Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-24
congress ADOPTS
AMENDMENTS AND
Will TAKE YOUTHS
Man-Power Bill Also In
cludes Men of Forty
Five Years.
CoNGREsSMEN ALSO VOTE
TO INCLUDE THEMSELVES
Aliens Who Are Subjects of AL
lied Nations Will Be
Drafted.
FINAL VOTE ON SATURDAY
dramatic Incident Occurs When
representative Brings in Boys
ar.ft
FINAL VOTE ON SATURDAY
dramatic Incident Occurs When
Representative Brings in Boys
Staggering Under Equipment.

WASHINGTON. August 23.-An over
"helmins majority in the House 70
"ay decided that the draft age limits
OF eighteen TO forty-hve should be
adopted for the new man-power bin
as recommended by Secretary Baker
anu the general staff. Every amend
ment intended to favor the boys of
eishteen and nineteen was dccisivcly
beaten
congressman voted to include therr-
serves In the draft by adopting with
cheer. AN amendment by Rcprcscn-
tative Gregg. or Texas. to make every
legislative and executive official Of the
o"iled states government and OF the
s'ate governments liable to service.
An amendment TO take in all aliens
Sho are subjects Of any OF the coun-
res associated with this country in
the war, was also adopted.
Final action on the bill was blocked
oy republican members, who precipi-
.1seti. .hted an amendment to draft all the
government departments. Chairman
inent. In charge of the bill. pleaded
amendment would absolutely destroy
the efficiency OF the War Department,
ments fhe sh,Hn,ns gGins Board and 1,her depart
vote vote on Of the bin pu, over until TO.
had been hoped by the War Depart.
ment and ali those vitality Interested
IN the success OF the new draft to
haYe the bill passed to-day.
Practically the entire day was spent
In the debate on the Mckenzie amend
and nineteen SO that they would be
the last TO be called into service. MIR.
Mckenzie was the principal speaker
the Rules Committee; Connolly. OF
Of Ohio. and others. Tilson, Of Con
neetiGut; LonEworth and Fess. OF Ohio;
and Cannon. Of Illinois. were the chief
fpeaEers against IT..
DRESSES TWO PAGES
IN FULL EQUIPMENT
During the debate on the Mckenzie
amendment the most dramatic incident
sentative Albert Johnson. Of Wash
ington. violent opponent OF the con-
ba Of Boys OF fghseen mo yopn
pages dressed In the full Announcements
of the soldiers, under which they vis-
IDLY staggered. Johnson declared both
the boys were over eighteen and in.
troduced them as horrible examples"
OF what would happen II all the youths
of that age in the country should be
Then came the startling denouement
nccticut. taking the floor and calling
upon four young marines. who were
seated in the gallery ,ho to stand Hamao ana nd
samples of what the boys of eighteen
could be. The applause that greeted
deafening. Tilson added to the efrcc-
tiveness of the scene by charging that
Johnson had selected for his exhibit
boys who were not up to the stand
ard of the average American youth or
eighteen years.
strength Of. the large portion Of the
House membership, which favored the
original bin; II was after ,So 6 o.floss tfd,ss
ready for vote.
First came an amendment by John.
son. Of Washington. TO- make rhis me dra,s w.s
defeated by the vote of 90 to lI2. Next
was vote on an amendment oHered
BY Biackman ia twenty.one oe Nia%a to- fortyfv"
This was turned down by the vote OF
HOW HOUSE MEMBERS
CAST THEIR BALLOTS
Then came the vote on the Mckenzie
amendment, which was rejected by the
Vote Of l20 to 167. The, result was SO
decisive that no one asked ioT a, roit !
We're Speaker Clark. Majority Leader
Kitchin. Taylor. of Colorado; Alex
ander Of Missouri Gar6e oedon OF Of feXsS Xew
York: Bankhead. OF Alabama, pou. of
North Carolina: Dent, OF Alabama;
nsslee: men 9. ehandIsr Of sSs'1 New York
Kenzie. of Illinois: Shallenberger, OF
Nebraska. Johnson, Of washington; iHI;
Wyoming: Stafford. OF Wisconsin,;
Good, OF Iowa; Wood. OF Indiana: Lit
tie. OF Kansas; Dennison or iiiinois'
diana: Focht, of Pennsylvania; Gordon.
Of Ohio; NORM, of Pennsylvania; La
toilette, of Washington; and Saunders.
5oh@sen' ;s. et w wash'nFtGn d1,H ss flsm 'nsn
forty-ftve to fifty. and this was de-
Iowering of the proposed maximum
draft age to forty was urged by Sem
ator Lodge, of Massachusetts when de-
on the man-power bill. He said mill
tary necessity demanded the calling Of
youths oyer eighteen. but that he could
cured this way would be so small.
we seem to shrink from the rcspon-
s,S,in''y, snsIn the senator senator add added. Remember
we must get men. not votes"
An earnest ayoag warning against against ms,a nsaae
inorunsnasanda ious an" and a declaration that
peace must be dictated to and not ne
gotiated with, Germany. 10 place her
in position where siaes she never never agan arn
made in the Senate to-day by Senator
lodge, of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
PEACE TERMS SPECIFICALLY
DETAILED ny u. s. SENATOR
peace terms which must and Will be
forced on Germany were specifically
detailed by the Senator. who addressed
fhe Senate in support of the man-power
bill to extend the draft ages. They
. rium, unconditional return of Alsace-
lorraine to France. and of Italia !r-
redenta to 1taly, safety toT Groece IN
an Ind ependent Poland, independence OF
the Slav peoples and freedom Of Rus
sia from German domination. inelud,