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Show CONGRESS SETS ARMY LIMIT. Senate Adopts Original Resolution, Providing for 175,000 Men. Washington. -Congress voted on January 17 to limit the regular army to 17f,(XX.) enlisted men. The senate, 41 to 33, set aside its decision of last week to reduce the army to 150.0(H) and then without a record vote adopted the original joint resolution of Senator New, Republican, Indiana, directing the secretary of war to stop recruiting until the army is cut to 175,000. The house ten minutes later adopted, adopt-ed, 2S5 to 4, a joint resolution sponsored spon-sored by Chairman Kahn of its military mili-tary affairs committee, also directing the secretary of war to cease enlistments enlist-ments until there are not more than 175,000 enlisted men. |