The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-05
[Vol. 9-------No. "a.

money heretofore ailowed1 to each e Receive
anie- bodied man, who shall be duly enlist
eo INTO the service of the United States. to-
serve tor the term of five years, or during
the war, bounty of - dollars. bnt the.
payment OF fscenfy dollars OF the said boun-
W shall be deferred until he shall be mus
ttereG, ana nave joined some military corps
VI the United States for service; and a
bounty OF one hundred and sixty acres of
land as heretofore established by law.
oec. .. Ind 81 is further enacted, That
the commissioned officers who shall be EN-,
ploye6 in the recruiting service. shall i've
entitled to receive for every effective able
pooied man, who shall be duly enlisted bv.
ehem Tor the term of five years or during
.he war; ana mustered, and between the
ages OF eighteen and forty-hve years. the
sum OF Fve dollars: Provided, neverthe
iess, nat this regulation, so far as respects
the age OF recruits, shall not extend To mn
siciaiis, or 10 those soldiers who NAV re.en-
liSt into the service: Ind hroyiGed also.
| nat no person under the age of twenty-
| one years shall be enlisted by any officer
or heid in the service of the United States.
without the consent, in writing, OF his pa
ien'' guardian, or master, first had and OBJ
famed II any he have; and if any officer
snail enlist any person Contrary To th, t,na
intent and meaning of this act. for e,s,,-
such offence he shall forfeit and paw the a.
| mount OF the bounty and clothing which the
person SO recruited may have received from
the puolic, to be deducted out OF the nav
and emolument of such officer.
Inc hrst amendment reported by the
COMMITTEE went to repeal SO much of for
mer acts as allows bounty in land in ad-
! dltIon to the bounty in money.
he concurrence in the amendment vac
opposed ny Messrs. Grundy, Taliaferro.
fIndley, Rhea, Bib, Troup and Desba
and supported by Mcssrs. Stow and Baker1.
ne arguments on the one hand general
~ were' that the experiment of bounty of
ian1' even Ii OF doubtful expediency, had
not ceeti suincientiy tested by practice to
suInoi'ze us abandonment that although,
as mao been stated, it might not have oDe-
rated IN some parts of the Country to encou-
rage ehnstments, In others it had been n
man ihducement: and those opposed To the
amendment, deemed it proper TO offer eve
ny practicable facility to enlistmcnts On
the other hand 1t was said that this bounty
IN land was no induccment to enlistments.
III any degree compared with its intrinsic
'a!ue that twas therefore an improyident
expenditure Of the public resources. esnc-
ciany when the bounty should have been
increased, as it probably would be, to forty
dollars.
me amendment was in the end negatived
~ large majority.
NIr. carson, in the course of the dis
"aASu ioT inIornatlon on the SUBJ
Ject OF the number Of men now enlisted. &c
N1r. Williams said in reply that the COM
mittee on Military Affairs had been fnr-
hished with information on this head bv the
proper department; but had deemed If
would be prejudicial to the public service to
lay 1t IN detail before the public. it was.
however tree to the inspection of every
sehtieman IN the House who chose to con.
suit the documents.
Mr.. PeQreOu said 1roo
FORMATION was not public, and he wished to
consult me documents, that he was not now
prepared TO vote on this subject. He conId
not see the necessity for appointing additi-
ohai oihcers to the army, when it was evil
dent many OF those already in service had
not men to command. He therefore moved
20 postpone the further consideration of the
bill to Monday. '"-
lhe motion was negatived.
Inc next question was ON filling the bIanI-
1or the increased bounty with forty dollars
MS question was decided as follows
+ or the amendment 60
Against it Al
ne other blanks were filled by the word.
as inserted in the above copy of the bill in
ItaHc. o'ii hi
NNr. Ely then moved to STRIFE ont tb,.
.hree nrst sections of the bill, for the rea-
son that he could not see the necessity of
appointing additional officers when it was
evident that more were now in service than
could be employed.
WI WfHlams & Mr.. Desha replied that.
as was stated yesterday, officers had be-
come necessary for the recruiting service.
as the services of the present officers would
be necessary with their respective reri-
ments. AS to the lieutehdnts, when the
companies consisted of no more than 81
men, two lieutenants had been considered
necessary, and now that the ~nr,.,a-:a-
were INCREASED to ninety, no OF :ection copld
be made TO third, which had become ne
ces5ary. ~
Mr. GoldsJorough having called for a
DIVISION OF the question, the question was
hrst taken on striking out the first section.
and decided as follows;
For striking out I'd
Against it ~
he question was then on striking ont the
"a and Sd section, and decided as foIIows.
Vi s'rIkhS out ~
~. S"ihSI IL &C
i he question was then taken on eneross-
ment OF the bill for thjrd readipS and
declined as follows;
HEAS.--Messrs. Aston, Archer. Avery
Bacon, Bard. Barnett, Bassett, Blob. Black,
ledge Brown, Burwell, Butler, Calhoun.
Carr, Cheves, Clay, Cochran, CIopton'
crawford, Cuts, Davis, Desia, Dins,noor'
barle' FndIey, Fisk, Franklin, Goldsbo-