The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-14
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The West Virginia senators Jared
we'll in the assignment to committees
made, both becoming members Of sew
eral of the most important and in
f1uential committees. Senator Golf re-
tanned his place on all the important
committees on which he has been
serving, and in addition goes to the
committee on banks and banking and
the Philippines. II will be good news
to the pensioners OF the state that
he still remains on the committee on
pensions. through which every pen
shion bill passes before It can be-
come law. The bills of West Vir.
ginians-and there have been many
OF them passed during the four years
he has ben Senator-have been scru-
pulously looked after by him at all
times. When illness prevented he dt-
rected his secretary, Mr.. E. II. McDer.
mott to personally steer them through
the committee and on their way to
final passage and the presidential sig
nature. An old soldier himself. Soma
tor Goff has ever and always looked
AFTER lUt W6lldIc vi HlS NOHilaN
whenever opportunity offered.
Senator Howard Sutherland drew
from the party's committee lottery
the place on the committee he most
desired-the military-and in addition
landed. with the usual Sutherland
luck-on public buildings and grounds,
mines mining and the census. His
other assignments were not unimport.
ant by any means. and the majority
of his committees will offer many
and unusual opportunities for an In
dustrious plodder like Senator Suth'
erland to main reputation for him
self with his fellow.Senators and the
public, as well as perform really val
liable services for the government.
The complete list of the committee
assignments of the West Virginia sen
ators is as follows:
Goff-Banking and currency, con
servation Of natural resources. eX-
penditure in department of labor, i'm
migration, interoceanic canals, pen
sions, Philippines, railroads, the Uni
versity of the United States.
Military affairs. census,
mines and mining, public buildings aud
grounds. additional accommodations
in Library of Congress, geological sur
vey. industrial expositions, investigate
trespass upon Indian lands.
Three hundred West Virginians Will
have an opportunity with the next six
ty days to qualify as members in the
Reserve Officer Corps, ranking as lieu
tenants and captains. The War de-
partment announces that 1t wants to
recruit at least fifty men for this
corps from every congressional dis
trlct in the United States. and this
would make West Virginia's allotment
300. The department plans to have
an examining board in places where
a fair number OF applications are fill
ed!
IAN examination is necessary" says
a department statement, but mas
much as personality and probable eff
fiency are given great weight by the
regular army officers who conduct the
examination, there is no reason why
eligible men should hesitate to apply
for commissions on account of being
rusty or even deficient on technical
military matters. Practical expert
ence under the regular army would
remedy this. Tho important thing is
to appoint men of character and
force"
In the final hours OF the sixty.fourth
congress, the senate passed resolu.
ton continuing all committees until
the first regular session OF the sixty.
fifth cnnPresR which starts next De.