The record-union., 1899-02-28

Iizing the President to enlist temporar-
lily in the service for absolutely neces-
sary purposes in the Philippines volun-
teers, officers and men, individually or
by organizations now in those islands,
and about to be discharged, and direct
ing that they shall be counted as part
of the volunteer force authorized by
this Act, and they shall not be enlisted
4 for more than six months nor beyond
the time necessary to replace them.
1t was adopted.
/ German offered the following amend
ment as provision of Section 10:
That each and every provision of
this Act shall continue in force until
July l, 1901, and on and after that date
all the general staff and line officers
appointed to the army under this Act
shall be discharged and the numbers
restored in each grade to those exist
ing at the passage of this Act, and the
enlisted force Of the line Of the army
shall be reduced to the number as pro-
vided for by law prior to April l, 1885,
exclusive of such additions as have
been or may be made under this Act
to the artillery, and except the cadets
provided for by this Act, who may be
appointed prior to July l, 1901; and,
provided further, that no officer who
has been, or may be, promoted. under
existing law, or under the ) rules Of
seniority, shall be- disturbed in his
rank
Warren, member of the Military
Affairs Committee, opposed; the amend
ment, and could see no reason for it's
adoption. The bill, he said, had been
4 pronounced by Cockrell as a good bill
before God and man. He agreed with
that statement, and believed the adop-
ton would make it bad BILL
The amendment was adopted-6S to O.
Warren was paired against it.
Bacon OF Georgia said the adoption
Of the German amendment simplified
the situation materially. This bill would
place an annual expenditure OF $S5, OOO,-
1000 upon the country.
An amendment offered by Carter,
provided that three of the provisional
regiments at the discretion OF the Pres
ident should be cavalry; whose mem
bers shouldtsbe proficient in horseman-
ship and Workmanship. the regiments
to serve mounted or dismounted. 1t
was agreed to.
In the course of a speech on the gen.
eral features of the bill Allen of Ne
| braska made the statement that he
mad received many letters from the
volunteers in Manila, protesting against
being used to shoot down those whom
4 they had regarded as their friends.
Those men, he maintained, ought TO be
recalled.
Hoar announced his intention not to
support the bill. It was not a bill for
supplies, nor was it a bill for the COM
piete reorganization of the army. 1t
was then merely bilr to provide an
army to make war upon the people of
the Philippines. With the exchange of
notifications of the peace treaty the
war would then be at an end. It would
be necessary to determine whether
there was to- be a civil war.
PettigreW also announced his inten-
ton to vote against the bill, saying
there was army enough now, and that
with the return of peace there could be
no need for greater army. He saw
no reason for the increase except TO
coerce the people of the Philippines, and
deprive them of their liberty. He pre-
dieted that the effort to destroy the
liberty and the lives of the Filipinos
would provel the blacklist chapter in the
history of the United States. He had
voted to support the President at the
| beginning of the war, but the Presi-
dent was no longer entitled to his con-
| fidence. Il believe it the duty Of Con-
gress.'' he said, ito remain in session,
if necessary, indefinitely to prevent the
executive from pursuing a course to-
I'd no for
blacken the name Of this great repub-
lie"
The bill was then, at o'clock. put
on its passage, and was passed-55 TO
13-the vote in detail being as follows:
/ Yeas-Allen, Allison, Bacon, Burrows,
Carter, Chandler, Clark, Cockrell, Cul-
lonl, Deboe, Elkins, Fairbanks, Faux
ner. Foraker, Frye, Gallinger, Gear,
German, Hanna, Hansbrough, Harris,
Hawley, Heitfeldt, Jones of Nevada,
Lindsay, Lodge, Mcbride, McEnery,
McLaurin, Mallory, Mantle. Mitchell,
Money, Morgan, Murphy, Nelson. Pas
Go, Perkins, Pettus, Plat of Connect
cut, Platt of New York, 2ritchard,
Proctor, Rawlins, Roach, Ross, Sewell,
Shoup, Simon, Smith. Spooner, Stewart,
Teller, Warren, Wellington-55.
| Nays-Bate, Berry, Butler, Caffery,
Chiffon Clay, Daniel. Hoar, Martin,
Pettigrew, Turley, Vest. White-13.
| Consideration of the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill was begun at 7:15 p. m.
At the conclusion of the reading of
| the bill at $50 p. m. nearly all COM
mittee amendments having been agreed
| to, the bill was laid aside.
1t was decided that the Senate should
convene at IL o'clock tomorrow.
The Senate then, at 9:35 p. m.,. ad-
journed.
EvERYBODY's COLUMN.