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Show GDHEMITTEES 10 j ACT PROMPTLY ; 01 BILLS Resignation of Secretary tf. Garrison Causes Har- v monious Feeling to ,i Result. f " AIR CLARIFIED IN I SENATE AND HOUSE f; Outcome Will Probably Be I', Larger Regular Establish- j 'i ment and Standardiza- j tion of National Guard. tc 1( . WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 A new rote of harmony n nil co-operation on national defense problems was struck "t in the house military committee today p as a direct result of the resignation T of Secretary Garrison of the war de-Kl, de-Kl, partmeut. It found expression in the adoption of a resolution declaring the lh committee's appreciation of the confi-1" confi-1" 1 dence Tresident Wilson reposed in it re and in the senate committee, as dis-1S dis-1S closed in his correspondence with 11 r. TV $7 Garrison. The non-partisan character of the 31 feeling was emphasized by the fact th that the resolution was offered by .Rep-y .Rep-y , Tescntative Kalin of t:alifornia, rank-r rank-r ing Republican member of the commit- too. Members of both the congressional " committees declared that the war secretary's sec-retary's withdrawal had brought out sharply the president's desire that D, cnugress should work out its nrmy 1 problems in the light of its own best ! judgment, despite his personal prefer- ence for the continental army scheme : advocated by Mr. Garrison and the . 1 ! army war college. The net result, tliev S( agreed, was a clarification of the con-mi con-mi i gressional atmosphere and the assur-w" assur-w" , auce of support for the bills that will j','! be drafted from elements of both the cp Democratic and Republican sides that in; heretofore had been counted against .pi , c 1 v the measures. ii ' Garrison's Work Will Count. IpJ j In substance, it is believed, the bills o: j will represent an effort to make effect- " ive virtually all of the plans of the J war department with the exception that t ; federalization of the national guard Ail will be sought as a substitute for the continental armv plan. : Final steps toward beginning the ,va drafting of the measures were taken ihi . today by both house and senate coin- 'la j mittees. Both will take up the work ( Monday and it is planned to hold all- nj day sessions whenever the business of 'ui the two houses will permit. The house nS committee brought to a close today 01J public hearings on army plans. Present indications are that the lpr house bill will lay its stress upon pro- n visions designed to federalize the na- 'Ol lir. tionnl guard, while the senate commit-err. commit-err. lee's main effort will go iuto the regu-j'jj regu-j'jj lar army angles of preparedness plans. w The final measures sent to the presi-;he presi-;he dent for his signature will be a com-rt com-rt promise, it is thought, each house, be-wa be-wa nig willing to accept the judgment of 'o the other to a large extent in its own 'he particular field. 'Ice The house bill, it is expected, will del provide for payment of national guards-nf't guards-nf't men who comply with all regulations fht laid down bv congress on a basis sutli-rcg sutli-rcg ciently liberal to insure tbo recruiting low 0' approximately 4iXV.mjO men, the ui-pflt ui-pflt tiniate size of the orofosed continental continen-tal army. To make certain the avail-fJJ avail-fJJ ability for federal use in time of war or great emergency, of all meu who pariicipate in this payment, the plan contemplates authorizing the president to lira 1 1 them into a volunteer armv. Cio Congress Has Authority. Members of the committee are virtually vir-tually unanimous in the opinion that congress has full constitutional authori-V authori-V ty to enact such a measure and that era it can Vie so formulated as to with-,m with-,m btand any attack through the courts. n. The svtcni of rcgulntion contem- hn plated is or' a broad character, de-, de-, o signed to prn idc for the training and nt r. discipline of the guardsmen in peae liror tinics in a wuv that will insure tdn-vo'v tdn-vo'v cicnt organizatioiis for a volunteer war -en; seriee. (Inly liie adniinistrat ion of rrn.; the law would be ht't with the war '' - depart incut. It is proposed also to provide mirier tliee regulations for the eil eo-ori'iiKitinn of enlistment periods, !.,,. phyiinl -TandariN, and the oxamina-,i oxamina-,i , lion- ui'ieh nflieers aipointei hv state cti a n lim it i'1- must ,as-. tor an adequate .ive ''' '-r'' .-. -Ten, l'r the guard ::nd for pI ;af !a:dizcd uiethod of recruiting to i (ill up the w;;s1ng'- of regiments feat Fjp !' il'e t'l'IOit. i'ro'.iion also will be made under v hi"li (lie ,)lfa of lro... to be fur-inched fur-inched 1-' each slate rind the proportions propor-tions of nr'ili'-r, ra'nlrv, engineers, Vtei -ig'ia! ei.rp- anil her special service tM oi.s i-i,ii nl l,e deteriuincd bv the war d" arlri" nt. isi.ecial federal application- .'.'ill lie propo-r.j lor the maiii-leiiance maiii-leiiance of tln-i-e mere co"tlv speeial tini,; i by ?! states. ro War College I'l;tns. ""' Tie iiitinn in the senate commit-"."J1 commit-"."J1 tee is not well i.vt;.lli-l. H- is ''' iridu-atrd. li'iv:nT, ti nt it- legislation T'",r' lie- t,,e re;-, lar am,-,- -.ill itieludo sub-'J sub-'J Htautialiv ,iil of I plans of the war ' r ' eollcpc a-' tii or;';iu';itioii and tliat it will i,c ai-ionipained i" a regular army f'l ri-er-e ac doMgncd to Iniild lip and ' maintain a force mine than equal in '' li'iudiers to the for-c with the colorr. hhort 'li t.menlri v.ith tlm colois and i the discharge into the reserve of any. man found efficient by his officers at : the end of a vear '$ training undoubt-; edlv will be among the plans proposed J to accomplish this end. As to size of the standing army, the men with the colors, it is indicated' that the senate bill will exceed the increase of 40,000 men asked by Secretary Sec-retary Garrison and many senators will urge the full 250,000 total strength sought by the war college. Chairman Chamberlain has prepared a bill carrying carry-ing out the plan of 19 '2, devised by the war college and which would provide pro-vide a force with the colors of approximately approxi-mately 200,000 men. Garrison Dissented. It was over this plan that Secretary Garrison and Senator Chamberlain crime into sharp disagreement last year. The chairman of the senate committee desired de-sired then that the war department urge a complete reorganization of the armv af suggested bv the plan of 1D12. Secretary Garrison, however, presented a series of bills designed to strengthen I whpt he conceit ed to be the weakest spoH in the army, and held that these should be enacted to be followed gradually grad-ually by other bills to carry out the full plan. It was reported without very definite authority tonight that the house would be willing to accept, the senate's regular regu-lar army plans, even on a. basis of L'OO.O'iO men with the colors, provided the national guard federalization plans went through. Tn addition to plans alreadv outlined it is now thought there will bo provided pro-vided in the bills proposed, or in companion com-panion measures, a definite plan for industrial mobilization in time of war behind the fighting lines. Reserves of civilian aides to niilitmv operations such railroad men, automobile drivers driv-ers a nd ni'-chn nics. tcleera pliers, tele-phono tele-phono engineers and operator", and he thousand and one men ot other civil m-cupat inns necessary to an army prob-ablv prob-ablv will be formed, tire task being ; made easier bv the fact that enroll-I enroll-I ment will be all that is necessary, th' j men beitiir in constant training in. pence times in the verr duties thev ! w mi Id be called u ton to perform in war. |
