The evening world., 1920-02-24
THREE BILLION DEFICIT SURE
IN 4ORGY OF EXTRAVAGANCE''
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ANNhllAAHA rom 4 AAHA saNaN
and backing the Regular Army ma
chine are scores Of civilian organiEa-
tious such as the National and Sc
Curlty League, .of1cered and support
ed by influential citizens in whose
ears the tocsin Of war Is always
sounding. But the Regular Army ma
chine ond all the patriotic and pro-
tective and alarmLst bands would be
moIo nr less impotent in the further
ance OF their plans for keeping the
country on a war basis were it not
for the solid support furnished by
the senate Committee on Military
Affairs.
Senator James w. wadsworth jr.
OF NV York IS Chairman Of that
committee.
The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs is the dominant factor in the
regulation OF the military branch Of
the Government and the Chairman OF
the committee Is one Of the powers In
Congress. The Senate Committee on
Military Affairs is close to the Regular
Army machine, which plays politics
with the skill and efficiency OF long ex-
perience, no matter which Of the old
parties happens to be in power.
In this Congress the Senate and
House Committees on Military Affairs
have worked together to frame a bill
providing for a military establishment.
The committees have not adopted the
programme submitted by the Secretary
Of War. They have formulated one OF
their own, which, while providing for
1Naa kae
proposed by the Secretary OF War and
the General Stan, also includes the fea-
ture OF compulsory military training.
There was no serious division OF
opinion in the joint committee on mill
taTy affairs during the formulation Of
the military programme. The Chair
man OF the House Committee on Mill
, tary Affairs is Representative julius
Kahn OF California, an able and con-
sistent proponent Of compulsory mill
tary training, and the maintenance OF
IA large, fully equipped and always
ready military establishment
TALKS RETRENcHMENT, BACKS
ENTRAVAGANCE.
! The joint bill came before the Senate
and is known in Congress as the Wads-
worth bill. As originally drafted and
/ introduced, II provided Tor a military
establishment TO cost, with the military
training feature included, a minimum
4 OF $l,SO0,0OO,0OO a year, to which would
have been added the first year 1900,
100000. the minimum amount esti-
mated as necessary to prepare the
military camps OF the country FOR
the system Of compulsory training
CT young men.
Senator Wadsworth introduced the
bill and vigorously Championed 1t.
During the time the bill was before
the Senate for discussion Senator
Wadsworth. representing the State
which pays 45 per cent. OF the war
taxes, was not heard to declare that
TINS orgy of extravaganza must cease
He proved that he was in favor OF
the continuance OF eXtravagance OF
expenditures in the War Department
on war basis and the perpetuation
OF the orgy OF extravaganza by offer
ing bill designed to build up a mill
tary establishment to cost, at the
lowest estimate, $1,000, ,O0O,O year
which - much more than the United
States spent for all purposes of gov.
ernment IN the year Of peace immedi
ately preceding our entrance into the
war with Germany.
There exists In this country n great
demand for large military establish.
ment and compulsory military train.
ing. There exists also a virile opposi-
ton to n large military establish
ment and compulsory military train
ing. The opposition is now on tor
and compulsory military training as
part of our war preparations has beer
temporarily shelved: but there is
project on foot to bring IL forward
sorry training shall not begin unit
1922