Show by a N HESS APPROVE presidents DENTIS PROGRAM TO RAISE LARGE ARMIES BY SELECTIVE conscription measure provides for 0 the a drafting of men alen to raise suitable army to prosecute to successful slon the war with germany alit administrations program to killso till ii adequate army by selective conscription was 1 l on olt april 28 the senate unil and the house by overwhelming majorities lias FIng tho th hill bill to raise nilse a war aminy by 8 selective e draft the final roll rolle calls alls brought into line behind the bill 1111 cifors ci tors and and representatives who had fought for alio volunteer system until routed by decisive defeat of at volunteer amendments earlier curlier in the day in fit both houses the senate which had voted town tit texi volunteer plan GO to lo 18 passed chiy hill by a to 8 in the house I 1 lie he vote against tile lie volunteer plan wap to und find that hy by which lie ilia bill itself wila passed was waa to 24 As AB passed ly by lie ilia senate the measure provides tor for the draft of men be tweet the ages of 0 ai und and 27 yearn while in tile tho house inc measure the age RO limits are fixed tit nt 21 and 40 this find and lesser discrepancies will bo be threshed out in ili conference during the week so that the 1111 may be in tho the hands of the president its HS quickly us as possible the war department already lias has completed plans for carrying it into effect senators who voted against the bill were democrats gore Ilar dwick karby thomas und anti brumell Tru niell D G republicans pu public blicaus ans borall gronna and la follette 3 total 8 senator vardaman Varda roan of mississippi democrat wa was s excused froni from voting vo tank at ills his own request ile iio did not give a reason the twenty four representatives who voted in the negative were democrats burnett church clark of florida claypool grosser dill dominick gordon yard huddleston keating sears sherwood fils son 11 14 1 1 republicans bacon king la follette Follet tp bundsen HOW mason nolan Powers 8 prohibitionist hibit randan dall 1 I socialist socialist london 1 total 24 4 speaker clark leader kitchen and chairman bont of tile military committee who had favored tile hie volunteer system nil all vote voted for tilt draft bill on the anal roll call republican leader maim also was vila 16 1 recorded 6 in ill tile the affirmative as wa rankin had voted tile lie volunteer advocate both senad find house adopted amendments just juat before tit tho inal final roll calls which would greatly increase tile ho pay of enlisted nien during tho th war the house provi provision don would ninke make their pay 30 Q it a month anti that approved by lie the senate would ux fix it a 10 a n ino it mill ntH ilia present pay Is only 15 18 among the adopted im tie lio senate wits was one which would r gift colonel roosevelt to 0 o recruit a ni volunteer force for service A k jil lullar liopo proposal sal gilld been rejected by tile house autong among the he more important amend in lie ho house was one empowering tile the president le fit to exempt from I 1 ali it b 0 draft in if ill his dusci discretion ebion persons engaged in agricultural airl cultural work another would require each state stat 0 to furnish it a quota of men alippi apportioned ciol led cording according tu to population binl and stilt an aila other provides flint no bounty shall bo paid to induce tiny any person to enil st and that flint no pemon liable to service serice rhall hereafter be permitted or allowed to furnish a n substitute for fol such service |