The sun., 1916-12-22
UNIVERSAL TRAINING
BILL FOR CONGRESS
General Staff to Present Def
mite Plan and Estimate Of
Cost Next Month.
GEN. SCOTT IS GRILLED
Five Of 22 Members Of House
Military Committee Fa-
'vOr New System.

Dec. Zl.-A dennite pan
for universal military training will be
laid before Congress next month In the
shape of a bill formulated by the Gem
erai STAFF Of the army. accompanied by
q complete estimate OF cost as compared
10 the present volunteer system.
Major-Gen. Hugh l.. Scott. chief Of
stan. told the House Military Commit
tee to-day that the work was in progress
and would require about a month to
complete. Chairman Dent said the com
nittec would be glad to see the bill.
Five OF the twenty-five members OF
the committee took occasion to assert
their belief In the theory Of universal
service, while two emphatically de-
clared against such a system. Those
favoring were Representatives Kahn.
Greene OF Vermont and Tilson OF Con-
necticut. Republicans. and Olney or
Massachusetts, and Farley OF New York.
Democrats. while those opposed were
Representatives Mcclellan of Tennessee
and Quinn OF Mississippi. Democrats.
M%ilitianan o. k.'s scott Plan.
The statement Of Representative Til.
BON, who went to the border as a Colonel
N IN. Nat,o,ol Guard and was recently
retireJ followed Gen. SCOTS repeated
assertion that the LIBERALIZATION of the
National Guard, accomplished as far a.
possible by the national defence act.
would not meet the country's military
needs.
MANY members. a majority. OF the
National Guardsmen who came back
from the border are in favor OF universal
seryice" declared the Chief of staff.
81 agree with you.' Representative
rii.or said .,bat voluntary military SER
vice IL NOT an adequate system and prob
sblv would break down I'm time of war
A. n has done before, The National
0u.rd uvst.r, In particular il ecopomi-
eaiIv unwise because OF the auai con-
y eroi ,yor Tho forces nv the Federal Gov
srnr.n, ara the state"
Tr.Lin1 nv tho rcnor, IN the mobili-
,.,,on %, III. guard which Gen scott
srs..n,oa 40 ,uonort his arraignment of
-. ,oI,rtacr ~vs,er, Representatiye
Ssi.or DECLARED chat no sci OF officers.
no matter how we'll trained. could make
"
Opposes European Example.
pn....,,.,,x. Mox.v,r declared he
-. g.. sm.r,oon.. who ala no, wish
~. nramn,. ~ cormanv and
80" .a,.,na ard ,r,Ininy armies.
~ nro,ahia Satnrs NJ me hill now
-" v."s ,.o. NO, ,,sc,osed nv cen.
SS.s ""' o,sa a. 20 sharn
cco..' WHO ~ ~ rnow~ how
,,. u.a,d,nv into
ever, mat 'ne posS'o'"'s y,
."e nv pIo!ee' ,.'I,, iuavs,r,.i
inc oeIence act uea'ns Wv ~ rinS,
DEGENERATION tor war p..Pusen =, ~, H.
o take ovrr anu "l"'"e, 80. ,tn,o
piAn.s' iva y" ~ So
agencies. ~ uhuer 'one,u.la,,o 1871,
sary BAKER 'oiu II m. u.rsa
ne was unueclued as 1870 nn,.,,I",
military service ano 81" 81" :, mnaars
conscript'on, tne is,,er plsm 1a vi,
$1,000 10 inciuue w "
ae tnc mill.ary SerN,.e it,. r,.
Wnen Gen Scout sam wa, r"nns
members OF the Na'iona' 'ud.u oeI'eue'
In universal service ltepfese'td'',c Nv
keilar in'erruP'ea' ln"t ma' W ~
cause you are herp.ns 49, WV
poroer az p.l''. uu.Sr 49,,
oe'e'e 'hey are not ''"'' "ea
No M%iIitnrism In 4. =. Plan.
.r,.,. o.o ,.tu ,his s,s,.,, Won have
an." hr'nn ~" - riiitari.,,y" .sked
REPRESENTATIVES, II,,,on.no
araS.o,n.a,v .wa. - T." ,nsvarod
~. nmcar q, 40 ,ot SEQ that there I.
snv,hins ,ike m,li,a rism I'm II. ms t,
democratic system"
Representatiye S~halIenherger asked II
A. WAS not true that every attenpt Ir
history TO send large invading force,
oyerxeas had failed. He instanced tn,
position OF the Entente armies at Sa.
lonica, saying "they have not been able
20 gain a foot OF ground against a small
nation like Bulgaria"
"That Is because OF the trained sol
Giers that face them said Gen. Scott
eff We had trained soldiers We woulC
do the anne thing
III subject OF summer training camps
was brought UP by Representative Wise
who said the Department had not ex
acted from men thus trained the obliga