The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-04-08
keep DOWN ARMY
HALE OBJECTS TO PLAN
FOR INCREASE OF MILITARY
Declares Policy to Attempt Domino
ton BY Snow of Arms VIII
Result In Ruin.

WASHINGTON, April As the
aftermath of the passage yesterday
of the army appropriation bill Hale,
chairman of the committee on naval
affairs, today sounded a warning
against increases in the military es-
Establishment of the country, saying It
is inviting deficit in the treasury
and would serve no useful purpose.
Hale moved reconsideration of the
vote by which the army bill was
passed, and his motion was laid Oh
the table. Burkett characterized the
proceedings as one of bad faith. The
senate passed the forJifications bill.
carrying an aggregate of S12. 106.-
1871
AS mark of respect to the men,
DRY of late Representative Brick the
senate at 4:34 adjourned.
Hale called attention 10 the grow
ing amounts asked for each year in
support of military purposes and
said that the naval increase was in
proportion He said that when the
navy is built up it is only the be-
ginning of spending money. The
/ country, he said. is committed to re-
pairs and maintenance which would
result in three or four years to the
bill for naval appropriations carry
! ing an aggregate of $3.50, 100000 an
nually.
! Gallinger called attention to the
article printed in Washington
newspaper relative to an ambitious
program for the army and navy. He
said il appeared to him that the arti-
Il
that he did MOI believe the article
was inspired Warren said this was
TIE first time he had heard that the
secretary C. war had such ideas OF
increasing the army Hale said he
honed the enormous. unreasonable
and wicked program, is not the iudg-
ment of he secretary of war.
Hale said recent talks with heads
of the army revealed the opinion in
that quarter that the appropriation
would have to be doubled If it is.
he said Il will result in our having
an army which will cost 5000, 00o,-
annually He expressed the
hope that the program for such en-
/ largement would not be carried ont.
Hale referred to the Philippines
as the pestilence which had contrib
uted to The policy of military expan-
sion
Reply to Beveridge Hale said the
excuse given for the enlargement was
we might have a big war Bever-
| idge said the present army of 5000
| men would be useless against sin
know where this imaginary army
&c y
conflict with another country prac-
tically was impossible and predicted
| Beveridge would never see war. He
characterized the war talk as sheer
nonsense
Warren said no country in the
world except Switzerland had so
small an army Aldrich suggested
that this country would be better
protected naturally than any other.
Galinger asked if the secretary OF
war in the recent speech had not
favored a large increase in the army.
/, Warren said he did not know, but
hoped the country would grow fast
enough and rich enough to feel like
having an army as large as suggest
ed. Hale replied: Il hope not
After Hale had left the cham Der
Frye in his colleagues behalf moved
to lay the motion 10 reconsider on
the table. Burkett criticized Hale
for injecting into this body a po-
| litical discussion, an attack on a
certain candidate in this country,
and that il had no element of fair
ness. Frye defended his, colleague
but refused to recede and the motion
to lay on the table was carried.