The Washington herald., 1912-06-20
ARMY BILL VETO
PREVENTS CAMPS
No Funds Available for Joint Man
euvers Planned for This
Year.

Because Of the. Presidents veto Of the
army appropriation bill on account Of It's
legislative riders, II is now feared at the
War Department that the joint maneuyers
planned for this summer, in which the
regular army and the militia from more
than forty States were TO participate
may have to be abandoned.
The army bill carried an appropriation
Of Sl,SS0.OOO to pay the cost TO the militia
of participating in these joint maneuvers.
As the joint maneuvers are held only
every other year, there was no such ap-
preparation in the bill of last year, so
that the passage by Congress Of a reso-
luton extending the appropriations Of
last year will not help matters any. Less
than three weeks remain before the date
on which the first maneuvers were sched-
uled to begin, and yet not one dollar is
available for the expenses Of the militia
who are to attend the maueuvers.
1t is considered practically certain that
the maneuvers set TO begin in July will
have to be abandoned. Oficers are de-
laying sending out TO the militia organ
izatiOns concerned notice Of abandon
ment as long as they dare hoping some
thing will happen. But no appropriation
is yet in sight nor is Congress to do any
convention has completed its task Even
then the present humor Of Representa-
tive Hay Democratic chairman Of the
House Committee on Military Affairs is
such that it is believed most unlikely he
would give his support to a movement
for an appropriation to cover the maneu-
yer expenses.
II the July maneuvers are abandoned
for the date set, there is no hope of their
being held on a subsequent date this
year. 1t is known at the War Depart
ment that individual militiamen all over
the country have been making detailed
arrangements for months past in order
to be present at these maneuvers. 1t is
realized that no change in date affecting
the special arrangements of each one
Of these miltiamen can be made without
throwing the whole plan into chaos.
Therefore, If no money is in sight within
few days notice will be sent forth
directing the militia organizations and
regular army organizations due to have
joint maneuvers in July abandon their
plans for this year.
The maneuvers to be started at various
camrs on or before July Is are as fol-
lows: Mount Gretna, Pa, July TO Au-
gust g. for militia OF Pennsylvania, Mary
land. New Jersey, Virginia, and West
Virginia.
Admission, Ala, July to August l. for
the militia Of Alabama, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Geor-
gia. and Kentucky
Mount Pole, Wyo., July S-27, for the
militia Of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyo- !
ming.
Near Springfield. Ill, July to August |
%, for the militia of Illinois.
Nevada, Mo, July 7-20, for the militia |
of Missouri
The Coast Artillery reserves of Rhode !
Nd
with the army regulars during !
July. /
Later in July and continuing through |
August and into September the other |
joint maneuyer camps are to be estab- |
lished throughout the country, embracing |
all the militia organizations not partici- |
pating in the exercises at any of the |
camps named above. 1t is hoped that |
money will be appropriated in time to
save these later maneuvers. which in
clUde the attack on and defense Of New
York City.