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APPENDIX C (Continued)
to SERVICTA ASA
REGOSDS
1940
Selective Service Bill -- Amendment Providing
That Inductees Into Land Forces Shall Serve Only
in Western Hemisphere and United States Possessions
Date: August 26, 1940.
President: Roosevelt.
General matter in hand: Selective Service Act (S. 4164; 86
Cong. Res. 10873).
Specific proposal: Amendment proposed by Senator Lodge, as
follows:
"Persons inducted into the land forces of the United
States pursuant to this act shall not be employed beyond the
limits of the Western Iemisphere except in the Territories
and possessions of the United States, including the Philippine
Islands. " (p. 10895)
Action: Amendment adopted substantially in this form (50
Appendix U.S.C. Annotated 303 (e) ) o
Discussion in the Senate:
"Mr. LODGE
"I have used the language written into the amendment
because it is language that has already been acted upon by
the Senate, and with all its imperfections, it would pro-
hibit the sending of any men to Europe. That, I believe, is
of such importance that it overshadows some of the minor
defects.' (pp. 10895-6)
"Mr. ASHURST
o
Have we the power to limit the
President in such a case? My judgment is that under the
Constitution he may send the Navy or the Army anywhere he
chooses. It is the business of Congress to raise and support
the Army and to provide and maintain a navy. I leave it to
the judgment of the Senator, Is it not a fact that when we
give or grant to the President an army he is the Commander
in Chief and may send them wherever he pleases? Has the
Senator reflected on that?
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