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Show DVERBIDES VETO OF PLAN I0G0T ARMY HOUSE BY CMPHATIC VOTE RE JECTS STAND TAKEN BY PRESIDENT WILSON. C5' f "artlvc Declares He I, Un- able to See i the Needs of United States Juttiflcatlon for Reduc- tlon of Forco to 175,000 Men. dIrh""o,mi-Tl10 Jolr,t roolt'ou recti, s , t0I,IllMR of cnll8t "r'ii110 rosl,Iar "" reduced to Ugh , lebrunry 5, by the house over Indent Wlson's veto. Tho vote was -l to 10, one member voting present. Tho president's veto messngo was not read to the house until six hours after Its formal delivery, hut, once rend, notion was swift. Those voting to override thR vin tnt...i . .. . - """ ""' viuuuu ninety-two ninety-two Democrats. Action was expected to bo token on the veto early In tho week in the senate, sen-ate, where It was said prospects wero ravoruble for overriding tho president. Hie president In his veto messngo Informed the house that ho wns un-nble un-nble to see In the condition of the world or In the needs of the United States any such change ns would Justify reduction of the forco from 280,000 men. Quoting the resolution ns restricting the enlisted strength of tho nrmy to 17."(,000 men, the president says: "So provision Is mudo In tho resolution reso-lution for the preservation of nny proportionate pro-portionate strength In the combatant corps of the army and n mero discontinuance discon-tinuance of enlistment would, for a long time, preserve tho stuff corps disproportionately enlisted and tho combatant corps Insufficiently manned to maintain the Instruction nnd training train-ing which ought to bo nssured If nn army of 170,000 men Is to be efficient In proportion to Its aggregate number. num-ber. "On the -Mb. dny of June, 1D20, I signed u bill passed by tho present congress providing for the reorganization reorganiza-tion of the nrmy. Ilecauso of tho profoundly pro-foundly disturbed conditions of the world nnd In order that full benefit might nccruo to tho people of tho United States from tho lessons of the World war, ns to whnt, 'Under modern conditions, Is required to be the nucleus of nn efficient nrmy, tho wnr department had recommended nn nrmy of .approximately fiOO.000 men. "I regret thnt I am not nMt to sco In tho condition of tho world nt large or In the needs of tho United States any such change ns would Justify tho restriction upon thnt minimum which Is proposed by tho house Joint resolution." |