Arizona republican., 1916-04-07
Higher House Retains Fed eral Volunteer Provision
 In Army Bill Rejecting Senator Lea's Amend ment to Strike Out Section
IS SAVED BY MARROW MARGIN
This Makes Doubtful That 1t Will Be In Measure Finally Framed By Con- ference Committee Be tween Two Houses
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

WASHINGTON, w April 6-The sen ate retained the federal volunteer provision in the army bill late today by vote of 16 to 34, rejecting Sen ator Leas amendment to strike out that section of the bill.
 Advocates of the national guard as the first line of defense behind the regular army supported the amend ment vigorously and the struggle was one of the hardest fought in the senate at this session of congress- It began after the defeat of the mili- tary committee last week, when q proposal to create q national guard section of the army general staff was written into the bill
 The narrow margin by which the l federal volunteer provision was main tained makes it doubtful that it will be in the measure finally framed by the conference committee between the two hours An effort during de- 1 bate on the house army bill to in | sert this section, which is designed , to provide such a force as the con- l tinental army proposed by former Secretary Garrison, was decisively defeated
 Without republican support the volunteer section would have been voted out by the democratic sena- i tors, despite the fact that it was unanimously recommended by the military committee. Twenty four democrats and ten republicans, in- ! cluding nearly all the progressive republicans voted to strike it out l Nineteen democrats and seventeen republicans voted to retain it. The vote was:
 Voting to eliminate the section 1 Democrats Ashurst, Bankhead, Clarke of Argansas, Culberson, Gore, | Hardwick. Hughes, Kern, Lee of Maryland, Lewis. Martin, Overman. Ransdell, Reed, Robinson, Shafroth, Simmons. Smith of Georgia, Smith of South Carolina Stone, Swanson, Tag gart, Thompson and Vardaman-24
 Republicans Clapp. Cummins Curtis, Jones. Kenyon, McCumber Norris. Page, Sherman and Works TO- Total B.
 Voting to retain the section | Democrats - Beckham, Broussard Chamberlain, Hitchcock Hollis, Hust ing, Johnson of Name, Johnson of South Dakota. Lane, Newlands O'Gorman, Putnam, Pom. rene Sauls- bury, Sheppard Smith of Maryland Thomas, Walsh and Williams-19I
 Republicans .Borah, Brandegee Catron, Clark of Wyoming, Dilling- ham. Dupont, Gallinger. Lippitt Lodge, Nelson, Oliver Poindexter Shoot, Sterling, Sutherland, Warrer and Weeks-17. Total 36
 The vote followed charges that the national guard organizations through
 out the country were conducting { lobby against the federal volunteer plan Senator Chamberlain, chair
 man of the military committee
 warned the senate in the course O
 the debate that if the national guard
 proposed to become politically activ, land endeavor to influence legislation las it had done in this case. he woult
 in future oppose any further fed
 eral aid for the state soldiers.
 Champions Of the guard retorte,
 that the Military Training Camp
 association had been equally activ
 in behalf of the federal voluntee
 section. They pointed to the mass O
 telegrams laid before the senate to day by Senator Chamberlain to sus
 tain their contention.
 The struggle had little bearing O.
 the general question of preparedness
 beyond the fact that the advocate
 of the volunteer plan asserted it wa l
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