Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-08
Clark and Mann
Fight Side by Side
SPEAKER AND MINORITY LEAD
Err FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE
PARTY LINES WIPED OUT
Measures for Increased Attendance NJ
annapolis and for Construction of
sattleshiPs Passed Without Dissent.

| TaSseo WIthout Dissent,
Washington. Feb. 7.-speaker c,srk
ana republican Leader Mann fought
! siue by side in the house today for
natlcnal defense. With party lines oh
HIeTated most of the members follow
gu tner leaders and two navy meas
! LIS LIS passed without a dissenting vote.
one; TO provide for adding three I,rn-
| ored mldshipmen to the entering cIass
| - annapolis next July, passed 17S
" ana the other, to eduip navy
| yaFds Tor construction of battIeshins
| call iOuI d roll
| Mr.: Mann tried to put the antt-pn.-
] pdreeless advocates on record by call
/ ing Tor division on the naval scada-
! sponses. ro-
Wide Interest in cTarl's Appearance.
| a.. re appearance of Speaker Clark on
Ine moor to champion preparedness
measures aroused wide interest. Ru-
!nors persisted that he would take ac-
i've charge of the fight to increase
Ine army and navy, Majority I,eader
hItchln having Joined the Opposition.
| immediate Improvement of the naC~
| by designing new battleships alone ~.
ines or the best now in use do1IhIi1o
the membership of the service acadee
mles at Annapolis and West Point
. VI many dodltlonal regiments
Ior the army and short term enlist
nents to produce a reserve yera
among suggestions made by the speslxe
er He said he expected to discnsz
the subject of preparedness generaI-
ly soon
Mr.. Mann Reiterates Pleas,
Mr. Mann reiterated his previous
peas Tor a larger army and navy and
aided in manoeuvering the bills 70
passage. 70
This is n1t the time for elimination
ana e-crimination," he said, fTt n
not the time to find fault with fhet
Wnlch has been 1t is the time for ali
come" @S
Party Lines ObIiterated.
The debate went far afeld from tne
| measures under consideration. ar
tendlng TO the general subject OF mill
| tary preparedness. The unusual sight
10 ene speaker and the minority lead
er battling together for administration
! measures while the majority yeadeT
| SAT silently in the back of the house
attracted crowds to the galleries and
members rushed to the floor from their
omces and committee rooms
Mr.. Clark Urged Haste.
Mr. Clark urged haste in getting
new oattleships into commission. He
asked Chairman Padgett of the raIyaI
| committee why 1t would not be q GOOD
plan to pattern the two battIeships.
NOS 43 and A, after the best limited
states ships now af1oat and get them
completed quickly
tho chief of the bureau of constT1Ic'
ton told us he had plans already
worked out that would make decided
| tack"
Why do they not put those MANS
1 OOeraT10n Ia
tinucd
They will.' Mr. Padgett said. "as
soon as they get authority provided in
| this resolution"
1--WE shall die of old age before thew
are completed at this rate" the speak
| er responded
Representative Padgett told the
mouse that three ships-tte Oklahoma,
Nevada and Pennsylvania, regarded as
the best in the world at the time fbeIJ
were designed and lafs down. would he
completed and put in commission dur
ing this year-two of them in the early
summer, one in the autumn.
II II any emergency should asire," he
III any emergency should arise " ne
gress carrying the necessary appro-
priation could provide for extra ships"
Cannon Created a Stir.
Representative Cannon of Illinois
created stir by asking if the talk
OF preparedness was a sham perform
ance Tor campaign purposes. Later he
said be did not intend the remark as
a criticism of the president
The gentleman was trying to mt in
a nice way, very nice criticism of
the president, but he did not get awav
with it," Representative FITZGERALD of
New York said
THE president of the United States"
answered Mr.. Cannon, "is my president
as Wel as your president and if 7
can find out what is the proper thing
to do. if it is necessary to do ANYTHING.
stand ready to help him to do it"
IF we ever have another war which
do not believe we will have, if we at
tend to our own business" Speaker
Clark said, while advocating the naval
academy bill, what we will need more
than anything else will be officers. You
can get all the volunteers you want
in thirty days"
IF the fact could be ascertained.
nave no sort of doubt that at least
$4,000 men, the very flower of the
country, died the first year of the
civil war, not by bullets, but by dis
ease which was absolutely unnecessary
because while the officers were good
men in general way they did not
know anything about sanitation or
how to take care of themselves or how
to show the men how to take care of
themselves
Atlantic Fleet Short 1000 Men.
Representative Britten, referring to a
radfograIn from Admiral Fletcher COM
manoine the Atlantic feet, a COPY of
which he had presented in the naval
committee earlier in the day, declared
that the fleet was now short nearly L..
600 men Of its enlisted personnel. Rea, I
Admiral Blue. chief of the burea1x of ,
navigation, had told the committee !
the fleet had nearly 200 men above its
allowed complement in December when
the message was sent. The reported J
shortages were in particular ratings
the admiral said which could be filed
from the lower grades in the fleet IT
self.
Thrce Men Killed in Powder Explosion.
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