New-York tribune., 1901-01-08
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washington, Jan 7-The Senate spent a lively
and interesting afternoon on the Army Reor-
-.nization bill. The most important action
ssten was the adoption by vote of 43 to of
.be Military Affairs Committees amendment TO
,se House bill. striking out the scheme approved
!, the popular branch for the creation of new
r+sY corps Of veterinary surgeons The Senate
,.s, May voted by two majority to add vet
Urinary corps amendment TO the partial
sanitation measure which it passed then and
ssnt TO the House. In. the House the Military
Affairs Committee struck out the veterinary
corps paragraph, but vote in the Committee of
+be whole restored il. with slight modification.
The Senate Committee Military Affairs,
-hich has bitterly opposed the creation of
rsw staff department Of this sort. altered the
House measure so as 10 provide merely that the
veterinary surgeons at present attached TO cav
airy and artillery regiments shall hereafter have
.be rank and pay Of second neuUenants Mr..
venney Of Delaware, who fathered the scheme
car a full hedged veterinary corps accepted last
snring by the Senate, strove vigorously to-day
70 reverse the Military Committees decision and
rssascitate the suppressed staff bureau. His ef-
forts were fruitless. however. for he could mus
tsr ouiy five votes against the committee substi-
,ute To-days action in the Senate makes it
raasonably clear that this additional staff corps
Will not be authorized In any reorganization bill
,tnch passes both branches.
SENATOR LODGES SPEECH.
notable speech was delivered by Mr.. Lodge.
20 Massachusetts,. He discussed briefly, and
rr,ncipeIly in the form Of colloquy with Sena-
tor Bacon. Of Georgia, the Philippine question
and the necessity for an army of one hundred
thousand men, and in conclusion drew a brilliant
WORD ricture Of the commercial future of the
United States The speech created a profound
impression.
Mr.. Lodge said he did not think any Amer
ican citizen honestly believed that the liberty OF
the people was menaced by an army Of one hun
dred thousand. He did not believe an army of
one hundred thousand was in the circumstances
a large army. AS to the situation in the Phil
ippines. Mr.. Lodge maintained that organized
rebellion has ceased and the local George Wash
ington is IN hiding. In short time" said Mr..
Lodge. 'I believe there Will be peace and order
throughout the Philippine Islands" He did not
think. however. that the probability Of outbreaks
among the Moros and the uncivilized tribes Of
the interior ever would be eliminated. and he
believed there would not be end Of the trou-
bic for some time.
Mr Bacon inquired how long Mr.. Lodge
thought a large army might be needed in the
Philippines. Mr. Lodge replied that he could not
say exactly, but believed that in a short time,
comparatively. there would be greater peace and
order in the islands than they ever had known.
IMPROVED CONDITIONS PREDICTED
After some sharp sparring, Mr.. Bacon put
this question 10 Mr.. Lodge: From your knowl-
sdge as chairman Of the Philippine Committee
of the conditions in the islands. will the army
of seventy-six thousand be needed there for
snort time or for indefinite timer
Mr.. Lodge-What is a short time?
Mr.. Bacon-Well, say two years.
My judgment" replied Mr. Lodge "is that
az the end Of two years will be able to re-
duce very largely the army in the Philippines
That is my belief. Spain had an army Of fifteen
thousand men and kept very bad order
And occupied little territory" interjected Mr.
Bacon.
Yes. and occupied little territory assented
Mr.. Lodge He maintained. however that with
force Of twenty-five thousand in the Philip
pines the United States would keep better order
than ever had been known there. With that
force in the Philippines there would be about
thirty-five thousand men left to man the fortif-
cations Of the country, force which he believed
totally inadequate. In addition that force would
be called upon TO guard the Nicaragua Canal.
which il was proposed soon TO begin TO build.
On that canal fifty thousand laborers would be
employed. They would have TO be protected.
When finished the canal would have to be
guarded
In reply 20 further questions Mr.. Lodge said
that in his opinion at the end OF two years the
force in the Philippines could be reduced ma
terialy, and at the end OF four or FIVE years the
force probably could be reduced safely 10 twenty
thousand men,
Does not the Senator from Massachusetts
think inquired Mr.. Foraker that the time
for the reduction Of the force would be lessened
materially If we could have the support OF the
other side OF this chamber in passing this Army
bill and other similar measures?"
FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Mr.. Lodge replied that Mr. Foraker had ex-
pressed his idea exactly. He vigorously urged
the passage OF the pending bill. because it would
provide for the Army an excellent system, the
necessity for which had been emphasized by the
war with Spain. In conclusion Mr.. Lodge spoke
as follows:
am no alarmist and have TO fears that we
are in danger OF with anybody. ana 60
not believe there is a nation on the race OF uhe
earth that has any desire TO attack US. BUY no
man can tell what may happen at any Time
We have come I'm the process OF our develop
ment until we have expanded far beyond our
own markets commercially and we are breaking
into every market Of the world. IL is part OF
our economic development. We are marching
along toward the economic supremacy OF the
world, in my judgment. Look at Europe ana
compare IL with the United States. Ii mas Deeh
worked over for a thousand years AT ieast III
he endeayor 20 draw out all its resources.
Here in the United States we are holding all
the best part OF the North American Continent
Look al your map-a great symmetrical coGfl-
try. all under one flag, no separate government,
your railroads running in steady connections
and carrying freight from the Atlantic 10 the
Pacific and from the Lakes 10 the Gulf Europe
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