Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-19

as framed. When the engineer sectsof was reached and not a voice was lifted in al effort to amend it. the leaders on thai side glanced up at Mfr. Kelley and grinned and Mir. Kelley grinned back.
 Then al once the storm broke. It cant whi-c the house was considering tht item. rroviding commissions in the navy for his goo of the 541 members Of ths first year class at Annapolis. Pending Was a proposal 10 commission all
 '-'Tfis discussiou-' said Chairman Eei- ley simply Illustrates that -rerybois wants diaarmament in the ahstTzct. ts. moi. in the concrete"
 Tec.sring the "cst was out of rfs bag he shouted to the house that Che whole question at issue cifcied around the number of officers and thsn charsel that tae navy department in insisiinE 1n rn lncreased personnei wanted fs pst 900 sedilional deslroyers in commission.
 They hopts ta get thees Qes;ryycrs ai tile other end of thc capitol. he ex- claimed. The carcass is in plain view now. More des;royers mean more rerair work The men who wanted more mon | ey for ihe navy yards have marched riEir un 10 the place where they could take n
 out. then backed away. saying donf lots go any further: let's iet the senate
 do It. Half the job was done here and ! ANfN HINltce AN AAAcA AA aA AAN AA+t'H end"
 There came. later. a denial from Sec- retary Denby transmitted through Rep resentative McArthur republican. Ore Eon. of the charge that the department conte4npiase ed putting into service Larger number of destroyers than allotted
 by the hr. Half a dozen members. in-
 cluding Representatives Tsgue. Mass.
 and Raker California. both democrats. l ls-amg~ tA. f~~f-rnHfu~ faaF Fha4~
 stand for an adequate navy was actuat-
 ed by selfish motives in behalf of navy
 yards.
 The storm subsequently blew away but
 it broke again with unexpected fury
 when Mir. Monden. pressing the bis
 navy forces. declared he was surprised that the amendment had not been offered
 when the sections were reached. Tn view of the request last week that they be passed over until the personnel had been , fixed.
 ''T assume they have acted .n good faith said Mir Mondeli 'S5ut wonder ! what their constituents around the yards , and shore stations will think when they . hear this afternoon that the sections had
 been passed without increases meaning
 so much to them" The whole proceed , ing. he said. was "farcicai"
 ReTiresentative Johnson, republican, . , that the house might better adjourn than , "sit here to be roasted
 Mir McArthur. one of the leaders for . the ss.000 enlisted proposal. declared that MT. Mondell ought to put in the 1 amendments himself. Cor forever after
 ward hold his peace" Mr. McArthnI
 said he was not concerned in any effort , to obtain navy yard increases. and that
 he would not necessarily vote for the l.-Iu,n-4r arrhf hf,f- had haa nA
 but which were not introduced. After conveying Mir. Denby's denial of
 the report that he proposed to add to the l fleet Mir. McAr1hur said he had been in- formed by Rear Admiral Potter that the !, cost of maintaining ia. .oao additional sn- listed men would be s22.ooo.ooo and no; sso 100000. as claimed hy supporters oi the bill. Mir McArthur declared that hackers of the bill were given much discomfort. be- Y cause we did not load t with short sta : ton pork as they had thought" 2 poster displayed at the Brooklyn navy yard and signed by Captain c. T.. y Vogelgesang. the commsndsnt. saying
 among other things there was the pos . sibiiity of some yards closing if the biil . as framed was passed was read to the . house by Chairman Kelley "as an evi- . dence of navy propaganda 10 get more - money"
 - The provision limiting commissions as
 ensigns to first class men at Annzpoli. = was approved The amendment by Rep resentafive Swing. republican. California n increasing from approximately s15.ooe.- 900 to S1s.O0O.O0O the amount appropri- : ated for subsistence of officers and men 6 to meet the increased personnel. was Il adopted. Se to IT.
 l. The bill is expected to reach its pass l. age stage tomorrow. Chairman Kelley e declared during debate that the enlist c ment amendment ought 10 be voted dowT T and that there would be escaping [ C roll call.
 After a final cheek up tonight Mfr Me d Arthur speaking for the leaders on hi e side. said the ss.o0o proposal on roll cal
 would win by 60 votes.