Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-07
SENATE VOTES FOR
FED. VOLUNTEERS
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two houses. An effort during debate
on the house army bill to insert this
section, which is designed to provide
such a force as the continental army
proposed by former Secretary Garri-
son, was decisively defeated.
Vote as to Party.
Without republican support the vol
unteer section would have been voted
out by the democratic senators despite
the fact that it was unanimously rec
commended by the military committee.
Twenty -four democrats and ten re-
publicans, including nearly all the pro-
greSSive republicans, voted to strike
it out. Nineteen democrats and seven
teen republicans voted to retain it
The vote follows:
Voted to Eliminate Section.
Voting to eliminate the section:
Democrats Ashurst, Bankhead,
Clarke (Arkansas), Culberson, Gore,
HardwiCk, Hughes, Kern, Lee (Mary-
land), Lewis, Martin, Overman, Rams
mons, Smith (Georgia), Smith CSouth
Carolina), Stone, Swanson, Taggart,
Thompson and Vardaman-24.
Repubhcans-Clapp, Cummins, Cur
tbs, Jones, Kenyon, McCumber, Norris,
Page, Sherman and Works-1O.
Total "a.
Brandegee Voted for Retention.
Voting to retain the section:
Democrats - Beckham, Broussard,
Chamberlain, Hitchcock Hollis. Hus-
ting, Johnson (Maine). johnson CSOuth
! Dakota), Lane, Newlands. O'Gorman
| Pittman. Pomerenc, Salisbury, Shop
pard, Smith CMaryland), Thomas
| Walsh and Williams-19.
| Republicans-Borah, Brandegee, Ca
| iron, Clark CWyoming), Dillingham;,
| Dupont, Gallinger. Lippitt, Lodge, Nell
| son, Oliver, POOindeXter, SmOot, Sterl-
| ing, Sutherland, Warren and Weeks
II.
Total. SO.
| Charqe of National Guard Lobby.
| The vote followed charges that the
| national guard organizations through
/ out the country were conducting a
1 lobby against the federal volunteer
| plan. Senator Chamberlain, chairman
| Of the military committee. warned the
| senate in the course of the debate that
if the national guard proposed to be-
| connie politically active and endeavor
| to influence legislation as it had done
in this case, he would in future OPP
pose any further federal aid Tor the
state soldiers.
| Champions of the guard retorted
that the military training camps as
| sociation had been equally active in
behalf of the federal volunteer section.
They pointed to the mass of kilograms
laid before the senate today by Sena-
4 IOlTO TO sustain LAElA
contention.
The struggle had little bearing upon
the general question Of preparedness
| beyond the fact that advocates of the
| volunteer plan asserted il was vital &c
any scheme to back up the regular
army with citizen soldiers, while OPP
pOnents declared it would serve only
to disintegrate the guard. All sena-
tors who spoke on the subject de.
clared in favor of preparedness, and
many urged even more liberal pro
visions for the regular army and ma.
tiOnal guard than the bill makes. 9th,
erS urged that the volunteer section
be made stronger.
| The section under dispute provides
| for the organization by congresSiona
districts of 261, 900 federal volunteers
| wholly under the control of the pres
; | ident and for their training in peac,
| times under such regulations as TIT
president may prescribe. II was de
signed to provide for summer trainin;
camps, similar to those held last yea
and also for the organization of vol
, | unteer army units in country district
. where its members could spare tim
during the summer for a month o
!, ! more of intensive military training
during each of the three years o
, their service with the colors.
An amendment accepted by the sen
ate last week fixed thirty days annual
~ as the period or training. senate
Williams has announced, however, tina
he will offer a further amendment fix
ing the maximum time at ninety day
should any unit be found able to de
{ vote that amount of time TO its worl
Senator McCumber offered a substi
tute for the section providing tina
high school, academy and college stu
I dents be assembled in military train
ing camps, those of suitable age bein
+ liable for service in the regular o
! volunteer army in time of war and t
remain in the class of available re
! serves for ten years after graduation
o II was defeated without roll cal
| Several other senators who oppose
: | the volunteer section urged that step
= he taken to train the students of tn
n country as reserve force, indicatin
n that fight to insert such a prOvisio
: | in the bill be made later.