1917. CONGRESSIONAL REOORn--sENA'TE. 49
Tbe reso1ution (S. ·nes. 8) was read and ordered to lie .on the Mr. WEEKS. I present Tesolutions adopted by th'e Legisla table, as follows: ture of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which I ask .may b:e Wher€'as :tmnortant measures, vital to the bonor anti .safety of the incorporated in the REcoRD. · Nation, . - 50 CONGRESSION.AL RECORD-SENATE. }lARCH 12, it is a resolution organizing the committees for the Sixty-fifth Thomas, L?dge, Smith of Michigan, McCumber, Borah, Brandegee, Fall, and Knox. Congress. On Forest Resel!vations and the Protection of Game : Messrs. McLean Mr. WA.RHEN. Mr. President, the Republican members of (chairman), Norris, Weeks, Sherman, New, 'l'illman, Overman, Hitch the Senate have through a committee on committees arranged cock, and Myers. On the Geological Survey: Messrs. Fall (chairman), Norris, Suther the minority list and have handed the same to the Senator land, Smith of South Carolina, Smith of Arizona, Trammell, anu Jones from Virginin. Those names are contained, I understand, in the of New Mexico. resolution the Senator from Virginia submits. I hope that the On Immigration: Messrs. Smith of South Carolina (chairman ) . Gore, Hardwick, Rusting, Johnson of South Dakota, Ransdell, Gerry, Dilling re. olution will be adopted. ham, Penrose, Colt, Golf, Sterling, and ---. l\lr. MARTIN. I will state that it includes the selection made On Indian Affairs: Messrs. Ashurst (chairman), Pittman, Lane, Owen, by the Republican side of the Chamber just as it includes the Rusting, Johnson of South DakotaJ. Walsh, Kendrick, Jones of New Mexico La Follette Gronna Fall, \.:Uctis, Fernald, and Calder. selection made by the Democratic side. On Indian Depredations: Messrs Poindexter (chairman), McCumber, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Secretary will read the Wadsworth, Watson, Frelinghuysen, Swanson, Myers, Fletcher, Pome resolution. rene, Newlands, and Kendriclt. On Industrial Exl)ositions: Messrs.. Ilardwick (chairman), Overman, The Secretary read as follows: Myers, Phelan, Johnson of South Dakota, Rustin~, Lane, Gronna, Rasolt:ed, That the following shall constitute the standing committees Smith of l\Ilchigan, Norris, Calder, Sutherland, and Kellogg. of the Senate of the Sixty-fifth Congress. On Interoceanic Canals: Messrs. Shield1;1 (chairman), Walsh, Sim On Addition'll Accommodations for the Library of Congress: Messrs. mons, Thompson, Broussard, Phelan. Kirby, Trammell, Branllegce, Penro e (chairman), Sutherland, Stone, Hughes, and Vardaman. Borah, Page Cummins, Colt, and Gofi. On Agriculture and Forestry : Messrs. Gore (chairman), Chamber On Interstate Commerce: Messrs. Newlands (chairman), Smith of lain, Smith of South Carolina, Smith of Georgia, Sheppard, Ransdell, South Carolina, Pomerene, Myers, Robinson, Saulsbury, Thompson, Thompson, Johnson of South Dakota, Kendrick, Warren, Page, Gronna, Lewis, Gore, Underwoo_Q, Cummins, Townsend, La Follette, Poindexter, Hrady, Norris, Kenyon, and Wadsworth. · McLean, Watson, and .L\..eUogg. On Appropriations: Messrs. Martin (chairman), Overman, Owen, To Investigate Trespassers upon Indian Lands : Messrs. Busting Smith of Maryland,~. Chamberlain, Shafroth, Tillman, Culberson, Under (chairman), Beckham, King, Harding, and Sut herland. wood. Robinson, ;:;mith of Arizona, Hardwick, Warren, Galling_er, On Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands: Mes rs. Phelan (chair Smoot, Dillingham, Jones of Washington, Curtis, Kenyon..~ and Sherman. man), Lane, Pittman, Thompson, Sheppard, Wal h, Smith of Arizona, To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the ;:;enate: Messrs. Jones of Washington-, Warren, Borah, Weeks, Kellogg, and.-- ---. Thompson (chairman), Jones of New Mexico, McKellar, Smoot, and Revision of the Laws of the United States (Joint) : Messrs. Rusting, France. Chamberlain, Robinson, Colt, and Kellogg. On Banking and Currency: Messrs. Owen (cbairman), Ilitchcock, 'On the Judiciary: Messrs. Culberson (chairman) Ov('rman, Fletcher, R~ed, Pomerene, Shafroth, Hollis, Rusting, Fletcher, Kendrick, Mc Reed, Ashurst, Shields, Walsh, Smith of Georgia, King. Wolcott, Nelson, Lean, Weeks, Page, Gronna, Norris, and Golf. Dillingham, Brandegee, Borah, Cummins, Poindexter, Colt, and St rling. On the Library: Messrs. Williams (chairman), Newlands, Beckham, On Canadian Relations : Messrs. Kendrick (chairman), Ransdell, Broussard,_McKellar, Gallinger, Weeks, and Wadsworth. Gore, Smith of Maryland, Myers, Sherman, Curtis, Wadsworth, and On Manufactures: Messrs. Reed (Chairman), Smith of South Caro· Hale. lina, Pomerene, Broussard, Vardaman, Jones of New Mexico, La Fol On the Census: Messrs. Sheppard (chairman), Broussard. Ashurst, lette, Gallinger, Lodge, Kenyon, and Fernald. Robinson, Hardwick, King, McKellar, La Follette, McLean, Townsend, On Military Mairs: Messrs. Chamberlain (Chairman), Hitchcock, Sutherland, and New. Fletcher, Myers, Thomas, Sheppard, Beckham, Kirby, Reed, McKellar, On Civil Service and Retrenchment: Messrs. McKellar (chairman), Warren, Brady, Weeks, Wadsworth, Sutherland, New, and Frelinghuy James, Hollis, Ransdell, Bankhead, Kirby, Wolcott, Cummins, La Fol sen. lette, Smoot, Colt, and ---. On Mines and Mining: Messrs. Walsh (Chairman), Ashurst, Pitt On Claims : Messrs. Robinson (Chairman), Lane, Johnson of South man, Shafrotb, Phelan, Jones of New Mexico, Poindexter, Sterlinlt Dakota, Beckham, Broussard, ·Kirby, Trammel, Wolcott, Golf, Gronna, Brady, and Sutherland. Wadsworth, Fernald, Frelinghnysen, and New. On the Mississippi Rlver and its Tributaries : Messrs. Cummins On Coast and Insular Survey : Messrs Saulsbury (Chairman), Cul (Chairman), Sterllng, Wadsworth, Shields, Stone, Kirby, and Tram berson, Bankhead, Pittman, King, Townsend, Sterling, fiale, and ---. mell. On Coast Defenses: Messrs. Thomas (Chairman) Smith of Maryland, On National Banks: Messrs. Broussard (Chairman), Lewis, Gerry, Lane, Phelan, Gerry, Wolcott, Weeks, Fernald, Nelson, Calder, and Brady, and Kellogg. Frelinghuysen. On Naval Mairs: Messrs. Tillman (Chairman), Swanson, Smith of On Commerce: Messrs. Fletcher (Chairman), Chamberlain, Ransdell, Maryland, Lewis, Phelan, Pittman, Walsh, Broussard, Gerry.~.- Tram Sheppard, Vardaman, Shields, Martin, Bankhead, Simmons, Reed, Kirby, mell, Penrose, Lodge, Smith of 1\Iichigan, Page, Poindexter, tl::y:ding, Nelson.· Smith of Michigan, Jones of Washington, Sherman, Harding, and Hale. Fernald, Calder, and---. On Pacific Islands and Porto Rico: Messrs. Shafroth (Chairman), On Con ervation of National Resources: Messrs. Vardaman (Chair Saulsbury, Vardaman, James, Lewis, Sheppard, Trammell, Poindexter, man), Smith of South Carolina, Newlands, Bankhead, Smith of Arizona, Fall, Fernald, Harding, and Watson. Johnson of South Dakota, King, Kendrick, Gronna, Brady, Golf, Sterling, On Pacific Railroads: Messrs. Brandegee (Chairman), McCumber, Calder, Hale, and France. . Jones of Washington, Townsend, Watson, Reed, Stone, Johnson of On Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia : Messrs. La South Dakota, Robinson, Thomas, and Kendrick. Follette (Chairman) 1 Knox, Stone, Ashurst, and Kirby. On Patents: Messrs. James (Chairman) , Smith of South Carolina, On Cuban Relations: Messrs. Underwood (Chairman), Rusting, Gore, Kirby, Brandegee, Colt and Knox. Ashurst, Smith of Michigan, and Knox. On Pensions: Messrs. Hughes (chairman). Walsh, Johnson of South On Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments: Dakota, Phelan, Hollis, Thompson, King, McCumber, Smoot, Poindexter, Messrs. Jones of Washington (Chairman), France, Hollis, Kirby, and Gotr, Sherman, and New. Martin. On the Philippines: Messrs. Hitchcock (chairman), Fletcher. Recll, On the District of .Columbia:_ Messrs. Smith of Maryland (Chairman), Lane, Ransdell<} Shafroth, Thompson; Beckham, Phelan, McLean, Ken- Pomerene, Hollis. Saulsbury, Martin, Phelan, Vardaman, King, Dilling ham, Jones of Washington, Kenyon, Sherman, Calder, and New. yoO'n H~~~ing6mg! ~gx'p~~t Roads; Messrs. Bankhead (chairman), On Education and Labor: Messrs. Smith of Georgia (Chairman), Smith of South Carolina Swanson, Vardama.n Hardwick, Beckham, Swanson, Hollis, Ashurst, Jones of New Mexico, McKellar, Borah, Pen Hughes. Broussard, McKellar, Penrose, ·Townsend, Weeks, Sterling, Mc rose, Page, McLean, and Kenyon. Lean, Watson, and France. On Engrossed Bills: Messrs. Warren (Chairman), Simmons, a~d On Printing: Messrs. Smith of Arizona (chairman), Lewis, Fletcher, Trammell. Ransdell, Robinson, Smoot, Gallinger, and Page. On Enrolled Bills : Messrs. Hollis (Chairman), Jame~ and Curtis. On Private Land Claims: Messrs. Lodge (chairman), Smith of Michi To Examine the Several Branches of the Civil ;:;ervlce : Messrs. gan, Gronna, Tillman, Thomas, Hitchcock, and Walsh. Smith of Michigan (Chairman), Brandegee, Curtis, Culberson, Simmons, On Privileges and Elections: Messrs. Pomerene (chaii·man), Reed, Smith of Maryland, and Gerry. Vardamal!J Hughes, Walsh, Thompson, James, King, Wolcott, Dillingham, On Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture: Messrs. Kirby Kenyon, ;:sherman, Fall, Knox, and Kellogg. (Chairman), Simmons, Gore, Wadsworth, and France. On Public Buildings and Grounds : Uessrs. Swanson (chairman), On Expenilltures in the Department of Commerce: Messrs. Wolcott Reed, Ashurst, Lane, Saulsbury, Culberson, llardwick, Broussard, Becl•• (Chairman), Overman, Gerry, Fall, and Brady. ham, Warren, Brady, Fernald, Curtis, Sutherland, Frelinghuysen, and On Expenditures in the Interior Department: Messrs. Smoot (Chair France. · man), Poindexter, New, Swanson, Ashurst, Newlands, and Jones of On Public Health and National Quarantine: Messrs. Ransdell (chair New Mexico. man), Fletcher, Owen, Culberson, Beckham, Underwood, Smoot, Weeks, On Expenditures in the Department of Justice: Messrs. Borah (Chair Townsend, France, and Frelinghuysen. man), Frelinghuysen, Hale, Pittman, Robinson, Saulsbury, and Under On Public Lands : Messrs. Myers (chairman) , Smith of Arizona, Pitt wood. man, Ransdell, Chamberlain, Phelan, Rusting, Shafroth, Jones of New Mexico, Smoot. Fall, Norris Sterling, Brady, and Kellogg. On Expenditures Jn the Department of Labor: Messrs. Beckman On Railroads : Messrs. Gerry (chairman), Reed, Smith of Arizona, (Chairman), Shields, Hardwick, Goff, and Kellogg. Williams, Smith of South Carolina, Lewis, Norris, Gotr, Calder, Hale, On Expenditures m the Navy Department: Messrs. Gronna (Chair and France. man), Dillingham, Hughes, Martin, and Tillman. On Revolutionary Claims: Messrs. Johnson of South Dakota (chair On Expenditures in the Post Office Department : Messrs. King (Chair man), Newlands, Sheppard, Curtis, and Watson. man), Culberson, Kendrick, Smith of Michigan, and Watson. On Rules : Messrs. Overman (chairman), Williams, Smith of Georgia, On Expenditures in the Department of State: Messrs. Lewis (Chair- Owen, James, Underwood, Broussard, Gallinger, Warren, Nelson, Cum man), Stone, Shafroth, Pem·ose, and Hale. · mins, and Knox. On Expenditures in the Treasury Department: Messrs. Trammell On Standards, Weights, and Measures: Messrs. Kenyon (chairman), (Chairman), Smith of Maryland, King, Harding, and Knox. · Harding, Bankhead, Shiellls, and Hughes. On Expenditures In the War Department: Messrs. Townsend (Chair On Territories: Messrs. Pittman (chairman), Hitchcock, Walsh, man), Norris, Calder, Thomas, James, Williams, and Chamberlain. Owen, Lane, Phelan, Kendrick, McLean, Jones of Washington, Harding, On Finance: Messrs. Simmons (chairman), Stone, Williams, Smith of New, and Hale. Georgia, Thomas. James, Hughes, Gore, Jones of New Mexico, Gerry, On Transportation anrl Sale ot Meat Products: Messrs. Page (chair Penrose, Lodge, McCumber, Smoot, Gallinger, La Follette, and Townsend. man), Frelinghuysen, Tillman, Simmons, and Shafroth. On Fisheries: Messrs. Lane (chairman), Fletcher, Martin, Rusting, On Transportation Routes to the Seaboard : Me srs. McCumber ( chttir Wolcott, Jones of Washin~rton, Curtis, Fernald, and---. man), Lodge-lor Sherman, Watson, Sheppard, Bankhead, Vardaman, On the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians: Messrs Nelson (chairman ), Hughes and Martin. Colt, Tillman, Newlands, and Owen. On the University of the United States: Messrs. Dillingham (chair On Foreign Rei a tions : Iessrs. Stone (chairman), Hitchcock, Williams, man), Brandegee, McCumber, Golf, Colt, Saulsbury, Shields, ' Villiams, Swanson, Pomerene, Smith of Arizona, Saulsbury, Pittman, Shields, Overman, Hughes, and McKellar. 1917. CONGRESSION-AL RECORD-SEN ATE. 51' On Woman Suffrage: Messrs. Jones of New Mexico (chairman), jects which would come under the jurisdiction of that com Owen, Ransdell, Hollis, Johnson of South Dakota, Jones of Washington, Nelson, Cummins, and ---. mittee had been previously intrusted to other standing com mittees of the Senate, and thus, as a matter of fact no legis Tl1e PRESIDE:NT pro tempore. The question is on the adop lation practically has come from that committee, ~ll conser tion of the resolution submitted by the Senator from Virginia. vation legislation coming from the standing committees to which The resolution was agreed to. th~ jurisdiction of the particular subject, such as public lands, PROPOSED INVESTIGATION BY COMMITTEE ON RULES. mmes, forests, and waterways belongs. So it is with many Mr. NEWLANDS. Mr. President, I submit the following other committees which are assigned either to majority Mem resolution and ask that it may be read. bers, who have no active committee chairmanships, or to mi The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Secretary will read the nority Members. They are organized for some beneficial pur resolution submitted by the Senator from Nevada. pose, but they have become unnecessary and superfluous. The Secretary read the resolution ( S. Res. 9), as follows: Now, I wish to say that this is not suggested in any spirit of economy, so far as the minority Members are concerned. I R esolved, That the Committee on Rules investigate the question as to the efficiency of the present committee and legislative system of realize the fact that the minority Members have just as im the Senate and report its recommendations. portant public duties as have the majority Members, and that R esolv ed further, That the Committee on Rules investigate the ques tion as to superfluous committees of the Senate and report its recom they are entitled to just as much clerical aid. I do not think mendations r egarding them, as well as the allowance of clerical aid the standard of pay which has been allowed is sufficient. I which should be made to Senators who have not committee chair think that eyery minority Senator ought to have a clerk at manships. $2,400 a year, a clerk at $2,000 a year, and another at $1,500 a 1\Ir. NEWLANDS. I wish to make a few words of comment year; that at least that standard ought to be adopted. upon the resolution. Mr . .TONES of Washington. Mr. President-- Mr. REED. The resolution will go over under the rul~ until The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from Ne to-morrow? vada yield to the Senator from Washington? The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Surely. Mr. NE"\VLANDS. I do not wish to prolong the discussion. Mr. REED. The only reason why I made the inquiry is that Mr. .TONES of Washington. I merely wish to suggest to the we are going into executive se::~sion for the transaction of Senator that a special committee was appointed at the last ses executive business and the Senator from Illinois [Mr. LEwis] sion to look into this matter and to report to the Senate. who came here this morning prepared to deliver an address Mr. NEWLANDS. My resolution calls for the Committee on has, I understand, waived that right in order that the Senate Rules to consider the matter. I hope that committee will be might proceed at once to executive business. It would seem assigned this duty. almost discourteous to ask him to waive a prepared speech Mr. President, the duties of Senators have been constantly and then go on with the transaction of general business. enlarging. · The Senators, I imagine, from some States have as Mr. LE~WIS. If the Senator will allow me-- large a correspondence as all the Members of the House of Mr. REED. Certainly. The Senator will pardon me for Representatives from the State. anticipating him. 1\Ir. REED. Mr. President, I hope that the Senator will not 1\lr. LEWIS. If the Senator from Missouri and the Senator compel me to call for the regular order, but I certainly shall from Nevada will indulge me, I wish to state that it was my have to do so if the Senator takes very much longer. desire to address myself to my resolution now lying upon the Mr. NEWLANDS. I shall be through in another sentence. table, asserting the Executive power touching the placing of Mr. REED. Very well. gun upon ships for the· protection of international commerce. Mr. NEWLANDS. I see no need of impatience regarding It was my intention to address the Senate this morning as matters of this kind. This i~ an important matter. to that power. I am, as the able Senator from Mis ouri says, Mr. President, I believe that defects exist with reference to informed and that through the chairman of the Committee on our committee system, which devolves upon certain Members Committees, Chairman MARTIN, that important executive mat most arduous committee duties upon important committees, ters need attention this morning, that such is very urgent, and and that the result is that they can not attend to all their in v~ew of that urgency I am asked to defer addressing the duties. I know that in the case of the committee of which I Senate at this time. Because of that request and that exigency, am chairman, whicl1 has a most important jurisdiction-that of of course I yield for the present, allowing the matter to go interstate commerce-it has been during the last session exceed over until a more convenient time. Therefore I will not stand ingly difficult to get a quorum, and that when we would secure in the way of the necessities of the occasion. a quorum, members would be obliged to leave with a view to at Mr. NEWLANDS. Mr. President, my statement will take tending to other important committee duties. It seems to me only a few moments, and, unless the Senator from Virginia is in that the Committee on Rules ought to look into this and that the sistent, I will prefer to make it now; otherwise I will suit the questions raised by this resolution are among the most impor convenience of the Senate. I propose to ask that the resolution tant that relate to the efficient administration of the business of be referred to the Committee on Rules for its report. the Senate. I wish to say simply in connection with the resolution that it The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the reso must be evident to this body of most competent men that the lution of the Senator from Nevada will be referred to the methods employed by the Senate for the consideration of public Committee .on Rules and printed. business are not the most competent methods and are not such PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. as to secure economy of time. When I first entered Congress, some 24 years ago, the length of the average session was about Mr. NELSON. I present a resolution adopted by· the House six months. Now we are almost in continuous session, and of Representatives of the Legislature of 1\linnesota, which I ask during the last Congress 15,000 bills were introduced. I may be printed in the RECORD. think it must be perfectly evident to every Senator that this There being no objection, the resolution was ordered to be body should apply itself to the study of the rules of efficiency, printed in the RECORD, as follows : which have been in the near past and are now being applied to Whereas certain Senators of the United States have by conducting a filibuster prevented the enactment of nn "armed-neutrality" law, by almost every vocation. It is with a view to securing the judg which law it was sought to give the President power to protect the ment of the Committee on Rules upon the subject that I ask neutrality of the Nation by armed force ; and for this inquiry in the hope that that committee, if it needs an Whereas said Senators have by sueh filibuster caused the opinion to prevail abroad that the CI)Untry and its Government refuse to sup appropriation with a view to making its investigation thorough port the administration; and and complete, will ask it of this body, and in the hope that a Whereas the prevalence of such opinion abroad may make the task of thorough investigation through experts, publicists, and others, the President of maintaining peace more difficult: Therefore be it will be made of various legislative systems both in the States R esolved by the House of R epresentatives of the State of M inn esota, That the Re_presentatives and Senators of the State in the Congress of and in other governments with a view to securing the highest the United States be urged hencE::forth to take such steps as will prove efficiency in our own. to the nations of the world that Americans are unanimous in support With reference to the superfluous committees, I wish to state ing the President in his efforts to protect the lives of citizens on land and sea, anu to maintain the honor and integrity of the Republic. that doubtless these committees, though apparently formed for Which was read and adopted March 8, 1917. the purpose of providing chairmanships, really originated in OSCAR AnUESO~, some definite public purpose. For instance, I heard read this Ohief Clerk H01.tse ot R eprescntati'L·es. morning the list of the members of· the Committee on the Con 1\fr. LODGE. I present resolutions of the New England servation of Natural Resources. I know that when that· com Shoe and Leather Finders• Association, of Boston; the Ameri mittee was organized it was with the expectation that it would can Order of Fraternal Helpers, of Boston ; and of sundry be an active committee, and that it would do a most important citizens of Topsfield and Amherst, all in the State of Massa work upon a subject that was attracting the wide attention chusetts, in favor of the full protection of American rights, of the public. 'Ve all know that, as a matter of fact, the sub- which I as£: may be printed in the RECORD. 52 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--· SENATE._ liABCH 12, There be.ing 'no objection, the resolutions were ordered to be Mr. LODGE. I also present resolutions of the Central printeu in the RECORD, as follows: Labor Union of Fall River and of sundry citizens of Winchester, Resolutions adopted by the New England L eather & Shoe ·Finders' in the State of Massachusetts, in support of the President in Association at its annual convention held at the Quincy Ho1:se, his efforts to protect the lives and rights of American citizens, Boston, 1\Iass., March 8, 1917. which I ask may be printed in the RECORD. Whereas the very life of our country is endangered by the interna tional crisis with which it is confronted, our commerce is injured, There being no objection, the resolutions were ordered to. be ami our rights upon the high seas ignored; and printed in the RECORD, as follows : Whereas our country is menaced by the unfriendly acts and intrigues of a hit herto friendly nation: Therefore be it FALL RIVER, MASS., March .i, 1917. R es ol ~;e d, That the New England Leather & Shoe Finders' Asso Whereas the Imperial German Government, by proclaiming a barred ciation in convention assembled hereby heartily indorse the action of zone about the coasts ot the British Isles, France, and the coasts of the President in this crisis and pledge· to him its loyal SlUiport. Europe and Africa bordering on the Mediterranean Sea./ into which It earnes tly commends those Senators and Congressmen who sup all vessels enter at peril of destruction, contrary to a1l recognized ported the President in his efforts to secure protective legislation, international rights; and but it condemns in unmeasured terms the outrageous, un-American and Whereas American ships have been .destroyed and a.re now imperiled unpatriotic action of those 12 Senators who endeavored to prevent by the activities of submarine- commanders under direction of the legislation so vital to the protection of our land ; and be it further Imperial German Government, without right and without justifica- .R c sol ~;c d, 'l'hut our association pledge its hearty cooperation to the tion; apd . · governors and legislatures of each of our New England States and to Whereas the lives of American citizens have been sacrlficed by the acts the :Ma sachusetts Committee on Public Safety and will earnestly sup of the commanders of submarines acting under instructions of the port and assist them as far as able in any measure which they deem Imperial German Government, which disclaims liability or blame, con n ecessary and advisable to take· for the preservation of our liberty trary to ail law and morality: Therefore be it and rights, for the safeguarding of our ftag and country and for the Resolved, That the Central Labor Union of Fall River, Mass., repre protection of our people and the Republic. senting the body of organized labor in the. city, does here and now Resolt•cd, Tt:.at a copy of these resolutions be sent to the President, pledge its support to the President of the United States in the m easures to the New England Senators and Congressmen at Washington, to that are made necessary by the aggressions of the Imperial German ea ch of t he New England governors, and to the chairman of the Massa Government; and be it further · chuset ts Committee on Public Safety. Resolved, -That the extent of this support be not limited to the simple NEW ESGLAND LEATHER & SHOE FINDERS' ASSOCIATION• arming of merchant vessels and their convoyance by ships of war, but By JOHN B. MITCHELL, President. shall extend to the use of other instrumentalities that may be demanded STEPHEN R. NICHOLS, by the exigencies of the situation ; and be it further 1• Albany St1·ect, Bosto1~, Mass., Secretary. ResoZve.fb That the li'aid Central Labor Union do hereby calL upon Senator WEEKS and Senator- LODGE and Congressman WILLIAM S. AMERICAN ORDER OF FRATERNAL HELPERS, GREENE to support the President of the United States to the extent of Boston, Mass., March 6, :W17. their powers in maintaining the sovereign right of freedom to traverse the oceans without let or hindrance by the shipping of the United The Suprl.' me Lodge of the American Order of Fraternal Helpers in States of America. · annual meeting assembled desires to give expression to the indignation To this end therefore, witness our hands and the seal of the Fall of its member at the action of a small coterie of small Senators who, River Central Labor Union this 4th day of March, A. D. 1917. by the perversion of a Senate rule and the application of parliamentary WRIGHT TUitNER, Presitlcn.t. trickery, endeavorecl to defeat the purpose of our President, our Con ------, Sect·etary. gress, and our people to maintain the rights of American ships and Attest: safeguard the lives of American citizens : Sheet Metal Workers Union; Granite Cutters Union; Steam R esolved, That we stand firmly in support of the President of our Firemen's Union ; Barbers Union ; Molders "Cuion ; country in all his e1forts to maintain its honor and protect its rights, Bleachers, Dyers, and Finishers Union ; Doffers linion · ·and that for this purpose we hereby pledge him our services in any Electrical Workers Union; Mule Spinners' Associa tion: capacity in which they may be utilized. City Employees Union; Brewery Workers Union; Rtrect Resolved, That a copy hereof be mailed to President Wilson. Railway Employees Union; Painters Union; '.fypo Jos. T. INGALLS, graphical Union; Paving Cutters Union ;_ Cigar Mal Mr.- PITTl\IAN. Very well, -I yield to the Senator. INTERNATIONAL. UNION OF THE UNITED BREWERY WOitKMEN .OF AMERICA, Mr. SHIELDS. I present resolutions adopted by the Business Miltoaulwe, Wis ... February 18, 1911. Men's Club of 1\Iemphis, Tenn., on the subject of armed neu Mr. PAUL 0. RUSTING. trality and preparedness. The resolutions have been sent to DEAR SIR: me with the request that I present them to the Senate, and I Whereas there is great danger that our country also will be swept into the bloody abyss that is threatening civilization; and ask that they be printed in the RECORD. Whereas· there is no other t•eason why we should fight than that to The PRESIDENT pro tempore. In the absence of objection, safeguard the transportation o! munitions and war material and grain to the Allies ; and the resolutions will be printed in the RECORD. Whereas the workingmen of this country must refuse to kill and be The resolutions are as follows: killed in order to bring more blood-covered billions to the ruling class of this country: Therefore be it se~~l~/~u s iness ~en's Club Chamber of Commerce in meeting as- Resol·vea, That we, the United -Brewery Workers' Unions of Mil First. R esolv es, That in view of the grave crisis presented by our waukee, protest against a declaration of war on any country as a ships being dented the freedom of the seas in their peaceful pursuit crime _against humanity; and be it of commerce, we believe it the duty of all citizens to uphold the Resolved., That we demand that our Government keep Americans President in his recommendation that the Government of our country off -b.elligerent ships or ships carrying contraband of war; anu be furnish a rms and gunners to our merchant ships, that attacks upon it also · them of a.n unlawful and .inhuman character may be repelled. Resolved, That our Government refuse c;learance fo all vessels car Second. Rcsolt; Cd further, That we pledge ourselves not only to sup rying munition, war material, food, or contraband to Europe ; and, port tbe President in this matter in every way, but in every effort finally, be it to uphold the honor and dignity of the United States and protect the R esolved., That a copy of each of these resolutions be sent to the lives anu rights of American citizens on every land and sea. Pt·esident of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Repre Third. Resolved. further, That we call upon Congress to give the sentatives, the two Senators from the State of Wisconsin, the two President every power and means asked for by him to protect and Congressmen from Milwaukee, and to the daily press. assert our rights. Fourth. Resolved ftwthet·i That we indorse the principle of universal TIGERTON, SHAWANO COUNTY, WIS., military training an.d serv ce for all men prior to their twent;9'-first February £3, 1917. birthday. and we call on our Senators anll Congressmen to support, Hon. PauL 0. HuSTDIG, vote, and work for the passage of a bill in Congress to provide for ancl require such service and training ; and United. States Senate, Washington, D. C.: Fifth. Resolved further, That·the chairman of this meeting appoint We, the undersigned citizens of this community, do herewith solemnly a committee of 10 to have prepared and circulated petitions to be urge you to use your every effort to keep this country out of the signed by voters in this and surrounding territory indorsing this European war. position and urging the President and Congress to have such a law In making this request we voice the view of every citizen of this passed. community. · l\lr. RUSTING. 1\Ir. President-- To Hon. J. J. EscH, Representative in the Congress of the nlted The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from Ne ~~\i~~ £:~~ e sHS~~~ro·rs~· LA FOLLETTE and Hon. ~A.UL H USTIXG, vada yielrl to the· Senator from Wisconsin? DEAR SIRS : Exercising our unlnvadable right as American citizens 1\Ir. PITTl\!AN. I will ask the Senator what is his desire? to inform our Representatives of the sentiments and convictions held Mr. BUSTIKG. I desire to present a number of petitions and by those whom they are to represent in national affairs- ' · • 1. We, the members of the German Metho 54 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-SENATE. MARCH 12, MILWAUKEE, February 2G, 1911. GREER BAY, Wis., March 1, 1917. Hon. E. L. RUSTING, Hon. PAUL 0. HUSTfNG, Unitea Stutes Senate, Wa.shington, D. 0. Unitea States Senate, Washington, D. 0.: DEAR Sm: The undersigned, citizens of the State of Wisconsin, resid We ask your support of the bill recently passed by the House which ing in the city of Milwaukee, do urgently request you to supl)ort and contains an appropriation for Green Bay Harbor. This money is needed and the commerce of this port will suffer severely if it is not vote for Senate bill 1695, reported by S!:'.nator CHAMBERLAIN February allowed. 10, 1917, providing for compulsory mllltary and naval training. W. P. WAGNIDR, Pre.sident Citizens National Bank. A CALL TO AMERICANS TO ASSURE TilE PRESIDEET THAT HE WILL RECEIVE THE UNITED SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN TAKING EFFECTIVE GREEN BAY, Wis., Mat·ch 1, 1911. ACTION TO UPHOLD AMERICA.~ RIGHTS AND DEFEXD THE NATIONAL Hon. PAUL RusTING, HONOR. 1611 Ir·ving Street NW., Washington, D. C.: Many citizens who are intensely convinced that the present state Report grave danger lo!>ing Green Bay $110,000 appropriation rec of the German submarine question demands prompt and vigorous ommended by War Department. Utmost importance that harbor is action in defense of American rights hesitate to press their views for improved without delay. Boats loaded full capacity can not enter fear of embarrassing the President. No such consideration stays the harbor now. We urge everything possible in your power to get bUI ha:nd of those who seek to paralyze any effort he may make to carry passed at this session oi Congress. into practical effect his pledge to omit no act necessary for the pro GREEN BAY MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION, tection of American ships and American citizens engaged upon lawful FRANK BLAHNIK, President. errands on the high seas. The clamor of extreme pacifists, and of those who from other motives a.re opposed to this patriotic course, makes itself insistently heard, within Congress and without. It is no MILWAUKEE, Wrs., February 17, W17 . longer permis'3ible, therefore, for those to remain silent who wish to Senator PAUL 0. HUSTINO, .lmpport the President in the protection of our national rights and thA Washington, D. C.: defense of our national honor. We are deeply grateful to you for your thorough Americanism and Our ships and our flag are being excluded from the seas by the your consistent support of the President in his efforts to uphold the threat of death and destruction conveyed in Germany's declaration of honor and to preserve the rights of the United States and its citizens war on neutral shipping. The need of the hour is to take ·effectual and we give below a message we are sending the President. measures to safeguard our shipping and our citizens, ~:ather than to wait To THE PRESTDENT: We, citizens of Milwaukee, arc in entire sym for Americans to be murdered and then go to war to punish the of pathy with the policy of effectively protecting American lives and fender. To refuse or too long delay, such protection would be to American rights against the illegal and unjustifiable acts of Germany. acquiesce in the subjugation of American rights to German domination. Pledge you our undivided support in any action you deem proper for The time has come to assure the President that he will have the over that purpose. We UTge upon you the necessity of immediate and thor whelming support of his fellow countrymen in taking effective mea.sures ough naval and military preparations sufficient and amply sufficient to meet the intolerable situation with which the country is now con to safeguard the country against all possible contingencies. fronted. John H. Tweedy, jr., Frank M. Hoyt, Guy D. Goff', Jackson B. Kemper, Willet M. Spooner, Francis Bloodgood, jr., MILWAUKEE, WIS., MareT£ 1, W11. G. A. Harlow, Frederic C. Morehouse, Wheeler l:'. Hon. PAUL 0. HUSTINO, Bloodgood, Franklin T. Smith, Clarence J. Allen, Wm. Washington, D. C.: W. Coleman, Paul B. Jenkins, H . V. Ogden, J. L. Yates, Alfred F . James, Frank R. Bacon, David A. Just sent following telegram to the President: " Since publication in Edgar, F. L. Pierce, Wm. Thorndike, George Lines, local press of our message to you of 27th instant, we ha..ve received A. K. Stebbins, A. G. Courteen, J. E. Dodge, W. H . thousands of responses solidly indorsing your vigorous stand for Amer Cameron, S. J. Pierce, C. S. Ordway, P. E. Dutcher, ican rights and pledging continued loyal support in any stand which L. J. Morgan, L. K. Marsh, Stewart H. Markham, John you may take and also urging that you immediately and thoroughly B. Clark, John Cudahy, T. 0. Allen, M. F. Cudahy, J. prepare the military and naval forces sufficiently and adequately to pro M. Romadka, W. V. Johnson, S. I. Gilpatrick, S. C. tect this country against any and all dangers." Hauxhurst, J. Tracy Hale, jr., Anson Eldred, Charles I ~ GUY D. GOFF, H. Palmer, C. F. llsley, Haskell Noyes, Alfred M:. FRANK M. HOYT, Jones, Karl Clausen, A. Timonsen, Douglas Parmentir, JOHN H. TWEEDY, Jr., H. A. Balding, Austin Jenner, W. M . Spallcross, Ed CLARENCE J. ALLEN, win L. Smith, Clarence W. Bradford, Henry Bryant, WILLETT M. SPOONER, Dan P . Eells, T . P. Carter, Geo. W. Smith, Robert K. W. P. BLOODGOOD, Barton, Douglass Vandyke, C. M. Burdick, Allan H. Citizens' Committee. WHEELER P. BLOODGOOD, Candee, Thomas S. Bell, Maurice G. Woodingham. Chairman. CRANDON, Wrs., Ma1·ch 1, W17. EA.u CLAIRE, Wis., Februat·y 21, :!911. Senator PAUL RUSTING, Hon. PAUL 0. IIUSTINO, WasMnuton, D. C.: United States Senate, Washington, D. 0.: Be it unanimously resolved, by a mass meetitJ{] of the citizens of the I urgently request you to support and vote for the plan covered by city of Crandon Wis., duly called ana Tlela this 1st day of March, Senate bill 1695, reported by Senator CHAMBERLAIN February 10, 1917, 1911, That we 1neartily support President Wilson in his stand to providing for compulsory military and naval training and service, pref protect lives and rights of American citizens on the high seas and erably with such modification of it as may be recommended by the Gen elsewhere. Further eral Staff of the Army and the General Board of the Navy. Resolved, That we appeal to our United States Senators and Mem ALBERT E. PlliRC.E. ber of Congress for a similar support of our President in this crisis. C. 0. DECKER, Chainnan. GREEN BAY, Wis., Fe1Jrrutry 29, 1911. 0. J. SWANSON, Secretary. Hon. PA.UL HUSTL~G, United State.s Senate, Washington, D. C.: MARCH 5, 1917. Reported grave danger losing Green Bay Harbor $110,000 appropria To the PRESIDENT, tion recommended by War Department. This is of utmost importance Washington. D . C. and urge everything possible be done to insure passage, as boat service Mr. PRESIDENT, SIR: We pledge to you our loyal support in any will have to be discontinued into Green Bay unless harbor improved. action you see fit to take in defense of American rights which may be GREE~ BAY ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE• menaced by any foreign country, and have faith in your looking after A. E. WINTER, President. American interests with courage and fidelity~ FRA."'K H. SMITH, Secretary. MILWAUKEE, WIS., March 1, 1917. GnEEX BAY, Wis.,. March 1, 1911. The following is a list of names taken from original copies on file PAUL RUSTING, at the office of the Wisconsin Branch, National Security League, 804 Unitea States Senate, Washington, D. C.: Flrst National Bank Building. AUGUST H. VOGEL, Ohairman. We are reliably informed that appropriation for Green Bay Harbor is in danger of berng lost. This appropriation is highly important not To the PRESIDENT and CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES: only to Green Bay but to a large surrounding territory for which We, the undersigned citizens of -the United States. strongly urge the Green Bay is a distributing point. adoption by the United States for a system of universal military train WISCONSIN FISHING Co. ing and service, providing for the training of young men prior to their twentieth year, with subsequent. liability for service. We urge that an extra sess10n be called at once to enact such legisla GREIDN BAY, Wis., March 1, 1911. tion and to provide immediately for the adequate defense of the Republic. P. 0. HUSTINO, Unitea States Senate, Washington, D . C.: Large new dock being huilt at big expense and any delay in improving WISCONSIN STATE LEGISLA.TTVlil BOARD B. Oli' L . F. & E., Green Bay's harbor is going to be serious setback at this time for Green Febmary w, 1911. Bay and all of northern Wisconsin. Please do your utmost to have Hon. PAUL HUSTINO, harbor bill reported before present session adjourns. Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C. NORTHERN PAPER 1\l.I.LLs. J\>IY DEAR SENATOR: The following resolution was adopted at the recent meE:ting of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine GnE!IlN BAY, Wis., Marcll 1, 1911. men and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, with instructions that PAUL RUSTING, t.o~P~~~o1~k~ame be forwarded to each Senator and Congre sman Unitea States Senate, Washington, D. C.: Reported great damage losing $110,000 appropriation for Green Bay "Whereas. it is proposed and advocated to regulate our constitutional Harbor recommended by War Department. Urge everything possible rights by means of compulsory arbitration, and believing as we do to be done. The boats are not running with full capacity now. Boat that the same can be done only by the sacrifice thereof, we take service will be discontinued into Green Bay unless we get this appro this opportunity of expressing om· disapproval thereof; and be it priation. "Resolvea, That we, the delegates in convention assembled repre D. W. BRITTON CooPER.AGE Co. sentiDg 6,000 members in train and engine service in the State of 1917. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 5_5 Wisconsin who are members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire time I offer the following resolutions and ask for their adop men & Enginemen, and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, desire to go on record as being unalt.:!rably opposed to any and all means of com t ion. pulsory arbitration or other compulsory methods that deprive us of The resolutions (S. Res. 10) were read, considered by unani our constitutional and inherent rights.'' Thanking you for your cooperation in this matter, I am, mous consent, and unanimously agree MEMBER oF THE UNITED STATES SHIPPING BoARD. I Veterinarian -coleman Nockolds, Fir-st Cavalcy. . Raymond B. Ste-vens, of Ne-w Hampshire, to ,be a member of [ V-e-tertnrrrian Eugene John Cramer, Quartermaster Corps. the United-States Shipping B.o.ard, for a .term .of five years, vice t To "be a-ssistant veterinar-ians with ?'Mllt from June 3, 19.16 • .Baker_, resigned. Veterinariren 'Richard H. Pow~r. ·Fifth Field Artillery. MEMBER ·OF ·xHE ExcisE BoARD. Veterinarian Henry W. Peter, Fourteenth Cavalry. Henry .S. Baker, of the District of Columbia, to :be a member Veterinarian William P. Hill, Sixth Field Artillery. .uf the .Excise Board for the District of ·Columbia, .for a term Veterinarian Jules H. Uri, Sixth Cav.alry. of three years. (Rea-p}.3ointment.) Veterinarian Robert Vans .Agnew, Fifth Cavalry. Dl:n.ECTOB OF T-HE .Mrn:r. Veterinarian Charles H. Jewell, Fourth Cavalry. Veterinarian William A. SprDule, Fourth Field .Artillery. Raymond T. Baker, of Reno, Nev., to be Director of the Mint, : Veterinarian ~red B. Gage, Seeond Field .Artillery. in place of F. J. H. vo-n Engelken, resigned. Veterinarian John H. Gould, .Second Field Artillery~ ENGRAVER IN THE MINU:. V-eterinarian. Walter Fraser, Thirteenth Oavn.lry. •George T. Morgan, of Philadelphia, Pa., .to be engraver jn the Veterinarian ~walter R. PiCk, Fourth Davalry. Mint of -tl1e United States at P.hiladelphia, Pa., .in :place of . Veterinarian Andrew .E. Donovan, Twelfth Cavalry. Charl-es E. Barber, ·deceased. Veterinarian .Burt English, Second Cavalry. PURCHASING AGENT FOB THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. . V-eterinarian .Ro~rt J. Fo ter, Ninth iQav.alry. Veterinarian George A. Hanvey, 1r., SiKth !Cavalry. :James A. Edgerton, of New ·Jersey, to be purChasing :agent · Veterinarian George .A. Lytle, -Q111l.rtermaster Corps. for the Post Office Department for a term of four years, from Ve-terinrrrian Robert C. _1\Ius e:r, Fifteenth Cavalry. and including March T7, 1917. :Veterinarian Aquila lllitchell, Third Field Artill-ery. COAST --G-uARD. Veterinarian Wilfred .J. Stokes, Fir t 'Field Artillery. _Third Lieut. of Engineers Gustav.us Richard O'Connor to be , Veterinarian Oliver A. Barber, Quartermaster Corps. second lieutenant of Engineers in the Coast Guard of the United Veterinarian Herbert S. 'Williams, Fifth Field1 Artillery, States, to rank as -such from August 13, 1916, in place of Second . Veterinarian Alfred Lewis Ma-son, Sixth Field Artillery. Lieut. of Engineers John T. Carr, -promoted. ! 'Veterinarian Thomas H. Edwards, Fifteenth Cavalry. PuBLic HEALTH SERVICE. '~Veterinarian Burton A. Seeley, Fifth Cavalry. Passed Asst. Surg. Wade H. Frost to .be surgeon in the Veterinarian William C. Van Allstyne, Tenth Cavalry. Veterinarian Sherman iL. ·Teeple, Quartermaster Corps. Public Health Service, to raiik us sueh from February "3, 1917. 1 'Veterinarian Ingild Hansen, Quartermaster Corps. This officer has served the required length ·of time in 'his · Veterinarian Lloyd E. ·Case, Quartermaster Corps. grade and has passed the necessary enminafi-on for promotion. Veterinarian James R. Haynes, First Field Artillery. Pa sed As t. Surg. .Eugene .H. .Mullan 1o be .sur.geon in the Veterinarian Geor.ge H. Koon, Twelffu ·Cavalry. Public Health Service, to rank ,as uch :from February 2, 1917. · Veterinarian Ralpb J\-1. -:Bu1I:ine Capt. Henry C. Smither, Ninth Cavalry, • to be major from . Capt. Charles D. Herron, Thirri Field Artillery, to be mttjor January 30, 1917, vice Maj. John B. Christian, Seventeenth Cav from JuJ:y 1, 1916, vice Maj. Harry G. Bishop, Fifth Field Artil alry, transferred to Field Artillery. lery, promoted. Capt. Roy B. Harper, Twelfth Cavalry, to be major from Capt. Robert C. Foy, Ninth Field .Artillery, to be major from February 6, 1917, vice Maj. George \V. Moses, Sixteenth Cav- July 1, 1916, vice Maj. Dan T. Moore, unassigned, detailed in the alry, placed on detached officers' list. · General Staff Corps. Capt. Thomas A. Roberts, Cavalry, detached officers' list, to Capt. Edward T. Donnelly, Fifth Field Artillery, to be major be major from February 27, 1917, vice Maj. Samuel McP. Ruther from July 1, 1916, vice 1\!aj. Frank E. Hopkins, unassigned~ de ford, Eleventh Cavalry, detailed in the Adjutant General's tailed in the Signal Corps. Department. Capt. George M. Brooke, Field Artillery~ Detached Officers' Capt. Edgar A. Sirmyer, Fourteenth Cavalry, to be major List, to be major from August 3, 1916, vice Maj. John E. Steph from March 6, 1917, vice Maj. Nathan K. Averill, Thirteenth ens, unassigned, detu.iled in the Inspector General's Department. Cavalry, placed on detached officers' list. Capt. Harry C. Williams, Field Artillery (detailed in Quarter First Lieut. Frederick T. Dickman, Seventh Cavalry, to be master Corps), to be major from September 22, 1916, vice 1\Iaj. capt:lin from July 7, 1016, vice Capt. Lawrence S. Carson, H~nry L. Ne\vbold, unassigned, placed on Detached Officers' Twelfth Cavalry, detailed in the Quartermaster Corps. List. ]'lrst Lieut. Aljna R. Chaffee, Cavalry, unassigned, to be cap dapt. Albert U. Faulkner, Fourth Field Artillery, to be major tain from July 7, 1916, vice Capt. George F. Bailey, Second from September 22, 1916, vice Maj. Harry C. Williams, whose Cavalry, detailed in the Quartermaster Corps. · detail in the Quartermaster Corps is continued. First Lieut. George W. De Armond, Fifteenth Cavalry, to be Capt. George M. Apple, Fourth Field Artillery, to be major captain from July 7, 1916, vice Capt. William C. Gardenhire, from Februucy 26, 1917, vice .1\Iaj. Alfred A. Starbird, Fifth Tenth Cavalry, detailed in the Quartermaster Corps. Field ~rtillery, detailed in the Inspector General's Department. First Lieut. John G. Quekemeyer, Seventh Cavalry, to be First Lieut~ Robert G. Kirkwood, ThiTd Field Artillery, to be captain from July 10, 1916, vice Capt. Alfred E. Kennington, captain frqm July 1, 1916, vice Capt. William McK. Lambdin, Tenth Cavalry, promoted. Fourth Field Artillery, promoted. First Lieut. Frank M. Andrews, Second Cavalry, to be cap First Lieut. Harold E. Marr, Field Artillery, Detached Officers' tain from July 15, 1916, vice Capt. Herman A. Sievert, Seventh List, to be captain from July 1, 1916, vice Capt. George V. H. Cavalry, promoted. Moseley, Fifth Field Artillery, promoted. First Lieut. Joseph C. King, Cavah·y, unassigned, to be cap First Lieut. Joseph W. Rumbough, Fourth Field Artillery, to tain from July 17, 1916, vice Capt. Christian Briand, Twelfth be captain from July 1, 1916, vice Capt. Charles lf. Bundel, Sixth Cavah·y, \fhO died July 16, 1916. Field Artillery, promoted. First Lieut. George L. ·Converse, jr., Fourth Cavalry, to be First Lieut. William McCleave, First Field Artillery, to be captain from July 21, 1916, vice Capt. 'Valter S. Grant, Third captain from July 1, 1916, vice Capt. Charles D. Herron, Thir-d Cavah-y, detailed in the Signal Corps. Field Artillery, promoted. First Lieut. Donald A. Robinson, Fifteenth Cavalry, to be First Lieut. Allan· C. McBride, Field Artillery, Detached Offi captain from August 21, 1916, vice Capt. Thomas F. Ryan, Thir cers' List, to be captain f1·om July 1, 1916, vice Capt. Robert C. teenth Cavalry, retired from active service August 20, 1916. Foy, Ninth Field Artillery, promoted. First Lieut. Bruce L. Burch, Fifteenth Cavalry, to be captain First Lieut. Joe R. Brabson, Third Field Artillery, to be cap from August 27, 1916, vice Capt. George E. l\Iitchell, Sixth Cav- tain from July 1, 1916, vice Capt. Edward T. Donnelly, Fifth alry, promoted. . Field Artillery, promoted. First Lieut. Edgar M. Whiting, Fourth Cavalry, to be captain First Lieut. Leonard C. Sparks, Field Artillery, unassigned, from September 6, 1916, vice Capt. Pierce A. Murphy, First Cav- to be captain from July 1, 1916, vice Capt. Walter E. Prosser, ah·y, promoted. · unassigned, detailed in the Signal Corps. First Lieut. Edward G. Elliott, Cavalry, unassigned, to be cap First Lieut. John A. Crane, Fifth Field Artillery, t() be cap tain from September 13, 1916, vice Capt. Frederick T. Arnold, tain from July 1, 1916, vice Capt. John N. Greely, unassigned, unassigned, promoted. detailed in the Signal Corps. First Lieut. Wade H. Westmoreland, Eleventh Cavalry, to be First Lieut. Frederick A. Prince, Fifth Field ArtiHery, to be captain from September 14, 1916, vice Capt. Leonard L. Deitrick, captain from July 1, 1916, vice Capt. James H. Burns, detailed Seventh Cavalry, detailed in the Quartermaster Corps. in the Ordnance Department. First Lieut. Guy H. Wyman, Eighth Cavalry, to be captain First Lieut. Marshall 1\fa.gruder, Field Artillery, unassigned, from September 21, 1916, vice Capt. WilliamS. Valentine, Tenth to be captain from July 1, 1916', vice Capt. Everett S. Hughes, Cavalry, promoted. detailed in the Ordnance Department. First Lieut. Verne R. Bell, Seventh Cavalry, to be captain First Lieut. Truby C. Martin, Sixth Field Artillery, to be from Sepfember 28, 1916, vice Capt. Thomas B. Esty, unassigned, captain from July 1, 1916, vice Capt. Thomas J. Smith, de retil·ed from active service September 27, 1916. tailed in the Ordnance Department. First Lieut. Henry W. Baird, Ninth Cavalry, to be captain First Lieut. Wilbur Rogers, Seventh Field Artillery, to be from October 6, 1916, vice Capt. Aubrey Lippincott, Fourth Cav captain from July 2, 1916, vice Capt. Arthur F. Cassels, Sixth alry, detailed in the Signal Corps. Field Artillery, retired from active service July 1, 1916. First Lieut. Louis R. Dougherty, Field Artillery, una signed, Firt Lieut. .Alexander H. Jones, Cavalry, un~signed, to be captain from November 15, 1916, vice Capt. Alexander B. Coxe, to be captain from July 2~ 1916, vice Capt. Edward A. StuaTt, Second Cavalry, detailed in the General Staff Corps. Second Field Artillery, retired from active service July 1, 1916. First Lieut. Charles L. Stevenson, Fourteenth Cavalry, to be Fil·st Lieut. Samuel R. Hopkins, Second Field Artillery, to captain from November 21, 1916, vice Capt. William L. Lowe, be captain from July 7, 1916~ vice Capt. Hurry 0. Williams,· Tenth Cavalry, retired from active service November 20, 1916. Fifth Field Artillery, detailed in the Quartermaster Corpl?. , First Lieut. Frank K. Chapin, Seventh Cavalry, to be captain First Lieut. Charles P. Hollingsworth, Field Artillery. unas from December 3, 1916, vice Capt. Ralph Talbot, jr., Fifteenth signed, to be captain from July 7, 1916, vice Capt. Tilman Camp Cavalry, detailed in the Quartermaster Corps. bell, Sixth Field Artillery, detailed in the Quartermaster Corp . First Lieut. Henry L. Watson, Seventeenth Cavalry, to be First Lieut. Charles D. Daly, First Field Artillery, to be captain from December 25, 1916, vice Capt. James D. Tilford, captain from August 3, 1916', vice Capt. George M. Brooke, Field unassigned, placed on Detached Officers' List Artillery. unassigned.. promoted, First Lieut. l\1urray B. Rush, Cavalry, Detached Officers' List, COAST ARTILLERY CORPS. to be captain from January 16, 1917, vice Capt. Samuel Van First Lieut. Isaac E. Titus. Coast Artillery Corps, to be Leer, Seventh Cavalry, who resigned January 15, 1917. captain from July 1, 1916, to fill an original vacancy. First Lieut. Augustine W. Robins, Twelfth Cavah·y. to be Second Lieut. Frederick G. Dillman, Coast .Al·tiUery Corps, captain from January 23, 1917, vice Capt. Kyle Rucker, Four to be tirst lieutenant from July 1, 1918, vice First Lieut. Hobert teenth Cavalry, who resigned January 22, 1917. Arthur, promoted. Second Lieut. Daniel .A. Connor, Seventeenth Cavah·y. to be First Lieut. Horton 1\I. Beardslee, Coast Axtillecy Corps, to first lieutenant from November 2, 1916, vice First Lieut. Hugb be captain from July 2, 1916, vice Capt. John G. 'Vorkiz.er, S. Johnson, First Cavalry, promoted. retired from activ ~ · service July 1, 1S16. · First Lieut. William C. Whitaker, Coa t Artillery Corps, :FIELD ARTILLERY ARM.· to be captain from July 7, 1916, vice Capt. Harry ,V. Newton, Capt. George V. H. Moseley, Fifth Field A.rtillel!'y, to be major detailed in the Quru·termaster Corps. from July 1, 1916, to fill an original vacancy. First Lieut. James A. Brice, Coast Artillery Corps. to ~ Capt. Charles 1\f. Bunde!, Sixth Field Artillery, to be majo1· captain from July 7, 1916, vice Capt. Charles E. N. Ho,Yard, f1·om July 1, 1916, to fill an original vacancy. detailed in the Quartermaster Corps. 58 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1\fARCH 12, First Lieut. James L. Dunsworth, Coast Artillery Corps, to Capt. Ira C. Welborn, Infantry, Detached· Officers' List, to be be captain from July 7, 1916, vice Capt. John 0. Steger, de _major ftom J anuary 6, 1917, vice Maj. "William J. Lutz, First tailed in the Quartermaster Corps. Infantry, who died January 5, 1917. First Lieut. Dana H. Crissy, Coast Artillery Corps, to be Capt. Alexander E. \Villiams, Quartermaster Corps (In captain from July 7, 1916, vice Capt. Graham Parker, detailed fantry), to be major from January 26, 1917, vice Maj. John W . in the Quartermaster Corps. Heavey, Ninth I nfantry, promoted. First Lieut. James L. Walsh, Coast Artillery Corps (captain, Capt. Charles W. Exton, Infantry, Detached Officers' Li t, to Ordnance Department), to be captain from July 7, 1916, vice be major from January 26, 1917, vice Maj. Alexander E. Wil Capt. Raphael R. Nix, whose detail in the Ordnance Department liams, detailed in the Quartermaster Corps. is continued. First Lieut. George T. Everett, Twenty-fourth I nfantry, to First Lieut. Hem·y H. 1\ialven, jr., Coast Artillery Corps, to be be captain from September 18, 1916, vice Capt. Joseph F. captain from July 7, 1916, vice Capt. James L. Walsh, whose de Janda, First Infantry, promoted. tail in the Ordnance Department is continued. First Lieut. Henry H . Arnold, Infantry, captain, Aviation li...,irst Lieut. Edward L. Kelly, Coast Artillery.Corps, detached Section, Signa1 Corps, to be captain from· September 23, 1916, officers' list, to be captain from July 7, 1916, vice Capt. Louis C. vice Capt. Alvan C. Read, Ninth Infantry, promoted. Brinton, jr., detailed in the Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Walter R. Wheeler, Twenty-sixth Infantry, to First Lieut. Thruston Hughes, Coast Artiller.r Corps, to be be captain from September 23, 1916, vice Capt. Henry H. captain from July 7, 1916, vice Capt. 1\fark L. Ireland, detailed Arnold, detailed in the Aviation Section, Signal Corps. in the Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. George F. N. Dailey, Thirteenth Infantry, to be First Lieut. Charles B. Meyer, Coast Artillery Corps, to be captain from September 24, 1916, vice Capt. Donald W. Strong, captain from July 10, 1916, vice Capt. James _A. Ruggles, pro- unassigned, who died September 23, 1916. m~ed . · First Lieut. Barton K. Yount, Fifteenth Infantry, to be First Lieut. Frederick A. Mountford, Coa t Artillery Corps, to captain from September 25, 1916, \ice Capt. Charles L. Willard, be captain from July 10, 1916, vice Capt. Terence E. Murphy, Twenty-fifth Infantry, detailed in the Signal Corp . promoted. First Lieut. Denham B. Crafton, Twenty-eigth Infantry, Fir t Lieut. Francis G. Delano, Coast Artillery Corps, to be to be captain from September 25, 1916, vice Capt. Rinaldo H. captain from July 7, 1916, vice Capt. Richard H. Jordan, detailed ' Voocl, Twenty-fourth Infantry, detailed in the Quartermaster in the Quartermaster Corps. Corps. First Lieut. Raphael R. Nix, Coast Artillery Corps (captain, Fir t Lieut. William E. Selbie, Fourth Infantry, to be captain Ordnance Department) , to be captain from July 7, 1916, vice from September 27, 1916, vice Capt. Alvin C. Voris, Twenty Capt. Owen G. Collins, detailed in t he Quartermaster Corps. second Infantry, detailed in the Aviation Section, Signal Corps. Fir. t Lieut. 1-i'ordyce L. Perego, Coast Artillery Corps, to be First Lieut. John L. Jenkins, Twenty-ninth lnfahtry, to be captain from July 15, 1916, nee Capt. Allen D. Rnymond, pro- captain from September 29, 1916, vice Capt. Edwin P. Thomp moted. · son, Infantry, unas igned, who died September 28, 1916. Fir t Lieut. Philip S. Gage, Coast Artillery Corps, to be cap First Lieut. Charles H. ·white, Thirteenth Infantry, to be tain from July 19, 1916, vice Capt. James R. Pourie, promoted. captain from October 1, 1916, vice Capt. Deas Archer, Infantry, First Lieut. l\Ionte J. Hickok, Coast Artillery Corps, to be unassigned, who died September 30, :!916. - captain from July 21, 1916, vice Capt. Clarence l\f. Condon, who First Lieut. Alivn G. Gutensohn, Infantry, detailed in the died July 20, 1916. Signal Corps, to be captain from November 11, 1916, vice Capt. First Lieut. Frederick Hanna, Coast Artillery Corps, to be Leo I. Samuelson, unassigned, retired from active service No captain from July 26, 1916, vice Capt. John L. Hughes, promoted. vember 10, 1916. Fir t Lieut. Theodore l\f. Chase, Coast Artillery Corps, to be Fir"t Lieut. Stanley L. Jame , Twenty-seventh Infantry, to captain from August 1, 1916, vice Capt. William H. Raymond, be captain from November 11, 1916, vice Capt. Alvin G. Guten- detailed in the General Staff Corps. _ sohn, detailed in the Signal Corps. · F'irst Lieut. William C. Koenig, Coast Artillery Corps, to be First Lieut. John S. Sullivan, Second Infantry, to be captain captain from August 22, 1916, vice Capt. John W. C. Abbott, from December 6, 1916, vice Capt Marshall Childs, Twenty-fifth ~~~ . Infantry, who died December 5, 1916. First Lieut. Albert C. Wimberly, Coast Artillery Corps, to be First Lieut. Da\id G. C. Garrison, Thirteenth Infantry, to be captain from September 10, 1916, vice Capt. Harry T. Matthews, captain from January 7, 1917, \ice Capt. Louis Soltmac, Twelftlt promoted. Infantry, dismissed January 6, 1917. First Lieut. Harry W. Stephenson, Coast Artillery Corps, to First Lieut. Bruce B. Buttler, Thirtieth Infantry, to be cap be captain from November 15, 1916, vice Capt. Henry C. Mer tain from January 11, 1917, vice Capt. Earnest M. Reeve, riam, detailed in the General Staff Corp . Twenty-third Infantry, di missed January 10, 1917. Fir t Lieut. Herbert H. Acheson, Coast Artillery Corps, to be First Lieut. EYan E. Lewis, Tenth Infantry, to be captain captain from November 15, 1916, \ice Capt. James B. Taylor, from January 15, 1917, vice Capt. Charles C. Herman, jr., detailed in the Signal Corps. . Twenty-sixth Infantry, resigned January 14, 1917. First Lieut. Willis Shippam, Coast Artillery Corps, to be cap Fir t Lieut. Paul A. Larned, Tenth Infantry, to be captain tain from November 27, 1916, vice Capt. George A. Wieczorek, from January 17, 1917, ,-ice Capt. Harry Graham, Twenty sixth Infantry, dismis ed January 16, 1917. detailed in the Signal Corps. Second Lieut. Samuel J. Heidner, Infantry, unassio-ned, to be First Lieut. Frank A Buell, Coast Artillery Corps, to be cap first lieutenant from July 1, 1916, to fill an original \acancy. tain from January 2"7, 1917, vice Capt. J acob A. :Mack, trans ferred to the Field Artillery Arm. CHAPLAIN. First Lieut. Frank D. Applin, Coast Artillery Corps, to be cap Chaplain John T. Axton, Twentieth Infantry, to be chaplain tain from January 28, 1917, vice Capt. Pierre V. Kieffer, trans with rank of major from March 5, 1917, \ice Chaplain James"-'· ferred to the Field Artillery Arm. Hillman, Sixteenth Infantry, retired by operation of law l\Iarch Fir t Lieut. Rollin L. Tilton, Coast Artillery Corps, to be cap 4, 1917. tain from January 29, 1917, vice Capt. James P. Robinson, trans TR.A SFER TO THE ACTIVE L1ST OF THE ARMY. ferre to the Field Artillery Arm. Col. Tracy C. Dickson, United State·· Army, retired, for trans First Lieut. John K. Jemison, Coast Artillery Corps, to be fer to the acti\e-llst of the Army as a lieutenant colonel in the captain from February 1, 1917 vice Capt. Howard L. Lander·s, Ordnance Department, with rank from l\Iarch 7, 1917. transferred to the Field Artillery_Arm. INFANTRY .ARM. INFANTRY AR I. F-ir t Lieut. SylYester C. Loring, United States Army, retired, Lieut. Col. Julius A. Penn, Third Infantry, to be colonel from to the grade of captain in the Infantry Arm with rank' from 1\larch 2, 1917, vice Col. Edwin A. Root, Infantry, unassigned, July 1, 1916. detached from his proper command. PRO\ISIONAL APPOINTME~TS, llY T.RANSFER, IN THE AR11IY. 1\Iaj. John W. Heavey, Ninth Infantry, to be lieutenant col The officers herein named for provisional appointment, by onel from January 26, 1917, subject to examination required transfer, in the Army of the United States: by law, vice Lieut. Col. Sydney A. Cloman, Twelfth Infantry, Second Lieut. Leander R. Hathaway, Sixteenth Cavalry, to resigned January 25, 1917. be second lieutenant of Infantry with rank from November 30, l\Iaj. Harry J. Hirsch, Quarterma ter Corps (Infantry), to be 1916. - lieutenant colonel from March 2, 1917, vice Lieut. Col. Julius Second Lieut. Athael B. Ellis, Sixth Infantry, to be second· A. Penn, Third Infantry, promoted. lieutenant of Cavalry with r ank from November 30, 191@. 1917. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 59 Second Lieut. Erskine S. Dollarhide, Fifth Field Artillery, to Second Lieut. Edwin Daviess Patrick, Second Infantry, In be second lieutenant of Infantry with rank from November 30, diana National Guard. 1916. Second Lieut. Stua1·t Randall Carswell, First Infanb·y, Dela Second Lieut. George N. Ruhberg, Twenty-sixth Infantry, to ware National Guard, to be second lieutenant of Infantry, witll be second lieutenant of Field Artillery with rank from Novem rank from date of appointment. ber 30, 1916. CAVALRY ARM. Second Lieut. Frederic Charles Dose, Seventh Field Artillery, to be second lieutenant of Infantry with rank from November The officers of the Officers' Reserre Corps herein named for 30, 1916. provisional appointment as second lieutenants in the Army of Second Lieut. Edward Martin Smith, Seventh Infantry, to the United States: be second lieutenant of Field Artillery with rank from Novem Second Lieut. Nelson 1\lark Imboden, Infantry Officers' Re ber 30, 1916. serve Corps. Second Lieut. Armand Durant, Twelfth Infanb.·y, to be second Capt. John Elliott, Cavalry Officers' Reserve Corps. lieutenant of Field Artillery with rank from November 30, Second Lieut. Randolph Dickins, Infantry Officers' ReserYe 1916. Corps. Second Lieut. Barnwell Rhett Legge, Sixth Field Artillery, Second Lieut. John Newton Steele, Infantry Officers' Reserve to be second lieutenant of Infanb.·y with rank from No-vember Corps. 30, 1916. INFANTRY ARM. PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE ARMY. Second Lieut. ·willis Henry Hale, Infanh·y Officers' Resen-e Corps. . The officers of the National Guard hei;ein named for provi Second Lieut. Noe Calhoun Killian, Infantry Officers' Reserve sional appointment as second lieutenants in the AI·my of the Corps. . United States, to rank from Cqn1l. John Herbert J ones, school detachment, Aviation Sec- I "'FANTRY A.RU. tion, Signal Corp . · · James D. Basey, of Oregon. Corpl. Rufus E. Wicker, Company F, Third Regiment of En- Ray M. O'Day, of Washington. gineers. ~ Alan Pendleton, of Pennsylvania: · Sergt. Charles L. Briscoe, Medical Departoent." Merritt Elijah Olmstead, of Oklahoma. C01·pi. lloy 0. Wren, Quartermaster Corps. · Benjamin F. Caffey, jr., of Utah. Sergt. Hermann Chades Dompewolf, Company E, Second Hadyn Potter Mayers, of Texas. Regiment of Engineers. Rogers Murchison Wilson, of Georgia. . Pvt. Paul Ireton Jones, Company E, Second Telegraph Bat Henry Ephraim Mosher, of New York. talion, Signal Corps. · Albin Krill Kupfer, of New York. · Sergt. Frank Everett Hinton, Oompany D, S~ond Infantry. · Augustine Joseph Zerbee, of Ohio. · C01·pl. Frank Patrick Tuohy, Company C, Third Regiment of Frank August Heileman, of 1\Iissouri. Engineers. Arthm· Blaine Hutchinson, of. Iowa: Sergt. John R. Hermann, Company I, Eighth Infantl:y. Lauritz Daniel Simonson, of Connecticut. Pvt. Louis T. Roberts, Coast Artillery Corps. . Carl Reah Perkins, of Ohio. ·sergt. James l\1_inch Palmer, Medical Department. · Stanley Morton Mucklestori, of 'Vi consin. Sergt. Ralph A. W. Pearson, school detachment, Aviation Franklin Washington Cheney, of Georgia. Section, Signal Corps. . George Francis Wellage, of Texas. Corpl. Alfred Millard, Company H, Twenty-se-venth Infantry. Alfred F .. Biles, jr.,. of Oregon. PYt. Harry H. Ambs, Company l\1, Twenty-ninth Infantry. Chat·Ies Turner Hearin, of Alabama. Corpl. William H. Bittenbender, Company D, Twenty-seventh Hugh Mackay Davis, of Maryland. Infantry. · John Frederick Fredin, jr., of Minnesota. Q. M. Sergt. Raymon Stacy Knopf, of Pennsylvania. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS IN TH~ NAVY. James 1\I. Garrett, jr., of Alabama. Daviu l\1. Pope, of Illinois. Capt. Harry S. Knapp to be a rear admiral in the Navy from Harry B. We ton, of Pennsylvania. the 13th day of August, 1916. Eugene H enry \Villenbucher, of New Jersey. The following-named captains to be rear admirals in the L oui C. Arthur, jr., of North Carolina. Na-vy from the 29th day of August, 1916: John Flavel Hubbard, of New York. William L. Rodgers, Franklin McKenzie Davi on, of Illinois. Harry 1\lcL. P. Ruse (an additional number in o-rade) \Yilliam Edgar Shepherd, jr., of New York. George W. :McElroy (an additional number in graode), ~ Robert S. Griffin (an additional number in grade), COAST ARTILLERY CORPS, George E. Bm·d (an additional number in grade) , Evan C. Seaman, of Pennsylvania. James H. Oliver (an additional number in grade), Clarence E. Cotter, of Utah. J obn ~ood, and Goruon Bennett \Velch, of Kansas. William S. Sims. J'ames l\Ioore Evans, of Virginia. The following-named commanders to be captains in the Navy Cedric Ferris 1\Iaguire, of New York. from the lOth day of August, 1916 : . . E dmu·d Eugene 1\Iurphy, of Massachusetts. ' Cleland N. Offiey (an additional number in grade) and l\Inrshalll\1cDinrmid Williams, jr., of North-Carolina. Louis R. de Steiguer. ' H enry Hasick Behrens, of Pennsylvania. Commander William W. Phelps to be a captain in the Navy EdTI"ard Clarence Seeds, of Iowa. from the 13th day of August, 1916. . EdLon Albert Lynn, of California. The following-named commanders to be captains in the Navy l\Ii I ton Pierce l\Iorrill, of 1\Iinnesota. from the 29th day of August, 1916: . , Guy Humphrey Drewry, of Virginia. LOuis A. Kaiser, Raphael Saul havin, of New York. William 0. Cole, John Le ter Scott, of Maine. Jehu V. Chase, AiYa Franklin Englehart, of 1\lissouri. Henry J. Ziegemeier, -. 1917. George W. Williams, Ensign Karl E. Hintze to be a lieutenant (junior grade) in Montgomery 1\l. Taylor, the Navy from the 7th day of .June, 1916. · Carl T. Vogelgesang, -Boatswain Dallas Wait to be. an ensign in the Navy from the Charles B. McVay, jr., 9th 9ay_of February, 1917. John H. Dayton, Medical -Inspector George H. Barber to be a medical director Lucius A. Bo twick, in the Navy from the 2d day of October, 1916. William A. Moffett, Medical Inspector Rand P. Crandall to be a medical director Julian L. Latimer, and in the Navy from the 11th day of January, 1917. DeWitt Blamer. The following-named sm·geons to be medical inspectors in the Commander John K. Robison to be a captain ln the Navy Navy from the 29th day of August, 1916: from the lOth day of October, 1916. Charles E. Riggs, Th~ following-named commanders to be captains in the Navy James F. Leys, from the 1st day of January, 1917: Frank C. Cook, Arthur L. Willard, and Ammen Farenholt, Henry H. Hough. . Charles P. Kindleberger, Lieut. Commander Earl P. Jessop to be a commander in the Arthur W. Dunbar, Navy from the lOth day of August, 1916. Theodore W. Richards, The following-named lieutenant commanders to be com- Moulton K. Johnson, manders in the Navy from the 29th day of August, 1916: Middleton S. Elliott, David E. Theleen, ~ Dudley N. Carpenter, and Orin G. l\1m·fin, James C. Pryor. . Luther 1\f. Oversb.·eet, Surg. Washington B. Grove to be a medical inspector in the Walton R. Sexton, Navy from the 2d day of October, 1916. William D. Leahy, Surg. Raymond Spear to be a medical inspector in the Navy John Halligan, jr., from the 11th day of January, 1917. William C. Watts, Passed Asst. Surg. Robert G. Heiner to be a surgeon in the Lyman A. Cotten, Navy from the 12th day of .June, 1916. William T. Tarrant, The following-named pa sed assistant surgeons to be surgeons Yancey S. Williams, in the Navy from the 29th day of August, 1916: Charles P. Nelson, · Robert E. Stoops.. Edward B. Fenner, Benjamin H. Dorsey, Victor A. Kimberly, Harry F . Hull, Claude C. Bloch, William J. Zalesky, Henry E. Lackey, Lewis H. Wheeler, Edward C. Kalbfus, Henry A. May, Cyrus W. Cole, and • ·william D. Owens, John W. Greenslade. Owen .J. lllink, Lieut. Commander Harry L. Brinser to be a commander in the Frederick E. Porter, and Navy from the 30th day of September, 1916. Paul T. Bessez. · Lieut. Commander James H. Tomb to be a commander in the Pas ed Asst. Surg. Norman T. McLean to be a surgeon in the Navy from the 1st day of January, 1917. Navy from the 29th day of August, 1916. The following-named lieutenants to be lieutenant commanders The following-named assistant surgeons in the 1\Iedicnl Re in the Navy from the 29th day of August, 1916: serve Corps to be assistant surgeons in the Navy from the 5th James D. Willson, day of February, 1917: William Ancrum, John Rodgers, Arthur C. Sinton, William· D. Greetham, Franklin F. Murdoch, Benjamin K. Johnson, Harold L. Jensen, Charles S. Joyce, · Theo E. Cox, · Ormond L. Cox, James A. Halpin, Royal E. Ingersoll, Franklin T. Bower, Herbert F. Leary, Aubrey 1\I. Larson, Chester W. Nimitz, Julian C. Brantley, Reuben B. Coffey, Louis H. Williams, Jo eph V. Ogan. Ogden D. King, Albert ·T. Church, Irving W. Jacobs, Logan Cresap, .James M. Quinn, John N. Ferguson, Arthur W. Hoaglund, Louis C. Farley, Philip F. Prioleau, Arthur C. Stott, Lockhart D. Arbuckle, William S. McClintic, Robert L. Nattkemper, Byron McCandless, William E. Lawhead, Roscoe C. 1\facFall, George P. Shields, Robert L. Irvine, and · Edward K. Lee, Turner F. Caldwell. John P. Owen, The following-named lieutenants (junior grade) to be lieuten- Charles F. Glenn, George B. Tyler, ants in the ~avy from the ~9th day of August, 1916: Walter F. Lafranz, Arthur Freeman, ·Riley F. McConnell, John J. Loughlin, and George ,V. Simpson, .Jack H. Harris. Charles S . . Keller, The following-named citizens to be assistant surgeons in the Eumund D ....Umy, Medical Reserve Corps of the Navy from the 19th day of Janu Jere H. Brooks, ary, 1917: Burton A. Strait, George J. Eckel, a citizen of New York, Charles H. Davis, jr., Luther F. -Wanen, a citizen of New York, and Paul E. S11eicher, John T. Bennett, a citizen of Mississippi. E sistant Payma ter Nicholas H. Sta\ey1 with rank of lieu Lieut. CoL, Wendell C. Neville, to be a colonel in the Murine tenant (junior graile) on the retired list, to 'be a passed as Corps (snbject to examination required by law) ·from the 29th sistant paymaster in the Nary with the, rank of lieutenant '{)n day of August, 1916. 1917. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-~SEN ATE., 63 Lieut. Col. Thomas C. Treadwell ·(now commissioned sub Harry G. Bartlett, and ject to examination required by law) to be a: lieutenant colonel Charles A. Lutz. · in the Marine Corps from the 27th day of September, 1914. The following-named first lieutenants to be captains in the The following-named majors to be lieutenant colonels in the Mari.rie Corps from the 29th day of August, 1916 : Marine Corps from the' 29th day of August, 1916: · ' John R. Henley, · William N. McKelvy, Henry S. Green, John H. Russell, Ralph L. Shepard, Melville J. Shaw, William W. Buckley, Philip l\1. .Bannon, William 0. Wise, jr., Newt H. Han, William D. · Smith, Smedley D. Butler, Randolph Coyle, George C. Thorpe, Philip H. Torrey, Charles S. Hill, Robert L. Denig, George C. Reid, Charles S. McReynolds~ Robert H. Dunlap, Charles F. B. Price, Harry Lee, J· Sydney S. Lee, John F. McGill, Ros~ E. Howell, Louis l\1. Gulick, Harold H. Utley, Hiram I. Bearss, Paul A. Capron, Frederic L. Bradman, William F. Bevan, Arthur T. l\1arix, and E _._ tJ()NGRESSIONAL RECORlJ-SENATE . . ~URCH 12, 64 (.- First Lieut. Bernard L. Smith to be a captain in the Marine Gusta Karo~, a.. c'itlzen of Georgia, Corp (subject to. examination required by law). from. the 29th Artiml.! B J'.a.cques, a citizen o..f- Maryland; day of August, 1916. . . ·. . .Jesse H.. Fugate, jr., a citizen o.:f Virginia, Second Lieut. Sidney N. Raynor to be first Jieu_tenant Jn. the · Samuer A. Woods, jr., a. citizen of South Carolina, Marine Corps from the 29th day of July, 191£. . Raphael Griffin, a citizen of Vu·ginia, The following-named second lieutenant& to be first. Iieute.nants , Horace C. Cooper, a citizen of North Carolina, in the Marine Corps from the 12th day ot .Tune,. 1916·: David H ., Owen, a citizen of South Carolina,. .Tames T. Reid, Peter C. Geyer, jr., a citizen of New York, Robert P. Peirce, .Tames E. Davis, a citizen of Virginia, OJiyer Floyd, .Tames T. Moore, R citizen of South Carolina, Rolland E . Brumbaugh, :William C. Byrd, a citizen of South Carolina, Earl C. Long, George .B. Reynolds, a citizen of South Carolina, William l\1. Mcilvain, .To eph E. Brewster, a citizen of New York, and Roy D. Lowell, Nimmo Old, jr., a citizen of Virginia. l\Iarion B. Humphrey, . The following-named citizens to be econd lieutenants in the George ,V. l\Iru·tin, !Marine Corps for a probationary period of two yelll:S from; the Tracy G. Hunter, jr., ; 12th day of February, 1917: Bernard F. Hickey, l1 George F. Adams, a citizen of Massachusetts, .T ohn L. Doxey, George W. Spotts, a citizen of Virgini~ .John A. Gray, ' Bruce .T. Millner, a citizen of Virginia, Richmond Bryant, and Emmett W. Skinner, a citizen of Kan as, and Charles A. E. King. .Te e .T. Burks, a citizen of-Virginia. The following-named second lieutenants to be- fir~ lieutenants The following-named: citizens to be second· lieutenants in the in the l\larine Corps from the 29th day of .A:ugust, 1916: 1 Marine Corps for a probationary period of two years from. the P.a ul C. Marmion, ' 6th day of February, 1917 : · Lowry B. Stephenson, Maurice G. Holmes, a citizen of"l\f.is i sippi, J.ohn L. Mayer, 1 Charles C. Gill, a citizen of Tennes ee,- Benjamin A. Moeller, , .Tam E: Bett , a citizen of Iowa, Clyde H. Metcalf, NormanS. Hinman, a citizen o:f Ohio, Harold C. Pierce, George F. Adams, a citizen of Virginia, Douglas B. Roben, .John H. 1\lcCahey, a citizen of Pennsylvania, Theodore A. Secor, Wethered Woodworth, a citizen of California, Thomas l\L Luby, .Tames W. Webb, a citizen of Alabama., George A. Stowell, .John M. Tild ley, a citizen of Mississippi, Henry L. Larsen, LeRoy P. Hunt, a citizen of California, .John C. Foster, Loui E. 'Voods, a citizen of New York, William H. Rupertus, Edward R. Rhodes, a citizen of Massachusetts, James L. Underhill, Harry K. Cochran, a citizen of Mi souri, Keller E . Rockey, Donald R. Fox, a citizen of New York, George. W. Hamilton, William MeN. Marshall, a citizen of Colorado, Matthew H. Kingman, George H. Scott, a citizen of South Dakota, Alphon e De Carre, Alexander Galt, a citizen of Virginia, Cecil S. Baker, Paul R. Cowley, a citizen of l\Ia achu etts, John F. S. Norris, Allen W. Harrington, jr., a citizen of Mas achu etts; Samuel L. Howard, Bailey 1\1. Coffenberg, a citizen of New York, Lyle H. Miller, Eugene F. C. Collier, a citizen of the Disti'ict of Columbia, Anuerson C. Dearing, Evans 0. Ames, a citizen of California, Ralph .T. Mitchell, Stanley l\1. l\Iuckleston, a citizen of Wisconsin, Louis R. de Roode, William H. Davis, a citizen of Idaho, Archie F . Howard, Richard N. Platt, a citizen of New Jersey, Raymond R. Wright, Walter H. Sitz, William E. Williams, a citizen of the District of Columbia, William G. Hawtlwrne, j William W. Scott, jr., a citizen of West Virginia, and Oscar R. Cauldwell, j Franklin A. Hart, a citizen of Alabama. Edward C. Fuller, First Lieut. William C. Powers, jr., to be a captain in the Arnold W . .Jacobsen, and Marine Corps from the 29th day of August, 1-916. . Earl H . .T enkins. George S. Whiteside, a citizen of Oregon, to be an assistant The following-named enlisted men of the Marine Corps to be Isurgeon in the Medical Reser\e Corps of the Navy, from the second lieutenants in the Marine Corps for a probationary pe 27th day of February, 1917. . riod of t~vo years from the 30th day of August, 191.6 :_ 'l?he following-named enlisted men of the United States._ 1\Iarine Robett S. Hunter, Corps, to be second lieutenants in the Marine Corp for a proba Glenn D. Miller, tionary period of two years, from the 8th day of March, il917 : Burwell H. Clarke, William LaF. Crabbe, Walter G. Sheard, Harlan E. l\fajor, and Charles A. Wynn, Frank L. l\1orris. Thoma E. Watson, PosTMASTERS. Roger W. Peard, Thad T. Taylor, ALABAMA. Herbert Rosenzweig, Robert A. Baird to be postmaster at Castlebeny, Aia. Office Paul Brown, became presidential October 1, 1916. Edward S. Chandler, and Joseph C. Boone to be postmaster at Berry, Ala. Office be· Charles A. Howell. came presidential .January 1, 1917. John D. Nevin, a citizen of Pennsylvania, to be a second lleu tenant in the Marine Corps from the 25th day of September, Thomas A. Carter. to be postmaster at Grove Hill, Ala. Office 1916. became presidentfai October 1, 191-6: The following-named citizens to be second lieutenants in the B: B: Cathel"' to· be postmaster at Ashvill~ Ala. Office be l\Iarine Corps for a probationary period of two year froiD.. the came presidential October 1, 1916. · 29th day of September, 1916: Willis C . .Johnson to be postmaster at Vernon, Ala. Office Charles P. Gilchrist, a citizen of South ~arollna became presidential .January 1,-1917. Lloyd L. Leech; a citizen of Virginia, Charles. E. Mitchell to be vo tmaster at. Hamilton Ala. Office George C. Hamner, a citizen of the Di trict of. Colu.mhia, became presidential October 1, 1916. ' James 1\1. Bain, a citizen of Virginia, ALASKA. Harold S. Fassett, a citizen of l\faine,. Karl I. Buse, a citizen of South Caroliha, .T. F. 'Jarder to be postmaster at KetclHkan, Alaska, in place John R. Martin, a citizen of South Carolina, of l\1. E. Swineford, resigned. , 1917. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 65 ABIZONA. FLORIDA. George H. Francis to be postmaster at Patagonia, Ariz. Office G. L. Anderson to be postmaster at Leesburg, Fla., in place of became presidential January 1, 1917. .T. M. Hewitt, resigned. Robert T. Jones to be postmaster at Superior, Ariz. Office E. L. Brigman to be postmaster at Panama City, Fla., in place became presidential January 1, 1917. of A.i Hogeboom, removed. Elva C. Shuck to be postmaster at Oatman, Ariz. Office be Sterling L. Canter to be postmaster at Avon Park, Fla. Office came presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential January 1, 1917. ARKANSAS. Jesse S. Collins to be postmaster at Webster, Fla. Office be came presidential October 1, 1916. Duffy Allen to be postmaster at De Witt, Ark., in place of Samuel W. Eldridge to be postmaster at Apopka, Fla. Office L. J. Miller, resigned. became presidential October 1, 1916. · Ernest W. Cato to be postmaster at Gravette, Ark., in place Emma S. Fletcher to be postmaster at Havana, Fla. Office of ,V, H. Austin, resigned. became presidential January 1, 1917. ,V, E. Lamb to be postmaster at Lepanto, Ark. Office became Charles T. Hellier to be postmaster at Jensen, Fla. Office presidential January 1, 1917. became presidential January 1, 1917. James H. Landes to be postmaster at Lewisville, Ark., in Homer E. Hooks to be postmaster at Clermont, Fla. Office place of J. A. Steele, deceased. became presidential October 1, 1916. James C. Perkins to be postmaster at Yellville, Ark., in place Edna F. Hope to be postmaster at Dunedin, Fla. Office be· of Alfred Watts, resigned. came presidential October 1, 1916. Albert S. Snowden to be postmaster at Paragould, Ark., in Joseph 1\f. Jones to be postmaster at Vero, Fla. Office became place of T. E. Haley, resigned. presidential October 1, 1916. , Thomas R. Willson to be postmaster at Ola, Ark. Office be Edward B. Langford to be postmaster at Zolfo, Fla. Office came presidential January 1, 1917. became presidential January 1, 1917. William D. Yancey to be postmaster at Van Buren, Ark., in Eleanor R. McKenna to be postmaster at Palm Beach, Fla~ place of H. C. Pernot, deceased. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. CALIFORNIA. James E. Maddox to be postmaster at Port St. Joe, Fla~ Office became presidential January 1, 1917. George C. Coggin to be postmaster at Armona, Cal. Office Charles W. Pierce to be postmaster at Boynton, Fla. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential October 1, 1916. . Thomas J. Durfee to be postmaster at Bieber, Cal. Office N. Macon Thornton to be postmaster at Ormond Beach, Fla~ became presidential October 1, 1916. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. Ida l\I. Fink to be postmaster at Crows Landing, Cal. Office be<'amc presidential October 1, 1916. GEORGIA. Margaret C. Finnegan to be postmaster at Nevada City, Cal. Scott Berryman to be postmaster at Bowman, Ga. Office be in place of G. B. Finnegan, resigned. came presidential October 1, 1916. John W. Foley to be postmaster at Amador City, Cal. Office Edwm·d J. Bible to be postmaster at 1\Iount Berry, Ga. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential October 1, 1916. Solomon Geer to be postmaster at Puente, Cal. Office became John S. Brown to be postV1aster at Locust Grove, Ga., in place presidential January 1, 1917. of John S. Brown. Incumbent's commission expired June 7, H. A. Hall to be postmaster at Bigpine, Cal. Office became 1916. presidential October 1, 1916. Edward S. Downs to be postmaster at Monticello, Ga., in S. R. Jumper to be postmaster at Balboa, Cal. Office be place of Augusta Glover. Incumbent's commission expired came presidential January 1, 1917. April 11, 1916. Thomas F. Keating to be postmaster at Novato, Cal. Office Shedrick J. Faulk to be postmaster at Jeffersonville, Ga., in became presidential January 1, 1917. place of 1\1. L. Carswell, removed. l\Ierle Koeh to be postmaster at Le Grand, Cal. Office became George L. Lemon to be postmaster at Acworth, Ga., in place presidential October 1, 1916. of Mattie Mitchell. Incumbent's commission expired August l\lay Lent to be postmaster at Byron, Cal. Office became 1, 1916. presidential October 1, 1916. Gussie C. Lyon to be postmaster at Roswell, Ga. Office be. Annie 1\f. Lepley to be postmaste.l' at Plymouth, CaL Office came presidential January 1, 1917. became presidential October 1, 1916. SlL'5ie McAllister to be postmaster at Fort Gaines, Ga., in Henry A. l\files to be postmaster at Ramona, Cal. Office be place of T. C. Peterson. Incumbent's commission expired came presidential October 1, 1916. June 7, 1916. Edward R. Neill to be postmaster at Indio, CaL Office became Elisha A. l\Ieeks to be postmaster at Nicholls, Ga. Office be pre idential January 1, 1917. . came presidential October 1, 1916. \Villiam O'Grady to be postmaster at Kennett, Cal., in place Elias L. l\Ioore to be postmaster at Willacoochee, Ga. Office of Kenneth V. Blair, resigned. became presidential October 1, 1916. Ralph H. Read to be postmaster at Middletown, Cal. Office be William Smith to be postmaster at Pearson, Ga. Office be came presidential January 1, 1917. came presidential Janum·y 1, 1917. Mabel P. Reeder to be postmaster at La Manda Park, Cal. James A. Stone to be postmaster at 'Vrens, Ga. Office became. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. presidential October 1, 1916. Joseph P. Schaefer to be postmaster at Mayfield, Cal. Office 'Vill P. Tate to be postmaster at Trion, Ga. Office became became presidential January 1, 1917. pre ·idential October 1, 1916. Ross L. Taylor to be postmaster at Downieville, Cal. Office John D. Watterson to be postmaster at Eatonton, Ga., in place became presid(:'ntial January 1, 1917. ofT. C. Sph·ey, resigned. \Villiam D. Thornton to be postmaster at Yosemite, Cal. Office HAW All. became presidential October 1, 1916. Herbert S. Watson to be postmaster at Tahoe, Cal. Office D. H. 1\Iac.l\.dam to be postmaster at Honolulu, Hawaii, in became presidential October 1, 1916. place of \V. F. Young, resigned. William Miner to be postmaster at Waipahu, Hawaii, in place COLORADO. of J. G. Lewis, resigned. Charles D. Baldwin to be postmaster at Granada, Colo. Office ID.A.HO. became presidential October 1, 1916. R. 0. Casady to be postmaster at Springfield, Colo., in place J. I. Allen to be postmaster at Rockland, Idaho. Office be· of .J. E. Gordon, resigned. came presidential October 1, 1916. Ralph H. Crawford to be postmaster at Nederland, Colo. D. Rolla Harris to be postmaster at Sugar, Idaho. Office Office became presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential July 1, 1914. Adelbert E. Humeston to be postmaster at Collbran, Colo. l\Im·ie Leeper to be postmaster at Elk River, J-daho, in place Office became presidential October 1, 1916. of J. L. Rettig, resigned. Joseph C. Irvin to be postmaster at Kremmling, Colo. Of.lice L. H. Merriam to be postmaster at Grace, Idaho. Office be· became presidential J auuary 1, 1917. came presidential January 1, 1917. J. V. Nash to be postmaster at Cottonwood, Idaho, in place CONNECTICUT. of C. ,V. Greenough, resigned. l\.Ioses G. l\Iurcy to be postmaster at Falls Village, Conn., 1n Clarence P. Sweeney to be postmaster at St. 1\Iaries, Idaho, place of R. P. Smith. Commission expired July 29, 1916. in place of P. T. Sweeney, resigned. 66 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1\iARcH 12; ------.------~------INDIANA. W. L. Hoggatt to be postmaster at Salem, Iowa, in place of John F. Bond to be postmaster at Nashville, Ind. Office be- Owen Hourihan, resigned. came presi Eliel D. Sentner to be postmaster at Greenville Junction, 1\.Ie. H. A. Bye to be postmaster at .Ashby, Minn. Office became Oflice became pre idential October 1, 1916_ · presidential October 1, 1916. David H. Smith to be postmaster at Darkharbor, Me.. Office Bert S. Colton to be postmaster at Granada, 1\.Iinn. Office became presidential October 1, 1916~ . ~came presidential October l, 1916. Ed,Yard C. Watson to be postma ter r..t Naples·, Me. Office be- C. A. Desmond to be postmaster at Franklin, 1\linn. Office came pre ·idential January 1, 1917. became presidential October 1, 1916. MARYLANn. Emily l\1. Drexler to be postmaster at Brandon, Minn. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. Robert l\lci. Shower to be po tma ter at ·Manchester, Yd. George A. Etzell to be postmaste~ at Clarissa, Minn. Office Office became pre. idential January 1, 1917. Ed,Yin S. Worthington to be postmaster at Darlin!!:ton, Md. became presidential October 1, 1916. ~ Tillmon W. Gillson to be postmaster at Bellingham, l\linn. Office b.ecame presiden~al October 1, 1916. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. MABSACHlJSETTS'. Joesp Groebner to be postmaster at Wabasso, 11llnn. Office Jo ephine E. Demp ey to be postmaster at South Ashburnham, became presidential October 1, 1916. l\la ., in place of A. '. Lombard. Incumbent's commission ex- Kate Ho tetler to be po tmaster at Wykoff, Minn. Office be- pired March 21; 1916. came presidential October 1, 1916. Lewis N. Gilman to be postmaster at Allerton, l\lass. -Office Ole J. Leding to be postmaster at Cook, Minn. Office became b came presidential October 1, 1916. presidential January 1, 1917. Edward L. Harkin to be postmaster at Shirley, Mass., in Halvor Lee to b.e po tma ter at Gary, Minn. Office became place of Kate E. Hazen. Incumbent's commission expired presidential October 1, 1916. February 23, 1915. Samuel A. Ny trom to be postmaster at Watertown, Minn. Abner Harlow to be po tmaster at Mattapoisett, l\lass., in Office became presidential October 1, 1916. place of J. S. Burbank. Incumbent's commission expired De- Margaret 1\IcC. Maher to be postmaster at Brewster, Minn., in cember 14, 1912. place of M. I. l\lcCall, name changed by marriage. Benjamin C. Kelley to be po tma ter at Harwich Port, :Mriss. Edith ~ MeN. Marsden to be postmaster at Handrum, Minn. O.ffi e became presidential October 1, 1916. . Office became presidential October 1, 1916. \Vil1iam 1\I. Knowles to be postmaster at Brewster, 1\Iass. Louis E. Olson to be postmaster at Nicollet, l\linn. Office be- Office became pre idential October 1, 1916. came presidential October 1., 1916. James H. Madigan to be po tmaster at Hanard, Mass. Office Otto W. Peterson to be po ·tmaster at Audubon, .l\linn. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential October 1, 1916. John J. Mahoney to be postmaster at ~littineague, Mass., in De Wane Searles to be postmaster at-Elgin, 1\Iinn. Office be- place of Edwin mith, resigned. came presidential October 1, 1916. harlotte L. Parker to be postmaster at OsterYille, l\I:i8s., in John S. Stensrud to be po tmaster at Canby, l\Iinn., in place place of C. L. Parker. Incumbent·s commi sion expired July of J. S. Stensrud. Incumbent's commission expired May 31, 1 ' 1916. 1914. Frank l\1. Reynol Ulysses H. Nottingham to be postmaster at Bearcreek, 1\Ionf. NEW MEXICO. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. Ira Allmon to be postmaster at Estancia, N. 1\!ex:., in place · Margaret O'Connell to be postmaster at St. Ignatius, 1\Ionf. of James \Valker, resigned. ,. .-- Office became presidential October 1,. 1916. R. A. Dodson to be postmasteJ.:11 . at Tucumcari, N. 1\.fe:x:., in · Hallie Savage to be postmaster at ~roy, Mont. Office became place of T. F. Gorman, deceased. presiuentinl October 1, 1916. Charlie McDonald to be ·postmaster at Lovington, N. 1\fex. 1\'"EBRASKA. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. John T. Bridges to be postmaster at Oconto, Nebr. Office R. 1\I. l\IcNatt to be postmaster at Tularosa, N. lex., in place became presidential October 1, 1916. of \V. A. Cloman, resigned. l\lildred B. Graves to be postmaster at Palisade, Nebr. Office NEVADA. became presidential October 1, 1916. Norman B. Price to be postmaster at Goodsprings, Nev. W. N. Hunter to be postmaster at Syracuse, Nebr.,.in place Office became presidential Oct?ber 1, 1916. of B. S. Littlefield, deceased. NEW YORK. · ,Emil H. Mack to be postmaster at Petersburg, Nebr., in place of Gus Diers, removed. George B. Burdick to be postmaster at De Ruyter, N. Y., in · William A. Naviaux to be postmaster at Lewellen, Nebr. place of C. P. l\Ionro, resigned. , Office became presidential October 1, 1916. Walter J. Bw·ke to be postmaster at 1\Iineville, N. Y. Office William J. Ramaekers to be postmaster at Lindsay, Nebr., in became presidential October 1, 1916. place of J. W. Connelly, resigned. Charles 0. Craft to be postmaster at Roslyn, N. Y., in place . Gertrude Shepardson to be postmaster at Homer, Nebr. of Peter Lynch, jr., deceased. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. Leslie E. Eignor to be postmaster at Pine Hill, N. Y. Office Laura E. Smith to be postmaster at Doniphan, Nebr. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential October 1, 1916. . Joseph A. Frost to be postmaster at \Villiamstown,- N. Y. J. Frank Smyth to be postmaster at Springview, Nebr. Office Office became presidential January 1, 1917. became presidential October 1, 1916. John B. Mattice to be postmaster at Wayland, N. Y., in place Anders P. Thomsen to be postmaster at Dannebrog, Nebr. of J. A. Kramer, deceased. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. Thomas G. Patten to be postmaster at New York, N. Y., in William N. Trent to be postmaster at Bellevue, Nebr. Office place of Edward 1\1. 1\Iorgan. Incumbent's commission expired became presidential January 1, 1917. December 14, 1915. Clara l\1. Park to be postmaster at Woodstock, N. Y. Office NEW HAMPSHffiE. became presidential October 1, 1916. Albert A. Bennett to be postmaster at Center Harbor, N. H. George H. Smiley to be postm~ster at 1\linnewaska, N. Y. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. Office became pre idential January 1, 1917. Stella E. Coburn to be postmaster at North Rochester, N. H. George W. Snyder to be postmaster at Schoharie, N. Y., in Office became presidential April 1, 1916. place of C. B. L' Amoreaux, removed. Benjamin H. Dodge to be postmaster at New Boston, N. H. Charles B. Stickel to be postmaster at 1\Iadalin, N. Y. Office Office became presidential January 1, 1917. became presidential October 1, 1916. Merton C. Harriman to be postmaster at Jackson, N. H. Charles H. \Vhitson to be postmaster at Briarcliff 1\!ahor, Office became presidential October 1, 1916. N. Y., in place of C. H. Whitson. Incumbent's commission ex Henri T. Ledoux to be postmaster at Nashua, N. H., in place pired April 17, 1916. of H. C. Phaneuf, deceased. · Herbert C. Wood to be postmaster at Morrisville, N. Y., · in Arthur H. Rollins to be postmaster at Andover, N. H. Office place of I. D. Blowers, r esigned. became presidential October 1, 1916. NORTH CAROLINA. Effie T. Smith to be postmaster at North Woodstock, N. H. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. William C. Allen, jr., to be postmaster at Sunburst, N. C. Henry A. Smith to be postmaster at Berlin, N. H., in place of Office became presidential October 1, 1916. P. J. Smyth, deceased. Albert R. Bauman to b~ postmaster at Montreat, N. C. Office NEW JERSEY. became presidential October 1, 1916. Annie K. Brown to be postmaster at Red Springs, N. C., in Arthur D. Appleby to be postmaster at Spotswood, N. J. place of N. A. Brown, deceased. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. Jo. eph B. Colvard to be postmaster at Jefferson, N. C. , Office Alley B. Ayres to .be postmaster at Island Heights, N. J. became presidential October 1, 1916. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. D. 0. Daniel to be postmaster at Southport, N. C., in place of John Boyd to be postmaster at Greystone Park, N. J. Office R. S. Newton, resigned. became presidential October 1, 1916. William H. Lane to be postmaster at Leaksville, N. C., in Frank C. Carle to be postmaster at 1\!adison, N. J., in place place of J. H. TJane, resigned. of L.A. Waters. Incumbent's commission expired December 14, Lewis B. McBrayer to be postmaster at Sanatorium, N. C. 1915. - Office became presidential January 1, 1917. George A. Clark to be postmaster at -Scotch Plains, N. J. Edgar F. 1\fcCulloch, jr., to be postmaster at Elizabethtown, Office became presidential January 1, 1917. N. C. Office became presidEntial October 1, 1916. Frank R. Crater to be _postmaster at Lake Hopatcong, N. J. H. Roy Martin to be postmaster at Mayodan, N. C. Office be Office became presidential October 1, 1916. came presidential October 1, 1916. Frank Ferry, jr.. to be postmaster at Bayhead, N. J. Office Edward K. 1\Iorris to be postmaster at Creedmore, N. C. became presidential October 1, 1916. Office became presidential October 1 1916. John B. Geary to be postmaster at South Plainfield, N. J. W. T. Potts to be postmaster at Highlands, N. C. Office be- Office became presidential October 1, 1916. came pre idential October 1, 1916. . Walter R. Huff to be postmaster at Ne hanic Station, N. J. Archie .J. Sykes to be postmaster at Pomona, N. C. Office be Office became presidential January 1, 1917. came presidential October 1, 1916. William D. Jardine to be postmaster at Kenvil, N. J. Office George L. Taylor to be postmaster at Fletchel', N. C. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential October 1, 1916. Edward F. Lonergan to be postmaster at Millburn, N. J., in place to G. C. Kessler. . Incumbent's commission expired Jan- NORTH DAKOTA. uary 11, 1916. · . . Minnie E. Anderson to be postmaster at Leonard, N. Dak. .- Daniel E. McCallion to be postmaster at Lakehurst, N. J. Office became presidential January 1, 1917. Office became presidential October 1,. 1916. James Fitzpatrick to be postmaster at Sawyer, N. Dak. . George E. Obdyke to . be postmaster at Landing, N. J. Office Office became presidential January 1, 1917. became presidential October 1, 1916. 1\!abelle Fletcher to be postmaster at Adams, N. Dak. Office Susie S. Smith to be po~tmaster at 1\Iuywood, N. J. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential October 1, 1916. _ ··- · Jeanette Gamble to be postmaster at Portal, N. Dak., in place William C. Snyder to be postmaster at Avon by the Sea, N. J. of William Gamble, deceased. Office became pt·esidential October 1, 1916. William M. Hambleton to !>e postmaster at Wood\i·orth, , .. Horace G.- Stonuker to b~ postmaster- at Riverton, N. J., in N. Dak. _ Office became presidential October 1, 1916. place of C. L. Flanagan. Incumbent's commission expired· April William ·E. Hynes to be postmaster at· Tolley, N. Dak. .· ·Office _15-, 1916. . - ~ . became presidential October ·1, ~ 1916. ,· · 1 ~ --· 1 • ; • ~- · • I' ,.,!J••" ·~ ~ .. ···"· 1917. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 69 R. E. Itskin to be postmaster at Hazen, N. Dak. Office be Joseph 0. Jackson to be postmaster at Mountain Park, Okla., came presidential Octoper 1, 1916. . in place of Edward Hensley, resigned. Andrew C. Jensen to be postmaster at Edinburg, N. Dak. Randolph Laurence to be postmaster at Ro:ff, Okla.~ in place Office became presiden~!al October 1, 1916. of Emma Dale. Incumbent's commission expired July 13, 1916. C. J. King to be postmaster at Columbus, N. Dak. Office be C. B. McCallon to be I.lOStmaster at Kiefer, Okla., in place of came presidential October 1, 1916. 0. P. Ramsey, resigned. Gertrude 1\I. Larin to be postma ter at Parshall, .N. Dak. Allan C. Melton to be postmaster at Cement, Okla., in place Office became presidential October 1, 1916. . of G. L. Powell, resigned. · · CharleS Lescault to be postmaster at Stanley, N.Dak., in place Ellen L. Morris to be po tmaster at 1\Iay, Okla. Office became of John W. Doles. Incumbent's commission expired July 16, presidential October 1, 1916. . 1916. 'Myrtle C. Murphy to be postmaster at Kingston, Okla. Office Oscar W. Moore to be postmaster at Rocklake, N. Dak. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. · became presidential .October 1, 1916. '· .· Frances G. Owens to be postmaster at Gate, Okla. Office be Mons K. Ohnstad to be postmaster at Sharon, N. Dak. Office came presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential October 1, 1916. David Russell to be postmaster at Madill, Okla., in place of William J. Quigley to be postmaster at Bathgate, N. Dak. C. S. Cannady. Incumbent's commission expired July 13, 1916. Office became presidential January 1, 1917. I. E. Strickland to be postmaster at Allen, Okla. Office be Budd Reeve, 'jr., to be postmaster at Buxton, N. Dak. Office came presidential January 1, 1917. became presidential October 1, 1916. Waldo E. Watkins to be postmaster at Valliant, Okla., in John ,V. Steveru;on to be postmaster at Flasher, N. Dak., in place of J. P. Montgomery, resigned. place of J. R. Krueget·, resigned. David l\1. Watson to be postmaster at Francis, Okla. Office Ira · L. 'Valla to be postmaster at Arnegard, N. Dak. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential October 1, 1916. OREGON. Myrtle M Williams to be postmaster at Makoti, N. Dak. Daisy Buckner to be postmastet· at Scio, Oreg. Office became Office became presidential January 1, 1917. · presidential October 1, 1916. • Robert A. Yeater to be postmaster at Wing, N. Dak. Office Edgar L. Davidson to be postmaster at Oswego, Oreg. Office became presidential January 1, 1917. became presidential January 1, 1917. OHIO. Shelby F. Deaderick to be postmaster. at Halfway, Oreg. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. William L. Bryan to be postmaster at Bradner, Ohio. Office Clark B. Foster to be postmaster at Dayton, Oreg. Office became presidential January 1, 1917. became presidential October 1, 1916. William J. Connolly to be postmaster at Grand Rapids, Ohio. Volney E. Lee to be postmaster at North Powder, Oreg. Office Office became presidential January 1, 1917. became presidential October 1, 1916. E. L. Churchill to be postmaster at Metamora, Ohio. Office Roy E. Pritchett to be postmaster at Gaston, Oreg. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. . became presidential October 1, 1916. G. B. Darling to be postmaster at Perrysville, Ohio. Office Roy J. Rhoades to be po tmaster at Powers, Oreg. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential January 1, 1917. Emil L. Davis to be postmaster at Lakeview, Ohio. Office be- J. ,V. Vandervelden to be postmaster at Banks, Oreg. Office came presidential January 1, 1917. . became presidential January 1, 1917. John S. Heeter to be postmaster at West Carrollton, Ohio, in W. W. Wilson to be postmaster at Yoncalla, Oreg. Office place of P. J. McClain. Incumbent's commission expires July became presidential October 1, 1916. 29, 1917. ·. PE~NSYLVANIA. Charles 0. Polen to be postmaster at Beallsville, Ohio. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. Camilla 1V. Adams to be po tmaster at East McKeesport, Pa. Lena L. Reed to be postmaster at Amanda, Ohio. Office be Office became presidential October 1, 1916. came presidential October 1, 1916. Margaret B. Berneker to be postmaster at Camp Hill, Pa. J. D. M. Russell to be' postmaster at Wilberforce, Ohio. Office Office became presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential January 1, 1917. Charles E. Burket to be po tmaster at Claysburg, Pa. Office Clayton C. Schoner to be postmaster at Hartville, Ohio. . Office became presidential January 1, 1917. became presidential January 1, 1917. C. E. Chapel to be po tmaster at Youngsville, Pa., in place of Elden E. Schott to be postmaster at Brewster, Ohio. Office E. A. Swanson, deceased. became presidential October 1, 1916. · Kenneth F. Clancy to be po tmaster at Exposition, Pa. Office Kate B. Stanley to be postmaster at Lowell, Ohio. Office be- became presidential October 1, 1916. came presidential October 1, 1916. .. Mabel E. Davidson to be postmaster at Ulster, Pa. Office George M. Towle to be postmaster at Sardis, Ohio. Office became presidential.Octobet· 1, 1916. became presidential October 1, 1916. John Foster to be postmaster at Washington, Pa., in place William T. Wilson to be postmaster at Mount Orab, Ohio. of J. \V. Martin, removed. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. John L. Goss to be postmaster at Ex:pedit, Pa., in place of T. F. Gurry, resigned. OKLAHOMA. J. R. Henry to be postmaster at Dawson, Pa., in place of ,V. Fairchild, sr., deceased. Samuel L. Arnold to be postmaster at Devol, Okla. Office William T. HeUer to be postmaster at Nescopeck, Pa. Office became presidential January 1, 1917. became presidential October 1; 1916. Sullivan G. Ashby to be postmaster at Ringling, Okla., in J. W. Keffer to be postmaster at Starjunction, Pa., in place of place of T. R. Dunlap, resigned. Isaac Lowe, resigned. Joel L. Baugh to be postmaster at Choteau, Okla. Office be Leslie R. McKee to be postmaster at Sligo, Pa. Office becnme came presidential October 1, 1916. presidential January 1, 1917; J. C. Cobb to be postmaster at Wirt, Okla. Office became Isaac G. Mansfield to be postmaster at Sykesville, Pa., in place presidential October 1, 1916. of G. B. 1\IcC. Hennigh, resigned. · Fred Couch to be postmaster at Westville, Okla., in place Frank W. l\Iatz to be postmaster at Mohnton, Pa. Office be of L. E. Chase, resigned. came presidential October 1, 1916. Charles S. Cravens to be postmaster at Jenks, Okla. Office Daniel J. O'Brien to be po tmaster at Everson, Pa. Office became presiaential January 1, 1917. became presidential October 1, 1916. George P. Creal to be postmaster at Supply, Okla. Office Edith. M. Phelps to be postmaster at Ludlow, P~. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. became presidential October 1, 1916. John F. Garner to be postmaster at Mill Creek,· Okla. Office Ella I. Price to be postmaster at Canadensis, Pa. Office became became presidential October 1, 1916. • presidential January 1, 1917. Edwin R. Harrison to be postmaster at Byars, Okla. Office John l\1. Smelker to be postmaster at Newton Hamilton, Pa. became presidential October 1, 1916. Office became presidential October 1, ·1916. Charles H. Hatfield to be postmaster at Hydro, Okla., in Emma A. Smith to be postmaster at Seelyville, · Pa. Office place of L. R. Daniels, resigned. - . · ., • · became presidential January 1, 1917. John L. Homan, jr., to be postmaster at Eufaula, Okla., ,V. A. 'Valker to be postmaster at Warren, Pa., in place. of in· place of W. T. Fears, resigned. E. R. ·Allen.- Incumbent's·commission expired August 20, 1916. Kenneth T. Henson to be postmaster at Carter-, Okla. Office J. K. Wiley to be postmaster at Mount Union, Pa., in place of became presidential October ·1, 1916. A. ,V. Jones, deceased. 70 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. }lARCH 12, PORTO, JUCO'. John C. Hudgins to be postmaster nt Claremont, Vn. O.f!ice Alfredo Giminez y l\Ioreoo to be po tmaste.r at Bayamon, became presidential October 1, 1916. , P. R, in pluee of A. G. y Moreno. Incumbent's commission ex Harry A. Lamb. to be postmaste1~ at Ocean View, Va. Office pired JoJy 30, 1916. became presidential October 1, 1916 Luclie H.. Prince to be postmaster a.t. Stony Creek, Va. Office RHODE ISLAND. became presidential October 1, 1916. Charles H.. Brown to be postmaster at Hope Valley. R. I. WASHINGTON. Office became pre idential October 1, 1916. Lewis A. l\Ic ~an to be postmaster- at Providence, R. I., John L. Field to be postmaster at Quincy, Wash. Office be in place of \V. A. Kilton. Incumbent's commis .ion expired came presidential October 1, 1916. March 1., 1917. W. W. Gwinn to be po tmaster at Harrington, Wash. ~ in Caleb E. Moffitt to be postmaster at Esmond R. I. Office place of F. M. Charlton, resigned. b came president W Octob.er 1, 1916. Sadie Haight to be postmaster at Creston, Wash. Office be came presidential October 1~ 1916. SOUTH CAROLINA. Agnes J. Hare to be postmaster at Mabton, Wash., in place of W. 0. Brownlee- to be po tmaster at Due 'Vest, S. C.~ in place H. W. Hare. resigned. of G. M. Collins.. lncu:mbe:n" ' commis ion expired April 23, l\linnie l\1. l\IcCracken to he postmaster at Cleal'lake~ Wasb. 1!>16. Office beeame presidential October 1, 1916. Thomas B. Pope to- be postmaster at Green~ille, S. C., in Joseph E. McManamon to be- postmaster at Othello, Wasb. pJace of D. B. Traxler, r 'gned. Office became presidential October 1~ 1916. Lemu~l Reid to be J>O tmaster at Iva, S. C. Office became William J. Meade to be postmaster at Pe Ell, Wash. Office pre idential January 1, 1911'. became presidential October 1, 1916. SOUTH DAKOTA. WEST VIRGINIA. Charles L.' Brady to Ile postmaster at Buffalo, S~ Dak:. Office Wiley C. Agee to be postmaste:r at Eccles, W. Va.. Office be became pre idential October 1, 1916. <;ame presidential Octob~r 1 1916. \Valter R. Dicksoo. to Ile postma ter ut Hitchcock, S. Dak.~ James E'. Billups to be postmaster at Hm~rican.e, W.Va. Office in place of Bernard Laverty, declined. became presidential January 1, 1917. · · Arina A. DithmeF fo- be :postmaster at Kadoka, S. Dak. Office. Otis 1\lerton Carron to be p tma ter at 1\Icl\lechen, W. Va., in became pre idential October !, 1!}16. place of Isaiah Stephens. Incumbent's commi ion expired July .John L. Donahue to- be postmastel' at Ethan,. S. Dak. OfficE} 29, 1916. . became pre idential Octobe1· 1, 1916. J. Hornor Davis. to be posbnaster at Clark burg W. Va.• in William T. Gffi:lgl'l to- be :p.ost:m:l ter at Canova~ S. Dak. Office place of J. C. Vance, :resigned. became presidential Octobe 1, 1916. S. D. Frantz to be postmaster at l\Iuflens W. Va. Office be Charles H. Hes jr., tO> be postmaster a.t Blunt, S. Dak., in came presidential October 1, 1916. place of Nettie H. Beebe Incumbent's commission expired J. Frank Grim~t to be postmaster at Mount Hope. W. Va., in April 6, 1914. · place of C. l\1. Brown, resigned. John F. Kostel to be postmaster at Tabor, S. Dak. Office be R. D. Rose to be postmaster at Hinton, ·w. Va .• in place of came presidential October 1 1916. John Haynes, deceased. Dak:.~ in place John Michels to be postmaster at l\Iitcheil, S. WISCO~SIN. o-fT. J. :Ball, tlecea:sed. l\fary F. Ryan to be postmaster at Bridgewater, S. Dak., in Charles J. Anderson to be postmaster at Ciaytons WIS. Office place of T. J. Ryan, deceased. became presidential October 1, 1916. Bert E Schroetle.I" to be- pe tmaste1· at Emery, S. Dak.. Office Lawrence Barrett to 'be postmaster at Peshtigo, Wis., in became presidential OdobeL-1, 1916. place of Lawrence Barrett. Incumbent'. commission expired . January 20, 1915. HNNESBEE. Harry Bradley to be posbnaster at Taylor. Wis. Office. be- William S. Bare to be po tmaster at Bluff City, Tenn. Office came presidential October 1. 1916. beeaine presidential October 1, 1916~ Peter Cosgrove to be postmaster at Centuria, \Vis. Office be- Sallie A. Hammer to be postmaster at McMinnville, Tenn .• in ' came presidentia.Jl. October 1, 1916. plnce of A. R. Hammer, deceased. J. E. Dennfs to be postmaster at Downing, Wis. Office became J. B. l\loore. to be postmaster at Smithville, Ten~ in plnee of , presidential October 1, 1916'. C. W. :Moore, r igned. William A. De Smidt to be postmaster at Cetiar Gro\"e, Wi. Joe D. Sperry to be po. tmaste1~ at Mo-unt Juliet, Tenn. Office Office became presidential Oetober 1. 1916. · becrune presitlential October 1,. 1916. Emma w. DuFrenne to be postmaster at Middleton, Wi . TEXAS. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. Alphonse R. Eichman to be po tmaster at Trempealeau, Wi . c. F. Christian to be postmaster at Remlig, Tex. Office be- Office became presidential October 1, 1916. came p:residentia] October 1, 191.6'. · Frank H. Grimm to be po tmaste:r at Cassville, Wis., in place Jonathan W. Duncan to be postmaster at 1\lalakoff,. Tex. of Aloys Grimm, re igned. Office became presidential October 1, 191.6. Henry G. Harcrow to be postmaster at Rochester·, Tex. Office George H. Hedquist to be postmaster at Goodman, Wis. became presidential January 1, 191.7. Offiee became presidential October 1, 1916. w. s. Nelson to be postmaster at Sterling City. Tex. Office Theresa Heinen to be po tmaster at Random Lake, Wis. beeame p:residen ial October 1,. 1916. Office became presidential Octoba· 1 1916. J. H. Shackelford to be postmaster at Cross Plains, Tex.• in · Howard C. Hepbm·n to be postma ter at Prairie Farm, :Wis. place f>f J. M. Hembree, :resigned. Office became pre idential October 1, 1916. J. A. Stegall to be postmaster at Hereford, Tex.. in place of Hazel I. Hicks to be po-stmaster at Linuen, Wis. Office be- came presidential October 1, 1916. n. H. Barnett, resigned:. Arthur l\L Howe to be po tmaster at Elk ~found, \Vis. Office Napoleon B. Vernon to be postmaster at Holland, Tex., in · beea.me presidential Octo-ber 1, 1916. place of C. B. Starke. Incumbent's commis ion expired August Theodore Koenings to be postmaster at Schleisingerville, Wis. 23, 1916. · C T f Office became presidential October 1, ·1916. Carri~ L. Wilson to be postmaster at elina, ex.• in place o John Lindow to be postmaster at 1\Iana"'"a, Wis., in place of J. L. Wilson, deceased. Herman Lindow, resigned. UTAH. l\Ialcolm l\IcNaugbton to be postmaster at New Auburn, Wis. Joseph A. Sill to be. po tmaste1· at Layton~ Utah. Office be- , Offiee became pre idential October 1, 1916. . came pre idential October 1, 1916. · F. \V. Mitchell to be po tmaster at Ogema,. Wis.· Office be- '\'.ERMONT'. came presidential October 1, 1916. Mark V. 1\lurphy to be postmaster at Bror Creek, Wis. Office Elwin d. Clog tou to be- postmaster at 'Villiam.stownl Vt. hecnme pre ldential Oetob.eJ• 1, 1916. Office became p1·e idential October 1, 1916. John E. Nolan to be po. tmastet· at Reedsville-, Wis. Office be- v..monnA. came presidential October 1. 1916. Y"Tilliam w. Davies to be- postmuste.r at Manassas; Vn., in William d. Neri to be postmaste.v at Tbree Lakes, Wis. Office plOI'.-& of A. \V. Sinclair, tleceased ' became presidential October 1, 1916. 1917. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. -71 George L. Reed to be postmaster at Darien, Wis. Office SENATE. became pre ·idential October· 1, 1916. Felix A. Roe~eler · to be postmaster at Hustisford, Wis. WF.nNESDAY, March 14, 1917. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. 1 Rev. Richard R. Riedel, of the city of Washington, D. C., Arnie l\1. Sanders to be postmaster at l\larshall, 'Vis. Office offered the following prayer : became presidential October 1, 1916. Almighty God and Father of us all, who hast been our hope Richard S. Serrut·ier to be po tmaster at Wilton, Wis. Office in ages· past, our hope for years to come, we thank Thee that became presidential October 1, 1916. Thy guiding band has been constant in our Nation's history, Ella l\L Taylor to be postmaster at Blue River, Wis. Office controlling and ruling all for good. Permit these Thy servants, became presidential October 1, 1916. placed here by Thy providence, to labor and plan for the welfare Joshua Thayer to be postmaster at Palmyra, Wis., in place of our great Republic, and may_it please Thee to give them Thy of J. S. 1.\-leldeen, removed. 1 grace, wisdom, and power that they may do their -n·ork :mel Samuel Tufts to be postmaster at Knapp, Wis. Office be· do it well. Bless, we beseech Thee, our dear country, this Sen came presidential October 1, 1916. ate, the President of the United States, and all in authority. Oscar l\1. "\Vaterbury to be postmaster at Williams Bay, Wis. For Christ's sake. Amen. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. Willinm "\Vhite to be postmaster at Algoma, Wis., in place NAMING A PRESIDING OlfFICER. of William "\Vhlte. Incumbent's commission expired February The Secretary [James l\1. Baker] read the following com 4, 1911. munication: PRESIDEXT Pno TEMPORE, UNITED STATES SENATE, SENATE. Washington, D. C., March 14, 1917. To the Senate: Being temporarily absent from the Senate, I appoint Ho~ A.TLEm TUESDAY, Jfarclt 13, 1917. POMERENE, a Senator from the State of Ohio, to perform the duties of the Chair during my absence. The Chaplain, Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman, D. D., offered the WILLARD SAULSBURY, following prayer: President pro tempore. Almighty God, we thank Thee for calling_us into fellowship 1\lr. POMERENE thereupon took the chair as Presiding Officer with Thyself in the service that we endeavor to render to our and directed the Secretary to read the Journal of the pro fellow men. We thank Thee for the assurance that Thou who ceedings of the preceding session. · dost hold all the spheres in their paths and dost note the fall The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. of a spm-row art familiar with all the needs of Thy children. A message, in writing, from the President of the United States They are the flowers of Thy heart; they are the constant care was communicated to the Senate by 1\fr. Sharkey, one of his of 'l'hy thought. Thou hast called us into fellowship with Thy· secretaries. self in ~~rvice, and our equipment far service must come from SENATOR FROM WEST VIRGINIA. Thee. Give to us the inspiration thnt will make us true to the divine commission Thou hast put in our hands and hearts. For 1\Ir. Sil\ll\IONS. I present a petition from Hon. W. E. Chil ton asking for an investigation into the legality of. the election Christ's sal~e. A.men. ~' he .T ournal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. of Hon. HowARD SuTHERLAND as a Senator from the State of 'Vest Virginia. I ask that the petition, with the accompanying SEVERANCE OF DIPLO~IATIC RELATIO~S WITH GERMANY. papers, be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elec 1\lr. NELSON. I present short resolutions adopted by the tions. Plymouth Club, of the city of Minneapolis, Minn., which I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so or may be printed in the RECORD without reading. dered. ~'here being no objection, the resolutions were ordered to be SEVERANCE OJ; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH GERMANY. printed in the RECORD, as follows: Mr. CALDER. I present resolutions of the residents of the Resolutions. N. Y.; Plymouth Club, of the city of Minnpapolis, in meeting assembled. town of Southampton, Suffolk County, the Nineteenth March ii, l!H7. adopts the following resolutions: Ward Woodrow Wilson Democratic Club of Rochester, N. Y.; "F'ir-~t. That the net (J{ the Executive in severing diplomatic rela· the Common Council of the City of Middletown, N. Y.; and the tjons with Germany is one to be approved and commended by all who Republican Club of the Fifteenth Assembly District of Ne'W have llw hest interests of the United States at heart. "Second. That tbe Get·man declaration of January 31. 1917. rep York County, N. Y., which I ask mny be printed in the RECORD. r esPnts :1n unjustified and unjustifiable attempt to destroy the -freedom There being no objection, the resolutions were ordered to be of tlw ~ea nnd to abridge the commercial liberty guamnteed to us by printed in the RECORD, as follows: established law and custom; and that if the Govemment of the United States were to acquil:'sce therein such action would be resented by a II Whereas the voters of the town of Southampton, Suffolk County, N. Y., good citizPns ns in the highest degree pusillanimous nod as altogether in a convention duly assembled for the purpose of nominating officers incon~i!>tPot w1th the spirit and traditions of a free people. for such corporate body: and ·• Thirfl. That the President will be justified in recommending to Con Whereas the present world wnr bas provided sufficient cause for om· gress the most extreme men!:'u res tbn t may be deemed necessary to pro country to sever diplomatic relations with the Imperial Gove1·nment tPct !if~'. liberty. and property: and thnt it is om duty nnd that of of Germany ; and all loyal citizen· to tenner immediately to the Govemment all the serv WherPas our greater destiny and r~sition before the nations of the ice of which we severa:ly and collectively are capable. world bas caused us as a nation to resent the U-boat policy of the ''Fourth. That while all should stand ready to volunteer, if . volun· Impei'inl Government of Germany; and tnr.v sei'VIce is c:tlled for, yet Congress in providing for our common Whe1·eas our rights have been maimed and our ft•eedom of the seas s~fety !>hould not adopt emergency measures merely. but should defi molested and we have been fot·ced to protect our rights and freedom nitely rrcognize the principle that the duty of defending the Nation and our flag upon the high seas; and rests pqunlly upon all citizens capable of service. To the end, there Whereas a disgraceful few of our United States Senators have seen fit, fore. that the burden of safeguarding the country should no longer be at the expense of the dignity and honor of our country, to play cast exelusi~ely upon the Joyal National Guard and upon other patri· shameface politics along the boundary line of treason to prevent the otic militai'Y and nnval vo lunteers, Congress should be urged to exer· arming of American merchantmen and defending our honor: Now, else its constitutional power 'to raise and support at·mies' by estab therefore, be it lishing immediately a permanent and democratic system of defense Resolved, That we condemn the attitude that these 12 United States ba. rd upon universal service and training under direct and exclusive Senatot·s have taken for their acts, theil· cowardice, their unpatriotism, Federal control." the it· failure in suppo~·ting the President, and their total disregard -fot· A copy of tbes.a resolutions is ordet·ed to be transmitted to the Presi the Aruer·ican flag; and be it furtl.Jer dPnt of the Uni,ted States. to Senators NELSOX and KELLOGG, and to Resolt:ed, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to one newspapet· Hepresentatives L UXDEE:-1 and SCHALL. in each town in the county, and also to our Representatives in Con· H. C. RICHARDSON, gress. Secretary. CHAS. WELLS BROW:-.', WITHDRAWAL OF PAPERS-MARY M'KAY. East Quo{}ue, N. Y. On motion of 1\lr. JONES of "\Vasbington, it was ROCHES1.'EC., N. Y., March Jl, l9n. 01·clercd, That the papers accompanying the bill S. 24!)0, Sixtieth Hon. WILLlAY M. CALDEn, Cong1·es~. first session, granting a pension to Mary McKay be with· drawn from the files of the Senate, no adverse report having been United States Senate, lVashington, D. C. mado thereon. DEAr: SIR: At a meeting of the Nineteenth Ward ""oodt·ow Wilson Democratic Club, held Wednesday evening, March 7, the following reso ADJOURNMENT. lutions were adopted : 1\lr. 1\lARTIN. I move that the Senate adjourn. " Whereas GOO out of G31 l\lembers of Congress were back of thr Presi The motion was agreed to; anu (at 12 o'clock and 5 minutes dent of the United Stales in his stand on the arming of mel'chant . men; nnd p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Wednesday, l\lnrch " Whereas action by this Government has been delayed by the filibuster 14, 1917, at 12 o'clock meridian. ing of a few United States Senators: lle it