Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-16
Next Years Army.

Defeat through parliamentary tao
ties OF proposed legislation or the
House military committee authorizing
organization of a temporary army or
a half million men for the year begin
ming next July was indicated last
night.
Representative Humphreys of Mis-
siSsippi. democrat, gave notice that he
would make a point of order against
the Army organization provision on
the ground that il is legislation and
has no place in an appropriation bill.
Expecting the defeat through this
move, Representative Mckenzie of II
linoiS. republican member of the
military committee, submitted a sub
stitute proposal. which he said had
the approval of several members of
the military committee.
The fight on Army reorganization
will come before the House when
work on the military bill is resumed
late tomorrow or Tuesday, after COM
pletion of the unanimous consent cal
endar.
Mr. McKenzie's proposal would au-
thorize organization of Regular
Army of 1850 men through volun-
teer enlistment of three years, as pro-
yided in the national defense act of
1916, and would give the President
discretionary authority to include in
IL new units the usefulness of which
was demonstrated by the war.
OQIAHE COnStucTdllOA OF the Otl1 4dSl
night the House adopted without oh
lection an amendment proposed by
the military committee appropriating
s4,4e7. 900 for pay to National Guard
members for attending drills Other
provisions relating to the guard, in
Guiding that contemplating organiza-
ton of force of 10000 guardsmen
under the national defense act of 1916
and appropriations aggregating &c.
163. 900, in addition to the amount
added for drill pay. were approved
without dissent
Condemns Court-Martial System
Representative johnson of South
Dakota. republican, who served as an
Dfficer with the American forces
abroad, condemned the court-martial
system. and sought to have the House
ion measure the bill of Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon providing for
-evision of court-martial procedure.
Representative Gordon of Ohio, a
aemocratic member of the military
committee, defeated Mr.. Johnson'S
proposal on a point of order.
The administration will never get
Through hearing about their refusal
10 allow Congress to consider this
amendment. designed to protect men in
when the point of order was made
against his proposal 1T is up to
Congress to give protection in the fu-
ture to men in the Army, who win be
subject to abuses of an atrocious
character, unless this court-martial
law is revised
Does Nothing for the "Doughboy."
1T Is impossible to get anything
from the administration for the
doughboy" he said, because no son
or relative or any one intimately con-
nected with it was allowed to fight.
Il dislike to criticize, but / cannot
help but realize that there are but
two royal families in the world. who
never suffered nor appeared in the
casualty lists; one was the royal
family OF Germany and the other the
royal and reigning families of the
United States"
Mr.. Johnson said Brig. Gen Anseli,
acting Judge advocate general in
testifying before the Senate military
committee had shown many of the
wrongs done by the present system of
court-martiaI, but the general had
not gone far enough"
Representative Moore of PennsyI-
rania, republican, asserted that SOL
olers were being held from two to six
weeks in embarkatfon camps and kept
IN anxious suspense to get home
with conditions at Brest such that sit
made the trenches seem like para
disc"
Representative Ferris Replies.
Replying to the criticism of Repre-
sentatiyes Moore and Johnson. Repre-
sentative Ferris of Oklahoma, demo-
crat, said ne opposed Congress re-
solving itself into an old woman's So
Gtety to hear complaints Criticism
on the floor Of the House. he said. was
OF no avail. and members repeating
the complaints were doing injury 10
the men they sought to aid