The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-03-25
hRHOR PLANT BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
Approves Appropriation for Sill
100000 Plant.
EXPECTED TO WIN IN HOUSE
Lower Body Adopts Several Amend
nents te the Hay Army Bill, Two
Of. Which Are in the Cham
bcrlain Draft.


man bill to provide for the erectI,
or purchase by the government Of an
armor plate factory at a cost no Ito
exceed S11,00O,O0O was passed By THE
senate by a vote of So to %.
Previous to passage the senate
adopted without roll call an amend
ment by Senator Wadswortl ! provid-
ing that any plant to be cree ed should
be located at a place ar Jroved by
general board of the nav Y with spe-
cial reference to consid erations of
safety in time of war.
Passage of the measu Z !, in the house
is regarded as assure ] Administra-
tion leaders are plaYln ing to bring it
up soon after passage lof the army re-
organization and in amigration bills
The bill has the ap proval of the adj
ministration and s. ,cretary Daniels.
Democratic sene tors supported the
bill solidly. REGARD fling it as one of the
important measr res included in the
national preDar edness program now
being hastened to completion
Nine Progre' ;sive Republicans joined
with the ma jority in voting for the
bill. They . were Senators Borah,
Clapp, Cur nmins, Gronna, Kenyon,
Norris. !,oindexter, Sterling and
Works.
There was q spirited debate on the
meaaur before it received a vote.
Hay Bill Amended.
All oIn
in the house with the Hay army, in.
ere: Use bill, it was found impossible to
rea oh a vote before adjournment.
in the cenate Chairman Chamber
Ia in of the military committee now
l Jams to call up his army bill today.
Several important amendments were
made to the Hay bill during the day.
With one exception they were ap-
proved by Chairman Hay of the mill
tary committee.
After defeating a proposal by Rep
resentative Kahn. ranking minority
member Of the committee, to permit
efficient regular, soldiers to be dis
charged into the reserve in one year
on recommendation of their COM
manders or in. two years on their own
motion, the house reversed it's action
and put through similar amend
ment by Representative Gardner
(Rep) of Massachusetts, over Repre-
sentative Hays opposition, The SEN
ate bill contains such provision.
Adopt Senate Feature.
The most important amendment
was the insertion. Of the reserve off
GERS training scheme proposed by
Representative Gard of Ohio (Dem.),
which already has been included in the
senate bill.
1t provides that military instructors
be supplied by the war department
to any civil educational institution
with an available student body of
100 or more and where a military
course satisfactory to the war depart
ment is established.
Another amendment accepted, Of |
fered by Representative Kahn. would |
permit the president to order out the !
regular army reserve without going |
to congress for authority. The con-
templated strength of the reserve is
$4,000 and as the bill now stands the
president could increase the regular
army from it's peace strength of 140,
o00:te a strength of 2S5,OOO by execu-
tive order if war seemed imminent.
Provide for Munitions.
The last amendment adopted was
offered by Representative Tilson
(Rep0 Of Connecticut, a member of
the committee. 1t would authorize
the war department to have construct
ed all the tools and fixtures necessary
to convert private munition plants for
the manufacture of army rifles, cannon
and ammunition.
1t has been estimated that the fix.
lures would cost $15,00O,0O0 or more.
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