The New York herald., 1922-06-03

Specidl DtSpdtch 10 THE NEy YORK ttraAin
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. C.. June 9.
BY a vote of 40 to 81 the Senate to-
day went ON record in favor Of a
regular army of $4,000. The House
bill provided for $4,000. Later. with-
out record vote, the Senate passed
the army appropriation bill OF $685.
SS2551.67 after adopting an amend
ment for s7,50o.oO0 to continue work
on the Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals.
That fund was requested by the Agri-
cultural Committee. OF which Senator
Norris (Neb.) Is chairman.
Party lines were disregarded IN the
| fight over the recommendation Of the
Senate committee to increase the
army.
| The following Republicans opposed the
increase: Senator'S Borah Udaho). Cap
per (han.), Ladd (N. d., La Toilette
tWis.), Norris (Neb.) and Willis tohio).
| Democrats voting against the increase
We're: Broussard Ga-h Caraway tArk.),
Dial g. CO. simmons On. CO.. Harris
(Ga). Harrison (Miss,). Hitchcock
eNeb.), Swanson Cva.). Jones (N. M.
Ling (utaD. Robinson (Arl<). Stanley
CKy). Walsh (Mass.). Walsh (Mont)
| and Watson (Ga.).
| Senator Wadsworth IN. ". chairman
of the Military Affairs Committee, in
charge of the bill. explained that the
present authorized strength of the army
Is 10000, but4the actual strength 134,000
He said the reason the army had not
been brought UP to the auth borized
strength was because the fund for the
transportation Of recruits has, been ex-
hausted. SO that recruiting has been
confined to points near army posts.
| DiStribution 0verkeas.
The distribution of the 1890 troops,
according to Senator Wadsworth,
roughly speaking. will be as follows:
! Overseas, exclusive Of troops on the
Rhine. 10000, which includes 1,400 In
Porto Rico, the garrison of 10000 at the
Panama Canal. the 1900 at Hawaii.
5000 white troops in the Philippine ISL
ands. $40 men in China to guard the
Peking railroad and 55S men in Alaska.
That leaves only 10S. .00o- troops for
the continental arm" said Senator
Wadsworth. "Of that number 5000 are
Heeueu dioh8 tu6 n4eAlcAu DoTueT, winch
leaves 5000. which includes all nom
mobile troops and non-combatants. In
that class may be mentioned 403 men in
the chemical warfare service. 9,0S8 in
the coast artillery. 5.75 detached from
the army to serve at colleges and other
schools as instructors in military tac-
| tics and for the. organization of the
National Guard
| Then in the finance department there
are 456 men, in the medical department
6649. in the ordnance department 3.343
and in the quartermaster department
e.s1i. making total of 35,477. which
leaves only an army of about 40.0VJ
which could be used as a striking force
in case of any emergency.
Rock Bottom Reached.
1--WE have reached rock bottom in cut
I ting down the army, and 1t would be
folly to reduce the force to the figure
mentioned in the House bill"
''If the figure named In the House
| bill Is adopted" he added. lit will be
withdraw from the military schools and
the reserve officers training centers the
! instructors now engaged there. Our
/ whole policy. now is built upon the
\ theory that these places will supply the
nucleus for an effective army in case
| of an emergency, SO you can see the
danger of being forced to take that
| STEP
/ In opposing an army of $4,000 men
/ Senator Norris (Neb) said: I'VE had
much smaller army before the war
and there has not been a single good
reason advanced for maintaining a
large force now" He asserted that the
! people are groaning under taxation and
here is a chance to lift a heavy load
off them"
| Senator Myers (Mont,) supported the
bill. He pointed out that both former
President Wilson and his Secretary OF
! War, Newton ID. Baker. urged regu-
lar army of 100000 as a permanent insti-
| tuition. following the war.
mo one will charge these men with
being militaristic." added Senator
Myers. who explained that Gen. Per-
shlpg also has advocated a larger army
than provided IN the House bill.
The appropriation bill which passed
\ the House carried a total of $2s7. .s97. :
I TSl 81 for all military and non-military
establishments under the War Depart
ment The amount added BY the Sem
| ate. not including the s7.50e.000 for
Muscle Shoals. was ss59s6. 120. The ap-
preparations for 1892 was 1886. s2i.2l24l