The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-26

law. and the pledges made to Nicaragua
| and Costa Rica"
The senate at 500 p. M went into exc
| cutive session and at sos adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
Washington, January 25.-The house to-
| day passed the army appropriation bill
carrying approximately $75,0000O0, after
adopting a number of amendments. The
provision for the consolidation of the ad-
jutant generals department and the rec
ord and pension office of the war de-
partment in to one bureau to be known
as the military secretary's office, was
stricken from the bill on a point Of or
der raised by Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio.
The item for 100000 for the construc-
ton of an army hospital at Washington,
also went out on a point of order.
A resolution calling on the secretary Of
| state for information as to the number
of carriages maintained by the govern
ment for the state department, was
| adopted
When the house convened Mr.. Adams,
| Pennsylvania, from the committee on ex-
penditures in the state department, re-
ported privileged resolution requesting
the secretary of state for information as
| to the number of horses. carriages and
automobiles maintained at the expense of
1
department.
Mr.. Hitchcock Nebraska, sought to
amend the resolution so as to make 1t
read during the calendar year" saying
that the omission of these words would
leave loophole, but Mr.. Adams demand
/ ed the previous question and on this
Mr.. Hitchcock called for the yeas and
+. nays, which were ordered.
The previous question was ordered by
I
! was adopted.
Take Up Army Bill.
I The house then resumed consideration
of the army appropriation bill in COM
/ mttee of the whole
| On motion of Mr. Hepburn of Iowa. the
paragraph providing for the day of the
retired officers of the army was amended
so as to provide that no part of the money
| appropriated under the act shall be ex-
| pended in payments to any retired army
! officer who receives payment for services
as clerk or other civil employee in any of
the departments of the government. An
amendment by Mr. Parker of New Jersey,
was adopted, giving a contract surgeon in
charge of a hospital the same authority
as a commissioned medical officer.
Mr.. Slayden of Texas, made an unsue-
cessful effort to eliminate from the bill
an appropriation of $751; for the main
tenance Of the two battalions constituting
the Porto Rico provisional regiment of in
fantry. He had Secretary Roots state
ment before the committee read in which
he advocated the proposition as a polite
al but not as military necessity.
Mr.. Hull said the word political" was
not used in a partisan sense. To this Mr..
| Slayden assented but maintained that pa
triotism could best be developed in the
| Porto Ricans through civic advantages
/ rather than military services.
| Mr.. Hay of Virginia, said that the Porto
| Ricans enlisted in this regiment had to
| do for a term of years and to cut off the
| appropriation would be a violation of a
| contract with them on the part of this
| government.
Barricks in the Philippines.
| Mr. Patterson, Tennessee, in making
| inquiries of Mr.. Hull concernig the par
agraph providing for barracks in the
| Philippines. asked:
| Does the gentleman think there al
ways will be necessity for troops In the
Philippine islands, and for these expenses
| to go on?"
IL should think" Mr.. Hull replied, that
| the time never would come when the
| United States would not have troops In
the Philippines, any more than the time
| had never come when we have not had
| troops IN the states OF new 1orh anu
J Illinois,"
The paragraphs appropratlng 100000
for an army general hospital in the
| District of Columbia, and creating
fund from the sales of ordinance and
| ordnance stores, and making 1t available
for replacing such stores. went over on
| points off, order as new legislation, and
| like fate met the provision for the
consolidation of the adjutant generals de-
pertinent, and the record and pension of
flee into bureau known as the mill
tary secretary's office. Mr.. Hull said that
he would offer this last proposition as
separate measure. The army appropria-
ton bill then as amended in committee of
the whole, was passed.
| At 405 p. m. the house adjourned until
| tomorrow