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Joint ResolutiQn to Give Wilson Authority to Use Army and
Navy in Crisis Is Passed By the Lower House Senate For
eign Relations Committee Makes Slight Alterations
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Washington, April 20. In
the United States government
the Mexican customs nouses at
Detailed plans for landing of
coast towns were completed . at' a conference at the White
House, between -President Wilson, Secretaries Bryan Garri
son and Daniels, Major General Wood and Rear Admirals
Fiske and Blue; and ' John Lind.;
"No orders to the army and navy will be issued tonight,"
was the announcement made after the conference, action tem
porarily being deferred until Congress acts on the joint resolu:
tion approving the. President's purpose of using the armed
forces of the United States to enforce its demands against Gen
eral Huerta, growing out of the arrest at Tampico of American
bluejackets.- ' ' ,
The resolution passed the House tonight by a vote of 3 3 7 to
37, after a spirited debate.'
For severalffibuisjife
Relations" Gomrriittee w
the Senate; of recess uhtireairly tbmGirrdw : ''iv'''f v
The House adjourned iintil 10 o'clock tomorrow,. and Presi
dent Wilson,-worn out; retired after 'hearing that the House
tod adopted the resolution.
At 12:28 o'clock the Senate recessed until 12, noon, Tues
day, under an agreement to consider the resolution at that
time. -i" V
Persons who were in touch with the President said the steps
which would be taken by the United States "short of war"
v.ere of a nature which would not require formal notification
to the powers in the same sense as a declaration of blockade
or other preliminaries Jo war. ' Foreign "governments will be
kept informed of developments, however.
The debate in the House brought out the fact that, while the
American navy, jprobably would blockade Mexico off from
commerce with the United States, it would not interfere 'with
the passage to and- fro of foreign vessels, though cargoes dis
charged on the shore might be held at the customs houses.
The Resolution.
The joint resolution passed by the
House, and which was -before the
Senate at a late hour : tonight, read
as follows: ,
"A joint resolution, justifying the
employment of the armed forces- of
tlie United States in enforcing cer
tain demands against Victoriano Hu
erta : . ' ;
"Resolved, By '.the Senate and
House of Representative in Congress
assembled, that the President of the
United States is justified in the em
ployment of the armed forces of the
t'nited States to enforce the demands
upon Victoriano Huerta f or unequivo
ca! amends to the.: government of the
United States for !afEronLa and indig
O.ies committed . against . this govern
n.ent by General Huerta and his rep
resentatives." : '
during the evening there were in
formal conferences of Democrats and
Republicans and opposition to the
Phraseology of tile resolution was ap
parent. ' . :
Many Senators, among them a few
1
emocrats, objected, to singling out
'fen. Huerta as an individual ; atid
Wanted to amend the resolution to-di-it
against the de facto govern
ment in Mexico City. Others wanted
tf make the resolution broad enough
o cover Mexico generally; .
. members of the House went to bed
instead of waiting for. th Senate to
J. -convene. Crowds thronged - the
senate galleries ajd corridors.
At executive quarters, there was a
'-upun the late houis. Clerks were
on duty for emergencies, but no move
'nents were announced.. A high offi
lai who was in conference with the
J. resident pointed signitfcantly to the
acMhat no orders had been issued to
ine army, and remarked that the Con
stutionaliBt need i not be anxious
ver the situation for present action
'as aimed: entirelytragainst JjHuerta.
u Was said that , nno nt.' H rpn.onns
','.le. White House7 was. Insistent on in-
;rb to prevent dhm Constitutionalists
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FORTY-EIGHT
Ijourn Until Today For
forty - eight hours, possibly less,
will have taken possession of
1 ampico and Vera Cruz.
marines at these two important
.', .
the Senate foreign
an" all Sight sessfoiCof
against them or the Mexican people
generally.
Think Final Orders Given.
With the announcement earlier that
the battleships Virginia, Nebraska and
Georgia, of the third division had been
ordered from Boston to Tampico, it
was believed the final orders had been
given for the movement of ships on
the Atlantic side of the continent. .
The receipt late tonight of the state
ment dictated by Gen. Huerta to the
Associated Press saying there was no
American flag in -the Dolphin's whale
boat, brought, about informal com
ment from Navy Department oflScials,
who asserted that Rear Admiral Mayo
had -reported -the boat as flying the
colors of the United States at both
bow and stern. In any event, the
American government considers the
arrest of blue jackets in American
uniform as unwarranted.
The Senate Foreign Relations com
mittee agreed at midnight to report
the resolution, with the preamble
amended to read: "In view of the sit;
uation presented by the President,
and eliminating individual reference
to Huerta throughout the nfeasure.
Just before midnight Secretary Tu
multy left the White House for the
hotel where Vice President Marshall
lives - Postmaster General Burleson
and "Secretary Garrison were : there
and. all went to the Capitol.
By adjourning until 12 : 10 o'clock
the Senate had ended the, calendar
day of Monday and ; under the Senate
rules a single objection to a report
from a committee or to a motion to
discharge a committee is sufficient to
put the matter over one day. L
Spirited Debate in House.
' Washington. April 20-After a spirited-
debate of more an-two - hours
the House, tonight passed the Admin
istration resolution approving Presi
dent Wilson's purpose - to-use - Xte
armed forces of the nation to obtain
fVom GeS '.Huerta the fullest i recogni
tion of the honor and dignity of the
FnTheeltrwa037 to 37. 'The reso
lution was passed at 9:25 and went to
the Senate. . ''
- Warm debate began as sooir asthe
resolution- was reported by - the Y or-
eign Affairs committee. -
3When Representative .Flood"c asked
unanimous consent -xnai i
resolu-
S
Final Action.
w
can Leader Mann reserved the right
to object to the present consideration
of the resolution and demanded an ex
planation. v Representative Underwood explain
ed , that the administration desired to
have the bill passed before the night,"
and that reasonable debate would be
allowed. He said that the rules com
mittee was prepared to bring in a rule
tor immediate consideration of the
resolution if necessary.
Chairman Flood said that he was
prepared to allow half an hour's de
bate on the resolution on each side
of ' the House. Representative Mann
declafed that the minority needed two
hours debate.
"The ; President lias advised us of
conditions," said Representative Un
derwood. "We would not insist on
putting this resolution through at this
time if this were not a matter of par
amount importance. But with the
Presiden's message delivered, our
troops may be fired on at any time.
We should act at once." . .
Applause Greets Statement.
A' round of Democratic applause
greeted this statement.
Shouts of "bring in a rule," "hurry
it through" from the Democratic side
interrupted the, -efforts to secure a
unanimous consent, agreement. -. Rep
resentative Mann finally agreed that
he would accept one hour and a half
for the Republicans. Representative
Underwood said the Democrats would
be satisfied with one hour.
Representative - Sisson, Democrat,
of Mississippi, declaring that the res
olution was "a declaration of war, and
as such' was a matter which Congress
should fully consider,." -objected to any
agreement.' ' V '
. . . . Introduction of Rule.
Speaker Clark then recognized
Chairman Henry, of..' the Rules com
mittee; who. presented.; a special rule
for . the immediate consideration - of
the resolution. The rule simply pro
vides that the" Mouse "proceed imme
diatelyv to the consideration" of the
Mexican ' Resolution. By agreement
between ' Representative Henry and
Henry" Campbell, ranking .Republican
on the;-Rules committee, the debate
on the' rule itself, was limited to 20
minutes, with the understanding that
the Republican side was, to have a fair
opportunity for debate on the resolu
tion . after the.. adoption of the rule.
- Representative Campbell, of Kan
sas,' Republican, opposed the resolu
tion ; to the;rule, declaring .its purpose
was' ''to make in order a resolution
Whic1"isr a, declaration of war." "
Representative Pou, of North Caro
lina, Democrat, supported the rule,
declaring v'the time has come to put
an end to' these outrages in Mexico."
Progressive support for the resolu
tion was pledged bf Progressive Lead
er . Murdocki sA cheer from the Demo
crats' greeted : Mr: Murdock's. speech
' Repiresentatice Lenroot i Republi-
V.
TROOPS PATRO
EL PApfl TEXAS
All Precautions Taken to Pre
vent Outbreak.
SAME AT JUAREZ, MEX.
No Demonstrations but Both Govern
ments Taking Every Care to Pre
vent Any Show of Feeling
' - on Border.
El Paso, April 20j "Little Chihua
hua" as the Mexican section of this
city is knowa and where 0 per cent
of the inhabitants qf the city , reside,
is being patroled tonight; by United
States cavalrymen and infantrymen.
This and other precautionary meas
ures were determined' on , late today
at a conference between Mayor .felly
and Colonel C . A . P . Hatfield, coih
manding the 'troops ) at Fort Bliss.
At the army post the cavalrymen
were ordered o sleep with boots and
saddles at their sides, and it is said
they could be up and away in case
of an alarm in less than five minutes.
At Juarez Colonel Avilla, the mili
tary commander, instructed that any
soldier or civilian making wanton or
provocative use-, of .fire arms should
be shot at once. He is determined, as
are , the American authorities, to use
every precaution against provoking an
outbreak while-feeling is at the pres
ent high tension. '
Colonel Hatfield iand Mayor Kelly
agreed on many details for the co-operation
of soldiers and police in case
Of an outbreak. . .
Meanwhile the city was quiet The
authorities do - not look for any qut.
breaks among the people, particularly
inJl -Paso- -There no real anxiety
here over th e situa4 There are In
this1 city and along the; river,-subject
to call, 20,000 troops available for. in
stant action. ,
. A supply of 2,500 rifles" consigned
to the rebels at Juarez today was sent
across the river.
Colquitt Wishes War.
Washington. April 20. Governor
Colquitt, of Texas, today sent to Rep
resentative Garner, who immediately
submitted ' it to the President, a tele
gram declaring if it was the purpose
of President Wilson ,lo invade Mexi
co, it is imperative that the towns
of Matamoras. Nuevo Laredo and Ciu
dad Porifiro Diaz and Juarez be seized
immediately.
- Governor Colquitt explained that
there are on the Mexican border 25,
000 to 30,000 Mexican refugees, who
threaten to become a menace to the
United States and that the taking of
these towns would afford the only
protection from them-
Trouble on the Border.
El Paso, Texas, April 20. A spe
cial to the Morning? Times from Tuc
son, Ariz., says that a score or. more
pf Mexicans and Americans got into
a street fight today when a Mexican
snouted "Viva Huerta," The Mexican
was beaten to unconsciousness. One
hundred Mexican laborers- struck to-,
day.
Mexican -Students Ducked
Washington, April 20. Senor Al
gara, charge of the Mexican embassy
here was informed- tonieht bv a tele
gram from the Mexican vice consul at
Indianapolis, that 11 Mexican students
at the University of Notre Dame, at
Notre Dame. Ind.. were ducked in wa
ter there and badly treated by Amer
ican students in tne institution, ine
consul informed the charge that he
would take the matter up with tne
president of the University. Mr. Al
gara said he would wait to hear furth
er from the affair before sending any
wnrii t. ohis eovernmeit. As there are
many Mexicans in various institutions
of learning throughout tne country, ne
fears, he said that other such out
breaks of National feeling may occur
Washington, Apr'l 2Q. State De
partment reports today said the Amer-
leans, Farias ana ouyie&s. uem ai
Piedras Negras, in connection with
the murder of two Federal Mexican
soldiers, had estaonsnen meir umu-
cence- wuiiam iyru, auutiiei- amci
ican, held by Mexican Federal author
ities in Mexico City, has been releas
ed. ...
It was announced mat uenerai vma
had declared no newsDaper correspon
dents were captured by his forces as
recently reported- ' '
. Huerta Offer? Guarantees
Mexico City; April 20. General Hu
erta offers all guarantees, to foreign
ers, Americans included, who may be
in Mexico, and he will improve this
opportunity to show the world that his
government and Mexico are moral and
civilized.
This tntMYwnt President - Huerta
dictated to tbe Associated Press to-
dav. He continueu:
"t desire to make it plain to the
American people that, according to the
oflPial report.' from the. commander
at Port Tampico received by the Mex
ican government, there was no flag m
the boat which landed; anld whose
crew was detained. I fear that Pres
ident Wilson has been misinformed on
this point and that he will inform the
American Congress that;the boat'Car-
ried no flag. ' '
"In fact, the American -flag has noth
ing to do with the case, and I desire
the American people fully to under
stand this.'! '
f - - - -
New York,-April 20.-t-Michael P. Ma
honey, who shot at Mayor Mttchel last
Friday and wounded Corporation
Counsel Polk, was indicted fpday for
attempted ifmnrdHe-nlle.? ar
raigned tomorrow, - when' the district
attorney - will ask for an examination
HAS NO PARALLEL
When Wilson Delivered His
Ominous Message.
TAR HEELS PRESENT
Many Carolinians Flock to Washing
ton to Hear the President Both
Senators and Eight Con
gressmen Present.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Washington, D. C, April 20. Sen
ators 'Simmons and Overman and. all
of the State delegation with the ex
ception of Congressmen Small and
Giidger, were present today when
President Wilson read his war mes
sage to Congress. In common with
the delegations from other States, the
North Carolinians gave unstinted ap
proval to Mr. Wilson's message and
the policy it outlined.
Major Stedman, of the Fifth con
gressional district, who is a. member
of ;the Hoqse foreign relations com
mittee, is perhaps closer to the situa
tion than any other member from the
State. The .foreign affairs committee
has been in almost continuous session
today and late tonight reported but a
resolution authorizing the President
to act in accordance with, his request,
? The President's message is hot in
itself a declaration of war.- -Yet the
grave men who heard.it this afternoon
read between the lines and realized
in the final analysis , the,, day of
"watchful waiting" is done? and the
day of hostilities is here.'
sixteen . tears
o.v
Sixteen ;vears ?and ; two; days ago the
Congress; ':adooi'a'refiblntloa 5 de-'
History tells-what followed.
; Therecas eeMiiigFtoncJ
scenes.- in- tne ciouse .orvitepi-esentar;
tives. - Here big men have always! met
and shaped policies of -world-wide in
fluence. More' than' '. Once ih. this
country s life have the . dogs . of .war
been -loosened-in- the - legislative hall. !
LJDon no occasion, has -there ..been
lacking the dramatic, the spectacular
touch", and yet the "scene today, has no
parallel. . - - ' f.
It was remarkable, epoch;' making,
not only because ;Of the martial spirit,
the cheers wof .zealous Americans, the
heart beats of-'a kind yet positive peo
ple, but because the' Chief' Executive,
the Commander-in-Chief, of .the Army
and Navy, .stood under the Capital's
dome to impart a message of ominous
meaning. ' '.' " '.
Scene Indescribable.' ,.,
v To any one not present, no - word
picture can portray the scene this
afternoon in the lower branch of Congress-.
There was nothing lacking to
give a thrill, to bring flushed faces,
short breaths,, the cheers that .belong
to wonderful occasions.
In the gallaries were men and wo
men of every political faith, But for
once the faith of politics was cast
aside. In its stead was .the. creed of
love of country, the spirit, of "76",
fidelity to the sisterhood of IStates.
Silence Oppressive.
Amid these surroundings President
Wilson, in a deliberate voice, indicat
ing the seriousness of his mission, the
sober ' thoughts within him, began to
speak. The silence was oppressive,
following as it did, a wild demonstra
tion which broke out as the President
entered upon the floor of the .cham
ber. "
Many North Carolinians had board
ed night trains and hurried to Wash
ington as soon as they -learned of
General Huerta's refusal to salute the
American flag. Quite a few of .them
were fortunate enough to secure seats
in the galleries and listened to,,th
President's address. '
Among the most ardent ones were
A. F. May, Spring Hope; R. E. Cope
land, Kinston: S. A. Woodard and W.
P. Anderson, Wilson. - P. R A.
FAYETTEVILLfc CHOOSES CAPT.
J. D. M'NEILL I.VIAYOR AGAIN.
E. A.
Poe Defeated by 100 Majority
in Municipal Primary.
(Special Star Telegram.) v
Fayetteville, N. C, April 20.-rThe
Democratic mimicipal primary. : was
held here today to name . a mayor,
board of aldermen and other officers.
Capt. J. D. McNeill was nominated
for mayor over E.'nA. Poe by 103- ma
jority. The aldermen nominated -were
E. W. Peoples," T. J. Purdie, Dr. J. V.
McGougan, S. , W. Cooper, J. B. Buck
ingham, R. M. Jackson, R. . G. Jones
and D. N. Sandlin. This is: equiva
lent to the election of a Democratic
administration, as there" will :be no op
position. The , election comes off in
May. ; : '
DRUNK ON THE fcAlU :
Negro Run Over by Train -at Kinston
and Killed. '
(Special' Star Telegram.).
Kinston, N. C, April 20. Sandy
Dennis, a middle-aged negro, while
intoxicated, sat on the Norfolk South
ern main line track on the edge of
this city at 11:22 last night and was
run down by a passenger train known
as the "night express." He was in
stantly killed. . : ' 4v "
A bottle was found , .beside ' the
corpse. The headlight outlined the
body of the drunken man on the Jrails
to the engineer, too late - to .stop : the
train::;' l-u . ..
v -Washington, April 20 .None of the
important pending rate cases -waS -de-
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Defines Position of United States in Mexican Situation and
Requests Authority to Use Army and Navy to Force
Huerta to Comply With Demands of Admiral ,
Mayo Special Message to Joint Session.
Washington, April 20. President
Wilson today laid the Mexican situa
tion before Congress in these words:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
"It is my duty to call your atten
tion to a situation which has arisen
in our dealings with Gen. Victoriano
Huerta at Mexico City, which calls for
action, and to ask your advice and
co-operation in acting upon it. On
the ninth of April a paymaster of the
U. S. S. Dolphin landed at the Itur
bide bridge landing, at Tampico with
a whaleboat and boat' crew to take
off certain supplies needed by his ship,
and while engaged in loading the boat
was arrested by an officer and squad
of men of the army of General H,u
erta. Neither the paymaster nor any ;
one of the boat's crew was armed.
Two of the men were in the boat when
the arrest took place and weVe obliged
to leave it and submit to be taken into
custody, notwithstanding the fact that
the boat carried, both at her bow and
at her. stern, the flag of the United
States- The officer who made the ar-.
rest was proceeding up one of the
streets ot the town with his Drison
ers .when , met by an officer of higher
amnoruy, wno, oruered him to return
to jne iantting1 and awit 'orders and
tttoe of the- arrest brd&rs wew-roreiV-l
ed from the commander of1 the ' Huer-
tista forces at Tampico for the release
of the - paymaster and hfs men'. The
release was followed by apologies from
the commander and later by an" ex.-
prtjssiou oi regret Dy uenerai Huerta
himself. General Huerta ursed that
martial law obtained at the time at
Tampico; that. orders had been issued
that no one should be allowed to land
at the Iturbide bridee: and that oUr
sailors had no right to land there. Our
naval commanders at the port had not
been notified of any such prohibition,
and, even if they had been, the only
justifiable course open to the local
authorities would have been to request
the paymaster and his crew to with
draw and to lodge a protest with the
commanding officer of the fleet. Ad
miral Mayo regarded the arrest as so
serious an affront that he was not sat
isfied with the apologies offered, but
demanded that the flagof the United
btates be saluted with special cere
mony by the military commander of
the port.
No Trivial Incident- -
. .. "The incident cannot be regarded
as a trivial one, especially as two of
the men arrested were taken from
the boat itself that is to say, from
the territory of the Unitdfcl States: but
had it stood by-itself it might have
been attributed to the ignorance or
arrogance of a single officer. Unfor
tunately, it was' not an isolated case.
A series of incidents have recently oc-i
curred which cannot but create the
imipression that the representatives
of General Huerta were willing to go
out of their way to show disregard for
the dignity and rights of this gov
ernment, and felt perfectly safe' in
doina: what they pleased, making free
to show in many ways their irrita
tion and contempt.
, "A few days after the incident at
Tampico an orderly from the U. S.
S . Minnesota was arrested at Vera
Cruz while ashore in uniform to ob
tain the ship's mail, and was for a
time thrown into jail-- An official dis
patch from this government to its
embassy at Mexico City was withheld
by the authorities of tbe telegraphic
service, until; peremptorily demanded
by our charge d'affaires -in person. So
far as' I can learn, such wrongs and
annoyances have been suffered to oc
cur only against reoresentatives of
the United States. I . have heard of
no comDlaints from other governments
of similar . treatment. Subsequent ex
planations and formal apologies did
not and could not alter the popular
imrtression- which, it is possible, it
had been the object of the Huertista
authorities to create, that the govern
ment, of the United States was beinsc
singled out. and mierht. be singled out
with imounity. for slights and affronts
ir retaliation for its refusal to recog
nize the pretensions of General Hu
erta to be regarded as the constitu
tional provisional President of the
Rpnnblic of Mexico.
. "The manifest danger of such a sit
uation was that such offences might
sxnw from bad to worse until some
thing happened of so-gross and' intol
erable a sort as to lead directlv and
inevitably to armed conflict.. It was
necessary th- atthe apologies of . Gen
eral Huerta and his representatives
should-go much- further, that they
should be such as, to attract the at
tention of the world ponulation " to
their significance, and such as to im
press upon General. Huerta , himself
the necessity, of peeing to it that no
further "occasion for explanation and
nrotepsed Tegrets should! : arise. I,
therefore. -felt it -my duty to sustain
Admiral Mayo in tbe whole of bis .de
mand and to insist that, the flag of
the United : States should be saluted
jn iuch a. wav; js"tb jnidicate a new
spirit and "attitude -on -the- part of the
Httrtitas.."; y f-j---.."Such
a salute General. Huerta has
aimrnval nnrl aiii-inrt in tho nnnrce T
now propose to pursue.
Does Not Want War.
"This government can, I earnestly
hrvne in nn pirMimstani'oo ho tV-nveH
into war with the people of Mexico.
Mexico is torn by civil strife: If we
are to accept the tests of its own con- .
stitution, it has no government. Gen
eral Huerta has set his power up in.
the City of Mexico, such as it is, with
out right and by methods for which ,
there can be no justification! Only part
of the country is under his . control.
If armed conflict should unhappily
come as a result of his attitude of per-.,
sonal resentment towards this govern-':
ment, we should-be fighting only Gen- .
eral Huerta and those who adhere to
hi mand give him their support, and
our object would be only to restore
to the people of the distracted Re- ,
public the opportunity to set up again
thoir nwrn laws and thir rvVn ffOVPTTl-
ment. ,
. "BUt I earnestly hope that war is
not now the question. I believe that
I speak for the American people when.
I say that we do not desire to cpntrol
lu. ally ucgi cc me omcuid ui uui moin
Republic Our. feeling for the people
of Mexico is one of -deep and genuine
friendship and everything Ithat we
have so far ; done or refrained from , j
doing has proceeded from our desire
2 J n V. nffni.N ftf Still CICf AT
to neip inem. not to mnur-ui.eiuooi- - ,
rass tnem- we;wouiQ not wnm. u
to -exercise the good.'sffices''. 6'f friend," M
Wfi"w4hnrrit,thfiir-Welcome and Con-.
ent.- - iThe : pedple;ef" Mexido -'are en
titled toi settle ' their lon 'domestic' t??
fairs in their own way and we sili- v.
cerely desire to. respect theif right. ; .
The present situation need have none
of the grave implications of interfer-
J ... nrtfVt it . ,-VrtTT.nt1v
nrniiy auu wioci- - . .
iriiKt .T omild dn what is neces
sary in the circumstances to enforce . ..
respect tor our government whuuui
recourse to the Congress, and yet not
exceed mv constitutional powers as
President, I do not wish to act in a i
mottar nnssihlv of so crave conse-,
,"a"v' . . . . i -
quence except in cioee uuineieutc au., ,
co-operation with both the Senate and
House. I, therefore, come to ask your
approval that I should use, the armed
At rnA iniTUfi .- i i t- m niii.ii;
rh an extent as may
be necessary to obtain from General :
Hnorta nnrl hia. finnerenis me luneai.
recognition of the rights and dignity .
of the United States, even amidst the
distressing conditions now unhappily
obtaining in Mexiqo. '
"Thorp nan in what we do be no ,
thought of aggression or of selfish ag
grandizement- We seeK;io maimam
tbe dignity and. authority of the Unit-
ways to keep our great influence un
impaired for the uses of liberty, both ,
in the United States and wherever
art MTflTPR t in i v ucuauoc A ,
-man- a. omti nvn Tor tne oeu- ,
efit of mankind " - .
ORGANIZE VOLUNTEER ARMY
Bill Likely to Pas senate l ooay
Mi. . mmm . . '
Would Make State Guards Part -
of Army-.
Washington, April 20. Prompt or
ganization of a volunteer army for .
service m ivit;Aii:u, u auj uktt
crisis, would oe proviaea ior in a
House bill passed today, by the Senate '
... . -a A 1
witn iamenaments. aenuing oi iuo
measure to conference was delayed by
a -i"iH"iTi Viv Sonatnr RseH t n rppnn.
sider the vote, but Senate leaders ,
said the motion . probably would be ' .
The bill would revise the law under
which k volunteer force was organiz- .
ed for the Spanish-American' war in
1898- Its authors claim that a vol-..
unteer force could be raised more
auickly than under the existing law; .
tnat it wouio prevent tne payment ot .
bounties, would do away -.with a short-. .
term of enlistment ' bv makine tne"-
term of volunteers the same as that
in th t-np-nlar nrmv.- wnnli nroenre ' .
the - necessary number of men at the,
beeinnine: of the war for a lone period
thus making drafting unnecessary, and . . .
would decrease the pension list alter .,.
TTHlr tha nrooont law tViA hHl '
J .1 llilV m 1 VU V V . " f .
would provide for the. recruiting of all
organizations of land forces. '
Another change in the existing law
would give the President, instead of'
the Governors of the States, the au-
thority to appoint all officers for the
.1 t un n n .nmii.ln Virv tn crv&
preference in their selection to those
who have had military training and .
itiRtnif-tion in the reeular army. Na- .
tional Guard, volunteer forces or mm- .
tary schools. ..
The present strength of the organ-
ized militia including both officers and
mgn is approximately 120,000, accord
ing to the latest returns from adju- . r
tant ' generals of the different States. ;
These are divlded.in part as follows: ; -
South Carolina:. . ' . . ... ; .1,909 ,
l ennessee -. ..-?., :
Virginia .!'.
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