Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-06
MEN BEHIND GUNS
ARE NOW NEEDED
Claimed There is Nobody to Han
die Expensive Military
Equipment.
TO INCREASE SOLDIERS PAY.
Provision Made for Fortihcaiiuns but
Nothing AhOut Those to Manage the
Samc--Complimcnl TO Cortclyou.


! Special Correspondence
Washington. JulF THAT wo have
fortihcations with guns and equipment
to make them effective and not enough
men TO handle them was made plain by
a bin recently reported from the senate
committee on military affairs. Chair
man Warren in making the report
! pointed out that proceeding under a
definite plan adopted years ago the
I government has expended large
amounts for coast defenses, but pro-
/ vision is not made Tor artulerymeu and
| others 20 man the guns and % care for
/ them. and the result Is that about one
I nalf Of our detenses are manless. mo-
tiOnless and as a consequence worth
less IN case ~ sudden attack The
best that can now be done for the guns
mentioned is 20 Oh. wax. cover with
canvas and bid them boodby'
INSUFFICIENT PAY FOR SKILLED
MEN.
Senator Warren also pointed out
that the government is installing at
great expense systems OF searChlights.
range finders and a thousand and one
MODERN Improvements. an reluiriH-
expert knowledge Of handling and
careful laborOus work in protecting.
And yet" De said, 1--WE have mo more
skilled men and pay no higher CONF
pensation than we used 90 when we
used the obsolete smO0thboIO. muzzle
loading guns and had few Of them"
The men who handle all this expcu-
slNC machinery, who become skilled
electricians and are able 90 quickly
work out the location Of an advancing
snip. Who. in fact are responsible for
The effective work Of the seac0ast guns.
are paid only from Sl3 10 SIS per month.
Al the expiration ~ their enlistmcnts
they are able 10 secure more lucrative
employment as machinists and electro
clans and new men have to De trained.
The artillery bin which the commit
tee has reported VIII increase thc artil-
lery arm of the service and give he
skilled men more pay
Much 90 the surprise Of the most
ardent friends Of the militia the bin
for efficiency of The state soldiers and
increasing the appropriation by S2o01.-
600 passed the senate without "a muir
mur The measure was known as the
Dick bill because. @ had been intro
duced by Senator Dick Of Ohio.
A REFERENCE TO AN INCIDENT.
Occasionally The participation NJ VII
liam r. Chandler in the railroad rate
legislation. 300 which he had some sham
differences with the president Is re-
fcrrcd 20 in Congress. although the iu-
|.rM o. o.. D.
Chandler Is chairman OF the Spanish
treaty claims commission. and Repre-
sentative Sullivan Of ssachusetts
discussing an amendment relating to
the commission, said he was willing %
should be abolished II such a thing
could be- brought about Then Repre-
sentative Mann ~ Illinois. having ref
ercnCc i1 the Roosevelt haudlcr-TiIl
man-BaI'ey-Lodge incident asked.
DO you think there would Do any
difficulty iD aboiishlng the commission
N the other members would follow the p
example of The chairman ana get into
O controversy about legislation
II GO not know replied Sullivan.
"lut . vil, state to The gentlenl1 7
have found considerable difficulty Don
getting any COmmisg.Ol polished
II you would get the other two gene
t-mCu ON the same line ~ work. % cone
tnued Mann, you would have no dIu-
Guilty"
The other members OF the house er-
ioytd Mauu's anusion.
DEFINITION or DOMAIN"
Incident TO the discussion o. the ap-
preparation for ne bureaus OF the geo
logical survey On the house O. definition
OF the national domain" as against
the public domain" was given hy Rep
rcseutatiNr Watson 90 Indiana. chair
man OF the committee % the whole
During the argument upon a point ot
mder relating 20 the rdginE ~
streams and determining She watt.
supply OF the United States Rcurcseu-
tatige D1lzcIl Of Pennsylvania held that
the national domain meant the whole
81 the United States and ali ~ los tef-
fliories Porto Rico. Hawaii and iho
Philippine.
Watson .l his decision held that the
national domain" did not mean the
whole of the United States and that
the words national domain" and pub
lie lands were not convertible terms
The District OF Columbia. he said was
part o. The national domain" but 10
was not the public domain. because
tho public domain has reference only 20
the public lands, and puhic lands and
putlic domain were interchangeable.
nearing one ana The same thing.
TRIBUTE TO CoRTELyOU.
william Alden smith IN having PRINT