The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-03
PROVISION FOR VOLUNTEER
SYSTEM THROWN OUT HOUSE
313 TO t09.
SENATE IS FOR ROOSEVELT
iAtquor Restrictions Included In Amend.
ments.--No Bounty to Be Paid For
Enlistment, and No Person Shall
DO Allowed to Furnish a Substitute.


ffiOuse adopted an amendment inst he.
sgore the final roll calls which would
greatly increase the pay OF enlisted
Amen during the war. The House pro.
vision would make their pay $50 a
month and that approved by the SEN
ate would fix 1t at $29 month The
present pay is only SIS.
In the House at the last moment
chairman Fitzgerald, Of the Appro.
tpriations Committee, objected vigor-
'ously to the appropriation Of $3,00O,-
100000 carried in the bill for the ex-
suense OF the new army, and the sec
zion finally was eliminated entirely.
MT. Fitzgerald declared that to place
this vast sum in the hands of the
:Secretary Of War would make Of Con-
'8ress mere automaton," and prom
'ised that III the section was voted down
tfhe committee would provide funds
promptly in separate measure
Among the amendments adopted in
'ahe Senate was one which would per-
init Colonel Roosevelt to recruit a
volunteer force for service in France.
IA similar proposal had been rejected
10y the House. Speaker Clark, Demo
cratic Leader Kitchin and Chairman
Dent. OF the Military Committee. who
'had favored the volunteer system, all
voted for the draft bill on the final
+Holl call Republican Leader Mann
also was recorded in the affirmative.
AS was Miss Rankin. who previously
ahad voted with the volunteer adva.
Gates.
Test In Senate.
The Administration won its fight for
1he military draft in the Senate when
AN amendment authorizing q call for
100000 volunteers was rejected by a
vote OF 69 to 18. The vote was as
uollows:
For the volunteer amendments:
Democrats: Gore, Hardwick, Kirby,
Mcclellan. Reed, Thomas, Trammell
and Vardaman-8.
Republicans: Borah, Cummins. Cur
tts. Fall, Gallinger. .Gronna. Johnson,
man--1O.
Against the volunteer amendments:
Beckham. Broussard. Bankhead, Back
fham. Broussard, Chamberlain, Culbuer-
son, Fletcher, Gerry, Hills, Hastings,
James, Johnson. South Dakota; Jones,
New Mexico; King, Lewis, Martin.
Mayors, Overman. Owen, Phelan, Pitt
man, Pomerene, Ransdell, Robinson,
Salisbury, Shafroth. Sheppard. Shields.
Simmons, Smith, Arizona; Smith, Geo.
a8ia; Smith, Maryland; Smith. South
Carolina; Stone. Swanson, Thompson,
underwood. Walsh. Williams, Wal
>cOtt-40
Republicans: Brady, Brandegee.
Calder Colt Dillingham;. Fernald,
France, Frelinghuysen, Hale, Hard
Ding, Jones. Washington; Kellogg, Ken
:yon, Knox. Lodge. McCumber, Nc
Lean, Nelson. New, Page, Penrose,
Woindexter, Smoot Sterling, Suther-
aand, Wadsworth. Warren, Watson.
weeks-29.
After the Mcclellan amendment had
sbesn rejected. Senator Trammell re-
opened the draft question by Offering
san amendment proposing to substi-
Qsufe the volunteer system throughout
sahe bill. 1t was rejected by an over
whelming roar Of noes"
In the House there was no roll call.
Tho Tong fight came to close early
1n the afternoon when Representative
Kahn, OF California, moved to strike
uotat Ehe volunteer provision written in
TO the bill by hte House Military Com.
anistee. AS the result Of the voting
became apparent the members OF the
galleries broke into cheers, while
Speaker Clark, Chairman Dent Of the
Military Committee, Chairman Pad
:gett. OF the Naval Committee, and
sother Democrats, who had fought the
administrations plan, sat silently in
their seats.
Democratic Leader Kitchin, who
mad expected to vote against con-
.acription, responded to the call for
10 quorum just before, but was not
present for the vote on the amend
nent. Miss Rankin. OF Montana,
voted with the volunteer advocates
throughout the remainder OF the
Yfouse debate pro-volunteer members
frequently reopened discussion Of their
proposal, the climax coming when
Speaker Clark declared he might drive
out Of his district some OF those VINO
had urged that he vote for conscrip'
ttiom.
"A lot Of old skunkers all over tho
cownary who think that nobody IS go.
ann to be forced into this war except
NoyB from nineteen to twenty-five"
tho speaker said "and that their mis-
or@ble, cowardly hides will be safe'
haye been sending kilograms here.
SNOW them. know every man IN
nay district who has telegraphed me
ean4 \ know who is at the bottom OF
ss, end I can take o double-barreled