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Show I CONGRESS LIMITS AIT Topoo Enlisted Personnel Favored is Below Estimates of Baker and Pershing , WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Congeea voted Monday to limit the regular army to 17i,000 enlisted men j The senate, -i to 33, not aside its decision of last week to reduce the army to 1 60.000 and then without a record vote adopted the original Joint resolution of Senator New, Tlcpulduaii. Indiana, directing he seen inry of war to atop reoruitlnK until the army j K la cut to 1 75.000. RESOLUTIONS D1F1 l.K The house ten minutes later adopted, adopt-ed, 285 to -I, a Joint resolution sponsored spons-ored hy Chairman Knhn Of Its military mili-tary affairs committee, also directing! the secrotary of war to cease enlistments enlist-ments until there are not more than I 176,000 enliyied men. nly Representatives Represen-tatives l?ee, Texas: Rlackmmi, Alaba-ma, Alaba-ma, and Coady, Maryland. Democrats, I 1 and Cramton. Michigan, Republican opposed the reduction. ! ! The two resolutions were almost' identical In their provisions, each pro- j vidlng that the 17f. 000 limit shall not prevent the rc-enllftmcnt of men who i have served one or more enlistments. I ' i The language, however, differs some- what and either the seriate or the. I house will send its r solution to conference con-ference for re-arrantrement. Action by the Joint conference committee la expected speedily. I K M.N ! VI) H I j Action was taken against the rec- j'l i ommcndatlons of war departments i heads and General Pershing i , j Secretary Baker before the senate j military committee, advised against an 'i ' J 1 army of less than 250.000 after the I j 1 "present necessity of economy had been relieved" General Pershing de-1 de-1 clarcd an army of 200. 000 men cor.stl- il j tuted a safety marg'n. ii ! The senate vote howed that Several !j i senators who last week went on rec- ' e ( ord as favoring an army of 150.000 had changed about, placing their Sjup-! Sjup-! port behind the 17".,00i fiKur.- .- ime j I senators said prlvetclj that they be ll . 1 lleved Prosldent Wilson would sign a It, resolution placing the army at 175,000 fS " i.-.i 1 I hut would not approve a smaller num- |