Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-11-05

/ lunteers by regiments. tstiaiions and
companies. who would .: cru,sa De
placed. VIXEN necessary frem tier
numbers or the nature Of The service.
under regular general officers.
MIR. Forsytbe Of Geo. moved 10
add a. an amendment TO the bill a
new section in nearly the following
" 0rtls
.. yqnd be it further enacted. That
the officers, n0HNeommis.i0Eed Off.
GERS and priyates, whose services are
accepted under the authority Of this
act, Who shall serve for two years,
shall he exempted frsm militia ,er.
Wee during the present war"
Mr.. Troup suggested the preprietv
of deferrins n motion Of this Lind
until tie bill fer classification should
lie taken up. when IL woHid be pro.
perIy determined who should no. Ls
exempt from its operation. What
would be the effect OF suca a pre,i.ioa
in this bil On any future act respect.
ing the militia, he could not, nor
could Az, person now determine. He
therefore thought the subject would
come more fairly ana properly be-
fore the House, when ILe other bill
should be taken up.
Nr. Forsyihe said il vas impossi.
BILE for lin 10 say VIII wouid be
done in relation 10 the / i'll his col
league had alluacdto. Whether the
bill would ever pass the ilonss he
could not say. The Tendency OF
the proposition he had oEered's would
be, 10 increase The length Of the term
of ssryi Q to Induce u great num-
her TO engage for two years instead
of one. 1.-The could be certain the
bill In question would p.cs, aud it it
did pass, that sacb provision as this
| v ould be attached to it, Mr, Il. said
| he wsuld withdraw bis mction. But
as these points were both doubtful,
he must insist on his motion.
| Mr.. Traup thea said lie would
state eandidiy the point If lbs OBJ
lection 10 this motion. The bill! now
under consiieralisn, was not inieod.
ed 10 substitute that particular Kind
OF force which this House must rely
mainly on for the prosecution OF lbs
| war Ifii Was intended 10 substitute
a volunteer for regular force. such
provision would be we'll worthy Of
consideration. But so long is, no
kapea. No Que entertained such an
idea.he feared such aa amendment as
:his woultl, a: the same lime that It
would make Inc amount Of volunteer
force unnecessarily great, tend TO d.
aiaish the amount Of the regular
force which might be raised by draft,
&c.
| MIR. johnson Of KY. Said he was
sorry 10 differ from the Chairman OF
the Military committee in relation ~
,his amendment. He thought II a
very proper one. 1t would afford a
great inducement TO persons to vo-
Iunteer fer two years sand il was his
opinion. Mr.. j. said, that volunteers
| for two years were rs efficient force
as any we could have, and equal in
every respect 10 regular force. III We
| had An army Of an huHdrsd thousand
men Of this, description, xe Should
| not want single regular soldier.
DIR. Fsrs, the said, in reply TO tho
| argument that toe many volunteers
might be called fs'th by such a
provision. that the President had &ns
mower 10 limit the number.
Tho amendment Of Mr.. Fersythe
was adopted by The following vote !:
For the amendment Oh
Against II OIL
On motion or Mr.. Rich Of VI. the
daily compensation of the volunteers
was changed from % : 5 cents to 81
is cents per day.
| sir. Kllbours or o. moved 10 ex-
tend TO privates killed during tho
service, the same provisions for the
relief of their WIDOWS aud children,
as i. provided in the bill fer officers
families. -.
To this motion il was Ohiested, by
Mr.. Troup. that to adopt ibis amend
men, would be 10 place p,ira'es ia
this corps on different ino'i.:;; from
.;..,.s In ,py othrr esrIS in tht