Show J I ClUE p ASS rs THE ARMY BILL Measure Masure Carries an Appropriation tion ilon of 5 S S I AMENDMENTS AMENDMENT ARE AR A A OPTE a t PORTO SOLDIERS A PO POLITICAL NECESSITY 4 S Washington Jan 25 2 TU house to today today today day passed pas the he army n appropriation bin bill carrying approximately ap ly lI after i adopting H a number er of amendment The ike provision for the consolidation l of the adjutant generals department and the th record and aDd p office attics o Q the war department t into oa oas bureau to be known as u the ole o I was stricken from th wu en a point of order raised by Ur l of j I I Ohio O lo S I The item pf pC Of for or the e construction c 1 tion flon of an aft army general hospital JJ b ho tai at Jt 1 Washington also o wont we t out ont oa Nt 0 a ft point of order as d d the paragraph provid providing lug ing for the ot of a submarine SU cable from to f fA LL A 4 resolution re calling JC on the ike secretary i of tate for ter a to tae awn num number her bet of or carriages maintained toy p the gov pt government I for tor the state department ws adopted I When the house hOUlBe resumed considers consideration con tion Uon of the fhe army arm appropriation torn huh l it I Went into committee co of the whole I On n motion ot of Mr Hepburn of Iowa the paragraph providing for the p pi T of or retired officers oc of tb th the army was w amend amended I ed so as an to provide that thit no part p rt of the money appropriated under the act lct shall be expended in payments to any re in i army officer who received payment f let fat t clerk a othet oth civil em employment I 1 I in Itt any Y of the departments ts of S SAn the government nt An amendment by Mr Park of New Sew Jersey J was adopted giving a s contract t surgeon burgeon m in n charge of oC t a hospital the same sante authority as a commissioned cl med fled medical ical leal officer i Mr Slayden of Texas Texa made an unsuccessful easeful S ul effort to eliminate te from the bill an appropriation of f for tor the UI main maintenance maInt tt t e of the two battalions 6 constituting con lug ing the Porto Pico provisional He lIe mul t Secretary Set statement before the th committee reed r ift In which he be h advocated dv t fth the appropriation ilOn as a l but not a military necessity ItY I Mr Mt Hull said the word political was not used in a party sense en Mr Slay en assented but patriotism l could i be H developed in the Porto Ricans lUCans J I through thron 1 civic advantages advantage rather ra than military services Mr fr Hay Va Vat said that the Porto Porte Ricans enlisted in the Ule regiment had done doe so eo for L i term terni of ut years ean and to cut cutoff cutoff cutoff off the would euid be he a 8 vio violation lation atlon of the contract Ct with them on the part of this government Mr Patterson Tenn Teun in lit in inquiries inquirIeS quIrleS of Mr r Hull concerning the theP paragraph P 1 providing for barrack in inthe inthe the Philippines asked Does the Ute think there will wUl always be bea bea a necessity for troops in the th Philip JI and for tor these expenses eB to toP P on oft onI I should think Mr Hull ined d that the time never neer will come coma Wilen the k United States would not t have tr troops GPs In the Philippines es any aD more than the thee lime had bad never new come coma when we ne M have not nor had troops troop in tn the state eLate of New ew York and the state tate of or HH nu S Th Th proviso provi l the tJi th limit of Jr the cost t of construction con of ol any aJI at went out on a point of order raised r by Mr Hemenway the present legal 1 limit being 5 ue O PW I The Tue paragraphs phs appropriating for fer an mt 2 general l hospital pital in inthe inthe the th of C lu and creating a frd lid teem from the U e sale ale of ordnance and I stores t ad d making It avail ann availably I ably able for stores went out oat w of yf f order as new legislation legisla la tion tren u 5 sad d a like Hk I the provision fur for the tile of the e adjutant generals department awl ted the records rec nd pensions office omee into inton bureau to be known as za the military of or nce Mr Lr Hull announced that he be would offer this last JAst ae as a departmental measure The Tiie army ap than theet th as u amended a in com corn committee of the U whole was via wa pa d dAt At 40 4 p m the house adjourned until tomorrow |