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Show uu- SENATE PASSES AMENDED ORDER Drafting of Guards Made Unanimous, Un-animous, But Aid for Dependent De-pendent Families Is Cut Out. Washington, June 24. Stripped of Its $1,000,000 relief provision for families of militiamen, the senate military mili-tary committee today favorably favor-ably reported the Hay resolution, adopted by the house yes'terday, to au-tuorlze au-tuorlze drafting the national guard Into the service of the United States. A substitute for the relief provision provis-ion directs that militiamen having families should be discharged at once. The senate committee also eliminated eliminat-ed the provision that the militiamen to be drafted. Into the regular service should serve "not exceeding three years," thus providing that they shall remain In service "for the period of the emergency." As passed, the measure mea-sure stands virtually as it was first introduced in the houBe. Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the committee, announced tnat he would report Uie amended resolution at a later day and would ask unanimous unani-mous consent for Its immediate consideration con-sideration and adoption. I The committee was practically I unanimous in -voting to eliminate the $1,000,000 section. "It Is unnecessary to assume a burden of this kind at the outset of such a campaign," said Senator Weeks. "If there are men in the militia mili-tia now who have families dependent upon them they should be discharged. They should remain at home and care for their families. There are plenty of able young men." |