The age-herald., 1900-12-07
CANTEEN ABOLISHED LittIefeId'S Prohibition Amend ment Caused Sharp Debate MANY WOMEN IN THE GALLERIES When 1t Was Announced That No More lntoxicants Would be Sold at
 Army Pests the w. c. T.
 U. Appauded.
MANY WOMEN IN THE GALLERIES

Washington, December 5.-The House of Representatives today passed the army
 reorganization bill by vote of 165 to 13S. Three Democrats, Messrs. Hall of Penn
 sylvania and Underhill and Clayton of
 New York, voted with the Republicans
 for the bill, and MT. Mccall Republican, of l Massachusetts with the Democrats against 1 it.
 The proposition which some of the Demo- crats attempted to commit their side to in caucus, an extension of the present tenn porary arm until July l, 1905, which was voted upon indirectly q motion to re- commit, commanded the votes of only about half of the opposition and two Re- publicans, MT. Mccall and MT. Mann of
 Illinois
 Many of the Democrats, however, voted against the motion because they were not only opposed to the reorganization but al-
 so to continuing the temporary army at its present strength.
 Quite a number of amendments were
 placed upon the bill before it was passed.
 The lvelest fight was made upon a sub- stitute offered by MT Littefeld of Maine for the canteen section. The substitute ab- solutely prohibited the sale of intoxicants at military posts. It was supported by Messrs Littlefield, Grosvenor, Republican l of Ohio, Dick, Republican of Ohio and
 Hay, Democrat, of Virginia, and opposed | by Messrs Slayden, Democrat of Texas, l Fitzgerald, Democrat, of Massachusetts, l Pearce, Republican, of Missouri, Parker, l Republican, of New Jersey, and Bartholdt.
 Republican, of Missouri.
 l Large delegations from the w. c. T. U, 1 which is in session in this city watched tho
 fight from the galleries When the vote
 was taken the prohibiting element was 1 carried by an overwhelming majority, 159 l to 51.
 Retirement of Officers. MT. Bartholdt attempted to secure reo-
 ord vote in the House, but the peculiar parliamentary status shut him out The sections designed to retire General Shafter | as a major general and Generals Fitzhugh | Lee and James H. Wilson brigadierA 1 generals, were stricken out Among the l amendments adopted were those providing 1 for fifty volunteer surgeons and 150 as- 1 sistant surgeons for service in the Phil 1 ippines, for thirty dental surgeons and for l a veterinary corps with actual rank. The | officers of the pay corps were increased | eleven and of the signal corps g. The age | limit was raised from volunteer officers l eligible to appointments as first and sec l ond leutenants and the provision for re- | tiring officers who survived in the civil | war as of the next higher grade was l stricken out
 The oleomargarine bill which was post l poned today will come up for considera- 1 ton tomorrow.
 l When the House met arrangement l was agreed to by which the consideration l of the Grout oleomargarine bill which 1 was to have come up today under special l order made at the last session was post | poned until tomorrow and the House pro- 1 ceeded with the consideration of the army | reorganization bill.
 The Hepburn amendment to provide that | vacancies in the quartermasster's depart | ment could be filed from civil life or from l Volunteeer officers commissioned since | April 19 1898, which was pending when l the House adjourned yesterday was voted | down without division.
 Fifty Volunteer Surgeons. MT. Hay of Virginia offered an amend l ment which was adopted authorizing the 1 President to appoint fifty volunteer sur | geons with rank of major, and 150 assis- l tants with rank of captain, for terms of 1 two years unless previously discharged.
 MT. Otey of Virginia offered an amend-
 ment to empower the surgeop-general of 1 the army to employ not to exceed thirty | dental surgeons, three of whom should be l chief dental surgeons.
 l MT Mondell, Wyoming, opposed the proposition to commission horse doctors" as officers of the United States army. MT Butler. Pennsylvania, and MT. Bing- ham, Pennsylvania resented the fling at horse doctors"
 The amendment was adopted 80 to n. On motion of Mir. Dick, Ohio an amend ment was adopted to increase the pay corps of the army from three to four pay
 masters, with the rank of colonel four to five with the rank of lieutenant-colonel,
 from nine to twenty with rank of major, and reducing those with the rank of cap- tain from 27 to 25.
 An amendment was adopted to increase
 the signal corps by one lieutenant-colonel, two majors ten captains and ten first-lieu- teants, and the proviso authorizing the President to appoint ten volunteer signal officers with the rank of first lieutenant. and ten with the rank of second lieutenant
 during the continuation of the Philippine war, was stricken out,
 amendment was agreed to making cole unteer officers eligible to the grades of first and second leutenants without regard to
 age.
 An amendment offered by William A.
 Smith of Michigan was adopted, providing
 that if one of the parents of soldier
 should die after he had served more than