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- THE ATEATHER. 20 Pages Today fair and warmer Sunday; Monday fair- ; , i " - . TWO SECTIONS i I't VOL. XCVU-NO. 165 WIIitINGTOK, JX. C., y&VJA-i0WSni MARCH 5, 1916 WHOLE KUMBER 39,523 GERMAN DEAD LIE IN SOUGHT PEACE BUI FIRST OF BILLS FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE IS LAID BEFORE SENATE .-i PILES KEPT ON Fill fl LINES AT DOUAUMONT - i . ii ii ii . ini 11 T i T r ii 'inn if r.Ti rn-Tnir i r mir "ni "ffTT iiimi i if ii i j. vr j 1i 1-!-' ' " " '" ' " i i ... . .ii ii - ii ii i. iii ii - . i .i 1 '" r " ' ' 1 ' ' ' - "- ' i ' ""' " " ' 1 ' ii -' 1 l"" 11 1 ' i . . ' ' ,- ; . . ' BATTLE IS RAGllie iCAPT. PARKER fl AT VERDUN GATES MATE L0SFL1VES BEFORE FRENCH Already a Very Heavy Price Has Apparently Been Paid for Verdun Itself. $0 REGARD FOR LIFE Remnants of German Regi ments Pushed Ahead by Troops Surging Behind. Parts of ' Douaumont Taken and Retaken Repeatedly. Paris, March 4. - The fire of French machine guns and rifles has been pouring death for two davs into the ranks of the Ger mans attacking in mass the village of Douaumont. The French held thtv summit Of the knoll WlUftMSV8 amnorwatlvely stated to- , A ii i5iTY?inat tlle United :Stat! doniinaies mu viuage aum ui& smith. Part of the town has been taken and retaken repeatedly i and each time that the fortune of battle has changed more, dead from the thick masses of German assailants have been added to the piles behind which their surviving comrades have sought brief pro jection. , Each time remnants of regi ments, already cut. to pieces, were pushed ahead by , other bodies of troops surging on .the. field, of bat tle until the ground was strewn with bodies. .Eye-witnesses; as sert that nothing' at Charleroi, .on the Marne, along the Yser or in the Champagne equalled'the sacri fices which the troops of the Ger man crown prince already have made for the village of Douau mont alone, in the battle of -Verdun. - - Paris Remains Confident. It is the opinion in all quarters that the crown prince has determined to pay the price necessary to capture Verdun, if possible, drive the French from tljfs right bank of the Meuse, and establish front along that river if he is unable to pierce the lines and open up the "ay to Chalons arid Farts. All information thus far received in dicates that the Germans already have paid a very heavy price and that Ver dun itself has not yet Been shaken. The ultimate cost of the drive is prob lematical. Paris remains confident that the Germans will And It impossible to achieve, eventual success. This feel ing has been made still more pro nounced by the recitals of the wound ed and of German' soldiers. French infantry is disputing every ir.rh of the ground with persistent "ourage, and last night once more com pelled their adversaries to suspend their efforts, leaving artillery alone to keep up the pressure on the fortress. Whenever-the German assault on the French line reached the danger point, the blue-clad troops leaped forward ".-it It fixed bayonets to the strains of ine national battle hymn. Accounts or this figrhtinK from French sources say that on each occasion the soldiers of the republic got the better of their op ponents, pushing back Germans who did not fall under the cold steel. Rain fell over the battlefield today, latpr turning into snow, as was the cac-e on the fourth day of the battle. Village Smoking Ruins. The determination of the German at tack? on the village of Douaumont are explained by the strategic advantage f the height to the south held by the French barring the Way to the bas tion and fort. The village itself, com posed of about 50 houses, now is only snoking ruins. It is dominated, to gether .-with the ravines at the foot of - 'his advanced bastions of the fort, ,by tho French batteries massed on the nlntcau and heights in the rear, so that 'he instant the Germans came to the paring from the woods' and ravines they are immediately exposed to a calling fire. ' There was no official news this af ternoon regarding the issue of the struggle for the villagw, out there were "iriieations that the French have it "nder control. It is explained that af ter the furious onslaught of two days, 'he attacks of the German infantry ,v?re suspended during the night, the v' Possession of the village itself being of r.o advantage without occupation of heights to the south, which .com mand it and make it untenable for hos- tile forces. Possession of the plateau of Douau )!.ont is essential to the Germans in viov,- 0f operations seemmgly project- f in the reerion of Vau-jc. But it is Pointed out that even with the line iron, Pepper Hill (Cote Du Folvre) to douaumont in their nands, the Ger mans would again find the French sol "ly fortified from Froide Terre to Sou v"lr anfj: vaux, where sacrifices equal ' 0 those ma.de in the assaults upon 'jouaumont would be necessary to gain the slightest .advantage. All reports reaching Paris represent the French trooDS as in the highest (Continued on Page -Two.), v s: 1 DEMANDS WILL BE E Result of Attack on Tank Steamer Petrolite. APOLOGY TO BE ASKED United States Will Also Ask Punish ment of Submarine Commander and Reparation I or Damage to the American Skip. Washington. March i The United States is Preparing to make formal de mands upon Austria-Hungary as a re suU of the attack by an Austrian sub marine upon ftie American tank iteam-r- Petrolite - A note on ' the shWt' 'f11 .spatched within the next few -atand by ,its Original contentions and ask .an apofogy for the attack, punish- 'u;"l,,B cummanaer anc - w . inc -unage..aone .w ttie VeSKpl q nA lniiiil.. : "ill" . .jU., iuuiciea on a mem- of rshlllhe CiCW Wh WaS hit by a piece In reply to 4the first American com mumcation on the subject Austria in formed the State Department that its version of the affair was that the sub marine commander thought the Petro lite an enemy ship disguised with the' American flag; that he fired on the ves sel because he believed it was about to ram his ship, and that the comman der of the Petrolite . voluntarily fur nished, provisions when asked to do so. The State Department since has se cured additional information from the captain and crew of the Petrolite di rectly contradictory to the Austrian version. They have declared in affi davits that the "Petrolite was I Vtopped in the Mediterranean by anx Austrian submarine- w-hich fiered .Vcnui9Br.--Of shells at her;that the. submarine com mander asked for food, which the com. mander of the Petrolite refused to give uim:;ana- tnai tne commander of the submarine then held one of the mem. bcrs of the tanker's crew as a host age while his men went aboard- the ship and took such stores as they de sired. ' - COHERENCE OF MAYORS AT st. Louis comes to close. Resolutions Adopted Declaring; for Uni versal Military Training. St. Liouis, March 4. The two day conference of Mayors on National De fense at its final business session this afiernoon adopted resolutions declaring for universal military training and fOF the construction of a navy that would make the United States the first naval power in the'iworld. The resolutions also declare arsenals and munition making plants should be located at places distant from either coast or the Mexican or Canadian boundaries and also call for the mobili zation of the physical resources of the country the standardization of war ma terials, and the organization of trans portation services. . PRESIDENT WILSON DENOUNCES STORY ABOUT RESIGNATION Report That He Was Considering; "Roasted" From White House. It Washington, March . 4. Aroused by the publication of reports yesterday that President Wilson, because of the strain of the foreign situation, was considering resigning from office, the White House today issued this formal statement: "When Secretary Tumulty's attention was called to story appearing in cer tain papers that the President had re signed or was considering resigning, he said: . " 'An American newspaper that would publish a story of that kind in a situa tion like the one which now confronts America, dishonors itself, ' AMERICAN CON SUIi WILLIAM F. KELLEY AT ROME DEAD. Body Will foe Buried Temporarily Then ' Brought to America. Rome. March 4, via Paris William F Kelley, the American consul here, was found dead in a chair shortly before the breakfast hour today. eatn was probably due to heart disease. . Mr. Kelley arose as Usual today,. but said he ldid not feel well. His body was found by a servant bringing him coffee. .' The body will be placed temporarily in a cemetery here and later will be sent to the 'United States. 'ASK FEDERAL INTERFERENCE To Prevent ' Fire Insurance Companies .Withdrawing Business. Columbia, S c," March 4. A request for Federal interference to prevent fire Insurance companies from withdrawing from South Carolina if such means are available, and a suggestion that a Fedr eral Investigation be . instituted, were made today by State Insurance Commis sioner Fitzhugh McMaster, in a letter to Senator Tillman , and Representative Lever, at Washington. The situation hv the withdrawal of several .companies because of the recently en acted - insurance laws, :ww the . commissioner to be "ruthless and outrageous,?. . MAD Heavy Artillery of Germans Dealing Hard Bdows. FRENCH HOJLD GROUND Their Infantry Declared to be Disput ing Every Inch of ' Ground Con- - ttnuing Douaumont Battle ' . With Artillery. The German armies at the gates of Verdun are hammering them hard with heavy artillery but at last accounts had suspended infantry attacks. In the last fighting reported, the initiative was on the side of the French who des perately drove back at the Germans in a counter attack which gained them ground. The German thrusts in the new phase of the titanic struggle are being deliv ered with heaviest force at present on the salient to the northeast of the fort ress in which lies the Douaumont plain. Here the French last week were driv en out of Fort Douaumer.: and just now from Douaumont village to the west. Both Side Heavy Losers. In and around the village the battle has been raging with violence and. with heavy losses on both siaes. Unofficial accounts assert that there has been nothing on the western front to equal the ferocity of the attacks delivered by the Germans while the French infantry is declared to be disputing every inch of ground and in their latest effort to have forced the Germans to reston the laurels so far won and leave the con tinuation of the battle to their artil lery. Paris advices show that no doubt re mains in the minds of the French ther is anything in' the nature of a feint in the German effort, the belief existing thatvthe Crqwn Prince nas determined to capture" Verdun and if possible break through the French line and, open VP the way to Paris. There, has been some fighting further south on the line in the west, the Ger mans reporting the repulse of . a French attack in Lorraine," in which the French had some initial success, but, were forc ed, to relinquish the ground taken.. Else? where there has- been comparative qulet,whHe-fro-noneoftKothepHi- ropean war fronts 5 are" eyentsT f ino-" ment reported, i. - ' " - Wy to Bagdad Further Opened. The -.Russian occupation of Bltlis; "in Turkish' Armenia, is regarded in Petro- grad -as a development of first rate im portance,, opening further the way to Bagdad for the Russian armies. That goal-is a long distance away yet from the "Russians headed southward toward Mesopotamia,-' but the military, observ ers already have mapped out the prob able routes for Gran if Duke Nicholas' armies over the 400-mile stretch to a junction with f he British on the Tigris. In addition and of more immediate in terest, is the bringing out of . the points that the Turks will be greatly, hamper ed in bringing up reinforcements for their army that met defeat at Erzerum and is retreating-wesiward, while the southward thrust by the Russians has driven a wedge between the- Turkish forces west of Lake Van in Armenia and those operating tot the east in Persia. On the naval side of the conflict, the German admiralty -has reported the sinking of two French auxiliary crui sers and a 'British patrol boat, while from. the Mediterranean comes the re port of . the .sinking of the. Italian steamer Giava, a 2,600 ton boat, by an Austrian submarine. Unofficial denial of the German claim to tne sinking of two French warships is made in Paris. Tulsa, Okla., March 4. The price of Oklahoma and Kansas crude oil ad vanced ten cents, to 9140 a barrel here today, Setting a new high record. In addition to the .posted price, many buy-, ers are reported to be paying premiums of between 25 and 40 cents a barrel. SUBMARINE K-6 AGAIN HAS ENGINE TROUBLE Forced to Stop Off the East Coast of Florida. Naval Tug Peoria and Coast Guard Cut ter Tampa Will Tow Submersible to Key 'West Second 'Crip pling in Short Time. Washington, March .--The subma rine K-6 en joute' soutn for winter ma neuvers '--at K6y West, nas developed engine trouble off the' east Florida coast and will be towed to, her destina tion by the naval tug X'eoria and the coast guard cutter Tampa which put our from Key West late this afternoon. The destroyer MacDonough is standing by the K-6, which, is n no 'danger. The Peoria and the Tampa were ordered out because destroyers are uot well fitted for towing. The submarine is near Jupiter Inlet, 100-miles north of Key West.'-::: .' v?':. 1f ;-' Today's crippling of tne K-6 was the second within a short tsme. .On a trip from New Tor k to Key. West the last of . January when accompanied by the K-l, the K-2 -mndK-5 .and the tender Tallahassee, the submersible forced the flotilla to put into Charleston; when en gine trouble developed aboard her j The K-5 caused apprehension at the time by continuing her-Journey unattended un- v(Gontlauea.onrso Twaj x Were Drowned in Albemarle Sound During Gale WHEN GAS BOAT SINKS Several Calls for Assistance From Ves sels in Distress Along; Atlantic Coast Steamer Apache Be lieved Located. v . Norfolk, Va.f March . -Swept by a northwest gale accompanied by snow last night, several calls for assistance from vessels in distress were received here and elsewhere along the Atlantic coast today. So far as learned, how ever, only two lives were lost, and they were Capt. John " Parker and Mate Newby, of the gas boat Sunol, which sank during the gale in Albemarle sound yesterday. It s oelleved that there was an explosion on the boat af ter she struck a shoal near the mouth of Pasquotank river. The bodies of Captain Parker and his mate are believed to be on board the craft. She will be floated and tow ed to Weeksville, N. C. . Barge and Steamer Safe. The schooner Caroline Gray was driven ashore in Lynn Haven , -Inlet during the gale, but sne ts resting easy and in no danger. Her rudder is brok en. The tug John C. Candler lost the barges Upton and Rockland-Lockport No. 7, off the Capes during the gale. The Upton was drjyen far out to sea but the other barge managed to anchor off the capes. The coast guard cutter Onondaga picked up the Upton after searching for her several hours. The coast guard cutter Apacne . picked up the Rockland-Lockporl "jES&'th of them were towed iiito Hamptdm-Roads, The Norwegian steamer Car60c narrowly escaped striking the beach near Cape Henry during the gale last night. Coast guards at Virginia Beach Baw. ,her lights through the snow and fired rock ets to - warn her of tite -dariger. She managed to make her way farther out to sea. She Is said lo' have ben blown off her CQur8e.:, .tor 4heV reports of 'accidents due to the gale. v v I Steamer Probably Reached. Reports received Leve tonight indi cate that the wrecking tug Rescue", which left, here today to go to the assistance of . the Clyde steamer Apa-, che, had .gotten a lints to mat vessel which was reported to be 75 miles north of Cape Henry. The Apache was caught in the severe gale which swept the Virginia coast last night. She is reported to have been blown off her course and in her struggles against high winds and seas, ner propeller shaft broke. She sent, out several wireless calls for assistance which were answered by the coast guard cutter Apache and the tug Rescue. The latter will tow the steamer to New York. The eoast guard cutter Onondaga to day picked up the barge Upton, which broke away from the tug John C. Cand ler during last night's gale. The barge was found 50 miles below the capes. Both of her anchors nac teen carried away. The crew were in an exhausted condition from exposure and their ex perience in the gale. , 1 : : i ATTACKED WITHOUT FIRE. Twenty-Krupp Guns Captured by Russ ians at Bltlis. Petrograd, via London, March 4. The following official communcatlon re garding" the capture of Bitlis has been issued bx the.wat office : Details of Jthe capture of Bitlis show that our troops attacked the position without firing a shot. The attack was made at night during a snow storm. About 3 o'clock in the morning a bay onet charge was ordered and the Turks, after a. desperate resistance, were dis lodged. The Turkish artillery position was stormed after hand-to-hand fight ing, as a result of which the defenders, who fought with the greatest despera tion, were all killed. Aiken, S. C, March 4. Fifth Cavalry polo team of Fort Myer today, defeated the Camden, S. C. team 4 1-2 tot 41-4 In the annual tournament in progress' here. Play . for the Partridge cup stakes will take place Monday. The tournament continues through March 17th. San Jose, Cal., March 4. Hal Chase, the baseball player, was arrested here today on a charge of failure tot provide for his minor child. The warrant was sworn to by Mrs. Nellie Chase, the first baseman's former wifei Chase was re leased on $2,000 bail. TOE DAY IN CONGRESS " . ' -SENATE. - Met at noon. - Brande is hearing continued. Resumed debate on Shields water- power bilL -.. .-"'' . ; Recessed, at 5:40 -p. m. to noon Mont day. ' ' ' . -' - 1 - " HOUSE. ! :- Met at 10 a. m.. -Considered war claim bills and legis lative appropriation bill. ; House leaders and Rules committee members conferred over plans to table resolutions to warn Americans off armed, ships. , . i - - ' agricultural Appropriation bill, car ry ingr approximately; $24,500,000, f avoW ably reported. r; - , "- ". v -Rules committee "" discussed resolu tions to . warn Americans off armed ships,- but adjourned "without acting.;'; - Adjourned at 4:4.5 p.- m. to noon. Sun day, wherr-'a' " memorial session' for the late Representative i Witherspoou; ' of Rebel; Leaders Reported Ac tive South of Torreon y WERE SEEKING AMNESTY Captured and Threatened Lives of Two Germans While Peace Messenger Was En Route to Juarez. Villa Movement Reported. El Paso, Texas, Marcn 4. Canuto Reyes and Calexto Contreas, rebel leaders, have, been carrying on active operations south of Torreon, while su ing for peace terms wltn the Carranza government, according to information received here tonight. Reyes, just be fore attacking P. I. Cardais some time ago, entered Villesca and took as pris oners foreigners, named Stureon and Roquet- He threatened to execute both of them as "gringoes" or Americans, it was said, -but they were saved when German residents claimed them as fel low countrymen and paid a ransom of $500. . This exploit, according to this in formation, was carried out while a messenger from Reyes was on his way to- Juarez to procure amnesty for his chief. This pYomise was given yes terday. Contreas, who also has been seeking amnesty, is said to have proposed to Carranza officials that he will lay down his arras on condition that Carranza appoint him governor of Durango and give him the million cre ranch, Santa Catalina. He also stipulated villages of his. Cuencame Indian rollowers be restored and that an immense tract known as the Negrete ranch, be turned over to them, it is said. Carranza currency was offered hero today at 2 8-4 cents on tne dollar. ; SEVERAL TAKEN PRISONER, Villa Troops - Reported to Have Made Raid on San Pedro. . Douglas, Ariz., Marcn 4. Two hun dred Villa troops are advancing toward El.Tigre, Sonora, from San Pedro, Chi huahua, r where they .looted stores and carried away a number of townspeople as prisoners last .night, according to an official report " received here today by Ives LeLevier, : consul . of, the de. f a,cto. Mexican government. -,. Government troops afe being sent to El Tigre to reinforce tne garrison. The Villa troops were reported pass ing through' Ojltas pass, near the Chi huahua-Sonora state line. ' 'By forced marches it was pointed out they could occupy EI Tigre before sufficient rein forcements could arrive ' to black their way.' Twenty Americans " are at El Tigre employed in the mines. PARTIALLY INUNDATED. Business Section of Harrisonburg, La., is Being Rapidly flooded. Natchez, Miss., March 4. Harrison burg, parish seat of Catahoula parish tonight was reported partially inun dated by overflow , waters from the Black river. The business section of the town is being rapidly flooded and high Oortlons of the town were being used as storage places for movable stocks of goods. Washington, March 4 President Wil son, today directed that Lieut. Robert W. Adams, of Texas, attached to the infantry on the Mexican border, be dropped from the army for absence without leave. Lieutenant Adams, af ter his arrest on a charge of embezzle ment, disappeared and is now believed to be in Mexico. New Orleans, March 4. The, United States battleship Kentucky, which was detained at the mouth or the Mississip pi river because of the rormatlon of a mud lump in the channel, was reported tonight to have passed safely over the bar and was proceeding up the river to Newf Orleans. . CATHOLIC PASTOR IS KILLED BY A Shot Down in Church Before Several Members. Several Sisters Were Kneeling at the Altar When Shots Were Fired- Woman Claims the Priest Had' Wronged Her, St. Paufr Minn., March 4 Rev. Henry Jajeski, pastor of St. Casimirs Polish Roman Catholic church here, was shot and killed at the church by a woman tonight in the presence of several members of his congregation. The wo maiv ehtersd the church shortly before the evening 'service was to begin, and while several Catholic sisters were kneeling at the altar, . near which Father Jajeski sat. " Advancing rapid ly; down the center aisle, the woman pred five shots, two taking effect and resulting in instant death. ' Threats of violence were made and the woman . was hurried to a police station. Understanding nothing but Polish, she could not be questioned un til an ' interpreter had been obtained. la, tett i through an interpreter, the woman gave her; name as, Agnes Pu dbke, and her age. as. 38. She t gave as ,tContlaued on Page-Two.) . .. . WOMAN ACTION BY HOUSE AGAIN POSTPONED Vote on Warning Resolution Not Before Tuesday. BRYAN ON THE SCENE Kitchin Favors Vote on Direct Warn ing Resolution Instead of House Recommendation Reasons Prompting Delay. Washington, March 4. The House again postponed action on proposal to warn American citizens not to travel or. armed merchant ships, defeat of which has been requested by President Wilson to strengthen his hands in the negotiations with Germany. It was decided that notjaefore Tuesday would a vote oe taKen, and a wearying day of conferences and maneuvering left more doubt than ever as to just what form the House action, when the time finally came, would take. Supporters of the President in his stand for the right of Americans to safety aboard, merchantmen bearing arms, reiterated tonight that there was no uncertainty that the House sooner or later would follow the lead of the Senate in killing the warning pro posals. The problem of framing: a par liamentary plan, however, which will have the necessary committee sainc tion, and which will be assured of ac ceptance by the House itselsef, remain ed unsolved. . Bryan to Complicate Matters. Some representatives professed to see -. in the arrival in the capital of William Jennings . Bryan, who filled a speaking engagement1 here tonight, a development Which miglif further com plex the situation confronting the Pres ident's supporters in the House. Mr. Bryan conferred during the afternoon jh r someT 'members ' of Congress, and dis cussed the movement 'for a congres sional warning, "which he is known to favor. He denied, however, ;as. did' those with whom; he-talked, that he was on the ground-to help organize opposition to the Persldent's desires. House . leaders advanced many rea sons in '; support" "r"of their decision against a yote today or "Monday on the recommendation : of the Foreign Af fairs committee, that the McLemore warning resolution be tabled. Promi nent among them was the failure of the rules committee to agree after a long session on what, sort of rule should be brought in to govern debate. Acting Chairman Pou and Represen tative Garrett, of the committee, went to the White House tonight to discuss that feature with President Wilson. Other reasons contributing to the de lay included: Cause of the Delay. Insistence of some Democrats, in cluding Democratic Leader Kitchin, that instead of voting on the Foreign Affairs committee recommendation to table Representative McLemore's reso lution, there be reported a substitute requiring a straight vote on a warn ing resolution. Absence of many Democratic mem bers from Washington on week-end trips. Unwillingness of Speaker Clark to entertain a tabling motion on Monday which is unanimous consent day. Pleas of Indiana Democrats that no vote be taken before the Indiana pri maries are held tiext Tuesday. The desire of. many members for the longest possible delay in the hope that they never will have to go on j record with the proposition. I Doubt as to the temper of Republi can members. An informal meeting of Democratic members of the Rules committee, Ma jority Leader Kitchin, Chairman Flood, cf the Foreign Affairs committee, and the speaker was held early in the day at which Mr. Kitchin brought forward his proposal for a straight warning resolution. The President's backers refused to entertain to suggestion. In addition to fearing the result of a Democratic vote on a straight warn ing resolution administration leaders frankly admit they are unwilling to take chances on what the Republicans would do with such a proposal. Re publican leaders are said to be willing to aid in tabling . the MvLemore reso lution because they regard that as more or less of a negative action, but their attitude on a clear cut warning proposition probabl ywould - be quite different. The chief objection to the McLemore resolution as sounded by friends of warning resolutions generally is that its preamble is burdened with requests for papers that do not exist or can not be produced. This . is not denied by members trying to obtain a vote on it, and they even believe that very fact will gain thelr cause many votes. So far as the Senate was. concrned, agitation over the Issue had calmed down almost -completely -tonight, and the general opinion on yesterday's vote tabling all resolutions relating to the subject was : that the ' Senate had shown that ' its attitude was strongly against any interference with the Pres ident in , diplomatic negotiation on the submarine controversy. . AUXILIARY CRUISERS SUNK. German Admiralty Reports Sinking T o French SMp Marcs 1. Berlin, March 3 (by wireless to Tuck erton, N. J,) The. German admiralty reports that on March 1 German subma rines sank off Havre two French aux iliary,, cruisers., each' armed with four cannon, and one British patrol boat, at the mouth- of tlx Thames Is Even More Comprehensive Than Was Outlined in President's Message. DOUBLE REGULAR ARMY Would. Federalize the National Guard- Has Four Other Striking Features. Provides For Complete Mili tary Re-organization Washington, March 4. The first of the. National Preparedness measures to reach either house of Congress for consideration was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the Military committee, which perfected it after weeks of hear ings and conferences. It proposes an even more sweeping change In military policy than that outlined by President Wilson in his annual message, and was described by Mr. Chamberlain as the most comprehensive piece of mill tary legislation ever offered in Con gress. All of the elements of the adminis tration's army plan prepared by formor Secretary Garrison are retained, al though in altered form, and by addi tional proposal for organization of in dustrial reserves in peace times goes even further than the administration had suggested. The House committee's bill will ba introduced Monday. There is no vital dinerence between the two measures and both committees believe that when the final bill, which will be agreed upon in joint conference committee. has passed both houses, the President will be able to affix his signature to a measure that will do more than he has ai'ked toward building up an adequate National defense. double the regular army and National Guard,, the Senate, bill has four strik ing features. They are: - Four . Striking Features. Authorizing of a ; purely fundamental volunteer fore in peace times, the ob ject sought by Secretary Garrison in urging the continental army plan. Authorization for a' definitely enlist ed reserve in peace times among men of every profession or calling, whose training fits them for special duty either with troops, on lines of com munication or supply or in machine shqps and munitions plants. Federalization of the National Guard under a pay provision designed to bring this force immediately into such relations with the Federal government, that Its training, equipment, and per sonnel will be under supervision ' of the War Department. Authorization for an officers' reserve and a reserve officers' training corps which would take in graduates from military schools and colleges and provide- for their fuhther development to command. For the regular army the bill pro vides a peace strength within five years of 178,000 men of all arms, or, approxi mately 165,000 fighting troops. Tha percentage of men In each company, battery or troops at peace strength would be Increased in the Interests of efficiency and the full war strength would be 250,000. The army would consist of 65 infantry, 25 cavalry and 21 field artillery regiments, in addition to the staff and other special corps and the coast artillery. The mobile army in continental United States would consist of four infantry divis ions and two divisions of cavalry. Cor responding Increases In the number at general omcers would oe maae, ana the rank and pay the lieutenant gen- eral would , be given to the chief of staff. Completely , Reorganise Army. The bill provides for complete ,re organization of the army, legalizing. the organization now in iorce unaer departmental regulation. The appointment of second lieuten ants other than graduates of the mili tary academy are made provisional for two years before a commission is Is sued. Enlistment is fixed at seven, years, four with the colors and three in reserve. At the end of one year of service efficient men may be discharg ed Into the reserve on recommendation of their commanders and at the end of two years at their own request, if approved. , Reservists would receive a minimum pay .of $24. a year and the President would have authority to mobilize the reserve in time of actual or threatened hostilities. ' As -an additional inducement for re cruits, provision is made that men who have completed six years' service in the army may be examined by a board of officers to determine the civil occu pations for which they "are qualified and they would' be eligible to appoint ment to civil, service position of that nature without a civil service evamina tion. The President also would have power to appoint one man f roc heads regiment to .the military academy. The" reserve, officers' training corps would have senior and junior grades established at civil educational insti- . tutions where military courses are pro vided with an "army officer detailed as instructor. The senior grade units would be placed at colleges and unT versifies and the junior grade at high schools.. Five hours a week, would B required in the senior grade and three in the ' junior, devoted to military training. ' Summer camps for field, training ' of the cadets would' be pro- . vided by the government - The' regulations under which grad uates 4-would be appointed to the re ; (continued -on .Page Two.). mi T. tf V 3 f- 'I n: ' ? - fl 'it .... -". : 1 .. --,-.!'.
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