Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-21
SENATE RUSHING
CONSUMPTION BILL
OVER OPPOSITION
FElibuSter Starts But Is
Squelched at End Of
| First Hour
ONLY FIVE SENATORS
ON RECORD AGAINST IT
Will Raise 100000 Through
Volunteers and Million
by Draft
BY j. P. Y oder.
ed Press staff correspondents }


Washington, April 2l.-Administra
tion forces and seleetive' CONSUMPTION
advocates won their first real legisla-
tive skirmsh at the capitol this after
noon when a filibuster that was bit
terly waged for more than an hour was
finally squelched.
Plans OF leaders to rush the army bill
through to vote ahead of everything
else proceeded after Chairman Chamber
lain of the military committee forced a
vote to take up the army measure.
Only five senators-Thomas, LaFoll-
ette, Gronna, Hiram johnson and Fern.
ald--voted against Chamberlain.
The army bill provides for getting the
100000 men needed to raise regular
army and national guard to their wal
strength through volunteers and for get
ting an army of 100000 men by selcc
tive draft.
Is Chamberlain Bill.
Senator Chamberlain, chairman of The
military affairs committee, piloted tht
bill. He explained the first provision
would authorize both the regular arm,
and national guard raised to wa
lpNlShS lOAol VA ttOONi AV,VOO VI
ficers and 6l4,730 enlisted men.
"This is the largest volunteer fore,
ever called for in the United States, ,
said Chamberlain.
cat the same time, 100000 men be
tween the ages of 19 and % would bC
Immediately selected and put into train
ing. Another 100000 would be selected
| later.
"Betwecn those ages comparatively
few men have contracted family ties, ;
he continued. ut would entail small
expense to the government to care fo
dependents. -
The selective draft will make avail
able about 100000 men. OF this vas
army about 3,500,O00 would be fit physi
cally.
"Only about one-half of that numbe
would be taken and for that reason W.
are resorting to selective draft, ;
Chamberlain said,
In the meantime, the house militar,
committee finally and formally report
cd out the army general staff BILL s
modified as to shift responsibility 70
use of the selective draft system upo
President Wilson, unless he should cor
sent to try out the volunteer syster
first.
Chairman Dent, volunteer proponcn
and Representative Kahn, California
conscription advocate, ranking republ
can member of the military committee
completed their respective majority an
minority reports. Dent S report carrie
an appropriation Of $3,000,000.
Kahn S report, signed by eight men
bers of the committee, four Of whol
have seen military service, insists 0
the original general staff bill.
letter from Secretary Baker to tn
: military committee few days ago,
: which Baker pleaded with the comm
, tee to report out strict selective drat
. bill, was published with the report.
Minority Report.
, The minority report declares thi
"the majority of the committee hay
seen fit to set their own views on I'll
' raising of the proper military forces fl
| the successful conduct of the war abol
+ the views OF the trained military e
a perts of the government. In this grei
. crisis, we deem it to be our patriot
duty in this manner of increasing ter
( porarily establishment of the Unite
< States to follow the counsel of the COZ
< mander-in-chief of our army and his e
< pert advisers.
( ''We desire to follow the plan viii,
< they have laid down for US in this ma
( ner, rather than follow any plan whi
< we ourselves might devise -
X The report emphasizes the diffeculti
X of obtaining volunteers in the Civil W
K and in the present war. IT would ta
K about two years, the report states,
X raise the men needed if the present ra
X under the volunteer system should CO
X tinue.
Volunteer System.
X "The volunteer system would alwa
X carry in its train an element of unc
J. tainty," the report said cit is G
X Judgment that the volunteer system
X not fair one. 1t Is neither equital
X nor democratic. In this republic eve
X American should esteem it an honor
x bear his share of the country's burd
X That can only be done under the pr
x ciple of universal obligation to ser
x In our opinion, it is for the nation, J
X the individual, to determine what Sc
X ice the citizen should bear"
X The short senate filibuster develoI
X suddenly.
X Senator Chamberlain was reading