Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-09
WILL LEAVE CAVALRY THE SAME
Already Decided Proposals Made
Were nl-Advised.
CHINA AND MEXICO THE CAUSE
Situation in Each Country Calls for
Armed Preparedness.
SENATE WILL RECONSTRUCT BILL
Nebraska Posts Are Safe from
Activities of Lower House, as
senate VIII Not Agree
to Proposals.
From > Sad torspondsntl


WASHINGTON. ai7r,h s--tSpecial Tel
ezrnl.)-Drcia-ng that The house niiii--
tsry appropriation bill was born o;
controversy rstscr than sane deloeTa'
t.o-,," ssrc:or aco, t.3ay fired the open
iaz l-ua of "a eaom1lrdment OF protest
i;.at VIII uud1ast,di5 &c made In the
senate against the so-cAlled economy
plan g abandon var.ous military posts
U..ousAsrt the eolE;rg that have cost
tire sofernneat approximately sfs9"V0A
Senator waI1en followed him inlsimilar
statements, calling the sensies attention
TO ii esIgnifIcant uttcrance OF tho former
recretary s.t war, and pointing out that
: while they weer abalishing cavalry posts
in one part Of the country in republican
,enucn.tles the democrats were pro-
rosl,i.; 20 establish similar posts In dem
acartlc communities. The chairman OF the
committee, senator Dupont, who pre-
cipItated the Discussion by casual ref
erencc to the appropriation bill eontainins
the obje eStionable iton, said that he agreed
Will. Senator Root
So far u stho senate committee and the
senate itself is concerned. II may be
safely predicted that none OF the forts
either in Nebraska or In wyoming WI
lie abandoned.
As for III eredueiion in cavalry regi-
msnts proposed by the house. which has
shaken the army TO its foundation, bit
Ter feelings are everywhere dlseernible.
k,rn ffaFlnl
tha, congress va sactually going to re-
duce 1t BY third that is cut II down
from fifteen regiments 10 ten. Tho house
took this action when 1t passed the army
blll. The cavalry has been apprehensiye
lest the bill would be permitted TO 80
through In that fashion.
But now more cheering news comes
from tisa front. II 10 not merely that the
senate viii take a stand against redue-
lion fth enumber Of regiments 10 ten,
but that the house WIN acquiescc IN the
i,osition taken by the senate. and alloH
the cavalry 10 remain at Its present
strength.
Reason. for stroag Array.
For this there are several reasons
Probably tile one most potent Is that
these are not good times for reducing
the regular army 1t 80 falls out that
things are threatening just now In at
least two important directions. The army
in the Philippines Is being reduced by
sanding troops to China. Nobody can
guess how many troops this country will
have to send TO China before the troubles
there are composed. So far the troops
ordered to China from the Philippines
are infantry. but If any considerable body
is sent itwlll be. In part. made up OF
cavalry Moreover IL there is large
drain on the Philippines for troops IN
China more troops may have to go from
this country to reinforce the army in the
Philippines.
strong Hand Wear Bordcr.
The Mexican situation is even more
troublesome than the one In China In
China the operations Of American troops
will not be aggressive, but protective and
in cooperation with the troops of Other
powers. Japan is already sending troops
there. But this is not the case with re-
spect TO Mexico There this country has
10 play lone hand. II Is the intention
10 send more troops to the border than
arc there uoE. even II the American army
doe3 not have to set foot on the other
sdc OF lie Rio GraDde, and the cavalry
MI be mainly the reliance Of tho army.
uLdsr these conditions the demand for
tie fednc.iJn in the cavalry regiments
Il l. md % r1r1h.
GbilEts ere that II win not be long unit!
Io<ii:.g =iore il heard OF the proposition
10 reduce :sIs branch or the service.