Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-27
COMMITTEE APPROVES MILITARY
 TRAINING MEASURE:
Majority FavOrs Service of Youths From IS to
 21 Years

Washington, Jan. 26.-By vote of 9 to 5, the senate military com mittee today approved provisions pro- viding for compulsody military train ing for boys between IS and 21 years inclusive, and ordered a favorable report upon the army reorganization bill.
 The compulsody military training provision which fixes the training period at four months, was opposed in the committee by Senators Len root, Wisconsin and Capper. Kansas republicans and Senators Mcclellan of Tennessee, Shephard of Texas, and Kirby of Arkansas, democrats Senators Wadsworth, New York, Warren, Wyoming, Sutherland, West Virginia, New Indiana, Frelinghuy- sen, New Jersey, Knox, Pennsylvania and Spencer, Missouri, republicans and Chamberlain, Oregon, and Thom- as, Colorado, democrats, supported it. Senator Mcclellan announced that he would submit minority re- port in which q number of the sena- tors who opposed the plan are ex- ,pected to concur.
 As finally agreed upon the bill is virtually the same as reported by the subcommittee but is radically diff ferent from the reorganization bill submitted by the war department to congress. In addition to establish ing compulsory military training, the bill provides for the establishment of one army to be divided into 2 citizen army composed of men who received the compulsody training, a standing army consisting of 280,000 enlisted men and 18,OOO officers, and national guard.
 Reduce Expenses.
 Specific provision is made in the bill that the citizen army cannot be called to the colors except in case of a declaration of war. To accom- modate the reserve force built up under the system of military train ing, provision is made in the bill for an annual reduction of five per cent in the enlisted strength of the regular army and two per cent in the number of enlisted officers foA the first five years. This will mean. Chairman Wadsworth explained that at the end of five years the regular army will be reduced by 10000 men and 1900 commissioned officers, which will greatly decrease the cost of maintaining the military estab- lishment.
 The bill also would place all youths who have undergone the four months military training on the re- serve list to be subject to two weeks training annually. Under an by Senator Spencer, re- publican, Missouri, depended of such youths during training would re- ceive an allowance the same as now provided under the war risk insur- ance act.
 Establishment of the office of of war would be charged with the solution of the great industrial and business prob lems involved in the procurement of military supplies is provided but the committee upon Secretary Bakers Recommendation eliminated provis- ions which would work to make General Pershing chief of staff in place of General March, the present chief of staff.
 The bill, if passed as drafted, Senator Wadsworth said tonight. will reduce expenditures for the military establishment by approximately one half.
 Senator Wadsworth said that he would report the bill to the senate possibly tomorrow, and would seek to call it up for consideration at the earliest possible moment.