New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
Reorganization Measure
Now Goes to President
for Signature.
FOUR DEMOCRATS
IN THE MINORITY
representative Hay Admits In
sertiug Provision in Favor
Of a Friend.
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Washington. May 2O.-Only the sig
,.,pre Of President Wilson is now
,.ssed 20 make the Hsy-Chambcrlain
,rrv reorganization bill law. the con
ference report being approved by the
vopse to-day by vote of $40 20 %.
The conference report has already been
,prroyed by the Senate.
The essential difference in the points
r. view Of the advocates of real pre-
hardness on the one hand and Chair
,sr Hav. OF the House committee, and
rs supporters on the other, was made
cutie clear in the brief debate preced-
I,r the rollcall on the report.
Mr. HAY declared his belief that the
b1l provided all the army necessary
ON times Of peace"
In times of war. he said, Congress
would speedily authorize the President
% make the army any size that might
he needed. He did not claim, however.
that the bill passed by the House to-
Gay is legislation such as the country
would need in case Of war.
Points of Criticism.
Mr.. HAY seemed TO fail 10 under
stand the criticism Of the bill by its
opponents that they were not con-
cerned in the mere question Of an army
in time Of peace. but were anxious to
ret an adequate trained army which
would prove a real first line Of defence.
His critics made the point that if a
mob mustered into the service without
training in time Of war was all that
was needed. the maintenance Of even
the army proposed in the bill would be
extravaganza.
Chairman Hay blandly admitted the
charge printed to-day. tina. special
provision had been inserted in the bill
in conference to force the appointment
10 the Judge Advocate Generals de-
partment OF Judge A. G. Carson
friend of Representative Hay. The re-
Irarkable provision inserted IN the con
ference report, though mentioned in
neither house. was as follows:
provided further. that Of the vacan-
cies created in the Judge Advocate
Generals department by this act, one
such vacancy. not below the grade Of
major. shall be filed by the appoint
ment Of q person from civil life, not
less than f0r,y-hvc nor more than fifty
years Of age. who shall have been for
ten years q judge OF the Supreme Court
Of the Philippine Islands, snail have
served for two years as captain IN the
regular or volunteer army and shall be
proficient In the Spanish language and
laws
Judge Carson "Taken Care Of"
81 would like TO ash" inquired Rep
rescntative Coady, Of Maryland,
whether there is any truth in the
report published this morning TO the
effect that the provision mentioned by
the gentleman from Pennsylvania. MI.
Moore, is designed to take care OF
Judge Carson Of Virginia
1T is," said Representative Hay.
with some asperity but blunt frank
hess
And Judge Carson is the only one
who can gGaliIy for tha. position ."
asked M Coady.
YES. am responsible Cor that be-
ing put iu the bill. If that is any
satisfaction 20 the gentleman"
The twenty-five House members vot-
ing against the conference report were:
Republicans Britten, Illinois; Gar
ner. Gillett. Walsh. Rogers and Tink-
ham, Massachusetts,; Hadley, Hum
phrey and Johnson, Of Washington;
Hustled, Platt and Sanford, New York;
Mann, Illinois; Moore, Indiana; Nor
gan, oklahoma; Nelson, Wisconsin;
Randall, California; Wheeler, Illinois;
Guernsey, Maine.
Democrats Buchanan and Tavenner,
Illinois; Johnson. and Thomas, Ken
lucky
Progressive SchaJl. Minnesota.
Socialist London, New York.
Must Hypnotic Men.
Under existing law" said Repre-
sentative Gardner, "for number Of
years past the total authorized enlisted
force Of the line of the army has been
100000 men. Recently, in consequence
Of the Mexican bungle, we have in
creased that limit TO about 10000
men. This bin raises the figure to
10000 men. and that is the entire real
fighting force which we are TO have, al
ways provided that we can hypnotic
so many men into enhsting at the
prncely stipend Of - cents a day. All
told. we are 20 have $4,000 more actual
bonafde soldiers on paper, and the
Lord knows how many militia major
generals and nigh privates.
DO you know how many miles OF
tresches those $4,000 new soldiers could
man? Just about fifteen miles, or APP /
proximately onc-sixth Of the distance