Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-04
Senate Military Committee
 Votes to Include National Guard Section in the Gen. eral Staff in Measure.
SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN
 FIGHTS AMENDMENT
Chairman Also Warns Both National Guard People and Regular Army Officers to Stay Away From Halls.
(ey Review Leased Wire) Day in Congress.


 Judiciary committee postponed
 until Tuesday consideration of
 Brandeis nomination.
 HOUSE.:
 Met al noon.
 Miscellaneous bills requiring un-
 animous consent were considered.
 Secretary Daniels again discussed
 national defense before the naval
 committee
 Brig. Gen. Crozier, chief of
 ordnance, testified before the
 military committee.
 Representative Borland. Mis-
 souri, and Doolittle Kansas. urg-
 ed investigation of packing houses
 bef0er judiciary committee.
 SENATE:
 Recessed at 5:20 D. m. to noon
 Tuesday.
 HOUSE:
 Adjourned at 5:1- to Il a. In.
 Tuesday.
 WASHINGTON. April 3.-Over a vigorous objection by Chairman Cham. berlain. of the Military Committed the Senate today. a to 90. adopted the plan to amend the army reorgan- ization bill creating national guard section of the general staff. When recess was taken today the chai-;Ian and other members of the committee fighting hard against a second amend ment championed by Senator Cum mins and Senator Lee of Maryland, which would eliminate the provision for such a section.
 Senator Chamberlain charged. dur ing the debate, that pernicious activi- ty on the part of officers of both the national guard and the regular army threatened to undo the months of serious work by the committee and he threatened that unless the army officers ceased attempting to influence legislation through personal appeal to senators, he would seek to have them disciplined by the War Department. He said officers who appeared before the committee were unwilling to see their plans worked into a homogeon- ous bill. and as soon as they conclud- ed their testimony began to attempt to influence friendly senators.
 The committee might just as well give up if such influence is going to induce the senator to withhold his support until the measure embodied everything the officer wants ''I want to express great regret that the na- tional guard has seen fit to inject it. self into the halls of Congress until now it looks as if it were a fight be- tween the regular forces and the national guard, as to which is to be considered in which effects the whole country"
 Army officers have objected to the Cummins amendment and maintained the efficiency of the general stag would be lost if its meeting were open to national guard officers, many of whom. it was charged. received their as political rewards and would not appreciate the necessity of guarding military secrets under dis cussion.
 Senators Martin, Lee. of Maryland, anu 1AAiilI anu OA ptoi Nios spoke in opposition to the federal volunteer plan.
 Senator Smith urged his amend ment for short enlistments in the regular army with at least 96 hours each month devoted to vocation edu- cation.
 Senator William suggests that two senators from Georgia need not con tiict with the volunteer army plan. which he advocated he suggested to be put into a branch of the West Point Academy
 Senator Weeks spoke in favor of the federal volunteer system and praised the bill as the best piece of legislation ever put before the Senate. Senator Brandagee of Connecticut also made an urgent plea for the volunteer army. At the close of the day Senator Chamberlain again warned the Senate that he would ask for night sessions unless more rapid progress is made in the near future.