The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-30
ARMY BUDGET BILL IS FIRED ON FROM
 AMBUSH AND OPEN
Tennessee Representative Seeks to Learn Whether Harding Plans to Order
 Troops Home
By Associated Press

Washington, April 29.-The army ap- propriation bill was shot at from anu bush and the open during a sharp and stormy five-hour fight in the House today on some of it's provisions, especially one which was admitted to mean early with drawal of American troops from Ger many, regardless of action by Congress on the Knox peace resolution
 In the midst of the fighting, Represen- tative Garrett, Tennessee, acting demo- cratic leader introduced resolution re- questng President Harding to inform Congress, if not incompatible with pub lie interest, whether he intended to order the troops home immediately upon pas sage of the Knox peace resolution. An nouncement that such a resolution had been put in was made by MT. Garrett at the moment republican leaders were at tempting to shut off debate, which at the time had gone beyond parliamentary bounds.
 The House cooleds down after Chair man Kahn of the House military affairs committee had attacked the bill because of fixing the force at 168,000. MT. Kahn declared that with the world in turmoil the total was too small. His amendment increasing the number to 1750O0, how ever, was not reached. While MT. Kahn will fight for larger force, other mem bers declared they would, fight to cut the total lower than the bill provided
 NEVER HEARD OF IT
 Asked pointedly by MT. Garrett whether runors that an amendment would be.A offered directing the President to withdraw troops from Germany, Chair man Anthony of the subcommittee on ap- propriations in charge of the bill, de- clared he had never heard of it.
 But if the Secretary of War admin isters this bill as writer" Mir. Anthony added, he will be forced to withdraw the troops from Germany and decrease other forces outside the territorial linn its of the United States"
 This started the fight. MT. Garrett wanted to know from republican leaders what the President would do.
 Go ask him. member shouted.
 Well, we've got 8 President now to whom at least we can go." Representa- tive Greene, republican, Vermont. de- clared
 After the discussion had been sheered away from troops in Germany, it was shifted back again from the republican side, with the acting democratic leader conducting a hot crossfire exchange with half dozen members breaking in at once. The peace question bobbed Up against while Chairman Kahn was plead ing vainly for his amendment eto m crease the appropriation set aside for the army intelligence service on the ground that the whole world was off it's bal ance and no man could say how soon trouble might break.
 REJECT AMENDMENT
 MT. Garrett pressed MT Kahn, asking if the remark was cryptic. Mir. Kahn declared the Secretary of War had urged larger appropriation, and there were demands to know if the secretary had based his plea upon early passage of the Knox resolution. Tn the end the House rejected the Kahn amendment, leaving the total about sloo.oo0 less than re- quested.
 Being in fighting mood, the House reached out and dragged in prohibition by the heels, and heard it described by Representative Hill, republican, Mary land. as the bill so dear to the hearts of the people, and unpopularly known b. it's real name as the Volstead act.
 After MT. Mondell had broken up the debate, the reading clerk read through 10 of the S6 pages of the bill. and the House got tired and quit.