Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-07

WASHINGTON, April 6.-Advocates of tho national guard for the first line of defence behind the army, supported the administration vigorously and end ed one of the hardest struggles in the Senate at this session of Congress. It began after the defeat of the military last week when a proposal to create national section of the army general staff was written into the bill. The narrow margin by which the provision was retained makes il doubt ful that it will be in the measure final ly forwarded by the conference con- mittee between the two houses. An effort, during the debate on the House army bill to insert this section which is designed to provide such a force as the continental army, proposed by for mer secretary Garrison, was decisively defeated.
 Without Republican support the vol unteer section would have been voted out of the bill. despite the fact that it was made by the military committee. Nineteen Democrats and seventeen Republicans voted to retain it. The vote follows:
 Voting to eliminate the section. Democrats-Ashurst. Bankhead. Clark of Arkansas. Culberson, Gore, Hard wick, Hughes. Kern, Lee of Mich. Lewis, Martin, Overman. Ransdell, Reed. Robinson, Shaffoth, Simmons, Smith of Georgia, Smith of South Car olina, Stone, Swanson. Taggart, Thomp son and Vardaman. "A.
 Republicans-Clapp. Cummins. Cur tis, Jones. Kenyon. McCumber. Norris. Page. Sherman and Works. 10. Total 34
 Voting to retain the section. Dem ocrats-Brachman Broussard, Cham berlain. Hide. Heallis. Johnson of Me, Joneson of South Dakota. Lane of New Orleans, O'Gorman, Pittman. Pomerene. Saulsbury, Sheppard, Smith Of Mich. Thomas. Walsh and Williams 19
 Republicans-Bo Brandegee, Ca ters. Clarke of Wyoming, Dillingham;, Dupont, Gallinger. Lippitte. Lodge, Nelson, Oliver. Poindexter. Shoot. Sterling. Sutherland. Warren and Weeks. r. Total 36
 The vote followed charges that the national guard throughout the country was conducting lobby against the federal volunteer plan. Senator Cham berlain chairman of the committee. warned the Senate in the course of the debate that the national guard is to interferer in politics. he would in fu- ture oppose any further federal aid for the state soldiers.
 Tho struggle had little bearing on the general question of preparedness by the fact that the advocates Of the volunteer plan asserts it was vital to any scheme to back up the regular ar my with citizen soldiers. while oppO- nents declared it would serve only to disintegrate the national guard All senators who spoke on the subject de- clared in favor of preparedness and many urged even more liberal provis- ion for the regular army and national guard than the bill makes. Others urg cd that the volunteer section be made stronger
 The section under dispute provides for the organization by congressional district of 26l.00 federal volunteers. wholly under the control of the Presi- dent and for their training in peace times under such regulation as the President may prescribe. IL was de signed to provide for summer training camps. ssimilar to those held last year at Plattsbure and elsewhere and also for the organization of volunteer army units in country districts where the members could spare time during the summer for month or more of inten-
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