The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-02
MRSH|PS FOR
USE IN WARFARE
House Votes Half Million
For Experiments
To Be MADE BY THE ARMY

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Spirited Debate on the Subject Lasts
Most of the playhouse Passes Also
!, Nullber OF Miscellaneous Bills of
More or Less Public Intcrcst-Win
Meet To-day in Special Session Il
actcr OF Representative Powers, of
Maine.
Washington, D. c.. Jan 3o.-E.
voting an appropriation of 100000
the House OF Representatives today
made liberal provision for further eN-
perinlcnts by the army with balloons
and airships for use in warfare. The
subject gave rise to q spirited debate.
which continued most OF the session.
The opponents of the proposition
sought to its defeat ~
raising all sorts of parliamentary
points. 3ct the chair in elaborate opin-
ions ovCrruled these and thus paved
the way Tor the incorporation of the
provision in the army appropriation
bill.
Previously to taking up the army
bill the consideration of which was
not completed, the House passed q
number Of miscellaneous bills Of more
or less public interest.
At 4:i6 D. NJ, the House adjourned
until tomorrow. when the body will
meet in special session to hear eulo-
gies on the life and character Of Rep
~resentative Powers, of Maine, who
died during the recess.
For Two New States.
An omnibus bin providing separate
statehood for the territories Of New
Mexico and Arizona, was introduced
in the House today by Representative
Hamilton, Of Michigan, chairman OF
the House Committee on territories
The bill was framed by the Republic
can members Of the committee and
submitted to the minority members
who have approved it.
New Mexico is given two represen-
tatiyes in the House of Representa-.
tives to De elected at large and the
city of Santa Fe is designated as the
capital of the State until 1920.
For Arizona, Phoenix is designated
as the capital until 1920.
Arizona is given one representative
IN the House Of Representatives.
Hearings on the bill will be held
by the Committee on Territories next
week, and it probably will be report
ed before the end of the. week.
II lit I1tuSt.
Washington, ID. c.. Jan. 3O.-Aero-
nautlcs occupied much of the time of
the House Of Representatives tOday in
connection with the consideration of
the army appropriation bill to which
$500, 600 Vas added for balloons.
The ~adVIsablllty OF appropriating for
army balloons was first considered.
The burden Of the arguments in
support OF the balloon provision was
that balloons had now become a part
OF an efficient army, while some Of
the opponents maintained that bal
looms were not used in the Russo
Japanese war, the Spanish-American
war, or h Boer war.
Mr.. Mason advocated that balloon
had played no considerable part i'll
warfare.
His statement was controverted by
Mr.. Cochran, of New York, who said
that q balloon played a considerable
part in the war between France and
Germany when NJ. Gan1betta escaped
from Paris by such means and or
ganized the national defense.
Mr.. Mann, (1ll.), in favoring the
balloon provision, pointed to the sink
ing of the Republic n said that nc
one could AVE cited ten days age
any case where wireless telegraphy
had saved hundreds Of lives. Take
time for citing cases for balloons
he said, will come after they have
saved hundreds of millions Of dollars
and maybe hundreds of thousands OF
lives, and possibly a great deal more
BY a vote of Is to 55, the HUI
amendment providing for the bal
loon appropriation was adopted, the
announcement being greeted with ap-
plause.
Except with respect to the apprO.
priation for a~rOnauticai experimental
ton the bill was not amended in any
important particular. 1t still wa
pending when the House adjourned
Eypectjne rhe hens to turn Ou1