New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
Connecticut Senator Does Not Be-
 lieVe in Chamberlain Bill
Especial to the Herald.)

Washington, April A regular army of 25O, 1000 men in time of peace is the proposition presented in an amendment to the Chamberlain army reorganization bill in an amendment offered by Senator Brandegee of Con- necticut It provides the higher number of men in the army in lieu of the 1S0.000 peace strength which the Chamberlain bill calls for in it's present form. Two hundred nd fifty thousand is the number recom- mended by Gen. Wood and the gen. era1 staff of the army. the war col lege. Senator Brandegee's amend ment further provides that addition al units of infantry, cavalry and field artillery, to the aggregate number of 50,000 men, may be organized at the order of the president, in certain pro- portions.
 Senator Brandegee had a little col loQuoy with Senator Cumins of Iowa during the debate on the Chamber lain bill, wherein MT. Brandegee took issue with Cumins' statement that the Hay house army bill authorized the president to draft the national guard or organized militia into the federal service. MT. Brandegee said that the Hay bill merely authorized the president to draft individuals who are members of the national guard into the federal service, and that there is no authorization to draft the national guard organizations into federal service.
 Senator Mclean today escorted William A. Mulligan of Hartford to the United States supreme court, where Mulligan was sworn in as a member of the bar of that court.
 The senator today welcomed a party of 50 excursionists from the Rockville High school, headed by Prof. Philip Howe, and a party of 32 tourists from Deep River Essex, and Middletown. headed by Rev. Howard A. Morton. The visitors are seeing the sights and it is stated that the senator furnished them with cards to the White House and made arrangements for them to visit var ious public buildings, etc. The ex- cursionists will be guests at the Metropolitan hotel most of the week.
 Representative Hill has presented to congress a petition from citizens of Georgetown, Conn.,, favoring national prohibition.
 Camp at Narra ganSett Bay.
 A proposition to have a great mill itary training camp on the shore of Narragansett bay or on an island in the bay, for the joint use of the regular army, coast artillery militia students, and volunteer citizens. is being advocated here by Capt. Harry B., Kane of Nara agansett Pier, R. l., who is Interviewing members of congress from New England and of a I1a ma
 who was himself a student at the
 Plattsburg camp last summer, has taken the matter up especially with Representative Stiness of Rhodc Island. Kane is a former member of the National Guard and is said to be acting altogether unofficially. He points out that Narragansett
 Bay is a very strategic location; that it is a well fortified as any place on the New England coast, that it is con- Teniently accessible to men desiring military training throughout New Eugland. If there is war and in
 vasion of this country, it is thought that the enemy would likely aim at Narra gansett Bay on account of it's strategic value. Then Boston, Con- necticut cities and New York could be attacked from the rear. Under the circumstances, Captain Kane says, it is desirable to have men trained for military service at that point, so that they would be familiar with the surroundings in case of war. Civilians militiamen and students could be trained there with the CO., operation of the regular army, which
 garrisons Forts Adams, Wetherell
 and Creole.
 Ia, ic hniY hrn of this time, it is understood, on ac- count of the popular interest in pre- paredness, and because of several measures pending before congress. The Hay and the Chamberlain army reorganization bills both contain pro- vision for extending the Plattsburg camp idea into various parts of the country, the training camps of the located by the war departmen There is also a bill which has passed 1 the senate, providing that the depart
 ment shall issue supplies to students | desiring to undertake military train l ing.
 l The exact site on or near Narra- gansett Bay has not been decided 1 upon definitely by the promoters of 1 the project, it is said. Captain Kane
 suggests Conanicut Island, near
 Fort Creole. Former Governor l Charles Warren Lippitt of Rhode Is-
 land is said to be very much inter- 1 ested in the project.
 | The claims of Newport for the pro- ! posed joint army training, militia, | student, citizen camp, were presented
 to the Rhode Island delegation today l by Mayor Patrick J. Boyle of that 1 city, who wrote letters pointing out 1 the exceptional facilities afforded by | the island of Rhide Island on which Newport is situated. Mayor 1 Boyle alluded to the situation near 1 Newport the transportation facili-