The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-04-14

To give consideration 10 tne army 'ho
senate authorities stopped printing
copies of the amended measure. lhere
are only a few copies In existence 10
dav in printed form The demand for
copies of the bill has been enormous
Army officers and civilians all over
the United States have written Ia con-
grrSSmcn for copies of the amthueu
senate bill. hut there were only few
To be had.
Why Measure Was Not Printed
The interest I'm this army measure
is tremendous. The reason that Ncha-
tors would not authorize the printing
of the measure in large quantities was
that knowing the hill could not he
considered. they did not care to spend
the money for printing something
which might be entirely changed IN
form aS soon as the extraordinary SeS-
sion began. and II new army measure
was proposed.
All appropriation bills must origl-
nate in the house of representatives.
So il * that the present nous" must
rpcaSt the army bill. or nj any rate re-
pass IL in the form in which II vas
passed AT The last session. Great IN
tereSt CcnterS in the action "i me
house I'm this matter. II may he that
the members will agrr" 10 tack ONTO
the bill the amendment which Senator
Chamberlain put on it ut the last SEES
sion and which provides for universal
military training.
In war crisis call for 100000 vol
unteerS means, of course, that me
American people would have hall
million men in training in compara-
lively n short time. Ii is being urged
by some members of congress that II
this shall happen there will he no
necessity for the passage of univcr-
sal military training measure for an
! other year, because the men for whose
! trimming il would provide for the first
wear would come under training any
way through the operations of the call
/ for volunteers.
| II will make little difference proba-
| bly,. 50 far as debate is concerned,
whether the house actually presents
universal military training measure
at this session. for the interest in the
subject is alive. The senate is certain
to take ii up and debate it. The whole
country is Interested and letters for
and against the proposition are com
| ing by hundreds in every mail.
] nd
Which will be the more important
military command, the department of
the East. which is being delinquiShed
by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, or the
department of the Southeast, of which
the transferred major general is to
take command?
Leonard Wood has been outspoken in
his demands for preparedness, and at
times the spirit of his words have
seemed To be critical of the administra-
ton. The best military opinion seems
to be that Woods new command will
be more important than the one which
he has relinquiShed. He will have
charge of the department which in
cludeS the southeastern states with
their coast lines If the United States
ever is to be invaded by the armies of
European nations the invasion will be
attempted by way of the country over
which Wood will exercise military con-
troll. 1t is possible, therefore, that the
general has been promoted rather than
denoted. There is sharp difference
\,
Bells Long and Brilliant Career.
Some second kipling should write
of one of the deeds of j. Franklin Bell.
The general went over To the Philip
pines as first lieutenant of the Sew
enth cavalry. He had not been in the
islands long before he was put In COM
mand of volunteer force composed
almost wholly of regulars whose terms
of enlistment had expired, but who
were willing To take on IL short term
of duty to help in the clearing up of
the work which they aided i'll starting
Guides led the force to the vicinity
of Tagalog village. Night fell and
the TagalOgs We're all unsuSpiciouS of
three o'clock in the morning, when
sleep always hangs heavy on the eyes
Bell led his men toward the village
The TagalogS had SentinelS posted
along an outlying line. After the man
ner of the people of the plains the
soldiers crept silently between the
pickets. only one of whom was vigilant
enough to detect the presence of the
enemy. He was silenced before 1t
had Il chance to raise cry or shot
Village Easily Captured.
, Straight into the village went Bel
at the head of his men. Dawn streak.
were beginning to show in the sky
but the warriors We're asleep past tn,
ordinary waking, for were not the sen
tinels posted, and We're they not bount
, by every tradition of tribal honor t
be awake ana watchful!
General Bell had given his men or
ders. The village was cOrdoned will
troops and there wasn't u mOuSehOle o
, escape Bell has whimsical humOr
; In the very heart of the TagalOg vii
, lage was an old muzzle-lOading bras
, cannon, trophy taken by the Taga
logs from the SpaniardS of anOthe
, day. and which the natives We're hop
, ing TO use against the equally hate,