Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-12-26

reduction of the term of fervice, as pros
pofed and exprencd fome doubts of the
expcdiency of the bill, as well as of the
necelity Of any meafures Of this eharac
ter to 6l the ranks of the army
Mr.. Kilsourn of Ohio oppoled the mo-
ton to reduce the term of fervice, intend
ing, if that motion was rejected, to move
TO increafs the term of fervice to one year
and eight months.
The gucltion was then taken, by yeas
and nays, on Mr. Wright's motion. and
produced the following refult For the
motion, 7I-againlt it, 81
So the houfe refufed to reduce the
term of fervice below one year.
Mr. Baylies of MaT. moved to amend
the bill. by adding thereto the following
as new fcetion
x find be it further enacted, That the
militia called forth by this act, ihall not
be liable to perform any fervice, except
fuch as may be necefary to repei inva-
zion, fupprefs infurredion, or execute the
laws Of the Union"
This motion was negatived, by yeas
and nays-io3 to s..
Mr.. Kilbourn of Ohio then moved to
amend the bill by adding eigbt month"; to
the prefent propofed term of fervice, 70
as to make it oae year and eight months.
Mr.. King of N. G. from defrc to
preclude thefe motions, aud to come to
q deciGon on the bill at once requefed
the previous queition but was not fup-
ported therein by a fnfficient number.
IS members who rofe in fupport Of it not
continuing a majority of the houfe.
The queition Of Mr.. Kilbourns motion
was then taken and decided in the mega
tive by the following vote For the mo-
tion, 63 -Againit it, oo.
Mr.. Fix Of VT. with the exprefs view
of incorporation into the bill proviGons
which he deemed necefiary to give it ef-
6cacy, moved to recommit the bill to the
committee on Military Affairs.
MIR. Johnfon of Kentucky oprofed
this motion with much zeal, and conten-
ded for the efficacy Of the bill as it now
ifands, either to afford valuable militia
force or body of recruits for the regular
army which were much wanted. The
bill was not as efficient as he win d but
his opinion having been ovcrruled as to
the details of the bill was no rcafon for
him to reject The bill altogether. 1t was
high time, he added, that Congreis fhould
ronfe themielves from their lethargy, and
at length proceed to act.
Mr.. Ingerfoll then with view to en-
able the Houfe to proceed without fur
,her delay to the confederation of other
highly important bills OF the table Of the
Houfe, again required the previous quel,
,ion.
Ninety members fuppor,ing the de-
niand, the previous quefion was prpcuns
ded in the ufual form $ Shall the main
queltion be now put = and decided in the
affirmative by the following vote For
the qusition, IoI-- Againit it, 81.
The main qreition, viz on the en-
grofIing Of The amendments and ordering
the bill to be read third time, was de
cided in the affirmative by the following
vote.
Archer, Avery, Ba, bour, Bard. Barnett, bowen
Blown, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cannon, ChappeE,
Clark. clopton. Comstoek, Condict, Conayd.
Crawford, Creighton, Cu,hbert. DAVIS OF Penn.
Dsnoyeiies, Deshs, Davsli. Earle. Eppe.. E.sns,
Farow, Findley. Fisk Of ". Y. Forney, Fo sy,hc.
Fssukiin, Glasgow. G ,odwyu, Courdin, Griffin,
Hall, ffesbrouck. Hawes, Hopkins Of Ky Hum
phreys, Ingersuil, Inghsm, Irving, Irw,n. John.
son, of Va. Johnson Of KY. Ken, Of Md. Kerr,
Kershaw, Kabourn, King of N. C Leffctts,
Lowndes, Lie, M'Coy, M'Kes, M'Kim, NJ
Lean, Moore, Murfree, Nelson. Newton, Orms
by, Parker, P,ckens, Piper, Pieasanis, Rhe ot
Pen. Rhea Of Tex. Roane, Robertson, Sage,
Sewer, Seybert, SHARP, Smith Of Pcna !Smi..i
ofVs. rsnnehil, Taylor, Telfai-, rrour, Udree,
Ward of NJ j. Wilson Of Pen. Yanccy--9i
NAV Messrs Baylles ofMss, Bsyly Of Va
Bigeiow. Boyd, Bradbury, Bradley. precken
bridge, Brigham. Betweli, Butler, Caperion,
Champion. Giitey, Cooper, Coke, CuIpepper,
Dana. Davenport, Davis of Msss. Ely, Fisk. OF
vi, CASTOR, Geddes, ,Choison, Cros.enor, Hale. |
Harrs, Henderson, Howell, Hubbard. Jack.
son, of. r. l. Kennedy, Kcnof N. Y. K,ng Of
Mass Law. Lewis. Loveu, Mscoa Miller, |
Moscley. Markell. Oakles, Pearson, Pickering, |
fikin, Potter, ] Reed, w. Reed, Rice. Rug
giles, Scbureman. Sheffsy. Saipherd, Skinner, |
Sisymaker, Smith Of N Y. Stanford, Stockton,
Stewart, S'urgcs, TAgsr', Thompson, vose,
Ws:d Of Mass. Webster, Wheaion, White, 1