The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-12-31
CONGRESS.
IN sen Ale.


3ithe bill to rLisc an additional military force
n On motion OF MIR. Reed to strike out the
Yword' u" ten regiments, for the purpose OF
N,crting twenty, it was determined i'm til
N iegative-Yeas ., Nays 81 The Yeas wcr
4 icssrs. Lambert * Reed, every other Soma
: Or, except Mr.. Brent who was not present /
II citing in the negative.
Mr.. Bi66 moved to expunge the last Sec
II ion of the bill as follows:
n That every commissioned and staff off !!
Yer to be appointed i'll virtue of this act shaiiI
3oc citizen Of the U. 5. or some one OF thej
.itcrritorics thereof
y The question was determined in the afr
1mative, by YEAS and NAYS as fol
A.ow T.:
n YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Ribb, Bradley
aCampbcll of Ohio, Campbell of Ten. Craw.
ford, Cuts, German, Giles, Howell, Hunte
Hl.eib, Pope, Robinson, Smith of New York !
a Taylor, Turner, Varnum, Worthington-I
4 NAYS-Mess"s. Anderson, Condit, Dana
.tFranklin, Gaillard, Gilman, Goodrich
slGregg, Horsey, Lambert, Lloyd, Reed Smith
Sof Md. Tait-14.
Mr.. CamhbeN of Tennessee moved tel
lstrike out of the bill the following clause: /
And whenever any non-commissioned a
SoHicer or soldier shall be discharged from tn i
b service, who shall have obtained from thes
geo commanding officer of his company, battali- 4
son OF regiments certificate that he had faith J
atuily performed his duty, whilst in servicc,i
xhe Shall moreover be allowed and paid irt
Saddition to the said bounty, three months
3pay and acres OF land. And the hcirA
1and representatives of those non-commissl-
Toned officers or soldiers who NAV be killed.
Nm action, or die i'll the service of the L. s. /
gshall likewise be paid and allowed the saicl
additional bounty of three months pay &
tacres of land, TO be designated, surveyed 6;
tlaid off at the public expense, in such man
sner and upon such terms & conditions as mayt
sbe provided by law"
4 For the purpose of inserting the following 4
" And every non- commissioned officer 81
Lsoldler who shall have faithfully performedi
shIs duty. served out his term of FIVE years, /
Sand obtained his discharge from the propers
sofhcer, Shallbe entitled to and receive. IN !
saddltion TO the said bounty, three months paw
EeS land warrant for one hundred s. sixty az
ceres. And in case such ACCOMPLISHMENT
sofi!cer or soldier shall have been discharged,
previous to the expiration Of the term of fiv
pears for which he was Unlisted, having faith
;fdlly performed his duty while in service. hes
snail be entitled TO * receive a land warra1, y
STor number OF acres proportioncd to thcI
3rimc he shall have actually served, allowinej
Hat the rate of one hundred & sixty acres forl
2the full term of five years. And the legal
OF every non commissioned!
aothcer or soldier, who shall be killed while in,
2thc line OF his duty, or who shall, during thcl
ltime tor which he may have been enlisted /
1hc IN actual service, or of wounds received,
Pm battle. while in the line of his duty, SHALL
3Oe entitled to & receive a land warrant for,
ne tuli quantity of acres to which the saidi
deceased would have been entitled, had he Ii /
Eved & served out his full term of FIVE wears !
(which said land warrants shall be issued bvi
sthe Secretary of War, in the names and for,
8the use only OF the persons who performed
= the services or their legal representatives.
and shall not be transferable to any other
apcrson or persons, & may at their option be
4located with the register of either of the land
5ofilces OF the u. s., subsequent to the publcl
Hsaics in such Office, any of the public lands
dot the u. 5. then and there offered for sale :;
lor may be received at the rate of two dol
n iars per acre i'll payment of any such public
q ands."
n The question on this motion was decided
Us follows:
N YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Campbell of
iiOhio, Campbell Of Tenn. Franklin, GREGG.
Afiuntcr, Lambert, Leib, Lloyd, Worthngton
Ito.
IA NAYS-Messrs. Bayard. Bib, Bradley.
.SBrent, Crawford, Cults, Dana ,Gaillard, Ger
sman, Giles, Gilman, Goodrich, Horsev. How.
tscIl, rope, ltceu, ROBINSON, Smith of Md.
95mith of New York, TAFT, Taylor, Turner.
IVarnum,-23.
4 Several amendments were matle 10 the
S1ili, on which no divisions of the House took
,splacc.
y A motion was made by Mr.. anderson to
s5ssstrike out the word "ten." the number Of
Eregimcnts of infantry to- be raised. When.
a On motion of Mr.. Giles,
81 The further consideration Of the bill wac
postponed till tomorrow.
81 Nh. Pohe submitted the following resolu-
Elton
81 Resolped, That committee pc appointed
x;to enquire into the expediencv of making
Hprovision for the widows and reprcsentatiycs
ysof the militia volunteers, who fell in the late
lgengagcment with the Indians on the Wabash.
IIsunder the command of gov. Harrison and
E.'iso OF making compensation for the horses
Z land other property lost or DESTROYED &; tina,
'sthc committee have leave to report bv bin Or
,Sotherwisc
q Mr.. Giles, from the committee to whom
,sthc subject was rccommittcd, reported j.,
s!part Il bill extending the time q certain
35atcHts granted to Robert Fulton which
:swas read and passed 20 a second reading.
4 Wednesday, Dec. 10.
j, The bill extending the time of certain ra )
GEMS granted To Robert Fulton was read q.
q :ccOnd time.
81 The Senate resumed the c1,eilcrat;on of
$sne bill - raisc for a limited tine an addition,
IN military force, and the nr;ion Of MIR. An
e lerscn being under consideration