New-York tribune., 1921-05-25

Appropriations Adopted
That Mean "a Personnel
Of 10000 and Budget
Will Reach Half Billion
LenroOt Sees US. ON
Path Germany Took
Borah's Amendment for
Disarmament Confer
ence May Pass To-day
Fron, The Trtanne.s washtnnton Rursa,

bureau
WASHINGTON. May 24.--Advocates
OF a greater navy won in the Senate
tins afternoon in a test vote on the
question of the strength Of the per
sonnel. BY vote of 45 to 23. aopro-
prlations were put into the bill neces-
aary to maintain the personnel at
10000 instead OF 100000 as provided
by the House. Following this action. q
number OF other committee amend
ments were adopted and the commit
tee regained control Of a situation
which seemed for a time yesterday to
have got out of its hands. Little doubt
was left when the session ended to-
day that the bill as passed by the Sem
ate will carry nearly all the committee
amendments and amount to nearly
$500 600, 900.
Efforts will be made to pass the bill
to-morrow or Thursday after action on
the Borah amendment providing for a
disarmament conference, which is ex-
pectcd to be adopted.
Test on Pay Increase
The direct question on which the
test vote was had was a Senate Naval
Affairs Committee amendment to in
crease an item for pay of the navy
from Sf2'42l ,647 to S87,798,447. 1t was
we'll understood, however, that if the
increase carried. along with other in
cre&5es IN amounts in the same section
OF the bill, the personnel would be
10000, The increase provided By the
Naval Affairs Committee was adopted
on roll call and then other increases
necessary to maintenance of personnel
at 10000 we're adopted viva voce.
According to Senator Lenroot, in
crease of the navy personnel from 100.
600, as provided for in the House bill.
10 10000 means increase IN expense
to the Treasury Of $25,OOO,000 to
S30,000,000.
The result was hailed as victory
By the Senate Naval Affairs Republi-
porting the great navy. They were the
more pleased at it because it came on
the heels of their defeat yesterday on
the Alameda, Calf, project for new
naval base.
Marine Corps Gets Increase
After disposing of the personnel of
the navy, Committee amendments in
creasing the pay OF the Marine Corps
about $2,000,000 were adopted viva
voce. Following brief debate, the navy
fuel and transportati tion allowance was
increased from SIT 100000, as fixed
by the House, to S35 900, 600. All the
remaining committee amendments also
were adopted, except the provisions of
the last section of the bin for the
bureau of aeronautics. These went
over until tomorrow, as did also
number of amendments proposed by
Borah and Pomerene disarmament
amendments and a series of amend
ments which Senator La Toilette Of
fered
Prior to the vote on personnel and
pay Of the navy there was long debate.
lasting much of the afternoon. Senator
Lenroot spoke at length against a per-
sonnel of 10000
81 hope the United States does not
propose to follow in Germany's foot,
steps here" he said
Senator Lenroot charged a Wash
lngton newspaper with misrepresenting
Mr.. Harding's views as expressed in
New York President Harding. among
other things, spoke for "a nation so
powerful in Righteousness that none
will dare to provoke it's wrath"
Senator Lenroot read from an article
favorable to the Naval Affairs Com
mittee increases in which the express
sion "in righteousness" was omitted
from the utterance of the President,
thus, as Senator Lenroot said, com
pletely reversing the Presidents mean
ing.
Poindexter and Lenroot Clash
Senator'S Lenroot and Poindexter had
a sharp exchange over the number Of
men needed, when Senator Poindexter
said that with 100000 men a number
of battleships would be placed out of
commission. Senator Lenroot denied
this. He charged the Naval Committee
with getting its information from the
Navy Department, and then doing as
the Navy Department asked it to do.
Senator Swanson, of Virginia, Dem
ocrat, defended the personnel of 120,-
600. AS Senator Swanson took his seat
Senator Lenroot remarked: "a little
knowledge is a dangerous thing"
"The Senator has been demonstrating
that for the last two weeks" retorted
Senator Swanson.
Senator Swanson later insisted that
if the figure were put at 100000 there
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