Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-01
MEN NOW RAISING
FOOD CROPS LIKELY
To Be EXEMPTED
President Given Power to Ex-
empt From Army Men Who
Can Render Greater Service
In Other Pursuits
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desired were unsuccessful
The Georgia delegation voted as fol-
lows on the volunteer plan:
For volunteers and against selective
draft: Bell, Crisp, Brand, Larsen, Lee.
Park, Wise CD.
For CONSUMPTION or selective draft:
Adamson, Howard, Overstreet Vinson,
Walker (5).
After the volunteer plan was defeated
all members of the Georgia delegation
voted for final passage.
Both senate and house adopted amend
ments just before the final roll calls
which would greatly increase the pay
of enlisted men during the war. The
house provision would make their pay
$50 a month, and that approved by the
senate would fix it at $29 a month The
present pay is only SIS.
SNAG ON APPROPRIATION.
In the house at the last momenS
Chairman Fitzgerald of the appropia-
tions committee objected vigorously to
the appropriation of $4,000. 100000 car
ried in the bill for the expenses of the
new army and the section finally was
eliminated entirely. Mr.. Fitzgerald de-
clared that to place this vast sum IN
the hands of the secretary of war would
make of congress mere automatum
and promised that If the section were
voted down the committee would pro-
vide funds promptly in a senate meas
ure.
The vote was S51 to %. 1t was agresd
that the committee should bring in
separate measure Monday to finances
the raising of the war army.
ROOSEVELT AMENDMENT.
The so-called Roosevelt amendment
to the army bill would authorize the
president to raise a volunteer force for
service in Europe. 1t was sponsored by
friends of Colonel Roosevelt and passed
by the mixed vote, Sc to 81. Most Of
the Republicans and many Democrats
lined up behind the measure.
The amendment does not specifically
mention Colonel Roosevelt, but it's pur-
pose has been we'll understood and It's
author referred to the fact that it would
permit the former president to raise
troops to go to Europe 1t was not
discussed at length. The house rejected
a similar amendment yesterday.
Senators Ashurst, Broussard, Gore,
Hardwick, Hollis, Husting, Johnson,
South Dakota Kirby, Mcclellan, Myers,
owen, Pomerene, Ransdell, Reed. Rob
inson, Salisbury, Thomas, Thompson,
Vardaman and Williams, Democrats,
supported the amendment. Senators
Brady, .Gronna, LaFollette and Warren,
Republicans, voted against It.
TO EXEMPT FOOD GROWERS
Among the more important amend
ments adopted in the house was one
empowering the president to exempt
from draft in his discretion persons
engaged in agricultural work. Another
would require each state to furnish
quota of men apportioned according to
population, and still another provides
that mo bounty shall be paid to induce
any person to enlist" and that mo per-
son liable to military service shall
hereafter be permitted or allowed to
furnish a substitute for such service"
In the senate there was a long de-
bate over the proposal to prohibit the
sale or possession of intoxicating liquor
during the war. Several amendments
were adopted. including one to make
It unlawful to sell or give liquor to OF
f1cers or men in uniform or to MEM
bers of congress or other officials and
then the senate reversed itself and
adopted a substitute simply forbidding
the sale of liquor to soldiers In uniform
and giving the president wide disore-
tionary authority to make other pro-
hibition regulations.
An amendment by Senator Curtis sti-
pulating that men subject to draft who
voluntarily present themselves, shall be
recorded as volunteers, was accepted by
Chairman Chamberlain and went into
the bill.
Another long debate was evoked over
amendments by Senators Thomas and
LaFolette to exempt from conscr1ption
those having conscientious objection
to military service. Both were defeated
without a roll call, and the bilFs ex-
emption proposals left unchanged
Many of the more radical amend
AXDaCtad
thrown out in conference, and admin
istration leaders hope to restore vir-
tually all of the important features of
the bill to their original form before
il goes to the president. The question
of ages probably will form the biggest
barrier to quick conference agree
ment. Senator Underwood offered the
amendment to bar liquor from mem
bers of congress.
VOTE ON VOLUNTEERS.
The debate on CONSUMPTION brought
some dramatic passages in both senate
and house. In the senate the issue was
fought out on Senator McKellar's
amendment which would authorize a
call for SOC, 900 volunteers and not put
CONSUMPTION into effect unless the half
million men did not respond within
ninety days Mr. Mcclellan pleaded
that this plan would not interfere with
the draft plan, but would show the
world that we are a patriotic and not
a conscrfpt nation" Senator Johnson
of California also advocated call for
volunteers to place an American force
in Europe Immediately.
The vote was as follows:
For the volunteer amendment:
Democrats: Gore, Hardwick. kir-
by, Mcclellan, Reed. Thomas. Tram
nell and Vardaman-S.
Republicans: Borah, Cummins,
Curtis. Fall, Gallinger. Gronna,
Johnson California;; baFollette'
Norris, Sherman-10.
Against the volunteer amendment:
Democrats: Ashurst Bankhead,
Beckham. Broussard, Chamber
lain. Culberson, Fletcher, Gerry,
Hollis. Husting. James, Johnson
South Dakota; Jones. New Mexico;
King, Lewis. Martin, Myers, Over
man, Owen, Phelan. Pittman, Pom
creme, Ransdell, Robinson. Sauls-
bury, shafroth. Sheppard, Shields,
Simmons, Smith. Arizona: Smith.
Georgia; Smith, Maryland; Smith,
South Carolina; Stone. Swanson.
Thompson, Underwood. Walsh,
williams, walcott-40
Republicans: Brady Brandegee.
Calder, Colt, Dillingham;, Fernald,
France, Frelinghuysen. Hale, Har-