The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-27
BOTH HOUSES OFT CONGRESS SPEED. NEW ARMY BILLS
House Passes Increased ApprO- priatiOn-BOOSt Machine
 Gun Allowance.

Washington, June 27-Both Houses | of Congress devoted yesterday to rushing war measures.
 The Senate adopted the joint resolu- ton giving the President authority to draft the National Guard into the regular army for service iff< Mexico, and the House amended and passed the army appropriation bill as to improve the service on the border in sundry ways.
 The joint resolution, which was adopted by the House. Friday. and re- constructed by Senate sub-commit- tee, Saturday, was amended by the Senate by striking out the dec1ara- ton That in the opinion of Con- gress. an emergency now exists which demands the use of troops in addi- ton to the regular army of the Unit ed States
 No Pay for Families. Section of the resolution, as re- framed by the Senate committee, was adopted by a vote. of 43 to 30. It provides that a member of the Ma tiona1 Guards who is the supporter of family can obtain an honorable dis charge if he desires it. Many efforts were made to amend this so as to allow extra pay for the soldier and a. pension for the family, but all fail ed.
 N Guard service of not more than three years was restored by the Senate. The amendments will necessitate the return of the resolution to the House and possibly a conference before it's final approval.
 Estimates to cover the pay and maintenance expense of the state troops, totalling $88,O0O,0OO up to January'1, were>1aid before Congress- With them went figures of 13,00O,0 900 for the purchase of horses and mules for army use. The total estimates of the Quartermaster General alone pass the s10O,OOO,ooO mark. An Urgent Deficiency Bill carrying lS25,oOO,OO0 for National Guard pay, equipment and transportation was framed in commission for presentation to the House.
 s22, ,e6O, ,OOO Increase. The net increases in the Army Ap- propriation Bill amount to $22. .96O,OOO, making the bill carry a total of ap- proximate1y $1sO8O0O5OO0. The total amount of the increase was $28,11O,- 900, but because of the Federalization of the National Guard decreases amounting to $5,16O,oO0 were made | in certain items appropriated for the Guard in normal times. Increased appropriations were made as follows: = Horses, provided by bill. $8oO,OOO; increase. $3,e0O,ooO; total, $3,6o0,- l 900.
 l Ordnance stores. ammunition, pro- vided by bill, $2,5oO,O 900; increase, $2,- oOo, ,o0O Total, $4.5OosoO0. Manufacture of arms, provided by bill, $2, GOO 900; increase, $3,000, 900; to- tai, st, 900, GOO.
 1 by bill, s1 400, 600; increase, 1000, ,000; total $6 OO0 GOO | Automatic machine rifles: provided by biIl $1, ,4Oe,eO0; increase, $1, 900; total, s, ,36O, GOO,
 Automatic machine rifles for Ma tional Guard: total, $2,oOO,OoO. 1 Armored motor cars: provided by bill, s15O,OOO; increase, $15O.0OO; total, 1 s30O 900.
 For More Machine Guns.
 Field artillery for National Guard: provided by bill. $3, 100000; increase, S, ,00O, ,00O; total, $8, GOO, GOO.
 Ammunition for field artillery: pro fvided by bill 5000, 900; increase, $5,- loco, 900; total, $S, ,OOO, OO0
 Military camps: provided by bill, i$5o0,OO0; increase, $1, 500, ,o0O;/ total, $2,- o00.OO0.
 An amendment offered by Repre- tSentative Gardner of Massachusetts, Iproviding for a total of 8, ,36O, 900 for machine guns was adopted in prefer ence to the committee amendment for a total of s2,0oo,ooo offered by Repre- sentative Hay. The bill provided $1,- 40o, ,00O
 In speaking for the Gardner amend ment Representative Mann said: tIt is murder today to send infantry into battle without machine guns. It is not war. It is murder
 Representative Kenzie of Illinois
 criticised the War Deparament for not using moneys appropriated for ma
 chine guns heretofore. eff they don't stop quibblfng over