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Show ( "SURPRISE AS TO ARMY CANTEEN. ! Washington. Dec 19. Surprise was l expressed today that President TafL b )r was not asked to restore the army i canteen by the legislative committee of the Spanish War Veterans which i has Just concluded a three-days' scs-l scs-l slon here "incidental to utlining a program for .'. next year, the committee passed res-j; res-j; o!ution8 urging the restoration of the : canteen, favoring the manufacture ot S medals from tho copper of the wreck of the battleship Maine and denounc-I denounc-I ing the proposed five-year term of en-' en-' llstment for the army. It is explained 3 that the committee intended to place ;l these resolutions "before the Presl- dent when a call at tho White House 1 9 was paid yesterday, but there was no II I opportunity. Tho President promised i j to attend the annual encampment of I Spanish War Veterans at Atlantic City i 1 next September If possible. ! |