Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-07

| in the army of the United States; and TO the
last, all claims growing out OF revolutionary
and other military events.
Mr.. Francis Johnston, Of Kentucky, submit
ted a resolution, which he consented should lie
on the table. instructing the Committee on the
Judiciary, to report a bill, repeating so much
of any and every law of the United States as
the Courts OF the United States have construed
to delegate to, or confer on them, the power
and authority to enact laws. M. j. moved that
the resolution and certain cases from Whea-
toms Reports, to which it particularly alluded,
be printed, in order that the House might act
Understandings, when the resolution should be
called up for consideration. Mr.. Webster OBJ
jected TO printing the papers, becau Sc, ne said,
the Judiciary Com hittee had already an ana
logous subject before them, upon which they
should soon make report embracing the cases
alluded to, and when that report should be
printed, as it would be, the gentleman's object
would be accomplished. He denied that any
law existed comforting Legislative powers on
the Courts of the United States, or that the
Courts had assumed these powers but these
were matters Of opinion which il would be time
enough to investigate, when he had heard the
gentemans argument in support of his reso-
| luton.
! Mr. Talaferro, Of Virginia, submitted the
following resolution, which was on his motion
referred to the Committee on Military Affairs:
| Resolved, That the Committee on Military
Affairs be instructed to enquire and report their
opinion to this House, whether sound policy,
as regarded the efficient organization of the Ar
my of the U States, and the just claims Of the
existing officers, do not require that the high
Staff officers, connected with the Army, should
be taken from the line thereof; and when SO
taken, whether it is not injurious TO the service
| to permit such Staff Officers TO retain their
and report how many Captains Of the Army
are, by various regulations, detached from the
command of their respective companies; distin-
| gushing the corps TO which each belongs, whe-
Their Infantry or Artillery, as the case may be;
| and the particular duty in which each Captain,
| so detached, has been and is now engaged. Al
so to enquire and report, whether the act Tor the
reduction and organization of the Army, pass
ed in the year 1921, has been executed; whe-
Their the office Of Colonel to one of the Re-
giments of Artillery, provided for by that act,
has not remained vacant from the passage Of
that act to this period; whether this neglect to
execute positive law, and the course taken to
supply the vacancy occasioned by the reslgna-
ton Of Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell, retained
under the said act, and attached TO the COM
mand of the Sd Regiment Of Artillery, has not
operated to the injury Of the public service, and
violated the Just claims of the officers Of the
Army to their legitimate promotion. And that
the said committee be instructed to ascertain,
and to report to this House, all the facts con-
nected with the resignation of Lieut. Colonel
Mitchell; and whether the measure adopted to
supply that vacancy, was not a violation of The
Act Of s2l and oppressive in its effects on the
existing officers of the Army.
| Mr.. Taliaferro said, at present he would
only remark, that sufficient complaint existed
on all the subjects embraced in his resolution,
| to Justify an enquiry, which he hoped the Mill
| tary Committee would make.
| On motion of Mr.. Newton, of Virginia, the
Clerk Of the House of Represent atives was di-
recled to purchase for the use of the House
and its Committees, an hundred copies of the
work called "Ingersoll's Abridgmen. of the
| Acts Of Congress now in force, with Notes of
Decisions by the Supreme Court" and pay for
the same out of the contingent fund, provided
the price shall not exceed five dollars per copy.
On motion Of MIR. Hobart, Of Massachu-
sets, the Committee on Roads and Canals we're
instructed to inquire into the expedency Of
making a survey of Canal Route from Taun-
ton to Weymouth in Massachusetts,, for the
purpose Of ascertaining the practicability of
uniting the waters Of Boston Harbor and Mar
ragansett Bay.
On motion Of Mr. Cook, of Illinois, the Com
mittee on the Library were instructed to in
qure into the expediency Of purchasing for the
Library of Congress, suitable number OF CO.
pies of the Register Of Congressional Debates,
published by Gales * Seaton, of the second
session of the 18th Congress and ofthc present
session, when the same shall be published.
On motion of Mr.. Pearce, of Rhode Island,
the Committee on Military Affairs were in
structed to inquire into the expediency of ex-
empting, by law, from the performance of mi
l,ia duty, the laborers, artifcers and others EN-.
poyed by officers of the Engineer Corps,in the
construction of the United States Military
Works, during the time they are employed.
| On motion of Mr. Peter Of Maryland, the
Committee of Naval Affairs were instructed to
inquire into the expediency OF causing the re-
mains of the late Capt. o. II. Perry 10 be re-
moved to the United States.
Mr. McLane of Delaware then moved that
the House resolve itself into Committee Of
the Whole on the bill making appropriations
for the support of the Government for the year
1926, which motion was agreed to, and Mr.
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