The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-13
GERMAN SOLDIER, S227;
AMERICAN COSTS $2,828
This Is the Relative Price Paid Per Man For Mill
tariSm. as Brought Out in House Debate.
Despite This, the Army Appropriation Bill Is PasSed-Su
Zer ReneWS Attack on Heath.

Washington, Feb. 12-The house to-
day passed the army appropriation bill,
carrying Sill, 1874, $40, and entered upon
consideration of the sundry civil bill,
the last but one of the big money bills,
The debate on the army bill was con-
fined largely to a discussion of the
question of passing bills to remove the
charge of desertion against soldiers.
and was made notable by a statement
of Mr.. Mcclellan IN. W comparing the
cost of the soldier in European armies
with the cost in the United States. Ac-
cOrding to his figures. including the
cost of pensions each United States
soldier involved an annual expense of
81, 82S. while a German soldier costs 1927
and a French soldier 1922.
The total cost of the United States
military establishment. he said, was
S12S, 799, $50 To this must be added
Sl54,052, O94 for the cost of past wars.
pensions. etc. bringing the total up to
S2S2,S5I. 654 The cost of each soldier,
not counting pensions. etc. therefore,
would be s1-2sS; including pensions. 81
SIS. The cost Of the German soldier,
including pensions and expenses Of
past wars. he said, was only 1927, and
the French soldiers, also including pen
siOns and the expense Of the Franco
Prussian war, was 1922.
Before the end of the year, he said,
the United States military establish
ment would cost over $500. 000,0 00 This
grand total did not include any Of the
expenses of maintaining the navy.
Deserters Try to Purge Records.
Mr.. Slayden CTex.), a member of the
committee. devoted thirty minutes to
discussing the enormous growth in re-
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charge of desertion against soldiers of
the rebellion. During the present con-
gress, of the $500 private bills referred
TO the military committee. 1000 were
TO remove the charge OF desertiOn. Viii
liam Alden Smith (AIich.) defended the
old soldiers against the sweeping
charges made by Mr. Slayden. BIT.
BOutelle (Ills.) and Mr.. Clayton (Ala.)
also cOntended that there were many
meritOriOus cases among the claimants
for the removal Of the charge of deser-
ton. Each cited cases.
Mr.. Norton (O.l challenged some of
Mr.. SIayden's statements He cited the
case of a regiment which was captured
blythe confederates. Only the pickets
of the regiment escaped, and when the
war was over the. picketS were entered
as deserters. At the conclusion of gem
eral debate, an amendment was adopt
ed on motion of Mr.. Fitzgerald Mass
extra pay to all soldiers of the volun-
teer and regular establishment who
beyond the limits of the United
States.
Heath's Friends to the Rescue.
As soon as the journal was read and
approved, the struggle over the qUes-
ton of expunging from the record the |
anonymous letter rejecting upon Perry !
s. Heath, which was read at the insti-
cation of Mr.. SuIzer IN. V during the
session of yesterday, was re-
suned.
The letter appeared in the Record
this morning. Mr.. Knox CMiss.) called
up the alleged infringement of the
privileges OF the house. He claimed
that the matter was before the house
in two ways: First. as unfinished bust
ness; second, as a matter appearing
in the Record over which the house
had control. Mr.. Knox said he ad-
mitted that a member might, upon his
own responsibility, charge any sort of
offenSe against a man not a memb Der of
the house and not be liable to be called
to account, yet he contended that when
a member introduced a paper the house /
obtained jurisdiction. He asked the /
house to adopt a resolution which he
sent to the clerks desk. The resolu- !
ton recited the occurrence of vester-
day and directed that the document
be stricken from the record.
Mr.. Bailey (Tex.) asked Mr.. Knox to
withdraw the preamble of the resolu-
ton.
4 myself" said he Intend to vote
to strike this anonymous cOmmunica-
ton from the Record Republican
apDlause.)
Mr.. Knox consented to strike out the
preamble and was about to demand the
previous question, but at the request /
of Mr.. Sulzer yielded five minutes to
the New York member. Mr.. Sulzer said
he was at a loss to understand the /
anxiety 10 protect the character of
Perry S. Heath, who was not mem
Der of the house, while mis- party as
sOciates were eXulting delightedly in
the attack upon his personal character
and reputation.
Sulzer Stands His Ground.
II stand here" NE continued. Esand
say that no man in this house can
charge me with any offense whatever
or with any misconduct. My life is an
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