Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-05-03

oeusr expenued.thal ON such an in Quiry, &c.
Mr. MALLAHY rose, and said, he believed
'hat great part of the House had a real and
anxious " ish Ia get 10 some business which
could be concluded at the present session and
t therefore,, moved to lay this resolution on the
abls ~
The SPEAKER said the hour allo " ed for the
consideration of original metions ha passed.
aud the resolution would be ordered of co,,rs,.
To- lie ON the table /; snd it was laid on The. Ia
bic, accordingly.
The bill from the Senate to repeal the 18th
section OF the act to reduce and fix IN. Mil.
tary Peace Establishment, (which section es.
tabishes General SCOTS Regulation for the
government of the army,l was read a third
Time; anu the question being on its passape--
Mr.. FLOYD said that this bill ought not To
pass without some examination because tho
Rules and Regulations which it went to re-
peal, contained some provisions which were
not intended to be established by Congress.
ana were not IN the Regulations when they
were established by Congress. The ,eventy
liith article of those regulations contained :,
manifest forgery, which ought To- BE examined
INTO. he had before him the NIanuscript
Rules, as laid before the Congress previous to
their being established: he had also the copv
printed from the Manuscript for the use Of
| this house, and conforming to it: he had also
IN his hand the copy promulgated by the War
department. In that copy the 18th article
read as follows q. Art 40, Transfers. l. Th,.
"transfer ct Officers will only he made bv thu.
War Department in orders, on the mutual
/" aprlicatlo- of the parties, ercept in ettrnor.
dind'y cases. See esd article of ,car. Nor
:" shall ali officer be transferred into regiment
to the prejudice of The rank q any officer
g thereof. When officers are transferred at
their own request, the order fur change of
station w'il specify the fact. =" See Art CO,
par Cd" IA the Rules presented 10 this
House, and Gy 1t enacted into law, the wordS
In Natic, rs i5ove,were not to be found. II wa,
Subsequent Interpolation aud "A paipabIe
! forgery. He had other objections 10 urge
| There was no situation, he said ia which
officers could be placed, la time of peace. IN
| Shich they did not get teir brevct nav, and
other enuiunnents Congress did not intend
they should have. And rumur (which GEN
| teiiian from Virginia said the other day was
| oiten inaiiSnanD had Informed him, that,
when General Brown was attacked with th,.
inalady, under which he yet lasors, applica
''on Was made by Gen Scott for the com
| nand oil Tie army on the ground that he was
| the Oldest Brevtt Major General, though th,.
youngest Brisadier, and this Too To- the ex.lu-
! sion at IA man who had risen from The. lowest
| 10 me highest ranks ufthe army by merit and
nit, fame.
hr. ALEX. SMYru, explained what, as he
Tie regulations prepared by General Scott,
were priuicd, it was true, for the use OF the,
House. General Scot, then in Pniladclphia,
received one or more copies Of the document
AFTER 1t Was printed, aud wc,:t into an exami-
nation and correction OF errors tEcrein, as well
! OF the press as of the inanuscr p!, and ais,
unaGe certain alterations in the text He
Nj. 81 then Chairman Of the Military Com
iniIter, received a copy from him with few
..Eifl -
department, auoih"r cnpy, containing co,lsi-
drr''bir alterations. When he came To draw
up Tie blh, which passed into AN act, est4b-
lishiii5 tRe regulations compiled by Major
General Scott for ihr government of the army.
IL was bis intention that the last cooy re-
cei'ed from General Scott, having th. ad->
vantage ut his full corrections, should be The
one established For iliat p;irposc, he do
posted that copy with the Clerk oftht House.
he was perfectly con, iIced that all the cor
reciions 10 be found in the promulgated ,rdyr
were made anterior to lie passage of Tie ace
establishing The regulations and that thry
were then intended Ivy Congress 10 be what
ihry have been Puhiishcd by the War Drart-
| neM lie was confident his colleague. WAS
mistaken in surprising there had been any
subsequent Interpolation ofihrm
Mr. C0cKE said that he WAS enc of the
Military COMMITTEE t.. whose inspec ions and
Al
compiled by Mayor Gcurra Scott. The Com
iniitce requested the Chairman OF that com.
'nitiee to have the document printed and laid
on The tables of the different members. Tiny
uid not, To the best of ms reculiecioD d Tier II
ID any manner OncUmparing the 18Th arti
Gle "i the Regulations, as puhlis;,cai for tl,. usr
al the army, by whom he knew not, with that
which MAS before this House when the law
was passed, There was manifest difference
If In .,tt
had been productive ofinjlisticr to The un;r,r.
of the army. Under il, Col LINDSAY had
hce. transferred from ths 7tn Reri.n .,t Off,
fantry 10 the Sd Regiment of Artillery. ma
lIicstly tc the injury of all the officers of The
Ihrd Regiint nj of Artillery. Mr. G.. then
read The 18th section from each hook, sht,y
in5 the discrepancy between the two
MI. ARCHER made few remarks, not dis
tInctly heard by the Reporter, the. import of
which were, that the accusation thus present.
ed to the House was serious one. and rs ro
ing to affect the character or question the con
Huct OF Gen Se"tt,it was proper it should not
De hastily passed over. He therefore propo-
sed That the bill should lie On the table. with
the intimation that Gen. Scott, being now In
Tie city, me would undertake to ascertain and
state to the House 'n what manner these al.
Ieged alterations have hcen made
Mr.. TATTSALL said, he was under the i'm
preston that the repeal Of the Nth section of
the act of 1915, suggested by this bill from
the senate, would br perhaps proper and ne
cesshy. slight examination would satisfy
any one, that there was an essential difference
IN several material parts of the work which
was distributed TO the army of the United
States, under the title of Rules and Rccn
iaii0ns," from the manuscript copy wlch
mao 1i Deen presented under that title to the
Intagt ~. l.