Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-19
Conl m sed from the National Journal.
HousE OF RErREsENTArIvEs.- 10.

NJ. Sloane said that yesterday he bad NOV
e. 20 law on the table his re,olution respecting
III Court Martial al Mobile, sc. together with
tie amendment moved 70 the same, by the gen
tleman fr I'm X ntucky, in order - afford lime
for consideration. Previous TO asking the
House TO take up that resSlb ion, he would now
st,t- that IS il appel Ell thai no'diffrr'nce ex-
listed between the gentleman i1om Kentucky
& ri nself as TO the propriety Of obtaining !ull
info lion, he was now rpa'ed 10 modify
HI, re,olalion so as, he hoped. TO make IT con.
( rm-to the wishes OF all. With tbs explsna
ton he would move the consideration OF the
RESOLUTION.
The House then agreed to consider IL the
res ,luti1n vas r, ad as follows:
Resoired, Tina, the Secretary Of War be d.
rtct.d o. furnish this House with copy OF the
proceedings Of Court Martial which CONS
menced is sitrings at Ut near Mobile. on the
sGh dsy of December, 1914, for the trial OF GER
tam Tenne ,s6e M,litismen, Ioge Their with o.
DIV Of all he orders for the organization of said
Courr, as well Is those subst qucrtly issued In
relation 10 its decisions; aid 10 inform this
II use wheIher tn re IS in the War Depart
ment any evidence that those Miliiamen were
callrd INFO service by virtue Of any snecal or
der Of the President Of the United s ates; or
whether, in pursuance Of The powers ,e,te in
MN, Nv Inc IL" pl m lolH VI ENpIi, 10 buS
President did make any general regul alton as
10 the period Of time the militia called into
service under IN, provisions of that act, and
IN acl IL which il is Il supplement, should be
held TO serve: and If so the time 81 which that
regulation made; and whether the Presi-
dent did give, through the War Department,
anv ordS, directing the length OF TIM that the
detachment Of Tennessee Militia, Of which the
men tried by the aforesaid Court Martial at
Mobile, formed a pat, should coniinue in SER
vice; and also TO state under what law those
men were drafted, and wha, laws Of the United
States we're in force at the time they entered
the service.
And, also, to furnish copies Of any CORES
pondence in The War Department between the
President or Secretary OF War and the Gov
ernor OF Tennessee, during The late war, on
,he subject of The time which the militia Of
sail State should be- required 10 serve in the
armies of the United S ates.
The question being ON the amendment OF
Mr. Wlckliffe, which TO strikr GU, all af-
Ter the word "decisions," IN he Sh line, and
10 insert the following amendments:
And also to furnish copies Of all papers, let
ters and documents, relating 10 sid Court Mar
,ial; copies Of all orders, general or special,
made or issued by the President of the Uaited
States, OF by the Secretary of War, conce rning
or relating To h. length Of service Of the de-
tacnm,n, of the Tennessee Militia, &c aied IN
der the order Of tie Governor or SAID State, is
sued on the ooh day If May. 1914, and afie,-
wards placed uRder ,he INN date command
of Lieut. Col. Philip Pitkin; also, copies Of TIE
muster and pay rolls Of said Milit, amen, which
NAV be on 6e in The Department If War.
Mr.. Sloane accepted Mr.. Wiz klfe's propo.
si,ion a. modification Of his resolution, and
proceeded further to modify the same BY add
ing to the end of tina, part originally moved by
Mr. Wickliffe, the following:
Sand to furnish copies Of any orders of the
President, or Secretary f War, by which in
the exercise Of the discretion vested in the
Presioen,, by the 9Th section * the act Of 1871
April, 1914, the term Of service Of thr Tenn,s-
see militia may have ben extended beyond
three months. And if no such order exis, on
the file IN the War Department, to state that
fact 10 this House And also 10 furnish copies
of any correspondence IN The War Department,
BE- tw cen the President or Secretary of War and
the Governor Of Tennessee during The late war.
OF the subject of the time which the drafted
Militia Of said State should be required TO
serve in the armies Of the United States"
Alter few words Of ex planarion, the form
of the resolution was made TO correspond with
decentralization of the mover
Mr.. Buchanan expressed his pleasure TO See
this resolution before the House and thought
that the ,ohoLs case should be spread before the
House and the nation He mo, ed TO amend
the resolution by inserting the wards, ''also Coz
pigs of said order, that the respu ion might
read "aso copies Of said order, Of the muster
and pay rolls"
MIR. Wick!iffe moved fur her to amend the
resolution, by striking gu, The two last clauses
which the mover had retained H. stated tina,
this call, il was understood wa, not b. di-
rected against the President and Secretary OF
War. hut was calculated t. afec,, in its conse-
ouences, particular individual who had been
often arraigned before the public, he WISHED 10
have every document whiea could throw light
UPON the subject and the reason why he was
opposed to the resolution, as modified by the
mover, was that he wishedto strip il OF all ex.
,rsreous and cumbrous matter.
MIR spEaEae ssia he hoped tina, he shsald