Show REORijANllIN OF ARMY Measure Providing Therefor Will No Doubt Be Acted Upon by the Senate k 1 I L < This 1 Week o r r 7 f Many Phases of the Questions Involved in the Bill Remain to Be Considered and the General Understanding Is That There Will Still Be No Little Discussion Before the MeasureIs Ir finally Disposed of byCongress > < nr Washington Jan 13rhe army reorganization re-organization bill will continue to en gago the attention of the Senate at 1eit during the first days of the present pres-ent week The opinion is quite generally gener-ally expressed among Senators that the bill will be acted upon by tho middle of the week and even critics of the measure join in this prediction Many phases of the questions Involved in I the army bill remain to be considered und nelalunc1er is that l the general understanding 1 therfc will still be no little discussion before the bill can be disposed of SPECIAL FEATURES The speech of Senator Platt of Connecticut Con-necticut on Friday last In defense of the bill on general principles will call for replies and there are alco special features which icquhe more or less attention at-tention Among these is i Senator Daniclss amendment concerning the appointment of volunteqrs to offices in the regular army the question of the disposition of officers who have held stan positions and the provision for the enlistment of Filipinos In the American Amer-ican army The disposal of all these questions will undoubtedly fill the flrst two or three days of the week SUPPLY BILLS TO FOLLOW Senator Allison intends to call up the legislative and judicial appropriation appropri-ation bills when the army bill is acted upon but whether thin and other appropriation ap-propriation bills to follow It shall occupy oc-cupy the exclusive attention of the Senate so long as they arc on the calendar cal-endar Is a question which has not yet been determined The present Indications In-dications are however that the appro I prlallon bills will be consirl red In advance < ad-vance of all other mearnires whenever I they arc before the Senate SHIP SUBSIDY MEASURE I When there are no appioprlatlon bills the ship subsidy bill will be discussed There me still numerous speceheb to be made on this measure and there Is talk I of night suasions for Its consideration when It la taken up There is little Int the legislative bill to arouse discussion but there Is a possibility possi-bility that Senators hostile to tho subsidy sub-sidy bill may use the appropriation bill for the purpose of delay Next Saturday will be devoted to I eulogies In memory of tho late Senator Sen-ator Gear GearHOUSE HOUSE FORECAST A progiamme of miscellaneous matters mat-ters will occupy the attention of the House during the coming week The river and harbor bill which was debated de-bated for three days last week will consume con-sume one and possibly tvjo days Although Al-though the bill was criticised scvcely during the debate last week it is In no danger of failure Most of the attacks at-tacks came from members who were disappointed in what the bill grants to their localities and the actual opponents oppo-nents of the measure will be overwhelmed over-whelmed when the final vote IB I reached I The District of Columbia committee commit-tee which under the rules would be entitled to tomorrow will demand a day later In the week If they give way II j to tho river and harbor bill tomorrow I After the latter bill IS disposed of I I the bill to revise and codify the postal I laws will be taken up under a special order K will be followed by the i District Dis-trict of Columbia appropriation bill and the latter l In turn by the postofllcc appropriation bill If there Is any r r malnlng time |