Arizona republican., 1916-06-24
CONGRESS SAYS EMERGENCY; FREES WILSON'S HANDS
MAY DRAF I All. .GUARDSMEN WHO
 WILL TAKE OATH
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 WASHINGTON, June 23.-Legisla- tive approval of President Wilson's use of the national guard in the Mex ican crisis was voted almost unani- mously by the house today in adopt ing a resolution declaring the exist ence of an emergency and giving the president d free hand to draft as fed eral soldiers all guardsmen willing to take the required oath. The senate is expected to concur tomorrow
 A million dollars would be appro- priated by the resolution to aid de- pendent families of the guardsmen so drafted. Distribution of the fund will be left to the war department with the restriction that no family should receive more than $50 a month.
 Only two representatives, a social ist and a democrat, voted against the resolution. During the debate, pre- ceding it's adoption, several republi- cans attacked the administration Mexican policy, and insisted that President Wilson should have in- formed congress of the emergency in stead of expecting it to act on it's own initiative. No one attempted to deny, however, that an emergency had arisen and Republican Leader Mann, former Speaker Cannon and others declared that in reality a state of war exists.
 Chairman Hay of the military com mittee. author. told the house that it was presented by the administration as a measure necessary in the pres ent situation and not as a declaration that state of war exists or was to be contemplated.
 As introduced. the resolution merely authorized the president to draft guardsmen whenever in his opinion an emergency exists which demands the use of troops in addition to the regular army
 1 The amendment making it declare | that in the opinion of congress an emergency had now arisen, was of fered by Representative Hay him self and was adopted unanimously. After consultation with Mir. Mann. 1 Mr. Hay also changed the language 1 of the resolution so that the period of service for which guardsmen could be drafted would be limited to three years.
 A provision for relief of guards mems families had been prepared by Chairman Hay as a substitute bill After the resolution was under debate he decided to incorporate relief appropriation in it, and when the amendment was offered it was adopted unanimously A proposal by Representative Gardner to extend similar aid to families of the regular army men was ruled out of order
 As soon as the final vote on the resolution had been taken it was sent over to the senate, where it arrived just as adjournment was being taken. It was referred to the military com
 mittee with the announcement that unanimous consent would be asked to consider it tomorrow
 A proposal to authorize the presi- dent to draft members of the naval militia in time of emergency also
 was introduced in the house today.
 The refusal of more than a hun
 dred members of the national guard of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico
 to enter the federal service in re-
 sponse to the presidents call found an echo during the debate today, Representative Gardner announcing
 he woud offer a resolution for con-
 gressional investigation and Chair
 man Hay announcing that he would
 do everything possible to see that such a proposal. if introduced, was , pro lptly reported by the military r committee. Later, Mir. Gardner did
 introduce resolution and it went to the committee