Arizona republican., 1917-04-22
BRITISH STATESMEN ELUDE GERMAN SUBMARINES
Wilson's Fight Eoy War Time
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire1
 WASHINGTON, April 21.-Pres- ident Wilson's fight to organize war time army in accordance with the advice of the war department and the army general staff will beqin in earnest Monday in both houses of congress.
 In the senate today the adminis- tration bill, supported by Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the mil itary committee, and majority Of his committee associates, was started on its way to a vote. There was some debate, parliamentary tangles were disposed of and the way cleared for uninterrupted con sideration of the measure.
 In the house both the majority and minority reports were present ed from the military committee and the bill will come up Monday with Representative Kahn, rank
 ina republican leading the com lmttee's minority fight for the ad ministration plan unamended, while Chairman Dent, heading the ma
 jority of the committee, directs the opposition, urging trial of a volun- teer system before resorting to the selective draft of the war depart
 ment plan.
 The minority report, signed by eight members of the committee, rests for authority on letter from Secretary Baker to Chairman Dent declaring the opinion that any com
 promise on the departments plan "would be attended by unfortunate
 results"
 The majority report signed by Chair man Dent and eleven others, says in part:
 'The bill authorizes but does not di- rect the president to issue call fo1 a volunteer army of 500,000 in the first place, and of an additional force of 800, 900 if necessary, under the law now ir existence
 "The bill further authorizes the president to proceed at once with the registration of all male citizens be tween the ages of 21 and 40, as pro- vided in the plan of the war depart ment for a draft. So that all of tho machinery authorizing the draft o 800. 900 for the first force and of the additional 500,0 will be put in opera ton at once
 ''It will require, according to tn testimony of the secretary of war be fore the military commit lee. at leas three months and probably longer t complete this registration. In the meantime, if the president see fit he is authorized to call for vol unteers, and upon the completion O the registration he has absolute powe to decide whether he will take an arm. of volunteers or organize one by draft
 "The bill provides that organization of all forces, other than the regula army, shall be composed of men from and officers appointed from, the sam state or locality as far as practicable
 Both the volunteer and the draf features of the bill authorize the pres ident to refuse to accept either by en listment or draft the services of per sons needed in industrial pursuits o the country"
 Secretary Bakers letter, included i the minority report was written as final plea from the military branch c the government in behalf of the ad ministration bill.
 "I have a deep conviction that an compromise of the principle governin the bill submitted by the departmen for the raising of a new army woul be attended by unfortunate results" h wrote.
 The biT as drawn preserves S much of the volunteer spirit as can b preserved with@e embarking on tn experiment of a mixed System of dra and volunteering. It makes place fo several hundred thousand men abov the age of 25 who may be moved t
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