Show 15 LAWMAKERS TO PROBE U. U S WAR EXPENSES House ouse Enlarges Committee Five Investigations to toBe toBe toBe Be Made l Washington Junc Js Unanimous ap p approval ap- ap pray W 3 iven by the tha House today o i l. l r re i s n-In n war Yar expenditures ex ox- committee to to fifteen 1 mem members bers bars so that that five separate In investigations of or disposition of funds by tho the war department may bo be made Theote The Tho vote ote came ame two hours' hours debate and anel after alter th tho Republicans had refused to permit the Democrats to offer an amendment to the thc resolution under which the committee membership would woul have been divided nine nino Republicans and six sh Democrats Instead of or often often orten ten Republicans and five lve Democrats Tho Republican leaders explained that inquiries were planned into ex expenditures cx- cx pond Ru res for aviation a ordnance camps and cantonments quartermaster ter supplies arid and nd In foreign countries Each inquiry will be bo conducted b by a a. subcommittee composed of or two Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans and one Democrat The Thc re resolution came before the thc House toda today front from tho the rules committee as a special order of or business During the thc debate debato the Democrats charged that the investigations were to be bo made b by tho Republicans In search of oC political capital for Cor tho the 1920 campal campaign n and declared the they were welcomed b by the administration Republican spokesmen spokes spokes- men however sal said tho the investigations In were ere to bo nonpartisan and designed designed designed de de- de- de signed solely to Inform the country countr what had become of the appointed for tor the war department during during dur dur- I. dur-I. In ing the tile war This is not to bo be in thc lie spirit of making political capital said Representative Rep flop Mondell tho the Republican leader but hut to provide an audit so as asto asto asto to Inform the people regarding res the great reat expenditures J |