South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-07
VOLUNTEER PART
Of BILL RETAINED
Sen. Lees Amendment is
Turned Down by Vote
of SO to a..

WASHINGTON. April :. The
senate retained the federal volunteer
provision in the army bill late
THURSDAY by a vote Of SO 20 "a. re-
3ectlng Sen. Lees amendment 10
strike the section from the bill The
vote ended a four-day debate on the
section.
Advocates OF the national guard as
the first line OF defense behind the
regular army supported the amend
ment vigorously. and the struggle
was one Of the hardest fought in
the senate at this session Of congress.
The narrow margin by which the
federal volunteer provision was re-
tanned makes IL doubtful that f. viii
be IN the measure finally framed by
the conference committee between
the two houses.
G. o. y. support Saves Issue.
without republican support the
volunteer section would have been
voted out by the demccrat senators,
despite the fact that IT was unan-
imously recommended by the mill
itary committee Twenty-four dem
Ocrats and 10 republicans including
nearly all the progressive-repub-
Hccans voted 10 strike IL out Nine
teen democrats and II republicans
voted 10 retain it, The vote fol-
lows:
Voting 70 eliminate the section:
Dem ocrats-
Ashhurst. Bankhead. Clarke,
tArkansasl. Culberson. Gore Hard
wick. Hughes. Kern. Lee. MARY
land. Lewis. Martin. Overman,
Ransdell. Reed. Robinson. Shafroth.
Simmons. Smith, CGeorgia), Smith,
(sOuth Carolina), Stone. Swanson,
Taggart. Thompson and Vardaman.
"a.
Republicans
CIapp, Cummins. Curtis. Jones.
Kenyon. McCumber, Norris. Page,
Sherman and Works 10. Total "a.
Voting 20 retain the section:
Democrats
Beckham, Broussard, Chamber
lain. Hitchcock. Hollis. Husting,
johnson. (Maine), Johnson. (South
Dakota). Lane. Newlands. O'Gor-
man. Pittman. Pomerene. salisbury.
Sheppard. Smith, CAI8ryland),
Thomas, Walsh and williams, 10.
Republican,
Borah, Brandegee. Carr -. CARR.
CWyoming). Dillingham;. Dupont,
Gallinger. fippitt, Lodge, Nelson,
Oliver, POindexter. Smoot, eruns,
Sutherland Warren and Weeks. i.
TOtal-3G.
Lobbying is Charged.
The vote followed sna-b"5 that
the national guard organizations
throughout the cou1try were con-
Quoting lobby against the federal
volunteer plan. Sen. Chamberlain,
chairman Of the military committee,
warned in the course of the debate.
that II the national guard proposed
tC become politically active and en-
deavor 20 influence legislation, rs It
has done in this case he would n
the. future oppose any .ur her fed
Crai aid for the state soldiers
Champions OF the guard rcrOrte i
ttat the military trEu,ng CAMPS
association had been equally active
IL behalf OF the federal !Ctuntecr
section. The struggle had little
hearing upon the general question
of preparedness beyond the fast that
advocates OF the volunteer plau as
serted il was vital TO any sche'Ie 10
back up the regular army with cit
izen soldiers. while opponents de
ciared il would serve only TO disiu-
tegrate the national guard.
The section under dispute pro-
vides for the organization by CON
gressionaI districts of 261. 900 fed
erai volunteers. wholly under the
control Of the president and for
their training in peace times under
such regulations as the president
may prescribe. IL was designed TO
provide for summer training camps