Show I Jt r THE ARMY BILL M Measure Masure ur Carries s an Appropriation V lion tion of V VV VV VV V V H V AMENDMENTS AMeNDMeNT ABE Ap A ADOPTED V t 4 t S A PO B ITY V t w Jan 25 The house to today today 1 day passed the army appropriation bin bill carrying approximately 75 W after adopting a number of amendments I TIle The provision for the consolidation atlon of I the tile adjutant generals and the record and p alUce oC o the war department t into one OI her tJ to 10 be known a If as the fhe Jt s r s olce wa was wag stricken from tro f WU on a point of order ordet raised raI by r b Mr of Ohio I The item pf if 4 tor for Use tile construction tion tIo of an all army array general hospital ho at Washington W also went out oa On a point of order as did the provid providing pr providIng ing Ine for tor the u of a submarine cable from Sitka to 10 Tort Fort m A resolution c on en t ike secretary 1 of state att fetor for kr f II a g to num aum number A Um bet ber of ot carriages carriage maintained by the gov government p emment for the state department w ws s adopted S When the house resumed rt considers consideration con I tion of the fhe army appropriation bill bitt it went tnt Into Int G committee co ml of ot the whole Wilo Ie On motion of t Mr Hepburn of Iowa the paragraph ph providing r for tor the pay ps of 1 retired officers emcees of the tb army imy was amend amended d ded ed so 80 as to provide that no part of the I money appropriated under the act shall be expended in payments ts to any Ie army who w o received payment for let services s clerk cerk or t i other civil ch em employment n I in Its any of the of ot the government nl V An amendment by Mr Park of New Jersey was as adopted do wIng giving it a contract surgeon in charge of OL 3 the same authority n an a a med ased medical meet S J ical leal s 5 Mr hit Slayden of Texas T made an aa unS e I tul easeful effort dart to eliminate from the bill but butan an appropriation of 14 for tile the main maintenance maint tf t ande of Ute the two battalions battalion constituting lug ing the Porto Rico provisional nal regiment V of industry He had Secretary statement before the committee read r mw in which ch lie he advocated the appropriation lon as a politic al but not a military necessity ity Mr Hull Hun said the ue word WOM political polities was not Dot used in hi a party sense e Mr Slayden Slay en assented absented but patriotism ui could be b developed in the tb Porto through civic advantages ei rather rath than military services Mr Kr Hay Va Vs said aM that the Porto Porte Ricans enlisted in the regiment lund had done so for i L term of ot years fears carm and anti to cut cuton cutoff on oft off the e t a would be a Vie vio violation lation laUon of the contract with them theta on the part pert of this Ulis government go Mr Patterson Tenn Tena in lit making in ja inquiries V of Mr Hull HuU concerning the paragraph ph providing for in inthe Inthe the Philippines asked Does DON the think there will always be bea bea bea a necessity DeCe for troops in the PhIlip and for these theae expenses V to togo go goon on Oft onI I should think Mr Er Hull replied that the time never come coin when the ue be United States would not JM t have e troop in the he any more than thau the Unit had never come coma when we have no not had troops in the ate gUte tte of or New Ne York and the state of Hit n IM u provIso kin the th limit Umit of tk the u coot oost of construction of any MY at ats MM s went out t on a point of order raised r hy hi Mr Hemenway Hemen the prevent present legal le l limit Wing being V i iTh Th Tile appropriating MW 1 oeo V for tor an t army arary general I hospital in inthe Int Inthe the t of o Columbia and creating a Kd from a of ordnance and ordnance stores dad id making tasking it avail atall available shIn able foe fot replacing stores store Vent went vent out o If f o aa as new legisla legislation tion trOD and tn a like rale ta mt t the provision for f r the Use of ot the tile adjutant generals department nt tad d the record ft re erds k kand j jand I I and pensions pen lons office olilee into bureau lUreau to be known as 8 the military se of ftC Mr Hull announced that he be would oner this last proposition as a a departmental measure The Tile army ap then tItan as amended amend In com corn committee I of the whole was W passed 1 I At 4 p In m the house adjourned j t I until tomorrow I l I |