmetallic Commits Da
ion. bat that in doing so he spoke I'M Ga
mot committing his associates Ha
n the slightest degree either to his opin- Bri
ons or his deductions" PEI
Later in the session." he said, eve are Coz
ertain TO have ample discussion on the ard
ubject OF silver, and 1t will probably or.
e acrid and bitter enough" we
Taking up the subject of his remarks n
c told Of the appointment OF the bime- Re,
allie commission. The failures of former Cor
International conferences, he said made coo
evident that unless prior understand To-,
~ was arrived at with some OF the com 80
lercal nations, another failure would be 60 60
be result Of an international conference On ~,
I this time. and az France Germany
nd Great Britain had. within the year mn nm
iade declarations favorable 10 silver. II an
per
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