Show TO INCREASE THE ARMY house ho use puts in hard days work on the bill bil 1 THIRTEEN PAGES COMPLETED committe a amendments giving the president discretionary rower power to reduce the size of the infantry companies and cavalry troops to sixty non men each were adopted also a series of amendments to reduce officers 0 of the staff to several lively personal controversies N washington ellington a jan Z SO 19 the house rt put lit in a hard days work on the ill ai my ally bill 1111 and ami tonight vt when hen it adjourned t thirteen of 0 the twenty pages had been completed the committee amendments giving the president discretionary power to reduce tile the size of the infantry companies and cavalry troops to sixty men ercil each were adopted and also alro a series of amendments to reduce tile vili cers of the staff A substitute m was a it adopted opted for the section providing for promotions designed to equalize promotions A fight was mode made to reduce tile the age limit for officers to be appointed I 1 1 to the ilia il arious stall staff depart dap meals n t era from fitly fifty to thirty but bill it failed an amendment van mas however adopted to require LL mental and moral as well moll as a physical examination tor for such stich appoint appointees em much inch ot of the time today was occupied in short speeches on OIL the general geneal I 1 liopo 01 0 to increase the army and annex the philippines fold and there were several lively personal controversies the house will mill meet tomorrow to morron tit 11 and whatever time lime remains madris re before 3 after the bill Is completed under the five anve minute rule wilt will bo be devoted to general debate the h bavy eights I 1 g on b both 0 tit sides 1 will III ca close coe th the ial una 1 veto oto 1 Is to bo be taken at 3 mr Il rep reported the census bill and gale gaio notice that lie he would mould call it up next monday BILL considered the house then resumed consideration of the army reorganization bill under an all agreement that it if the bill was completed today under tinder the live minute rule the time lime tomorrow beffie 3 be devoted to general debate this ar m was is adopted to gl elie is the cabets cadets on each side an opportunity to close the first amendment offered today was that of which tile the committee had ghen notice authorizing tile hie president to enlist only sixty men in n u cavalry troop and sixty in ili an infantry company mr marsh rep III who mho offered the amendment sald said that ahll would reduce tile lie enlisted force to so it if the president exercised the discretion it conferred upon him mr hay dem va of the minority of t the committee protested to the house Houie that it ft was impossible to perfect a bill on n tile the floor of the house ue ile would mould fr 1 an amendment amend merit ho he said to have the bill provide for only sixty men in ili in an infantry company or a cavalry a v iry tro croop 0 P but give the president discretion disc r es tion to increase the number to anti and respectively this discretion bonev however er only to bo be exercised in time of war TOO JOHNSON at tills this point a warria warm altercation oc veen rep nep ind and mr payne rep N y mho was mas in the chair the doimer claiming that the chair chaar refused to recognize him hill I 1 mr payne explained that mr all johnson had already consumed much time and lie had felt constrained to recognize other oilier members too much johnson shouted mr tawney inep MCP lion amid laughter mr fr dearmond Armond Ue dem mo objected to tho the amendment on the aroun ground d that the discretionary power potter mas as to be it e ex in the wrong direction the bill ile he contended should ide tide for or only men and the president should take the responsibility ot of it increasing it to it should not pro ilde file for or and ghe eho tile the president ills discretion crellon to lo reduce it 11 mr ilir amendment relating delatin to tho the cal cavalry alry troops was waa adopted to 82 mr ir ilay hay then offered efti bcd tho the amendment of 0 holcli abich be had given notice aud and it walt waa lost nir mr perkins rep nep la ia pointed out that the only diff tience between the minority substitute and tile the pending bill bi I 1 I 1 mas that one gave cave tile the president an Ples ident discretion to enlist volunteers and the other regulars hoth both badig conceded that for or at least two years an increase in the army anny was avas necessary mr johnson liep ind denounced denoun coi what ahat lie ite termed the attempt to befog tile issue anti and place tho the opponents of tile the bill in a false position pori tion lie jle mas milling to vote tor for a bill to the army but 11 ho 3 was unveiling to vote tor far an army ot of lixi 11 aich lie ho firmly bellev c 1 mas to bo be used when congress a adjourned d to annex foreign territory and olat foist upon tile the country and posterity a colonial policy this bill was nalle tiered by the president he had no doubt and tile compromise hod apon brought brou Klit in to alliy allay tile the opposition its ila effect was to mislead tile PC people PIC its purpose u vaa as slid and would mould be to create create an army of 0 1000 I 1 of HYSTERIA 11 mr r clai it do dein in AIM ho in a characteristic speech that thai there mas an epidemic 0 of f hysteria in the house and that it u member not seized with mith tile the malady could not got fret IL hearing the democrats hud been in favor of it a war to tree free a people the republicans were more now anxious for a war mar to enslave 4 people the republicans c a no jeered when lie he drew a picture of 0 t the he militarism ot of the llie future I 1 mr al r bland dm xio AID declared deil ired that the country tho the administration a and d coni cone iress were driffin g no 0 ona n a k knew n e w what the goal eoal wm was to be but it if it was the annexation ot of ilia philippines tho the administration should avow it con gross should not legislate in n tile dark mr berry dem ky announced himself amid nn an outbreak ot of appl au nc on tho the republican bide aide jn in favor of the the P ot of every loot foot of te atory vo had acquired na as a result of tho the war with spain but I 1 ment aal to say right here continued MP herry berry that I 1 never vant mant to see the represented on this floor what would mould you do mith them inquired ir Ni Aguire dem cal 1 I would mould keep them under our control and protection as 03 me v will cuba until they are able ble to take rare of them selves nit mr berry hold aloft 0 a I 1 ions ong list of li name times m aleh he laid were theme of men 1 v ho he had obtained appointments in th army because 0 of the influence Ini luence of or fathers faL herft or uncles or aunt As an IL a democrat lie tn Ind orfed the action of tin tile peare peace commission he salt fall and he believed it mas va the duty of the th united StiL suites tes to uphold the treaty uphold it against aguinaldo Agul Aguir naldo taido in the phil an n we upheld ll it against the spaniards in cuba mr hull paid the bill had been drawn dramn by gen schwan ala and alaj johnson John flon ho toncred the amend amendment giving the president discretion to I 1 rn ra duce the num number ber of 0 enlisted moll moil in infantry com companies panics from 14 1 r to 69 60 and lc if m i as an agreed to lu t mr griffin rep wl lvis offered a sub ab for a clion 6 had bad been agreed to by t the he committee it WB as to equalize promotion to this tn an amendment waa mail offered to an authorize th orize lit in time of war the employment of retired officer 1 4 on other than betl active e duty the substitute subs t tute ond and amendment amen ment were adopted i SlI WARMS UP tt mr simpson kimpson and mr dr mahon rep pa became in an altercation m aich reached lie climax ca max when u hen the lat let denounced tile the former as a dema dellia mr fr Simp lose to a question of f ml privilege in order to ile hu termed mr nahon mahon a pluto gogue awl and said fairl that it mits aa but natural that man like himself could not lot ret get votes in a state slate M har a cons conspicuous piu ou 4 el 1 I adle a for the united states stales f semite wa under n indictment the c corp ions in I 1 pennsylvania elected the it ho said and it was therefore not strange that there here were more few democratic or ite representatives from that state in 11 concluding lie raised ft A laugh b by y saying lie he m vas as proud of being called a democrat hastily correcting himself saying lie he meant or democrat either elt hr hi added since tho the chicago hicaro platform has the democratic party the gen genteman timan has admitted that tin h has haa been called a demagogue by both ads of the house replied rc alid mr fr mahon lie he liaa last also been branded a denia gogue by tin tile people of its ills oin district vhf m ho have 1 doted to leave him at home ad lr r cummings Cum minga dom dem N Y sald said lie hoped the treaty would be ratified ra tined suit ami thil that then the be president mould notify congress Con gresa what lie ile rh duo to do ile he pave gave notice the that he would it if riven an opportunity offer off an it amend mc d ninna that none of I 1 the troops r bcd in ihla bill should be used as alto se comitatus comita tuI or in putting don doil fi or riots except upon the application of it a guernon Guer GoNer nor saying lie he could ve order m alth ill tho the force at ilis command I 1 mr fr mahon fallen ordered an amendment to tile the section for appointments in tho the quartet master genei a Is de dc pertinent cartmen parti nent t ho be as to pi ON file for antal and normal as m veil ell ast aft physical examinations aminat ami nations inns mallch alone mast mai required by the hill I BECOMES PER mr air landis rep ind speaking to i t the hl general fie qu aution tion contended that vo me should hold tile the fl in ill the 1 interest of human liberty ahn voice of rainaldo AA Inaldo he mas as no more the th voice or of libel ty ly than the oica noice of mr alm johnson was v as the voice oc if the people of indiana mr air simpson on in support or of mr ma ala hons bons bon s amendment ame adment referred to tile the numerous I 1 incompetents peton ts 91 given veil commissions the late W war ar anti and in I dentally to tile iho tact fact that chairman hulls son had held it lieutenant I beuic danl colonelcy under the hie bill he said his son eon could bo be appointed to a similar rank in the army 1 I object ho he added to creating positions tiona for a lot of mile ho about the army and navy lub and the receptions in tile the west ind end arrayed in the latest mill military Lary millinery tho the mahon amendment vas mas adopted A series of amendments I 1 educing the number of assistants in abe staff do part apartment ment was adopted mr mahon alion II protected against tho the committee amendments increasing the aie acre at chich persons could be appointed to stair staff positions from 30 to GO 60 5 bears ears at this point it a varni marm personal controversy tro versy between mr johnson pop pep ind and mr fr landl rop rep ind growing out of mr landiss Landl ss re marks earlier ITI inthe the session I 1 the committee amendment provid 1 ing for iw dentists vilh mith the rank of firta lieutenant waa defeated mr hay fay dem va protested against the committees proposed lone tic in tile the medical corp but the reductions were agreed to they i deduced educed the number of surgeons and amsl assistants starts from SOO W to and the number of privates in the iho hospital service sen ice from SOW to lia in I 1 I 1 act all the reduction in commissioned oil 1 on oil t the he staff numbered 3 1 after completing the twelfth section of 6 f tho the bill the iho committee rose and at p 1 in tile the house adjourned until 11 II tomorrow |