Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-11
SENATE APPROVES
MILITIA CHANGES
READILY ACTS ON BILL CALLING
FOR REORGANIZATION OF
IOWA GUARD.
CALLS FOR FORMATION
OF NEW BRANCHES
Three Batteries, Cavalry Squadron,
En.i,,seI S1TTrr. ana Ambulance cc-.
pany Provided in Reorganization
Plan-Senate Does Big Days Work.
legislative News.
Special to Times-Republican.

;Des Moines, March 1.-THE senate
out it's stamp OF APPROVAL quite readily
on the bill to reorganize the Iowa ma
cional guard and place il on basis
.hat will articulate perfectly with the
regular army formation. Senator WHIT
more yesterday afternoon called up the
bill and il was passed without amend
ment after it was fully explained. The
bill provides for brigade OF lnian-
try, three regiments with prlgadler
general in charge; for three batteries,
which means batteries OF four Hello
guns each and 1873 men for each, one
squadron OF cavalry, OF four troops OF
sixty-five men each; an engineer COM
pany of sixty five, field hospital COM
pany of thirty five and an am oulance
company Of seventy nine. AS thus or
sauized the Iowa national guard would
form part OF the thirteenth army d.
vision, placed with the guard from
Minnesota. Wisconsin. North Dakota
South Dakota There is no doubt the
house will also pass the bill and give
iowa a modern guard formation Win
every branch of the service represent
ed.
The senate put on its work clothes
for a time yesterday afternoon after
having demonstrated on several recent
occasions that it was capable OF killing
lot OF valuable time WITH talk ana
auarreling and in addition TO the guard
reorganization bill it passed:
Foster bill to raise the compensation
Of the members Of the railroad COM
mission from $4,000 a year TO $4,000.
First raise in thirty-five years.
Doe bill to authorize additional tax
support in consolidated school dis
tricts, to conform TO what is possible
in other districts, $50 per capita and
an some cases as much as $50 per pupil.
Foskett bill to pay George D. Shaw
$4,000 because Of loss Of leg IN the
state hospital at Clarinda.
Farr bill providing way for raising
or lowering roads at crossings.
Thomas bill to reimburse those VINO
put up for the Gettysburg fund.
The Cochrane bill (house billy au-
thorizing employment Of school su-
perintendent for period of three years.
The Henigbaum bill to protest the
badges Of the Spanish-American war
.,ocieties from wrongful use.
The Farr bill to authorize cities 70
gave roads leading out to connect WIN
county road systems and charge same
up to the property within defined ois-
.ricts.
The house has scheduled It's DIG
stunt OF repeating the law as to the
state highway commission today anu
presumably before the day is over
there will be number or spicy
speeches on both sides Of the PROPOSE
ton. There is a decidedly ugly feeling
about this proposition. and the sooner
the bill is disposed of the better LOT
all. On the one hand there is teel-
ing that in this bill the newer mem :
bership Of the house has expressed It's
EXTREMIST reactionary purpose anu
planned to make its strongest showing
10 the effect that the last election IN
Iowa was a reputation of most Of the
things done by the Thirty-fifth gem
eral assem- bly,. But the repealers are
rushing thru with their program, in
sistent that as a matter OF fact they
represent the views of the people OF
the state and that what is now wanted
more than anything else is abolition OF
the highway commission and re-