Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-29

ThGdebate brought out passages OF
great dramatic interest; in fact, the
scenes in both houses Of Congress last
night will live long.
The volunteer issue was fought out
in the Senate on Senator McKeilar's
amendment. calling for 100000 voiun-
teers. Senator johnson Of California
also advocated a call for volunteers to
place an American force in Europe I'M
mediately.
written with a provision for voiun :
l.teer army. but allowing the Presl1ent
l'to put into effect a draft If the volun-
Eteers did not come forward so0n
enough. The Kahn amendment knock
ed ont the volunteer section from the
House bill and substituted straisnt
Under it the male population Of the
cpuntry will be registered, ana py = sss,
tenn of drawing lots, men will be taken
from the states In the proportion neeoeo
to make up the army Of more than q
million Americans which the government
proposes to raise.
L. Both Bills Alike in Principle.
Il The principle of the Senate and House
l.bills is the same in every particular. but
lit was to be expected that there would
|. be. wide differences between the two bills
in some of the minor details. What seems
Fto be the most interesting and at the
same time the most Important difference
between the two housss is the age limits
placed on the men p be conscripted.
The House stuck to twenty -one and forty
years. and voted down all proposed
Changes, of which there we're score. In
the Senate bills the or1gnaa s.ipulatiOa ion
twenty-five be drafted. but after stin
dght this was changed to make the
minimum twenty-one and the maximum
twefitss-seyen. This wide difference be-
sssss''ss sssss y 70 ssafsSsass, eSs'ss WIN '' " -
Senate Substitutes Bills.
Tho House adjourned when the bill
was passed, but the Senate took re-
cess for half an hour after completing
its measure, so as to receive the House
bill. Promptly at 1890 the Senate re-
sumed its session and received the
House bill, which was referred by the
Vice President to the committee on
military affairs Without rurther ADO.
COMMITTEES, Immediately reported the
House bill with everything stricken out
after the enaeting clause ana substi-
tuting the Senate bill as passed last
The bill then went to tho calendar and
the Senate will probably take 1t UP to-
A substitute bill by Senator La Toilette
may be offered tomorrow. This measure
provides for q volunteer army. and was
10 have been offered last night The Wis
consin senator endeavored to bring 1t up
/ at III 80 O'Clock, but the Vice President
Yuled that there was not time under the
a aDrAeYn0nt to vote at mlQnlgnt-
Senate for Roosevelt Army.
The so-called Roosevelt amendment"
was finally accepted by the Senate. al
though the House rejected it two days
apo. Senator Harding offered the
amendment. designed to allow the for
mer President to raise four infantry
diviaions for service in France. 1t was
adopted easily.
When the House reached the long
section carefully outlining the manner
of draft and tho exemptions under the
draft. SO many important amendments
wera offered that had not q strict
arreement to make no speeches at all
heen reached the House would have
been in fruitless session all night As
II was, the clerk piled the motions on
his desk and shucked them out one at
a time and the House voted them In or
out. according to the views Of the
members. Most of them were voted
down. but q most important change was