The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-24
WANT NO ARMY increase.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEEMAN FILE
MINORITY REPORT.
They Think Sc. 900 Men Enough. and
Fear That the liberties of the
Country VIII He Endangered III
One Man to Each loo Is Armed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ss.-The minority
OF the committee Gu military affairs alea
VITA The clerk OF the house Their report
On the Hull bin, 10 increase the array 10
lssssa.ss men. II l. IS follows.
The MAJORITY Of sss committee dls-
seats fraEn tne majority OF Sha committee
DeeaGSe TIC bill reported makes a peEZn2-
HeEf standing army Sor the JGtJe1 States
Ct cEer lss9,ess ss1csi ar array Is HOT DeoSs-
sazy 10 ne maintained Il. this country now.
neither hee2lass % our reaatIsas 20 the
Islands OF the STA, nor because OK any ue-
eeSsity which So the past Year has arisen
n tAis country Itself. The evils az slan4-
ing armies ara Too Well Eao9n II BE- III
lAteG upon Aeze. such a standing army as
this one proposed would n t4iz.e CT peace
DC a menace 70 tas liberty OF citizens and
IN lal11a eL war wolIa not be sslrnc-ssst -
Iaest success sllsy the armies OF the first
class powers Of the world Happily, we
are 80 situated that a large standing army
Is ElE q necessity and wQusa Casy oS & lux
Gry 10 &c supported BY the taxes OF the
people. IL Is estimated that the Hull bil
VII COST the people annually the sum cf
SIsAlss sssA This would spa q permanent.
charge upon Iae people: SI45 30 are be-
igg paid annually 10 the soldiers OF fiie
civil war and The war WITH Spain. thus
placing d permanent charge or So. is,l 80
agoti The pe,sY1le 81 Inc f.nffasI StaTes- and
thIs 10 maintain TIE military establish
nett att15sE. IL Say nothing of the n>Ayy.
The passage OF this bill means the pEac-
Teal desSE action or the IA uonal guard and
me volunteer troops OF The STATES. With
sucn large standing army the citizen SOL
aiery CT the country would feel that II WAS
act necessary 20 prepare for war IN time
CT peace, nor 20 20 70 war In tifEe OF war.
The taxes which are now 50 burda nEsQT me 20
the people VIII continue 70 be collected
and viii rather he increased than other
wise. No hope Of economical administra-
tiou can ba iiaiulged In while such s7eTyg4a-
PEAT and lavish expenditure Is provided
I0f. lt II wen understood that the great
corporate interests Of the country are de-
manding this hrss standing army, their
reasons Tor such = demand are too oavi-
Gus 70 be pointed cut. These interests
want force TO enforce their demands and
q president dominated by such interests
would nave with such q standing army
the means al his hand 10 invade the iiAer-
ties or the people. 10 suppress freedom OF
speech ard TO desecrate the ballot box it,
SELF. 1T = needless TO continue TO point out
many evils Of this bill; suffice TO say that
botA IN form aud substance X oyerturps
the policy which has been pursued So sue
eesstuiiy by this government for SD many
years ana launches the country upoI. a
course WhicA Gan oaiy terminate in tho
destruction of the liberties OF the people.
ne minority. holding the views above
EXPRESSED, have thought they owed il 10
the country To present 10 the house OF repre-
sentatiEes substitute for the bin reported
BY the majority They herewith report
sac substitute rs enlieodying every need
Of the government in It's present condition.
ana al TIE same time preserving with scru-
pAiols care the liberty OF the citizen and
ayo.aing the evils of great standing
The substitute provides for a permanent.
standing army of 5000 enlisted men. about
the number in the army before the war
Win spain; the reorganization proyid-
Cd IN the substitute conforms TO what
1t has been. with some few important
changes. larger number Of men il pro-
v:Ge0 for artillery than usual by reason
OF the necessity Of manning cur coast de-
lenses, upon (which large sums have been
spent The substitute also provides for
i5,so volunteers TO be taken from the states
ard territories and the Dlstrist OF Column
bia ~ proportion 10 population. These vol
Anteefs are 10 be mustered gut of the SER
Vice Within two years from the date of the
passage or the act. unless sooner ternsn-
ated Their organization is to be the same
as that OF this regular army
volunteer organizations now in servfce
are 10 be given preference as to re-er1Iist
nent. a.. volunteers now III the service
Of tie United States are To be mustered out
within sixty days ffon the passage Of this
act The substitute Is not TO operate 20
discharge any commissioned officer who
was ia Tie army OF the United States prior
Ia The war with Spain. The necessity for
this body OF volunteer troons arises from
the relations which the United States gov
eminent now bears TO Porte Rico, Cuha.
the Philippine islands. the Hawaiian isl
ailt.a ard the Ladrone islands Fifty th0u-
sand men are very near the mark which
the general OF the army said would be
neces iary In these Islands in bis testimony
before the committee ON military AFFAIR."
Representative Hay of Virginia. who pre-
pared the minority report estimates thar
the regular army establishment provided
for in the minority substitute would entar
an annual expense Of 100000. or abo,yt
si-tssf per man, and that the volunteer force
or 5000 men by the same calculation womb
cstst S0.tSfgn. or a total during the exfsf-
eilee % The volunteer army Of $50 go 20,
The war department is preparing uffic1a,
days.