The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-26
HOUSE PASSES
The ARMY BILL
Measure Carries an ApprOpria-
ton of SIS, 900, 900.
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED
PORTO RIcAN SOLDIERS A Po-
LITICAL NECESSITY.


Washington. Jan. 25.-The house to-
day passed the army appropriation bill,
carrying approximately s75,eo0,e zoe, after
adopting a number Of amendments.
The provision for the consolidation Of
the adjutant generals department ana
the record and pension Office Of the war
department into one bureau, to be
known as the military secFetary's office,
was stricken from the bill on a point
Of order raised by Mr.. Grosvenor. Of
Ohio.
The item of 100000 for the construc-
ton of an army general hospital at
Washington also went out on point
.of order. as did the paragraph pTovid-
ing for the construction Of a submarine
cable from Sitka to Fort Liscum.
A resolution calling on the secretary
OF state for information as TO the num-
Der of carriages maintained by the gov
ernment for the state department was
adopted.
When the house resumed considera-
ton of the army appropriation bilL 1t
went into committee of the whole.
On motion of Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa
the paragraph providing FOR the pay OF
retired officers of the army was amend
ed so as TO provide that no part of the
money appropriated under the act shah
be expended in payments To any. re-
tired army officer who received payment
for services as clerk OF other civil en-
ployment III any of the departments OF
the government
An amendment by Mr.. Park of New
Jersey was adopted, giving a contract
surgeon in charge of a hospital the
same authority as commissioned mec-
zeal officer.
Mr.. Slayden of Texas made an unsuc-
cessfuI effort to eliminate from the bill
AN appropriation of S95.14S for the MAIN
tenance of the two battaliOns constitute
ing the Porto Pico provisional regiment
of industry.
He had Secretary Roots statement
before the committee read IN which
he advocated the appropriation as j
political bat not a military necessity.
Mr.. HUH said the word "politicat
was not used in a party sense. Mr.
slayden asserted, but patriotism could
be developed in the Porto Rlcans
through civic advantages rather than
military services
AIr. Hay Va0 said that the Porto
I Ricans enlisted in the regiment mao
done 50 for "a term Of years and TO cut
off the appropriation would be a NO
lation of the contract with them on
the part Of this government.
Mr.. Patterson (Tenn.), in making in
ouiries of Mr.. Hull concerning the
paragraph providing for barracks IN
the Philippines, asked: Does the
gentleman think there win always be
a necessity for troops in the Philip
pines, and Tor these expenses 10
go on?"
I should think" Mr.. Hull replied.
chat the time never viii come when
/ the United States would not have
/ troops ia the Philippines, any more
/ than the timC had never come when
we have nor had troops in the state
of New York and the state Of Hi
uois."
The proviso fixing the limit Of the
1 cost Of construction of any hospital at
/ $4,000 went out on a point of order
raised by Mr.. Hemenway, the present
legal limit being $4,000.
The paragraphs apBr0pTiating S4VO =
I 000 for an army general hospital IN
the District OF Columbia and creating
a fund from the sale of ordnance and
/ ordnance stores and making &c avail
able for replacing such stores, went
I out on points of order as new iesisla-
ton. and ike fate met the provision
for the eoncOHdation of the adjutant
/ generals department and the records
and pensions Office into a bureau 10 be
known as the military secretaTy's Of
fee. Mr. Hull announced that he
would offer this last proposition as a
/ departmental measure. The army ap-
/ prOpriatiOn then, AS amended IN COM
mittee Of the whole, vas passed.
/ A. 4:05 y. IN. the house adjourned
until tomorrow.