The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26

niaftVIs No haAt tne pY0tHulS now be-
fofe the sehafe comnhittee on military
AFFAIRS dealing. WITH a substantial in
crease for the mobile army and the
coast artillery both in officers and en-.
listed personnel. KS sI I.
Both Of these bids were introduced
in the senate by the senator from ore.
gon, Mr.. Chamberlain, chairman OF the
military committee of that body, and
they embody the Recommendations Of
tho SECRETARY Of war as contained in his
recently published annual report.
Cannot. BE SifRhtod
!. Early On the session there was con.
Siderable opposition in the house TO any
measure looking TO an increase Of the
military expenses but the interest In
the subject has grown to such dimen-,
sions that IL promises to become q
political issue and now there are abun-
dant signs that the house and its mill
tafy committee are beginning to fall
in line with the popular view. How
ever, there was enough opposition on
the committee to deter any member
from putting the secretaryis recon-
mendations. in the form OF bill 80
Mr.. Gardner, the author of the national
defenses agitation ihtfodueed bills
similar to those proposed In the sen.
ate. IL Is the secretary = wish that
these bills be attached TO the Appro-
priation Bill In the form of amend
ments as Is customary with items of
service legislation during the short SEES
sion, but, fearing under the rule Of the
house some member would raise a point
of order and throw out the Amendments,
the Appropriation Bin will 70 to the
senate Substantially as reported and
dnadorned With anlepdmcnts q.
As Senate Amendments
y Saturday e Associated Press des,.
patches report that the house has acted
upon the Anpropriation Bill and that
lowing the secrctary's wishes, the
amendments for the increase Of the
army will be attached, and the senate
committee, according to the latest main.
land papers, have agreed, without OPP
position from committeeman of either
party; to report the amendments to the
senate, where no point Of order rule can
remove them from the bill. q ri
Real Fight In Conference
The real fight on these questions Is
expected after the bill has been passed
by the senate and Il Is returned to the
house for action. It viii undoubtedly
go to conferences and Secretary CARR
son has expressed himself as confident
that the. amendments viii be passed
before Adjournment on March 4 next.
In arranging for the enactment Of this
legislation greasing the skids, ss st
were-the secretary of war held a con,
ference with the secretary OF the navy
and the several chafrmen Of the variots
military and naval ccmniitfebs ofeboth
houses and ,it is reported that these
gentlemen had a clear discussion of the
situation and decided on what might
he considered the important legislation
to be enacted this session. How far
Secretary Garrison has won over Mr..
Hay, chairman Of the house committee,
remains to be seen. I, ~ II !. ..;l.,
No Exact Date Here <s.& t5fsli
The reports from Washington as to
the exact terms Of this legislation are
rather vague, and there Is much specu.
lhtion as to how the Increase of the
mobile army measure will ultimately
read. The point at issue Is whether or
not the Coast ARTILLERY shares in the
increase Of the one thousand additional
officers asked for by the secretary Of
war. The original Chamberlain Bill
s. 9696B- docs include the Coast Artil-
lety arong the arms Of the service TO
share the increase Ia commissioned per,
sonnel, but the Lodge senate bill, which
alao received the approval of the seere-
tary of war, provides that 'tthe existing
organizations which compose the mobile
army be filed TO, their Authorized
strength, and that not more than one
thousand additional officers be appoint
ed for commands in this increased
force Is
The report of the secretary OF war
recommended one thousand officers for
the line of the army but in his recent
utterances as reported by the mainland
parers indicate that he refers to the
mobile army only. - = 70,
Enlisted Personnel ,..r..
T. Concerning increase of enlisted men
also there is much Aa&y information.
The original accommodation of the sec
rotary of war and both the bill of SEN
1'or Chamberlain and that of Senator
Iodge, as also the Gardner Bill in the
house, all call for mobile army in
crease Of twenty-five thousand mon.
The New York Sun of January 10
nublishes extracts from letter from
the secretary of war to the military
affairs committee Of the senate in which
he approves the measure for an increase
~ one thousand officers and 962S en-
listed men. For the infantry REGIMENTS
in the States alone sometime like eieh.
teen thousand men will be required to
bring them to authorized strength which
W. the announced nurpose Of the ill,
20 this news is nothing il not mystify-
inc to local officers. |t@4 4
oficers Required ., :. ~" tyt5
The officers to Re added by this
bill, says the secretary in the letter
70 Senator Chamberlain, ''are required
to insure the presence OF the proper
number of officers with the ORGANIZE
lions Of the army and TO meet. the de.
mands for the services Of officers with
the organized militia, educational in.
stitutions, students training camps,