Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1916 — Fund For Families of Men in Army Voted by House. [ARTICLE]

Fund For Families of Men in Army Voted by House.

Washington, July 2.— : The Hay bill, appropriating $.2,000,00.0 for dependent families of national guardsmen called or drafted In the present emergency, was passed by the House yesterday. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, allows not exceeding'MO a month to the dependent families in the discretion of the secretary of war. Representative Small, Democrat, North Carolina, and James, Republican, were the only members to vote against the bill, which passed 297 to 2. A substantially similar provision, but for $1,000,000 instead of $2,000,000, was stricken out of the Hay national guard draft resolution because of the opposition of the Senate conferees to the appropriation. There will be a fight on the measure when it reaches the Senate in its new form.