Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-12-30
G. o n O. IL Els
SENATE.
TUESDAY, Dccer.her II.

ADDITIONAL MILIT.fPi' FORCE.
The Senate resumed tic consideration of thcI
;bili 20 raise an additional military force.
ounotion OF Mr.. Reed to strike out the world
+ teap regiments, for the purpose of inserting
r. twenty" it was determined in the nagative-
sYcas ., Nays 81. The Yeas were Mcs.rs LAM:
bert and Reed, every other Senator, except MrI
Hive.
Mr.. Bbb-movcd to cSpunge the last sectionI
sof TIC bill as follows:
".rhat every commissioned ana stat ofIiccrI
20 be appointed i'll virtue of this act shall lie q!
icit;zcn Of the United States or some one Of theI
territories thereof"
The question was determined in the afiirra-
9tive, BY the Yeas and NAYS as they follow
Yeas---Messrs Bayard, Bib, Bradley, Camp
bell of Ohio, Campbell of Ten. Crawford, Cuts,
6German, Giles, Howard, Hunter, L:i5, Pope,
hutchinson, Smith of y. = Taylor, Turner, Var
5num, Worthirgton-19.
Eays-fcssrs. Anderson, C0ndit, Dana
sFraDklin, Gaillard, Gilman, Goodrich, Gregg,
dEicrsey, Lambert, Lloyd, Reed, Smith of Md
4rait-14.
i Mr. Campbell of Tennessee moved to strike
tout OF the bill the following clause
"And whenever any non-coininissiOned OIL
GER or soldier shall be discharged from the SER
Svice, who shall have obtained from the com
anandins officer of his company, battalion or re-
;3gimcnt certificate ;hat lac had faithfully per-
4forTncd his duty, whilst in service, he shall
slnoreoyor be allowed and paid, IN addition TO
s3the said bounty, three months pay and
4acrcs or land. Ard the heirs and Representa-
ziyes OF those non-commissioned officers or sol
;sders who may be killed in action, or die in The
fs5eryice of the United States, shall Likewise be
,spsid and allowed the said additional bounty Of
,etlrec mon,ilspay and acres of land, to be
q csignated, surveyed and laid of at the public
ssexpcnsc, in such manner and upon such terms
iand conditions IS may he provided by law"
q For the purpose OF inserting the following
u "And every ncn-coni;nssioIed officer and
Sssoldier who shall have faithfully performed his
H1uty, served out his term Of Svc ycsrs, and 6b-
xlained his discharge from the proper officer,
Eshall be crtii,ed to aud receive, in addition 70
g Inc said bounty, three months Pay and land
2warrant for one hundred and sixty acres. And
jin case such non-commissioned officer CT soldier
3shall have been discharged previous 20 tho OK
Epn ton Of the term OF Eve years for which he
'Ssss Unlisted, having faithfully performed his
8 luty while m seiyicn, lie shall be entitled 10
3:-nd receive land warrant Ger nuluber Of acres
TO tic time lie shall have actualiS
61seryed, Allowing at tIe rate Of one lrsdrcd and
fzsixty acres for the full term Of fyc years. And
~ he legal representatives OF every nou-commis
3!sioncd officer or soldier, who shall be killed
t.wbile in the Zinc Of his duty, or aho shall, du
e3ring the time for which hc may have been en-
lsisted die in nctCsI service, or ofwounds recei
- ycd in battle, CT white III thc line Of his duty
Ksball he entitled TO ard receive n lard warran
for the full quantity Of acres to which The ssit
IRAecessed would have been entitled had lie i've,
lsnd served oct his foil Germ of ave years wiliei
ksaId land warrants shall be Issued by tic Score
N4tafy Of War, IN uic names aud Tor tho sc onl
got the persons who performed the SERVE, o
"a heir legal representative, and shall hot b
a transferable TO any other person or persons, an
4IBay at their option be located with uIe regisie
~ either "a The land 0.Sces Of the United States
'ksnbsequent &C. the public sales in such ofhee, o
aeany Of the public lands Of tic United States the
Eeend there offered for sale or may be receive
Nat the rae ~ $50 dollars per acre IN payment
&laySuch public laFds"
81 The question o. tits motion was decided ?
f9ollows
IL Yeas--Slcssrs. Anderson, Campbell Of Chi,
kfCamcJell Of Ten. FranSiip, Gregg, Bsots.
tLaribcrt, Leih, Lloyd, WoFtbinFton-- -
~ Nsys--Messfs. B9yard, BIB, nra1.sy 3
MCrawiord, Cuts, DAM. GaiHaFd, t,c-foar f..c
&6ilman, Goodrich iiOfscy Howell. Pypc, tes,
fRobirson, Smith of Nd. Smith If n. Y T-i
ttfl5lor, v .rdu:1, VaTnur' 81
~ Several aineDG;E,F,J we're a,aac "a the bn
GOO which 10 divisions Of tlie laase took p,2cc.
"a q n.otioa was made ~ Mr. Anderson {
Hsfrike OFT the work tes.," the number Of Il
Agiinents Of infsHsy to De raised. Wien
~ On motion Of Mr. Ciiet,
"A The inti or rersidcrasiou Of lie BIZ vas pos
I'll ored until tomorrow