Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1917-05-03
MANY AMENDMENTS
TO ARMY BILL CARRY
MORE PAY FOR MEN
PROVISION FOR VOLUNTEER
SYSTEM THROWN OUT HOUSE
313 TO 1909.
SENATE IS FOR ROOSEVELT
LIQUOR Restrictions Included In Amend
ments.-No Bounty to Be Paid For
Enlistment, and No Person Shall
be Allowed to Furnish a Substitute.

be Allowed to Furnish a Substitute.
Washington. both Senate and
House adopted an amendment just be-
fore the final roll calls which would
greatly increase the pay Of enlisted
men during the war. The House pro-
vision would make their pay $50 a
month and that approved by the Sem
ate would fix it at s29 month. The
present pay is only SIS.
In the House at the last moment,
Chairman Fitzgerald, of the Appro-
priations Committee, objected vigor-
ously to the appropriation OF $1,000
O0,O00 carried in the bill for the ex-
pense Of the new army, and the Sec
tion finally was eliminated entirely
Mr.. Fitzgerald declared that to place
this vast sum in the hands OF the
Secretary Of War would make OF Con-
gress a mere automaton," and prom
ised that IL the section was voted down
the committee would provide funds
promptly in a separate measure
Among the amendments adopted In
the Senate was one which would per-
NIT Colonel Roosevelt to recruit
volunteer force for service in France.
A similar proposal had been rejected
by the House. Speaker Clark, Demo-
cratic Leader Kitchin and Chairman
Dent, Of the Military Committee, who
had favored the volunteer system, all
voted for the draft bill on the final
roll call. Republican Leader Mann
also was recorded in the affirmative,
as was Miss Rankin, who previously
had voted with the volunteer adva-
Gates.
Test in Senate.
The Administration won its fight for
the military draft in the Senate vixen
an amendment authorizing a cay for
100000 volunteers was rejectsG by a
vote of So to IS. The vots was as
follows:
For the volunteer amendments:
Democrats: Gore, Harswick, Kirby,
McKellar, Reed, Thomas, Trammell
and Vardaman-8.
Republicans: Borah, Cummins, Cur.
tbs, Fall, Gallinger, Gronna, Johnson,
California; LaFollettc. Norris, Sher-
man-10.
L4gaipst she volunteer amendments;
BeChnsM, DrCussard, Dankheau, bacR'
ham, Broussard, Chamberlain, Culbuer'
son, Fletcher, Gerry, Hills, Hastings,
James. johnson, South Dakota; Jones,
New Mexicos King, Lewis, Martin,
Mayors, Overman, Owen, Phelan, Pitt
man. Pomerene, Ransdell, Robinson,
Salisbury, Shafroth, Sheppard, Shields,
Simmons, Smith, Arizona; Smith, Geo.
gia; Smith, Maryland; Smith, South
Carolina; Stone, Swanson, Thompson,
Underwood, Walsh, Williams, Wal
cott-40.
Republicans: Brady. Brandegee,
Calder Colt, Dillingham;, Fernald,
France. Frelinghuysen, Hale, Hard
ing, Jones, Washington; Kellogg, Ken
yon, Knox, Lodge, McCumber, Nc
Lean, Nelson, New, Page, Penrose,
Poindexter, Smoot, Sterling, Suther-
land Wadsworth, Warren, Watson,
Weeks-29.
After the McKellar amendment had
been rejected, Senator Trammell re-
opened the draft question by offering
an amendment proposing to substi-
tute the volunteer system throughout
the bill. 1t was rejected by an over
whelming roar Of noes"
In the House there was no roll call.
The long fight came to close early
in the afternoon when Representative
Kahn, Of California, moved to strike
out the volunteer provision written in
TO the bill by hte House Military Com
mittee. AS the result Of the voting
became apparent, the members OF the
galleries broke into cheers, while
Speaker Clark. Chairman Dent OF the
Military Committee, Chairman Pad
gett. of the Naval Committee. and
other Democrats, who had fought the
administrations plan, sat silently in
their seats.
Democratic Leader Kitchin, who
had expected to vote against con
scription, responded to the call for
a quorum just before, but was not
present for the vote on the amend
ment. Miss Rankin, of Montana,
voted with the volunteer advocates.
Throughout the remaieder OF the
House debate pro-volunteer members
frequently reopened discussion OF their
proposal. the climax coming when
Speaker Clark declared he might drive
out Of his district some Of those who
had urged that he vote for conscrip.
ton.
"A lot of old skunkers all over the
country who think that nobody is go
ing to be forced into this war except
boys from nineteen to twenty-five
the speaker said, "and that their mis-
erable. cowardly hides will be safe,
have been sending kilograms here.
know them. | know every man in
nv district who has telegraphed me
and know who is at the bottom OF
il. and I can take a double-barreled
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