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FUNSTON WANTS
$4,000 MEN
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passed IN the House late to-day. five
minutes after its Introduction.
Representative Hay. chairman of the
Military Committee. had asked for i'm
mediate consideration Of the resOlu-
ton, saying the step was necessary on
account Of demands Of citizens along
the border for additional protection
during the march Of the punitive expe-
d.tion into Mexico.
ON the viva yoce vote one may" was
heard. Minority Leader Mann demand
rd rising vote, which resulted 236
FOO ]. Representative London voting i'm
The negative
Representative Hay told the House
the Administration had recommended
This plan rather than lall for the mill
t.a or volunteers. The President want
ed 20 allay any suspicion, he said. that
the government sought TO accomplish
anything in the Mexican expedition ex-
ccpt the pursuit Of Villa.
Republicans and Democrats worked
10 perfect harmony for adoption Of the
resolution, despite the fact that their
leaders of the Military Committee dis
agreed as TO the exact meaning OF il.
Text Of Resolution.
The text OF the special joint resolu-
tion follows:
Resolved by the Senate and House
OF Representatives. in Congress as
s,mbled, That whenever IN the judy
mcnt Of the President an emergency
arises which makes il necessary, all or
CARNATIONS of the army which are nov
below the maximum enlisted strength
authorized by law shall be raised forth
with 10 that strength. and shall be
nnf 4r
thcreat so long as the emergency shall
continue:
"Proyided That the total enlisted
strength of any Of said arms Of the
service shall not include unassignci
recruits therefor al dcpots or else
where. but at no time shall such re-
crult- exceed by more than = per cent
tho total enlisted strength provided for
such arms. and the enlisted men uOr.
coz hereafter authorized b. law for
other branches OF tho military servic"
shall be- provided and maintained with
ont any impairment OF the enlisted
strength for any Of said arms
Representative Hay holds, and War
Department officials agree with him,
that under the resolution the Presl-
dent is authorized TO raise the army 10
lighting strength Of 1891 men. In
cal CORPS. and the other non-hghtinG
units. hc says the total number OF men
iu The army under the resolution may
reach $4,000.
Nr Kahn. the ranking Republican
member. insists that a total Of not
more than 100000 lighting men may nc
maintained under the prOyis ions OF the
rc olution. He contends that the out
side estimate Of the total strength that
can be legally mustered under the
resolution would be about 10000, in.
GLIDING soldiers Of all classes.
The one point upon which all agree
is that tho resolution will ado about
10000 men at least 90 the fighting
strength Of the army.
Preparation of the resolution began
soon after a conference between Repre-
sentatives Hay and Kahn and Secretary
Baker az the War Department. They
FASTENED back TO the Capitol, consultcl
Republican Leader Mann. and Senator
Chamberlain. chairman Of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee, obtained a
special rule for immediate considcra-
t.on Of the resolution. and were ready
fo present b. in little more than aH
iour.
D. had been planned to send the
resolution 20 the Senate for concur
renee to-day, but. on account of the
death Of Senator Shivcly the Senate
adjourned before the House could act.
Increases Asked For.
Tho War Departments explanation
Of the increase is that withdrawal Of
troops from border stations for service
in Mexico will weaken the patrols along
the line unless the regiments arc aug
mcntcd. At present the infantry regi-
mcnts are az about so per cent OF their
war strength and the cavalry at about
a. per cent. Increases asked for are:
Infantry 10000 men.
Field artillery. loo men.
A. FAST o. recruits arc enlisted they
will br rcnt to join their regiments
without preliminary trimming. All their
military education WlI bee obtained in
thc hcld. So far a. possible the new
men Will be utilized for border patrol
| duty.
Preparedness advocates see in the
new increase a good omen for the army
bills now pending. II is practically
certain, they say, that the army never
again vii V reduced 10 iu nrcscni