Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-23

pjno Icsaar npt be reached with tha l lnst
dav: b,it nc enc enc J so voted the o faii-
~ oui the senate Will have otner
| tihs' dho mas so decided ! 49,, none OF
! W Sc temporary force praftad pe glad
SiildiI rec uIar army for one Two -" On the
/ ieefiar arrn, cost no more than re
| 1870 army. because as Nc lhe
| brought out by the s.na,o Wds Well
eisSippl fAr. Money! no co,,in Mis-
northcrn troop3 can be rua,nt.isshl Of
..."n W. or thfee years in A 'front.' more
ate r- iii toiul,ioh Of war. But tho a. IL
| cidcd '"iS' IL mas so de-
! We WI re. then. MIR. pra,,don.
.iiIs W ~ answer 10 tho senator frnro no
i ha,iads "ith the Withdrawal az -, ~, Ar
| bel"tc en- row and July / tho troops
81 t"riHs. Tho reduction nv sicL nplTa tion
| ny casualty. unless somethino ii ana
| ne:c' win about 2t.r11 United ST. zone
, ,fr1 u the Philippine Archipelago s sol
/ Now. what viii be the res,,,t
~ Is a3 plain ~ day that tha mat;
states. forces Will be driven ht, inted
pihoS INTO The city Of Manila hedaaIr u
, thcfc' and Will be most fortunate 20 IN
III, ,ia, 'o ~ afiren INTO The sea do nor NJ
leFe that any senator would deeirn se-
70 come about With nv ohiaa.ia' mat
inns policy and my belief on iii io III, 70
questions as 10 the unwisdorn % uiese
course we are pursuing, | would nnt w III
! 10 see windIed and DclittIed and want
remnant Of an American force dri,i iduihs
the Inhabitants Of the islandg-wba,,by
they re struggling for freedom ar strnef
siihg as an insurrection or Whales
may Ge-ihto the city OF Manila ~ y
cooped up there with the pOssibiii,,a ana %
their Being driven into the sea NJ ol
ana no party can stand that for one man nal
ment. oi'e mo-
Therefore, Mr. President, as 7 am d,,.
ST eIher ~ that condition or to voting
TOT lnlS bill. as all other expediente is
ell other purposes and policies hawa ba gu
voted down. or win be. ! am Consistently
as much as am opposed to it, to gnr,nor.
inns measure. do not do il with ~
eyes closed / see it all. / take M nv ny
IN the talk which has bee,, nerd tLA
thtt, as the country increases, ii wan,s
an Increased army. There is no for =
thdt. We increased we doubled and
irebled or population from The ,,rn 'u
when We cut down an army Of 4 rots tiii'e
men TO one Of $3.50 men, ana no rn.1 -r''l n'a
tr heard Of proposition to increaea ~
arny-although we were having Indtan
vars constantly; conflicts, and Tragedies
and defeats on the frontier-with o1a ~
ception, in my first service in this boiv
When 4 bill was reported from the nil
tary committee to increase the standin
i-rTnY $50 men. No attempt has ever H.
!Aaoe Tor SUCH an increase. The senator
from Iowa tMr Allison, the veteran ~
this body in service, remembers thar ana
the senator from Colorado (Mr Tellar,
VIII remember the contest that ensnad
upon ihat proDCsitiCH to increase the rap.
ulaf army by 800 men He will rerna,e
Der the participation that he and toat
IN the measure, ana that the Senate sns.
tanned rs by decisive vote, and said wa
would have no larger regular army.
Mt: President. aside from this need
which our policy in the Philippine Arch
ipelago has brought about. sU.vst men arc
ample for q regular army-l5OD for fh4
coast dcfcnSes, 500 perhaps in Alaska AMI
Porto Rico. and the balance upon the
frontier. That is every soldier that W.
need.
do not want to see the country fa-
miliarized with large standing army.
do not want the soldier TO be constantly
in presence all over this land. Five hun
dred men, distributed throughout thecOun-
try at a half dozen of each of the great
cities for any possible emergency is
enough, and therefore, I say that / do
not vote for this measure with nv ewes
closed 10 the danger of a large perma-
neut regular army. | know what it means
| know how difficult it will be TO ever re-
duce the army, although il ought to be
reduced when the emergency is over
When we pass this bill. as we shall pass
it. do not envy the authorizes who have
got to put it in force. | am glad that the
executive part. the carrying out of this
measure. Will be in the hanus or so ape
discreet. and pa triotic a man as the pres.
ent secretary OF war. That is one reason
why | am willing 10 trust this great en-
largement Of military power to the war
depa rtment / am glad that he is at the
head of the war department: but he viii
have no easy task 10 bring recruiting Up
to the measure which this bill demands
The best that has been done or could be
done in the army in the way OF enlisting
during the past year has been at the rate
Of 1tr a month. In five months between
now and the LIST of July that rate would
only give eight or nine thousand men
10 not know where the secretary of war
will get his forces. II is remarkable
thing that with all the war feeling and
all the enlistment there is of public sen
timent in favor OF this policy OF the war.
nobody wants to go to war.
Do senators know that, with the great
naval establishment We have got, the
navy department was only able TO enlist
between September 1899, and September,
1890, 500 men in the navy. Men DO not
want to go into the war. but am willing
We shall go on increasing the naval es-
and there, Mr.. President. is
where the clash of arms will come. That
5 one reason why we shall not need. as
soon as we get through with this Fill
)ino business, larger army than %Ow
men.
The clash of war will never come to us
Ipon land. Ii will be upon the waters Of
he globe, and the critical task will be
,ut upon the navy. 1t ought not to be
lrgued that because We are increasing
he navy we ought to permanently in
rease the army. The argument is pre-
iSely in the other direction. Because We
10 largely increase the navy we need not
increase the army.
Therefore. Mr.. President, because OF
hese reasons. ! am constrained TO vote
or this measure, for. without il, almost
disaster and tragedy may
all upon our army in the Philippine