Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-28
CONGRESS.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
FR1DAY, March is.

MIR. E01!e, from the committee on pun
tic lands, reported bill to change the
boundaries OF the land districts 10 the ter.
ri,orv of Louisiana, and to continue for
further time the authority OF the commits
siopers at Kaskaskias; which was twice
read and coslm,tssd TO committee OF lhe
whole
Mar. Nelson begged leave TO offer re
solution relative 70 the officers and soldiers
OF the arn,y. Is is well known fact, said
be. ,has from the particularly of the ser
vice. men who enter into the Amy become
SO debi!ita,ed before their time expires, that
they are afterwards iDcapacitatsd from get-
ting liselhaod by labor. Y would Ger.
sainly prove a very burthensome expeoce
10 the II. S. to take all such under tne'r
care and provide them with pensions; and
ss eertaiuiy this is no. my objecs. Now
those men might be useful soldiers 10 gar
risons. AT present when d'schajgt1 they
become common pests so sociely, and We
fpd them travelling about the conniiy 10
the capacity of beggars. ! myself consl-
der i, a disgrace 10 he country and te ha.
manly, thar uen who had spcn, tnt best
par, OF their lives in the service should DC
turned ous as begcars, and wanderers on
The face of the earth. NY objscs u silai
they shall be provided for in way sha'
shell non be expensive TO tEe y. ; and 10
which lhey may still be serviceable'o the
couo-ry, 10 torn an ,ovaid corps. Those
men nnay perform good garFisop dlsy who
have become inca pablo of doing duty IN
the field. Another circumstance adaces
me to offer this resolution: Officers cannot
be dismissed from service except II De II!
sogne crime, or at the pleasure OF the pre-,
sideot of the r. S. linus, vs. shall aeVer
have presit;ens 10 these Uosed States SO
devoid of humanity as 10 discharge aa Of
siCsf because he is WorD ontia service -
Those officers GIN be placed 10 he Same
grade 10 ,he corps OF invalid pensioners
which they have held ia the atGay, aodlve
or ebe remainder OF sheir dsys with com.
for. 10 themselves and Advantage so socicty.
Mr. N. cited the CAGE OF two others whoa
he had knowledge OF, who had become sa-
perannuased aud untl. for service. ADD YET
coniipued in The camp, preventing younger
n.eritof.oua and active officers fsom aklpg
the siteation which they had become IN
competent 10 ell. For the purpose OF doing
away this Inconvenience. said he, alj sssk
is, that comEniuse DC appo'nted 'ofoq4lre
ITO the aubjecsi if fePor' can oe made.
on sucb plan as will meeg ti1e appreciation
OF the house, l ,ruse II will be adopted !;
it nor, IL may easily be rajscted.
Mr.. N. thee offered ;he following rcsolu
lion, which vas agreed 70 without d'si.
sion:
Resolved, That committee be appoint,
ed TO epqaire 1910 The ezpcdlency Of max
ine provision by law for .he relief OF the
n6rD, dis bled and superannuated officers
aud soldiers OF the army OF sne Y S sates,
and that The committee have leave 70 re.
port by biIlor otherwise.
Nessrs, Nelson. Howard, Tallmadge,
Tngg aud Deauc form the committee.
The following message was received
from the president OF the Ualted States,
by Mr. Coles b srcretdry:
70 the senate AID house Of REPRESENTATIVES, 81 tie
u. States.
The scale on whiea the military academy
at West POLO wsso gioal!5 established IS
become too hmited &c furnish tbs numcer
# well instructed subjects 10 ske dia-fsnt
branches OF artillery and engineering.
which the public sc1vlee calls tor. Ths
osus OF such characters is already sens,bly
falt, and will be Increased with the enlarge
n.ent of oer pIaps of military preparaiion,
The chief engineer, having beeo instructed
10 consider he eo6jecs, and 10 propose an
augmentation which might render the esta.
biishaaest Commensurate with 'he present
circumstances of our country. has made
the report which ] DOW transmit FOR the
consideration q congress.
The idea suggested by him Of removing