Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-01-29

stance, was tn pre-, eut the consolidation
Of the cnrps Of ordnance with that OF
the artillery. and to preserve the corps
of ordnance distinct and separate, as
at present.
This amendment was briefly discus
sed; without any strong ohjr' tiuns be.
ing urged against it. and it was agreed
to-ayes I'd. noes s..
On motion ni Mr.. Art her, of Va.
the bill was further amended by sub
stituting the ward discharged for the
word 'deranged as applied to those to
be disbandcd under the bill.
Mr.. Tr,mbIe moved 10 amend the
bill by adding thereto The following
section
BE it further enacted, That hereaf-
tor. of the pay allowed by law to each
enlisted soldier there shall be retained
dollars, and cents per month,
until the term Of enlistment shall ex.
pire, or until legally discharged !; at
which time the retained sums shall he
paid 10 each soldier personally, without
regard to any transfer OF assignment,
and without being subject TO any lien
arising upon any contract or engage.
ment made after the date of enlistment:
and, in the event Of death in service,
the sums SO retained shall be paid only
to the widow of the deceased, or to his
heirs at law or their guardian. under
the same rules and regulations now cs-
tablished in similar cases.
Mr.. Il. wondered that such Provi-
sion had not been before Incorporated
in the system. The assertions were
very numerous, and it was proper that
part of the soldiers pay should be re
tanned to operate against desertiOn, &
as a penalty for it. The practice in
the old army, he remarked; was excel
lent. The books of the regiment al
ways accompanied the colOrs of the re.
giment-if the colors we're lost, The
books were lost too, and the state
thereby gained all the retained pay,
but the consequence was, that the Co.
Iors were seldom lost.
The amendment was opposed by
Messrs. Cooke, and Williams, of N.
C. on the ground that such provision
would be reported in different bill,
in which it would be more appropriate,
&c. &c.
The amendment was negatived.
The committee of the whole then
rose, aud reported the bill and amend.
ments to the house; and the amend
ments of the committee were success
sively adopted, without variation, ex-
ccpt as related to the ordnance corps,
which, on motion of Mr.. Cobb, was 50
modified as to consist Of one colonel,
one lieutenant colonel, one major, six
captains, six first, six second, and six
third lieutenants.
Mr.. Baldwin, Mr.. Storrs, and Mr..
Fuller, renewed without success, the
motions which they had respectively
made in Committee to amend the bill.
Mr.. Cobb renewed, and spoke in
support of the motion, unsur cessfuIIy
made in committee by MIR. Smith Of
Maryland, TO give the Qnartcrmaster
General the rank, pay, and emoluments
Of a Brigsdier General, in lieu of those
of a Colonel of Cavalry.
The motion was opposed by MIR.
Floyd, on principle, and was support.
ed by Mir. Smyth Of Virginia, also on
principle.
The motion was negatived.
MIR. Lathrop meved to deprive the
Adjurant General, the Quar,ermaster
General, and Judge Advocate, of the
rank, hut to leave them the pay and
emoluments of Colonel of Cavalry !;
which motion was negatived without
di, ision.
Mr.. Anderson, after some remarks
in opposition to the plan Of reduction,
proposed by the present bill, and in ex-
planation of his views of different or
ganization, moved that the House come
to the following resolution
Resolved, That the bill be rccommit-
ted TO the committee on military affairs,
with instructions TO report bill plac.
ing the present military establishment
Of the U. States under the command
of one Major General and two Briga-
diers General, and containing other
provisions necessary for making the
staff of the army conform to this ar.
rangcment.
his motion was negatiyed, without