The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-01
THE ARMY BILL
PASSES HOUSE
Vote on Final Passage Stood 1853 to
i26.
WERE MANY AMENDMENTS
Measure Provides ior Strength Of 100,
900 Enlisted Men.
THE PRESIDENT GIVEN AUTHORITY
To Reduce the Army to Minimum of
$4,000 in His Discretion-Modif-
cations Caused Opposition to
Gradually Vanish.
WERE MANY AMENDMENTS
THE PRESIDENT GIVEN AUTHORITY

Washington, January a.-The bill to re-
organize and increase the standing army
to about 100000 men, but giving the presi-
dent authority to reduce the size of in
fantry companies and cavalry troops TO
sixty men each, thus fixing the minimum
of about $4,000 enlisted men, passed the
house today by vote of 16S to 125.
This was the result of week of hard
and often picturesque fighting on the floor
during the progress of which the opposi-
ton compelled thise in charge of the meas
ure to give this discretionary authority 10
the president and to make other modifica-
tions. In consequence of these modifica-
tions the republican opposition practically
vanished and on the final vote but six re-
publicans voted against the bill.
zThis republican DETECTION, however, was
almost set off by five members of the po-
litical opposition, who voted in favor of
the bill, among them being Messrs. Berry,
of Kentucky; Taylor, of Alabama, demo-
Gratis. and Skinner, popuist, of North Car
DINA The galleries were crowded through
out the day and every member who could
his vote on the final roll call.
Important Amendments
Among the important amendments adopt
ed before the vote was taken, was one to
excludesthe appointment of civilians to po-
sitions in the engineer corps; one to abol-
ish canteens and the sale of liquor in camps
and one to strike out the provision for adj
ditional pay for commands serving in the
West indies, the Philippines and Aiaska.
The amendment sf Mr.. Cummings, of
New York, to prohibit the use of troops in
the ssseral states to suppress riots ETC.. ex-
oeptitpon the application of the states, was
defeated by a large majority. -...-.-s.s.,,-4-
The bill as passed provides, in addition 10
the general officers and staff departments
for twelve regiments of cavalry of twelve
troops each, fourteen coast batteries. twsn-
ty-four field batteries three regiments of
infantry of twelve companies each, a corps
Of engineers and one regiment of engineers,
an ordnance department and a signal corps,
the latter with 625 enlisted men. 1t also
gives the president discretion to recruit the
organizations serving in Cuba, Porto Rico,
and the islands of the Pacific.
The Detailed Vote
The vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas-Acheson. Adams, Aldrich, Arnold,
Arnold, Baker, Barham, Barney, Barrows,
Beash, Belford, Belknap, Bennett, Berry,
Bingham, Bishop, Booze (Pennsylvania),
Boutele, Brewster, Broderick, Bromwell,
Brosius, Brown, Brownlow, Bull, Burleigh,
Burton, Cannon, Capron, Clark Qowa),
Clarke (New Hampshire), Cochrane (New
-lxl fNa16 6fy,er
SIM, Cortis, Cousins, Crumpacker, Curtis
Qowa), Curtis (Kansas), Dalzell, Daven-
port, Dayton, Dick, Dolliver, Derr, Doven-
er, Eddick, Faris, Fenton, Fischer,
Fletcher, Foote, Foss Fowler, Gardener,
Gibson. Gillett (New York;, Gillett (Mas-
chusetts), Griffin, Grosvenor, Grout, Grow,
Hager, Hamilton, Hawley, Heat, Wolen-
way. Henderson Henry tConnecticut,
Henry Qndiana), Hepburn, Hicks, Hilborn,
Hill, Hit, Hopkins, Howe, Hull, Jenkins,
johnson (North Dakota), Kerr, Ketcham,
Kirkpatrick, Knox, Lacey, Lands, Linney,
Louden, Lager, Lowering Lowe, Librand,
McAleer, McCleary, Mcclellan, Mcdonald,
Mcintyre (Montana) Mann, Marsh,
Mercer, Miller, Minor, Mitchell, Moody,
Morris, Mudd. Olstead, Often, Overstreet,
Packer, Parker, Payne, Pearce, Perkins,
Prince Pugh, Quigg, Ray, Reeves, Rob-,
bins, Royser, Russell, Shann, Shattuc Shell
6Jt
Smith, S. W., Smith, W. A., Shower,
Southard, Southwick. spalding, Sherry,
Sprague, Steele, Stevens, Stewart New
Jersey, Stewart (Wisconsin), Stone, C. W.,
Strobe, Sturteyant, Sulloway, Tawney,
Taylor (Ohio). Taylor (Alabama), Thorp,
(Massachusetts), Wagner, Warner, Wey-
mouth, White North Carolina), Williams
(Wisconsin), Yost, Young-16s.
-s; Votes cainst the IiiI
Nays-Adamson, Allen, Bailey Baird, Ba-
ker Qlls), Ball. Bankhead, Barber. Bart
lett, Belle, Benton, Bland, Bodlne, Botkin,
Bradley IN. Y) Brantley (Ga.), Brenner,
Brewer, Broussard, Brucker, Brundidge.
Burke Castle, Clarke (Mo.), Clayton Coch-
ran (Mo), Connolley, Cooney, Cooper
(Tex.), Cowherd, Cox, Cummings, David,
Dearmond, Degraffenred. Devris, Dens-
more Dockery, briggs, Elliott, Ermentrout,
Fitzgerald, Fowler, IN. c., Fleming,
Gaines, Griffith, Griggs, Handy, Hartman,
Hay, Henry. (Wis.), Henry (Tex.), Hinrich-
sen, Howard (Ala.), Howard (Ga.), Jett,
Johnson ,lInd), Jones (Va.), Jones (Wash.),
Kelly, Kitchen, Kleborg, Knowles, Lamb
Hanham, Latimer, Lentz, Lester, Lewis
Lloyd, Loud, Mccullough, Mcdowell, Nc
EVAN, McLain, Mcfaae, Maddox, Mcguire,
Maxwell, Meekison, Meyer Qa-), Moon,
Morton (Ohio), Osborne, Peters, Pierce
(Tenn), Rhea CKy). Richardson, Ridgley,
Rixey, Robb, Robinson, Settle, Shafroth,
Shuford, Simpson, Sims -Slayden, Smith
{Ky), Sparkman, Stallings. Stark, Steph-
ems, Stokes, Strait, Strowd IN. c., Sulzer,
Sutherland, Talbot, Tate TORY, Todd, Un-
derwood, Vandfver, Vincent Wadswortn,
Wheeler (Ky). Williams (Miss), zenor-125.
THE SENATE
Washington, january sl.-During almost
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