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Show SENATE TO CONSIDER STATUS OF PERSHING (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. General Pr-r-shing's status in the oeace-time army organization will soon be made the subject sub-ject of consideration and action by the senate military affairs committee, sena-1 sena-1 tors said today. ! Senators on this committee ssid some 1 provision must he made for suitable, re.j-: re.j-: ognition of the fact that General Per-! Per-! sbing is the ranking officer of the ,United j Statt-s army. As things now stand, these j senators said, General Pershing is in an ! embarrassing position, subject to orders ; from the chief of staff, ;'.nd with no real i standing in the military establishment , commensurate with his militarv rank. ! Just how they will remedy this sima-! sima-! tion senu tors do not know. Thev I tae up the ijuestion afttr the new" vear r.rol may include legislation in the armv i reorganization bill or present separate I legislation. That the matter must he ; taken cp.re of by legislation and not left j to the war department or even the president, presi-dent, is the firm conviction of General ; Pershing's friends on the committee. |