New-York tribune., 1922-03-25
House Retracts
Plan to Return
Foreign Troops
Strike Provision From Army
Bill as Interference With
Powers of President, i'm
View Of Rhine Action
Expense Cut Is Demanded
Allotment Of S40O,O 900 10
Hclium Plan, Approved;
Like Amount for Camps

WASHINGTON, March q. - Prov
sions OF tho army appropriation bill
which would have required the with
drawal Of certain regular army troop:
from China, Hawaii, tho Panama Cana
Zone and Germany By July were
eliminated from the measure to-day bJ
tho House, motion to strike out The
sections by Representative Rogers, Re
publican, Massachusetts,, being adopted
by a viva voce vote.
Chairman Anthony % the sub-com
mittee in charge Of the bill spranG
surprise by requesting unanimous
consent for elimination Of the pro-
visions. Representative Connally, Demo
crat, Texas, however, objected, and 8
vote was taken on the Rogers motion
which had been pending.
MIR. Anthony told the House that the
sub b-commttee which framed the meas
uSe did not wish TO infringe on the
powers Of the President to rcgulaSa
troop movements. He contcnded, no =
ever, that Congress- did have the right
to stpuIate that money appropriated
for the War Department was not tc
be used to maintain troops in certain
localities.
Says Aim IL Attained
Action OF the War Department ir
ordering all troops on the Rhine re
turned home to the United States by
July /. Mr.. Anthony said. had convinced
him that the War Department wa
ready TO cooperate with Congress ir
cutting down expenditures. especially
those for maintenance OF garrisons
outside continental United States, B.
inserting the troop withdrawal section
in the bill, ne added, the policy Of TIE
subcommittee which drafted the bIl
was clearly outlined 10 Administration
officials and had thus TO an extent
served its purpose.
The provisions eliminated stipulated
that before the beginning Of the com
ing fiscal year all troops in China, 6,5Qt
in Hawaii, 1000 in the Canal Zone anc
all but 500 on the Rhine were to be
brought home. 1t vas provided, how
ever, that this direction could be djsre-
garded If the President believed there
was an emergency which made reten
tion Of the troops in any OF the points
advisable.
The House approved provisions o.
the bill allotting 100000 for construc-
ton Of additional quarters for troop.
at Camp Benning, Georgia; 500, 900 fol
an additional ward at Letterman Gen
eral Hospital, San Francisco; S26200(
fer general construction at Camps Dix
Meade and Lewis, and Sl98.000 for con
tinuing enlargement of quarters for
guards at the Fort Leavenworth di.cip
linary barracks.
100000 for Helium Plant
Rejecting al amendment b. epfu
sentative Greene, Republican, Iva e.
eliminate from the bill section au
thorizing the expenditure OF part o.
the S12 1000 allotted to the air sery-
ice for the purchase OF land and the
construction of plants needed in devel
oping helium supply. the House ap-
proved a provision which would per
NIT the expenditure Of 100000 durine
the coming fiscal year for operation o1
the government helium plant at Fort
Worth, Tex.
Necessity of adequately patrolling
the Mexican border with American
troops was emphasized during consid-
Grafton of the bill by Representatives
Hudspeth and Garner, Democrats
whose districts in Texas embrace part
OF the territory contiguous to Mexico
had no fear of invasion by large
band but were concerned over the like
lihood of bandits crossing the border
to steal horses and cattle, with the pos
sibility also OF killing American citi-
2ens. Mr.. Hudspeth protested against
any removal of troops from scattered
border posts to points in the interior