Show WORK FOR CONGRESS 4 Little Is Expected of the House During the Week I I QUESTIONS QUES IONS TO 0 COMB UP t SER CONTROVERSY EXPECT BD RD OVER TREASURY d 0 Chairman Hull Talks of Possible sIbl Leg Relating to the of the Army Senator Cul Cullem CUllom lom lem IB It Preparing a Bill Bm Providing Per Bar a Pet Ifer Hawaii I Washington Jan i Speaker Hen Henderson Henderson derson said today that no exact pro proe 31 e of at business in the house bouee on OD the tomorrow and during g the balance of the week weS had been made made up The speaker and his associates associate a on the rules rul committee expect early ad adjournments until appropriation bills and measures before other committees are aro ready for action by the house bouse There Th is some prospect of a sharp controversy over the consideration of or orre resolutions re 6 or inquiry relative to the treasury department t Several members are said Mid to have prepared resolutions of or this thiB character intending to claim immediate consideration for them as privileged It is 18 said raid however by those who are authorities on house pro procedure procedure that this privilege would not permit the consideration of resolutions tomorrow but if it did they would be referred to a committee for one week after which they could be called up for immediate consideration Reorganization Reorganisation of Army i Chairman Hull of the house houBe commit committee committee committee tee on military affairs affaire says ays some orne measure of a general character relating relatIng ing to the organization of the army I probably will be presented pT at this sea aes flon sion on of ot congress Mr HUM Hull conferred I with the war department officials prior priorI to the holidays for the purpose of I reaching re an understanding of what was needed in the way of military legislation and it is understood bills are He being bein matured for submission later He says the tho present p t law will do as aa a temporary measure meL Ju but as it r roIly sally oIly provides that the present organization organIzation of ot the army anny snail shall cease ce on July 1 1901 It is Ie imperative that this con congre geese gre do something in the way of army organization He holds the view that are too unsettled un in the Philippines and elsewhere to aay sey y doll de definitely as to the number of or troops neel ed sit in a a permanent organisation but Is ia confident there will never be a reduction reduction tion floe of ot the regular army hack back to There are several l general features of or army anny organization which Mr Hull believes will be embodied in such login legis legislation l lation as 8 is enacted These include the three battalion formation which was wa a marked departure inaugurated by the thelast thelast thelast last act and has given general satisfaction satisfaction satisfaction tion Another feature ture fe is that allowing the army to expand from within by Increasing the numerical strength tren of the companies instead of creating new regiments Provides Por Par Time of Need Mr Ir 1 Hull says this feature has proved most beneficial as it gives an elastic organisation capable of ready expansion expansion sion alert In time of need without additional officers and aDd an entire eon tire new organization organisation I tion rico The staff organization organisation of the anny army also is likely to receive attention Sec See Secretary Secretary rotary Root favors favo a change in the present ant pre system with a view to having havinga a detail staff that it staff bureaus recruited largely from the line of the army This would be a marked de departure departure departure as 88 the present pre staff bureaus are almost entirely permanent Among Amon the military experts there the is said to be considerable difference of opinion on this point as the German Gennan French and other continental military systems have permanent staff organizations nations Great Gl at Britain ia is the only European power having a detail staff Government Por Per Hawaii The senate mate committee on foreign re relations re relatione relatione lations will meet tomorrow to consider the bill providing a government for the Hawaiian islands Senator Cullom the theauthor theauthor author of at the bill said today that he hoped that it would be reported soon and added that as soon as possible po alter after the action of the committee ha he would ask the senate to take the bill billup billup billup up for consideration oon So far as has been made known there is no general opposition to the Mil Dill though some of its Ita features will be antagonized antagonised A few senators are urging that the measure be amended I so 80 as an to leave V the customs laws apply applying big ing to the islands island as they now stand tand hit to omit the provision on for a delegate in congress for the present pres nt because of the possible pc effect of this provision on Oft the constitution con in the interest of Puerto Rico and possibly po in the interest of or orthe I I Cuba Cub the Philippines to say ay nothing of oj |