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.4260 CONGRESSIONA)j RECORD- SENATE. J\fARCH 13, cies for the production in agricu'lture, etc.; to the Committee RECLASSIFICATION OF S.ALARIES (llL DOC. NO. 686) . on Agriculture. 2277. By Mr. STEEL~RSON: Petition of Post No. 3l, Ameri The PRESIDENT pro ternpoTe, as in legislative session, laid can Legion, :Mabnomen, Ptfinn., favoring a bonus of $50 for the before the Senate the report of the Congr-essional J'oint Com ex-service men :mel women; to the Committee on Ways and mission on Reclassification of Sadaries submitted, p-ursuant to Means. law, oy the chairman of the joint commission, which was re ferred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be 2278. By Mr. TEMPLE: Petition of the Woman's ClUb, of printed. Beaver., Pn., urging immediate action to be taken by the grant ing of go1ernmental or commercial credits or by supplying and DISPOSITION OF USELESS P.APERS. distributing direct essential foods badly needed by the peoples The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the of the Near East, and especially the people of Armenia; to the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury Committee on 'Vays and Means. transmitting schedules and lists of useless papers devoid of 2279. Also, petition of Local Union No. 854, United Mine Work historic interest on the files of the Treasury Department and ers of America, Elco, Pa., protesting against the ena.ctment of requesting action looking t{} their -disposition. The communica the antisedition bills now pending in Oongress; to the Commit tion and accompanying papers will be referred to the Joint tee on the Judiciary. Sel~ct Commitree on the Disposition of Useless Papers in the 2280. By Mr. TINKHA.A1 : Petition of supervisors of census of Executive Departmen~ and the Chair appoints the Senator the New England States, favoring an increase of compensation from Montana [Mr. WALsH] and the Senator from 1\Iaryland for c.ensus superyisors from $1.,500 to $2,500 ; to the Committee [Mr. FRANCE] the CQ:mmittee on the part of the Senate. Th"9 on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Secretary will notify the House of Representatives thereof. 2281. By Mr. WOODYARD : Petition of the Ooe-Thorn Post, No. 67, of the Ameiican Legion, Sistersville, W. Va., re!ati;ve to .ALASKAN RAILROAD (S. DOC. NO. 252) . the granting of bonuses to soldiers of the recent war; to the The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com Committee on 'Vays and Means. munication from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, trans 2282. By Mr. YOUNG of North Dakota : Petition of Women's mitting, in response to a resolution of the 8th instant, certain Auxiliary of Newburg, N. Dak., declaring in favor of free information relative to the development and settlement of speech and free assembly; to the Committee on the Judiciary. the country traversed by and tributary to the Government rail road being constructed in .Alaska, which was referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. SENATE . .. AMERICAN DEAD IN FnANUE (S. DOC. NO. 253) . SaTURDAY, March 13, 1920. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com munication from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in re (LeoislatiT:e day of Tl~w·sday, March 11, 1920.) sponse to a Tesolution of the lOth instant, certain information The Senate met in open ex:e:cuti're session at 12 o'clock noon., relative to the disposal and protection of the remains <Of Ameri on the expiration of the recess. can soldiers who have died in France, which, with the accom Tl:e PRESIIJENT pro tempore (Mr. Cm.rn.I~s) resumed the panying pa~r , was referred to the Committee -on Militru·y chair. Affairs and order-ed to be printed. .AGlUCULT:c:nM. APPROPRIATIONS. Mr. SMOOT subsequently said : This morning the Chalr handed 1\lr. GRONNA. Mr. President, I .ask una.niiD().US consent, as down a communication n·om the Secretary of War in response to in legislative session, to submit a r-eport from the Committee on a Senate resolution of .1\farch 1(), 1920, concerning the disposal Agriculture and Forestry. and protecti-on of the remains of American soldiers who have The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objecti~n, the re died in France, which I ask to have printed in the ltEOORD. port will be received as in legislative ~ession . There being no objection, the communication was ord-ered to :Ur. GRONN.A. I am directed by the Committee on Agri-cul be Pl'in ted in the REcoRD, as follows: ture and Forestry, to which was ref.erred the bill (H. R. 12272) WAR DEPART~iE:-IT, making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for Was1rington, March a, 1920. the :fis~ year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes, to The PRESIDENT· OF THE SENATE, report it favorably with amendments, and r submit a repol"t Wa;shington., D. 0 . Sm : I ha,.e the hot~or to transmit to y.ou, in respon e to .J."esolution (No. 469) thereon. of the Senate of the United States dat-ed March 10, 1920, tlle information I giv.e notice that I snail mov.e to take up the bill next Mon re4luestet1 concerning the diSposal and protection of the remains ot day, and I hope to be able to keep it before the Senate until it American soldiers who have died in iFxn.uce and what amount or amounts of money have been esf:im.a.ted to be necessary in the accomplishment of shall be disposed of. that result. 'l'he PRESIDE...~T pro tempore. The bill "Will be p-laced on There are tlli'ee distinct projects of removal which haTe had to be the calendar. considered, owing to the fact that the con ent of foreign Governments has been and is being progressively secured and no authorization has CALLING OF THE ROLL. yet been received for the disposition of the entire list of American dead oTerseas. Mr. 3MOOT. Mr. President, 1 suggest the absence of a The first project involves remova±s from all countries outside of quorum. France; .ann orders were given by this office to imm.ediate)Jr undertake The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Secretary will call the roll. the same. Under this order removals have been made from Siberia ; 111 bodies have been removed from t.he Archangel district in North The roll was called, and the following Senators answered to Russia., the work having been suspended befo.r.e its completion because of their names: disturbance in that country, which made further work at this time im Ashurst Gore l\IcKel1ax Smith, M.d. possible. One hundred and eleven bodies still remain in N-orth Russia, Beckham Gronn::1 McNary Smith, s. c. and it is prohable that nothing ean be done toward th-eir removal for a Borah Hale Mo es Smoot period of one year, or such time as conditions in Russia shall become Brandegee Harris Nelson Spencer more normal. • Cald~r Harrison New Stanley The evacuation of Germany is to be undertaken at once, the officer in Capper Henderson Norris Sterling charge of the zone ()f mid-Europe having compl€ted plans therefor. Chamberlain Hitcheock Nugent Sutherland In Great lliitain there are 92 places in whic-h our dead are interred. Colt Johnson, S. Dale Overman Swanson Evacuations are now taking place in the southern part of that zone. Culberson Jone , N.Mex. Owen Thomas Eighteen bodies huve been returned from several -cemeteries in South Cummins Jones, Wash. Page Townsend England and auvices are immediately e:xpected as rto the sh:i:pment of a Curtis Kellogg Phelan Trammell much larger consignment from other cemeteries in that area. · Dial Kenyon Phipps Wadsworth In Italy all bodies have been C<lncentrated in one place, and the mat DUlingham Keyes Pittman Walsh, Mass. ter of their transfer to the States will be easily effected. Edge King Pomerene Walsh, Mont. The second project of removal, for which authority was subsequently Elkins Kirby Ransdell Warren obtained, involves the French zone of the interior, including all the l»lse Fletcher Knox Reed Watson and intermediate s-ection back of the battle area. It wa first intended Frelinghcysen Lenroot Sheppard Williams to begin work at Paris, the .cemetery at Suresn.es, a suburb of that city, Ga7 Lodge Simmons having been recommended as a permanent cemetery, so that as other Glass McCormick Smith, Ga. cemeteries .are closed ,it might be possible to remove bodies that are to remain in France to &uresnes for permanent interment; but the con Mr. GRONNA. I desire to announce that the seniol" Senator gestion of Freneh railways has been such that it ha thus far been from Wisconsin [1\lr. LA. FoLL"ETTE] is absent, due to illness. impossible to. obtain transportation inland, and the n oeRSacy caskets and personnel have been transf€rred to Bl'est, where the latter is now 1\Ir. l\lcKELLAR. The Se-nator from Rhode Island [Mr. operating, with the expectation that we shall very eaTly receive adnces GERRY], the Senator f-rom 'Vyoming [Mr. KE?\'DRICK], the Sen of the shipment of bodies from that region. Should the railway con ator from Delaware [1\Ir. ''VoLCoTTJ, the Senator from Tennessee ge tion continue thereafter, it will be th~ policy to shift operations to other ports and operate in such cemeteries as may be contiguous [Mr. SHIELDS], and the Senator from Alabama [MT. UNDER thereto, where m')tor transportation may be utilized f01: the shorter WOOD] are absent on official business. distance involved in getting bodies to the port of shipment, to which The PRESIDENT pro tempore.