PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS THIRD SESSION.

SENATE. l\lr. JONES or Washington. Those of the grade of first lieu­ tenant, commander, and lieutenant commander. They are in FRIDAY, F eb1"Uary 18, 1921. line of promotion in the ordinary way, and not for any definite term, or anything of that kind. (Legislati vc day of Monday, Febn1a1·y 14, 1921.) l\fr. SMOOT. Does it inc!ude the director of the service? The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m., on the expiration of tlle l\Ir. JOI\TES of Washington. No; no director, or anything recess. of that kind ; they are simply routine promotions. l\Ir. SI\fOOT. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a Mr. SI\fOOT. I prefer to look over the list, and therefore I quorum. · object at this time. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secretary will call the roll. THE PA.TE::.'\'T OFFICE-CONFERENCE REPORT. The reading clerk called the roll, and the following Senators l\Ir. NOHRIS. Mr. President, yesterday I asked unanimous amnvered to their names : consent to fix a time for voting on the conference report on llall Gooding McLr an Spencer the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of Calder Harris McNary Sutherland the Senate to the bill (II. 11984) to increase the force and Capper Harrison Moses Swanson n. Cha mberlain Heflin New Thomas salaries ·in the Patent Office, and for other purposes. Objec­ Colt Hender8on Norris Townsend tion '"as then made because of the absence from the Senate of Culberson Jones, N.Mex. Overman Trammell the Senator from Connecticut [l\1r. BRA~DEGEE]. I have seen Curtis Jones , Wash. Phelan Underwood Dial Kellogg Phipps Wadsworth the Senator from Connecticut, and he has no objection to the Dillingham Kendrick P omerene Walsh, Mass. request I now make for unanimous consent that at 4 o'clock Eu .~e Kenyon n eed Warren Elkins Knox Sheppard Williams on next Monday the Senate shall vote on the conference report F ernald La Follette Simmon.s Willis on House bill 11984. France Lenroot Smith, Ga. Wolcott Mr. Sl\IOOT. l\Ir. President, I have just asked that the Sen­ F relinghuysen Lodge Smith, Md. Gay McCumber Smith, S. C. ator from Connecticut [111r. BRANDEGEE] be sent for. He is de­ Gerry McKellar Smoot sirous of being here. I ask the Senator from Nebraska to with­ Mr. B.A.LL. I wish to announce that the Senator from Wash­ hold his request until the Senator from Connecticut comes in. ington [l\Ir. PoiNDEXTER], the Senator from New Hampshire l\fr. NORRIS. I have talked with the Senator from Con­ [l\Ir. KEYES], and the Senator from Maine [l\1r. HALE] are necticut, and he himself has told me that he has no objection to absent on official business, engaged as members of a subcom­ the order, and I think he told me that in the presence of the mittee of the Committee on Naval Affairs. Senator from Utah, who said he would be willing to take what­ The VICE PRESIDENT. Sixty-one Senators have answered ever action the Senator from Connecticut, who is against the to the roll call. There is a quorum present. conference report, was willing to take. Mr. SMOOT. The Senator from Connecticut said he had no REFERENCE OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS. objection to taking up the report. l\1r. \V A.DSWORTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous con­ Mr. NORRIS. I told the Senator from Connecticut explicitly sent, as in open executive session, to have referred to the Com­ what I had done, that I tried to get up the report yesterday, mittee on Military Affairs a number of nominations for promo­ and that the Senator from Connecticut was not here, and I did tions in the Army from the grade of first lieutenant to that of not want to take it up in his absence. I told him what I would colonel, inclusive, which have been sent to the Senate in the ask, and he told rue explicitly that he had no objection to fixing last few days and which are now pending before the Senate and a time for voting on the conference report. are in the office of the Secretary of the Senate. l\fr. SMOOT. There may be other objections to the bill. '.rile VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection? l\fr. NORRIS. Of course. l\Ir. LODGE. I undersfand that does not go beyond the rank l\Ir. SMOOT. If the amendments were the only questions that of colonel. may arise, that would be one thing, but other questions affect­ 1\Ir. WADS WORTH. I said between the grades of first lieu­ ing the bill may arise. Therefore, I could not agree to a specific tenant and colonel. hour for a vote. I will say to the Senator that I will vote with l\Ir. UNDERWOOD. I did not hear the request. him to take up the conference report on Monday. The VICE PRESIDENT. The request is that, as in open 1\fr. Sl\IITH of South Carolina. May I ask what conference executive session, all nominations for promotions in the Army report is referred to? from the grade of first lieutenant up to· and including the Mr. NORRIS. It is the conference report on House bill grade of colonel be referred to the Committee on Military 11984. . Affairs. 1\Ir. Sl\IITH of South Carolina. I mean from what commit­ 1\Ir. UNDERWOOD. I thought that had already been done. tee? 1\Ir. W .A.DSWORTH. .Another batch of nominations has Mr. NORRIS. From the Committee on Patents. Permit me come in. to say now on this question that the bill has been under con­ The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection? The Chair sideration by the Patent Committees of the House and the hears none, and it is so ordered. Senate for about a year. It has finally reached the stage where 1\Jr. NOURIS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that it is here in the shape of a conference report. I realize that the nominations for the office of Commissioner and Assistant there is objection to it. Some who are opposing it are doing Commissioner of Patents be referred, as in open executive ses­ so bitterly. I have no criticism to make of that. All I want sion, to the Committee on Patents. is that the conference report shall be voted on by the Senate, The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection? and jf it is voted down and the Senate does not want it, that is Mr. SMOOT. I object. the end of it, of course, with me. But I have had it intimated to 1\Ir. JONES of Washington. 1.\.fr. President, I make a similar me, from a source that I consider absolutely reliable, that there request to that of the Senator from New York [l\lr. WADs­ is going to be au attempt in the Senate to prevent a vote on the WORTH] with reference to certain nominations in the Steam­ proposition. bol'l.t-Inspection Service and several in the Coast and Geodetic I have been physically unable to be here for some time. I Survey and in the Coast Guard. Th.ese are nominations made probably will not be able to be here much of the time during the in the line of promotion and seniority. I ask, as in open execu­ remainder of this session. I can not very well be here all the tiYe session, that these nominations be referred to the Com­ time trying to get the conference report up. I did not want to mittee on Commerce. take it up, even if I could do so, to displace an appropriation bill. Mr. MOSES. l\Iay I inquire the grade of the officers re­ The Senator from Michigan [Mr. TowNsEND] kindly consented ferred to? that he would agree to lay aside temporarily the unfinished busi- LX--212 3359 3360 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 18, nes , the Post Office appropriation bill, if I could assure him I appeal to Senators that there be action on this important that there would be no extended rably entitled to a vote on tl1e proposition. If the request to fix: next l\Ionday as the time for a vote is There ought to be a \Ote on it. That is all I am asking. If objected to, I ask unanimous consent that the date be fixeIO.RllLS. without any debate ; I am willing that the matter should be Mr. WILLIS presented memorials of Windhorst Court of the debated as much as Senators wish to debate it; but I do not Catholic Order of Foresters, of Cincinnati; St. Clara's Auxiliary want, after we have gotten this far with it, to be faced with No. 98, Knights of St. John, of Cincinnati; St. Cecelia Ladies' the proP<>sition of having any limit fixed, so that it will be very Auxiliary No. 58, Knights of St. John, of Hamilton; and St. easy to filibuster and prevent any action whatever. Joseph Court No. 1221, Catholic Order of Foresters, of Ports­ Now, I submit to Senators that that would not be fair. I mouth, all in the State of Ohio, remonstrating against the en­ ba'"e an idea, in view of the strong opposition to this proposed actment of legislation creating a department of educntion, legislation, that it may be defeated. I am not asking that the which were referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. conference report be agreed to ; I am not suggesting anything He also presented a memorial of sundry citizens of Cleve­ of that kind. If it should be defeated on a vote, that woul

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Mr. F ALIJ. I ask unanimous consent to ha V"e printed in the Resolved, That a certified copy of these r~>solutions be ~ent to the Clerks of the two Houses of the Congress of the United States, and REconn two telegrams from the Legislature of Porto Rico. that the Senators and Representatives from Tennessee be informeu of There belng no objection, the telegrams were ordered to be this action. printesult in an incalculable saving in time and enero-y; and Senator F.ALL, Whereas the metric system has been adopted by the vast majority of enlightened nations, and its adoption by the United States is calcu­ Washington, D. C.: lated to promote friendly relations and commerce with all the world ; Senate of Porto Rico in session assembled unanimously requests you and " to express to the Senate the sentiments of adherence and resp.ect of the Whereas the State of Tennessee, by reason of its great commercial and Renntors of Porto Rico to the United States Senators looking for that industrial activities, is vitally interested both as a State and in justice wcrthy of both in the granting of our immediate aspirations in behalf ot its citizens in the speedy adoption of world-wide uniform the extension and development of ·our present system of government under democratic principles. standar!ls of weights ana mea:)ures: Now, therefore, be it llAnCELO, President. Resolved 'by tl1e 11ause of reprcuntative8 (the senate concurring}, That we respectfully ur7e that the units of the metric system be adopted :Jlr. HITCHCOCK presented. a memorial of the Legislature of by tbe Congress of the United States as the legal standards of weig~ts and measures after a transition period of 10 years, aB proposed in bills Nebraska, which wns referred to the Committee on Manufac- now before Congress; and be it further tures, as follows : · Resolved, That copies hereof be forwarded to the President of t.'IJe Resolution fnvoring the nationalizing of the coal industry in the United United States of .AICerica and to the Senators and Representatives of States. the State of Tennessee !n the Congress of the United States. Whereas the annual coal production ln the united States amounts to Mr. 1\IcKELLAR presented three resolutions of the Legislature over 000,000,000 tons ; and of Tennessee, which were referred to the Committee on Finn.nce, Whereas coal production in the United States is canled on at many mines widely varying in their depth of seam, conditions of mining as follows: and cost of production ; and STATD OF TlilXNESSEE, Whereas it has been found that fixing a price in the market, either by llOUSEl OF REPRESENTATIVES, the Government or by market conditions, does injustice in many ]-."ashville, Februa1·y 16, 1921. cases, since if the price is fixed high enough for the mines having Ilouse joint resolution by J. Q. McDonald. the highest cost of production, the profit to the mines having a Be it t·esolved by tlre House of RepresentaUves- of the Sig;ty-sepond lower cost of production is too great, and if the price is fixed by the Genet·al ABscmbly of the State of Tennessee (the Senate concurnng), cost of production at the mines where production is cheapest, the That our Senators and Representn.tives in the Congress of the United market price is too low for the other mines, re:;;ulting either in shut­ States be requested to support a measure now pending in the CoJ?.gress ting down the mine or reducing the price of labor thereat; and known as the Fordney bill, which. if enacted, would bring about adJusted Whereas the war situation made it clear that justice to the coal miner compensation for all honorable discharged men and women who served and to the coal consumer could be obtained only by nationalizing in the late war· be it further the mines, thereby enabling the Government to direct tbe production Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to each Sena­ of coal at the _(>laces where it could be> produced at the greatest ad:­ tor and Congressman from Tennessee. Yanta&e to society as a whole and marketed under uniform con(}i­ tions ooth OJ! to vrtce and to coal miners' wages; and Whereas in Europe, 1n Australia, in South Africa, in Canada, as well as In the United l:;tates, the ablest economists as well as the best busi­ nouse joint resolution by Mr. Smith of Blount. ness minds are now favoring the nationalizing of the coal industry in Be it resolved by the Ilouse of Rem·esentattves ot tl1e State ot Ten­ each of these countries: Therefore be it nessee (tile Senate concurrino), That we memorialize the Congress of Resolved by the house of representatives, That we favor the enact­ the United States, through our Senators and Congressmen, to pass the ment of Federal laws which will provide in a just and equitable way bill now pending before Congress known as the Wason bill, which decen­ for nationalizing the coal industry 1n the United States; be it further tralizes the War Ri k Insurance Department of the United States; be Reswlvea, That a copy ot these resolutions be forwarded by the it further chief clerk to each of our Senators and Congres.·men at Washington, Resolved, That the clerk of this bouse be instructed to transmit a with a reguest that they faYor the introduction and passage of such copy of this resolution to each of the Sen::ttors and Congressmen of the an act by Congress. State o! Tennessee. Introduced by Rept·esentatives George C. Snow, of Ch:tdron, and llan-y A. Foster, of Omaha. Ilous-e joint resolution. Mr. 1\.IcKELLAR presented. a resolution of the Legislature of Be it resolved 'by t11e Hottse of Representatives of the State of Ten­ Tennessee, which was referred to the Committee on Appropria­ nessee (tho Senate concurring), That we request the Congress o:f the tions, as follows : United States through our Senat(lrs and Congi·essmen to pass the bill now pending before Congress, known as the Rogers bill, which com­ IJouse j~1nt re olution by 0. C. Norton. bines the Health Department, the Wa:r Risk Insurance Department, Be it t·esolved by t11e House of Representatives of tlw Sixty-second and the Vocational Training Department ; be it further Gcncml Assembly of the State of Tennessee (the Senate COtl-curf'ing), Resolve(Z, 'l'hat the clerk of tbis bouse be instructed to transmit a That our Senators and Representatives in the Con~ress of the United copy of this resolution to each of the Senators and Congressmen ot States be requested to support a measure now pendmg in the Congress the State of Tennessee. known as the France-Langley bill, which, if enacted, would bring about erection of hospitals for sick and wounded soldiers of the W.orld Mr. HARUIS presenteu a resolution of the Atlanta City Fed­ War; be it further eration of Women's Clubs, of Atlanta, Ga., favoring legislation Jlc.~olvcd, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded t~ each extending the Federal aid road-building program, which was Sen a tor and Congressman from Tennessee. ordered to lie on the table. He also presented a resolution of the Legislature of Tennes­ He also presented a resolution of the Atlanta City Federation see, which was referred. to tbe Committee on Education and of Women's Clubs, of Atlanta, Ga., fayoring an amendment to Labor, as follows: House bill 12078 providing for tile promotion of -vocational Wberl'as the world-wide extension of POJ?U:I~l: government bas placed education, etc., which was referred to the Committee on Educa­ npou the masses of the people re ponsibllities nen~r borne by their for<'fatbers, and bas made more n~cessary than before universal edu­ tion and Labor. cation as a means of social self-defense; and He also presenteu a resolution of the Atlanta City Federa­ 'Whereas tbe development of communication and transportation hns tion of ·women's Clubs, of Atlanta, Ga., favoring legislation brought all sections of the country into such intimate relations that ignorance nnd its attending vice In any part of the country is a strengthening the Volstead Act by placing all prohibition en­ menace ·to the welfare of every other section so tba t the responsibllity forcement agents under civil-service rules, which was xeferred for public instruction can no longer be regarded as merely of local, to the Committee on the Judiciary. county, or Stnto concern; and WherE'as the children of the States are to become the citizens of the He also presented a resolution of the Atlanta City Feuera­ L'nlted States, ns well as of their respective States, and ns such :tre tion of Women's Clubs, of Atlanta, Ga., favoring legislation pro­ to have national obligations and rcspocslbilitles; and viding for the protection of maternity and infancy, which was Whert>as the State of Tenness.e(l has recognized by statute the obliga­ tion of ils wealthier sections to aid in the education or the children ordered to He on the table, of less-favored districts, on the principle that revenue for school pur­ Bll.LS AND .JOI.-T TIESOLUTION INTRODUCED. poses should be collected where the income is expended wheri! the <'llildren nre ; and Bills an

By Mr. KENYON: which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs anu A bill ( S. 5019) to amend sections 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 32 ordered to be printed. of the Federal farm loan act, approved July 17, 1916, as Mr. WILLIAMS submitted an amendment providing that amended, and to amend sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, Lake George, in Yazoo County, .l\liss., be declared a nonnavi­ 19, ~0, 21, 22, 23, and 24 of the United States warehouse act, gable stream, etc., intended to be proposed by him to the river approyed August 11, 1916, as amended; to the Committee on and harbor appropriation bill, which was ordered to lie on the Banking and Currency ; and table and be printed. · A bill (S. 5020) to amend an act entitled "An act to provide He also submitted an amendment providing that any stream for the termination of Federal control of railroads and systems or body of water lying wholly within one State which is not a of transportation; to provide for the settlement of disputes be­ navigable stream or body of water under the laws of the State tween carriers and their employees; to further amend an act in which it lies is declared a nonnavigable waterway of the entitled 'An act to regulate commerce,' approved February 4. United States within the meaning of the law until work of im­ 1887, as amended, and for other purposes " ; to the Committeo provement has been undertaken by the United States, intendeu on Interstate Commerce. . to be proposed by him to the river and harbor appropriation By 1\Ir. JONES of New Mexico: bill, which was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. A bill (S. 5021) for the relief of Fred V. Plomteaux; to the He also submitted an amendment proposing to increase the Committee on Claims. appropriation to carry into effect the provisions of the act ap­ By l\fr. TRAillfELL: proved March 2, 1897, entitled "An act to preyent the importa­ A bill (S. 5022) providing for and establishing scholarships tion of impure and unwholesome tea," as amended, etc., from in each of the States as a memorial to the American soldiers, $30,000 to $38,000, intended to be proposed by him to the Agri­ sailors, and marines who gave their lives for their country and cultural appropriation bill, which was ordered to lie on the table as an expression of appreciation to the brave and loyal men and be printed. who served in the military and naval forces of the United AMENDMENT OF IMMIGRAT~ON BILL. States in the late war; to the Committee on Education and Labor. Mr. HARRISON submitted two amendments intended to be By Mr. BALL: proposed by him to House bi1114461, the immigration. bill, which A bill ( S. 5023) to provide for the closing of Cedar Road be­ were ordered to lie on the table and be printed. tween Quincy Street and Shepherd Street NW., in the District ANNUAL MEETING OF STATE AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONERS (S. DOC. of Columbia; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. NO. 409). By Mr. MYERS : A bill ( S. 5024) granting an increase of pension to Izora B. Mr. MOSES. From the Committee on Printing I report a McGill; to the Committee on Pensions. resolution providing for the printing of a certain manuscript, By Mr. ·wiLLIAMS : and ask unanimous consent for its present consideration. A bill (S. 5025) declaring Lake George, Yazoo County, Miss., The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secretary will read the resolu­ to be a nonnavigable stream; to the Committee on Commerce. tion. By Mr. SMOOT: The reading clerk read the resolution ( S. Res. 455), as fol­ A joint resolution ( S. J. Res. 261) repealing section 10 of the lows: river and harbpr act approved l\larch 2, 1919; to the Committee Resolved, That the manuscript entitled " Report of fourth annual meeting of the National Association of State Commissioners of Agri­ on Commerce. culture" be printed as a Senate document. TRAINING PAY AND ALLOWANCES. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there any objection to the con­ Mr. KENYON introduced a bill ( S. 5018) to amend the voca­ sideration of the resolution? tional rehabilitation act to exempt from taxation amounts Mr. SMOOT. Mr. President, what is the report referred to heretofore or hereafter received thereunder as training pay in the resolution? and allowances, which was read twice by its title. Mr. MOSES. It is the report of the annual convention of Mr. KENYON. Mr. President, the bill introduced by me to the State Commissioners of Agriculture held at the Department amend the vocational training act should be referred, I believe, of Agriculture and participated in by the commissioners of to the Committee on Finance. The situation which prompts agriculture from all the States in the Union. the introduction of the bill is rather an odd one. The training Mr. SMOOT. I will ask the Senator if the document has pay given to soldiers is subject to the income tax, while under already been printed by the Agricultural Department? the war risk insurance act the compensation paid by that bu­ Mr. MOSES. No; it has never been printed at all. reau is expressly exempted from the income tax. It is rather Mr. SMOOT. If it has been printed as a departmental docu­ an emergency matter, and I think if the Finance Committee can ment, I shall object to the request. take it up and dispose of it at this session it should probably go Mr. MOSES. I repeat that it has never been printed at all. there and be considered as an amendment to the vocational The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the training act. I should like, however, to ask the Senator from· resolution. North Dakota if there is any prospect of a measure of that kind The resolution was agreed to. being considered by the Finance Committee at the present session? REPORT OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (S. DOC. Mr. McCUl\lBER. I think so. If it is a matter that needs NO. 408). to be considererl, I think the committee will consider it. 1\fr. MOSES. From the Committee on Printing I report a Mr. KENYON. I ask that the bill be referred to the Com­ resolution, S. Res. 456. I ask unanimous consent for the present mittee on Finance. consideration of the resolution. The VICE PRESIDENT. In the absence of objection, the bill There being no objection, the resolution was considered and will be referred to the Committee on Finance. agreed to, as follows : Resolved, That the report of the Daughters of the .American Revolu· AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATION BILLS. tion for the year ended March 1, 1920, be printed as a Senate document. Mr. KNOX submitted an amendment providing that the ac­ GREAT FALLS POWER DEVELOPMENT, counting officers of the Treasury shall readjudicate in accord­ ance with certain court decisions all claims of Army officers 1\fr. NORRIS. Mr. President, in connection with the reports for pay withiri such court decisions, without regard to former from the Committee on Printing and while the matter is before disallowances by Treasury officials, and report the same to the Senate, I should like to ask the Senator from New Hamp­ Congress as audited claims, intended to be proposed by him to shire whether the Committee on Printing has taken up the report the Army appropriation bill, which, with the accompanying of 1\faj. Tyler and the report of the \Vater Power Commission? papers, was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and Mr. MOSES. I will say to the Senator that the estimate of ordered to be printed. the cost for printing the latter document has not yet come from .l\lr. OVERMAN submitted an amendment providing that the the Public Printer. The estimate for the original Tyler report Secretary of War be authorized to ascertain the requirements has been received, but the estimate for the supplemental report of the Department of Agriculture for its own use and that of later ordered by the Senate has not come. the several States in road work and maintenance of roads and Mr. NORRIS. What is the estimate, I will ask the Senator, other executive departments as pertaining to motor vehicles, for the printing of the original Tyler report? and after supplying the needs of the several departments as 1\ir. MOSES. I do not at the moment recall, but my general authorized and directed under existing legislation to sell as impression is that the estimate is something like $800. soon as possible any remaining motor trucks and automobiles 1\fr. NORRIS. Will the committee act on it? that are surplus and not needed by the War Department, etc., Mr. MOSES. The committee is to clear its calendar on the intended to be proposed by him to the Army appropriation bill, 24th day of the present month•

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THE COTTON AND WHEAT SITUATiON. There are many way·s in ·which Senators who want to -cut Ur. JONES of W-ashington. :Mr. Pl'esident, I desire to enter down expenses aan do it and lay off this project -of road a motion to reconsl~er the vote by which the Senate passed, on builillng. yesterday, Senate resolution 443. Mr. President, -$100.,000,000 is not so much. We have lOS,· Mr. UNDERWOOD. 1\Ir. Presid~t. win the Senator state 000,000 people. So it -costs less than $1 per -capita to carr:v 'On public the purpOrt ~f the r~solution? I do not' recognize it by number. this gr-eat w-ork of building up the highways of· the 1\lr. JONES of W.asbingt()n. It is Senate resolution 443, au­ country. thorizing th~ Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to make Mr. MOSES. Mr. President-- certain in,·estigations. I desiTe the motion ;r have made to be The VICE PRESIDENT. 'Does the Senat'Ol' from Alabama yield to the 8-erultor from K ew Ham.vshire? l1D>fud ln the RECORD. The VICE PRESIDENT. Tl e motion of the Senator from l\Ir. HEFLIN. I do. Washington mll be entered. Mr. MOSES. The difficulty with the Senator's argument is that it .is not pald per capita. The money is taken from th~ ITOUSE miL lrF!FERBEn. rich and thrifty States of the North to be spent in the Senator's The bill (ll. R. 1G100) making approprl.ations for fortifica­ State d-own South. tions an<.l other \\Orks of defense, for the armament thereo.f, and 1\Ir. HEFLIN. Mr. President, the Senator has admitted just for the procurement ()f heavy ordnance for trial and service, for about what I had thought he felt. The States that ha\e ul­ the !iscal year ending June 30, 1'922, and for other purposes, was ready built up their highways and that have by -reason of tt reatl twic-e by its title and referred to the Committee o.n Appro­ high discriminating tariff ·system been pillaging and plundering priations. the people of the South, for that is how, to a large ~n~nt, they POST OFFICE APPROP.RL\.TIOl\S. got their money~- The Senate, as lin Committee of llie Whole, resumed the 'COn­ Mr. MOSES. Mr. Pre ·ident, my State paid $30,000,000 for si-deration of the bill (H. R 15441) m:lking appropriations for southern cotton last :rear in one mill alone. the sen· ice of the Post" Office D~n.rtment for the fiseal year end­ 1\Ir. HEFLIN. Thirty miUion dollars; and what did they get ing June 30. 1922, and for other purposes. for the finished product? I will tell the Senator that on one Mr. HEFLIN. Mr. President, in a few moments the Senate occasion a few years ago Great Britain paid $400,000,000 to will vote upon a motion to suspend the rules to make in order America for .her cottoo supply and sold the 1·emainder {}f th~ as an amendment to the Post Offiee appropriation bill the bill finished prod u~t. after supplying all of her possessions, for which passed the House of RepTesentatives by a very large $610,000,000, $210,000,000 more than she paid us for the raw ma­ vote. 'l"'bat bill carri~s an n.ppropriation of $100,000~000 to terial; and the ~ott()n mills of the Senator's State ha\e fDr many carry on the work of road building in the va1ious States of the years fattened upon low-priced cotton that they haYe pur­ Union. cha ed in the Southern Stat-es. But I want to ·serve notice on I did not think.l\Ir. Presiuent, when I heard of that action on the Senator now that you will pay more for eotton this fall the part of the House that there would be any trouble at this than you ha\e paid in a long, long time because the low price end of tile Capitol. 1\Iembers of the House talked to me about to which ~·on have ·driven cotton is going to caus-e us to pro­ that measure, and I expressed the opinion that it would pass duce the smallest crop that you have e\er seen come to the mar­ the Senate by an oYerwhelming -vote. I did not believe that it kets of this country in a long time. woutd be the -policy of the otheT side of this Chamber to attempt 1\fr. l\.1-0SES. I am glad to be put upon notice by the Sena­ to practice economy at the expense and to the injury of road tor; and I want t-o congratulate him, while this colloquy is construction in the United Stutes. I did not believe that any going on, upon the facility with which he can manage to con­ Sena'tor in this Chamber would take the position that this work nect the veterans of the World War with an appropriati'On. should be halted for a moment, and I was surprised and Air. HEFLIN. The Senator from New Hampshire raised the astounded to hear the arguments made yesterday in behalf of sectional issue. He charged that I wanted to tax his people to such a program us that. build up the roads down in my section of the country. I want l\1r. President, Great Britain has buried in Westminster to say to the Senator that I would be willing to tax the whole Abbey a soldier representing the rank nnd file of the British people to build up any part of this great country. I base no Army. This great and kindly act wns done in honor of the feeling of sectional prejudice. Ther~ is none of it in my head unknown dead. Great Britain buried in this resting place of or heart. I think the time has come when it should disappear her kings one of the plain people, a private in the ranks of he:r forever in the United States. There certainly was none of it army, one who came up from the common walks of life to on the firing line in Prance, when our boys fought together fight and die for his country. She has shown her appreciation side by side and many thousands died together on the fields of of the yalor and heroism di played by this boy and his comrades France. But the Senator sass that I and others who stand among the unknown dead. France has performed a like service here and ch:unpion the cause of the masses of the oountry in honor of her heroic dead who sleep in unknown graves. In want to iax his peo:ple to build up the highways down in my !Joth instances honor and gratit.ude are shown to the 1·ank and State. :Mr. President, Alabama is part and parcel of this great file of the people. I submit to the Senators on the other -side Government. She contributes to its support generously and to of this Chamber that while they are holding up legislation look­ th~ best of her ability. Of course, she has not had the oppor­ ing to the benefit of our soldiers who won the war, while they tunity-and I doubt whether she would have employed it if are blocking legislation looking to -p.roper compensation for our she had-to J.)illage and plunder so many people as some of the boys, they might at least permit this road building to go Senator's constituents have. on, bel!ause in this way they can express their appreciation Mr. 1\IOSES. In view of Muscle Shoals, Mr. President, that of and gratitude to the great rank and file of our people who comes with good gr3.cc from the Senator. ga -re their sons to fight and dle :for our country. Mr. HEFLIN. That was a meritori<>us measure and a project As I said on yesterday, there is perha.ps .no· other Go-vern­ in the interest of t~.ll the people. I do not mean to cast any ment program that will serTe so many people, that will reach reflection upon the people of tll€ Senator's State, but I am into so many locnlities, that will .really bless .and benefit so sure thn.t the profiteers in his State who have made colos­ many American citizens, as will this program of ~·oad building. sal for-tun~s during the war "\\"'uld like to sit back and continue EYery Sta.te in the Union is interested. It is true me of the to cUp their coupons aml pass undisturbed by the taxgatherers States had nearly completed their :road construction under the of the Republic. bonding system; but I submlt that the Senators from those Mr. MDSES. But we can not pnss 1mdisturbed by the tax­ States ought not to· stand in the way of cooperative ·oad con­ gatherers so long as chemes of this kind go on. On the con­ struction in other States. Some States are richer than others, trary, my St:tte js 'One with almost a stationary population, with and they Jla\e gone on more rapidly with this work. They slight increase in its inventory for taxation purposes year by ought now to encourage road building in the other sections of year; yet we l.la\e ttL~ed ourselves, bonded ourselves, and built our great -country. our own roads, and. there is no Teason 't'i·hy th~ State of Alabama I l'Ct,<>Tet to see that some Senators are willi.n.g to stop this should not do the same thing. road construction entirely. I regret to see that those in charge 1\Ir. HEFLIN. The State of Alabama is doing the same thing. of legislation in this body, responsible to the J)eople for legis­ The cities a~ contributing, the counties are contributing, mu.ny lation., are ready now to sidetrack this great w'Or.lr of road con­ of them have issued bonds for this .vurpose, and they are now struction by the United Stutes Government. Th~re is no better working -on this cooperati~e pi~ .in: building road.s in my State. or greater work that can be done b.Y the Go-vernment. We mu t The· States l1a\·e ~ontribut~d over $600,000,000, while the GoY~ have transpnrtation facilities by Tailroad, transportation facili­ ·ernrneut .has contributed ~ss than a third of that amount. ties by waterway, and transportation facilities b-y .highway, by But, l\I.r. President, it is not any strange thing to hear the public J.•oads~ .and this Government. wHl not have discharged Senator and otber lnembers of his _party Taise their voices in its full ·duty .to the people of the cou.ntry until it has a .splendid protest ag-ainst legislation that helps the mass of the l)eople. I ssstem of [)Ublic h'ighwa.ss reaching au thro'Ugh the Stat-es. do not recall a single .mea-su.re rof benefit to the great mass· of our 3364 OONGRESSION AL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 18,

people that had its origin in the brain of a Republican Senator; Mr. MOSES. Mr. President-- but if you get up a bill here for the special interests you will The VICE PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from North Caro­ not bavc any trouble about getting it througll. They will smile lina yield to the Senator from New Hampshire? blandly and just slip and slide the project through, and no one 1\lr. Sll\fl\IONS. I yield. over there ever makes an argument against it; nobody says it 1\Ir. MOSES. I rejoice in tile prosperity and progress of is unconstitutional; nobody e-ver says it is paternalism; and the Southern States, Mr. President. No Member of the Senate they get it through. But let somebody get up here with a bill could have further. from his thought than I the notien of raising that benefits the mass of the people or the people back in the a sectional issue with re;ference to this matter. But, Mr. Presi­ rural districts of the country, or that will be of service to the dent, I saw these road bills in their progr~ss through the last school boy and girl who travel the public roads and they rise Congress; I saw the attempt made to secure credit for the up and say, "Mr. President, we just must begin to practice States which had already built their road systems to the extent economy right now." So they are ready to practice economy to which they had expended their money. I tried to secure an then, to tbe detriment and injury of the great mass of the Ameri­ amendment whereby the amount of Federal money spent by can people. the military forces in building roads through the States should 1\Ir. President, from the juggling that I have seen going on be taken out from the quota assigned to those States, but all around here this morning and late yesterday afternoon I do to no avail. not know wbat is going to be the judgment of the Senators on Mr. SIMMONS. Mr. President, I can not yield for a speech ; the other side on this proposition. I should not be surprised if I have only 10 minutes. I want to say to the Senator from New they intend to put to sleep this road-building program that the Hampshire, and I want to say to my .other colleagues from New people of the country approve so unanimously. England, that North Carolina does not expect the Federal Forty-three States await your judgment to-day. Forty-three Government to build its roads. If this bill passes, the Federal States are watching the appropriation bills that go through Government will contribute to road construction in North Caro­ Con~ress, and when they see you attempt to chloroform and put lina not exceeding $4,000,000 in the coming year. Is not that to sleep the road-building part of the legislative program they true, I ask the Senator from Michigan? are justly indignant. You may postpone it, you may set it Mr. T01VNSEND. 1\Ir. President, will not the Senator be able aside for a time, but there is nothing that is so \ital to the to give me two or three minutes before the time for a vote people-that touches, I repeat, so many of them-as this very arrives? project, and you can not stop it. I repeat, the people are going 1\Ir. SIMMONS. Yes; I will. I say, that if this amendment to be indignant. They ought to be indignant. They ought to to the bill is adopted the Government will contribute to North resent and, I believe will, repudiate your action if you side­ Carolina road construction during the current year approxi­ track this great constructive measure. mately only about $4,,000,000. A hundred million dollars? Why, you spend that in various l\lr. FRELINGHUYSEN. 1\Ir. President-- ways where it will benefit less than a quarter of a million of -The VICE PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from North people. Carolina yield to the Senator from New Jersey? J\Ir: President, I am going to vote for this measure. I am 1\Ir. SIMMONS. I can not yield. going to vote to suspend the rules to put this amendment upon There are only 10 miputes left, and the Senator from 1\Iichi­ t.Ile bill, because it is the only way that we can carry on this gan has asked me to give him part of it. As I saip, $4,000,000 road-building program. This work ought to go on. This Gov­ is a mere bagatelle to the amount of money we are spending in ernment is working out its· ideals of constructive development North Carolina for roa:.l construction. in bridges that span the ri-vers, in opening up streams to na,iga­ Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. President-- tion. in belting the country with steel rails for transportation The VICE PRESIDENT. Does the Senator yield to the Sena­ purposes; and I repeat that the system will not be complete tor from New Jersey? until \Ye buiid public highways in the counties, in the States. 1\Ir. SIMMONS. I can not yield. and through the Nation. Let the Senate go upon record as 1\lr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I simply wanted to ask the ~ena­ favoring the working out of our ideals in such practical and tor a question. beneficial fashion, and then a great and grateful people will l\lr. SIMMONS. I ·will yield for a question. rise up and call you ble sed. 1\Ir. FRELINGHUYSEN. I should like to ask what rhe l\Ir. Sll\IMONS. l\lr. President, I regret very much that an Senator's State paid in income and internal revenue taxes to the ;:ttternpt has been maL1e to inject sectionalism into the consid­ Government? eration of this vital matter. I had hoped we might get away 1\fr. SIMMONS. Something between thirty and forty millir>n from ectional lines in our legislation. I do not see why the dollars. Income and profit taxes, and in all taxes, as I stated New England States, which happily began road construction before, over $160,000,000, fiscal year 1920. Does that answ·~r work a little ahead of the other States of the Union, should the Senator's question? now, because they ha>e already built a good part of their roads, Mr. ·FRELINGHUYSEN. It does. attempt to throttle the Congress in its efforts to assist road 1\lr. SIMl\IONS. Two counties, Mr. President, adjoining the con ·truction in other parts of the country. county in which I live, only the past year voted about $4,000,1JOI) 1\Ir. President, despite the aid rendered by the Government, to build roads within their boundaries, and probably there are the Southern and Western States will, themselves, have to build near a score of counties in North Carolina in tile past 18 the greater part of their roads. \Vhat New England has al­ months that have voted from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 each for ready

£i'ellcral money. I do not believe it will receive .that public will assist in the construction of roads and in the establishment approval which is needed to encourage a larger participation by of proper systems of roads. All I am asking is that, as this bill, t11e Government in this work. which comes to us from the Committee on Roads of the House But, Mr. Presillent, I think the system we are about to of Representatives, bas never been considered by the Committee all opt in North Carolina is such as to deserve Federal aid. Our on Post Offices and Post Roads in the Senate, which has juris­ purvose in North Carolina is to use the Federal contribution diction of the matter, we be given an opportunity to consider it. for the purpose of building main highways, with which the without embarrassment to legitimate road building in the United locnl roads built by the State and the counties are to be coor­ States; that it be put off for just a few days, until the commit­ dinated and connected into one grand, harmonious working tee which has been considering some phases of it can have time road system in that State. It is said that under the amendment to complete its work on this great matter. of the Senator from Virginia this money will have to be spent So, Mr. President, I am hoping at least that the Members of in the way it has heretofore been spent-by State selection of the Senate who want to see the expenditure of Federal money the roads upon which it is to be spent, however disconnected properly safeguarded will give us this opportunity. and lacking in coordination and relation the one to the other. l\lr. DIAL. Mr. President-·- I want to say to the Senator that I agree in the main with his l\1r. TOWNSEND. I can not yield; I have but half a minute. theory; but if we shall suspend the rule to-day and permit l\Ir. President, I hope that none of the Senators on the other a vote upon the amendment offered by the Senator from Vir­ side have been persuaded to stay away from the Senat~ this ginia [Mr. SwA..~soN], the Senator from Michigan can offer an morning for the purpose of red ncing the honest vote of the amendment so as to make it conform with his theory, if the Senate on this great subject. I wish we could have all of the Senate agrees with him; and, as I feel now, I shall be inclined Senators Yote on this question, and thus determine if, after to cooperate with the Senator in supporting such amendment, proper understanding, hvo-thirds of the Senate believe that at because I think that would be probably the wiser way in this time and under these conditions we should vote $100,000.000 which to work out this, aml would remove much of the oppo­ when it can not be properly expended; if they want to do that, sition to further Government expenditures in this behalf aml to and take this out of the jurisdiction of the Committee on Post larger contributions on the part of the Government in the Offices and Post Roads, who desire to consjder it, and whQ will future. · consider it without delny, then I shall make no further objec­ I trust that Senators from New England, from the :N"orth, and tion. from every section of tlle country will vote to suspend ·the rule l\Ir. IIARRIS. ::Ur. President, reference has been made to and let us consider this matter upon its merits, and although the failure of some States to make appropriations so as to fue Senate may not adopt the exact language and the method cooperate with the Government in the building of good roads. prescr:bed in the amendment of the Senator from Virginia, let This is not true of my Stat'e, as most of our counties are voting us thrash this thing out heTe and now and adopt a wis~. large bond issues for this purpose. The GoYernment appropria­ logical system of road construction providing for the aid of tion for good roads has been wise, and I sincerely hope this the Federal Government to be given to the State in systematic appropriation may be continued. I shall give it my hearty and coordinated building of good roads. support. While I have other matters I wish to discuss, I ·recognize that The \~ICE PRESIDENT. The hour of 12 o'clock having fue Senator in charge of fuis matter is entitled to some time, arrived, the Secretary will, in accordance with the unanimous­ and i shall not consume the remaining five minutes before the consent agreement, can tlle roll upon the pending question, hou1· fixed in the agreement for a· vote on the motion to sus­ which is the motion of the Senator from Virginia [1\Ir. SWAN­ pend the rules of the Senate so as to make the amendment of SON] to suspend the 1·ule. thr: Senator from Virginia in order. 1\lr. LODGE. I make the point of no quorum. Mr. TOWNSEND. I thank the Senator from North Carolina. The VICE PRESIDE~T. The unanimous-consent agreement There is not a great deal of difference, that I can see, between is that the Yote shall be taken at 12 o'clock. The Secretary the Senator from North Carolina and myself as to what ought will call the roll on the motion of the Senator from Virginia. to be done with the Federal aid money. I am just as certnin, The reading clerk proceeded to call the roll. • however, as I am that I live that any proposition submitted at l\fr. EDGE (when his name was called). I haYe a pair with this time on the floor of the Senate to change the pre ent Fed­ the junior Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. OwEN]. I am unable eral aid law, such· as the Senator suggests, would be voted do\Yll to obtain a transfer. If permitted to vote, I would vote "nay." by those Senators who insist that the present methou should be 1\lr. FER~ALD (when his name was called). I have a gen­ maintained. eral pair wHh the junior Senator from South Dakota [1\lr. Furthermore, Mr. President, there has been no opportunity JoHNSON]. I am unal.Jle to g;et a transfer, and I withhold my for the Committee · on Post Offices and Post Roads, which has vote. this matter in charge, to eYen consider it. I again want to 1\lr. SWANSO"N (when l\Ir. GLAss's name was called). My repudiate the statement made by the Senator from Alabama colleague [Mr. GLAss] is paired with the senior Senator from [Mr. HEFLIN] and by others to the· effect that the defeat of Illinois [1\lr. SHERMAN]. If present and not paired, my col­ this amendment is going to check road building in the United league would vote "yea." States. There is no more question about the fact than there is that I am addressing you that the first duty of the Committee 1\lr. HENDERSON (when his name was called). I have a on Post Offices and Post Roads in the new Congress will be to general pair \\ith the junior Senator from Illinois [~Ir. l\Ic­ take up the subject of Federal contributions to the project of ConMrcK], which I transfer to the Senator from Tenne~see road building. [Mr. SHIELDS] and vote "yea." The fact of the matter is, and it has not been denied, that l\Ir. KEi\TDRICK (when his name was called). I have a gen­ a very large amount of money already invested by the Federal eral pair with the Senator from New Mexico [:\Ir. FALL]. As GoYernment in road construction has been wasted. There is no I am unable to obtain a transfer of my pair, it will be necessary question about that at all. for me to withholU my vote. Mr. HEFLIN rose. Mr. POMERE~E (when llis name was called). I have a l\Jr. TOWNSEND. I can not yield; I have only tn-o or three general pair with the senior Senator from Iowa [Mr. CuM­ minutes. MINS]. In his absence I withhold my vote. l\1r. HEFLIN. I question the statement that a large amount Mr. TOW.XSEND (when his name was called). I have a of it has been wasted. general pair with the senior Senator from Arkansas [Mr. RoRIN­ l\Ir. TOWNSEND. I mean that anybody who understands the soN], which I transfer to the junior Senator from Vermont [Mr. subject. anybody who has investigated the question of road PAGE] and vote " nay." building and road construction in the United States-- 1\Ir. WOLCOTT (when his name was called). I have a gen­ Mr. HEFLIN. If I understood the Senator correctly, I do eral pair with the Senator from Indiana [Mr. ·wATSON]. I am not ngree to his statement to the effect that a large amount of advised that if he were present he would vote as I propose to this money has been wasted. vote, and I therefore feel at liberty to vote. I vote "nay." Mr. TOWNSEND. l\Ir. President, the very men who ask for Mr. FERNALD. I transfer my pair with the junior Senator the continuation of the present appropriation under existing from South Dakota [Mr. JoHNso~] to the senior Senator from conditions, when they properly understand the subject, agree, Indiana [Mr. WATSON] and vote "nay." just as the Senator from North Carolina [l\fr. SIMMONS] agrees, Mr. EDGE. I find that I can transfer my pair \Vith the junior that this money should be expended in a manner different from Senator from Oklahoma [l\Ir. OwEN] to the junior Senator from that in which it is being expended in many of the States of the Maryland [Mr. FRANCE], which I do, and vote. I vote,. nay." Union. Mr. GLASS. I have a general pair with the senior Senator This is not a sectional question with me at aU. I simply from Illinois [l\Ir. SHER}.fAN]. I am advised that I ·am re­ want the Federal money expended for a Federal purpose, which leased from that pair and at liberty to vote. I vote "YE>a." 3366 CO GRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE; FEBRUARY 16,

Mr. DILLINGHA.M. Has the senior Senator from l\laryland 1\fr. TOWNSE~'D. 1\lr. President, I have no objection to the voted? amendment. I belie\e it was the intention of Congress that The VICE PRESIDE~. lie has not voted. . this should be done. I remember tllat two o1· three years ago Mr. DILLINGH.Al\f. I ha\e a general pair with that Senator, I proposed such an amendment and it was adopted, but it has and for that reason I am compelled to withhold my \ote. been construed to apply only to the year covered by the ap­ Mr. KENDRICK. I made the statement a moment ago that propriation bill, whi~h was not intended by me. I recognize I was unable to secure a tra.nsfer of my pair. I have since ar­ the facts as stated by the Senator from Massachusetts and I ranged for a transfer of my pair with the Senator from New am in hearty sympathy with carrying out all the pledges that Mexico [Mr. FALL] to the Senator frorq Arkansas [Mr. KmBY]. were made by the Government to the soldiers in the war. There­ I am therefore at liberty to Tote. I \ote " yea." 1 fore, I have no objection to the amendment and trust that we 1\Ir. CURTIS. I desire to announce that the Senator from shall be able to keep it in the bill in conference. Pennsyl\ania [Mr. PENROSE] is paired with the Senator from The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to Mississippi [l\lr. WILLI.A.Ms]. the amendment offered by the Senator from Massachusetts. l\1r. HARRISON. I was requested to announce that the The amendment was agreed to. Senator from Rhode Island [~1r. GERRY] and the Senn.tor from Mr. PITTMAN. Mr. President, I gave notice on yesterclny Arkansas [Mr. KrnBY] are detained on official business. of a motion to suspend the rule so that I could offer an amend­ T.he roll call resulted-yeas 42, nays 33, as follows: ment to the pending bill. I now make that motion. YEA.S-42. The VICE PRESIDENT. The proposed amendment will be Ashurst Gore McKellar Smith, Ga. read so that the Senate may know what it is to \ote on. Beckham Gronna. McNary Smith, S.C. The AssisTANT SECRETARY. The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Ca_pper Hale Myers Stanley Chamberlain Harris Overman Sterling PITTMAN] gave notice on the legislative day of February 14, Culberson Harrison Phelan Sutherland calendar day of February 17, that under Rule XL to suspend Curtis lleflin Pittman Swanson paragraph 3 of Rule XVI, in order that he might propose and Dial Henderson Ransdell Trammell have considered the following amendment to IIousc bill 15441, Fletcher llitcbcocl~: Reed 'nderwood Gay Jones, N. 1\fe.s:. Sheppard Walsh, Mont. the Post Office appropriation bill: Glass Kellogg Simmons .At the end of the bill add another section to read as follows: Gooding Kendrick Smith, Ariz. "SEc. -. That section 6 of an act entitled 'An act to provide that NAYS-33. the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post nan Jones, Wash. McLean Townsend roads, and for other purposes, appro\ed July 11, 1916, as amended,' is Borah Kenyon Moses Wudsworth hereby amended to read as follows : Brandegee Keyes Nelson Walsh, Mass. "' SEC. 6. That any State desiring to avail itself of the benefits of Cnlder King New Warren this act shall, by its State highway department, submit to the Secre­ Colt Knox Phipps Willis tary of .Agriculture project statements setting forth proposed construc­ Edge La Follette Poindexter Wolcott tion of any rural post road or roads therein. If the Secretary ·of Agri­ Elkins Len root Smoot culture approv~ a project, the State highway department shall furnish Fernald Lodge Spencer to him such surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates therefor as he Thomas may require: Provided, hou;ever, That the Secretary of .Agriculture FrelinghPJSen 1\IcCumber shall approve only such projects as may be substantial in character NOT VOTING-21. and the expenditure of funds hereby authorized shall .be applied only to Cummins Johnson, S.Dak. Page SmHh, 1\1<1. such improvements. Items included for engineering, inspection, and Dillingham Kirby Penrose Watson unforeseen contingencies shall not exceed 10 pe.r cent of the total esti­ Fall McCormick Pomerene Williams mated cost of the work. If the Secretru·y of .Agriculture approve the France Newberry Robinson plans, specifications, and estimates1 be shall notify the State highway Gerry Norris Sherman department and immediately certily the fact to the Secretary of the Johnson, Calif. Owen Shields Treasury. T.be Secretary of the 'l'reasury shall thereupon set aside the share of the United States payable under this act on account of The VICE PRESIDEXT. The yeas are 42 and the nays 33. such project, which shall not exceed 50 per cent of the total estimated Two-thirds not having voted in favor of the motion of the cost thereof, except that in any State in which the percentage of total land area to which the title of the United States is unqualified, or Senator from Virginia [Mr. SWANSON], the Senate refuses to exempt under the Constitution of laws of the United States from taxa­ suspend the rule. tion by or under the authority of such State exceeds 10 per cent of Mr. LODGE. Mr. President, I desire to offer as an amend­ the total area of the land in the State, the Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce the ratio of cooperation on the part of the State t.be per­ ment to the bill a part of the amendment which I offered on centage that the area of the said land to which the United States has yesterday. The purpose of the amendment is to allow the serv­ unqualified title, to~;ether with the land area so exempt from taxation ice of substitute carriers, who served in the Army of the United in the State, is to the total area of all lands in the State. No payment of any money apportioned under this act shall be made on any project States, in any branch of the military service, to be counted in until such statement of the project, and the plans, 'Specifications, and the Postal Service for the purpo.ses of longevity pay, rank, estimates therefor shall have ueen submitted to and approved by the and so forth. Secreta"ry of Agriculture. " 'When the Secretary of Agriculture sbnll find that any project so l\!r. POMERENE. May I ask the Senator a question? approved by him has been constructed in compliance with said planE and Mr. LODGE. Certainly. specifications be shall cause to be paid to the proper authority of said Mr. POMERENE. Is this the same as the second part of the State the amount set aside for said project: Provided, That the Secre­ tary of .Agriculture may, in his discretion, from time to time, make amendment which was offered by the Senator on yesterday? payments on said construction as the same progresses, but these pay­ l\lr. LODGE. It is the same as the second part of the amend­ ments, including previous payments, if any, shall not be more than the ment which I offered yesterday. I offer it again because I United States' pro rata part of the value of the labor and materi:lls which have been actually put into said construction in conformity to think it is a great injustice not to allow those men who went said plans and specifications ; nor shall any such payment be in excess into the military service to receive this credit. It was generally of $10,000 per mile, exclusive of the cost of bridges of more than 20 understood that they should receive the credit, and I think feet clear span. The construction work and labor in each State sbnll be done in accordance with its "laws, and under the direct supervision they ought to have it. I hope that the chairman of the com­ of the State highway department, subject to the inspection and ap­ mittee will not make a point of order against the amendment in proval of the Secretary of Agriculture and in accordance with the rules and regulations made pursuant to thiS1 net. that form. "'The Secretary of Agriculture and the State highway department 1\fr. PO)JERENE. I agree entirely with what the Senator of each State may jointly · determine at what times, a.nd in what from Massachusetts has said. amounts, payments, as work progresses, shall be made unrler this act. The VICE PRESIDE~""T. The proposed amendment will Such payments shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, on warrants drawn by the Secretary of Agriculture, to such official or be read. officials, or depository, as may ~ designated by the State highway The AssiSTANT SECRET-AnY. Insert, at the bottom of page 5, department and auth0rized undPr the laws of the State to receive public the following : funds of the State or county.' " That that portion of the act reclassifying salaries of postmasters and l\1r. PITTMA..l~. Mr. President, I ~ill explain my proposed postal employees, approved June 5, 1920, which provides ·• that hereafter substitute clerks in first and second class post offices and substitute amendment. I ha\e simply repeated section G of the good roads letter carriers in the City Delivery Service when appointed regular act and have added one paragraph thereto. It would be con­ clerks or carriers shall have credit for actual time served on a basis of fusing to listen to the reading of the proposed amendment with­ one year for each 306 days of 8 hours served as substitute, and ap­ pointed to the grade to which such clerk or carrier would have out this explanation, because it would be difficult to follow it. pro~rcssed bad his original appointment as substitute been to ~rude 1" A.s the amendment is written it only changes section 6 of the shall be amended by adding the following: Provided, That clerks in existing good road act in one paragraph and practically in one first and second class post offices and letter carriers in the City De­ livery Service and substitute clerks and substitute carriers who served sentence. It became necessary, of course, to repeat the whole in the military or naval services during the World War and have not of section 6 of the existing law, so that the amendment, if it reached the maximum grade of salary shall receive credit for all time shall be adopted, might be plain u·hen read in connection with served in the military or naval services on the basis of one day's credit of 8 hours 1n the Postal Service for each dny served in the mili­ the present law. Now, I will show Senators just wherein sec­ tary or naval service and be Pl'Omoted to the grade to which such clerk tion 6 will be changed by the amendment if it be adopted. or carrier or substitute clerk or substitute carrier would have progressed llfr. Sll\IMO~S. .All the remninder of the section, as l: un­ had his original appointment as substitute been 'to grade 1. The provisions herein shall be effective as of date of passage of the derstand the Senator, will be the same as provided in the original act of June 5, 1920. present law? 1921. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3367

J\Ir. PITTMAN. All the remainder will be exactly the same which was as to the relative value of the property owned by the as the present section 6. I merely copied the section so as to Federal Government and that in private ownership? I speak, have it all ·appear. I will read a part of section 6 as it exists, of course, only of real estate. leading up to my amendment. It reads as follows: Mr. PITTMAN. There is no doubt that the land that is in The Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon set aside the share private ownership is more valuable; but as the Government lanrl of the United ~:ltates payable under this act on account of such project, is not subject to taxation there never has been, to my knowl­ which shall not exceed 50 per cent of the total estimated cost thereof. edge, any attempt to assess its valu~. For instance, there are That is the language of section 6 as it existc in the present lands in forest reserves in the State of Nevada. That land good-roads la"-· My amendment is intended to modify that has value; these forests have value; but, as I say, it never sentence. That sentence of the present good roads act limits. has been assessed, because it is not subject to taxation. It may the amount of United States funds that may be used upon any have been assessed by some Government authority of which I do project to 50 per cent of the estimated cost of the project. There not know. are certain States in which that is not fair, and, therefore, I ·what I have stated with regard to the land title in Nevada have added the following language to section 6, which I will is true of practically every Western State in varying degrees. read: For instance, in the State of Wyoming-! will take that for Except that in any State to which the percentage of total land area example-about 60 per cent of the lar.d of that State, accord· to which the title of the United States is unqualified, or exempt under the Constitution or Jaws of the United States from taxation by or ing to the hearings that I have here, is in Government owner­ undet· the authot•ity of such State exceeds 10 per cent of the total area ship. of the land in the StatP, the Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce the 1\Ir. REED. Mr. President, will the Senator permit a ques­ ratio of cooperation ou the part of the State the percentage that the area of the said land to which the United States has unquallfi,ed title, tion? together with the land area so exempt fl"om taxation in the State, is to l\Ir. PITTl\1AN. Yes. the total area of all lands in the State. " 1\Ir. REED. Is it or is it not the fact that almost all of the Tbut is the only change which it is proposed to make in the part which is still in Government ownership is mountainous existing law. or sterile land? In other words, are not the Government hold­ The reason for it is this-and I will simply give Ln illustra­ ings tbat are not taken out left in that condition because the tion which is common to the West: Under the goo

1\Ir. PITTl\!AN. Certainly. 1\Ir. SMITH of Arizona. 1\fr. President, I know what the Mr. POl\IERENE. I am impressed with the fact that there Senator has related is true, not only of the State of Nevada, but is a good deal of force in the position taken by the Senator from it is a common thing in most of that part of the country. The Nevada, particularly as applied to these three great trunk wonder to me is, considering what they have already had to ex­ roads, if I rnuy call them such, which are to cross the State pend on their own roads, the enormous taxation they have placed from east to west; but, as I understand, under this amend­ on themselves for the prot~ction of property of the Gov-ernment ment-and I am not clear that I properly construe it-it would itself, how they ever raised the amount the Senator says they be possible under this legislation as adopted for any given did raise to meet the Government gratuity, if you please to call county in any particular locality where most of the land was it such; how the State of Nevada was ever able to do it, with privately owned to have the same benefit, so far as the per­ the taxation those people are compelled to carry now. centage was concerned, that the State would have if it were 1\Ir. PITTMAN. 1\fr. President, if it were not for the fact building these trunk lines. Now, it seems to me that where that the people of the Western States arc so anxious for good the conditions. with regard to private ownership are substan­ roads there would have been no contribution on the part of th0se tially the same in Nevada as they are in our Eastern States, Western States, where the majority of the land is not taxable. the percentage of Federal aid should be substantially the same I thank the Senator from Arizona for calling that to the atten­ in that State as it is in the Eastern States; but if it comes to tion of the Senate. localities in which the larger portion of the land is Federally Stop and think, Senators. The State of Nevada is 300 miles owned-and I take it that is true along these three trunk lines wide, approximately, and there are 3 great trunk lines being that the Senator speak-s of-then I can understand why the built from one border to the other, the benefit of which goes in authorities should have much greater latitude. Do I properly the proportion of 90 to 10 to people living outside of that State. construe the Senator's amendment? Those roads are being built as permanent highways. In places 1\Ir. PITTl\!AN. I understand the point that the Senator they are costing in the neighborhood o:f $15,000 a mile, and the makes; but the situation is this : vVe will take, for instance, State of Nevada to-day is putting up nearly one-half of that, the Overland Trail. The Overland Trail goes through more of when the Government of the United States has a 90 per C"ut the settled country than the other two. It goes through five interest in the land. It would be a great misfortune if these or six towns. Now, you may say that those five or six towns, States should be forced, by a constitutional or other limitation having the property in private ownership, should not be ex­ on taxation, to cease to participate with the Government in the cuseu from paying the full amount of the State's part. ·well, building of these roads. they are not excused from paying the full amount of the State's I heard it said yesterday by some one that this money was part, because they are the only people that are taxed to pay the being extravagantly spent. I ha\e the report of the highways State's part. commission of my State, and I have the report of the governor of For instance, 7 per cent of the property of the State is tax­ my State. The only complaint that I read in those l"eports was able; that is all. Now, whether the 7 per cent of Janel is on that there were a great many annoying restrictions imposed by the road or not on the road, whether it is benefited by the road the Federal authorities, but in the end the reports stated that or not benefited by the road, it pays the total portion required the careful superYision by the Federal authorities had resulted of the State. So, when you get down to it it in unnecessary in the building of the best roads, and most economically, that to try to equalize it as between counties or communities, be­ had ever been built in the western country. cause they pay it. They pay the full tax required of the State, 'Vhen you have two parties interested in the money that is no matter wha·e they are, and under my amendment they will being spent, you have a check which you have not when it il4 pay the full part. The only question is this : Instead of the being expended under one party. I think the conception of tile State paying one-half, as it is doing now, they tax the people cooperation of the Federal Government with the States has to pay one-tenth, because only one-tenth of the land of the worked splendidly. The roads are expensive roads, but tll~y State is subject to taxation. It is absolutely unfair to have are carrying out the theory of Congress, and they are making the people of a State carry on these great national highways on those roads permanent. behalf of a State when they are bearing ten times the burden There is just one other question to which I wish to refer. that the people of any other State are bearing for exactly the Remember that while the Federal Government assists the State government in the building of these roads, after the roads are same public service. built the obligation of the Federal Government ceases. And 1\Ir. TH0~1AS. Mr. President, of this 10 per cent of the remember that then the obligation falls upon the State govern­ State domain which is subject to taxation a very large portion ment to maintain those roads forever. The cost of the mainte­ is mineral, is it not? nance of these great State and interstate highways in course of Mr. PITTMAN. It is. time will be far greater than the initial cost. As a matter of Mr. THOl\IAS. Is it not a fact that taxes upon mines con­ fact, I think that the cost of maintenance for 10 years will t..•e stitute a transient source of revenue, and when the mine is greater than the original cost. depleted that source ceases, in consequence of which the portion Therefore the interests of this Government require that some of the domain which will yield a permanent revenue is actually equity be done in this particular case, and I therefore sincerely less than 10 per cent? urge that this amendment be agreed to, and that it be agreeu to 1\Ir. PITTMAN. Yes; it is. while the legislatures of the Western States are in session, so Mr. HITCHCOCK. 1\Ir. President, do I understand the Sen­ that they may know that the Government will lift some of these ator to say that at the present time a thousand dollars' worth unfair burdens from them and that they rnny be encouraged to of real estate in Nevada bears ten times as much tax for public go on with this work. roads as a thousand dollars' worth of real estate would bear in Congress has already recognized this necessity. The llouse a State that has no Government property? of Representatives have passed a bill, called the Sells bill, which 1\Ir. PITTMAN. That is exactl~ the case. In other words, provides exactly the same remedy I provide by this amendment. 10 men in Nevada ha\"e to bear the burden of 100 men, whereas That bill is now in the Committee on Post Offices and Post 10 men in a State wh0re all the land is privately owned bear Roads of the Senate. the burden of 10 men. 1\Ir. POMERENE. 1\Ir. President, as I under tand, the Sena• I am not appealing for this purely and simply on behalf of tor has said that this would reduce the proportion of the ex· my State. I am appealing on behalf of the good roads act. I pense to be met by the States to about .10 per cent of the total h-uow that the people of the States in which they have not the in his own State. l\Iay I ask the Senator whether he has land to tax have reached the limit, and they are going to fall worked this out so as to give the Senate reasonably accurate do"'!l on their part of the contribution to the good roads law information as to the proportion of the total expense which will unles Congress recognizes the equities of the case and treats have to be paid by the State authorities in the other Stntes them equitably. where there is a substantial amount of Federal-owned land? l\Ir. POl\IERE:NE. i\1r. President, I notice in an .allotment 1\Ir. PITTl\lAN. No; I have not worked that out; but I will sheet which was furnished me ~yesterday that there has been now read the proportion of piivately owned land, or taxable $3,5~7,276.18 allotted to Nevada l.mder the acts of 1916 and 1919. land, in the public-land States. For instance, in Arizona the l\fay I ask the Senator what portion of that allotment has been taxable land is 45.4 per cent. consumed by the State of Nevada? 1\Ir. SMITH of Arizona. \Vhat is that? l\.Ir. PITTMAN. I can only speak from memory, but I think 1\Ir. PITTl\lAN. Forty-five and four-tent11s per cent of tax• rrbout a fourth of that has been exhausted. able land in Arizona. In California it is 78 per cent. In Colo· l\lr. POl\IEllEI\TE. Is that due to the fact that the State rado it is 84 per cent. In Idaho it js 80 per cent authorities ha\e not been able to duplicate the amount which 1\fr. POMERENE. Taxable land? has already been pro\ided by the Federal Government? 1\Ir. PITTMAN. The taxable land. In l\Iontana it is 87 per 1\Ir. PITTMAl~. It was due very largely to the limitation on cent. In Nevada they have it 21 per cent. That is an error! taxation in the State. The taxable land does not amount to that. 1921. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3369

Mr. PO::\IERENE. The State of Nevada has how much? in the State of Nevada, where only one-tenth of the property l\Ir. PITTl.IAN. It is simply an error in computation. The is taxable, that they ought to spend 90 per cent on one road figures here show the error in computation. and the State 10 per cent on the same road ; that is all. Mr. SMOOT. Did the Senator say those figures showed the I do not desire to hale anyone get the impression that the percentage of taxable lands? amendment which I have proposed in any way places any 1\Ir. PITTMAN. This is the ratio of patented land and na­ greater burden on the Federal Government, because it does not. tional fore ts to total area; that is, the percentage. It does not a!ld a dollar to the appropriation. It simply gives 1\Ir. SMOOT. I une included in the estimate •• and national forests." link in the highways across the entire country, can be completed, The national forests are not taxable. and completed expeditiously, with the money that Congress has l\Ir. Sl\IITH of Arizona. They form half of some of the already appropriated for that purpose, and not have to wait until States. the State, under its constitution, can raise its share of the Mr. SMOOT. Of course. money. Mr. PITTMAN. I am giving the Senator from Ohio the Mr. SMITH of Arizona. l\Ir. President, will the Senator per­ figures. That is the reason of the 21 per cent. They have mit a suggestion? added in the computation the patented lands, and with them Mr. PITTMAN. Certainly. the national forests, and the national forests are nontaxable Mr. SMITH of Arizona. I am strongly sympathetic with th2 lands. So the percentages I have read must be reduced. I equities of all that the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Jo::-ms] ha>e no other table at hand, so read the foregoing to give the has suggested, but in the future I see very great difficulty in Senator an idea of the approximate percentages. those States maintaining those highways for long periods of Mr. JONES of New Mexico. 1\Ir. President, I should like to time, commencing at .an early date in all probability. In the ask the Senator if, in his judgment, those percentages to which case of the State of Nevada paying 10 per cent and the Govern­ he bas been referring represent the entire equities of those ment 90 per cent, the only opportunity for those overtaxed peo­ States? ple is in the securing of that reduction from 50 per cent to 10 It is apparent to all of us who live in such States that where per cent, to enable them to exercise for their own purposes the you have a large body of unentered public land, that means right of taxation for roads that are essential to the State, but that there have been thousands and millions of acres entered, for which the Government itself does not see any propriety in and perhaps patented, but which ha.1e a very low valuation. making an appropriation. In other words, we reserve to those You must build these roads through the country where the people the power to tax: themselves to build the essential roads lands have but small value, and if you are going to have perma­ that the Government will not enter into. If we forced them to nent roads through that country, the Government must come pay 50 per cent, they would not be able to raise one dollar to to the aid of the country in a very much greater degree than carry out any scheme for a county road in the whole State. It is proposed by any legislation submitted to the Senate. seems to me that it is as little as Congress can do to allow the 'l'ake the State of New Mexico, 350 miles wide and 400 miles Government to pay its fair proportion of those expenses; other­ long, with a population of about 360,000, and, while there is a wise, agreeing with the Senator, it simply kills forever any hope large percentage of the lands 1n that State not subject to taxa­ tion, the lands which are subject to taxation are of small of further road building in the Western States. value, compared with the lands in the older States of the 1\ir. PITT!\-IAN. I might call attention to the fact that it Union, and it seems to me that if you are going to get perma­ happens that in the public-land States the roads which are being nent highways through that country, you will have to go built under the supervision of the Government are more in ac­ even further than the amendment suggested by the Senator cord with the intention of Congress than the roads built in any from Nev:ula would go. oth-er part of the country. The Lincoln Highway that passes The thought has been expressed here that these roads are through 8 or 10 of the Western States, the highway that goes not permanent roads in the sense we have permanent roads in through the southet·n part of Colorado and into New :Mexico this section of the country. That is true, and necessarily true. and Arizona, the Arrowhead Trail that passes through Salt Lake I would ask the Senate to consider for a moment what it would Oity, Utah, and the highway that passes north through Montana co t to build a concrete road through the State of New Mexico are four great highways that eross nearly all of the public-land which is 350 miles wide. There are projected through that States, and in every State they cross they are being improved State, as through the State of Nevada, at least three great und-er the good roads net, while on the other hand it is charged, interstate highways. To talk about building those roads of con­ and it may or may not be true, that in the thickly populated crete, or of permanent collStruction, su.ch as we understand States of the East there is no such general system worked out, by that term in this section of the country, is entirely out of and the roads are more of a convenience for use in driving or the question, unless the Federal Government should go very riding fr-om a settlement to a railroad. much further than it is proposed it shall go. I submit that Sen­ .If a.ny good is going to be accomplished under the road act, ators should consider that when you talk about the mere per­ and I know that it is being accomplished, no greater good can centage of lands remaining in Government ownership, you have be accomplished than the expeditious building of these great not even commenced to tell the story, have not even commenced transcontinental roads. It seems to me foolish for the Federal to present the situation that actually exists there, because if Government to wait 10 years to have those roads built, by reason • you have this great area of country, which is comprised of of the delay on the part of the States to put up 50 per cent lands valued at only two, three, four, or five dollars per acre, of the money, when the money is appropriated by Congress and and undertake to consider that situation as equivalent to the ready to put into the roads. It .simply means that if the Federal situation which you have in this section of the country, where Go-vernment put the whole appropriation now into the three -vulues go up to forty or fifty or one hundred dollars an acre, roads without the assistance of the States, that it ceases to you can not put the two situations in the same paralleL There cooperate with the States just that much more quickly, and is no comparison between tllem, and instead of going to the after that time, if there are any roads built in a State, they length suggested in the amendment of the Senator from Nevada, ha1e to be built solely .at the expense of the State. I submit that the Government should make the appropriations It is not an appropriation we are asking at all. We are asking in those States of this money, and simply impose upon the States that the Secretary of Agriculture be gi>en authority to put up the burden of keeping the roads in repair. the necessary money when a State can not afford to do it, and Mr. PITT:i\IAN. Mr. President, I want it borne in mind that when the State can not do it by reason of not having su:ffident this amendment dDes not place any greater burden on the Fed­ taxable property in the State. eral Government than it now bears. It does not change the 1\Ir. DIAL. JUr. President, yesterday tM Senator from Iowa allotments to the States at all. There is going to be no m.ore {Mr. KENYON] made the statement that the State of South money allotted to the Western States under this amendment. Cawlina had discontinued or was cons~dering discontinuing It does not change the allotments at all. State aid in the building of public roads. In view of t.hat Tl1e allotment is based on certain principles. The State of statement I wired to South Carolina, and I have received two Nevada will get out of this fund, we will say, $6,000,000. It is telegrams in reply which I desire to have read by~ Secretary all going to be spent in that State under the good roads act. in order that they may appear in the RECoRD. The question is wb€ther they shall spend VO per cent on one The PRESIDIXG OFFICER (Mr. OVERMAN in the chft.ir). road or 50 per cent on one rood; that is all. We say that Without objection, the Secretary will read as requested. 3370 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 18,

The Assistant Secretary read as follows: distribution of the money which goes to that State. I am not CHARLESTO~, S. C., February 18, 192L clear but that there should be a different method of appropria­ Senator N. B . DIAL, tion even to the public-land States. I am not clear that the Senate Office Building, Washington, D. 0.: proposed amendment, or even the one that has been proposed Wiring you day letter protesting against Senator KENY'oN'S state­ ment and action. South Carolina Legislature urged passage of Federal by the Senate committee, would mete out exact justice to the aid act, and State highway commission has in si6ht several times public-land States. It is a question which should. be given amount necessary to match Federal aid. careful consideration at very early date. can not frame R. GOODWYN RHETT, a 'V c Olwinnalt State Highwa11 Commission. this law on the floor of the Senate. l\Ir. JONES of New Mexico. 1\fr. President-- ~Ir. TOWNSEND. I will yield in just a moment. We can COLU:.\IBU, S. C., Fcbnwry 18, 1921. Scn!ltor ~- B. DIAL, not frame this proyision on the floor of the Senate with all U·11ited States Scllafc, Washington, D. 0.: the obstacles which may be presented, but we propose to Statement tllat South Carolina has ceased to appropriate funus to· remedy that defect; anti if the proposition carrying an appro­ meet F f'deral aid for rouds erroneous. We will have much more mcnev $100,000,000 I for permanent road bmlding than is necessary to comply with Federal priation of had been carried., had an amendment act. Do not understand how Senator KE!\YO"\" got hi · information. prepared to propose to it co>ering the >ery subject \Yhich the R. -·L Coorcr:, Gove nw1·. Senator from Nevada has proposed. The day letter referred to was subsequently orderell to be I now yield to the Senator from New :Mexico. printed in the REcor:o. as follows: l\Ir. JONES of New Mexico. I SUl1pose the Senator refers to Senate bill 48!)!)? CH.\RLESTOX, S. C., 11.36 a. m.-18. Senator NATHANIEL B. DIAL, 1\Ir. TOWNSEND. The Phipps bill. Se11ate Office Bflilding, TVashi11gto1t, D. 0.: l\Tr. JONES of Tew ~Ie:s:ico. Yes; the Phipps bill. I should I have just sent Senator ·K E~Yo::-< the following telegram: lik~ to inquire of the Senator whether there bas been serious "Your motion to exclude South Carolina from participation in Federal olJ.)ection on the part of anyone in the Committee on Post nid funds {s obviously based upon misapprehension facts. Our legisla­ mre aimost unanimously requested passage of this Federal aid act · that Offices and. Post Roads to incorporating that IJill as an amend­ appiications are already with this department covering with ~&\tate 'funds ment to the pentiing appropriation bill? l'\11 Fednal aid funt.l :;; thus far providul for South Carolina, and she is 1\Ir. TOW~SE"ND. There is very serious objection. "'\Vhen pr~p arcd to cover promptly all appropriations which could come to her under th3 t art. 1\Ior<.>oYer. f. he is now calling for bids on costly bridges we start to amend the present law, it ought to be considered over the l'<>!>dee, Santee, Wateree, anll middle Savannah Rivers, and is in an its relations. It ought to be considered by the right in nc-en he will see that special arrangements should be made Mr. TOW~SEND. Of course, if two-thirds of the Senate wish for the benefit of the public-land States in regard. to the to do it, I shall ab~Je by their decision. 1921. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3371

1\lr. JONES of New Mexico~ The so-called Phipps bill em- As :F said in the beginning, it seems to me· that it is hardly bodies precisely the idea which is proposed in the amendment an adequate answer- to the proposition to cite the objeetion of the Senator from Nevada [Mr. PITTMAN], and it contains which we all have to legislation on appropriation bills, for no an additional suggestion, a new section which was insert-ed by longer than the other day the- Senate set aside its rule by the committee, which I think is a very upp.ropriate one. If a two-thlrds vote in order that there might be legislation on we can, under a suspensil:m of the rule, get before the S~ate nn appropriation bill. I voted for the suspension of the rule; the amendment proposed by the Senator from Nevada, tfien we I do not know how the chairman voted, but it is essential for may take it up and substitute the bill which has been reporte<\ th~ Senate- at times, especially under the peeulial" conditions by the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads for the. amend- of which the Senator from Miehigan speaks-. whi-ch now obtain ment of the Senator from Nevada. in the House of Representatives, fo:r: the Senate to act as it Mr. TOWNSEND. That is true, but, as :I bave stated, r dO' best may to bring before th~ other House under its changed not think that is in order, or that the question of extending the- ruies the sense- of the Senate- on important questions such as use of the une~pended balance already appropriated for good: tli·is. xoacls should be considered in connection wfth the :vending bill. l can not do more- than appeal to the Senate to· allow the If we do not pass appro:griate legislation early in the special amendment to go into the bill, for 1 know as well as I know sef'c:;ion, the appropriation can be extended by joint resolution of I am standing here- the absorute- ruin that will ensue to certain the two Houses without any question at: ttlL States in tile West in connection with tile road-building pro- 1\tr. J01.. TES of New Mexico. I desire to state to the distin- gram unless such action is taken. guished chairman ot the committee that the State of Ne.w Me-::r- The magnificent impetus that hag been given to the building ico to-clay has just about reached its limit, and in ord~r- of roads in the various Staies through Federal aid is a source to raise any more tunds with which to meet even the fonds of eongratulati{)n to an the people. More roads ot the p1·oper which are proposed to be expended on the purr ot the Govern- kind have been built in the last 10 sears in the United States ment it will be necessary in that State to have a State-wide elec- than fn any pre-vious 50 years in our flistory. All that lias been tion. Tllat can not be had until the generru. election ot nert done by means of the little enco-uragement that has been ac­ year. We have practically got to mnend ti1e c-onstitution of the corded to the States. They, as a matter of :fact, are putting State in order to meet this requirement, awing to the limitation up five or six times more thliii the Governmentf but in this in­ upon the rate of taxation. I am sure that it would be in the stance we are dealing with State which. can not put up any interest of the very legislation which we an approve if the so- more. One c.on.nty of my State has taxed itself $4,000,000 for called Phipps bill could be considered now and he-lp out that the purpose of building roads-~ The population. of New Mexica situation and let the work go on to a greater extent than it l'las is scattered o-ver a. section. as. 1 hn.ve iudicated, as large as the been going on. Inasmuch as the proposed amendment is sn.tis- New England States. Suppose the people of New England factory to everybody, I must c.onfess that I am unable to see started to build a: road from :Maine to Rhode Island; it woUld tile force of t11e argument that because tile other House might rtm through a thickly populated section and would invol\e a not be willing to give the matter considerrrtion on account of great distance, but even such a road would be less in e:ttent parliamentary reasons we aurselves siwuld decline. to take than a road from the border line of Arizona on the easct to the action. border line of California on the west. Yet through the section 1\Ir. TO\VNSE:ND. I am not admitting that everybody is of New England many rich people live, whereas in New Mexico satisfied with thls proposition, for there have been many ques- the population is scattered, and, outside of isolated commnni­ tions asked and many doubts expressed' in reference to it. I ties, there is- very little- wealth. think it is right and I tliink we can carry it; when the propo- Furthermore. fully 90 per eent of that great State is com­ sition ts submitted nut on us only the. b.urdm quorum- of maintaining them~ u:n& even that would be a burden g.reatm" lUr. SMITH of Arizona. :rtir. President, I merely wish to say by two to one than. any of the Eastern Stat-es will bear beca11se a fe\Y wo1·<1S", adctressing mysel'f in particular to the chairman. of 1 of their corrtribuUons toward the construeti~n. and preseirVation the committee. I do not desire tg delay the .I>assag_e of the bill . of the roacl..s:. but I am unable to perceive any reason for delaying an exigent Mr. President, 1 am sorry to disagree with the- e:hairman of matter, such as this, on the pretense or, rather, the ground, fOJ: the committe~. I r~e~y disagree with anytltlng th:;tt my· f:utend, I would' not use the word '"pretense" i:l connection with any- the Senator from Mlchlgan, suggests, but I shoUld. like to apperrl' tiling sugge~ed b~ the Senator from 1\llcfligan, that the. Iegisia- to him to r:Jlow. this ma~er to. be pr.ese~ted to the House of tion may :t.a.il in. tile other House, or on the ground o:f our eppo- Representatives m connectwn With th1s btU. If there shall be sftion to legislation on appropriation bills. That is hardly an. any objection. in the House beea.us:e o'f the ta:et that it has appropriate basis for contesting the amen.dmen~ in view of the already reported favoTably a. bill for a similru- l/Ul110se and exigent condition of that section of the c:ountry for which the. with the same intent, if file House- says, "This is not the way plea for action is now made.. we like to legislate," no one on this side will criticize the It is impossible. for a number of the. Western States to raise conferee& OI?- the part of the Senate fo1· not keeping tire item theil· fifl:y-fifty proportion o! money for tile building of good in the bill. roads. Tiley are burdened. almost to tile extent of oanln'upfcy 1\fr. TOWNSEND. I suggest the absence of a quorum. to-Ua.y. l\Iy St:.o'tfe is as large. as Maine,, New Hampshire, Ver- The. PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr:. GAlr in the chair). ~he mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and a part Secretn,ry :Viii call.. the. :&oil. of Pennsylvani.a. Under those. circumstances it is. preposterous The Assistant Secretary called the :roll, and the following to. talk about the people. of my State, with a population of Senators answered to. thei1: nam~s: 350,000, buildfug roads for 300 miles fn different directions Aslrurst Gny LaFollette Smith, ~LC. and putting up the money on a fifty-fifty basis with tlie Gov- Ball Gerry Lenroot Smoot Spencer e:rnment, with the Government laying out the roads, with an ~~~am ~~~ng ~~ber Stanley absolute inhibition against the State making a selection as to Bra-ndeg.ee Gronna McKellar Suthel':land where they themserves wish to spend the money. Calder Hale. MeNary Thomas Townsend Senators, I wisb. to say that delay in the enactment of the g~=a-Iain if.!;~oil fr~~~~ Trammell legislation proposed is going to make a wreck of public-road . Colt Hefiin Nelson Underwood building in the Western States. We can relieve the situation Curtis Henderson New Wad-s~orth Walsh, Mass. right now by the chairman of the committee consenting to Jet Blii\ngham Ritchcock ~~~~ Walsh, Mont. the amendment go on the bill and do the best he carr in con- Edge ~~~~~; ~:;~.x. Pittman Warren ference.. There would be no objection on the part cf any of. Elkins Kellogg Poindexter Williams the friends" ot the measure-and none of us- is more ardently Fall Kendrick Pomerene Willis fn favor· of it than is the chairman-if the- cfia:Lrman should ~f~fJ!! ~~~~n ~:~~g:~~ Wolcott let the amendment" go on and it should be stricken out We France Kirby Simmon" would realize that our conferees cot1ld nor secure its retention Frelinghuysen Knox Smith, AL'iz. but nt leas~ we would lmow that we had the backing of. th~ The PRESIDING OFFICER. Seventy-three Senators have S~nnt~ behmd any furthee attem{Jted legisiation fn the same (answered to their names. There is n quorum peesent. The du·ectwn. question is on the motion of the Senator from Neva(la [Mr. 3372 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 18,

PI'ITMAN] to suspend the rule in order to make in order the N.AYS-31. amendment that he has offered . . The Secretary will call the Ball France La Follette Smoot roll. . Brandegee Frelinghuysen Len root Spenc<-r Calder Gronna Lodge Sutherland The reading clerk proceeded to call the roll. Hale Moses Townsend l\Ir. FERNALD (when his name was called). I am unable 8~fler Kellogg Nelson Wadsworth Curtis Kenyon New Willis for tbe moment to get a transfer of my pair, and withhold my Elkins Keyes Phipps Wolcott vote. Fernald Knox Poindextet Mr. GLASS (when his name was called}. I have a general NOT VOTING-32. pair with the senior Senator from Illinois [Mr. SHER:UAN]. In Culberson Jones, Wash. Owen Smith, Ga. his absence, I withhold my vote. Cummins King Page Smith, Md. Mr. HENDERSON (when his name was called). Making the Dillingham McCormick Penrose Smith, S. c. Edge McCumber Pomerene Sterling same announcement as before relative to my pair, I vote "yea." Glass McLean Reed Swanson Mr. POMERENE (when his name was called). I have a pair Gore Newberry Robinson Thomas with the senior Senator from Iowa [Mr. CUMMINS], who is ab­ Johnson, Calif. Norris Sherman Warren sent. I, therefore, withhold my vote. Johnson, S.Dak. O>erman Shields Watson l\Ir. THOMAS (when his name was called). Has the ::;enior The PRESIDING OFFICER. On the motion of the Senator Senator from North Dakota [Mr. McCuMBER] voted? ~om NeYada -[1\Ir. PI'ITMAN] to suspend paragraph 3 of Rule The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. AsHUBST in the chair). XVI, the yeas are 33, the nays are 31. Two-thirds of the Sena­ That Senator has not voted. tor:s present not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is l\Ir. THOMAS. I have a standing pair with the senior Sen­ reJected. ator from North Dakota, and I therefore withhold my vote. Mr. HEFLil~. Mr. President, a little while aero when the l\Ir. TOWNSEND (when his name was called). I have a pair ~enate was considering the motion to suspend the ~·~le to make with the senior Senator from Arkansas [Mr. RoBINSON] which m order the amendment of the Senator from Vil·ginia [1\Ir. I transfer to the juni<>r Senator from Vermont [1\Ir. PAa'E], and SwANS~N]! in the course of the debate the distinguished Senator will vote. I vote "nay." from Michigan [Mr. TowNsEND], the chairman of the Committee Mr. WOLCOTT (when his name was called). I haye n gen­ on Post Offices and Post Roads, made the statement that larcre eral pair with the senior Senator from Indiana [Mr. WATSON]. sums of this Federal aid for road construction had been waste~l, I understand that if he were present he would vote as I shall and that there was no question about it. I was surprised to vote, and I therefore feel at liberty to vote. I vote "nay." hea~ the chairman of that committee make that statement, fllld Mr. MYERS. Has the Senator from Connecticut [l\Ir. Mc­ I did not want it to go unchallenged. I had never heard the LEAN] voted? charge made before, so I questioned the statement. Beina one The PRESIDil'IG OFFICER. That Senator has not voted. who did not agree with the statement, I

great majority of our rural population daily mail. It gives missible, under our rule, I should offer an amer..drnent giving them an intimate contact with the outside world. It gives them to the i·ural carrier this allowance. For the reasons I have their mail at their front gates. It gives them the daily news­ given, I think it but fair and just, and at the first opportunity papers. With the introduction of the parcel·post as a part of I shall avail myself of the privilege to offer, by way of bill or the system, it allows the residents of rural communities to buy amendment, such a provision to be enacted into law. directly from the cities, when they so desire and when it is to The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there are no further amend­ their interest to do so. It also gives them the opportunity of ments as in Committee of the 'Vhole, the bill will be reported to selling many of the products of the farm directly to city buyers, the Senate. thus being an enormous advantage to both producer and con­ The bill was reported to the Senate as amended. sumer. The PRESIDING OFFiCER. The question is on concurring It facilitates an exchange of commodities at nominal cost. in the amendments made as in Committee of the Whole. Its convenience to the rural public knows no bounds. Its edu­ The amendments were concurred in. cational \alue in the 'Way of supplying educational 1·eading The amendments were ordered to be engrossed, and the bill matter of all kinds can not be overestimated. Its importance to be read a third time. and value to the rural resident in the way of adding to his The bill was read the third time and passed. comfort, to his success, to his happiness, to his learning, and to Mr. TOWNSEND. Mr. President, I move that the Senate his material benefit can not be doubted. request a conference with the House of Representatives on the The Rural Delivery Service is the forerunner of good roads. bill and amendments, and that the Chair appoint the conferees. As soon as a mail route is established O\er a road, the very The motion was agreed to ; and the Presiding Officer ap­ next step is to improve the road. It '\Vas only under the con­ pointed Mr. TowNSEl\""D, Mr. MosEs, l\Ir. PHIPPS, l\lr. BECKHAM, stitutional authority to establish post roads that the Federal and Mr. HENDERSON conferees on the part of the Senate. Government was ever induced to lend its aid to road building, RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION. an aid that bas probably done more to secure the building of good roads in this country than any other one fact, not even l\lr. DILLINGHAM. 1\lr. President, I move that the Sen

k~--213 CONGRES8I01:-rAL RECORD~SE ATE. FEBRUARY !8 ' of Fine Arts and the ax- .men:- which was submitted to the During the division's. campaigns and battles its losses am-ounted to ~49 r officers- and 5,040 enlistM men killed in action or died of wounds, Committee on the :Library- in favor of the passage of the joint and 641. officers and 1.9,690 enlisted, men wounded in action. resolution may be printed in the RECORD in. connection with it. Before leaving Germany the division secured funds from privrle There being no, objection, the matter referred to was ordered sources and' erooted fiYe monuments on the principal battlefields bearing in bronze the names ot all who fell on eaah field, Immediately upon to b.e printed in the REcoRD, as follows: returning to the United States the First Division. Memorial Association THB CItaly, Japan •. Mexico1 of particularly vicious raids and g~s and shell. bombardments by the Peru, S.pain, and 'llUTkey, at $17,500 eac.h, $227,500. enemy. Its losses, and the dangers- and hardships, developed tile troops into veterans. Tlie amendment was agreed to. When, therefore, the great German offensive began on March 21., 1918; The next amendment was, on. page 2, afte1~ line 16, to strike and the commander in chief place«L his forces at the dispo al of tlie out: Allied High Command, tbe First Division was dispatched to · Pical'dy to help stem the enemy's progress on that front. 'llle dirlsion entered. the For ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Turkey, ~10,000. Cantigny sector, relieving two-French divisiona, and became engaged in The amendment was agreed to. almost contir.ual battle. Among its achievements was the assault and capture of tho tow.n• ot Cantign_y, and the enemy's position o-ver a front The next amendment was, on page 2, line 25; to inarease the of 2,000 yards and a depth of ~200 yards. This first American offensive total appropriation far- salaries of ambassadOI'S, minister.s, etc:, came at' a psychological moment and producedla mal'ked,etiect on friend from " $576,000 " to " $583,500." and foe by showing tllat the- American soldier was at least· the- eqpal of the veteran troops of Europe. The amendment was agreed to. On July 9 the division was relieved by two French. divisions, and· on The next amendment· was, on page· 3, line 11, to strike out Jhly 12 it began a series of forced night mar.ches to the northwest of: " $354,000 " and insert " $404,000," so as to read : Paris. On Ju1y 1& the division attacked as tbe left division of the Twentieth French Corps, which formed the spear-head of.. the allied For salarie& of secretaries in the. Diploma:tic Service, as provided in offensive southwest of Soissons. For five days and nights it fought the act- of February 5, 1915, entitled "An act !or the improvement of. desperately, overcoming the enem;Fs- selected. tr-Oops at this point It the foreign ser.vice,h as amended by the act making appropriations for advanced more than nine kilometers and contributed in a determining the· Dinlomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year. cndihg June degree to the withdraw.aL of.. the enemy rrom the south bank of the 30,· 1.917 r.... appro-ved July 1, 1916, and the act making appropriations Marne and to compelling him to begin that" retreat which ended only for the J.Jiplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending, with the armis-tice. Here the division remained longer in battle without Jtme- 30, 1021, approved .Tune 4, 192.0J $404.,000. reinforcements than any other in the Tenth French Army. It suffered The amendment was agrP.ed to, los. es amounting to 50 pm: cent ct. its combat troons. From the battlefields of SI:Yissons the division proceeded again to Tile next- amendment waE, on pag_e 3, line 1.8., to' increase the Lorraine, whero it took over a defensive sector. On September 12. it total for salaries of· secretaries; etc., in the Diplomatic Senic.e, attacked_ in the St. Mibiel otrensive as thrr left division of. the southern. "·$378-;600 " $428,600." line, thus occupying. a criticaL post in. the operation. It took all objec. from to " tives on. schedule time, and continued the advance until it met• the The amendment was agreed to. Xwenty-stxth Division from the north, early on. the morning. of! Sep­ The next amendment was, on page ~ line 6, to increase the· tember 13. appropriation for employment of necessary clerks at the em­ On September 30, after arduous night marches across the rear of tile First American Army, it entered a critical point of the line in the bassies and legations from " $300,000:" to " $480,000." great battle of the Meuse-Argonne. Here it fought desnerately !or 11· The amendment was- agreed to. days, overcoming the enemy'g determined resistance and su!Iering losses The next amendment was, on page 4, after line 8-, insert:. which again. amonnted to mo1:e than half of the· troops. engaged, It oo conquered a series of strong position&, and the etreat of its successes SALARIES, INTERPRETERS TO EMBASSI"ES ANQ LEGA.TlO~S. contributed greatly to the enemy's withdrawal. For its brilliant per­ Interpreter to legation and consulate general to Persia:, $2,000. fOrmance the commander in chief gave· it the• only individual citation issued from the headquarters ot' the American E:!J?editionary Forces: The amendment was agreed. to. In spite of its hardships and l~ses, the First Division took its place The next amendment was, on page 4, after line 11, to insert: as reserve of the Fifth ANDy ~orps for the decisive assault of Novem­ be..c 1._ On ~ovember 5 it entered the line and advanced to the Meuse Interpreter 1x> legation and- consulate general to Bangkok, Siam, River at· Mouzon. That night it pressed its advantage in the direction $2,000. ot Sedan, and the morning. o:t.. November 7 found its r~"imenta on the 'JThe amendment was agreed. to. hills across the river from. that fortr.ess. From her.e it was wJthdrawn. for another operation that was being prepared by the Second Ame:rican. The next amendment was, on page 4, after line 13", to-insert: Army. For 10 student interpreters at the embassy to China, who shall be The division entered Germany with the army at occu:pn.tion· and ocau~ citizens of the United States and who e duty it shall be to study the pied ·a sector of the Coblell7o Bndgehead. Just as it was.. the fir.st. to, go, Chines.e lan;uage with a view to suppling interpreters to thf} embassy so it was the last to return, and it reached· New York on Set>temJJer an«L-consulares in China, at $.1,500· each, $1.6,000 : Provided, 'lihat the. 6, 1919. method of selecting said student interpreters shall be nonpartisan: '

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A.n-d pt·ovided further, That upon rece1vmg such appointment each The next amendment was, on page 11, line !), after the word student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as an interpreter at the embassy or consulates in China so long as "rent," to strike out "$10,000" and insert "$3,000," so as to his services may be required within a period of five years. read: 1\fr. LODGE. On page 4, in lines 14, 17, and 22, I move to INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AXD MEXICO. amend the amendment by striking out the word " embassy " in To enable the President to perform the obligations of the United States under the treaties of 1884, 1889, 1905, and 1906, between the each place and insert in lieu thereof the word " legation." It United States and Mexico, including not to exceed $600 for rent, $5,000. is a misprint. The amendment to the amendment "'as agreed to. Mr. McKELLAR. May I ask the chairman of the committee The amendment as amended was agreed to. a question in reference to that item? I have no interest in it The next amendment was, at the top of page 5, to insert: such as I had last year when a gentleman from my State occupied the office, but it seems to ine as long as the law is in force we For the payment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters in China, at the rate of $350 per annum each, $3,500. ought to appropriate enough to enable them to do some work. The amendment was agreed to. Mr. LODGE. As long as the treaty is in force we have to The next amendment was, on page 5, after line 2, to insert : make an appropriation sufficient to keep the commission· alive. Last year we agreed to $5,000 as a sufficient amount. The For six student interpreters at the embassy to Japan, who shall be citizens of the United States and whose duty it shall be to study House, which is the economical body in our system of Govern­ the Japanese language with a view to supplying interpreters to. the ment, at the present time raised it to $10,000, and I thought embassy and consulates in Japan, at $1,500 each, $9,000: Promded., I would bring it back to the amount of the appropriation of That the method of selectin~ said student interpreters shall be nonpartisan: And prorided further, That upon receiving such. appoint­ last year and find out in conference what is the necessity for ment each student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue the increased amount. I know of no reason .why the sum given in the service as an interpreter at the embassy or consulates in Japan last year should be raised. so long as his services may be required within a period of five years. 1\Ir. McKELLAR. As I said to the Senator, I think as long The amendment was agreed to. as we have the commission and as long as we have the law The next amendment was, on page 5, after line 13, to insert: creating the commission we should appropriate enough to enable For the payment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters at the them to do some work. embassy to Japan, at the rate of $200 per annum each, $1,200. l\Ir. LODGE. I agree; but the trouble is there have been The amendment was agreed to. no ~1exican representatives, and nothing has been done as a The next amendment was, on page 5, after line 16, to insert: matter of fact. The only way to deal with the Mexican bound­ For four student interpreters at the legation to 'l'urkey, who shall be ary is to draw an arbitrary line. citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall be to study the language of Turkey and any other language that may be necessary to l\lr. 1\IcKELLAR. The chances are that we . hall haYe 1\Ie:s:i­ qualify them for service as interpreters to the legation and consulates can representatives on the commission in the near future. Provided, in Turkey1 at $1,500 each, $6,000: That the method of se­ 1\Ir. LODGE. As long as we undertake to use the river ns lecting satd student interpreters shall be nonpartisan: And provided further, That upon receiving such appointment each student interpreter a boundary it is yery uncertain. '.rhe river is continually shift­ shall sign an agreement t'J continue in the service as an interpreter to ing, and endless surreys are necessary, and there is nothing the legation and consulates in TurliPY so long as his services may be staid. They hnse to have ne:w negotiations for nn arbitrary required within a period of five years. line. l1.,or the work that is beir:g done I do not think there Mr. LODGE. There are two or three typographical errors is any need of any more money than was appropriated last which I desire to correct by amendment. On page 5, in line 17, year. All I have done is to bring it back to the amount which I move to amend the amendment by striking out the word was appropriated last year, after some debate, with a \iew, " legation " and inserting the word " embassy," and I move the at least, of taking it to conference and asking why it should same amendment to the amendment in line 21, and on line 1, be doubled this year. page 6. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to The amendment to the amendment was agreed to. the amendment. The amendment as amended was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. Th next amendments were, on page 6, after line 3, to insert : The reading of the bill was resumed. For the payment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters at the The next amendment was, at the top of page 16, to insert: legation to Turkey, at the rate of $200 per annum each, ::;800. B"CREAU 01!' IXTERPARLIAMENTAllY UNION FOR PROMOTION OF I:-

:Mr. LODGE. Oh, yes; we pa ·ed a law providing for it and 1\Ir. JONES of Washington. Are there any annual salaries creating the commission. paid to the members of the commission? Mr. KEI\YON. Is this the commission that went to South l\Ir. LODGE. I do not think there are any fixed salaries America? at all. 1\Ir. LODGE. I can tell the Senator in a moment what is the 1\fr. FLETCHER. There are no salaries whate,er paid to purpose of H. members of the commission. Dr. Rowe makes the following statement about the WOI'k of l\1r. LODGE. I think that $25,000 were approprjated last the commission : year. The appropriation for the commissio.n began in 1916, The most important work the commi si{)n is able to do-and because and from February 15, 1916, to October, 1918, the expenditures of its special organization is peculiarly adapted to do--is to remove were 5:40,000. some of the obstacles and further closer financial and other cooperation throu&"hout the Latin American countries, partly through securing uni­ l\lr. JONES of Washington. Is there nothing to determine form Legislation. One of the great difficultieB which the United ~tates the apportionment of the $23,000? has always confronted has been a lack of organization in each of the l\lr. An Latin .American countries working on this question of uniformity of LODGE. appropriation was made in public act 128 legislation. We have now an organization which is elastic in the sense of the Sixty-fourth Congress, available October 1, 19181 to June that in each country is a group of nine men, presided over by the 20, 19H), of $25,000. Tile next year the appropriation was the minister of finance, all of whom are working on the same program. Now, take the question of uniformity of laws relating to bills of same. It has been in this bill for three or four years. ladin~, warehouse receipts, bills of exchange, and checks, which is a l\1r. ·wARREN. I will say to the Senator from Washington very Important matter for our inter-American commerce to secure. We that since then similar appropriations ha\e been made for the ha>e taken the uniform bill of lading law which was worked out in the United States and had it translated and submitted it to those commission rear after year. It was finally discontinued by the national sections in order to get their views as to whether that law, Committee on Appropriations; and legislation since has, per~ or that law with some amendments, could be made e1fective in their haps, changed the name of the commission and perhaps changed countries. They are at work upon It now. We can thereby secure greater uniformity of legislation without the handicaps which come some of its duties. I think that is perhaps what the Senator when the United States, through official channels, suggests changes in from Washington has in mind. domestic legi lation of other countries. The same is true in connec­ 1\fr. LODGE. The legislation has been in this appropriation tion with uniformity of laws relating to conditional sales, uniformity of laws relating to organization of corporations, and especially the bill for two or three years. I think the commission was created operation of foreign corpoutions in those countries. by law, for I reported the bill out of my committee. One of the things Senators may remember that was b~ought 1\fr. JONES of Washington. I am not familiar with the terms about by the commission was the ratification of several treaties of the act. I am simply asking these questions for informa­ getting rid of special taxes imposed on commercial travelers. tion. Mr. JONES of Washington. I did not know we had gotten l\lr. LODGE. I can send for a copy of the act. The Senator rid of any taxes lately. from Florida [1\fr. FLETCHER], who is more familiar with it l\1r. LODGE. We got rid of taxes in some other countries. than I am, can explain the act, I have no doubt, as he i a l\1r. JO_ rEs of Washington. Leaving this country for the member of the commission. last. Can the Senator tell me how many members there are of Mr. JONES of Washington. I should like to ask the Sena­ tllis commission from each of the countries? tor from Florida who apportions this appropriation of $25,000; Mr. LODGE. I will tell the Senator; I have it here. 'the who determines how it shall be paid; what salaries are to be present membership of the United States section of the com­ paid, and to whom? mission is as follows : Mr. FLETCHER. The Secretary of the Treasury is ex: officio Ron. Da>icl F. llouston, Secretary of the Treasury, chairman. chairman of the commission. This appropriation is intended lion. John Bassett Moore, New York City, vice chairman. simply to pay the clerical help in cttnnection with the work of John II. Fahey, Esq., Boston, Mass. the American section of the commis~ion. Hon. DUNC.AN U. FLET~HER, Jacksonville, Fla._~ Mr. JONES of Washington. Doth~ members of the commts­ I am glad to see the Senator from Florida [Mr. FLETCHER] sion who attend get any compensation for their services? in the Chamber at this moment- Mr. FLETCHER. The members of the commission receive Han. Andrew J. Peters, Boston, Ma s.~ no compensation. He is the mayor of Boston- 1\Ir. JONES of Washington. They get their traveling ex~ Samuel Untel'myer, Esq., New York City. penses, I suppose? Hon. Paul M. Warburg, New York City. Mr. FLETCHER. No; they do not get those. I never have John H. Wigmore, Esq. Chicago, Ill. Herbert Fleishhacker, Esq., San Francisco, Calif. understood that they get anything at all. Hon. L. S. Rowe, secretary general. Mr. JONES of Washington. '\Vhat do they do? C. E. McGuire. assistant secretary general. Mr. FLETCHER. They meet here when they are called in Guillermo A. Sherwell, juristic expert. session and the work of the International High Commis~ion, Mr. JONES of Washington. All these people are members which has now been changed to the Inter-American High Com­ of the commission? mission, is as set forth in Document No. 261 by Hon. John Bas­ Mr. LODGE. They are members of the commission. sett 1\Ioore. Their work is set forth in thf.! document quite 5n l\lr. JONES of w ·ashington. From this country? detail. Mr. LODGE. From this country. Mr. JONES of Washington. Does the commission maintain Mr. JONES of Washington. For what is this $25,000 to be expended-for salaries or for employees? offices here in Washington? 1\Ir. FLETCHER. They have offices her~ in the Treasury Mr. LODGE. In the House hearings there is a statement Building, but they do not rent any offices. of- Mr. JONES of Washington. The Senator refers to the Es:pendltures of United States section of the International High Com­ mi«sion for the fiscal year ended .Tune 30, 1920. American section? Appropriation : United States section, International High Com­ Mr. FLETCHER. Yes; to the American section. mission. l\Ir. JONES of Washington. Does the Inter-American High Salaries, wages-- Commission have annual meetings? 1Ur. JONES of '\Va hington. I do not refer to the Interna­ Mr. FLETCHER. They have annual conferences or meet­ tional High Commission, but to the Inter-American :High Oom~ ings. mission. Mr. JONES of Washington. Where do they meet? l\It'. LODGE. The name has been changed, but it is the same Mr. FLETCHER. They met the last time here in Wasbin6· commission. I am reading from the report submitted by the ton. commission. The name of the commission was changed by law. Mr. JONES of \Vashington. I am referring now to the whole l\lr. JONES of wa hington. It was changed to what? commission. 1\ir. LODGEJ. To the Inter-American High Commission. I Mr. FLETCHER. I refer to the entire commission. I will am reading from a tabulated statement of expenditures made say to the Senator from Washington that there are nine dele­ by the United States section of the International High Commis­ gates from each of the 21 so-called Latin-American llepublic3. sion, btlt the name has since been changed, as I have indi­ They met here last, but in 1916 they met in Buenos Aires. cated. Mr. JONES of \Vashington. Who paid the expenses of lhe If the Senator from Washington wants all the details, I will say that the original name of the commission was established American commissioners to Buenos Aires? by the act approved February 7, 1916, but it was changed by Mr. FLETCHER. I take it that on the occltsion of such con­ ventions the resp~:!tive Governments pay the expenses of their virtue of the Diplomatic and Consular appropriation act for delegates. the fiscal year 1920 to the Inter-American High Commission. Mr. JONES of Washington. Could expenses of the commis­ These are the expenses : sion of thnt kind be paid out of this $25,000? Salaries, wages, and other compensation for personal services cur­ rently rendered, $22,207.61. Mr. FLETCHER. Not at all. Services other than personal-- Mr. JONES of Washington. What is there to prevent lt? 1921. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3377 ·

Mr. LODGE. The law would pre-vent that. I think. The next amencbnent of the Committee on Foreign Relations 1.\fr. JONES of 'Vasll.mgton. There is nothing in this appro· was, on page 18. line 21, after the numerals " 19.09," to strike priation to prevent it. out "$38,000" and insert "$50,000," so as to read: · is 1\lr. LODGE. That pro>ided for in the law creating the WATEnWAl'S TREATY, U~"ITF.D STATES A)ID GRE~T BRITAIX: L-TERXATIO~AL commission, which was reported from my committee. I will JOn.~ CO~l.MlSSI0::-1, ~.ED STATES A!\~ GnE.AT BRITA.L."l'. send for a copy of the law if the Senator wants it. For salaries and expenses, including salaries of commissioners and Mr. FLETCHER. An itemized statement is furnished of the salaries of clerks and other employees appointed by the commissioners on the part of the United States, with the approval solely of the Secre­ expenditures under the appropriation; and there is no part of tary of State, expense of printing, cost of law b<>oks, books of reference, it that can be used for any expenses of the kind which the Sena­ n.nd periodicals, and necessary traveling expenses, and for one-half or· tor from Washington ~uggests-for traveling or salaries or all reasonable and necessary joint expenses of the International Joint Coiiliilission incurred under the terms of the treaty between the United compensation of members of the commission or anything of that States and Great Britain concerning the use of boundary waters between sort. the United States and Canada, and for other purposes, signed January 1\Ir. JONES of Washington. llow often does the American 11, 1909, $50,000, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secrebry section of the commission meet? of State. Mr. FLETCHER. They meet p1·obably once a month and per­ Mr. HITCHCOCK. 1\Ir. President, I was not present at the haps ofi:ener. They are subject to call. Whenever any ques­ meeting of the committee at which this amount was raised. I tion comes up which needs to be considered a session is called should like to ask the chairman of the committee why the and they act upon it. Then afterwards the action taken is trans­ appropriation has been increased? mitted to the various other sections representing the other 1.\Ir. LODGE. It was increased in order to preser-ve the Republics. present rate of salaries. 1\lr. JONES of Washington. Does the law creating the com­ 1.\fr. HITCHCOCK. As I recall, last year we reduced the mission fix the number of members on the part of the United appropriation. States? Mr. LODGE. We did not reduce the salaries. l\fr. FLETCHER. I think it does; that is my recollection. Mr. HITCHCOCK. Is this $50,000 required to pay salaries? There are nine from each of the Republics, as I have stated. 1.\Ir. LODGE. I think it is. 1\lr. JOl'-.'ES of Washlngton. Who appoints the commission? 1\fr. HITCHCOCK. 'Vas not the appropriation for last year 1\lr. FLETCHER. The Secretary of the Treasury, as I have $38,000? stated, is ex officio chairman of the American section, and the 1\lr. LODGE. The appropriation. last year was $46,000, and other members are appointed by the President. The work of there are some additional expenses which it is necessary to ~e commission, I may say, is set out, and without going into incur which would not be sufficiently covered by the appropria­ detail-- tion of last year, as we were informed by the Senator from Mr. JO~ES of Washington. I do not wish the Senator to go Arizona [Mr. SMITH], who, as the Senator is aware, has been into that. There were merely certain questions which I had made a member of the commission. in mind about which I desired information. , 1.\Ir. HITCHCOCK. I realize that; but my recollection is 1\Ir. FLETCHER. This commission is engaged in -.ery im­ that last y-ear we entered into a sort of an understanding that portant work, I will say to the Senator,. and they have accom­ we would endeavor to reduce these unnecessary expenses, and plished some good results. Among other things they have we agreed in the committee at that time to a reduction in the established a patent office bureau in Cuba, for instance, so that, appropriations rather than to an abolition of the commissions. through the work whlch has been done by the commission and Mr. LODGE. We did; we reduced the appropriation in the the convention which has followed it, a patent or a trade-mark case of the Mexican Boundary Commission to $5,000, although can be recorded in Cuba, and also recorded throughout all of this year the House has raised it to $10,000. these associated Republics. 1\fr. HITCHCOCK. The bill as reported by the Senate com­ 1\Ir. JONES of Washington. I remember about the patent mittee reduces that appropriation to $5,000, but raises the matter; but my recollection is that that was arra.TI.oo-ed several appropriation for the International Joint Commission from years ago before this commission was created. I understand $38,000 to $50,000. that the commission has only been created during tile last two l\fr. LODGE. The Senate committee increased the amount or three years. as carried in the House bill, that is true, but the appropriation :Mr. FLETCHER. No; the last con-vention created the patent is only $4,000 in excess of the appropriation of last year. bureau at Habana, Cuba, which was established -.ery recently, 1.\fr. HITCHCOCK. There is an increase of $12,000, though, last year, I think. o>er the House figures. Mr. JONES of Washington. Oh, the Senator is mistaken 1\lr. LODGE. The same question arose in the House last year about that, because that matter came before the Commerce in regard to increasing or decreasing the salur~es of the com­ Committee either before the war or while the war was going on. missioners. 1.\Ir. FLETCHER. I can not name the exact date, but I know Mr. IDTCHCOCK. I presume the Senator has looked into it is a new undertaking, and grew out of the work of the com­ the matter. mission. The commission was established in 1913, as I recall. Mr. LODGE. If the necessary expenses are to be pai

haYe here a chronological abstract of the meetings during the place for the hearings which must be frequently had in this calendar year 1920, if the Senator from Nebraska would care city. The commission will meet in th:s city in April next to to hear them. transact business of importance. 'Ve have no place in any 1\fr. HITCHCOCK. I w-as more desirous of knowing whether degree adequate for this meeting. Only three small rooms, the Senator had investigated so as to feel satisfied that the and each filled with records, desks, boxes containing paper!';, proposed increase in the appropriation was justified. I thought books, memoranda, and the like, a table, chairs, and so forth. that what was sufficient for last year would probably be suffi­ For such quarters we are paying the outrageous sum of $3,000 a cient for the ensuing year. year, which is more than was charged for six rooms before the Mr. LODGE. I thought it was proper that the present war. Hence the Senate committee has provided for rent of salaries should be maintained. If we reduce the appropriation proper rooms in the District of Columbia, in case adequate to the House figure, it w-ill be necessary to reduce the salaries quarters can not be secured in a Government-owned building. of the commission. The important duties of the commission are not fully ap­ Mr. HITCHCOCK. I presume the members of the commis­ preciated by Congress, but fully known to the Canadian Gov­ sion are not greatly oyerworked from what the Senator said, ernment. A vacancy occurred in the commission by the death baYing, as I understand, about one case a year. of Gov. Glenn in :May last, since which time no action by the 1\Ir. SMITH of Arizona. 1\lr. President, that is all the Sena­ commission has been taken as a full membership must be pres­ tor knows about it. I hardly expected that sort of criticism ent at the time of any decision by it. from such a source. There are very important international questions before the If there is no objection and if the Senate will bear with me, commission for decision, and others will soon be presented as I desire to say a few words regarding this matter. I do not now seems certain. For instance, the Red River of the North care to take the time of the Senate, but I have formulated a has its source at Breckenridge, 1\Iinn., and is the boundary be­ statement of the duties that will probably fall on the commis­ tween that State and North Dakota, and empties into Lake 'Vin­ sion for the ensuing year, as well as a recital of the labors it nipeg, Canada. From source to boundary line it is 400 miles. has already performed in the years gone by, and the attitude "An act (Public, No. 277, 66th Cong.) approved June 5, 1920, held by both the Canadian Government and our own Govern­ authorizes the construction of flood-control and improvement ment toward the commission. works in Boise de Sioux River, the Red River of the North, and 1\Ir. LODGE. I think, if the Senator will allow me, that is Lake Traverse, between the States of Minnesota, North Dakota, all printed in the hearings of the House. and South Dakota. Ur. SMITH of Arizona. No ; the hearings did not develop "This construction is contemplated to be done by the Tri-State the points which I desire to bring to the attention of the Senate. Flood Control Association. Mr. LODGE. Perhaps the House hearings did not cover all " This association, by resolution of December 16, 1920, re­ of them. quested the Department of State to submit the question of flood l\Ir. S)liTH of Arizona. l\Ir. President, I deem it my duty to control to the International Joint Commission. Gov. Lyun call attention of the Senate, and especially the attention of the Frazier, of North Dakota, in transmitting the resolution to the conference committee on the diplomatic appropriation bill, to Secretary of State, states that he is convinced that the matter the House provision and the Senate amendment, as proposed by is of great enough importance to be considered by the Interna­ the Foreign Relations Committee, in the matter of the Inter­ tional Joint Commission. national Joint Commission. The House made an appropriation "The United States section of the commission has been re• of only $38,000 for the whole expenses of the commission for quested to advise the Secretary of State with reference to the the :rear. character and importance of this contemplated improvemeut, Fiscal year 1922. with a view to its reference to the commission." Estimated for International Joint Commission ______$60,000 The St. Mary and Milk River controversies are still pending, as is also the New York & Ontario Power Co. case. The St. Amount carried in bill as passed by House______38, 000 Lawrence River Power Co. application has had only an interim Estimated expenditures, July 1-June 30, 1921-22: approval. The St. Lawrence River case has the following hi~­ 1. Salaries : tory and is still pending : Three commissioners, at $7,500 ______$22, 500 "17. St. Lawrence River navigation and power investigation. One secretary______4,000 " Section 9 of the act of Congress approved l\larch 2, 1919, eu­ One clerk______2,050 titled 'An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, 28,550 and for other purposes' (Public, No. 323, 65th Cong., 2d sess.), 2. l\liscellaneous clerical help______1, 250 reads as follows : "'SEc. 9. That the International Joint Commission created by 29,800 the treaty between the United States and Great Britain relating 3. Printing report on St. Lawrence River navi- to boundary waters between the United States and Canada, gation and power investigation, $10,000, signed at Washington January 11, 1909, under the provisions of of -which the United States will pay one­ article 9 of said treaty, is requested to inYestigate what further half______5,000 improvement of the St. Lawrence River between :Montreal anll La.ke Ontario is necessary to make the same navigable for Making a total of______34, 800 ocean-going vessels, together with the estimated cost thereof, and report to the Government of the Dominion of Canada nt1<1 4. Leaving a balance available for all other purposes, to the Congress of the United States, with its recommendatious including transportation, subsistence, 'reporting for cooperation by the United States with the Dominion of Can­ bearings, stationery, miscellaneous printing, tele- ada in the improYement of said river.' graph and telephone charges, office supplies and "The Governments of the United States and the Dominion of equipment, and other miscellaneous items, of___ 3, 200 Canada each appointed a representative to confer and prepare No pronsion is made for rent of office space in the Dis­ the questions involved in the form of a reference by the two trict of Columbia. Governments to the International Joint Commission. 'The ref­ If rent at the present rate were allowed, at______3, 000 erence was received by the commission on January 22, 19~0. The questions referred for investigation are as follows: The b:-tlance available for purposes itemized in "1. What further imptovement in the St. Lawrence River, paragraph 4 would amount to only______200 between :Montreal and Lake Ontario, is necessary to make the This in the light o.f the fact that by a decision of the com­ same navigable for deep-draught yessels of either the lake or mission several y.ears ago in the Northern Power Co. case, at ocean going type; \Yhat draught of water is recommended; and Sault Ste. Marie, the United States is getting $66,000 annually what is the estimated cost? and will continue to get it for 30 years to come and then own "In answering this question, the commission is requested to the property. consider- The Canadian GoYernment deems the commission of such use " (a) Navigation interests alone, whether by the construction and importance that it yearly appropriates $75,000 and leaves of locks and dams in the river, by side canals with the necessary such sum entirely in the hands of its members of the com­ locks, or by a combination of the two. mission to be expended by them in their discretion. Ample " (b) The combination of navigation and power interests to room is provided at the headquarters of Canadian commission, obtain the greatest beneficial use of the wat~rs of the ri\er. while our commissioners have -yirtually no room at all either "2. 'Vhich of the schemes submitted by tl1e Goyernment or for the working use of any of the commissioners and no p~oper other engineers is preferable, and why? 1921. - CO JGRESSION.AL RECO.R.D-. SENATE. 3379

"3. 1Jnoer what general method of procedure and in what and the time and labor consumed in proper consideration o1 general order slla11 the 'tarious physical and n.dministrati'te them. f tnres of the improvement 1Je carried out.? Summarizing what has been done by tl1e commission we find "4. Upon what basis shall the capital cost of the comp1e.teil cases reported to the -respective Governments, 3; cases ap· impro'tement be apportioned to each counb·y? proved by commission, 9; cases dismissed, 1; cases -withdrawn "5. Upon what basis shall the costs of opern:tion and mn.in­ after hearing, 1; cases now pending, 3. tenance he .apportioned to each country? It is enough to say, in justification of the commission, that " G. What method of control is recommended for the operntion during the few years of its existence it has, without leaving any of the imprm-ed waterway to secure its most .beneficial use? resentment behind, -settled and :finally disposed of more contro· "'7. Will regulating Lake Ontario increase tbe low-water ilow Terted. q~stions between the two Governments and the citizens in the St. Lawrence shi:p channel below l\Iontrea1? And .1f so, to thereof than has otherwise been settled since the formation ot ''that extent and at what additional cost? our Government, and an that without costing the Treasury one " 8. To what extent will the improvement dete1op the re­ aollar. sources, commerce, ana industry of each counb·y? In an address delivered in 'Boston before the Victorian Club .. 9. What traffic, both in<:!oming and outgoing, in kind and abo·ut one year ago, 1Ur. Burpee, a distinguished .Canadian ~iti· quantity, is likely to be carried npon the proposed route, both n.t zen, taking as the subject of his address "A successful exper'i· :i.b inception and in the future? Consideration to be given not ment in international relations," took occasion to go fully into only to present conditions but to probable changes therein result­ the value of the labor performed and the good results to both ing from the de'telo1Jment of industrial acti:tities, due to 11-vaila­ nations flowing from the International Joint Commission, and bility of large quantities of hydraulic power. in closing his address, aft-er giving a history of th"€ delays of "The reference requires that one e~"ineer be appoi:D.ted by the old diplomacy and the bitternesses engendered by these each Government, from its engineering personnel, to prep.axe delays; said : outline plans, with estimates of cost of the -proposed w-ork, and "l\leanwhile, bitterness of feeling has been allowed to grow re110rt to the commission ·within one year from the date of their between two groups of people, separated only by an invisible appointment. The United States engineer was .appointed on boundary, and -with eyery reason in the world for a neighborly January 30, 1920, and tbe Canadian engineer on A_ptil 14, 1..920. attitude toward one another. •• The commission is requested in the refe1·ence to submit its "One need not l.a.bor the point that this tribunal, open as report to the two Go\ern.ments "\tithin three month-s after the freely to tile humblest citizen of either country as to the repre­ receipt of the engin"8ers' report. sentatives of the Federal Governments, marks a big step forward . " The reference also requests the commission to l1old such in the .relations of these two neighboring Commonwealths; and Jl.Ublic hea::r.ings as may be considered necessary or advisable in it does seem to me thut tl1e true measure of the commission.,s Ol'der to obtain nll information hearing directly or ind.h·ecfly usefulne s to the people of the United States and -canada lies -on the physical, commercial, and economic feasibility of the not even so much in its positiYe as in its negative qualities, Droj~~t us a \vhola . not . o much in the eases it has actually sett1ed as in the infi­ "The commission began its investigation of questions 8 and 9 nitely larger number of cases that never come before it for con­ in March, holding public bearings in t4e 'following cities on the &ideration, simply because the commission is there, as a sort of dates indicnted: international safety valve, and therefore the sting is taken out .1020. Buffalo, N. y ______.:______J\Iar.1, 2 of the situation." l\lr. President, .I am soon to become a member of the Inter­ North Bay, Onta·rio------..1\Iay 7 Sault Ste. 1\furie, l\ficJL______MaylO national Joint Commission. I hav.e no desire to draw., for my l\fru·quette, l\1ich ______Mny 10 own use, money from -the "l'reasury without a feeling that I had justly earned lt by faithful, efficient sen-ice. I .have looked Sault Ste. 1\larie, Ontnrio______'l\Iay 1.1 Fort William, Ontario______1\Iay .l3 into the duties nnd responsibilities of the commi sion deep enough to know that any member of it who performs those Winnipeg, l\fanit.oba.....------1\I.a.y 15 duties well will not only earn his pay but also the gratitude of Grand Forks, N. DalL______'!\fn~· lS Regina Saskatchewan ______:Mns 20 the two nations conce1-ned. " One may not pcrl:mps realize at first the \ery unusual cbar­ Calgary, A.lberta·------.l\Iay2l Great Falls, Mont______:Mny 24 acter of this tribunal. There is nothing else quite like it, nor bas there been in the past. \\" e haYe here three Americans nnd Helena, MonL------Mny 2G Boise, Idaho ______May 28 three Canadians, sitting not as national sections, more or less Cheyenne, Wyo ______.l\Iay 2D ant.a.gonistic, but .as one judicial body, and pledg-ed to give their Omnha, Nebr______June 1 best possible judgment, with fhe utmost impartiality, to the Sioux Falls, S. Dak______June 2 settlen1ent of questions that arise sometimes on one side of the Des 1\Ioines, Iowa______. ______June 3, 4, 5 boundary .and sometimes an the other. It is significant of the sympathetic attitude of Canadians and Americans toward each Duluth, 1\linn------:------· ______June 3, 4, 5 Superior, Wis ______....June 7 ~ther and taward their common problems, that in evecy case Ashland, \Vis______.June 8 dealt with by the commission since its organization the deci- sion bas been -unanimous. · Milwaukee, Wis------June 9 Toledo, Ohio ______June 10 " The work of promoting closer and more direct relations between .the iwo great peoples on this continent who haYe the London, OntariO------..Tune 11 Hamilton, Ont.a.tlo ______..June 12 same langua_ge, come from the same race, have the same com­ Buffalo, N. y ______June 14, 1.5 ruon fountain of law, t11e same traditions, and similnr institu­ tions of government, as well as the same ambitions for the 1\.tontreal, Quebec______oc~ 8, 9 Kingston, Ontru·io ______Qct. 11 continued success of their respective Governments, is in fact the work of blazing the trail for the judicial settlement of 11.ll Toronto, Ont.a.riO------Oct. 13, 14 .A.lbany, N. y ______;______oct.15 disputes where they occur between any two great nations. Boston,l\Iass ______oct.18 " The chief cause for congratulation, hmvever, is that this New York, N. y ______; ______Oct.19, 20,21 treaty bas provided a means for frank, direct, and constant re­ lations between the two neighboring . peoples who inhabit the Deb·oit, MiclL .... ------~----- .. Oct.22, 23,25 Grand Rapids. 1\lich ______oct. 25 greater part of the North American Continent, and w.ho must live in amicable relations to realize the ultimate ideal of our Minneapolis, .1\Iinn ...... ------Oct. 27, 28 Chicago, !ll______. Oct. 29, 30 Anglo-Saxon civilization. This commission constitutes the me­ Indianapolis, IncL ____:.... ______Nov.l dium for this direct communication, and to it, by tbe express Cleveland, Ohio ______.l"\.ov. 2, 3 terms of the treaty, -may be referred for consideration and set­ tlement all questions of diiTerence that may arise between the New York, N. Y------Dec. 6 peoples-living along our common frontier, 1vit110ut reservations "Some 8,000 typewritten pages -of testimony hnve thus far or qualifications of any kind. been taken on these questions, tog~ther with a large volume of "l\lr. Taft and the late Col. Roose;-elt, among otbers on the statistical matter, wllich is being considered by the commission. United States side of the line, the Duke of Connaught, the Duke Further hearings on these two {}uestions, as well as on the other of Devonshire, the late Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and Sir Robert questions referred, will be held in order to develop the requisite Borden on the Canadian side, have on various occasions drawn information 'Upon which to base the report of the commi sion." i:he :attention of the public to the importance and significance of The foregoing is gi"en as an ex:amp.le of the necessary labor tbe tl-enty of 1.909 and of the work intrusted to 'the Interna­ involved in ascertaining the essential facts in cases sub-mitted tional Joint Commission. Duting one of the Tecent discussions 3380 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 18,

at the peace congress in connection with the organization of Matters considered: Draft treaty, pollution of boundary waters. Buffalo, N. Y., March 1, 1920 : Commission met at Buffalo ; all mem­ the International Waterways Commission, it is understood that bers present. Sir Hobert Borden made particular reference to the jurisdiction ¥atters considered: St. Lawrence River navigation and power investi- of th ~ s commission as an illustration of what might be accom­ gation. · Buffalo, N. Y., March 2, 1920: Commission met at Buffalo· all mem- plisllcd in connection with such European rivers of an inter­ bers present. ' natioual character as the Rhine and the Danube." M.atte,rs ~onsidered: St. Lawrence River navigation and power in- The American Journal of International Law has time and vestigation. . Washington, D. C., April 6, 1920: Commission met at Washington again referred in highest praise of the treaty of 1909, negotiated D. C. ; all members present. ' in Washington between Mr. Bryce, representing England, and Matters considered: St. Mary and Milk Rivers case; St. Lawrence Mr. Root, Secretary of State, and has often congratulated both River navigation and power investigation; draft treaty, pollution of boundary waters. nations on the creation of the International Joint Commission Washington, D. C., April 7, 1920: Commission met at Washington; and the successful results of its labor. The existence of the all members present. C"ommission with power to act is worth far more than it costs Matters co_nside_red: Draft treaty, pollution of boundary waters; St. JM:ary _and. M1lk Rtvers case; St. Lawrence River navigation and power if only one case a year came before it. Everybody seems satis­ mvesbga tion. fied except our Congress, where it has been proposed to cut off Ottawa, Ontario, May 3i 1920: Commission met at Ottawa; all mem­ the appropriation to the point of preventing any investigation bers pre ent except Mr. G enn. Matters considered: Draft treaty, pollution of boundary waters· St. by the commission. · Mary and Milk Rivers case. Reargument began in St. Mary and Milk This is very humiliating to the United States members of the Rivers case. commission, who would be unable to bear their part of any joint Ottawa, Ontario, May 4, 1920: Commission met at Ottawa; all mem­ bers present except Mr. Glenn. expense, and discourteous to Canada. Matters considered: Resignation of secretary of United States section; The Canadian commission receives $75,000 a year to be ex­ continuation of reargument in St. Mary and Milk Rivers case. pended in its discretion. The House has voted the sum of Ottawa, Ontario, May 5, 1920: Commission met at Ottawa; aU mem­ bers present except Mr. Glenn. $38,000 a year for expenses of our commission. Matters considered: St. Lawrence River navigation and power in­ As I have shown at the beginning of these remarks, that sum, vestigation. Conclusion in reargument in St. Mary and Milk Rivers after paying salaries and cl€rk hire and our part of printing case. Ottawa, Ontario, May 6, 1920: Commission met at Ottawa ; all mem­ evidence already taken, and the rent, now of necessity being bers present except Mr. Glenn. paid, leaves the commission the whole full sum of $200 to pay Matters considered: St. Lawrence River navigation and power in­ for transportation and subsistence "Vt"hen absent on official busi­ vestigation. North Bny, Ontario, May 7, 1920: Commission met at North Bay t.o ness, reporting hearing , stationery, miscellaneous printing, tele­ begin hearings in St. Lawrence River navigation and power investiga­ graph and telephone charges, office supplies and equipment, and tion; all members present. the dozens of other small miscellaneous expenses incident to Beginning on this date and continuing for 41 days without adjourn­ ment, the commission conducted hearings in the St. Lawrence River any business. navigation and power investigation, covering territory westward from The commission should have $60,000. It can not function on North Bay, Ontario, to Calgary and eastward from Boise and Cheyenne less than $50,000, which is $25,000 less than Canada, less able closing the series of hearings at Buffalo June 15. ' The death of Mr. Glenn at Winnipeg, Manitoba,' on May 16, created than we, willingly pays to her members. a vacancy in tl:e Unit.ed States section. Let us at least respect our treaty obligations. Portland, Me., September 10, 1920: At the request of interested l\lr. HITCHCOCK. Mr. President, can the Senator put in parties Chairman Gardner held conferences at Portland regarding hear­ ings in St. Lawrence River navigation and power investigation. the I-iECORn a statement of what the commission actually did Ottawa, Ontario, October 5, 1920: Commission met at Ottawa; pres- during the current year? ent, Messrs. Powell, Clark, Gardner,_and Sir William Hearst. · Mr. SMITH of Arizona. Ye~, sir; I will submit the whole list. Matters considered: St. Lawrence River navigation and power in­ vestigation; St. Mary and Milk Rivers case. Mr. LODGE. That is all printed in the House hearings. Ottawa, Ontario, October 6, 1920: Commission met at Ottawa; mem- Mr. SMITH of A.rizona. Yes; I think it is. bers present as on October 5. · Mr. LODGE. Every meeting of the commission is set out Matters con!>idered: St. Mary and Milk Rivers case; draft treaty in pollution of boundary waters matter, transmitted to the two Govern­ there. ments; St. Lawrence River navigation and power investigation. l\Ir. HITCHCOCK. I should like to have it put in the RECORD, Montreal, Quebec, October 8, 1920 : Commission met at Montreal; if possible, because this question has come up every year, and present, Messrs. Gat'dner, Clark, Powell, and Sir William Hearst. Chairman Magrath, of the Canadian section, joined the commission the irnpression has been current that the commission was not at Kingston, Ontario. doing anything, and that these offices were mere sinecures, and Beginning at Montreal, October 8, and continuing for 27 days with­ that the expense was largely an unnecessary one. If the com­ out adjournment, the commission conducted hearings in the St. Law­ rence River navigation and power investigation, covering territory from mission is rendering valuable service, it ought to be shown, and Montreal and New York on the east to Minneapolis, Minn., on the the llECORD ought to show it. west. thence eastward, including ChiC!lgo and Indianapolis, closing the l\1r. SMITH of .Arizona. I should think the mere statement series at Cleveland on November 3. NE!w York, N. Y;, December 6, 1920: Commissioners Clark and Sir of fact that we have made a treaty and it has gone on this long William Hearst met at New York to hear certain witnesses in the St. to the infinite satisfaction of both Governments and has resulted Lawrence River navigation and power investigation. in the settlement of many of these cases to which reference Portland, Me., December 15, 1920 : At request of interested parties Chairman Gardner held conferences at Portland regarding hearings ou is made in the hearings would be sufficient. I ask that that list St. Lawrence River navigation .and power investigation. be printed in the REcOim in connection with what I have said. Washington, D. C., December 28, 1920: Conference bPtween Chair· 1\Ir. LODGE. There is a complete list of all the meetings of man Gardner, Commissioner Cl:uk, and representative of United States the commission on page 39 of the House hearings, showing ex­ Reclamation Service regarding St. Mary and Milk Rivers case. actly what the commission did. l\fr. SMITH of Arizona. Mr. President, I formerly enter­ l\1r. Sl\1ITH of Arizona. I ask to have that printed. tained the same idea of this commission that many of the Sena­ 1\fr. LODGE. Th_e Senator asks to have it printed with his tors do, because I had never had any occasion to inquire into it. remarks? If I shall take a position on that body, there are 8,000 pages Mr. SMITH of Arizona. I ask that it be printed in connec­ of testimony in a pending case that I shall have to read and tion with my remarks. digest as far as I am able to do so. In addition to that, the There being no objection, the matter referred to was ordered intricate cases of the St. Marys River and the l\1ilk lliYer are to bP printed in the RECORD, as follows: still pending. They are of great importance to both countries CHROXOLOOICAL .ABSTRACT OF MEETINGS D"C'RINO THE CALE:SDAR YEAR 1920. and their settlement is extremely essential to good feeling be­ Boston, Mass., January 13, 1920: At request of interested parties, con­ tween the two peoples. ference was held at Boston with Chairman Gardner regarding pro­ .As I said, at one time I entertained the same view that the cedure in the matter of the remonstrance by residents of the city of Senator has referred to; but since I have come to look into it Newport, Vt., and of other localities in the vicinity of Lake Memphre­ ma""og with respect to flowage damage caused by raising the crest of a and have taken occasion to inquire into it, I find not only thut dam nt the outlet of the said lake. the commission is a very important one but that there is a Kew York, N. Y., February 11, 1920: Commission met at New York, great deal of work connected with it. all membet·s being present except l\Ir. Clark, who was delayed by im­ pairn l train service. The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the 1\f:-tters consider ed: Draft treaty tegarding pollution of boundary amendment of the committee. waters. The amendment was agreed to. Kew York, N. Y., February 12, 1920: Commission met at New York; aJI members present. The reading of the bill was resumed. M :• tters considered: Draft treaty regarding pollution of boundary The next amendment of the Committee on Foreign Relations waters; St. Lawrence River navigation and power investigation. was, on page 19, line 2, after the words "official business," to ·f: w York, N. Y., Februa ry 13, 1920: Commission met at New York; all mr mbers present. insert the following additional proviso: Ma tters considered: Draft treaty, pollution of boundary waters; Provided further, That a part of this appropriation may be expended mea:;urement and apportionment of the waters of St. Mary and Milk for rent of offices for the commission in the District of Columbia, to the Rivers in the State of Montana and Provinces of Alberta and Saskatche­ event that the Public Buildings Commission is unable to supply suit~ w an; St. r.a,vrcnce Ri>er navigation and power investigation. able office space. New York. N. Y .. February 14, Hl20-: Commission met at New York; all meml>ers present. The amendment was agreed to. 1921. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3381

The next amendment was, on page 19, after line 21, to·insert: Mr. WARREN. You get the estimates for it from the State IJiiTERXATIOX.AL RESEARCH COUNCIL. Department? · To pay the annual share of the United States, as an adhering mem­ l\1r. LODGE. Yes; they are State Department estimates. ber of the International Research Council and of the Associated Unions, org:mized at Brussels, .July 18-28, 1919, as follows: International Re- . They are all estimated for. 'Ve pay these sums as a member search Council, $129; International Astronomical Union, $772; Inter­ of these different scientific organizations, and Dr. Walcott, national Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, $290; International the secretary of the Smithsonian, appeared before the com­ Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, $1,338 ; International Union of Mathematics, $129: in all, $2,658, to be expended under the direction mittee in behalf of it, as did also the president ·of the Carnegie of the Secretary of State. Institute. It is simply our adhering membership; that is all. Ur. JONES of Washington. Mr. President, I want to ask Mr. JONES of Washington. I take it this is not pursuant the chairman of the committee whether or not the International to any treaty at all? Research Council is organized under any treaty? l\lr. LODGE. I do not see that it is. :Mr. LODGE. All these associated unions were organized at l\1r. JONES of Washington. I know it was the policy of the Brussels. They are all scientific bodies. We have been a mem­ Senate two or three years ago to strike out items which were ber of all of them. During the war there was an interference not required_ by r~ason _of treaty conventions. I am not going with the meetings of these different associations. This is a to ask to stnke this out. I really do not like to see the Senate mere consolidation of the small contributions which we are put.tin~ such items into the bill unless there is some treaty bound by treaty agreement to make. We have consolidated obligatiOn to do so. Whenever the Executive or the Secretary them under this one head. of State or the diplomatic organization of the Government l\lr. JONES of Washington. This council seems to have been thinks some organization ought to be formed and they go organized in July, 1919. ahead and form it, then they send an estimate for an ·appropria­ l\Ir. LODGE. Yes; since the war they were brought to­ tion to Congress. I do not think that ought to be encouraged. gether under this one head. 1\fr. LODGE. We pay for the publication, as I understand it. l\Ir. JONES of Washington. I take it, however, that we are It is thought to be very valuable, and that' we should be a not bound by a treaty agreement. Under what authority of member. Of course the cost of it is a hundred thousand law are any agreements of this kind made when they are not dollars a year, which is paid for by private subscription. But pursuant to a treaty? it is thought desirable that we should have our share in all l\lr. LODGE. I understood that these were all treaty obliga­ these scientific councils. It was reported by the House Com­ tions. We have been carrying many of them, I know, as sepa­ mittee on Foreign Affairs, and was in the bill as reported to rate things. I will read the testilnony. Dr. Kellogg was asked: the Committee of the Whole House, but went out on a point I wish, Dr. Kellogg, that for the sake of the completeness of the of order, as so many other items did, some of them items similar record, you would indicate in a general way the status of the National to those which have been in this bill for 40 years. Research Council and -of these national unions, which I understand are l\lr. JO:~TES of Washington. I wish we had a rule by which organizations of the United States. l\lr. KELLOGG. National sections? it could go out of here on a point of order, but we have no rule 1\lr. ROGERS. National sections; yes. under which, if a matter is reported by a standing committee Mr. KELLOGG. Well, the National Research Council itself was estab­ or has been estimated for, a point of order will lie. So a point lished during the war. It was established for the purpose of mobilizing the scientific resources in laboratories for the aid of the Government in of order can not be made against this item. I do not think connection with war-time problems which were based, really, on science we ought to permit these .things until Congress authorizes them. and scientific investigations. So, as an offshoot of the National Academy Whenever a department of the Government thinks an agreement of Sciences, which has a congressional charter, this body called the "National Research Council" was instituted. And it was very active of any kind ought to be entered into, it seems to me it ought to in getting the cooperation of scientific men and university laboratories be submitted to Congress and ratified ·before we go into it. But all over the country for the purposes of applying all the resources· of that does not seem to be the policy of the Government. American science to the solution of these special war-time problems that involved science. 1\fr. LODGE. I agree with the Senator that it is a bad At the conclusion of the war the council had been so successful in its method of doing business; but this agreement has been made_ work that the President issued an Executive order in May, 1918, asking I should like to take it into conference and see what the House the council to perpetuate itself as a peace-time organization, to be in a position to give the Government advice and assistance whenever called has to say about it, as it originated there. on by the Government in connection with any of the problems that On a division the amendment was agreed to. might come up that involved scientific investigations. · · The reading of the bill was resumed. And so, pursuant to this Executive order, the council was reorganized on a peace-time basis, but is no longer supported by the Government. The next amendment was, on page 21. line 9, after the word Its support comes from private sources; it receives gifts for its · ad­ "legation " to strike out " building" and insert " buildings," ministrative expenses. It has received- a gift, or has been promised a and in line 10, after the word " grounds " to strike out "At San gift, for the erection of a building as headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council, and gifts for Salvador," so as to make the heading read: the development of specific scientific projects, and especially those of Emlmssy and legation buildings and grounds. national importance, whose solution would help the national welfare. Then he goes on to explain the gifts which have been made, l\1r. LODGE. I have an amendment to offer to the amend­ and he says: ment, which is a mere change of language. On lines 9 and 10, Our yearly budget is about $200,000 plus $100,000 a year for five page 21, I move to amend the title so as to read: years for na tlonal fellowships. Embassy, legation and consular buildings and grounds. l\lr. JONES of Washington. That gives the information that The amendment to the amendment w·as agreed to. I desired. The amendment aS amended was agreed to. l\Ir. LODGE. These are the contributions made by the The next amendment was, on page 21, after line 20, to strike United States or agreed to by the Uptted States under the out: order of the President, as I understand. . l\Ir. JONES of ·washington. Yes; that is the way I under­ The Secretary · of State is hereby authorized to accept the gift of the residence of .J. P. Morgan in London, England, which has been offered to stand it. I do not think, however, that the President can bind the Government of the United States as a residence for the American us indefinitely to memb£>rship in any organization. ambassador. 1\fr. LODGE. Some of them are different, as I remember. I And in lieu to im;ert : was speaking from memory. Mr. Rogers says: The President is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the 1Ve have llere and there associations of one kind or another United States, for use as a residence by the diplomatic representatives for which we have been appropriating for years and are still of the nited States, the land and buildings thereon known as Nos. asked to appropriate, such as the International Bureau of 13-14 Prince's Gate in the city of London, England, and such other lands and buildings as form a part of said property, presented by .J. Weights and Measures. Pierpont Morgan: P-rovided, That the transfer of said property to the That is a treaty agreement, I know. United States shall be unconditional and shall not impose restrictions The International Bureau for the Publication of Customs Tari.ffs. upon subsequent sale, transfer, or use: And p-rovided further, That the property is held on freehold. tenure and not on customary London That is another. ground lease and that said property has no mortgage or other encum­ The International BurE.'au at Brussels for the Suppression of the brance or liability upon it. African Slave Trade. .l\1r. JO~S of Washington. I want to ask a question about That is another. that amendment. Of course, my first impression with reference 'l'he International Prison Commission-- to a matter of that kind was against the Government accepting 1\lr. JONES of Washington. Yes; but those are not included a gift of this sort. I have long been in favor of the Govern­ in this item at all. · ment acquiring proper and adequate embassy buildings; in the. l\1r. LODGE. No; they are not. different important cities of the world, at any rate. But we l\Ir. JONES of Washington. They are separate items. have not done so. It does not look just right that we should be I\lr. LODGE. He says the Bureau of Weights and Measures put in the position of apparently having to depend upon private is yery much alive. Of course we have a separate appropria­ donations for Goverru:pent embassy buildings in those coun­ th)n for that in this bill. tries. Probably that is not the right position to take. But 3382 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRU.AHY 181

• <' what I wanted to ask the Senator w::ts as to the "Value of this l\Ir. HARRISON. May I ask the Senator if it is thought that property. it is possible to purchase embassies and legations or consula1~ :Hr. LODGE. These houses were the property of 1\Ir. Junius buildings in all these places for $300,000? l\Iorgnn, the grandfather of the present Mr. Morgan, and were lllr. LODGE. Oh, no. aftenmrds occupied, and I think one of them added, by the Mr. HARRISON. I was thinking that if we coul.U do that late John Pierpont Morgan. He kept his collections there in they would be great bargains. London and lived there himself. The price he paid for the 1\Ir. LODGE. This was only to give them a chance to buy houses was something oyer £30,000, $150',000, as the exchange where they found a good opportunity to buy. was then. l\Ir. HARRISON. I understand the plan is to enable us to 1\lr. JOl\TES of Washington. So that from the information credit them with what they owe us, in purchasing embassy and the Senator has U1e value of this property is not very lll'Uch, legation buildings in a country that owes us. if any, in excess of what may be paid at other capitals for Mr. LODGE. That is covered by the rest of it. embassy buildings. l\1r. HARRISON. But if the whole paragraph shonlu be Mr. LODGE. No; that is the allowance made. written into the law, you ha"\"e a limit that in no event shall the l\1r. JONES of Washington. So that the cost of maintaining build~o-s cost over $300,000? , and running these buildings, after we do accept them, will prob­ 1\Ir. LODGE. Yes; they can not go over that amount in any ably not be more than in the other cities? one case. · 1\lr. LODGE. I would like to state to the Senator on that Mr. HARRISON. It might be possible for the commission point that I am familiar with these two houses. I have not that is designated here to purchase consular buildings or embas· seen them for a long time, but I do know where they are. sies at all these places, but it would cost a great deal more than They are very well situated, and they are suitable houses. $300,000. They will have to be thrown together-that is, opened up one l\1r. LODGE. It is limited to the coming fiscal year, abso· into the other; but the two together would make a very suitable lutely. and proper embassy, amply large enough, but not ostentatious Mr. H.illRISON. There is no limit of cost except $150,000 to or extravagant. They correspond very well to such a house as each oner 1\Ir. Choate had on Carlton House Terrnce, a house any of us Mr. LODGE. That is all. would think appropriate for an American embassy, but it l\1r. McKELLAR. l\Ir. President, the Senator from 1\la sa­ did not have the splendor which characterized some other chusetts stated a moment ago that we might by this plan get a houses. portion of the foreign debts paid to us that we could not get in The amendment was agreed to. any other way. I hope the Senator does not mean to say any The next amendment was, on page 22, after line 13, to insert: of those debts ought to be remitted 1 For the acquisition of embassy, legation, or consular buildings and Mr. LODGE. I did not mean to impugn the credit of any grounds at any or ill of the following places: Paris, Rome, Brussels, country at all. Berli.n. Athens, Belgrade, Bucharest, Prague, Monrovia, Vienna, Buda­ 1\Ir. McKELLAR. I do not impugn the credit, but I hope the pest, Canton, Hankow, and Amoy~ $300,000: Provided'" That the limit of cost shall not ex<'eed the sum of $150,000 at any one place: And Senator does not think that any of those debts ought to be re­ fJrovided further, That such acquisition shall be subject to the approval linquished. of the commission h~t-einafter constituted. Mr. LODGE. How does the Senator mean! l\Ir. LODGE. I move to amend that by inserting. after the l\fr. l\fcliELLAR. I hope, in making the statement that per­ word " Berlin," the word " Christiania." haps we might not be able t€> get some of our foreign debts paid The PRESIDL"l\\G OFFICER. The Secretary will state the in any other way, the Senator did not mean to express the view amendment. that those debts ought to be remitted. The READING CLE&.K. On page 22, line 16, after the word l\fr. LODGE. I only said that in a humorous way when I " Berlin " and the CQmma, insert the word " Christianin.-" and spoke about getting it in no other way. I think it is pretty gen· a comma. erally known that I am not in favor of canceling debts. The amendment to the amendment was agreed to. Mr. McKELLAR. I am glad to hear the Senator express llinl· 1\Ir. JONES of Washington. I woultllike to ask the Senator self in that way. with reference to this paragraph. I know in the House text The next amendment was on page 22, after line 21, to insert : they provide for land and buildings in Paris, $150,000. So, why There is hereby constituted a commission composed of the chairman should that be included in this paragraph? and the ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Rela­ tions of the Senate. the chairman and the ranking minority member of Mr. LODGE. It is unnecessary to include Paris here. the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the 1\Ir. JO~ES of Washington. Would it not be wise to 1eave Secretary of State, a.rid the ·secretary of the Treasury, oi' which the it out? chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations ot the Senate shall be the chairman, whose duty it shall be to consider and formul:lte plans or l\1r. LODGE. I think so, because the other has been agreed proposals for the purchase of embassy, le~ation, and consular bull

1\Ir. S~100T. The Senate of the United States makes Secre­ diminish the scale to such an extent that this sort of items can tarief:! of State. but Secretaries of State do not make the Senate. be absolutely di8pensed with by the time the next appropriation Mr. HARRISON. I merely think it places the chairman of bill comes before the Senate. the Committee on Foreign Relations higher, almost, than the 1\Ir. UNDER,VOOD. l\Ir. President, I do not desire to delay Secretary of State. the passage of the bill, but the question which the Senator from 1\lr. SMOOT. It is a higher position. Washington [Mr. JoNES] brought up is one that I agree with The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the fully. If there is one thing in the Government that is needed, amendment of the committee. lt is a just and fair reclassification of the salaries of its em­ The amendment was agreed to. ployees and then a brake put on the question of the Congress at The next amendment was, on page 23, after line 7, to insert: every session attempting to readjust salaried positions. At the With the approval of said commission and within a limit of cost at same time it would avoid the question of trying to deal with any one place of $150,000, the Secretary of State shall have power to these propositions in wholesale at either end of the line. I do purchase from any foreign Government suitable embassy, legation, and consula1· buildings and grounds in any city specified in the foregoing not think the Government can come to an economical adminis­ paragraph and to effect payment therefor by causing the purchase tration of its affairs or a just treatment of its employees unless ptice thereof to be credited upon the obligations or debts of such an effort is really made by the Congress to fairly adjust salaries Government then held by or owing to the United States, or by causing a pari of such purchase price so to be credited, paying the remainder in accordance with the work performed and the necessities of in money from applicable sums hereinbefore appropriated for the acqui­ the employees. sition of embassy, legation, and consular buildings and grounds; and I have no criticism of the committee. I know all the grave when the Secretary of State shall certify to the Secretary of the Treas­ ury that a purchase bas been made, the Government from which made, responsibilities that rest on the Committee on Appropriations and that a part or all of the purchase price is to be paid by crediting and the ·difficulties of the past, but I do hope that next summer, the same upon obligations or debts of said Government then held by or when other committees will probably be engaged in work that owing to the United States, the date as of which said payment is to be made and the amount in United States dollars so to be credited, the will be keeping the Congress here and the time of the Appro­ Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to credit the priations Committee will not be occupied with appropriation amount so certified upon unpaid principal or interest of obligations bills, that the Senator, a member of that committee, will ap­ or debts of said foreign Government held by the United States : And provided further, That the President is hereby authorized, in his discre­ point himself a committee of one, as he has expressed himself tion, to accept on behalf of the United States unconditional gifts of so heartily in favor of the proposition, and work out the prob­ land, buildings, furniture, and furnishings, or any of them, for the uso Lem and }:>ring it to the Congress in concrete form, so that we of diplomatic and consular offices and residences. can fairly and intelligently pass on it, settle it, and get it out The amendment was agreed to. of the way for the future. The next amendment was, on page 24, line 20, to increase Mr. JONES of Washington. I think I can say to the·Senator the appropriation for salaries of consuls general, consuls, and from Alabama that it is the disposition and, I might say, the vice consuls from "$1,774,500" to " $1,974,500." determination of the different members of the Committee on The amendment was agreed to. Appropriations to take action of some kind very early in the The next amendment was, on page 24, line 25, to increase the next Congress to meet the situation. If it is found that we can total for salaries ·of the Consular Service from " $1,809,500 " to not get the cooperation of the Appropriations Committee in the "$2,009,500." other branch of Congress to deal with the matter in its entirety, The amendment was agreed to. I hope that the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate will The next amendment was, on page 25, after line 9, to insert : take up bills that come within its jurisdiction covering the POST ALLOWANCES TO DIPLOMATIC AND CO!'iSULAR OFFICERS. matter and try to meet the situation. To enable the President, in his discretion, and in accordance with l\Ir. KING. May I inquire of the Senator from New Hamp­ such regulations as he may prescribe, to make special allowances by way shire [Mr. MosEs], who addressed himself a moment ago to the of additional compensation to diplomatic and consular officers and con­ Senator from Washington, whether the amount of $500 000 sular assistants and officers of the United States Court for China in order to adjust their official income to the ascertained cost of living at found in the item now under consideration is an increase ~ver the posts to which they may be assigned, $500,000. that allowed a year ago? Mr. JO~TES of Washington. l\1r. President, I have always op­ Mr. LODGE. Last year it was $600,000. posed this proyision. I have not been in favor of giving the 1\lr. KING. May I inquire whether, in view of the exchaDge Pre8ident the unlimited power that is given here, that can be situation in Europe, the necessity exists for so large an appro­ exercised only through subordinates, in an attempt to adjust priation as $500,000? living costs by indiscriminate and promiscuous increase of Mr. LODGE. The House proposed $250,000. That went out salaries. I think that Congress ought to provide for whatever on a point of order, as most of the bill did, but the Senate com­ increase they think ought to be made. They ought to do it, of mittee thought that this was not an unreasonable amount. course, upon recommendations and data and information sub­ Mr. KING. Does not the Senator think it would be better mitted to them by the State Department and by those who are to put in $250,000, because that is the amount which the ~om­ thoroughly familiar with the situation. mittee in the House recommended? There is no doubt that there are peculiar and exceptional cir­ Mr. MOSES. 1\Iay I add, for further information, that in the cumstances at \arious posts. Probably it might be difficult to readjustment which is bound to come immediately after the 4th frame a general provision that would work absolute justice in of March, as we expect, there will be a considerable addition to all cases. 'Ve have attempted to adju~t the salaries of Govern­ the number of diplomatic and consular establishments which we ment employees in this country to meet the changed living con­ shall have to maintain, and that accounted in very large meas­ ditions. We have made provision that may work well in one ure for the increase which the Senate committee made over the case, but it does not furnish ample consideration in other cases. sum allowed originally by the House committee and which the We have not attempted in this country to give to the Secretary House itself struck out on a point of order. of the Interior, for instance, the unlimited power to adjust the All the establishments in central Europe, for instance, are compensation of his employees to meet differences in the cost of now in a state of abeyance. There are also those new countries living. We have not placed in his hands a lump sum with which with which we ha-ve more or less nebulous relations at present, to do that. I think it is wrong in principle to do it in this case. and with which we shall have to establish permanent relations, I simply wished to express my view with reference to this with consular corps scattered throughout the industrial com­ amendment. I am opposed to it just as much now, when a new munities, which was one thing brought before the committee administration is coming in, as I have been in the past. I hope that in:fluenced me personally to appreciate the necessity for an that during the next year we may have a general reclassification increased appropriation under this head. of the salaries of the employees of the Government, including Mr. KING. May I inquire if in other parts of the bill ade­ not only employees in this country in domestic affairs but in­ quate provision has not been made for consular agents and cluding the Diplomatic and Consular Service and those who are diplomatic representatives in all countries with which we had In the employ of the Government in foreign countries, and that prior to the war diplomatic relations? . we will not in any other bill make an endeavor to carry a pro­ Mr. MOSES. The salaries are provided for in another place vision of this kind. in the bill, but the salaries only. This, of course, as the Senator Mr. l\lOSES. I will say to the Senator that that happens to well knows, is in the nature of an extra allowance to enable be exactly the question considered by the Committee on Foreign those officers to supplement their salaries in order to meet the Relations in regard to that portion of the bill. We were much enhanced conditions of living under which they find them­ opposed to a lump-sum amendment in dealing with diplomatic selves. and consular officers, but we had to consider the situation as it I agree with the Senator from Washington [Mr. JoNES] that confronted us. We were confronted with the condition that ex­ this is simply a piece of stop-gap legislation, done by rule of ists in European capitals and throughout the Old World in thumb, which no one can possibly estimate; that it is unwise general, where conditions of living which made this sort of ap­ and in some respects imprudent; but it certainly is the part of propriation necessary during the war still continue. We hope to wisdom and the part of justic~ :for the Government and the De- 3384 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 18, partment of State to care adequately for those representatives entire expense of the appropriation for the State Department who find themselves in these foreign fields confronted by the will be more than paid by the fees which will be collected. conditions of living that there exist. Mr. KING. May I inquire of tbe Senator from Massachu­ 1\Ir. KING. l\Iay I inquire if the State Department had any setts whether Mr. Carr indicated in his testimony that he would difficulty in allocating the $600,000 appropriated by the former like the amount which the Senate committee allowed? bill? Mr. LODGE. Yes; that is the estimate. Mr. 1\IOSES. Does the Senator mean whether the $600,000 Mr. KING. If I may be pal'doned, I wish to say that any, was expended last year? recommendation made by Mr. Carr would be Yery persuasive Mr. LODGE. I understand that it was expended. with me, because Mr. Carr, I think, is one of ihe most efficient Mr. KING. It was all allocated and all expended? men in the State Department. Mr. MOSES. Yes. Mr. LODGE. He is one of the best officials in ·washington, in Mr. LODGE. I wish to repeat what the Senator from New my judgment. Hampshire said in one respect. I am not at all in sympathy l\Ir. KING. I think so, and he lms devoted himself with the with this method of appropriating in legisla.tlon. This is one utmost zeal to the development of our foreign trade. of the things that came over from the war. Europe is still in If I may trespass for one moment further, I desire to say a distressed condition, and it is impossible to foresee many of that anything we may do to upbuild our Consular Service I am the expenses. I hope that in another year these allowances in favor of doing. I only think, if I may be pardoned for so to be made by the President will vanish from the bill. stating, that the work of that service is being duplicated by the The VICE PRESIDENT. The questio~ is on agreeing to the Department of Commerce. I prefer to build up the Consular amendment of the committee. Service rather than the Department of Commerce with respect The amendment was agreed to. to these matters. The reading of the bill 'was resumed. Mr. LODGE. The Senator from Utah is absolutely right, and The next .amendment was, on page 25, line 21, to increase the I am glad he feels in that way. This commercial attach~ appropriation for allowance fo:- clerk hire at consulates from 11 service, which has been gradually built up in the Department of " $1,200,000" to $1,800,000." Commerce, presents one of the instances of duplication by which Mr. KING. May I inquire of the Senator whether or not the the appropriations and the expenditures of the Government are evidence before the House committee justified. a larger appro­ so much increased. priation than $1,200,000; and if not, what induced the Senate Mr. KING. Absolutely. committee to make such a large increase? Mr. LODGE. That work ought to be done by the Consular Mr. LODGE. Mr. P1·esident~ it is of great importance to the Serrice, and it can be so done. There is no need of having com· United States at the present time to do everything possible ~o mercial at:ta.chl!s in more or less diplomatic capacities all over e:rtend its commerce. We hope there will be a great growth of the world and having them report to another department. It business and trade in every direction, und it seemed to the simply causes confusion and more expenditures. The work committee, and the committee were unanimous upon it, that can all be done under one department and ought to be so done. one place where we did not wish to make severe reductions was Mr. KING. If the Senator from Massachusetts will formu­ in the Consular Service; that we needed to keep that service late some measure which will consolidate that work, I shall in the hlghest state of efficiency. .After considering the evi­ give it my hearty approval. All I wish to say now is that when dence which was before the other House and the action upon I want information respecting our foreign trade I go to th.e it there the committee, as I have said, unanimously came to the Department of State and not to the Department of Commerce, conclusion that we ought to allow the amount estimated, and I because in the latter department one can get but very little think the sum proposed to be appropriated is the estimate. information. I will now read some of the evidence on which we based our Mr. LODGE. I hope and trust that that duplication will be action. I do not desire to consume time, but the evidence done away with when we come to consider the reclassification makes the case clear. I now read the statement of Mr. Carr, bill. who has been at the head of the Consular Service for many The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the amendment years. He stated : reported by the committee is agreed to. I realize, Mr. Chairman, that this is a very large estimate, but it is based upon this principle: That as the service now stands it is run­ The reading of the bill was resumed. ning to its full capacity. We are utilizing our full $1,200,000 clerk The next amendment of the Committee on Foreign Relations hire fund We ure still getting complaints from the offices now operat­ was, on page 28, line 13, after the numerals "$600,000," to insert in that ·have not enough clerk hire, and we are getting complaints fr;m the Department of Commerce that we are not furnishing enough the following proviso : information. Pt·ovided, That the pTovisions of the act approved May 22, 1918, shal1, We a.re receiving complaints from shipmnsters and ship operators in so far as they relate to requiring passports and vises from aliens that the Consular Service is not furnishing sufficient s~rvice .to them. seeking to come to the United States, continue in force and e1Iect until These complaints are for the most part traceable to msufliCient per­ otherwise provided by law. sonnel to carry on the routine of the offices and give our consuls and vice consuls an opportunity to make trade investigations nnd do other Mr. LODGE. Before the committee amendment is acted upon, things not now possible. We shall have soon to face a resumption ot normal activities of the service in all parts of the world. Presumably I desire to offer an amendment to the text immediately preced­ we are going to have a state of peace shortly. In that event we shall ing, which was not embodied in the bill as reported. On page 28, have to establish at least 30 consulates in Germany ; we shall have to after the word" and," in line lL I move to strike out the words establish consulates in Austria, in Hungary, in the Balkans, and in Turkey, in none of which are consulates functioning at the present which follow down to and including the word "effective," in moment. We shall have to supplement some of the seaport offices line 12, and to insert " in this act, to be immediately available." which are now functioning with additional clerks to keep the service The READING CLERK. On page 28, line 11, it is proposed to up to a point where it can avoid complaints and criticism. That, in a rough outline, is the situation. strike out "public act No. 79 of the Sixty-sixth Congress, when Mr. Carr was asked how mnny clerks they have now, and he the latter act shall have become effective," and insert "in this said: act, to be immediately available." Mr. LODGE. Then will follow the amendment reported by We have at present 986 clel'ks. the committee, which appears in italic. * ~ * • * • • We want to bring that number up to approximately ],_340 clerks, Air. UNDERWOOD. Mr. President, I should like to ask the at various compensations ranging in the main from $3,oo0 down to Senator from 1\fu.ssuchusetts what is the purpose of his amend­ below $500. Of that total number which we now have, 400 are Amer­ I ican citizens. drawing snJuries of from $400 to $3,000-tht>.re is one as ment? do not grasp it. The Senator moved to strike out cer­ high as $4,500, one at $3,GOO, ~me at $3,200, and one at $3,120, these tain words beginning in line 11, on page 28, and to insert some four cases where salaries above ~3,000 are paid are special and tem- words in lieu thereof. porary. . .. l\Ir. LODGE. The amendment offered by me was to strike Mr. r.omms. About half. then, are .American crhzens? .. 1\fr. CARn. Yes, sir. A little less than halt are American Citizens. out Cei'tain words in lines 11 and 12, as printed in the bill, so l'llr. ROGERS. And are receiving $1,000 and upwar-d? as to read: Mr. c ..um. Yes sir. Our plan is to utilize the increase, in the main, 1 )r Amer1ran Citizens.1 For f'x:penses of r~gnlatlng entry Into the United States, in accord­ hlr. Romms. The other half, which is not American, in every case !l.nce with the provisions of the act approved May 22, 1018, nnd of thiS rece.i ves less than $1,000? act, to be immediately available, :PGOO,OOO. Mr. CABr.. ln every instance the foreigners receiv£ le s than $1,000, with the exception of 10 persons who were in the service prior to the Mr. UNDERWOOD. I am not familiar with public act No. act of l!lOG. They are 10 very useful nnd experienced officrals a.nd are 79, and I do not know what the limitations contained in that receiving more than $1,000. act are; but if we strike out the provision to which the Senatorr It is to be remembered that the Consular Service this year refers and merely make the appropriation in this act there will yielded to the Government a revenue of m·er $2,000,000; it a be no limitation. great deal more than pays for itself. Next year, with the in­ l\Ir. LODGE. Public a.ct No. 79 of the Sixty-sixth Congress creased fees on passports and vist$, it is estimated by the depart­ simply extended the provisions of the act approved l\fay 22, ment that their net revenue will be over $9,000,000, so that the 1918. The bill we are now conside1·ing c!oes the same thing. 1921. CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-SENATE. 3385

Mr. UNDERWOOD. What I am trying to find out is what called· Crfgnier- claim for damages in connection with the search was the act that is e.."\:tended? What is the Durpose of this fo~ the b.ody of John Paul Jones was reported favorably by the legislation? committee.? 1\.fr. LODGE. The purpose is to enable us to collect the pass- Mr. LODGE. Tile committee reported the amendment fav~r- port and vise fees which were pro\ided for in the act of May 22, ably. 1918, and, in orde:c to do that, we have to extend the provisions 1\fr: KNOX. I did not think the committee had reported it of that. which authorized the imposition of such fees. favorably. l\lr. UNDERWOOD. The provision, then, as amendeo, will l\!r. LODGEr I am sorry that is the Senator's impression. pro\ide for the collection of the same fees thai: were flx.ed by the I understood the committee to· \ote for it. last piece of legislation on the subject? Mr. KNOX. I am opposed to it. I opposed the claim in the Mr. LODGE. Yes; in the measme that we adopted last year. committee; and l have a.n impression, although, of course, I It is designed to prevent our losing such fees because of the s~all not insist ~pon be.ing positive about it-that is, I am posi~ expiration of the act. tive about the rmpresswn, but I will not make any statement Mr. HARRISON. I wish to ask the Senator a question along about the fact if the clulirma.n of the committee says that the the same line. As I understand, the House has passed a separate committee voted in favor of the claim-- bill extending act No. 79, or the pre\ious act of l\Iay 22, 1918, as ~Ir. LODGE. There was- no toll call, I will say to the Sen- amended? a tor,. but I understood the committee to adopt it. 1\fr. LODGE. As I understand, a bill extending public act 1\fr_ KNOX. On the assumption that the committee did adopt No. 79 was :reported, but I do not think it has been passed. it, and that it is properly in the bill-and I do assume that- Mr. HARRISON. My recollection is that it has passed the I, of course, have the right to oppose the claim on the floor. House and is now before the Immigration. Committee o:L the l\!:r. LODGE. Doeg the Senator desire to make a l)oint of· Senate. It extends the act which, unless action is taken, will, order? as I understand, expire on. the 4th of March, 1921. It should' be Mr. KNOX. I will not resort to that. The United States extended. had nothing to do with the exeavutions which were made in the 1\Ir~ LODGE. It ought to be extended; yes. effort to locate the bones of John Paul Jones. That was an Mr. HARRISON. This provision extends that act, does- it? enterprise undertaken by a very public-spirited gentleman by 1\fr. LODGE: It only extends the act which applies to pass- the name of Gen. Horace Porte.r. Gen. Horace Porter himself port and vise fees. undertook to bear the expense of the search fo:r the bones of 1\fr. HARRISON. The Senator does not think it advisable that distingnished hero, perhaps- aided bY other high-minded and wise to add, as another proviso, the bill which h:l.S passed and patriotic gentlemen who desired to liave them brought to the House and is now before the Senate dealing with this this counb.:y:. · question and extending the act? The facts in regard to this claim, as I understand them-and 1\Ir. LODGE. I think the p:co\ision in this bill e:rtends the they did come to me in my capaeity as Secretary of State some original act. It does what act No. 79 did. That is my under- sears ago---were ti1at Mr. Horace Porter had entered into an standing. agreement With the lady owning this house beneath whose 1\.fr. HARRISON. It is all right ir it does that, because I· foundations it was- supposed they would have to excavate that think it should be extended. he would pay he1· so runny thousand francs--the number of Mr. LODGE.- I say I think it does. The bill now provides: francs I have now forgotten'-for any damage that might result For expenses of re~:Ulating entry into· tlie United States, in accor-d- to he:r property by reason of this excavation, and the money ance with the provisions of the act approved May 22, 1918, and of this- wnB"· paid to her. As is- usual in such cases, after the excava- act- tfon had been made, and after the damages that were to~ result That is, the one we are now considering. from this excavatiun had been paid for, the owner of the prop- Mr. HARRISON. I have not had time to stutly the Illiuse erty- dis-co'9'ered that a greater amount of damffge than she had bill which I have in mind. in contemplation at the. time she received payment for pros- 1\!'l'. LODGE. If tlie Senator will look. up the pro\iso whiah pective damage had been inflicted upon her property. .A.c- we ha-r-e added to the House te~t he will find that it reads: cordingly, instead of presenting a claim to Mr. Borace- PoTter That the provisions of thE> 3.Ct approved May 22, 1918, shall, in so who had conducted. the work upon. his- own responsibility sh~ far as they relate tn requiring pa ports and vi~s from aliens seeking ded th h rtn.,.t t• ch 1 to ' to come to the United States, continue in force and effect untll other- procee • roug ""'l' oma H! annes, present a claim wise provided by law. against the United States for three or four tfmes as much as lllr. HARRISON. That should be adt>pted and the act should. the estimated amount of the damage wb.kh htrd been paid to be extended-- her. 1\Ir. LODGE. 1 think so. :Mr. President, there is no 'reason on e-arth why the people- of Mr. HARRISON. Becnuse it is one was of restricting lm- the United States should assume this burden, unless it be for migration into this country at this- partlcuHrr. time. . that reason which seems to underlie so many appropriations The VfCE PRESIDENT. The quesUurr ts on «gre-eing to of public money, that it is another chance to give away the the amendment o:IIered by the Senator :from l\1assachm;etts. taxpayer's money for something with which the taxpayer- had The amendment was agreed to. nothing to do. The VICE :PRESIDENT. The question now recurs on the Mr. LODGE. Mr. PreSident, I do not think there was any amendment whicli tl:re Secretary has read inserting a proviso pretense that there is a legal claim in. this matter: It was­ orr page 28, beginnirrg in line :13. Without- objection, the amend- "Presented by the French G.ov-ernment in behalf of this lady ment is agreed to. on the ground that the damage, as the Senator from Penn yi- Mr. LODGE. I move, on pag.e 28, to strike out lin-es 18 to 21, \ania says, had been much greater than was anticipated. inclusive, as the proVision embodied in those lines- hns been Corning tn that way, I understood that a majority of the com­ made unnecessary by the adoption by the Senate of the clause mittee thought it wo11ld be well to put it on the bilL; but I in regard to the purchase ot embassies and Ie-gattons. quite understand the grounds of the objection made by the The VICE PRESIDENT. The amendment will be stated.. Senator from Pennsylvama, and I want to assure him that I The RE.A.DING CLERK. On page 28, atter line 17, it is proposed did not intend to put ill ru:rything to which he had not agreed. to strike out: The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreclng to the· For such expenses, not otherwise provided for. herein, as may be amendment of the committee. necessary to enable the President to conduct and maintain any em- The amendment was rejected. bassy, legation, or consnla:r office !Ulthorlzed by law, $41.,300. The reading of the bill was resumed. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment of the Committee- on Foreign, Relations The reading of the bill was resumed. was, an page 29, after line 7,. to insert : The next amendment of the Committee on Foreign R-elations FOR THE RELIEF oF THE coNTnrDuTons To TilE ELLEN r.r. sToSE nA~solr was, on page 28, after line 21, to inseTt : FUND. PAYMENT TO Tli1!f CO'VERNMEXT. OF" FlfAXCE': The Secr-etary Ot the 'ftea;sury i.,g: hereby authorized and directed to Fo~: pay.:nent to the Government of Franc-e., rr~ a matter of grn.ce and return to such contributors.- OJ:;. in. the event of the death of any such­ without reference to the question of liability therefo"r, th·e sum of contributors, to the. legal :representati'ves thereof, as may file thetr $4,928 for full indemnity for losses suffered by Madame CriJ::Jli.e'C by cla.~-w within one year: from.. the: passnge of this net, tb.e monev sub­ !-"eason o~ a search for the body of. .Admiral John Paul Jones, undertaken scribed by such contrlbutors.. to tmY the r::msom for the release ol Miss. m 1899 oy Gen. Horace- Porter, at t1lat time Am-erican ambassador to Ellen. M.. Stone, an ~erican; missionary to Turkey, who was abducted France~ and completed by the finding of the body in 1905, ae set forth b~ btigantls on September 3:, 190:1. said total sum nat to eXceed $66,000. In the message o~ the President ot the Unltcd states to- the Senate and. The amendment was agneed. to. the House of Representatives dated June 4 . . ' 191. 8· . Mr. POMERENE. Mr. President, this approDciation hns been 1Ur. KNOX. :Mr.. ~es~rlen t,. I deSJ.re to mqmre o~ the chair- authorized by a vote of the Senate some fou-r o:t: fi\e dit'fe:cent man of the comm1ttee 1f tbe amendment. emhodymg the so- I· times,. and I. ha.Te before me the. fa.vorabie repart of.. th.e- Ro~cm: 3386 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN~L\TE. FEBRUARY 18,

Committee on Claims, Report No. 1398, Sixty-third Congress, Accordingly, I have the honot· to advise that Congress be recommended to appropriate an amount sufficient to repay the contributot·s third session, written by Congressman Pou. It contains the Respectfully submitted. · letter to the President by the then Secretary of State, Mr. Root. ELIHU ROOT, I ask that pages 1 and 2 and part of page 3 be incorporated in the REcoRD for the information of the House. THE WIIITEJ HOUSE. Washington, October 7, 1911,. The VICE PRESIDE~T. Without objection, it is so ordered. MY DEAR MR. Pou: I am quite sure that it is not necessary to remind '.rhe matter referred to is as follows: you of the bill before the Committee on Claims with regard to reimburs­ The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1864) ing those who contributed to the fund for the ransom of Miss Ellen M. Sto~e from the Turks: for I know tha ~ your committee has again and for the relief of the contributors to the Ellen M. Stone ransom fund, agrun approved the brll. I take the liberty, however, of sending you having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that Miss Stone's letter to me. It gives me the opportunity to say how sin· it do pass. cerely I hope that at the next session of Congress this bill may be The object of this bill is to make an appropriation and authorize the passed. Secretary of the Treasury to return the certain amounts contributed by Cordially and sincerely, yours, the friends, churches, and other organizations throughout the United WOODROW "WILSOX, States to create a fund sufficient to secure the release of Miss Ella M. Hon. EDWARD W. Pou, Stone, an .Amet·ican missionary to Turkey. She was captured by brig­ ands on the 3d day of September, 1901, while in company with a small House of Representatives. company of Turkish travelers on their way from Raslog to Djumabala, in the Empire of Turkey, and held fot· a ransom 172 days in the moun­ DEPART~IE~T OF STATE, tains of Bulgaria. Messrs. Kidder, Peabody & Co., bankers, of Boston, Washingto!l, July 15, 1911,. Mass., and custodians of the ransom fund, have furnished the committee wtth a list of the contributors, which is hereto appended and made a SIR : At the request of Miss Ellen l\1. Stone. the American missionarv part of this report. Bills similar in import to this one have passed who was abducted by Turkish br·igands in 1901, the department desi::e':; the Senate three times. Under date of March 26, 1908, President Roose­ to call attention to the meE:sage of President Roosevelt to the Congress velt addressed a letter to the Senate and House of Representatives, ~arch 2G, 1908, transmitting the letter of Secretary Root on the sub­ transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, both of which are Ject of repayment by the Government to the contributors of the money made a part of this report. Appended hereto is a letter from the Presi­ raised to pay the ransom for the release of Miss Stone, amounting to !1ent of the United States under date of October 7, 1914, and one from $66,000. It appears that the Department of State announced in 1901, the Secretary of State under date of July 15, 1914, both of which are while Miss Stone was in the hands of the brigands, that if the ransom also made a part of this report. were raised and paid by private persons evet·y effort would be made to obtain reimbursement from the Government which might be found :-e­ To the Senate and IIouse of Representatives: sponsible under international law, and, in the event of it proving im­ I transmit herewith for the consideration of the Congress a letter possible to hold any foreign Government responsible, the department from the Secretary of State on the subject of the repayment to the con­ was willing to urge that Con~ress appropriate money to repay the con­ tributors of the money raised to pay the ransom for the release of Miss tributors. Subsequent investigation appeared to show the irresponsi­ Ellen M. Stone, an American missionary to Turkey, who was abducted bility of any foreign Gove:rnment, and therefore the department tak<>s by brigands on September 3, 1901, while traveling on the highway from this occasion again to recommend that Congress make such appropria­ Raslog to Djumabala in the Turkish Empire. tion. I have the honor to be, sir, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Your obedient servant, THE WHITEl HOUSE, March £6, 1908. W. J. BRYAX. IIon. EDWARD W. Pou, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Ohait·man Committee on Claims, IIouse of Representatives. Washington, March 2 .~, 1908. The reading of the bill was concluded. The PRESIDE~T : .As will be remembered, Miss Ellen M. Stone, an American missionary , 1\fr. 1\fOSES. Mr. President, have the committee amendments to Turkey, was abducted by brigands on September 3, 1901, while trav­ been disposed of? eling on the highway from Raslog to Djumabala in the Turkish Empire The VICE PRESIDENT. They have. Our diplomatic and consular representatives in Turkey, in corre: spondence with the Department of State. shortly after the capture in­ 1\fr. MOSES. I offer the amendment which I send to the dicated their belief that the motive therefor was to obtain a ransom,' and desk, and ask to have it stated. stated that they had requested the Turkish officials to abstain from too The VICE PRESIDENT. The amendment will be stated. close pursuit of the brigands lest the death of the captured Inight result. From later correspondence with our representatives it appeared that The READING CLERK. On page 29, after line 18, it is proposcu the brigands had retired to the mountains with the captive probably to insert the following : over the border into Bulgaria. The exact location of the pa~ty during the captivity, however, is not established by any evidence in the posses­ For expenses of delegates, not exceeding 10 in number, to be desig­ sion of the Department of State, nor does it appear clearly of wh!lt nated by the President, to the Sixteenth International Congress Government the bandits were subjects. Against Alcoholism at Lausanne, Switzerland, August, 1921, not to About October 1, 1901, the bandits opened negotiations for a ransom exceed $7,425, to be paid out of the unexpended balance of the appt·o­ demanding £25,000 and transmitting a letter from Miss Stone asking priations heretofore made for the Fifteenth International Congt·ess that the sum demanded be paid and that pursuit of the brigands by the Against Alcoholism, said amount including secretarial and stenographic Turkish troops be stopped. work and transcription of reports. Our diplomatic representatives were of the opinion that Miss Stone's. release could only be obtained by the payment of the ransom, and the Mr. LODGE. That carries no appropriation; and as far as State Department shared this view. Miss Stone's friends, of course en­ I can, on behalf of the committee, I am very glad to accept it. tered into correspondence with the department regarding the payment The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to tho of the ransom and were told that it must be raised by private means. On October 3, 1901, the State Department telegraphed to the Rev amendment offered by the Senator from New Hampshire. Judson Smith, of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign The amendment was agreed to. Missions (this dispatch was forwarded subsequently by Dr. Smith to 1\Ir. CAPPER. I call up the amendment which I offered to Mr. Charles A. Stone as " the proper custodian of this"), Boston, Mass., as follows: the item for the support of the Interuational Institute of Agri· "It seems imperative that the amount (of the ransom) should be culture. raised or pledged so as to be available by :rour treasurer at Constanti­ The VICE PRESIDENT. The amendment will be stated. nople in season to save Miss Stone. Statutory prohibitions make it impossible for this Government to advance the money or guarantee its The READING CLERK. On page 14, line 25, it is proposed to payment. If paid by Miss Stone's friends, every effort will be made to strike out " $3,600," and in lieu thereof to insert the following : obtain reimbursement from whichever Government may be found respon­ sible under international law and precedent. In the event of its prov­ "$7,500; secretary, $2,500; traveling expenses, $2,500." ing impossible to hold any foreign Government responsible for the The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to capture and to secure the repayment of the money, this Government the amendment offered by the Senator from Kansas. is willing in the last resort to urge upon Congress as strongly as pos­ sible to appropriate money to repay the contributors." The amendment was agreed to. It is claimed that this assurance given by the department in its letter The READING CLERK. On page :1..5, line 5, it is proposed to to Mr. Smith, to the effect that, as a last resort, a recommendation strike out " $16,600," and in lieu thereof to insert " $25,000." would be made to Congress looking toward the appropriation of a sum sufficient to pay the donors, was largely instrumental in enabling Miss The amendment -:7as agreed to. Stone's friends to secure the sum of $66,000, which was raised through Mr. SMOOT. Is that the Lubin job over at Rome? public subscription in this country by October 23, 1001, for the purpose Mr. CAPPER. Yes. of effecting Miss Stone's release. After negotiations of considerable length, the brigands finally con­ The VICE PRESIDENT. He is dead . • sented to accept the amount raised and arrangements were made by Mr. SMOOT. I should like to make a point of order on that. United States Minister Leishman for the payment of the money at a Mr. CAPPER. This simply increases the amount. point near Bansko, Macedonia, the Turkish authorities consenting to withhold their troops from the vicinity of the place ln order that the Mr. SMOOT. I know it does. negotiations might have a successful issue. Mr. LODGE. I do not think it is subject to a point of order. The release of the captive was not obtained so soon as expected but It was finally reported by Minister Leishman on February 23, 1902. ' Mr. SMOOT. is not estimated for. After careful consideration of all the facts, my predecessor, Mr. Hay, Mr. LODGE. Of course, it is estimated for. decided on January 19, 1905, that it was not advisable to attempt to Mr. SMOOT. I thought when 1\Ir. Lubin died we would ha\e hold the Turkish Government responsible for the capture and to secure the repayment of the money. Unon the subsequent application for recon­ at least that much saved. I shall not say anything more about sideration of this decision, Mr. Hay, again on April 11, 1905, reaffirmed it, however. the judgment which he bad originally expressed. Upon a further review of The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill is still before the Senate, the same subject I have come to the conclusion that it is not advisable to reverse or change the conclusion which Mr. Hay reached. as in Committee of the 'Vhole, and open to amendment. If It would seem, therefore, that the executive department is bound to there be no further amendment to be proposed, the bill will be make good its promise to recommend to Congress that money be appro­ reported to the Senate. priated to repay the ransom money. a promise which was probably relied upon by many of those who contributed of their private means to save The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the the life of an American citizen believed to be in the gravest peril• amendments were concurred in.

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The amendment& were ordere£L to be engrossed, and the. bill an ordnance storekeeper of the Ordnance Department, United States Army, with the rank and pay and allowances of a captain, mounted, and to be read a third time. that he be immediately placed upon the retired list. The bill was read the third time and passed. The grade of ordnance storekeeper:. is hereby- revived in the Army of l\lr. LODGE. I mo\e that the Senate request a. conference the United' States for this purpose only. with the House of Representatives upon the bill and amend­ The amendments were agreed to. · ments, and that the Chair appoint the conferees on the part of The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the the Senate. amendments were concurred in. The motion was agreed to; and the Vice :-'resident appointed The bill was ordered to be engrossed fora third reading, read 1\Ir. LonGE, Mr. BORAH, and Mr. Hrrc:Hcocx. conferees on the the third time, and passed. part of the Senate. DEFTCIENCY APPROPRIATIONS. DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATTONS. The Senate, as in Committee of the: Whole, resumed the con­ 1\fr. WARR:mN. I ask unanimous: consent that the Senate sideration of the bill (H. R. 15962.) making appropriations to take up the deficiency appropriation bill, H. R. 15962. supply deflciencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending The VICE PRESIDElNT- Is there any objection? June 30, 1921, ami prior fiscal yearn, and for: other purpo es. There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the The VICEl PRESIDENT. The Secretary will read the bill. Whole, proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 15962:) making The Assistant Secretary proceeded to read the bill. appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the The first amendment of the Committee on Appropriations fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and prior ffscal years., and was, at the top of {)age 2, to insert:- for other purposes, whicfi had been reported from the Com­ mittee on Appropriations with amendinents. nunEAu OF EFFICm:XCY. To enable the Bureau of Efficiency to perform the duties imposed Mr. WARREJN. I ask. unanimous consent that the formaL upon it by the legislative, executive. and judicial appropr1ation act ap­ reading of the bill be d1spensed with, and thn.t it be read fo~ pro-ved May 29, 1920, $.20,000. amendment, the amendments of the committee to be first con­ The amendment was agreed to. sidered. Mr. CURTIS. I offer the amendment which I send to the The VICE PRESIDE"NT. I& there any objection_? The Chair desk. hears none, and it is-- so ordered. The VICE PRESIDE~T. The Secretary will state the amend­ APPOINTMENT OF ORDNANCE STOREKEEPER IN THE ARMY. ment. :Mr. NELSO.r: . Mr. President, I ask the Senator from Wyom­ The ASSISTANT SECRETARY. On pag_e 2, after. line 6, it is pro­ ing if he will be kind enough to lay aside the deficiency bill in posed to insert a separate paragraph, to read: Executive office : The accounting officers of the District at Columbia order that I may call up a very shor_t bill reported by- the are authorized to pay J. Thilman Hendrick the salary of a- Commis­ Committee· on Military Affairs, which I think will lead to no sionel! of the District of. Columbia for the period. he entered upon the discussion and no debate? duties of that office to and including March 4. 1921. notwithstandin~ the provisions or section 1761 of the Revised Statutes ot the United Mr. WARREN. No. Mr. President; I can not la-y the bill States. aside. If the Senator's bill, as he says, is short and will not lead to debate, I have no objection to his trying to get it The amendment was agreed to. passed now. The reading of the bill was resumed. 1\fr. NELSON. I ask unanimous consent for the present con­ The next amendment of the Committee on Appropriations sideration of Senate bill 4912, to authorize the appointment of an was, on page 2, after the amendment just agreed to, ro insert: ordnance storekeeper in the Army. It has been reported by the OENERAL EXPENSES. Committee on Military Affairs. It is just half a dozen lines­ District of Columbia employees' compensation fund: For carrying out the provisions of section 11 of the District of Columbia awropri­ long and will not lead to any debate. The {>a5Sage of the bill ation act, approved .July 11, 1919, extending to the employees of: the is t·ecommended by the: War Department. government of the District of. Columbia the provisions of the act ap­ 1\fr. SMOOT. Mr. President, I will ask the Senator if this:- is proved September 7, 1916, entitled ".An act to provide compensation for the bill creating the position o'f ordnance storekeeper in order employees o-t the United States sulrering injuries while in the perform­ -ance of. their duties, and. for othe:~:. purposes," 2.000. to give a man a :gosition in the Army? · Mr. KING. Yes; that is it. The a-mendment was agreed to. M1.·. NELSON. No; this bill refers to a man who has been_ The next amendment was, on page 2, after line 20, to insert: Coroner's office: For purchase and maintenance., hire of livery or for over 43 years ordnance clerk in the War Department and means of transportation for the coroner's office and the morgue, jurors' has rendered faithful and efficient service. He has ne-ver taken teea, witness. fees, removal of. deceased pers.ons, making autopsies, ice, his annual leave; he has oftentimes- worked Sundays-; and this disinfectants, telephone service, and other necessary supplies for. the morgue, and the necessary expenses of. holding inquests, including is to put him on the retired list, and immediately retire. him, stenographic services in taking testimony, and photographing unidenti­ and give him the pay of a retired captain. fied bodie , 1,700. Mr. SMOOT. I think that is half of it, lli. President, but I. The amendment was- agreed to. think the other half is to give a position to another officer, is.. it­ The next amendment was, on page 3, after line 3, to insert: not? For. advertising notice of: taxes in arrears .July 1, 1920, as requil·eil Mr~ NELSON. It does not increase the Army o: bit. He is to. to be given by act of March 19, 1890, to be reimbursed by a ch-arge of be immediately retired. I trust the Senator will make no ob­ 50 cents for each lot or piece of property advertised, $2,200 : PrO'Vid.ecl, That hereafter no more than 1,000 copies of the pamphlet of taxes in jection to the consideration of the bill. arrears shall be printed, and a charge of nat less than cost plus 10 Mr. SMOOT. I have not the i4,

The next amendment was, on page 4, after line 20, to insert: valuation of the several classes of properi.y of carriers subject thereto, etc., including the same objects specified under this head in the sundry FIRE DEPARTMENT. civil appropriation act for the fiscal year, $1,000,000. For repairs and improvements of fire boat, $700. The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was, on page 11, after line 12, to insert: The next amendment was, on page 4, after line 23, to insert: For transportation of diplomatic and consular officers, including the same objects specified under this head in the Diplomatic and Consular HEALTH DEPARTMENT. appropriation act for the fiscal year 1921, $100,000. For enforcement of the provisions of an act to provide for the drain­ age of lots in the District of Columbia, approved May 19, 1896, and The amendment was agreed to. an act to provide for the abatement of nuisances in the District of The next amendment was, on page 12, after line 21, to insert: Columbia by the commissioners, and for other pm·poses, approved April The limitation for the fiscal year 1921 as to the number of delivered 14, 1906, $500. sheets of customs stamps is increased from 276,000 to 520,000. The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was, on page 5, after line 3, to in ert: The next amendment was, at the top of page 13, to insert: For contingent expenses incident to the enforcement of an act to OFFlCE OF THE CO!IIPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. regulate the sale of milk in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, approved March 2, 1895; an act relating to the adulteration To pay the American Express Co. the sum of $470.80 due for trans­ of foods and tlrugs in the District of Columbia, approved ii'ebruary 17, portation of currency, as authorized by the act of May 30, 1908, the 1898 ; an act to prevent the adulteration of candy in the District of appropriation for which expired by limitation before the bills for these Columbia, approved May 5, 1898 ; an act for preventing the manufac­ shipments had been settled, $470.80. ture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous The amendment was agreed to. or deleterious food , drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes, approved June 30, 1906, $400. The next amendment was, on page 13, after line 22, to insert: PAYMENT TO W A..LSTO::'< H. BROWN AND OTHERS. The amendment was agreed to. To pay Walston II. Brown, sole surviving partner of the firm of The next amendment was, on page 5, after line 14, to insert : Brown, Howard & Co., $65,792.53 ; to the Philadelphia· & Reading Coal For the maintenance of a dispensary or dispensaries for the treat­ & Iron Co.. $26,400.30; and to the estate of Henry A. V. Post, ment of persons suffering from tuberculosis and of persons sutlering $50,359.35, as adjudged by the Court of Claims upon its findings of fact. from venereal diseases, including payment for personal service, rent, and supplies, $500. The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was, on page 14, after line 15, to insert: For reimbursement of John 1\I. Rogers, paying teller in the Office of The next amendment was, on page 5, after line 18, to insert: the Assistant •.rreasurer at Chicago, Ill., for amounts made good by him CO"CRTS. on ac-count of losses incurred in the payment of disbursing officer's checks upon indorsements which were later found to have been forged, Juvenile court: For transportation and traveling expenses to secure $315.44. the retl!I'n _of absconding probationers, $150. The amendment was agreeu to. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was, on page 15, line 19, to increase the The next amendment ''as, on page 6, line 5, in the items for appropriation for expenses to enforce the provisions of the support of convicts, to change the appropriation from "$50,000" national prohibition act, etc., from "$1,000,000" to "$1,450,000." to "$25,000." Mr. WARREN. We put in this amendment exactly what was . The amendment was agreed to. asked for, and what was estimated, but we have decided to The next amendment was, on page 7, after line 2, to insert: reduce the amount from $1,450,000 to $1,400,000. So that CHARITIES .AND CORRECTIOXS. should be made $1,400,000 instead of $1,450,000, on line 19, Home for the Aged and Infirm : For provisions, fuel, forage, bar­ page 15. ness and vehicles and repa.irs to same, ice, shoes, clothing, dry goods, PRESIDE~T. will tailoring, drugs and medical supplies, furniture and bedding, kitchen The VICE The Secretary report the utensils, and other necessary items, including ma:i'ntenance of motor amendment. trucks, $5,500. The ASSISTANT SECRETARY. On line 19. page 15, reduce the The amendment was agreed to. amount to be inserted by striking out "$1,450,000" and insert­ The next amendment was, on page 7, after line 8, to insert: ing in lieu thereof "$1,400,000." Board of Children's Guardians: For adminstrative expensE*>, in­ The amendment to the amendment was agreed to. cluding placing and visiting children, city directory, purchase of books. The amendment as amended was agreed to. of reference and periodicals not exceeding $25, and all office and The next amendment was, on page 16, line 2, to increase the sundry expenses, $1,000. appropriation for refunding taxes illegally collected from The amendment was agreed to. " $1,000,000 " to " $4,435,000.'' The next amendment was, on p·age 7, after line 12, to insert: Mr. WARREN. In the amendment on page 16, line 2, before For maintenance of feeble-minded children (white and colored), the numerals "$4,435,000," I move to strike out the word "to.'' $2,500. The amendment to the amendment was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The amendment as amended was agreed to. The next amendment was, on page 7, after line-14, to insert: The reading of the bill was rE>sume

1\Ir. \VARREN. I have bad no communication concerning it. Mr. S1\f00T. I do not think there is a person living who can The matter would not be in order at this time, and I may t::;ay do that. If the House agrees to these matters, then I know of to the Senator that Congress has never failed to respond in any many other claims, of course, that I shall want to have taken emergency or when there was any epidemic. I will say further care of. I think, perhaps, there should be a general law cover­ to the Senator that I know, from the feeling of the Committee ing the whole question, but as a majority of the committee ha 'e on Appropriations of the Senate, that in any emergency of that agreed to the claims, I am not going to say anything further kind we would take up a resolution and pass it, and the House until after the conference report is made. would probably do the sam€, as we did a few days ago when l\lr. WARREN. Referring to the remarks of the Senator a deficiency of a million dollars was passed in an hour through from Utah and to the inquiry of the Senator from Iowa, of both Houses. course we should enact a law to do away with these claims, but l\lr. CALDER. I am only anxious to have it made clear, be­ heretofore we have provided for certain classes of war claims c-ause I have been in receipt of a number of communications in occurring on account of certain transactions if made within the last day or two from New York, and there is some fear of certain dates. For instance, in the matter of public buildings, this epidemic spreading. post offices, and courthouses, we passed a law that contracts 1\lr. WARREN. The Senator has shown me the letter from should all be taken care of and considered by the authorities, the Public Health Service, and the Surgeon General has evi­ and that we would make good to the extent of the exact cost dently satisfied himself, by a survey, perhaps, that certain addi­ of those that were contracted for just before the war increase tions and improvements should be made. But they are not in the prices of commodities, where the bids were made before connected especially with any emergency or any disease. On the war but accepted afterwards. In that law we provided taking over the quarantine station from the State of New York, that they would consider only tilose claims that were presented he wants to make some changes, just as every housekeeper does within 90 days, I think it was, so· that it was intended only to when taking over a house which some one else has occupied. I provide for a certain few, relief for all of which we expected do not believe it is in any case an emergency, and, of course, it would be applied for. is in no case a deficiency. · We have appropriated under that legislation, I think, $1,500,- So I trust tile Senator will not offer it, as I shall have to 000 perhaps, but we seem to be getting about to tile end of make the point of order. those claims, as we are with reference to the Gillespie claims 1\lr. CALDER. I shall not offer it, particularly in view of the and others. There were certain levee and river and harbo·r fact that the Treasury Department has made no request for It. claims, but I hope we have reached about the end of those. I l\1r. WARREN. I will say that letters are continuing to come should be glad to join with th~ Senators who have spoken of it, from the Treasury Department, but nothing has occurred to and other Senators, in legislating all this twilight zone out of cause a change, and we have read every one of them up to this existence, so that we may come back to exact contracts and time as fast as they could be printed, and some that were not exact conformance with contracts. printed. . l\1r. KENYON. Mr. President, I voted against this claim in l\lr. COLT. l\1r. President, in regard to what the Senator the committee and I shall vote against it now. I wish to be from New York [1\Ir. CALDER] has said, let me say that a few in ·a position to vote against all claims of this lUnd in the moments ago I talked with Commissioner Wallace, and be was future. I do not wish to be bound by any precedent in voting speaking about the necessity of the Federal Government taking for this claim. I realize that there is possibly something to be over the quarantine regulations instead of their being in the said in its favor, but note the words of the bill and effect of bands of the State authorities, in order to secure concentration having those go out to the country as evidence that Congress is and unity of management, both with regard to the question of recognizing claims of this character. I read: quarantine and with regard to the work of the health bureau, Such extra expense being the increased cost of labor due to direct and also with regard to examinations at Ellis Island. The com­ Government competition in the local labor market and overhead costs during the period subsequent to the original· completion date, which extra missioner regarded such action as most important to meet the wa8 required because such labor as was available was incompetent. present emergency. The reading of the bill was continued. It seems to me there is absolutely no end to the claims that The next amendment-was, on page 19, line 10, to increase the. will be presented in the future by those who have done any appropriation for repairs to Coast Guard cutters from " $75,000 " Government work if the reasons given here are sufficient to pay to "$425,000" and to add: "including not more than $300,000 a claim of til is character. for rebuilding the Coast Guard cutter Onondaga, so as to read: l\fr. JONES of Washington. I wish to ask the Senator if he can see any difference between this claim and the claim of a For repairs to Coast Guard cutters, $425,000, including not more than $300,000 for rebuilding the Coast Guard cutter Onondaga. private individual for performing a contract that he had made, the cost of which was increased by reason of Government com- · The amendment was agre~d to. petition in the neighborhood? The next amendment was, on page 2~. after line 7, to insert : Mr. KENYON. No; not at all. Every person who performed Payment to the T . .A. Gillespie Loading Co.: For payment of the any contract with the Government and got the worst of the mat­ claims for damage to and loss of private property occasioned by the explosions and fire at t he plant of the T. A. Gillespie Loading Co., at ter because of incompetency of labor or because of govern­ Morgan, N. J., which have been determined by the Secretary of War mental competition has a claim that he can present here in and agreed to by the claimants and in amounts not exceeding those the future and have this precedent for its payment. enumerated in the letter of the Secretary of War as submitted to Congress at the present session in Senate Document No. 363, $285,141.41. The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the committee amendment. Tbe amendment was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was, on page 22, after line 20, to insert: The next amendment was, on page 23, after line 10, to insert: CHICKA :\ l.it:G~ A.XD CR~TT.!KOOGA. NATIOXA.L MILITARY PARK. RIVER AND HARBOR WORK. For the restoration of "Bond Bridge," located on the Government MacLemore Cove Road which is a highway included in the authorized For payment of claims adjusted and settled under section 4 of the roads of the park system, $8,000. river and harbor appropriation act approved June 25, 1910, and section 9 of the river and harbor act approved June 5, 1920, and certified to The amendment was agreed to. Congress during the present session in Senate Document No. 378, The next amendment was, at the top of page 23, to insert: $1,200.11. PAY:liE:>IT TO J.EAVENWORTTI BRIDGE CO. The amendment was agreed to. To pay the Leavenworth llridge Co., of the cny of Leavenworth, The next amendment was, on page 23, after line 16, to insert : Kans., the sum of $30,843.45 in settlement for extra expense in the Readjustment of contracts: For amounts found to be due various building of the bridge across the Republican River at Fort Riley, contractors under the provisions of section 10, river and harbor act Kans., such extra expense being the increased cost of labor due to approved March 2, 1919, on certain contracts for work on river and direct Government competition in the local labor market and overhead harbor improvements entered into bllt not completed prior to April 6, costs during the period subsequent to the original completion date, 1917, for work performed between April 6 1917, and July 18, 1918, as which extra was required because such labor as was available was fully set forth in Senate Document No. 384,1 reported to Congress at its incompetent. present session, $362,140.98. Mr. Sl\IOOT. Referring to the claim in the amendment just The amendment was agreed to. ·t read and the claims in amendments immediately following, I The next amendment was, at the top of page 24, to insert: wish to say that I am not going to make a point of order Payment to Roach, Stansell, Lowrance Bros. & Co. : To . pay the against the amendments, that I will let them go through this sum of $204,307.98 to Rouch, Stansell, Lowrance Bros. & Co., of which $150,110.07 Is for themselves, and $14,953.84 is for the use time, but if the House agrees to them I shall endeavor to have and benefit of their subcontractors, L . Lowrance & Bros. ; $5,376 is a general law passed that will cover all similar cases. ·for the use and benefit of the estate of their subcontractor, George F. l\1r. KENYON. If we are going to open the door to claims of Ramsey, and $15,822.82 is for the use and benefit of their subcon­ tractor, Rodgers Construction Co., and $18,045.25 is for the use and this kind, can the Senator estimate at all what the expenses benefit of their subcontractors, H. N. Rodgers & Bro., being the mil be? aggregate losses incurred by said Roa::h, Stansell, Lowrance Bros. &

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Co. and their ubcontractors in the carryln~ out of certain contracts referred to in a S(!.nate t'Csolutlon of June .19, 1919, under which the The ne.xt amendment was, on page 34, after line llt to insert: 8-eer tns of War as direct~l to report the a.mcunt at losses incm·red That dcfieiencies nnd~ approQl'iatintraets or orders. of June 19, 1919, under which the Secretary or War was directed to The amendment was agreed to. r~rt the amount of losses incurred by the contractors upon contract mentioned in said resolution: .ProvidLJa, That the Secretary of the The next .amendment was~ on page 35, line 5, to strike out Treasul'y,. before paying said sums, shall require evidenca satisfactory "For·~ and insert " The sum of $5,000-,000 of the appropriation to him tnat said contracts have been completed and that there are no ' Maintenance,_ Quartermaster's Department, Marine Corps,' fQr other subcontractors who claim loss for work in eonnection therewith. the fisc.al year 1919 is hereby reappropriated and made available The amendment was agreed to. for," and in line 12 to strike out the numerals " $5,000,000," so The ne::rt amendment was, on page 25, after line 10, to insert: as to read; Payment to the estate of George F. Ra.msey: To pay the sum of Freight, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts : The sum of .$5,000 000 ot $15,561.23 to the estate of George F. Ramsey, levee contractor, of the appropriation " .Maintenance, Quartermaster's Department, Marine which $13,602.27 is for the estate of Geo:.-ge F ..Ramsey and $l.,9l:i8.96 Corps,' !or tbe fisc~ year 1919 is hereby reappropriated and made is for the use and b.enefit of W. II. D€nn1son, lus subcontractor, being avulable for all freight aud express charges pert:Lining to the Navy th~ aggregate losses incurr~d by said George F. Ramsey and his sll.Q­ Department and its. bureaus, except the. transportation of cQal far the 'eontractors in th~ earrying out of certain ~ontracts referred to in a Hureau of Supplies and Acco11nts, for the fiscal year 1921. Senate resolution of June 19. 1919, nuder wbkll the Secretary of War waa directed to report the amount of losses incurred by the contractors The amendment was agreed to. upon contracts mentioned in said resolution : Provideci, That before The next amendment was. on page 3-, after line 1(), to insert: paying said sums the Secretary of tile Treasury shall require satis!ae­ tory evidence that said contract has been completed nnc1 that there are Tbe prices at which material is to be expended from the. naval-supply account shall be fixed by the Paymaster General of the Navy, subject no other subcontractors who clairu'lo&S for work iu connection with to thG approv11.l of the Secretlll'y of the Navy, and materials purchased said contract. dunn.; the war shall be issued at l'COuced prices in all case-s appropriate, The amendment was agreetl to. such di1Terenees in values and losses t() be charged to the respective The next amendment was, on. pn.ge 26, line 5, to increase the funds; and hereafter no charges on this account shall be made to naval appropriation for pay of the Army from " $24,000,000 " to appropriations. " $30,000,000.'' The a.nu~ndment 1ras agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was, on page 36, after line 3, to in. ert: 27, 5, 'l:he sum of $3,000,000 of tbe appropriation •• Maintenance, Quarter­ The next amendment \Yas, on page after line to insert: master's Department, Marine Corps," for the fiscal year 1920 is hereby For the payment to the McCiintic-Marshall Construction Co., as reappropriated and made a.>ll.ilable for the fiscal year 1921 under the recommended in the repo.rt macle to Congress under date of Febru­ following subheads : _ ary 11, 1916, by the commission appointed under the aet of June 24, 1914 and approved by tbe "'overnor of the Panama Canal (II. Doc. Mr. S.."\IOOT. Mr. President, I should like to ask the Senuto.r No. DOO, G4th Cong., 1st sess~, $714,007.39, said amount to be charge­ from Wyoming if thls is not really an additi-onal app1·op.riation able as part of the construction of the Panama Canal and reimbursed rathe-r than trnnsfe.t> of the appropriation heretofore made fo.r to the Treasury of the United States out of the proceeds of the sale a of the bonds authorized by section 8 of the act approved June Z8, Hl02, "Maintenance, Quartermaster's Department, Murine Corps "? and section 39 of the tariff act appro>ed August 5, 1909. On the preceding page, from the unexpended balance of the ap­ The amendment was agreed to. propriation for " Maintenance, Quartermaster's Department, The next amendment was, on page 28, line 15, in the items for Marine Corps," the sum of $5,000,000 is reappropriated and Eastern Branch, Togus, Me., National Home for Disabled Volun­ made availabl~ for" Freight, Bureau of Supplies and A~counts" teer Soldiers, for household, to increase the appropriation from of the Navy Department. They must have had an unexpended " $36,000 " to " 54,000," and in line 19, to increase the total balance; but is not this 1-eally incrBasing the appropriation? from " $<34,500 " to " $82,500." 1\fr. WARREN. Oh, no. The Senato-r from Utah \Yould The amendment was agreed to. readily understand it if he should sit down with a pencil and The next amendment was, on page 28~ line 22, in the items for figure it up. For instance, in line 12, on page 35-, the commit­ the Southern Branch, Hampton, Va.., to inct-ease the appropria­ tee has reported to strike out $5,000,000. That amount is tion for subsistence from" ,.57,000" to" $76,500"; in line 23, for stricken out in one place and reappropriated in another place. household, from " $80,000 " to " $95,000 " ; and in line 27, to in­ It is not additional appropriation, and we are not thereby giving crease the total from "$208,500" to "$243,000 ". any more money. In other words, from prior appropriations of The amendment was agreed to. $120,000,000 there remained $8,000,000 wllich could be usro in The next amendment was, on page 30 line 5, to change the reducing the several amounts which the House hall sent over total for National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers from here. We had to divide it in the way indicated, after confer­ " $610,GOO " to " $663,100 " . ence with the admiral who has charge of the maintenan<:e of The amendment was agreeu to. the service, according to the -various accounts. so as to leave the appropriation clear in the accounts as they are carried on 1 The next amendment was, on page 30, after line 5, to insert: So much as may be necessary of that part of the $46,000,000 appro­ the books. priated in the SUildrY ctvil appropriation act for the fiseal year 1921 The- Navy Department asked for about one hundred nnd for medical and ho pital. services of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance ninety-odd million dollars, prnctically $200,000,000. The House allotted to the Board of Managers of the National Rome fru- Disabled had provided for something like $61,000,000. The item was pre­ Volunteer Soldiers is hereby made available fo~ the erection of 19 sets of double quarters at not exceeding $10,000 each for the medical staff at sented to them before they finished the bill, but they left it with tbe various branches of the National Home for Diso.bled Volunteer the Senate to provide something like a needed $110,000,000 by Soldiers. some legislation which it was thought might be inserted in the The amendment was agreed to. Senate, but which, according to the rules under which the The next amendment was, on page 34, after line 6, to insert the House is working ano the confusion existing there, could not be following proviso : put in by them. They were willing for us to put it in. So we Prov-fdecl, That the sum o.r $1.700,000 is hereby transferred from the put in this amount, but took it out of the appropriations hereto­ appropriation u Provi... ions. Navy" to the appropriation ''Maintenance, fore made, which show a surplus or an unexpenued balance. Supplies and Account ,'' for the iiscal year 19~1. and tbe limitation It specified for :pay of classified employees under the latter appropriation is a clean-up, for that matter, of one hundred and twent:y­ ls correspondmgly increased. odd million dollars wbich has heretofore been appropriated and not used to cover all of these items. So we are using only The amendment was agreed to. ine "fte. the something like $50,000t000 of new money appropriated instead The next amendment was, on page 34, l .._... 6 • " r nu- of $190,000,000. merals « $30,000.000 " to insert : 1 The Senator from Utah has to take into consideration three Provided, That the sum of $1,700,000 is hereby transferred from f ao- f th bill ·· d · t t th tt ~ t " th tbo .npp.topriation '' Prf.lvisions Navy" to the appropriation ".Main- or our P ""es 0 e m or er o ge e rna er O~:~e er. tenanee, IiUPpUes and ae<:<>untS/' tor' the fiscal yea.:r 192.1, and the 1\Ir. SMOOT. The Senator from Wyoming sa.ys that we have limitati<_Jn. spe~ified for pay of ~lassifiecl employees un

$5,000,000 in thnt line is tlte insPrtion of $5,000,000 in line 6, had time I would insist upon finding out the exact balances as the committee amendment proposes. remaining from all appropriations which were made during the Mr. "\VARREN. It is simply a transference, as the Senator war and which were to remain a-vailable until expended. Then will see if he ''ill read it, and not an appropriation. I think it would be wise to repeal those laws and ha>e every Mr. S.MOOT. I nm aware of that, but it is making that sum dollar of the une}..rpended appropriations go back into the Treas­ available for the freight expenses of the Navy Department. ury of the United States. In that way every dollar appropri­ Mr. WARREN. If the Senator from Utah is objecting to ated from now on would be appropriated for the fiscal year in the amount that the department has asked for, of course we which it was to be expended. shall ba ve· to discuss it on that basis; but we made a gain in I do not know how many hundreds of millions of dollars are this case in the current funds by using the $120,000,000 in cut­ yet left over in the War Department. The appropriations were ting down or filling the vacuum that the House expected us to made without limit, not only for the War Department but for fill in the appropriation. We thought it better to exhaust those the Navy Department. I recognize that there is not time to do unused items, as has been partially done, or entirely done, per­ what I suggest at the short session of Congress, but that is what haps, in the case of the Army, and to cut down the live amounts ought to be done in the case of the War Department, and that that much. is what I think will be done in the case of the Navy Depart­ Mr. Sl\IOOT. I do not yet see it. It looks to me like an ment in the fortifications appropriation bill. So long as there appropriation. is an unexpended balance, I do not care in what year the ap­ Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. President, I wish to ask the chair­ propriation ·was made, if it is provided in connection with the man of the committee if we strike out the clause from line 4 to appropriation that it shall remain available to be expended at line 7, on page 36 of the bill, and lea>e it as provided in the bill any time until the full amount is used, then that fund is there, as it carne from the other House, would not the same amount and the head of the department can get hold of it and can have go to the Marine Corps which would go with those lines in? it transferred from year to year, so that it may be available Mr. WARREN. I do not catch the Senator's question. during any given fiscal year. I think that ought to cease now Mr. UNDEH.WOOD. If we strike out lines 4 to 7, inclusive, that the war is over. on page 36, \Yould not the same amount be appropriated under Mr. UNDERWOOD. I agree with the Senator that it might the heading "Maintenance, Quartermaster's Department, Ma­ have been justified during war conditions; but the Senator is rine Corps," as would be appropriated if we put those lines in? exactly right about it. If we are going to control the appropri­ There would be exactly the same amount of money appropriated. ations, we ought to know where they are; but I think the Sena­ 1\lr. WARREN. Exactly the same amount. tor will find that in the acts that we passed right after the war Mr. Sl\IOOT. But this is tor the year 1921. ceased we converted a large number of these items back into the Mr. UNDERWOOD. I know that; but this is what I am com­ Treasury. ing to : I understand that bookkeeping and I am not complain­ 1\lr. SMOOT. We converted about $645,000,000. ing of the committee, because I know how it is done. I know 1\lr. U~TDERWOOD. More than that; a good deal more than that last year the committee carried over and reappropriated a that-something over a billion dollars. very large amount of money from old unexpended appropria­ Mr. SMOOT. Yes; I think that is true, as I recall now; but tions, so that when the balance sheet was struck they did not we have not done it in the case of all of them. stand. as appropriations for that year. I am perfectly willing Mr. UNDERWOOD. I do not think we have. that it shall be done in that way; but now that the election is Mr. SMOOT. Take the case of the Navy: I asked Gen. Lord over and it will be a long time before another election, I think this afternoon to furnish me with the exact amount of all of the we might just as well balance the books. unexpended balances there were in the Navy Department. Exactly the same amount is coming out of the Treasury Whatever those unexpended balances are, I want to have a re­ whether we include the words at the top of page 36 or not. This pealing provision enacted, providing that they shall go back unused balance bas lapsed back into the Treasury; it is not to the credit of the United States, so that there shall not re­ available now; and it does not make any difference whether we main on the statute books hereafter any of these appropriations say we appropriate the amount out of a sum that has lapsed made in years past to be expended whenever the heads of the back into the Treasury or whether we provide it as an original department desire. appropriation ; it is exactly the same charge on the Treasury The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the of the United States, except as a matter of bookkeeping. I have amendment of the committee. not any objection to the committee doing its bookkeeping, I will The amendment was agreed to. say to the chairman of the committee, in its own way; I am not The reading of the bill was resumed. criticizing the chairman of the committee; I know that each Tbe next amendment of the Committee on Appropriations was, party wants to hold down its appropriations, and before elec­ under the bead "Department of the Interior," on page 37, after tions we have to keep our books with that end in view; but I line 18, to insert : think it is just that the record should show that these reap­ CONTINGEXT EXPE~SES. propriations are really appropriations out of the Treasury, I For stationery, including the same objects specified under this head do not think the Republican Party ought to be charged with any­ in the legislative. executive, and judicial appropriation act for the thing more than the money they have spent, but they are the fiscal year 1921, $25,000. party in power ; they are responsible and should assume the re­ The amendment was agreed to. sponsibility of the money they do spend. This amount of money The next amendment was, on page 38, after line 16, to insert: is coming out of the Treasury no matter how this bill is written. IXDIAN SERVICE. I think we ought to recognize that fact and the record ought For support of Indian day, boarding, and industrial schools, including to show it. That is the only purpose I had in rising, for I have the same objects specified under this head in the Indian appropriation no doubt that the appropriations are all right and proper. act for the fiscal year 1921, $290,000. Mr. WARREN. Mr. President, I will say that the thought of The amendment was agreed to. political parties in connection with this matter, or that there The next amendment was, on page 38, after line 21, to insert: To pay audited claims found due by the accounting officers of the could be any attempt to secure political advantage because of Treasury for tbe fiscal years as follows : the transfer of these various amounts as provided in the bill, Purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, 1918, $8,058.47. never entered my head. It seems to me, however, that the Purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, 1919, $79,584.57. Purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, 1920, $153,515.53. Treasury would be in better condition and the Secretary of the Support of Chippewas of Lake Superior, Wis., 1919, $11.51. Treasury would be able to work better if, so to speak, the house Support of Chippewas of Lake Superior, Wis., 1920, $259.70. were cleaned up and he knew what is appropriated for the uses Support of Indians, Blackfeet .Agency, Mont., 1918-19, $69.96. Support of Indians, Blackfeet .Agency, Mont., 1920, $15.43. of the Government, rather than that appropriations should lie Support of Indians of Colville, etc., Agencies, and Joseph's Band of over, subject to be called upon at any minute, and driving him Nez Perces, Washington, 1919, 88 cents. out to borrow money. Support of Indians, Fort Peck Agency, Mont., 1920, $8.51. Mr. UNDEH.WOOD. I have no objection to that, I will say Support of Kickapoos, Oklahoma, 1920, 98 cents. Support of Pawnees, employees, etc., Oklahoma, 1919, $18.56. to the Senator, except as to the old appropriations. They have Indian school, Carson City, Nev., 1919, $12.21. lapsed ; they were only continued for the last year. I merely Indian school, Carson City, Nev., irrigation system, 1920, $348.65. Indian school, Carson City, Nev., sewerage system, 1920, $95.78. want the record to show that the Treasury is chargeable with Indian school, Fort Mojave, .Ariz., 1919, $32.04. this money. · Indian school, Genoa, Nebr., 1919, $91.53. Mr. WARREN. Some of the past appropriations for the Navy Indian school, Greenville, Calif., 1919, $3. 70. Indian school, Cherokee, N. C., repairs and Improvements, 1920, were available until expended; but I am willing to say that the $1,813.92. . Navy Department has run behind and has asked for deficiencies Indian school, Phoenix, Ariz., repairs and improvements, 1919, amounting to nearly $200,000,000. $104.50. Indian school, Riverside, Calif., repairs and improveme.nts, 1919, Mr. SMOOT. I think that is right; and I think that is what $10.50. ought to be said, Mr. President. I should like also to say that if we Indian school, Pipestone, Minn., 1920, $405.26. 3392 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 181

Indian ~hool, Wahpeton, N. Dak., 1919, $73.13. the repair arld construction. of. roads, fire lines, trail~, telephone lines, Improvement, maintenan(:e, and operation~.. irrigation system, Fort or otber means of co::nmumcation through or along tne boundaries o:( llall Reservation, Idaho, reimbur able, 1920, :s881.78. the area or areas of blown·down timber on the north and west sides of Irrigation near Jemez and Zin Pueblos, N. Mex., 1920, $164.65. said national forest, and for the employment of extra guards and patrol.. Irrigation project, ceded Ian•ls, Wind River Reservation, Wyo., reim­ men as may be found necessary by the Secretary of Agriculture, $100,000. bursable, 1919, 15.09. Irrigation system, Blactieet Reserva.tion, Mont., reimbursable, 1920, The amendment was agreed to. $169.61. Mr. JONES of Washington. Mr. President, in connection Maintenance and operation, inigation system, Yn.kima Reservation, Wash., reimbursable, 1920 $139.81. with the amendment just agreed to, I ask permission to put int~ Maintenance and operation, Ganado irrigation project, Navajo Reser­ the RECORD a telegram I received several days ago containing vation, Aru., reimbursable, 1920, $101.96. the first information I have had with reference to what may be Maintenance and operation, pumping plant, San Xavier Rescrvn.tion, Ariz., reimbursable, 1920, $347.52. really termed a calamity, and also a telegram which I receive<} Maintenanca and operation, water works, 'Fapago Indlan vil1ages, this morning from the Chamber of Commerce of Aberdeen, in; .Arizona, 1920, $9.79. Surveying and allotting, Indian resen·ations:, reimbursable. 1920, which they say they think this amount will not be anything like $1.!11.50. the amount that will be required. I think they are correct in wn.ter supply Navajo ana Hopi Indians, Arizona, reimbursable, 1918- that belief, and I feel satisfied that when the facts are all 19 $2.94. . . \Vater s!Jpply, Navajo and Hopi Indians, .Arizona, reimbursable, 1920, developed Congress will appropriate whatever money may be $3 000. necessary to take care of the GQvernment property. \vat~r supply, Papago Indian villages, Arizona, 1920, $152.56. As I wrote to them, this appropriation is simply such an Highway from Mesa Verde Nation11l Park to Gallup, N. Mex., reim- appropriation as we thought it was wise to make on the facts bursable, 1920, $652.68. . 'l'oppenish and Simcoe Creeks Irrigation System, Yakima Reserva· that were presented to us. Congress will be in session all the tion, Wash,, reimbursable, 1920, $4,000. summer, and when the facts are actually secured and the cond.i<~ Suppl'esslng contagious diseases among live stock of Indians (no year), tions are fully realized we shall be in a position to do whatever $3,000. In nll, $258,585.21. may be necessary in order to protect the interests of the Govern­ Mr. WARREN. 1\lr. President, on page 41, line 16, I move t9 ment. strike out the words "no year" and the parentheses. There being no objection, the telegrams referred to were The amendment to the amendment was agreed to. ordered to be printed in the RECor.n, ns follows: The amendment as am~ded was agreed to. BELLINGILAM~ W.ASH.~ February 10~ 1921. The next amendment was, on page 41, after line 17, to insert! Ron. W. L. Jor-""Es, United. States Senate, Washington, D. 0.: To pay tbe Pawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma in full and final settlement for the purchase by the United States of 169,368.02 acres of Belated reports of the great storm of January 2!) west and south of surplus land belonging to said Pawnee Tribe, under the act of Con­ Port Angeles show a property loss probably greater than San Francisco gress approved March 3, 1893 (27th Stats., pp. 612-644), the sum of earthquake. Hundreds of millions of timber down and billions in danger $312,811..27, with interest thereon from September 3, 1920, at the rate of fire. The most valoable forest reserve in the country is a wreck !llld of 5 per cent per annom ns provided in said act of Congress of March large areas must be logged within three year.s or the loss will be S, 1893, and in pursuance of the findings of the Court of Claims of De­ counted in billions. It is the greatest property loss that ever happened cember 6, 1920, as set forth in Senate Document No. 311, Sixty-sixth at one stroke. Fortunately, there is little loss of life. Alex Polson says Congress, third session, $312,811.27. 150,000,000 of his timber out of 500,000,000 is down. Area in-volved 1s from Grays Harbor to Clallam Bay west O'f the Olympics ; about 2,500 The amendment was agreed to. -square miles. To save the wreck, fire must be kept out and Intensive The next amendment was, on page 43, after line 19, to insert: logging under strict regulation. Begin immediately Polson's railway from the south with Goodyear Merrill and Ring and Milwankee from. Yosemite National Park, Calif. : To reimburse the appropriation tor north with Spruce. Railway through center will salvage three-fourths Yosemite National Park, 1921, for cost of rebuilding section of wood­ of timber. Fire danger is so great that you shoUld give Col. Greeley,. stave pipe and trestle leading to power plant destroyed by rock slide chief forester, every support. Martial law may be necessary in dry sea­ January 18, 1921, ~3,000. son. Shall go over there nnd report further to Mr. Hadley next week. The amendment was agreed to. There is no immediate danger, but the possibilities nre tremendous if fire starts near Qulniault or Mora in sunnner ; all life and property 1n The next amendment was, on page 44, line 17, to strike out that country will be wiped out. Support Col. Greeley. " $8,000 " and insert n $12,866.69," so as to read : · J, J. DONO\A~. FREED:\ill~'S HOSPI'r.A.L. For subsistence, fuel and light, clothing, bedding. forage, medicine, ABERDEEN~ WASH., Fe'fn·uary 18, 1921. medical and surgical supplies, surgical instruments, electric lights, re­ w. L. JO~·.'ES, pairs, furniture, motor·pr-opelled ambulance, and other absolutely neces­ United States Srnatc, TVashingt(·1t 1 D. 0 ..: sary expenses, $12,866.69, Situation in Oiympla Peninsula calls for imme.diate provision tor patrolling to guard against forest fires that otherwise are certain to The amendment was agreed to. sweep them this summer. Provision of $100,000, which we understand The next amendment was, on page 45, line 6, in the items for will be given by Federal Government for purpose, will be entirely inade­ Post Office Department, to strike out " $14,500 " and insert quate. Jt small army o:t men are not provided as patrols we believe at least half of 100,000,000,00()--feet of timber sta.nding on Olympia Penin­ " 15,000, of which sum $500 shall be available for the purchase sula will be lost by fires this year, involving loss of hundreds of millions of law books and books of reference," so as to read! llf dollars in Government and privately owned timber. For miscellaneous Items, illcloding the same objects specified under ABERDEEN CHAMBER OF COMMEnCE, this head in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for By W. L. Monms, Secretary. the fiscal year 1921, of which sum not to exceed $500 may be expended for tele;>hone service and not to exceed $90 may be expended for street The VICE PRESIDE~T. The Secretary will continue the car fare, $15,000, of which sum $500 shall be available for the purchase reading of the bilL of law books and books of reference. The reading of the bill was resumed. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment of the Committee on Appropriations wag, The next amendment was, on page 46, after line 14, to on page 53, line 19, to strike out "$150,000" and insert insert: '' $300,000," so as to read: For the pa:vment of the obligations of the Post Office Department to BUREAU OF EXTO.MOLOGY. the United States Railroad Administration for the transportation of the mails during the 26 months ot Federal control ot railroads from Preventing spread of moths: To enable the .Secretary of Agriculture ·;ranuary 1, 1'918, to and including Fcb1·uary .29, 1920, 65.575,832.03.. to meet the emergency caused by the continued spread of tlle gypsy, moth in New England and the discovery of a large colony in the State The mendment was agreed to. o! New Jersey and smaller colonies in the States of New York and The next amendment was, .on page 46, after line 19, to insert: Pennsylvania, and to provide means for the control and prevention ot For transportation of mail by railroad .routes, fiscal year 1920, spread of this insect in the States concerned or elsewhere in the United States, in cooperation with the States eoncerned, including the employ­ $1,!)00.000. ment of persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and The amendment was agreed to. all other necessary expenses, $300;000. The next amendment was, on page 46, after line 21, to '..rhe amendment was agreed to. inse1i: The next amendment was, on page 54, line 12, to increase the For transportn.tion of foreign mails, including: the ~a.me objects speci­ fied under this bead in the Post Office appropriation act for the fiscal appropriation for -eradication of pink bollworm from $75,000 year 1920, $99,500. to $100,000. · The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment wns,'on page 47J after line 13, to insert: The next amendment was, on page 54, after line 1.4, to insert: For inland transportati-on by star routes (excepting service in For ltD additional amount required to meet the increased cost of fUel Alaska), including temporary service to newly established offices, for the central power plant of the Department of Agriculture, $10,.. $1,303,000. 435.52. The amendment was agreed t.o. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was, on page 52, after line 21, to insert: The llext amendment was, on page 55, line '26, to increase the Olympic National Forest: For emergency expendittll-cs incident to appropriation for general expenses of Lighthouse Service from the disposal of wind-thrown and intermingled or adjoining timber on the Olympic National Forest and for emergency measu-res necessaq_ to $300,000 to $468,000. protect from fire the timber on the Olympic National Forest, inclucung The amendment was agreed to. 1921. OONGRESSIO.r~AL -RECORD~SENA-ll'E. 3393

'The next nruendmen t wus, on page 56, line 3, to increase the gress ·under section 2 o! tl1e act 'of July 7, 18S4, as fully s~ forth in Senate Document No. 386, reported to Congress at its presnnt session, nppropriation for salaries anu "ages Of officers n.nd crews of there is appropriated as follows. light vessels and lighthouse tenders from ·$50,000 to $83,0.00. The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to The next amendmerrt wrrs, on page 86, after :line 12, to insett: The next amendment was, on page 56, line 1.4, to insm·t " n.nd Senate Document No. 387," and in line 15, to strike out CL.UYS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE '.rU~AS"GRY DlilPARil'MEXT. "$362.85" and·ins.ert "$436.12," so as to ~~·ead: IFar labor-s:avllfg machines, Treasm'y Department, 56 c~nts. For freigllt, transportation, etc., Public Health Service, $12.66. Damage claims : To pay the claims adjusted and determined by the For freight, transportation, etc., Public HeaHh Ser\ice, 1919, $80.64. Commissioner of Lighthouses under the terms of section 4 of the act For pay of personnel and maintennncc of hospitals, Public Health of June 17, 1910 (36 Stat., p. 537), on account of damages occasioned Service, $6.66. to private property by collisions with vessels of the Lighthouse Service For Quarantine Service, 89 cents. and for which slild >es. els were responsible, certified to Congress in For salru;ies mul expen~es of collectors of internal -Tev<:'!nue, -$11194.54. House Document No. 912 and Senate Document No. 387 of the present For collecting the \Yar revenue, $103.39. session, $43G.12. For miscellaneous expenses, Internal-Revenue 'Service, ~3,191.22. The amendment was agreed to. For refunding internal-revenue col1ections, $40. For redemption of stamps, ·sa,333.70. The next amendment was, on page 59, after line 6, to insert: For payment of judgments against internal~revenue officers, $80,· SENATE. 728.90, For 3llowance {jf draY:back, $1,529.60. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay from the appropriation For Coast Guard, $678.40. for 1921 for compensation of officers, clerks, messengers, and others, to For repairs :and preservation of public buildings, $4.67. Mark L. Black for services rendered as clerk to Ron. J. THOMAS HEFLIN, t:3enn::tor :frotn the State of Alabama, from November 3, 1920, to Decem­ For lncchanical equipment for pUblic builtllngs, ~1.79. ber 5, 1920, at tlre rate of $2,500 per annum and additional compen­ 'Fo1· operating supplies for -public build1ngs, · ~20, sation at the rate of $240 per annum. The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was .agreed to. 2'lte ne."i::.t amendment was, on page 87, aftet· line 12, to insert: Mr. \V'ARREN. 1\Ir. President, on page 59, after line 14, I CL.A.IllS ·ALLOWED DY THE .AUDITOR FOR THE WAR DEPARTllE:-l'T, offer the nmendment which I send to the desk. For contingent expenses, War Department, $41.52. The lT..ICE PRESIDENT. The amendment will be stated. F()r national security and defense, War Department, $97.05. For registration and selection for military service, $2,808.02. The AssiSTANT SECRETARY. On page 59, after line 14, it is For pay, etc., of the Anny, $18,736.77. proposed to insert: For extra~duty pay to enlisted men as clerks, etc., at Army division · For additional expenses of repo"I"ting ·and transa-ibing the debates and dep:trtmcnt headquarters, 154.50. and proceedings of the Senate and to equalize more nearly the amounts For.arrcars of pay, bouaty, etc., $235.93. paid by the Senate and House of Representatives fo~· reporting their re­ For incidental expenses, Quarterma!>ter Corps $156. spective proceedings trom July 1, ~921, to "June 30, 1922, payable in For supplies, services, and transportation, 'Quartermaster Corps, equal monthly installments, $4,844. $28,322.24. For horses for Cavalry, .Artillery, Engineers, etc., $299.94. The amendment was agreed to. For shooting gaU.eries and 1·anges, $397.75. The next amendment was, on page-62, line 23, in the item fcrr For Medical and Hospital Department, 833.48. printing parliamentary precedents, af er the words " House and For engineer operations in the fielU, $98,118.32. For Ordnance Service, ~10.68. Senate," to insert "one s.et each to the Senate and the ..H.ouse For civilian militar:r training camps, $29.05. branches of the legislative drafting service." "Far nmlng, equipping, and training tbe National Guard, $240.2'7. For headstones for graves of soldiers, S64.27. The amendment was agreed to. For increase of compensation, Military Establishment, $2.36.91. The next amendment wns, on page 65, after line 22, -to insert: For sodium nitrate storage, $7,961.80. For PDinting and blndin~ for the .Post Office Depa'ttment, exchtslve For quarters for ·hospital stewards, $1,G34.36. o! the money-order office, $200,0DO. For commercial telephone service at Coast Artillery posts, 1920, $648.33. ::Che amendment was· agreed to. For disposition of remains of officers, soldiers, and civil employees, The "''le:rt amendment was, on page 66, line 8, -to insert " nnd $45 ..08. For National Home 'for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch. Senate iDocumerrt 'No. 388 "; a"fter line 10, to .insert "Under the $214.74. Nnvy Depurtment,~$2,962.50 "; after line 11, to insert" Underi:he For National Rome for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, clothing, $119.4~. Department of Justice, $537.43"; and, in line 13, to strike out For payment of claims for loss of firearms, etc., taken t.Jy United 1 to States troops durin; labo'r strikes in 1!114 in Colorado.~,.. $4.95. "$7,029.58" and insert ' 1;i10,529.51," so as read: For b·ansport-ation Of the Army and its supplies, $6., 3. For payment of the final judgments and decrees, induding costs of suits, which have been rendered under the provisions of the . act of The amendment was agreed to. March 3, ~887, entitled "An act to provide for the bringing of suits n~'i: 4, against the GoVCTDment of the United States," ce.rttiied to Congress The amendment was, on page 89, after line to insert: during the present se ion by the Attorney·General in IIouse Document CLAIMS ALLOWED DY 'l'HE AUDITOR FOR TIIf) NAVY DEPARTllEXT. No. 958 and Senate Document No. 388, and which have not been ap­ For contingent expenses, Navy Department, $2,863.66. pealed, namely: For increase of compensation, NaYal Establishment, $15.57. Untler the W:rr Dep::rrUnerlt, $7,029.58 ; For pay miscellaneous, • 69.11. Under the Na''Y Ikllartment, -~,9.62.50; For comingent,1 Navy, $24. Under th~ Department of Justice, $537.43; For pay, Marine Corps, $1,846.().2. In all, $10,529.51, together with such additional sum as may be For maintenance, quartermaster's department, Marine Corps, $186.25, necessary to pay intere-st on ' the respective jud~ments at ·the rate of For contingent, Marlne CoTps, '$56.70. 4 per cent per annum from the date thereof until the .time this appro- For transportation, Bureau of Naviglition, $21.86. priation is made. · For gunnery and englneerin; exercises, 'Bureau of Navigation, $10. The amendment ·was rrgrced to. For outfits on first enlistment, Bureau Of Navigation, $79.24. For organizing the 'Naval Reserve Force, ~248. The · ne~t amendment was, on page G6, line 20, to insert, Far ordnance and ordnance 'Stores, Bureau of Ordnance, $110. ''and Senate Document No. 398 " ; in line 22, to strike out For maintenance. Bureau of Yards anll -Docks, $1.15. " $121,059.60 " and irrser..t "$155,324.99 " ; in line 24, to strike For pay of the Navy, S13,5"3G.3u. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, $178. out " $78,06.4.I1 " .and insert " $93,898.26 " ; page 67, line 1, to For maintenance, Bureau {)f Supplies and Accounts, $6.50. strike out "$G32,990.11" and insert "$637,304.51 "; in line 3, For freight, Bureau df Supplies and Accounts, 1920, ~623,283.23, to strike out "$117,735.31" and insert "$122,885.31"; after For freight, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, 1.919. $173,586. line 5, to insert "Under the Department of Justice, $6,135 :•; For freight, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, ~3,470.80. For fuel and transportation, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, 1919, and, in line 7, to change the total from "$950,419.40" to $18,022.27. • "$1,016,118.34," so as to read: For enginee~·ing, Dureau of Steam Engineering, $8.~;5. JUDGMI:~'l'S, C0t1RT IOF CL.Ullf3. The amendment was agreed to. For payment of the judgments renderro by the Court of Claims and The next umendmen t "·as, on page,90, after line 13, to insert: reported to Congress during the present session ·in llouse Document No. 9i36 and Senate Document N{). 398, namely : CLAillS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOn FOR THE I:--<'TERIOR DEPARTMEXT. Under the ·Treasury Department, "$155,324.99 ; For maps of the United States, 1919, $·1.79. Under the War Department, $93,898.26.; For international protection of industrial property, Patent Office. 'Under the 'Navy Department, $637,304.51 ; $5.05. Under the Interior .Department, $122,885.31; For international protection of industrial property, -Patent Office. Under the Post Office Department, $570.'27; 1919, $26.54. Under the Depat

For enforcement of. the act to regulate explosives, Bureau of. Mines, The next amendment was, on page 97, line 1, to change the 1919, $144.46. For Indian schools, support, $11.03. section number from " 3 " to " 4." For purchase Slnd transportation of Indian supplies, $1,334.78. The amendment was agreed to. For determining heirs of deceased Indian allottees, 78 cents. The reading of the bill was concluded. For support of Indians in Arizona and New Mexico, 38 cents. Mr. McCUMBER. That completes the committee amend­ The amendment was agreed to. ments, does it not? The next amendment was, on page 91, after line 19, to insert : Mr. WARREN. Ail the committee amendments have been CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR STATE AND OTHER DEP.!.RTM.ENTS. disoosed of. For public printing and binding, $10,630.38. :r\rr. McCUMBER. I offer the amendment which I send to For national security and defense, executive, $12.62. the desk. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Efficiency, $1.45. For transportation of diplomatic and consular officers, 1919, $427.48. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secretary will -read the amend­ For contingent expenses, foreign missions, $407.82. ment. For contingent expenses, foreign missions, 1920, $432.97. The ASSISTANT SECRETARY. On page 59, after the two amend­ For salaries, Consular Service, $196.54. For salaries, Consular Service, 1919, $7 45. ments relating to the Senate, insert: For post allowances to diplomatic and consular officers, $1,000. To pay to Robert W. Farrar, for extra and expert services rendered For contingent expenses, United States consulates, $77.64. to the Committee on Pensions during the sessions of the Sixty-sixth For contingent expenses, United States consulates, 1919, $95.14. Congress, $1,200. For expenses of consular inspectors, $203.02. J.~or relief and protection of American seamen, 1919, $27.74. l\Ir. McCUMBER. l\Ir. President, I wish to explain this For relief and protection of American seamen, 1920, $7 ,038.08. For salaries, office of Superintendent of State, War, and Navy De­ amendment very briefly. There are two pension committees partment buildings, $174.79. in the House, one known as the Committee on Invalid Pensions, For Interstate Commerce Commission, $99.05. which has to do with the \eterans of the Civil War; the other, For salaries and expenses, Federal Board for Vocational lJducation, 77 cents. known as the Committee on Pensions, which takes charge of all For salaries and expenses, United States Food Administration, other pension matters. $1R8.71. Since 1887 there have been detailed from the Pension Office, For national security and defense, Food and Fuel Administrations, building, $11.59. under the law then passed, two experts to the Committee on For national security and defense, Food and Fuel Administrations, Invalid Pensions and one expert to the Committee on Pensions, . educational, $303.05. maki.ng three experts from the Pension Office, to assist in the Fot· library, Department of Agriculture, $92.89. For miscellaneous expenses, Department of Agriculture, $2,244.91. preparation and in the investigation of the many private pension Fot· general expenses, Weather Bureau, $4.60. bills. For general expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry, $124.92. All of that work is done by one committee in the Senate, the For meat inspection, Bureau of Animal Industry, $1.67. For general expenses, Bureau of Plant Industry, $225.99. Committee on Pensious, and under the same law there has been For stimulating agriculture and facilitating distribution of products, detailed from the Pension Office one expert for that committee. $180.62. The expert, ever since I have been in the Senate, has been Mr. For general expenses, Forest Service, $168.46. For general expenses, Bureau of Chemistry, $10.87. Dennis Kerr, and during the last year he has been sick most of For enforcement of the food And drugs act, $14.80. the time. He died last Monday and was buried yesterday. For general expenses, Office of Markets and Rural Organization, 75 The work that had formerly been done by Mr. Kerr had to be cents. For general expenses Bureau of Markets, $54.39. • performed by my secretary, Mr. Farrar. In other words, I had For enforcement of the United States grain standards act, $3.28. to take my regular secretary and put him exclusively on that For general expenses, Federal Horticultural Board, $27.77. work, and he performed the same work that was performed by For suppressing spread of pink boll worm of cotton, 8 cents. l!'or contingent expenses, Department of Commerce $1.62. three experts in the House. Each year those experts in the For national secul'ity and defense, Department of Commerce, $69.65. House have been given $1,200 extra, and Mr. Kerr also, had he For contingent expenses, Steamboat-Inspection Service. 40 cents. lived until to-day, would have had the $1,200 extra appropriated For general expenses, Bureau of Standards, 21 cents. For investigation of public utility standards, Bureau of Standards, for him in this bill. But he died last Thursday. His sickness, $12.22. however, lasted nearly a year, and practically all of his work For military research, Bureau of Standards, $75.55. during that time was performed by Mr. Farrar. For tP.sting railroad scales, etc., Bureau of Standards. $15.60. For party expenses, Coast and Geodetic Survey, $64.22. 'l'he House pays the experts detailed to the House committees For general expenses, Lighthouse Service, $10,040.22. out of its contingent fund. The Senate has always paid for For miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Fisheries, $1.33. that work out of the general fund. The purpose of this amend­ For salaries and expenses, Commissioners of Conciliation, $92.61. For contingent expenses, Department of Labor, 38 cents. ment is to allow to the person who bad to leave his general For national secm·ity and defense, Department of Labor, $25.99. work on the committee and attended exclusively to the work For expenses of regulating immigra1ion, $34.51. that was performed by Mr. Kerr the same amount Mr. Kerr r~·or enforcement of the child labor law, $1.26. For investigation of child welfare, Children's Bureau, 63 cents. would have received had he lived until to-day and just one-third For detection and prosecution of crimes, $268.98. of the amount paid in the House for doing the same work. For national security and defense, Department of Justice, $72.20. It seems to me so just that there should be no objection to it. For books for judicial officers, $7.50. For salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts, $2.{)5. Mr. SMOOT. Mr. President, as I was the one who questioned For fees of commissioners, United States courts, $322.35 the amendment in the committee, I want to explain why I did so. For fees of. commic;sioners, United StatP.s courts. 1919, $1,741.55. It is true there are three men designated from the Pension For fees of commissioners, United States courts, 1920, $8,242.23. For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, $26.50. Office to the House for the purpose of assisting the two pension For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, 1920, $1,950.10. committees in the House in the preparation of pension bills. For supplies for United States courts, $1.39. But the pension committees there do not have any extra help. For support of. prisoners, United States courts, 1919, $1,716.30. Thev have no more help than the other committees. The Com• The amendment was agreed to. mittee on Pensions of the Senate has six clerks, the other com­ The next amendment was, on page 95, after line 19, to insert : mittees have but four. It is true Mr. Kerr was for a long time CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. quite ill, and it is true t11at he died. For railroad transportation, $11107,136.56. I thought, 1\Ir. President, that after the bill passed granting For balances due foreign countries, $339,274.34. For compensation to postmasters, $2,613.39. widows of ex-soldiers $30 a month and each ex-soldier $50 a For indemnities, international mails. $683.50. month, which would mean, of course, that there would be a For Star Route Service, $2 767.33. small number of bills introduced and acted upon by each Con­ For City Delivery Service, $4,201.13. For special-delivery fees, $1.52. gress in comparison with what there were before, the committee, For Rural Delivery Service, $623.77. having two extra clerks, could get along. For rent, light, and fuel, $178.70. I shall not mal\:e the point of order against this amendment. For city delivery carriers, substitute, auxiliary, and temporary, $19.95. I felt when the matter was before the committee as I feel now. For freight I)D stamped paper and mail bags, $27.14. But there was an objection made in the committee, and I was For sWpment of supplies, $58.23. the one who made it, for the reasons I have stated. For city delivery carriers, $302.36. For payment of rewards, $325. It is true that Mr. Kerr, up to the time of the passage of For separating mails, third and fourth class post offices, $24.56. the last bill, received $1,200 on several occasions. Last year For temporary and auxiliary clerks, $18. he did not receive the $1,200, and the only reason why I entered For Railway Mail Service, salaries, $2.42. For clerks, first and second class post officesJ. $1,097.85. the objection was as I have stated. For watchmen, messengers, and laborers, $1.1;14. Mr. 1\IcCUl\IBER. Let me say in reply that the number of For temporary clerk hire. $1,211.32. clerks on the committee has not been increased since the time For city delivery, horse hire, $1,289.76, For mall messenger service, $363.55. when Senator Gallinger was chairman of that committee. For Railway Mail Service, miscellaneous expenses, $20.64. Mr. SMOOT. I am perfectly aware of that. Total audited claims, section 3, $2,613,385.33. Mr. McCUMBER. That was a great many years ago; but The amendment was agreed to. the number of pension bills that have passed through that 1921. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3395

committee has enormously increased since that time. lf I may some others have to do, nights and Sundays and every other take up just last year, they haye had to go through and examine day, that their clerks must be paid extra. 8,600 House bills, with all the reports, and 2,100 Semite bills, I may say that when this matter first came up in the com· which had to be thoroughly examined and gone through, and mittee, without going any further and stating who they were, no two clerks could attend to that without the eX!)ert help. there were two other Senators who stated immediately that .As I said, this amendment would only give to Mr. Farrar, they desired to have extra pay for clerks, one of them not for who did this work for Mr. Kerr, who was sick, the same amount his own clerk, but for the clerk of another committee, and the Mr. Kerr would have received. The country will lose nothing other Senator for some other clerk, perhaps his own. If we whatever by the change of the fund from the one who would get started in that line of action, of course, there is no end to have done the work had he been well to the one who actually it, except within the consideration of the individual Senators. did it. . So I express the wish that the matter might be taken up in Mr. Sl\lOOT, I recognize the force of that statement; unle~s another way. I wish hereafter that Senators may, for a mo­ we give Mr. Kerr's estate the $1,200 by special act, and as far ment, at least, put themselves in the place of· the chairman of as I am personally concerned I would like to see that done. I the Appropriations Committee, and see if they can not help by do not think there was eyer a more honest, conscientious, and putting these matters up to the Committee to Audit and Con­ hard-working employee in the service of the Gove111ment of the trol the Contingent Expenses ot the Senate, and let that com· United States than Mr. Kerr. I do not believe there was ever mittee provide for them. There is a way that it can be done. a man who was so deeply interested in his work. He knew The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on the amendment his work a.s very few men in the Government service know offered by the Senator from North Dakota [Mr. McCUMBER]. theirs. I would like to see Mr. Kerr's estate, or his dependents, The amendment was agreed to. given S1,200, and I would not care if it was a full year's salary. That man was a splendid worker. COLD-STORAGE FOODS-cONFERENCE REPORT. I know that if Mr. Kerr had served me as he served the Gov­ Mr. JONES of Washington. Mr. President, I wish to ask the ernment of the United States and had died I would see that chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry [Mr. his services were recognized, as far as I could do it. I would GRONNA] a question or two with reference to the adoption of see that his loved ones were taken care of, at least to a limited the conference report on the cold storage bill on yesterday. degree. I think the very least we could do would be to give When that matter came up at the opening of the session I was his estate a year's salary. in the Appropriations Committee. I did not know it was com­ Mr. McCUMBER. Let me say to the Senator that I can ing up at that time. join in everything he has said in eulogy of Mr. Kerr and his I received a telegram a few days ago from the dairy interests work; but remember, he drew his regular salary, even though of my State claiming that the bill, as finally reported by the he was unable to do the work for most of the last year, and committee of conference, would work very great injury to that this is simply to pay one who did his work for him. industry, and I intended to ask the chairman of the committee Mr. SMOOT. I told the Senator from North Dakota I would about it. I know that he is as much interested in the farming not make a point of order against this amendment. I know Mr. industry of the country as anyone and that he would be the Farrar, too, but not as well as does the Senator from North last man in the country to indorse and put through legislation Dakota, however; and I know what he has done in the past. that would injure any agricultural interest. I have ju;;t had But I really thought that the Committee on Pensions, with six sent to me to-da-y a copy of a telegram, from Congressman employees, could have done the work, when the balance of the KAHN, of California, by a gentleman who claims to represent committees have only four. the poultry interests of California, Oregon, and Washington. Mr. McCUMBER. They did the work, but they had to do it I do not wish to take up very much time of the Senate now, on Sundays and at nights and at all other times. They did the but I do desire to have a brief statement from the chairman of work, of course. the committee with reference to that feature of the cold storage Mr. SMOOT. Some of the other clerks do extra work, also. bill. I think what these people had in mind was that the new Nearly every night I have my clerk up to 12 o'clock dictating provision with reference to the temperature that was required, letters to him. That is the only time I can do that. If this and so on, would injuriously affect the disposal of their products. amendment is to go in the bill, I would like now to move that Mr. GRONNA. Mr. President, I have received a great num­ a year's salary be given to those who were dependent upon ber of telegrams from people in my owri State and from people Mr. Kerr, I shall prepare the amendment just as soon as I in other States with reference to the same matter. The bill learn their names. as it passed the House did not provide for any period for pre­ l\fr. WARREN. I ask my colleague on the committee if he cooling at all. The Senate bill in its original form provided for will not take care of that in another way. He is a member of a period of 30 days for precooling. It was a very difficult mat­ the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses ter for the conferees to agree on the item because the Members of the Senate. of the House were opposed to that provision. We finally agreed Mr. ~OOT. I shall be glad to do it that way. I shall draw upon 10 days. a resolution in accordance with the Senator's suggestion. I will say to the Senator from Washington and to the Senate Mr. \VARREN. The chairman of the Committee on Appro­ that this does not affect the articles of food to which he has priations has a. great many embarrassments, and he is "held referred. If a carload of eggs or a carload of poultry is shipped up" sometimes, nearly, as one might say, like the bandits hold from the Pac:iiic coast, the articles or the containers will have up their victims. The most embarrassing feature of all is the to be marked anyway, and the only difference would be the mark­ apparent ungraciousness of having to make opposition to the ing of the date, the supplying o::C the additional figures . of the wish of a Senator, and especially if the Senator is as near to date. The bill as reported to the Senate provided for a period the chairman in affection as any other Senator could possibly of 10 days for precooling and then provides for 30 days during be. But sometimes I think that there ought to be a little which the product may be held in cold storage, which means 40 more consideration for that chairman, and there ought to be days altogether, without the product being classified as a cold- another way to handle these things that become so embarrass~ storage product. · ing to the committee. 1\!r. JONES of Washington. It is the precooling proposition I have nothing to say against the man who seeks this extra that seems to wori:y these gentlemen. 'rhe $enator will appre­ pay, and I shall make no point of order; but it seems to me ciate the fact that it will probably take much more tlian 10 that we ought to find a way to provide for these things a.s the days to ship from the Pacific coast to the eastern market. House does, ip. a lump sum and out of the contingent fund, Mr. GRONNA. Oh, yes; but I will say to the. Senator that rather than to enter upon the progr!Uil, in the last minutes of the refrigerator cars and the ships are all included and classified Congress, of this Senator and that and the ·other asking extra as cold-storage wa:rehouses. I will try to give the Senator an pay for this clerk, that, and the other. I say that witll no illustration. Suppose a carload of eggs is being shipped from reflection upon the Senator who offers the amendment and no his State to New York. Every container in that car would ha1e · reflection upon the man for whom he offers it, yet it occurs to have some sort of mark upon it, and the only additional mark very often, notwithstanding that we have gone from one and that would have to be on those cases of eggs would be the date. two clet~ks each to four clerks for every Senator, whether he 1\!r. JONES ot Washingt-on. The date of what? ; has a committee or not, notwithstanding that some Senato~­ Mr. GRONNA. The date of shipment, or it may be sup­ I do not wish to name them, but I might do so if I had to do plied on the invoice according to the regulations prescribed by so--seem to think that their four clerks are to take -care- of the Secretary of Agriculture. It may be done in either way. their correspondence and b'e ornamental, and if thete is any If the eggs are sold within 30 days, they are still classified as real work which requires the " digging," application, and rou­ fresh eggs. They will not be classified as cold-storage eggs,; tine work that the clerks of the Appropriations C~mmittee and So the people are laboring unde1· a misapprehension. ·33-96 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY lB,

Ml'. .JONES of Washington. That is, if they :r·e sold within The AssiSTANT SECRETARY. On page 39, after line 13, insert 30 days from the date of shipment? the following paragraph : 1\lr. GRONNA.. Yes; or 40 days from the time that they For the conduct of investigations in the development and standardi· were first put in cold storage for precooling. zatlon of methods of preservation of Pacific coast fishes, including the payment of salaries and traveling expenses and the purchase or ma­ Mr. 'iYAHREN. l\lr. President, I hope we will not get too terials and supplies, $10,000. many eggs in my basket until we can dispose of the pending ap­ 1\ir. W .A.RREN. I intended that this item should be included propriation bill. in the sundry civil appropriation bill, but it was overlooked. I Mr. GRONNA. Han:: I made the matter clear to the Senator had no objection to it. from Washington? The amendment was agreed to. Mr. JONES of Washington. I do not know about it myself, Mr. CALDER. Mr. President, in the earlier consideration of and I am just making inquiries because of certain telegrams the bill I inquired of the chairman of the committee, the Sena­ that ha-ve come to me. I understand that the Senator from tor from Wyoming [Mr. WARREN], if he had an estimate from Utah [Mr. SMoOT] has a long letter with reference to the matter the Treasury Department for $200,000 for the improvement of and he thinks that probably the act will have to be amended. the quarantine station at New York. I explained at the time I feel satisfied that the committee, if they find they have put that the State of New York had turned this quarantine station in a provision that will work injuriously, will ask to have it over to the Government yesterday and that I had understood changed. the Treasury Department had made an estimate for the im­ Mr. GRONNA. I wish to say that all these matters were pro~ement. Since that time the chairman of the committee go.ne over by the committee, and, if my judgment is worth any­ has received an estimate. I merely wish to state that I have thing, I will say to the Senator that it will not be necessary to a letter here in connection with the matter from the Secretary provide an amendment so far as this particular provision is of the Treasury, who strongly urges that the appropriation be concerned. made, in view of the threatened epidemic of typhus as a result l\Ir. Sl\100T. I wish to say that I am quite sure the bill will of the large immigration to this country during the past few ha-ve to be amended. weeks. I propose to submit an amendment to cover the matter, DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS. and I shall ask the Senator from Wyoming not to object, but to let it go to conference. The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the con­ Mr. WARREN. I suggest that the Senator send the amend­ sideration of the bill (H. R. 15962) making appropriations to ment to the desk and let it be read. supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending Mr. CALDER. Very well. If it afterwards develops that it June 30, 1921, and prior fiscal years, and for other purposes. is necessary for him to do so, the provision may be eliminated l\Ir. KENYON. l\fr. President, immediately following the from the bill. I think, however, it is a most important amend­ amendment just agreed to, offered by the Senator from North ment and that it should be adopted. Dakota [1\Ir. McCUMBER], I submit the following amendment, The VICE PRESIDENT. The amendment will be stated. and I wish to offer a word of explanation. The ASSISTANT SECRETARY. On page 19, after line 25, it h; The VICE PRESIDENT. The amendment will be read. proposed to insert the following: The ASSISTANT SECRETARY. Under the head of " .Senate" the New York, N. Y. quarantine station: For water supply, additional Senator from Iowa moves to amend by inserting the following: buildings, increased disinfecting facilities, and miscellaneous equip· ment, including all necessary mechanical equipment, lighting fixtures. Charles A. Webb, for extra services rendered as clerk of the Com­ mittee on Privileges and Elections, $200. etc., $200,000. 1\Ir. 'VARREN. 1\fr. President, I wish to say to the Senate l\lr. KENYON. I know there is force in what the Senator that I expect, if we can finish the bill to-night, we may save from Wyoming has said. from five to ten million dollars, or perhaps $20,000,000 for every l\.lr. WARREN. I am not going to object to. the amendment. day hereafter, because estimates are coming in so fast, ami wet l\.fr. KENYON. It went out in the committee. The Senator with fresh ink when they come here, that it is impossible to keep must riot get angry about it. up with them, although there seems to be a beaten path from l\Ir. \VARREN. I am not angry. I told the Senator I would the Public Health Service by way of the Treasury to the Senate. not object to it. I am satisfied, if it does not lead to more. I am not going, however, to object to the amendment. Mr. KENYON. In view of that statement I am going to ex­ The VICE PRESIDENT. l\Iay the Chair inquire how that plain the amendment. I am jm;t as much opposed as is the estimate got to the committee? Senator to piling up any extra compensation for clerks. But l\Ir. WARREN. It was brought to my desk by the Senator . there are cases that are different from others. . from New York a few moments ago. l\Ir. Webb is the clerk· of the Committee on Privileges and The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair l-Jnderstands that the Elections. We proceeded with the investigation· of campaign heads of the departments communicate to the United States expenditures under resolution of the Senate, which was not a Senate through the Presiding Officer of the Senate. particularly desirable job, and there has been a tremendous Mr. 'V.A.RREN. There is no doubt about that, and that amount of work. l\Ir. Webb has worked Sundays and nights. should be done. The chairman of the subcommittee supposed that we could pay The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair is saying this for the Mr. Webb extra compensation out of the contingent fund, and benefit of his successor. Recently communications from the I told him, when I asked him to work nights and Sundays and departments seem to be sent almost anywhere. extra time, that he would be so paid. We could have employed 1\fr. WARREN. The Vice President is perfectly right about some one else to do this enormous amount of work and handle that. the 11 or 12 volumes of testimony, getting them ready for our The VICE PRESIDENT. They are supposed to come to the report, and it would have cost, I think, four or five hundred President of the Senate and by him to be placed in the RECORD. dollars. But by having 1\Ir. Webb do it we have saved money Mr. WARREN. That is why I said that it is dangerous to to the Government. • keep this bill before the Senate any longer; it has already been Mr. S~IOOT. 'Vhy does not the Senator make it $1,200, the greatly increased. .A.t least 20 different matters have been same as the other amendment? brought up here since the committee concluded the consideration Mr. KENYON. No; that is too much. of the bill on yesterday. Mr. SMOOT. He did just as much work as the other man, l\lr. CALDER. Mr. Prenident, the estimate was transmitted and more. in the regular way to the Speaker of the House. It should un• l\fr. KENYON. Yes; Mr. Webb did just as much work as the doubtedly have come to the Vice President, but it was a matter other man. When that amendment went out in the committee of emergency. The messenger from the Treasury Department I did not insist on the Webb amendment staying in. But Mr. handed it to me, and I handed it to the chairman of the Com. Webb is a modest man and has not any exaggerated idea of the mittee on .A.ppropria tions. -value of his services. This is not enough to pay him for all his Mr. WARREN. I wish to say that it is simply a copy of a extra work, but it is something, and I feel that in offering it letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. I am doing the right thing. .The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair is not objecting; he is T~e VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on the amendment simply entering a protest against such a method of transmitting offered by t;he .Senator from Iowa. communications to the Senate of the United· States. The ques­ The amendment was agreed to. tion is on agreeing to the amendment offered by· the Senator Mr. McNARY. l\lr. President, at the request of the Senator from New York. from California [l\lr. JoHNSON] I propose the following amend- .The amendment was agreed to. ment. · · · · ·The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the The VICE PRESIDENT. The _amendment will be read. amendments were concurred in. 1921. .CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-SENATE. 3397

The amendments were ·ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to Whereas the Interstate Commerce Commission has conducted investi~a­ tlons into the relative costs of repairs and construction work in tno lte read a third time. railroad shops and in the shops of equipment companies and are col­ The bill \vas read the third time and passed. lecting and have acquired a large amount of reliable data upon the l\Ir. WARREN. I move that the Senate request a conference subject since the railroads were returned to private contml: There­ with the House of Representatives on the bill and amendments, foJ,"e be it Resolved, That the _Interstate Commerce Commission be, and it is nnd tlwt the Chair appoint the conferees on the part of the hereby, authorized and directed to furnish to the Senate of the United Heuate. States all information in its possession relating to this subject. · The ruotion was agreed to; and the Vice President appointed Mr. LA. FOLLETTE. I ask unanimous consent for the pres­ l\.Ir. W Am.mx, 1\Tt·. CURTis, and Mr. SMITH of Maryland conferees ent consideration of the resolution. on the part of the Senate. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there any objection? BRITISII POSSESSIONS IN WEST INDIES. Mr. TOWNSEND. Mr. President, I prefer to have an oppor­ l\lr. HEED. I introduce a resolution which I should like to tunity to look over that resolution. Therefore I shall object to haYe read-it is short-and lie on the table. its present consideration. The resolution (S. Res. 457) was read, as follows: Mr. LA FOLLETTE. Then I ask that it lie on the table. Resolred bJJ the Senate of the United States, That the President be, The VICE PRESIDENT. Under the rule the resolution goes nnd be is herebybrespectfully requested to ascertain whether the Gov­ over and lies on the table. t!rnment of the nited Kingdom of Great Britain, etc., is willing to rliscuss tbe cession by it to the United States of all or any part of its EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY OF RAILROAD OPERATION. possessions in the West Indies, including the island of Trinidad, and nl~o tbe Bermuda Islands. Mr. LA FOLLETTE. I submit a resolution and ask unani­ Mr. REED. I should like to embrace this opportunity to say mous consent for its present consideration. merely that in the ::ear future I intend to address the Senate The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolution submitted by the on this subject. Senator from ·wisconsin will be read. 'l'he VICE PRESIDENT. The resolution will lie on the table. The reading clerk read the resolution (S. Res. 458), as follows: ORDER OF BUSINESS. Whereas certain bills now before Congress propose to confer certain 1\lr. GRONNA. Mr. President, I moYe that the Senate pro­ benefits and privileges upon the railroads of the country; and ceed to the consideration of House bill 15812, being the Ad to pre­ recess now and leave the status remain as it is, and to-morrow pare and submit on smtable forms information regarding main­ morning at 11 o'clock determine the question when everybody tenance of equipment during the test period, during the seven year·s priot· to the test period, as well as during the calendar year 1918. is here. This information was collected on the basis of the miles of roads Mr. DILLINGHAl\1. Under the circumstances, 1\fr. President operated, the units of equipment, and the locomotive and car miles, I move that the Senate take a recess until 11 o'clock to-morrow together with averages showing the cost of locomotive repairs sep­ arately on the basis of miles run, tractive power miles, and per morning. locomotive owned. Mr. LA FOLLETTE. 1\lr. President, will the Senator from " Freight-car repairs were reported on the basis of 10,000 frei:rht­ :vermont withlwld his motion for a moment? car miles and freight cars owned, and the passenger-train car re­ pairs were reported on the same basis. 1\Ir. DILLINGHAl\I. I withhold it. "From these reports studies of the maintenance of equipment costs RAILROAD EXPENSES U "DEP. GOVERNMENT GUARANTY. were made and furnished to the regional directors, to keep them ln touch with the actual conditions and aid them in the control of main­ 1\Ir. LA FOLLETTE. I submit a resolution, which I ask to tenance of equipment expenses. haYe read, anti then I shall ask unanimous consent for its "In this work we have constantly kept before us the thought present consi

fore, all comparisons of shop and engine-house operation were made 'CO.ABT ARTILLERY CORPS. on a man-hour bw;is. " To illustrate the improvement in conditlons, a check of 2,921 engine Jacob Arthur Mack, late major, to be major with rank from houses in January, 19J.9, showed an average of 30.58 man-hours per January 24, 1921, Field Artillery, Regular Army. locomotive handled, while a check of the same engine house.<~ in July, 1919, showed 25.77 man-hours per locomotive handled, ar n decrease INFANTRY. ~ 7 013,036 in the number of man-hours in handling approximntely 54,000 locomotives. Tllis represents a savin~ per month of 4,2G3,5H, Herbert Benjamin Wilcox, lute second lieutenant (temporary which is at the rate of approximately $50,000,000 per annum. first lieutenant), to be first lieutenant with rank from January ''Other matters which have been investigated by the field forces 24, 1921, Infantry, Regular Army. include disputes between officials nnd the employees, losses due to good material finding its way into tbe scrap bins, shop practices, and Prince Edgerton Tripp, late first lieutenant, to be first lieu­ the efficient use of machine tools, storage of material to see that it is tenant with rank from July 1, 1920, Infantry, United States properly protected, condition of shops and shop grounds, condition of Army. · roundhouses, turntables, cinder pits, and other terminal facilities to see that they were sufficient and were efficiently operuted, checking up QUATITEnl!I.ASTER CORPS. car-repai.- forces and facilities, and in many instances reorganizing forces at division points or on an entire railroad, seeing that shops Q. l\I. Sergt. Charles August Buder to be captain with rank arHl repair yards were pPope, Cavalry, from February 1, 1921. First Lieut. Victor Emanuel Domenech, Porto Rico H.egiment 1\luj. Staley Alfred Cumpbel1, Infantry, from February 1, 1921. of Infantry, with rank from December 21, 1919. Maj. John Rowe Brewer, Infantry, from February 1, 1921. Maj. Olney Place, Cavalry, from February 2, 1921. To be second lieutenants. To be majo1·s with t·anl;; front July 1, 1920. Second Lieut. Timothy Sapia Bosch, Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry, with rank from October 26, 1917. Capt. Ephraim Foster Gr:::t1.1um, Cavalry. Second Lieut. Juan Luis Oliver, Porto Rico Regiment of In­ Capt. James Saye Dusenbury, Coast Artillery Corps. fantry, with rank from October 2G, 1917. Capt. Fredrick Clifford Rogers, I nfantry. Second Lieut. Eduardo A.ndina, Porto llico Regiment of .In­ Capt. ;r oseph Dowd Brown, Coast Artillery Corp . fantry, with rank from October 26, 1017. Capt. Lehman ·wellington l\Iiller, Corps of Engineers. Capt. Edson Inrin Small, Infantry. RBAPPOI:~TMENTS ~ THE llEGULAit AnMY OF 'l'HE UNITED STATES. To be captains 'lcith mnl.; tr·om July 1, 1920. SIGNAL CORPS. Second Lieut. Henry Stehman Hostetter, Finru1ce Depm·t- 1\Iuj. Con nelo Andrew Seoune to be lieutenant colonel with ment. rank from July 1, 1920, Signal Corps, United States Army. Second Lieut. Emmet Crawford 1\Iorton, Finance Department. FIELD AllTILLERY. First Lieut. William Tecumseh Haldeman, Cnvnlry. llobcrt Denjamin Hood, late first lieutenant (temporary cap­ Second Lieut. James :i\Iichael Grey, Quarh~rma-;t er ~orp .. tain). to he first licntenart \Yith rank from February lO, 1921, First Lieut. 1\larcus Aurelius Smith 1\Iing, Field .A.rtillory. Field Artillery, P.cgular .\rmy. First Lieut. Walter Raymond Graham, Iufuntry. 1921. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3399

First Lieut. Albert Hovey Peyton, Infantry. First Lieut. Eugene Nelson Slappey, Infantry. First Lieut. James Patrick Murphy, Infantry. First Lieut. Harwood Christian Bowman, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Neal Creighton Johnson, Infantry. Second Lieut. Laurence Henry Hanley, Infantry. First Lieut. Norman Pyle Groff, Infantry. Second Lieut. Rosenham Beam, Air Service. First Lieut. Nelson Dingley, 3d, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Harry McCorry Henderson, Infantry. First Lieut. Claudius 1\Iiller Easley, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Van Kleeck Harris, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Ernest Frederick Apeldorn, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Pleas Blair Rogers, Infantry. First Lieut. Richard Weaver Hocker, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Richard Grant Hunter, Field Artillery. First Lieut. John Cleveland Robinson Hall, Infantry. First Lieut. Hubert Vincent Hopkins, Infantry. First Lieut. Benton Frank Munday, Cavalry. First Lieut. 'Vade Woodson Rhein, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Joseph Ware Whitney, Infantry. First Lieut. Benton Gribble Shoemaker, Cavalry. First Lieut. Peter P. Salgado, Infantry. First Lieut. Ben Allen Mason, Cavalry. First Lieut. Henry Hockwald, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Harry Herman Young,. Air Service. First Lieut. Frederick LeRoy Black, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Keith Bolling Wise, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles Samuel Moyer, Chemical Warfare Serv- First Lieut. Frank Curtis :Mellon, Infantry. ice. First Lieut. Donald Wilson, Air Service. First Lieut. Dennis Coburn Pillsbury, Infantry. Second Lieut. Robert T. Hayes, Infantry. First Lieut. Sidney Lanier Conner, Infantry. First Lieut. Claud Greene Hammond, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph James Goffard, Infantry. First Lieut. James Patrick Moore, Infantry. First Lieut. Arthur Joseph McShane, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Albert Eugene Andrews, Infantry. First Lieut. Martin Ackerson, Infantry. First Lieut. Dorris Aby Hanes, Quartermaster. First Lieut. Herbert Edwin Featherstone, Cavalry. First Lieut. John Wesley Rodman, Infantry. First Lieut. Frank Unsworth McCoskrie, Infantry. Second Lieut. Frank Austin Heywood, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Edgar Gersham Coursen, jr., Quartermaster First Lieut. John Jacob Bethurum, Infantry. Corps. Second Lieut. William Henry Halstead, Cavalry. First Lieut. Edward William Budy, Infantry. First Lieut. Randolph Gordon, Infantry. First Lieut. Andrew Jackson McFarland, Infantry. First Lieut. Henry Passaut Lewis, Infantry. First Lieut. Myles Douglas Savelle, Infantry. First Lieut. Glenn Adelbert Ross, Infantry. First Lieut. Rudolf Karl Schlaepfer, Infantry. First Lieut. Philip Coleman Clayton, Cavalry. First Lieut. George Jacob Giger, Infantry. First Lieut. Ellis Bashore, Cavalry. First Lieut. John 'Villiam Stanley, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph Leonard Tupper, Infantry. First Lieut. Clyde Pickett, Cavalry. First Lieut. Louis Rada Salvosa, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. John Neely Hopkins, Infantry. First Lieut. John Derby Hood, Cavalry. First Lieut. William Agnew Howland, Infantry. First Lieut. Melvin Reginald Ginn, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Clifton Augustine Pritchett, Infantry. First Lieut. John Dillard Goodrich, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Luke Donald Zech, Infantry. First Lieut. Joshua Dever Powers, Infantry. First Lieut. Lucian Dalton Bogan, Infantry. First Lieut. Arthur Vincent Gair, Field Artillery. Second Lieut. Richard Law Hubbell, Ordnance Department. First Lieut. John Vincil Stark, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Ralph Miller, Infantry. First Lieut. Frank Augustus.Keating, Infantry. First Lieut. Nels Erick Stadig, Infantry. First Lieut. Carlyle Judson Hancock, Ca-valry. First Lieut. Ben-Hur Chastaine. Infantry. First Lieut. Allison Joseph Barnett, Infantry. First Lieut. Leigh Bell, Infantry. First Lieut. George Pollock Bush, Signal Corps. First Lieut. George Frederick Spann, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. William Settle Evans, Field Artillery. Second Lieut. McGregor Snodgrass, Quartermaster Corps. Second Lieut. Walter Moody Tenney, Infantry. First Lieut. John Herman Knuebel, Infantry. · First Lieut. Arthur Shelby Levinsohn, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Erie Dorr Ferguson, Infantry. First Lieut. Richard Bartholomew Moran, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Clayton Luc:;., Infantry. First Lieut. Arthur Oscar Walsh, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Robert Harry Tompkins, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. Harry Lauman Waggoner, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Charles Cameron Lewis, Infantry. First Lieut. Walter Herbert Wells, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Ralph Kerschner, Field Artillery. First Lieut. LeRoy Lutes, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Harry Richardson Simmons, Infantry. First Lieut. William King Harvey, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Kenneth Frederick Hanst, Infantry. First Lieut. Richard Thomas Edwards, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Walter Harold Root, Infantry. First Lieut. Welcome Porter Waltz, Infantry. First Lieut. Fred W. Miller, Infantry. Second Lieut. Edwin Hugh Johnson, Infantry. Second Lieut. Arthur ..'Ve:xander 1\IcClaughry, Infantry. First Lieut. James ·wmiston Callahan, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. Ross Orman Baldwin, Infantry. First Lieut. Russell McKee Herrington, Cavalry. First Lieut. James Alphonse Kilian, Cavalry. First Lieut. Lawrence Aloysius Quinn, Infantry. First Lieut. Donald Patrick Muse, Air Service. Second Lieut. Lewis Abram Pulling, Cavalry. First Lieut. Karl Christian Schwinn, Infantry. First Lieut. Dallas Royce Alfonte, Infantry. First Lieut. Perry Lee Baldwin, Infantry. First Lieut. Peter Hanses, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. George Thomas Shank, Infantry. First Lieut. Fred Matthew Fogle, Quartermaster Corps. Second Lieut. Thomas Butler Burgess, Infantry. First Lieut. Luis Felipe Cianchini, Infantry. First Lieut. Russell Conwell Throckmorton, Infantry. First Lieut. Arthur Carroll Waters, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Albert Chester Searle, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Ernest Terrill Barco, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Asa North Duncan, Air Service. First Lieut. Lester Amiel Daugherty, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Thomas Francis Coleman, Infantry. First Lieut. Porter Prescott Lowry, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Carl Austin Russell, Infantry. First Lieut. .Jerome .Jackson Waters, jr., Field Artillery. First Lieut. Hal Tanner Vigor, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Thomas Grafton Hanson, jr., Quartermaster Second Lieut. 'Vill Gillette Gooch, Quartermaster Corps. Corps. First Lieut. Thomas Gro-ver Carlin, Infantry. First Lieut. Victor Emanuel Domenech, Infantry. First Lieut. Maurice Joseph McGuire, Infantry. First Lieut. James Jay Cecil, Cavalry. First Lieut. Walter Carey Rogers, Cavalry. First Lieut. George Albert Moore, Cavalry. First Lieut. Edward Ebert Walker, Infantry. First Lieut. James Madison Shelton, Cavalry. First Lieut. Chauncey Harold Hayden, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Antonio Andres Vazquez, Infantry. First Lieut. Erie Oden Sandlin, Infantry. First Lieut. Alex Shepherd Quintard, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Roy Minor Robinson, Infantry. First Lieut. Forsyth Bacon, Ca-valry. First Lieut. Isaac George w·alker, jr., Cavalry. First Lieut. Ralph Leslie Joyner, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Walter Edward Jenkins, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Roscoe Stewart Parker, Cavalry. First Lieut. William Elmer Lynd, Air Service. First Lieut. Norman 1\Iinus, Infantry. First Lieut. Everett Franklin Brooks, Infantry. First Lieut. Heywood Shallus Dodd, Cavalry. First Lieut. Ernest Louis McLendon, Infantry. First Lieut. Kent Craig Lambert, Cavalry. First Lieut. Walter Ralls Lawson, Air Service. First Lieut. George Edward Huthsteiner, Cavalry. First Lieut. Rhodes Felton Arnold, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Gerald O'Malley, Infantry. First Lieut. I-van Sanders Curtis, Infantry. First Lieut. Maurice Morgan, Cavalry. First Lieut. Aln Dudley Warnock, Infantry. First Lieut. Gilbert Edwin Bixby, Cavalry. l

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F'irst Lieut. John Do,rning Hill, Infanh·y. First Lieut. Fre<1erick Vernon Edgerton, Infantry. First Lieut. Fr:lllk Wiltshire Gano, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. John Ed"·ard Gr!lnt, C:1.vulry. First Lieut. John Leonard Pierce, Infantry. First Lieut. George Alva Stockton, Infantry. First Lieut. John Jo..,eph Atkinson, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Ben l\1enadue Sawbriclge, Flelu Artillery. First Lieut. Charles Frederick Houghton, Cavalry. First Lieut. Chn.rles W. Neue , Infantry. First Lieut. Lo~ell Ward Rool:s, Infantry. First Lieut. Harold Wheeler Kelty, Infantrs. First Lieut. Samuel Dnxies Bedinger, ]1ield A..rtillery. First Lieut. "\\arren Daniel Datis, Field Artillery. First Lieut. l\Ialcolm Vaughn •Fortier, Infantry. First Lieut. Dominic Joseph Sabini, Flelcl Artillery. First Lieut. ·Ivan Neal Waldron, Ca\'alry. First Lieut. Woodworth Bowman Allen, Infantry. First Lieut. Edward Christqpher Allworth, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Ferris, Infantry. First Lieut. llohwd Winfred Wittman, Infantry. ' First Lieut. Lewis l\1-esherr_y, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. John WnJter Nicholson, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles Thomas Hulbert, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Thomus Al.lan Young, Infantry. First Lieut. Herman :Feldman, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Charles Haines Lee, Infantry. First Lieut. Ned Blair, Infantry. First Lieut. Ray Bradford Conner, Infantry. .First J..ieut. Robert Perry Mortimer, Cavalry. First Lieut. Malcolm McGregor 1\Ianer, lnfantry. First Lieut. Ernest Alvin Kindervater, Infantry. First Lieut. John Lloyd McKee, Infantry. First Lieut. .Jared II·w~n ·wood, Infantry. First Lieut. Glenn Luman .Allen, Infantry. First Lieut. Gordon Cogswell Irwin, Infantry:. First Lieut. Charles Rouse Jones, Infantry. First Lieut. Everett Marion Yon, Infantry. First Lieut. 'Villard Sten-art Paul, Infantry. First Lieut. Grady Henry Pendergrast, Infantry. First Lieut. Moritz Augustus Rust Loth, lnfantry. First Lieut. Robert Earle Frye, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Henry Chance, Infantry. First Lieut. J olm Harvey Fye, Field Artillery. First Lieut. John .Briggs Da-y, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. George Lawrence Hopkins, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Augustine .Buckley, Cavalry. First Lieut. George l\1ood .1\Icl\Iuliin, Infn.ntry. First Lieut. Samuel Rufus 'Vard, Infanb;y. First Lieut. Harold Krebs Coulter, Infantry. First Lieut. 1\Iarch Hugo Houser, Infantry. First Lieut. Nicholas Szilagyi, Infantry. First Lieut. James Drown Golden, Infantry. First Lieut. l!'rederick "\Vestcm Hyde, Infantry. First Lieut. 'Villfred Rowell Higgins, Infuntry. First Lieut. Leon Stanley Hatfield, Infantry. Fir t Lieut. Frederick Stone Matthews, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles Royal Lehner, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Jesse Pees Green, Infantry. First Lieut. llo. ~eT Lee Hunter, Infantry. First L:.eut. Howard Winthrop Turner, .Signal Corps. First Lieut. Cal'l'oll Arthur Powell, Signal Corps. First Lieut. William A.udley Taber, Infantry. First Lieut. Claude Gilbert Benham, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Henry Garner Sebastian, Infantry. First Lieut. James Lester Allbright, Infantry. First Lieut. Wesley Crowell Brigham, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Feo<1or Otto Schmidt, Infantry. First Lieut. William 1\lajor Goldston, Infantry. First Lieut. James Francis Brittinglln.rn, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Cyrus Hig~inson Searcy, Infanh·y. First Lieut. Frank Clide De Langton, Cavaii·y. First Lieut. Leon Edward Norris, Infantry. First Lieut. Oscar Bergstrom Abbott, Infantry. First Lieut. David McAllister Hunter, Infantry. First Lieut. George Seymour 1\IcCullough, Infantry. First Lieut. Tasso "\Yadsworth Swr..rtz, "Infantry. First Lieut. Carter Roderick McLennan, Ca.\'alry. First Lieut. Edward William McCaskey, jr., lnfantry. First Lieut. Roderick Alexander Stamey, Infantry. First Lieut. Frederick Irving Eglin, Air o.::ervice. First Lieut. Walt-er Emest Du•endeck, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph James Pire, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Geoffrey Galwey, Cnxalry. First Lieut. Turner llansom Sharp, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Louis Garland Gibney, Cavalry. First Lieut. William Joshua Jackson, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. David Seth Doggett, Field Artillery. Fir-st Lieut. GeoTge Truman Phipps, Infanh·y. First Lieut. John FTa.nk Glea>es, Infantry. First Lieut. Fred During. Infantry. First Lieut. A.rthur Daniel Ruppel, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Merle Clifford Leonard, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Allen Flood Kirk, Infantry. First Lieut. Allan Johnson, Coast _A.J.·tillery Corps. Fint Lieut. Thomas Grady Jenkins, Infantry. First Lieut. Frank Tillotson, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. Fruncis Samuel Bayard Cuutlwrn, Infantry• . First Lieut. Jesse Russell Bowles, Infantry. First Lieut. Roy .Dayton Durdick, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. Barrett DcTuberTille 'Lambert, Infantry. First Lieut. 1\Iadison Edward Walker, Infantry. First Lieut. \Vard Currey Goessling, Infantry. First Lieut. lliclwrd k mith Duncan, Infantry. First Lieut. Richard David Daugherity, Infantry. First Lieut. James En or Simpson, Cavalry. First Lieut. William Ogden Johnson, Ca\'alry. First Lieut. Winthrop Ausley Hollyer, Infantry. First Lieut. Miron James Rockwell, Infantry. First Lieut. Franklin Abraham Green, Infantry. First Lieut. Harold Burton Gil>son, Cn.Yalry. First Lieut. David Haldane Trevor, Field Artillery. First Lieut. "Victor .Roland Woodruff, Field .Artillery. First Lieut. Leslie Carlyle Wheat, Infantry. First Lieut. Gustave Adolph 1Uellanchton Anderson, Infn.ntry. ' First Lieut. Lawrence Harold Bixby, ,Field Artillery. First Lieut. William E. Kepner, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert William .rTorton, Infantry. First Lieut. Melvin Selmer Williamson, Cavalry. First Lieut. "\Valter Compere Lnttimore, Field ArtilleiT. First Lieut. William Chapman Peters, Infantry. l First Lieut. Charl-es James Booth, Cavalry. First Lieut. Robert William Yates, Infantry. First Lieut. Claire _j.Jgernon Whiteseli, Infautry. First Lieut. Charles McDonald Parkin, Infantry. First Lieut. RusEell Hubbard Dixon, l•'ield Artillery. First Lieut. Dana Caswell Schmahl, .Field .ArtilleTy. .i First Lieut. Ev-erett 1\larshnll Graves, Fielll Artillery. First Lieut. Frank Peter Stretton, Ca•alry. Fir:st Lieut. \Yilliam Tuttle Hnrnilton, CtwallT. FiTst Lieut. Wilbur Granville Dockum, Field Artillery. First Lieut. WiUiam :valentine 1\lcCreigbt, Infantry. First Lieut. Clinton 1\lansfield Lucas, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Virgil Bell, Infantry. First Lieut. Jacob Edward Bechtold, Infantry. ' First Lieut. William Gram-me Purdy, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Adamson, Infantry. . First Lieut. Chesley Ray i\liller, •Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Bunlen Bel'l,·y, Field Artillery. ' First Lieut. Frederick Francis Duggan, Cavalry. First Lieut. Steele Wotkyns, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Francis Ray Mann, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Samuel Gilbert Fairchild, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Walter Lee Mitchell, Infantry. First Lieut. Francis Augu tus w·oolfley, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Fmnklin Darl·, Infantry. First Lieut. William Francis Stromeyer, Quartermaster Corps. First IAeut. 1\Iimuran Dabn~y Cannon, Infantry. First Lieut. Leslie Leonard Connett, Infantry. First Lieut. Hnrry Howard. Baird, Ca -airy. First Lieut. Owen Rivers Rhoads, Infantry. I First Lieut. Ralph Slnt<~>, Infantry. First Lieut. Carl Russell Adams, Coast ArtillCI'Y Corps. First Lieut. Nathan Eugene McCluer, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Joe J:... Ostrander, Infantry. i First Lieut. Ernest John, Infantry. First Lieut. Byron TuUy Ipock, Coast Artiller·y Corps. First Lieut. Francis -Hutchins Waters, Cavalry. First Lieut. George Walter IIo•ey, Coast Artillc.l,'y Cowe;. l First Lieut. Rn iph JU:ushal Caulkins, Infantry. First Lieut. Elmer Forrest Wallender, Infantry. First Lieut. William 'l'uylor Bauskett, jr., CuYalry. First Lieut. Carl Eugene Driggers, Infantry. i First Lieut. Ol!ludius Leo Lloyd, Infantry. First Lieut. Cru·I Grady Lewis, Infantry. I First Lieut. Francis Gaines Bishop, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Vincent Hand, Infantry. First Lieut. Carlisle Barksdale Cox, Cavalry. First Lieut. Ra:r s. Pem·in, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Joseph Lester Brooks, Infantry. 1921. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3401\

First Lieut. lfoe Neufeld, Field .A.rtill~ry. First Lieut. John Adams Hettinger, Cavalry. First Lieut. Carlos ·watkins B-onham, Field Artillery. First Lieut. William Byron \.Vilson, Infantry. Fit·st Lieut. Donald Richard 1\IcComas, Carury. First Lieut. Carroll Leonard Ellis, Infantry. First Lieut. Sldney James Cutler, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Stanley Young Kennedy, Infantry. First Lieut. John James Finnessy, Infantry. First Lieut. William Wilson Belcher, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Charles Wells Jacobson, Cavalry. First Lieut. Gc01·ge Atalbert Goodyear, Cavalry. First Lieut. Richard Fairfax Leahy, Cavalry. First Lieut. Paul Houston :Morris, Cavalry. First Lieut. Howard Chesebrough Olde, Caxalry. First Lieut. .John Richard Williams, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Eddie James Lee, C~n·alry. First Lieut. George Ralston Middleton, Field Artillery. First Lieut. W1lliam "Mathew Cline, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Thomas Henry Shea, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Edward 13arclay Wharton, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Franklyn Thatcher Lord, Infantry. First Lleut Frederick Philip Schlandt, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Guy Douglas Thompson, Cavalry. First Lieut. Lewis Edward Hunt, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Royden Kenner Fisher, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles Henry .Ainsworth, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. l\farlin Clark Martin, Infantry. First I... ieut. Leasley Eugene Spencer, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. DaVid Lee Hooper, Infantry. Second Lieut. Jan1es Oliver Smithley, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. William Louis Morrison, Infantry. First L:eut. Henry Hardy Slicer, Coast Artill~ry Corps. First Lieut. Robert Fuller Blodgett, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Edward Sandford Pegram, jr., Corps of Engi- First Lieut. Thomas Raphael Phillips, Coast Artillery Corps. neers. First Lieut. Oliver Edwru·d George Treehter, Infantry. First Lieut. Stanley {H-on.inger Saulnier, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles Stone Reily, Infantry~ First Lieut. Will Hughes Gordon, Infantry. First Lieut. Richard Allen Gordon, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Thomas Joseph Johnston, Ooast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. John Lee Autrey, Signal Corps. First Lieut. John Marion Rhodes, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Edwin Henry Haskins, Infantry. First Lieut. John .James Maher, Coast Artill~ry Corps. First Lieut. .James Lawrence, Signal Corps. First Lieut. Rice Warren White, Infantry. First Lieut. Alfred Carleton Moeller, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Dudley Biancllard Howard, Infantry. First Lieut. Frederick Lofquist, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Willard 1\''adsworth Irvine, Ooast Artill-ery Corps. First Lieut. Adrin Bruno Smith, Coast Artillery Corps. First Ljeut. Edmund Cecil Fleming, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Napoleon Boudreau, Ooast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Charles Emet'Son Boyle, Field Artillery. Second Lieut. William James Briscoe, Philippine S<.'()Uts. First Lieut. William Doughty Evans, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Tom Wa1·d, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Clarence Noble Winston, Ooast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Herbert Wintertmrn, Coast Artillery Corps. Fi'rnt Lieut. Elmer Parks Gosnell, Cavalry. First Lieut. Stephen Joseph Idzorek, Air Service. First Lieut. William Benjamin Tuttl-e, Infanb:y. First Lieut. Clarence Le Roy Strike, Signal Corps. First Lieut. Donald Armprlester Stroh, Infantry. First Lieut. John Roscoe Holt, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Clm.rles Renry Parker, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Rolland Edward Stafford., Signal Corps. li'irst Lieut. Edwin Adolph Henn, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Clyde Charles Alexnnder, Fi~ld Artillery. First Lieut. Ashley Spencer Le Gette, Infantry. First Lieut. Hen.ry Muckay Shaw, Field Artillery. · First Lieut. Russell "Thomas Georg~, Cavalry. First Lieut. Robert Grant Mangum, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Thomas Clyde McCormick, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Ernest Kuehn, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Alfred 1\fynderse Goldman, Field .Artillery. First Lieut. Robert Andrew Blair, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Erskine Ashley Franklin, Cavalry. Fjrst Lieut. Robert Lee H{}stetler, Infantry. • First Lieut. Arthur Allen Dearing, Chemical ·warfare Service. First Lieut. Joseph De G.armo, Qua.rt~rmaster Corps. First Lieut. Albert Miller J"ackson, Coast Artillery Corps. Second Lieut. Yates Douglas Fetterman, Infantry. First Lieut. Lyle Bishop Chapman, Coast .AJ.otill-ery Corps. First Lieut. William Henry Green, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. George Raymond Owens, Coa.st Artillery Corps. Second Lieut. Robert A. Barth, Phllip:pin~ &{)uts. First Lieut. Andrew Davis Bruce, Infantry. First Lieut. Russell -Gilbert "Barkalow, Fie1-d Artillery. First Lieut. Richard Marshall Winfield, Infantry. Fjrst Lieut. Hardy Jacks Story, Infantry. First Lieut. John Edward Maher, Cavalry. First Lieut. William Frederick Gent, Infantry. First Lieut. JDSeph Pbilip Kohn, Coast Artillery 'Corps. First Lieut. Carl William Connell, Air Service. First Lieut. Dallas Loyd Knoll, Quartermaster Corps. l!~irst Lieut. Lee Gunnels Carson, Infantry. First Lieut. Philip .An:oour Helmbold, Infantry. First Lieut. Chamboro Henry St. Germain, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Justin Van Buskirk, Caa.st Artille1-y Corps. First Lieut. Rardy Pate Browning, Signal (Jorps. F'lrst Lieut. Floyd Emerson Galloway, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas K. Petty, Cavalry. -, First Lieut. John Edwin Selby, -cavalry. Second Lieut. William Ea.rle Reid, Philippine Scouts. J First Lieut. William Creveling Trumbower, Ol'dnance De- First Lieut. Jesse William Penn.. Infantry. I partment. First Lieut. Jacob Herschel Lawrence, Infantry. First Lieut. Herbert Everett Watkins, CaTa.lry. First Lieut. John Tee .B<_)zarth, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. Henry Yo t Lyon, Infantry. Second Lieut. Aneil Gatliff Da-vis, Phllippine Scouts. First Lieut. Raymond Lovejoy Newton, Da.vairy. First Lieut. Martin Luther Kell~y, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Joseph Anthony Cistero, Infantry. First Lieut. Samuel Baxter Wi~r, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas William Freeman, In.:fantry. Second Lieut. Norris Peters Walsh, .Field Artillery. First Lieut. Parton Sterrett Campbell, Infantry. First Lieut. Hans Ottzenn, Infantry. First Lieut. William Ross Irvin, Cavah'Y. First Lieut. John "Jay Wilsen, Infantry. First Lieut. AlfTed Lyons Baylies, Cavalry. First Lieut. Grover Cl-eveland Graham, Infantry. First Lieut. Roy Leo Schuyler, Infantry. First Lieut. .Augustine Aloysius Kane, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles "ToiTanee McAleer, Field Artillery. Second Lieut. Edgar J-oseph Tulley, Infantry. First Lieut. Louis De Laussure Hutson, Infantry. First Lieut. Ray EU'g(:'ne Quigley, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. Paul lleuben Wing, Field .Artillery. First Lieut. Clarence Frederick King, Philippine Seouts. First Lieut. Edward Jedd Roe, Field Artillery. Second Lieut. Carl Cooley Burgess, Infantry. First Lieut. Lathan Hunter Collins, Ca.Talr.Y. First Lieut. Frank Roy Broeksehink, Infantry. First Lieut. Loren Prescot Stewart, Infantry. First Lieut. Axel Hawkenson, Infantry. First Lieut. F:recleriek Linwood Topping, Coast Artillery First Lieut. Charles Washington Latimer, Cavah·y. Corps. First Lieut. Walter Jess~. Infantry. First Lieut. Nathaniel L. "Simmonds, Infantry. First Lieut. Wilbert Vernon Renner, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Ralph Burgess Skinner, CaTalry. First Lieut. Joseph How.ard Rustemeyer, infantry. First Lieut. William Florence O'Donoghue, Infantry. First Lieut. Elwin Ste\va.rt Ferrand, Signal Corps. First Lieut. Alan Walter Jones, Infantry. First Lieut. Verne Miller, Infantry. First Lieut. 'Charles S. Brodbent, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Settle Voss, Air Ser>iee.

First Lieut. ~Iyron Welclon Tupper, Field Artillery. Second Li~ut. Wilbur Herbert "'Iowle1 PhililJpine Sc-outs. First Lieut. Stanley Allan Thomson, Infantry. First Lieut. Fred Fabri, Cay'alry. First Lieut. Emery Williamson, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Francis Crahan, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Charles ::Richard Doran, Field Artillery. Second Lieut. Ernest A. Fischer, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Candler Asblll'Y Wilki.n.son, CaYalry. First Lieut. Floyd Moore, Infantry. First Lieut. .Milton A. Lowenberg, Cara'l.ry. ' First Lieut. Harvey N-ewt-on Christman., Ca;-airy. First Lieut. "Charles Reid Russell, infantry. First Lieut. Harry \Vi.nehester BelSon, Cavalry. 3402 OONGRESSION AL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 18,

First Lieut. Charles Cramer, Ca\alry. First Lieut. Calvin Halcomb Burkhead, Signal Corps. First Lieut. George Prentice Cummings, Cavalry. First Lieut. Wilmer 1\Iicajah Flinn, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Charles Winston Burkett, Cavalry. First Lieut. Fred Page Andrews, Signal Corps. First Lieut. Clyde Eugene Austin, Cavalry. First Lieut. Bernard Smith, Corps of Engineers. Fir._t Lieut. Victor Geoffrey Huskea, Infantry. First Lieut. Donald Buckingham Greenwood, Coast Artillery Fir t Lieut. Fred Blackburn Rogers, Infantry. Corps. First Lieut. Sexton Berg, Cavalry. First Lieut. Lewis Charles Beebe, Infantry. Fir t Lieut. Cornelius Francis O'Keefe, Cavalry. 11-,irst Lieut. Clinton William Ball, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. Harry Martin McSwain, Infantry. First Lieut. Julius Conrad Tips, jr., Air Service. First Lieut. William Kenahan, Cavalry. First Lieut. Everett Ernest Brown, Infantry. First Lieut. Raymond Dresden Willis, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Bassett Huston, Quartermaster Corps. Second Lieut. James Philip Lyons, Infantry. First Lieut. Raymond Edward Vaughan, Air Service. First Lieut. Lloyd Leon Harvey, Air Service. First Lieut. Coburn Lee Berry, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Ernest Samusson, Infantry. First Lieut. James A. Sanders, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Alfred Steere Knight, Infantry. First Lieut. Orland Smith Peabody, Cavall·y. Second Lieut. Thomas 'Vatson Hastey, Air Service. First Lieut. Benedict Leo 1\Ialoney, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Bert Emory Cooper, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. John Peter Nolan, Infantry. First Lieut. Hurley Oran Richardson, Cavalry. First Lieut. Arthur Theodore Kreh, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Richard August Burkle, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Harry Lee Hagan, Infantry. First Lieut. Alfred Gustave Eritzland, Infantry. First Lieut. George David Condren, Cavalry. Second Lieut. Louis de Jussewicz, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Gersun Cronander, Cavalry. First Lieut. Chester John Hirschfelder, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Burgie Smith, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Morris Berman, Air Service. First Lieut. Alfred Foster King, jr., Air Service. First Lieut. Richard Fayette Fairchild, Infantry. First Lieut. Ernest Coolidge Goding, Infantry. First Lieut. ])()nald John 1\lyers, Infantry. First Lieut. Lawrence Stanley Woods, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Charles Allen Easterbrook, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Edward Jos ~ph Glynn, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Herbert Allyn Myers, Cavalry. First Lieut. Joseph Vincent Coughlin, Infantry. First Lieut. Shelby Cyrus Newman, Cavalry. First Lieut. 1\lacey Lillard Dill, Infantry. First Lieut. Rhey Thoburn Holt, Cavalry. First Lieut. Edgar Peter Soren en, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. George Fridjhof Bloomquist, Infantry. Second Lieut. Edward Julius Renth, Infantry. First Lieut. Lloyd Syl'vester Dennis, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. John Rudolph Kai ·er, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Ernest Esser, Infantry. First Lieut. James Richard Townsend, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Frank Emil Stoner, Infantry. First Lieut. George Head Duff, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Edgar A.rdeen Elkins, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. John Henry Harrington, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Roy Francis Lyncl, Infantry. Second Lieut. Francis Firmin Fainter, Infantry. First Lieut. Ernest Clifford Ayer, Infantry. First Lieut. John Wilbert Ramsey, Infantry. First Lieut. William Edwin Alger, Philippine Scouts. Second Lieut. Peter Girardeau Marshall, Infantry. First Lieut. James Lester Ballard, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Oldys, Air Service. First Lieut. Leon Wilbur Strozier, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. Karol Bronislaw Kozlowski, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. Martin Robert Rice, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Louis Moss Hitchcock, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. John Patrick Ferriter, Signal Corps. First Lieut. Mateo Mananjaya Capinpin, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. Richard Kidder Meade, Cavalry. . First Lieut. Herbert Foster Wilkinson, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. John Daniel Cook, Philippine Scouts. Second Lieut. Walter ;_rorman Clinton, Infantry. Second Lieut. Thomas Frederick Wirth, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. Martin Burtis Dunbar., Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Theodore Bundy, Infantry. Second Lieut. Malcolm Byrne, Cavalry. First Lieut. Walter Bender, Air Service. First Lieut. Raymond Charles Ria tt, Cavalry. First Lieut. Richard Louis Pemberton, Infantry. F!rst Lieut. Fred William Fallin, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Maurice Allen Hockman, Quartermaster Corps. Firs~ Lieut. John Francis Hill, Infantry. First Lieut. Edward James Turgeon, Quartermaster Corps. Second Lieut. Edward Brigham 1\IcKinley, Quartermaster First Lieut. Thomas Leavey Cleaver, Coast Artillery Corps. Corps. First Lieut. George Corbett Pilkington, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles John Kalberer, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. James Kirker Campbell, Infantry. First Lieut. Floy Lyle Hester, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Joseph Louis Bachus, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph Penderton Glandon, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Elmer Theodore Foss, Coast Artillery Corps. Second Lieut. Claude Mitchell Adams, Infantry. First Lieut. Valentine Pearsall Foster, Coast Artillery Corps. Second Lieut. Walter Patrick O'Brien, Infantry. First Lieut. David Esmond Cleary, Cavalry. First Lieut. James Francis Taylor, Quartermaster Corps.. First Lieut. John Henry Balmat, jr., Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Lester Levi Boggs, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Harold Dean Woolley, Infantry. First Lieut. Calvin Sutton Richards, Field Artillery. First Lieut. William James Schaal, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. John Thomas Fleming, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. John William Signer, Air Service. First Lieut. Ira Harry Treest, Signal Corps. First Lieut. Fay Ross, Infantry. First Lieut. Philip Bo well Taliaferro, Coast Artillery Co~ First Lieut. Forrest Edwin Collins, Infantry. First Lieut. Glenn C. Oppy, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry LeRoy Branson, Cavalry. First Lieut. Frank Brevard Hayne, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Nels Louis Soderholm, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Reed Bartlett, Coast Artillery Corps. Second Lieut. " ' alter Scott Arthur, Infantry. First Lieut. Arthur Pickens, Infantry. First Lieut. Cyril Branston Spicer, Infantry. First Lieut. Arthur Drummond Hughes, Quartermaster Corps.. JNrst Lieut. Carl Marcus Ultmker, Infantry. First Lieut. Lewis Evans Reigner, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Grove-r Cleveland Cleaver, Infantry. First Lieut. Oscar Nelson Sclljerven, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Arthur Henry Rogers, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Ernest Menezes, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Allen Austin, Infantry. First Lieut. Levin Arthur Bowland, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. ·william Alexander Ellis, Infantry. First Lieut. William Leslie Brown, Infantry. First Lieut. Sydney Clyde Fergason, Infantry. First Lieut. Clyde Clarkson Way, Infantry. First Lieut. Josiah Ara Wallace, Field Artillery. First Lieut. John Ephriam Harrison, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Charles Perfect, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. William Henry Brady, Infantry. First Lieut. Arthur l\Iilroy Stork, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. William Gregory Brey, Coa t Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Fayette Fargo Collins, Cavalry. First Lieut. Don Richman Norris, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. James Truman Menzie, Cavalry. First Lieut. Ben Butler Blair, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Charles William Hagen, Infantry. First Lieut. Lawrence Gibson Forsythe, Cavalry. First Lieut. Glenn A. Ross, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. John Alfred Hatfield, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Albert l\Iichael Guidera, Air Service. Second Lieut. Humphrey Swygart Evans, Quartermaftcr First Lieut. l\Iark Vinton Brunson, Quartermaster Corps. Corps. First Lieut. Elbridge Gerry Chapman, jr., Infantry. E'irst Lieut. John Randolph DeVall, Infantry. Second Lieut. Homer Bobo Battenberg, Infantry. First Lieut. Lewis Frederick Kosch, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Norman Doud Finley, Infantry. First Lieut. William Richard 1\faris, Qoast Arti11ery Corps. First Lieut. Philip Theodore Fry, Infantry. First Lieut. l\Iarion Lyman Yonng, Field Artillery. 1921. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3403

li'irst Lieut. George Irvin Smith, Cavalry. First Lieut. George Leland Eberle, Infantry. First Lieut. \\'alter Averill Hill, Cavalry. First Lieut. llufu& Stanley Ramey, Cavalry; First Lieut. Everard Franklin Olsen, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Douglas G rae me Clark, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Irving Devance Offer, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Marcus Brenneman Bell, Infun:tr;y. First Lieut. Arthur Francis Doran, Infantry. First Lieut. Louis Joseph Fortier, Field ATtillery .. First Lieut. John Benning Sinclair, Infantry. First Lieut. Henry Pascale, Air Service. First Lieut. 1\feivin Earl Gillette, Infantry. First Lieut. James Bentley Taylor, Cavalry. Second Lieut. Oliver Felton Porter, Field Artillery. First Lieut. George \Varner Swift, Infantry. First Lieut. Severne Spence MacLaughlin, Infantry. First IJeut. Remington Orsinger, Infantry~ First Lieut. William Frederic Marquat, Co-ast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. William Stewart- 1\Iorris, Infantry. First Lieut. Willis Aubrey Hedden~ Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph William Bollenbeck, Infantry. First Lieut. Allison Ware Jones, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Victor A. Dash, jr., Field Artillery. First Lieut. Godfrey Nell Wyke, Infantry. First IJeut. Richard Henry Ballard, CavaJ:.ry. First Lieut. Howard Herndoo Davis, Infantry. First Lieut. Leon Chapman Dennis, Coast Artillery Corps. Second Lieut. George Eitle Hartman, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Charles 'Villiam Chalker, Infantry. First Lieut. Oscar Julian Bl!ittle Whitehurst; Infantry. First Lieut. James Clay Short, Cavalry. Second Lieut. Philip Frederick Biehl, Coast Artillery Co-rps. First Lieut. Roy Crawford Moore, Field Artillery. First Lieut. James Gasper Devine, Coast Artillery Corps. Fil:st Lieut. William Fred Lafrenz, Coast Artillery Corps, Second Lieut. Rnlph Eldon Harrington, Coast Artillery Corps. l!~rst Lieut. Cyrus .roseph Rounds, Infantry. First Lieut. Richard Bocock Willis, Field Artillery. First Lieut. John Deane Forsythe, Infant:r;y. First Lieut. Burton Francis Hood, Infantry. First Lieut. Theodore Edward Thomas Haley, Field Artillery. Second Lieut. Howard Nathnnief Frissell, Infantry. First Lieut. J'ohn Franklin Hepner, Field Artillery. Second Lieut Patrick" Eugene Shea~ Field Artillery. First Lieut. Samuel Louis Alexander, Infantry. Second Lieut. Edward Samuel Garner, Infantry. • First Lieut. Lawrence Byron Wyant, Cavall'Y. First Lieut. Earl Elliott 1\Iajor, Infantry. First Lieut. Albert Denarvous-Johnson, Infantry.. First Lieut. Lloyd Chandler Parsons, Infantry. First Lieut. Leslie T. Lathrop, Infantry. First Lieut. Henry Vaughn Dexter, Infantry; First Lieut. James Black l\1uir-, jr., Coast Artillery Corps: First Lieut. Hans Ernest Kloe];!fer, Cavalry. First Lieut. Lewis .Augustine Maury, Qavah·y. First Lieut. Edward Allen Everitt, jr., Cavalry. First Lieut. Edmund Hathaway Stillman, Coast Artillery First Lieut. Ted. Harold Cawthorne, Infantry. Corps. First Lieut. Erwin Adolph Manthey, Quartermaste.~: Corps. First Lieut. Robert Chav-man Snidow, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Edward Harrah, Infantry. First Lieut. J'ohn Cary Howard, Infantry. First Lieut. Henry Bartow Dawson, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Ralph Edwin Richards, Infantry. First Lieut. John William Kelley, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Ralph. Hudson Wooten, Air Service. First Lieut. Robert William Corrigan, Infantry. First Lieut. Kenneth Burman Bush, Infantry. First Lieut. RQbert Hughes Lord, Infantry. lf'irst Lieut. John Frederick Loomi~ Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Archibald Ross McKechnie, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles Henry Keck, Ordnance Department First Lieut John Paul Ratay, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Abraham Wright Williams, Cavalry. First Lieut. M.ose Kent Pigman. Infantry. First Lieut. James Thomas Duke, Cavalry. First Lieut. Claude Tillinghast Porter-, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Hiram Franklin Pluinmer, Cavalry. First Lieut. Reed Emil Beck, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Thomas Watkins Ligon, Cavalry. First Lieut. Norman Norton Rogers, Cavalry: First Lieut. Edward Hale Brooks, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Waldo Emerson Ard, Fielcl Artillery. First Lieut. James David B.rownt Infantry. First Lieut. Harry William l\1aas, Cavalry. First Lieut. Wayland Bixby Augur, Cavalry. First Lieut. Fenton Gay Epling, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Harold Mru:k 1\lc.Clelland, Air Service. First Lieut. Rutherford Loren Herr, Infantry. First Lieut. William Brooks Bradford, Ca:valry. First Lieut. Herbert Gray Esden, Infantry. First Lieut. Arnold Wilkinson Shntter, Field ArtiiTery.. First Lieut. Peter Townsend Co:x:e, Cavalry. First Lieut. Abram Fr.a.nklin Kloler, Field Artillery. First Lieut. FranCis Henry Boucher, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Cecil Ray Moore, Corps of Ehgfueers. First Lieut. William Henry Sweet, Cavalry. First Lieut. Lennc.e .roseph Blanchard, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Louis Cansler, Cavalry. F'irst I.Jeut. Francis Sylvester Conaty, Fielif Artillery. First Lieut. Ross G

j 3404 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 18,

First Lieut. Walter Adams Mack, Infantry. First Lieut. Roy Vernon l\1orledge, Cavalry. First Lieut. JOhn Cleary Kernan, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Alexis l\IcC1ure, Infantry. First Lieut. Maxton Hale Flint, Infantry. First Lieut. Francis Brown McCollom, Infantry. First Lieut. Howard Jennings Gorman, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph Benton Wirt, Infantry. First Lieut. Eugene Peter Henry Gempel, Chemical Warfare First Lieut. Graham Roscoe Schweickert, Infantry. Service. Fir t Lieut. Charles Gordon Hutchinson, Cavalry. First Lieut. Charles Swett Pettee, Infantry. First Lieut. Chester Paul Dorland, Air Service. First Lieut. Elmer Ellsworth Hagler, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Archie E. Groff, Cavalry. First Lieut. Leon Adolph Des Pland, jr., Field Artillery. First Lieut. George Davis Wiltshire, Cavalry. First Lieut. John Melville Sanderson, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Alfonso Frederick Zerbee, Cavalry. First Lieut. Sidney Hamlet Negrotto, Infantry. First Lieut. Arthur John Wehr, Cavalry. First Lieut. Gustav Joseph Braun, Infantry. First Lieut. \Vannie Lee Bartley, Infantry. First Lieut. William Henry Egle Holmes, Coast Artillery First Lieut. Norman John McMahon, l!,ield Artillery. Corps. First Lieut. Donald 1\forris Bartow, Infantry. First Lieut. John Lindley Gammell, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Paul Louis Singer, Cavalry. First Lieut. Charles William Walton, Chemical Warfare First Lieut. Joseph Louis Ready, Infantry. SeHice. First Lieut. Lloyd Russell Rogers, Ordnance Department. First Lieut. Douglas Meriwether Griggs, Coast Artillery Cofi)s. First Lieut. Earl Coulson Flegel, Infantry. First Lieut. James Vincent McConville, Cavalry. First Lieut. Herbert Blish Wheeler, Infantry. First Lieut. Ward Hale Maris, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Charles Carroll Nathan, Infantry. First Lieut. Hugh John Fitzgerald, Cavalry. First I,ieut. Arthur Joseph Lacouture, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Everett Langdon Upson, Infantry. First Lieut. Wilbur Storm Elliott, Infantry. First Lieut. James Paul Jacobs, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Ki.rke Brooks Lawton, Signal Corps. First Lieut. Paul Joseph Matte, Cavalry. First Lieut. Neil Smith Edmond, Infantry. First Lieut. Cornelius Henry Menger, Ordnance Department. First Lieut. Harold Haney, Infantry. First Lieut. Don Forrester Pratt, Infantry. First Lieut. Martin DeWitt McA.llister, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Rush Hawes, jr., Cavalry. l!,irst Lieut. William Henry Colbern, Infantry. First Lieut. William Henry Seymour, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Marcel Alfred Gillis, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph Shelburn Robinson, Field Artillery. l!'irst Lieut. John William Carroll, Cavalry. First Lieut. Williard Allen Reddish, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Joshua Shelton Bowen, Infantry. First Lieut. Ernest Ransome Percy, Infantry. First Lieut. Leighton Coleman Worthington, Quarterm:1ster First Lieut. Murray Henry Ellis, Cavalry. ~~ I First Lieut. Sherwood Holmes Taber, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. David James Daly, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. Wolcott Paige Hayes, Cavalry. First Lieut. Floyd Merritt Hyndman, Cavalry. First Lieut. Ernest Cleveland Bomar, Coast .Artillery Corps. :B'irst Lieut. Ira Claude Nicholas, Infantry. First Lieut. Lawrence Augustus Shafer, Cavalry. Second Lieut. Clarence Walter Richmond, Cavalry. First Lieut. Donovan Paul Yeuell, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Jett Powell, Quarterp:1aster Corps. First Lieut. Charles Edward Atkinson, Coast .Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Lorenzo Lamont Snow, Air Service. First Lieut. Thurlby Morgan Runde!, Cavalry. First Lieut. William Herbert Murphy, Air Service. First Lieut. Charles Bernard Beeler Bubb, Cavalry. First Lieut. John Bryce Casseday, Cavalry. First Lieut. Charles Joseph Mcintyre, Infantry. First Lieut. John Francis Hanley, Infantry. First Lieut. Gustave Bismark Guenther, Cavalry. First Lieut. Ben Stafford, Infantry. First Lieut. Edward Benedict McCarthy, Coast .Artillery First Lieut. Theose Elwin Tillinghast, Air Service. Corps. Second Lieut. Daniel J. Dunn, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Leslie Frederick Lawrence, Cavalry. First Lieut. Dover Bell, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Horace Waldo Forster, Cavalry. Second Lieut. Harry Leroy Black, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. Edwin Hubert Randle, Infantry. Second Lieut. Harold Lester Egan, Infantry. First Lieut. Simpson Ridley Stribling, Ordnance Department. First Lieut. William Lawrence Conway, Infantry. First Lieut. Francis Marion Rich, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph Yuditsky, Cavalry. First Lieut. Edwin Gowdy Watson, Infantry. First Lieut. William Tussey, Cavalry. First Lieut. Leon Franklin Sullivan, Infantry. First Lieut. George Aloysius O'Donnell, Cavalry. First Lieut. Waldemar Adolph Falck, Cavalry. First Lieut. Albert Barnett Jones, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. Walter Clark Armstrong, Infantry. First Lieut. Hamilton Thorn, Infantry. First Lieut. Carl John Rohsenberger, Cavalry. First Lieut. John Sutherland Claussen, Infantry. -First Lieut. William Barber Townsend, Infantry. IJ'irst I,ieut. James Aloysius Hasson, Infantry. First Lieut. Hunter McGuire, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Edward Jones, Infantry. First Lieut. Richard Derby, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Louis Leonard Chatkin, Infantry. First Lieut. James Veto McDowell, Cavalry. First Lieut. Clarence Howard Kells, Infantry. First Lieut. Steven Bayard Wilson, Infantry. First Lieut. Harold Ragan Priest, Infantry. First Lieut. James Thomas Campbell, Coast .Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Davin Cleveland Kelly, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Howard Spencer McKirdy, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Frank Henry Hollingsworth, Infantry. First Lieut. Edwin Ralph Rinker, Infantry. First Lieut. Randolph Russell, Cavalry. First Lieut. Harry Lee Hart, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Philip Ramer, Field Artillery. Fir::;t Lieut. John Henry Gibson, Infantry. First Lieut. Brock Putnam, Cavalry. First Lieut. George Washington Gering, Infantry. First Lieut. Keelah Bouve, Infantry. First Lieut. James Henry Beals Bogman, Cavalry. First Lieut. Edwin Miles Sumner, Cavalry. First Lieut. Walter Earl Ditmars, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Henry Green, Cavalry. First Lieut. Robert Harold Gallier, Cavalry. First Lieut. Francis M. Fuller, Infantry. First Lieut. Percy Stuart Haydon, Cavalry. · First Lieut. Harold de Beaumont Bruck, Cavalry. First Lieut. Edwin Ernest Aldridge, Infantry. First Lieut. Sidney Abdiel Sands, Infantry. First Lieut. Edwin Blake Crabill, Infantry. First Lieut. Donald Anderson Young, Cavalry. First Lieut. Edmund Walton Hill, Infantry. First Lieut. Hans Charles 1\Iinuth, Cavalry. First Lieut. Albert Edward :Mcintosh, Cavalry, First Lieut. Christian Allen Schwarzwaelder, Infantry. First Lieut. Alfred l\larston Shearer, Infantry. First Lieut. Edwin Clarence Gere, Cavalry. First Lieut. Jefferson Kinney, Cavalry. First. Lieut. George Gill Ball, Cavalry. First Lieut. Halbert Hale Neilson, Cavalry. First Lieut. Harold Putnam Detwiler, Coast Artillery Corps. Fir t Lieut. Leland Charles McAuley, Cavalry. First Lieut. Clarence Francis Hofstetter, Coast ArtillerY, First Lieut. James Obadiah Tarbox, Infantry. Corps. First Lieut. Truman Everett Boudinot, Cavalry. First Lieut. George Stanley Victor Little, Infantry. First Lieut. Haymond Frank Edwards, Infantry. First Lieut.· Charles Lawrence Bolte, Infantry. First Lieut. Maurice Eugene Barker, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Eugene Crehan Callahan, Infantry. First Lieut. Oren A.nelen Mulkey, Infantry. First Lieut. Paul Sheeley Roper, Coast .Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Charles Chester: Bond, Infantry. First Lieut. Theodore Francis Wessels, Infantry. First Lieut. Stephen Boon, jr., Cavalry. First Lieut. Sherman Kennedy Burke, Infantry. First Lieut. Harold Glaucus Holt, Cavalry. First Lieut. Arthur John McChrystal, Infantry. 1921. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3405

First Lieut. l\Ialcolm Fraser Lindsey, Infantry. First Lieut. Samuel Lusker McCroskey, Coast ~rtillery Corps~ First Lieut. Jean Elsworth Nelson, Infantry. First Lieut. Arvid Paul Croonquist, Infantry. First Lieut. Horace Oscar Cushman, Infantry. First Lieut. James Edward Cole, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Harley La tson, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. Oliver Boone Bucher, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. William Maine Hutson, Infantry. First Lieut. Clarence Ames 1\fartin, Infanh-y. First Lieut. Thomas l\laury Galbreath, jr., Infantry, First Lieut. Francis Stuart Swett, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Harry Robert Kilbourne, Cavalry. First Lieut. Henning LinO.en, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Phillips, Infantry. First Lieut. Trevor Washington Swett, Infantry. First Lieut. David Henry Finley, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Eugene Dodge, Cavalry. First Lieut. Clifford Arthur Eastwood, Cavalry. First Lieut. George Read, jr., Infantry. F irst Lieut. Vinton Lee James, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. !Iarold r.raylor Brotherton, Coast Artillery Corps• . First Lieut. \Villiam Franklin Campbell, Infantry. First Lieut. Miles Whitney Kresge, Coast Artillery Corps. Fir t Lieut. Stuart Cutler, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Whipple Wilson, Field Artillery. First Lieut. John Reuben Boatwright, Infantry, First Lieut. Leslie Norman Ross, Infantry. First Lieut. Lester Nelson Allyn, Infantry. First Lieut. Ralph de Poix Terrell, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Henry Lester Barrett, Infantry. First Lieut. Walter Alexander Dumas, Infantry. First Lieut. Archibald Donald Fisken, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Edwin Emerson Keatley, Infantry. . Fil'st Lieut. Fenton Stratton Jacobs, Cavalry. First Lieut. George \Vorcester Ricker, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Raymond Rolland Tourtillott, Infantry. First Lieut. William Blackburn White, Infantry. First Lieut. George Albert Hadd, Infantry. First Lieut. George Comfort Parkhurst, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph Parnell Cromwell, Infantry. First Lieut. Don Magruder Scott, Infantry. First Lieut. Bernard Paul Hoey, Infantry. First Lieut. James Edward Wharton, Infantry. First Lieut. Catesby ap Catesby Jones, Cavalry. First Lieut. Stephen Mahon, Field Artille1-y. First Lieut. Sanford Dole Ashford, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Kenneth Leeds llolmes-Brown, Ordnance Depart. First Lieut. William McBlair Garrison, Field Artillery. ment. First Lieut. Eustace Peabody Strout, Infantry. First Lieut. Harvey Ernest Ragland, Field A.rtillery. First Lieut. Wallace William Parker, Infantry. First Lieut. Martin Dunlap Barndollar, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. James Laird Craig, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Francis Clark Lewis, Infantry. Fir t Lieut. Ray Moxey Hare, Infantry. First Lieut. Lewis Simons, Infantry. First Lieut. Walter Francis Mullins, Infantry. First Lieut. James Harold Day, Infantry. First Lieut. Henry Lord Page King, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Charles Jester Davis, Cavalry. First Lieut. Charles \Vharton, Cavalry. First Lieut. George William Outland, Ordnance Department. First Lieut. Harry William Koster, Infantry. First Lieut. Hiram Russell Ide, Infantry. First Lieut. Glenn Howenstein Stough, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. John Mead Silkman, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Charles Ernest Loucks, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Loren Archibald Wetherby, Infantry. First Lieut. \V. Dirk Van Ingen, Cavalry. First Lieut. James Joseph Coghlan, Infantry. First Lieut. Herbert Vaughan Scanlan, Cavalry. First Lieut. Bernard Butler McMahon, Infantry. First Lieut. Alfred James McMullin, Infantry. First Lieut. George Edwin Fingarson, Infanh·y. First Lieut. Gerald Leonard Marsh, Infantry. First Lieut. Stanley J;taymond Mickelsen, Coast Artillery First Lieut. George Philip Seneff, Infantry. Corps. First Lieut. Russell Gordon Ayers, Infantry. First Lieut. James Patrick Kelly, Field Artillery. First Lieut. William Allen Wappenstein, Infantry. First Lieut. Elwood Miller Stokes Steward, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles Hayden Owens, Infantry. First Lieut. Ernest Albert Rudelius, Infantry. First Lieut. Carter Collins, Infantry. First Lieut. William Lee Blanton, Infantry. First Lieut. Hugh McCauley Cochran, 3d, Coast Artillery First Lieut. Harold Eugene Sturcken, Air Service. Corps. First Lieut. John Brainard Fidlar, Ordnance Department. First Lieut. George Edwin Abrams, Infantry. First Lieut. Wilbur Burnette Sumner, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Brady, jr., Cavalry. First Lieut.. Albert Dickinson Foster, Infantry. First Lieut. Porter Pise 'Viggins, Infantry. First Lieut. Erell Dale Porter, Infantry. First Lieut. Gilbert Xavier Cheves, Cavalry. First Lieut. Harold Jack Adams, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. Paul Bacon Matlock, Infantry. First Lieut. Claude Alfred White, Infantry. First Lieut. William Edward Corkill, Field Artillery. Fir t Lieut. John Franklin Farnsworth, Infantry. First Lieut. John Thomas Zellars, Infantry. Fir t Lieut. Paul Jamison Hunt, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Richard Alfred McClure, Infantry. ·.i First Lieut. William Booth VanAuken, Cavalry. First Lieut. Carroll Gowen Riggs, Coast Artillery Corps. F .n :; t Lieut. Archer Lynn Lerch, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles Donald Brown, Field Artillery. Fir t Lieut. John Arthur Pierce, Infantry. First I... ieut. John Adams Ballard, Infantry. First Lieut. Wendell Lapsley Clemenson, Infantry. First Lieut. Herbert Towle Perrin, Infantry. First Lieut. Moses William Pettigrew, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Emons Bert Whisner, Infantry. First Lieut. \Valter Francis Kraus, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. George Wesley Griner, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Charles James Deahl, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Douglas Lee Crane, Quartet·master Corps. Fir t Lieut. Frarik Macdonald Ogden, Infantry. First Lieut. Hugh Tullock l\layberry, Infantry. First Lieut. Arcadi Gluckman, Infantry. First Lieut. Wade Carpenter Gatchell, Cavalry. First Lieut. Dale Milton Hoagland, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Harry Newton Blue, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Maurice Webster Ocheltree, Infantry. First Lieut. Fredric Harris Timmerman, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Roy Thomas Rouse, Infantry. First Lieut. Moses McKay Darst, Infantry. First Lieut. Ivan Benson Snell, Infantry. . First Lieut. Harry Staples Robertson, Infantry. First Lieut. Lester Martin Kilgarif, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Amos Eugene Carmichael, Field Artillery. First Lieut. James Wilson Rice, Infantry. First Lieut. Samuel O'Connor Neff, Infantry. First Lieut. James Polk Gammon, Infantry. First Lieut. Philip Edward Brmvn, Infantry. Firs t Lieut. James Irving Gibbon, Cavalry. First Lieut. Andrew Jackson Wynne, Cavalry. First Lieut. Henry Kirke White, Infantry. First Lieut. Olaf Phillips Winningstad, Ordnance Department. First Lieut. Howard Forrest Long, Cavalry. First Lieut. Winfred Charles Green, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Burton Curtis Andrus, Cavalry. First Lieut. 1\Iarion Irwin Voorhes, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Arthur Henry Besse, Cavalry. First Lieut. George Arthur Davis, Infantry. First Lieut. Arthur Lafayette Warren, Field Artillery. First Lieut. George Van Wyck Pope, Infantry. First Lieut. Merritt Halstead Greene, Field Artillery. First Lieut. George Ellsworth Butler, Infantry. First Lieut. Irwin Lytle Lummis, Infantry. First Lieut. Edgar Lewis Clewell, Infantry. First Lieut. Ary Clay Berry, Field Artillery. First Lieut. \Valter Frank Goodman, Cavalry. First Lieut. l\Iark Milton Serum, Ordnance Department. First Lieut. Herbert Fritz Ernst Bultman; Coast Artillery First Lieut. Arthur William Gower, Coast Artillery Corps. Corps. · First Lieut. John Taylor Lewis, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Leon Draper Gibbens, Infantry. First Lieut. Ross Breckon Warren, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Ralph King Learnard, Fielcl Artillery. First Lieut. Walter David Luplow, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. Robert Alexander Kinloch, Infantry. LX--215 3406 C01?GRESSION AL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 18,

First Lieut. J"oel Rankin Burney, Infantry. First Lieut. John Ham11ton Irdng, Cavalry. First Lieut. \Yilton Burton Persons, Coa t Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Alfred Pruden Kelley, Ca-valry. First Lieut. Camp}}ell l.,.elson Jackson, Infantry. First Lieut. Oli1er Ferguson Marston, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Homer Case, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Evan Dhu Cameron, jr., Ca\a1ry. First Lieut. John Henry Gan'lner, jr., Field Artillery. First Lieut. Clarence Clemons Park, Field Artillery. First J.ietalry. First Lieut. Harry Lee Campbell, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Benjnmin Franklin O'Connor, jr., Infantry. Fir:t Lieut. John Kay Christmas, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Fred Currie Milner, Infantry. I• irst Lieut. Hnrvey Edward, Quartermaster Col·ps. First Lieut. Charles Frost Craig, Infantry. li'irst Lieut. Leo James 1\lcCarthy, Infantry. First Lieut. Lloyd Smith Partridge, Field .Artil1ery. First Lieut. Earl Franklyn Paynter, In!antry. First Lieut. Oscar K. \Volber, Infantry. First Lieut. Erue.st Arthur William , Cavah-y. First Lieut. William Tillory Andrews, Coast .Artillery Corps. First Lieut. George .Price Hays, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Callie Hammond Palmer, Cavalry. First Lieut. Geor.:;e Harrison Millholland, Cavalry. First Lieut. Karl Eugl'ne Henion. Infantry. First I.ieut. Harrison Bruce Beavers, Infantry. First Lieut. Harold "'"hittle Blakeley, Field .Artillery. First Lieut. Herbert Daskum Gibson, Infantry. First Lieut. George Etter, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Harry Squire Wilbur, Infantry. li irst Lieut. George Orial Clark, Infantry. First Lieut. Ralph J"ulian Canine, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Russell J". Potts, Infantry. First Lieut. Paul Blasseogame Robinson, Infantry. First Lieut. William :{Ioover Craig, Infantry. First Lieut. William Lamont Coulter, Infantry. First Lieut. Thaddeus Clarence Knight, Infantry. First Lieut. .Joseph Henry Hinwood, Infantry. First Lieut. Ollie William R ed, Infantry. First Lieut. Russell Fleming 'Valthour, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Levi Monroe Bricker, Ordnance Department First Lieut. .Tame Crawford DeLong, Infantry. First Lieut. John Pehrson MacNeill, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Timothy Asbury Pe<:Uey, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Lou1s Wilson 1\laddox, Infantcy. First Lieut. Donald Ross Dunkle, Cavalry. First Lieut. John C1yde Glitl1ero, Infantry, nbject to exami· l~'irst Lieut. James Sullins Yarnell, Infantry. nation required by law. First Lieut. Chester Earl Davis, Cavalry. First Lieut. James Gaulding Watkins, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Edwin Turner Bowden, Infantry. First Lieut. Christopher Strawn, Oavalry. First Lieut. Cassius Hayward Styles, Air Sen-ice. First Lieut. \Villinm Fulton Magill, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Holmes Gill Paullin, Cavalry. First Lieut. Paul Mitchell Arnold, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Ransom ::>avis Spann, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Harry Curry, Infantry. First Lieut. llay Edi on Porter, Infantry. First Lieut. llobert .John Wagoner, Infantry. First Lieut. Frank Exley Barber, Infantry. First Lieut. William Edgar Vernon, Infantry. First Lieut. John Earl Brannan, Infantry. First Lieut. Sam Williams Anderson, Coast Artillery Corps~ First Lieut. Arthur Castle Hawkins, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Joseph ·wmiams McCall, Infantry. . 19~1. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE . 3407 • First Lieut. Thomas Brevard Steel, Infantry. First Lieut. Benjamin Franklin Harmon, Coast Artillery First Lieut. Alfred Joser:h DeLorimer, Cavalry. Corps. First Lieut. Everett Busch, Infantry. First Lieut. Walter Throckmorton Scott, Infantry. First Lieut. John Wilbur Heisse, Infantry. First Lieut. Edwin Wilds Godbold, Cavalry. First Lieut. James Taylor, Infantry. First Lieut. John Wilson O'Daniel, Infantry. First Lieut. Stewart Darden Hervey, Infantry, subject to First Lieut. John Gilbert White, Field Artillery. examination required by law. First Lieut. Harry Frank Thompson, Infantry. First Lieut. Frank Joyce Pearson, Inf:mtry. First Lieut. Raymond Carmichael Gibbs, Cavalry. First Lieut. Lester Thomas Miller, Infantry. First Lieut. Carl McKee Innis, Infantry. First Lieut. Leo Donovan, Infantry. First Lieut. William Henry Allen, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph Gerald Cole, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Leo Francis Crane, Cavalry. First Lieut. Julian GHliam Hart, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph William 1\fc.Kenna, Infantry. First Lieut. Randall Thomas Kendrick, Infantry. First Lieut. Raymond Blanton Bottom, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. James Walter Ewing, Cavalry. First Lieut. Alfred Grace Ford, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Percy McCay Vernon, Infantry. First Lieut. Henry Terry Morrison, Coast Artillery Cor~s. First Lieut. Clyde Le Gage Walker, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Paul Leon Porter, Infantry. First Lieut. Milton Whitney, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Stanley Joseph Grogan, Infantry. First Lieut. Emile James Boyer, Infantry. First Lieut. Rohland Andrew Isker, Cavalry. First Lieut. Richard Earl Tallant, Cavalry. First Lieut. Robert Reginald Maxwell, Cavalry. First Lieut. Peter J. Lloyd, Infantry. First Lieut. Leonard Roscoe Crews, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Henry Hale Cheshire, Cavalry. First Lieut. Charles Arthur Horger, Ca>alry. Fir t Litmt. Theodore l\lorton Cornell, Infantry. First Lieut. Stonewall Jackson, Infantry. First Lieut. Paul Vincent Kellogg, Infantry. First Lieut. Conrad Grey Wall, Cavalry. First Lieut. John Sylvester Peters, Cavalry. First Lieut. Warner Beardsley Gates, Infantry. First Lieut. Herbert Ludwell Earnest, Cavalry. First Lieut. Oscar Joseph Neundorfer, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Ivy Winfred Crawford, Infantry. First Lieut. Charlie Edward Hart, Cavalry. Fi1·st Lieut. Charles Spurgeon Harris, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Webster Hamlin Warren, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. John Reed Hodge, Infantry. First Lieut. Ross Berry Smith, Infantry. First Lieut. Arthur Richard Walk, Infantry. First Lieut. John Brown Bethea, jr., Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Leslie Egner Toole, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Bennett Woodburn, Infantry. First Lieut. Francis 1\1urra~ Brady, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles William Higgins, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Paul Wolcott Rutledge, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Hugh Nathan Herrick, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Eubert Harrison Malone, Infantry. First Lieut. Stanley French Griswold, Infantry. First Lieut. Ray Tyson Maddocks, Cavalry. First Lieut. John Thomas Dibrell, Infantry. First Lieut. James Footville Butler, Infantry. First Lieut. Edmund Jones Lilly, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. IUchard Nelson Atwell, Cavalry. First Lieut. Charles Edward Dissinger, Cavalry. First Lieut. Thomas Bayne Locke, Cavalry. First Lieut. Thomas Garlot Hannon, Infantry. First Lieut. Truman l\lorris l\Iartin, Infantry. First Lieut. John Edwin Hull, Infantry. First Lieut. Morris Simpson Daniels, jr., Cavalry. First Lieut. Thomas Francis Bresnahan, Infantry. First Lieut. Chester Bailey l\IcCoid, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Koger Marion Still, Infantry. First Lieut. Cecil Leland Rutledge, Infantry. First Lieut. Samuel White, jr., Field Artillery. First Lieut. Theodore Christian Gerber, Ordnance Depart- First Lieut. Gilman Kimball Crockett, Infantry. ment. First Lieut. William Warren Wertz, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Garth Uly Haddock, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Edison Roderick, Infantry. First Lieut. Lawrence Leonard William 1\feinzen, Infantry. First Lieut. Wallace Alan Mead, Infantry. First Lieut. Marshall Lawrence Gosserand, Coast Artillery First Lieut. Ray Winfield Harris, Infantry, subject to ex- , Corps. "" - amination required by law. First Lieut. John Orland Lawrence, Cavalry. First Lieut. Elbert Wilson Lockwood, Infantry. First Lieut. George LeConte Ramsey, Infantry. F.irst Lieut. Evans Read Crowell, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. John Johnson Albright, Infantry. First Lieut. Robinson Earl Duff, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles '\Villiamson Glover, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Leon Wilcomb Hilliard, Signal Corps. First Lieut. Robert Jones King, Infantry. First Lieut. Walter Colon Blalock, Infantry. First Lieut. Alexander Adair, Infantry. First Lieut. Hamilton Johnston, Infantry. First Lieut. Grant Alexander Schlieker, Infantry. First Lieut. Raymond Godfrey Lehman, Infantry. l!"irst Lieut. John Knox Gailey, jr., Cavalry. First Lieut. Irvine Callander Scudder, Infantry. First Lieut. William Grant Hilliard, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. James Chester Bates, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Albert Cushing Cleveland, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Edmund Pendleton, Cavalry. First Lieut. Leslie Marshall Skerry, Field Artillery. First Lieut. William Claude Briggs, Infantry. First Lieut. Walter Carper Phillips, Infantry. First Lieut. Paul Samuel Beard, Infantry. Fir!.it Lieut. Anthony Joseph Touart, Infantry. First Lieut. Edgardo Vazquez-Bruno, Infantry. First Lieut. Henry Percy Gray, Infantry. First Lieut. Wright Helm Johnson, Signal Corps. First Lieut. Dan Harold Riner, Infantry. First Lieut. George William Clover, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Morriss Browning, Infantry. First Lieut. Edwin Allan Smith, Infantry. First Lieut. Arthur Edmund Easterbrook, Air Service. First Lieut. Gyles 1\ferrill, Cavalry. First Lieut. Harry John Collins, Infantry. First Lieut. ·william Copers Bowie, Cavalry. First Lieut. James VanValkenburgh Shufelt, Cavalry. First Lieut. 'Vilfred Ernest Willis, Ca>alry. First Lieut. Henry Paul Hallowell, Infantry. First Lieut. Floyd C. Harding, Infantry. First Lieut. Hobart Haymond Gay, Cavalry. First Lieut. Rolfe Saunders Sample, Infantry. First Lieut. Rutherford Leon Hammond, Cavalry. First Lieut. James Montagu Adamson, jr., Cavalry. First Lieut. Oscar Dubois McNeely, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Thomas William Conrad, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Parker Gillespie Tenney, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Percy Lee Sadler, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Ernest Archibald, Infantry. First Lieut. George Luther l\lorrow, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Jeffries Betts, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Charles Everhart Sheldrake, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Buhl Moore, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Frederick Wilhelm Hoorn, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Mordaunt Verne Turner, Cavalry. First Lieut. Joe Carroll Rogers, Cavalry. First Lieut. Norman E. Waldron, Cavalry. First Lieut. Evan Marshall Sherrill, Infantry. First Lieut. Adrian Robert Brian, Infantry. First Lieut. James ·wylie Arnold, Infantry. First Lieut. Herbert Johnson Burke, Cavalry. First Lieut. Frank Albert Allen, jr., CaT"alry. First Lieut. Burton Loren Lucas, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph Carson Stephens, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. 1\Iorris Clinton Handwerk, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Bernard Franklin Hurless, Infantry. First Lieut. 'Valter Russell Ketcham, Infantry. First Lieut. Guy Orth Kurtz, Field Artillery. First Lieut. George Stephen Wear, Infantry, subject to exami­ First Lieut. Louis Joseph Compton, Field Artillery. nation required by law. First Lieut. John Henry Hilldring, Infantry. First Lieut. Leo Lawrence Gocker, Cavalry. First Lieut. William Donald 1\Ic:Millin, Infantry. 3408 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN ATE. FEBRUARY 18, • First Lieut. Arthur Breckinridge Wade, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Carl Jnlian Dockler, Cn·mlry. First Lieut. James Gideon Kyle, Infantry. First Lieut. 1\Iilton Heil!ron, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. J-ohn Hurst Rodman, Infantry. First Lieut. Olin Coke Newell, Cavalry. First Lieut. William Dan Powell, Infantry. First Lieut. James Barclay Smith, Infantry. First Lieut. Read Wipprecht, Cavalry. First Lieut. Paule Steele, Infantry. . First Lieut. Ceylon Otto Griffin, Cavalry. First Lieut. Luther Nathaniel Johnson, Infantry. First Lieut. William Charles Louisell, Infantry. First Lieut. Stanley Augustus Anderson, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Wade Herren, Cavalry. First Lieut. Robei:t Emmett Cummings, Infantry. First Lieut. Alden Humphrey Seabury, Cavalry. First Lieut. Harry Fayette Schoonover, Infantry. First Lieut. .Jesse Eckard Whitt, Infantry. First Lieut. Adam Jackson nennett, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. WiUiam Emanuel Goe, Infantry. .,...... / First Lieut. Louis Simmonds Stickney, Infantry. First Lieut. Donald Brooks Hilton, Coast Artillery Corps. rt.: First Lieut. William Hesketh, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Clarence Arthur Shannon. Cavalry. ';., First Lieut. James Larkin Dik~, Infantry, subj-ect to exami- First Lieut. Alexander Bull McNabb, Cavalry. nation required by law. First Lieut. William Leonard Ritter, Infantry. First Lieut. Ben Curtis 1\IcComas, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Winchell Patterson, Infantry. First Lieut. Kenneth Benjamin Gunn, Infantry. First Lieut. Ralph Edwin Hill, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Maurice Garver Stubbs, Infantry. First Lieut. Francis Lanc.aster Christian, Coast Artillery First Lieut. Archibald Andrew Fall, Infantry. Corps. First Lieut. Frank Romaine Schucker, Infantry. First Lieut. Chn.rles Henry Sears, Infantry. First Lieut. George StewaTt Warren, Cavalry. First Lieut. 'Valton Whittingham Cox, Cavalry. First Lieut. John Leo Davey, Infantry. First Lieut. DruiU EIDD1et Wheeler, Infantry. First Lieut. Ralph Charles Thomas, Ca"\alry. First Lieut. Charles Royall Lugton, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph William Vann, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Maitl.and Bottoms, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Mario Cordero, Infantry. First Lieut. l\Iichael Johann Perret, Infantry. First Lieut. Henry Oscar Swindler, Infantry. First Lieut. Ross Ernest Larson, Cavalry. First Lieut. Haskell Allison, Infantry. First Lieut. William Robinson Epes, Coast Artillery Corps. "First Lieut. John Minor Lile, Cavalry. First Lieut. Stewart Elvin Reimel, Infantry. First Lieut. Bruce Glenn Kirk, Infantry. First Lieut. Kendall Jordan Fielder, Infantry. First Lieut. Davis Jones, Infantry. First Lieut. William Curtis Deware, Infantry. First Lieut. Russell Skinner, Infantry. First Lieut. Hugh Donald Adair, Infantry. First Lieut. George Warren Dunn, jr., Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Charles Harrington Stewart, Coast Artillery First Lieut Arthur Tillinghast Huston, Cavalry. Corps. First Lieut. John Alexander Klein, Infantry. First Lieut. Joseph Robbins Bibb, Infantry. First Lieut. Arthur Harold Luse, Infantry. Fir t Lieut. Reginalu Reuben Bacon, Infantry. First Lieut. Clayton Seraska Whitehead, Infantry. First Lieut Russell Conwell Snyder, Field Artillery. First Lieut. William Arthur Swift, Infantry. First Lieut. Da-vid ll.raome Van Pelt, Infantry. First Lieut. John Edwin Grose, Infantry. First Lieut. Harvey Allan Tonnesen, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Creighton Wright, Infantry. First Lieut Edward Ramsey Holland, jr., Coast Artillery First Lieut. Everett Latimer Rice, Infantry. Corps. First Lieut. Lawrence Archie Kurtz, Infantry. First Lieut. 'Villiam Hubbell Emerson, Infantry. First Lieut. Daniel Webster ID.ckey, jr., Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. George Eddy Cook, Infantry. First Lieut. 1\fartin Stevenson Chester, Infantry. First Lieut. James Tolmie Watson, jr., Ca-valry. First Lieut. William Connor Samford, Infantry. First Lieut. Eugene Hill l\Iitchell, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Reichelderfer, Infantry. First Lieut. John 'Vesley Russey, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Alexander Russell Bolling, Infanb.·y. First Lieut. Donnld Ste"\ens Grimm, Infantry. First Lieut. Duncan Thomas Boisseau, Infantry. First Lieut. James Dennett Mcintyre, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Jame~ Leonard Garza, Infantry. First Lieut. Walter Michael Eugene Sullivan, Infantry. First Lieut. John Dunbar Chambliss, Infantry. First Lieut. Allan James Kennedy, Infantry. First Lieut. Roger Eugene Williams, Cavalry. First Lieut. Bryan Lee Milburn, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Frank Reid Baker, Ca\'uh-y. F'irst Lieut. l\1artin Luther Howard, Infantry. First Lieut. Elvin Leon Barr, Coast Artillery Corps. First :J;:.ieut. Nyal L. Adams, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Douglas Eaton Morrison, Coast Artillery Corps. Fir~t Lieut. Virgil Norbcrto Coruero, Infantry. First Lieut. Thomas Eugene Jeffords, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Leo Joseph Farrell, Infantry. First Lieut. Amory Oli"fer, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Walter Shea Wood, Infantry. First Lieut. Clarence 'Vebb Dresser, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Frank Owen Stephens, Infantry. First Lieut. Frank Hendricks Hastings, Corrst Artillel'Y Corps. First Lieut. William Henry Quarterman, jr., Field Artillery. First Lieut. Joseph Hiram Gilbreth, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Benjamin Brandon Buin, Infantry. First Lieut. Harold Gilbert Archibald, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Ira Clarence Eaker, Air Service. First Lieut. Danield Howe Hoge, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Stanton Louis Bertsche.y, Infantry. First Lieut. Reamer Walker Argo, Coast Artillery Corps, sub- First Lieut. llom~yn Beck Hough, jr., Air Service. ject to examination required by law. First Lieut. Fred Paul Clark, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Eugene Thomas Con·way, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Cheney Litton Bertholf, Infantry. First Lieut. Frederick Adelmar Ward, Philippine Scouts. First Lieut. Ellsworth Young, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Ralph Hirsch, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Harold LaRoy King Aibro, Cavalry. First Lieut. "Tilliam .Joseph Egan, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Edward Reese Roberts, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Talley Dozier .Joiner, Infantry. First Lieut. 'Valter Ernst Lauer, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Victor 1\laraist, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Frank Hitch Pritchard, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Lawrence Patterson, Cavalry. First Lieut. Albert Hugh Dumas, Infantry. First Lieut. Lester Hardee Barnhill, Infuntry. First Lieut. Paul Shober Jones, Infantry. First Lieut. Sterner St. Paul Meek, Infantry. First Lieut. Paul Thompson Baker, Infantry. Fil·st Lieut. Julian Yance Link. Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Porter Bell, Infantry. First Lieut. Melvin Lewis Craig, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Harold William Keller, Infantry. First Lieut. Elbert Arcularius Nostrand, Infantry. First Lieut. Edwin William Piburn, Infantry. First Lieut. Samuel Gibson Stewart, Cavalry. First Lieut. Kenneth Stoddard Whittemore, Infantry. First Lieut. Hervey Aldrich Tribolet, Infantry. First Lieut. Muck Morgan Lynch, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Brooks Ennis, Infantry. Fir t Lieut. .JmTy Vrchlicky Matejka, Coast .Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Levie Wilson Foy, Infantry. First Lieut. Frank Huber Partridge, Infantry. First Lieut. John Cord Blizzard, jr., Infantry. Fir t Lieut. Franklin Knight Kennedy, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Warren Henry McNaught, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Gerald FitzGerald, Oa-valry. First Lieut. Howard Clark, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Derril de Saussure Trenholm, Infantry. First Lieut. Roy Edson Craig, Ca-valry. First Lieut. :Michael Edmond ;Ilalloran, Infantry. First Lieut. Robert Ignatius Stack, Infantry. First Lieut. Idwnl Hubert Edwards, Air Service. First Lieut. Paul Wilbur Warren, Infancry. First Lieut. Paul James Vevia, Infantry. First Lieut. John Huling, jr., Infantry. 1921. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN ATE. 3409

First Lieut. Early Edward Wa.Jters Duncan, Air Service. First Lieut. Gilbert Rieman, C'a r !111'J. First Lieut. Edward l\Iarple Daniels, Cavalry, subject to First Lieut. Percy Adnms, Cor~' t .\rtil1ery Corps. exa.minatiDn required by law. First Lieut. Jefferson ::\1ilfor<1 ~ t e w a rt, Infantry. First Lieut. Orryl Samuel Robles, Infantry. First Lieut. Howard KirkbriL1e Dilts, Infantry. First Lieut. Philip Richard Upton, Cavalry. First Lieut Joseph Benjamin Yareln, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Horace Kelita Heath, Infantry. First Lieut. \Valter Floyd Brown, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Harry Russell Evans, Infantry. First Lieut. l\fanning Wilfred Spotswood, Quartermaster First Lieut. Bartholomew Robins DeGraff, Infantry. Corps. First Lieut. George LaFranc O'Connor, Infantry. First Lieut. George Cook Hollingsworth, Infantry. First Lieut. Harold Napoleon Gilbert, Infantry. First Lieut. Joel Franklin Watson, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Charles Eugene Rust, Air Sen·ice. First Lieut. Joh'n Conrad Hutcheson, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. William Albert C<:Jllier, Infantry. First Lieut. Charles Wilshire Older, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Archibald l\liles Mixson, Infantry. First Lieut. Will:am Downing Wheeler, Air Service. First Lieut. Clifford Bert Cole, Field .Artillery. First Lieut. Herbert Wheeler Worcester, Cavalry. First Lieut. Albert Gresham Wing, Infantry. First Lieut. Dand R::tnsom Woh·erton, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. William Fred Rehm, Infantry. First Lieut. George Ray Ford, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Edw. rd ~ichDlson Fay, Infantry. First Lieut. Frank GosnelL jr., Field A.rtillery. First Lieut. Donald Tholllils Nelson, Cavalry. First Lieut. John Vincent Rowan, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Thomas Graves Cherry, Infantry, subject to ex- First Lieut. Willinm Henry Beers, Infantry. amination required by law. First Lieut. \Villis Dodge Cronkhite, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Richardson Lester Greene, Field Artillery. First Lieut. John Alexander Russell. Qum·termaster Corps. First Lieut. George Clarence Nielson, Infantry. First Lieut. Theodore Tyler Barnett, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Raymond Greenleaf Sherman, Infantry. First Lieut. William Addison Ray, Field .Artillery. First Lieut. Earl Campbell Horan, Infantry. First Lieut. Lloyd Spencer Spooner, Infantry. First Lieut. William John Henry Ryan, Infantry. First Lieut. Henry Mills Shoemaker, Ca\·n.lry. First Lie ut. Coleman Ferrell Driver, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Tolman Partridge, Quartermaster Corp~. First Lieut. ·wallace William 1\Iillard, Infantry. First Lieut. Eugene Erwin l\Iorrow, Infantry. First Lieut. Walter Wellington Yon Gremp, Infantry. First Lieut. Kinsley Wilcox Slauson, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Arthur Grady Hutchinson, Infantry. First Lieut. Fred Tenderholm Neville, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Norman 1\Iarcus Nelsen, Infantry. First Lieut. James Hugh Conlin, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Han-ey Lewis Littlefield, Infantry. FiJ·r:,t Lieut. Cyril \Vilhelm Van Cortlandt, Quartermaster First Lieut. Ronald Lowe Ring, Infantry. Corps. First Lieut. Alfred Timothy 'Vright, Infantry. Fin·t Lieut. Cornelius Cole Brown, Infantry. Firs t Lieut. John Ainsworth Andrews, Infantry. Fild Lieut. Joseph Patrick Kelly, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. George Andrew Lockhart, Infantry. First Lieut. Edgar Kehlor Brockway, Infantry. First Lieut. Emerald Clark Robbins, Cavalry. subject to e~- First Lieut. \Yallace Earle Hackett, Infantry. amination required by law. First Lieut. Wllliam Lane Tydings, Infantry. l!.,irst Lieut. James Julian Pirtle, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Ernest Klein White, Quartermaster Corps. Fir!:lt Lieut. Alfred Edward Dedicke, Infantry. First Lieut. George William West, Quartermaster Corps. Fir. t Lieut. George l!,rederick Macdonald, Infantry. First Lieut. Augustus Spencer Harrison, Quarterma ter Corps. First Lieut. Harry Boissonnault, Infantry. First Lieut. Harry Coleman Snyder. Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Wilbur Ellsworth Bashore, Infantry. First Lieut. Franklin B. Lees, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Harold Head, Infantry. First Lieut. Benton Arthur Doyle, Air Service. First Lieut. Walter William Boon, Infantry. First Lieut. George Henry Shea, Cavalry. First Lieut. Hugh McCord Evans, Infantry. Second Lieut. Edward John Lewis Russell, Quartermaster First Lieut. Michael Joseph l\Iulcahy, Infantry. Corps. First Lieut. Harold Stokely Wright, Infantry. First Lieut. Archie Ells·worth Phinney, Infantry. First Lieut. Lois Chester ))ill, Infantry. First Lieut. F1itz 1\I. Dyer, Infantry. First Lieut. Edward James Maloney, Infantry. First Lieut John Nettleton Johnson, jr., Infantry. First Lieut. Richard Abram Jones, Infantry. First Lieut. Edward Flagg Sweeney, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Lloyd Dexter Yates, Infantry. First Lieut. Ralph Reynolds Seger, QuarteriiUlster Corps. First Lieut. Hugh Barclay, Infantry. First Lieut. Henry Frederick Wunder, Infantry. First Lieut. Lawrence William Jenkinso~ Infantry. First Lieut. Taylor Worcester Foreman, Infantry. First Lieut. Nelson l\lacy "\Valker. Infantry. First Lieut. Philip Joseph O'Brien, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Milton Brandt Gt>odyear, Infantry. First Lieut. George Leroy King, Infantry. First Lieut. William Ewn.rt Gladstone Graham, Infaub.·y. First Lieut. Floyd William Ferree, Infantry. First Lieut. Jesse Ralston Lippincott, Infantry. MEDICAL CORPS. First Lieut. Lee Sommerville Dillon, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. Ralph 1\fillls, Carps of Engineers. Ta be eaptains, First Lieut. Peter Edward Bermel, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. Alexander 1\Iile.au, jr., Medical Corps, from June First Lieut. Carl Raymond Shaw, Corps of Engineer.s. 18, 1920. First Lieut. Theron DeWitt Weaver, Corps of Engineers. First Lieut. Leona~:d Philip Bell, Medical Corps, from June First Lieut. Frederick Franklyn Frech, Corpn of Engineers. 22, 1920. First Lieut. John Elliott Wood, O>rps of Engineers. First Lieut. Thomas Grant ToUBey, Medical Corps, from July First Lieut. Harry llay Spri:uger, Quartermnster Corps. 14, 1920. S-econd Lieut. William Riley Maynard, Air Service. First Lieut. Frank Walker Young, l\Jedical Corps, from July Second Lieut. Robert Johnson VanEpps, Quartermaster Corps. 16, 192{). First Lieut. Raymond Donaldson Smith, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Roy Farrington Brown, 1\ledical Corps, from July First Lieut. William Minnis Pierce, Quartermaster Corps. 25, 1920. First Lieut. Arthur Bothwell Proctor, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Jolln Glenwood Knauer, llidical Corp , from .!.u­ First Lieut. Robert Lee Cox, Cavalry. gust 8, 1920. First Lieut. William Thombs Kilborn, jr., Quartermaster First Lieut. Clark Anson Wilcox, l\Iedical Corps, from August Gorps. 8, 1920. First Lieut. Frank Harry Scheiner, Quartermaster Corps. First Lieut. Edwin Raymond Strong, Medical Corps, from Au­ First Lieut. Carlos Oscar Cooley, Infantry. gust 27, 1920. First Lieut. Frank Uerritt Harshberger, Cavalry. First Lieut. Henry Jackson Hayes, Medical Corps, from Au­ First Lieut. Leighton E. 'Vorthley, Infantry. gust 31, 1920. First Lieut. Francis Joseph 1\lcNamara, Infantry. First Lieut. Edwin Leland Brackney, Uedical Corps, from First Lieut. Frank Watts Arnold, Cavalry. September 3, 1920. First Lieut. Harrison Sheldon Beecher, Cavalry. First Lieut. Rufus Leroy Holt, l\Iedicai Corps, from Septem­ First Lieut. 'Vesley Wright Price, Quartermaster Corps. ber 8, 1920. First Lieut. E?shine Burt Halley, Field Artillery. First Lieut. Ernest Jackson Steves, Medieal Corps, from No­ Flr t Lieut. Mortimer Clark Addoms, jr., Quartermaster Corps. vember 22, 1920. Flrst Lieut. Char'Ies Clarke Loughlin, Infantry. First Lieut. William John 1\Ieihe, Medical Corps, from Sep­ First Lieut. Gill 1\IcCook, CaYalry. tember 3, 1920. 3410 CON-GRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 18,

First Lieut. Morgan Clint Berry, Medical Corps, from Sep­ SIGNAL CORPS. tember 3, 1920. To be colonel 1cith ranl;, ft·om. AtJr·il 12, 1911. l"irst Lieut. Anthony Avata, Medical Corps, from September Lieut. Col. George Owen Squier (then Chief Signal Officer, 10,1920. with rank of brigadier general). First Lieut. William Joseph Froitzheim, Medical Corps, from September 10, 1920. First Lieut. Otbel Jefferson Gee, Medical Corps, from Sep- VnTHDRA·wALS. tember 10, 19~0. Bxecutit·e nominations 10itlldrawn front the Senate February 18 First Lieut. 'Villiam Humes Houston, l\Iedical Corps, from (legislati'l:c day of February 14), 1921. Septen1ber 10, 1920. To be lieutenant colonels with ranl-v ft·om July 1, 1920. First Lieut. Fabian Lee Pratt, Medical Corps, from Septem- l\Iaj. Francis Joseph McConnell, Infantry. ber 10, 1920. l\Iuj. George Francis Connelly, Coast Artillery Corps. First Lieut. Lincoln Frank Putnam, Medical Corps, from l\Iaj. George Buckner Sharon, Infantry. September 10, 1920. Maj. Sylvester Bonnaffon, Infantry, since retireu from active Fir. t Lieut. Thomas Hill Stewart, jr., Medical Corps, from service. September 11, 1920. Capt. 'Villiam Egbert Wheeler hlacKinlay, Cavalry. First Lieut. Eli rdwin Brm-rn, Medical Corps, from Septem- Capt. Holancl Beverly Ellis, Cavalry. ber 11, 1920. Capt. William Bernhard Renziehausen, Cavalry. lt'ir ·t Lieut. 'Vi! bur Gibson Jenkin.<::, Medical Corps, from 1\Iaj. Re:s: Van Den Corput, Coast Artillery Corps. September 1J, 1920. First Lieut. Richard Turberville Arnest, Medical Corps, from 'l'o 1Je lieutenant colonels. September 13, 1920. l\[aj. Stanley Symmes Ross, Finance Department, with rank First Lieut. Maxwell Gordon Keeler, Medical Corps, from from August 17, 1920. September 18, 1920. l\[aj. Wallace l\Ic.t'l"amara, Infantry, with rank from Augu. t ~'2, First Lieut ..Jesse Cortena l\IcKean, l\ledical Corps. from Sep- 1920. tember 23, 1920. Maj. Alden 1\la:s: Gmham, Quartermaster Corps, with rank First Lieut. Daniel Franklin, Medical Corps, from September from September 1, 1920. 29, 1920. Maj. Robert LeRoy Collins, Cavalry, with rank from Septem· First Lieut. Orlando Jeffen

To be captains tcitTt 1•ank frorn .Jufv 1: 1920. Fh•st Lieut. Thomas Grant Tousey, Uedical Corps. from July 1\Iaj. Zion Di~on, Infantry, Unlted States Arms. 24, 1920. 'Yilliam lloy Ncllegnr, l'ate major, Infantry, United States First Lieut. Alexander l\Iileau, jr., Medical Corps, from Sep­ Army. tember 23, 1920. GregOrJ" -r-igeant, 1r., late captain, Infantrt; United States First Lieut. Frank Walker Young, Medical Corps, from Octo­ Army. her 21, 1920. l\Jaj. John Hal))in Burnes, Infantry, United States Army. . Fi1·st Lieut. Roy Farrington Brown, Medical Corps, from October 30, 1926. To be fi1"8t Ueutenants tvith mnli7 troo11 July1, 1920. First Lieut. John Glenwood Knauer, Medical' Corps; from No­ First Lieut. Chowning Cauthorn, Infantry, United States \etnbPr f3, 1920: Army. Flrst Lieut. Clark Anson Wilcox, Medical Corps; from Novem­ Elmer Cordes, late captain, Infantry, United States Army. ber 13, 1920. Herschel Yespasian Johnson, late. captain, Infantry, UnitedJ First Lieut. Edwin Raymond Strong, Medical Corps, from States Army. December 2, 1920. Prince Edgarton. T:dpp, late first lieutenant, Infantry, United First Lieut. Henry Jackson Hayes, Medical Corps, from De­ States Army. cember 6, 1920. To be second lieutenant tcith ranl.; from July 1, 1920. First Lieut. Edwin Leland Brackney, Medical Corps, from First Lieut. Osborne Cutler Wood, Infantry, United states. December 8, 1920. Army. To be fir·st Tieutenants. CAVALRY. First Lieut. Paul Christopher Christian, Medical Coi'l)s, First Lieut. Carl Francis Ellmaker to be first lieutenant With United States- Army. with rank from, .Tuly I, 1920: rank from July 1, 1'920, Infantry; United states Army. El)ner Abraham R.owl~, late nrst lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Army, with rank from July 1, 1920. FINANCE DEPARTMENX- William J'oseph Sharp, late second. lieutenant, to-- be second. DE"'T..U. CORPS. lieutenant with rank from July 1, 1920, Field Artillery, United Stanley Rankin Rayman,. late first lieutenant, to be :first lieu­ States Army. tenant with rank from July 1, 1D20, Dental Corps-, United States .A.:IR SERVICE. .A.mny . T o be captain; toith- ranll flrom July I, 1920. Roy Louis Noggfe, late first lieutenant, Signal COrps, United ROUSE. OF REPRESENTATIVES. States ..ttrmy. To be first lieutenants tcith rank from July f, 1920. Fn1DAY, February 18, 1921. First Lieut. Rex Everett Field, Air Service, United States Tile Rouse met at 11 o'clock a. m. Army. R~v. J'ames Shera Montgomery, D. D., pastor. of Calvary First Lieut. Monroe Reynolds, Ail• Service, United States l\fetbodist Episcopal Church, ·washington, D. C., offered the Army. following prayer : First Lieut. Edgar Lee Lmith, ~i: · Service, l1nited States Army. Heavenly Father, Thy mercy is on our side nmf hence all First Lieut. Henry Jerome Spalding, Air. S-ervice, United Stiltes is well. Open the way "hen the gate is· high and there is no Army. key, and permit us to• fulfill the: vows of our hearts; through .Tesns Christ. our Lord. Amen. To be second. lieutenants witT~.- ratnk from Julty_ 1, 1!1211.- Second L~eut. Raymond Joseph Brandi, Air service, United1 The Journal of the proceedings. of yester 13ell~ 1\fedical Corps, :from June>~. Mr. MOl\'DEF..L. r mo,•e- ro dLpE>nse with furtller proeeed­ 1920: fugS' untler· the can: