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Show NEW ARMY BILL NEARLY COMPLETE Washington. Feb. 21. A new army reorganization bill, federalizing the national guard into a regular army of 130,000 men doubling the field artillery ar-tillery and engineering con's by fif-toen fif-toen companies, creating four squad-roiiP squad-roiiP of aircraft and an entirely new corps of cadets from colleges having military training was agreed upon tentatively today by tho house military mili-tary committee. The committee pj&rtretl Chairman Chair-man Hay to draft tli-oIll and haVo It ready for the committee next Wednesday Wed-nesday or Thursday with the under- standing that amendments meeting individual in-dividual views may be offered later. Tho national guard provisions will be of the most notable features. The committee agreed that congress has the constitutional right to take over the national guard by legislative enactment en-actment and appropriation. The provision for a corps of cadet officers from educational institutions having military training is expected to furnish 3000 trained officers for use In emergency. The McKellar bill, providing federal co-operation in military training in the states, also was voted favorably reported. It proposed government aid for one school In each state where a minimum of 300 students will receive re-ceive military instructions. |