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Show oo FAVORITISM HAS BEEN DISCLOSED WASHINGTON, April 2. The house 1 military committee favorably reported today a resolution by Representative Anthony, republican, of Kansas Inquiring In-quiring of the war department why Herbert A. Meyer, formerly private secretary to Secretary Lan was given a captain's commiss.on in the army when ho is of draft age. Representative Anthony said that, on information from the war department, depart-ment, that no man of draft age would be commissioned until he had enlisted. I many members of congress had notified noti-fied "their constituents that their ap-j plications for ' commissions would not I be passed on favorably unless their first entered the sfrvice. OO r |