Arizona republican., 1919-02-16
HUGE ARMY BILL HELD UP AGAIN
 BY C[EvERRU
On Point Of Order Goes Over Until This Week-Half Million Men In Disfavor- Army of 175,0OO Is Fav- ored By Many.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. - Defeat through parliamentary tactics of pro- posed legislation of the house military committee, authorizing organization or a temporary army of a half million men fer the year beginning next July, was indicated tonight in the house. Rep resentative Humphreys of Mississippi. democrat, gave notice that he would make point of order against the army organization provision on the ground that it is legislation and has no place in an appropriation bill.
 Expecting the defeat through tnls move Representative Mckenzie or Illinois. a republican member of the military committee, offered a substi- ute proposal, which he said had the approval of several members of the military committee.
 | The fight on army reorganization | will come before the house next week, when work on the military bill is re- stunned late Monday or Tuesday, after completion of the unanimous consent calendar
 | MT. McKenzie's proposal would auth
 orize organization of regular army of 175,ee0 men through voluntary en- | liStment of three years, as provided in | the nttional defense act of 1916, and
 would give the president discretionary
 authority to include in it new units, the necessity of which was demon-
 strated by the war.
 During consideration of the bill to- night, the house adopted without ob- jection an amendment proposed by the military committee appropriating $4,- 4s7, 900 to pay to national guard mem
 bers for attending drills. Other pre-
 visions relating tc the guard, including
 that contemplating organization of a
 force of los, 900 giardsmen under the
 national defense act of 1916, and ap-
 propriations aggregating s10,163,00e in
 addition to the amount added for drill
 pay, were approved without dissent.
 Criticise Court Martial Criticism of the army court martial system conditions, at Brest and other ! French emba<kation camps. and de- mobilization marked the debate today in the house on the eleven hundred million dollar military appropriation ! bill. Passage of the measure went ; over until next week, despite the hold ing of a second night session, in an ef- q fort to, speed consideration.
 Efforts by Representative Frear of Wisconsin, republican, to have many oi the appropriation items reduced be- 4 cause they were complete guesses, n were voted down, with the exception y of that to cut in half the s4,0o0,0 900 ap- r preparation for maintenance of bar [ | racks and quarters of the coast ar
 tillery. Various provisions permittine e building construction by various wal e department bureaus also were elimiE It ated. An amendment was adopted re- e qulrlng the use of army automobiles
 for business purposes.
 l. Representative Johnson of South Da. is kota, republican, who served as an of e ficer with the American forces abroad If condemned the court martial systen 'f and sought to have the house adopt { e rider to the appropriation measure. tn,
 Dill Of Senator Chamberlain of Ore
 gon, providing for revision of cour h martial procedure. Representatiy, s- Gordon of Ohio, democratic membe 1t of the military committee. defeate, n MT JohnSonS proposal on a point O ,- order.
 l. Soldiers Getting Anxious ,, The administration will never ge
 through hearing about their refusal t
 allow congress to consider this amend
 ment, designed to protect men in th
 army" declared MT. Johnson, when tn
 point of order was made against hi
 proposal. ''It is up to congress to giv
 rotection in the future to men in th - army who will be subject to abuses c ! an atrocious character, unless thi F court martial law is revised | Representative Moore of Pennsyl
 vanla, republican, asserted that sol
 diers were being held from two to si
 weeks in embarkation camps and ker D. in anxious suspense to get home ls with conditions at Brest such that .' is made the trenches seem like paradise ce Replying to the criticisms of Repro e. sentatives Moore and Johnson, Repr, n- sentative Ferris of Oklahoma, demo
 crat, said he opposed congress resoi, Ia ing itself into an old woman's socie- he to hear complaints Criticism on u on floor of the house. he enid was of I m avail, and members repeating the con hv plalrts, were doing injury to the m, or they sought to aid
 ,ly Representative Green of Iowa. F
 publican, said no attention to con cd plants of soldiers had been given no the administration but that the crit of cism voiced in congress had accor of pllshed much toward relief of the me Ia Representative Frear, in attacki,
 the rehabilitation program, said t -ha week before Christmas the war depar he ment reported the discharge of 194O ,as men, while last week the schedule a n. r nounced 30,0o0
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