The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-15

O. The number Of platoon q. company officers on
Answer There were at the end Of 1915 l65 brevet %
heutenants being included in the designstion) In tins
humber the four adjuants Of artillery and eight OF infant
~ are counted they not being available for company duty
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T. Average number OF officers sick and on furlough"
Answer This number may be $ down as about to
every Two Companies By the Tegimenta returns, the
whole number Of company oce sck and on Through at
the end o. January last was o. and this II is presumed Is
pretty fair aysrsge
Answer is presumed this question has reference to
the number Of company officers present for duty with their
companies. rms hummer was 40, or about u per com
pany on the Sst OF January last This includes the
bFeyet I'd leutenantS.
9 Number ofsuPenumary cadetsr
II supposed this question has reference to the
number Of breyet ID eutensnt II So the answer to the
9TH inteTogatory embraces it-beng 20.
TO- Number OF cadets that will graduate in June
Answer There 90 in the present hrst class all Of
whom 1t is probable will graduate,
H. Average number Of cadets required TO NIL vacancies
in the armyp
Answer 1t is thought 80 per would be fair
age 30 is the average number Of vacancies
~ How many men are there in the American army to
each company ofcer actually doing duty with his com
panyp
Answer The aumber Of enlisted men allowed by law
the leo companies Of dragons, artillery and infantry
'04O, and assuming the number Of officers stated in the
answer " theIsth question $40 he about the average
% l-5 to L.
From the foregoing statement il will be seen that the
number Of captains and subaes including bTeVet second
eutenants attached by law 29th April 1914 section
as Of the lowest grade serving with the
troops only ala, being rs less than the complement OF
company Officers provided by the organic law Il Therefore
follows that 50 Tar from these being "suPsrnumeSry
TOT uuy WIN the troops as has been sometimes a.
R. JONES,
- o., . AdJutant General
April n, 1876.
Mr.. CRITTENDEN regarded the brevet lieutef.
ants as supemumerary officers. The law provided
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OF keeping up supply Of educated officers but not
because they were necessary to the organization of
the army. They had rank and were attached to
the service merely for the purpose Of retaining them
and therefore they were strictly supenumerares
They did the duty assigned TO other officers 1t
mig be said they were not supeTnumeraries. The
question was, Could they be spared He had al
ways regarded them occupants Of supernumerary
Offices, created for them. These sixty cadets alone
If no draft made on the redundant corps Of staff
officers would be sufficient TO supply the new regl-
| ments.
| Mr. ARCHER replied to the senators from New
York, Mr.. DIX, and Michigan Mr.. CAss, reltera-
| ting his former arguments against the amend
| ment.
! Mr. BERRlEN read passage from message Of
Mr.. Monroe, bearing on the subject under discus
SION, against the placing restrictions on the Pres-
dent The Senate on that occasion disagreed with
| the doctrine of Mr.. Monroe and enacted that Con-
| gteSS nhu the TlHnt, ana no executive power hau
been delegated. 1t appeared to him that the princi
pie fixed.
| Mr.. WESTCOTT wished TO know how the re-
dundancy Of forty-one heutenants had occurred.
Mr. DIX explained; but in tone not audible in
the gallery.
Mr. DAYTON thought that an additional num-
| Der of officers was needed The difficulty was in
the means of furnishing the new regiments with ex
Penenced officers. He thought that by advancing Off
GERS at present IN the service to superior command in
| the new regiments and promoting the officers left
IN the old regiments, the object might be we'll al
| tanned.
Mr. CASS described the uniform practice in the
army. He wished no restriction placed on the
| President
| Mr.. DAYTON had asked whether it was not bet.
ter TO advance experienced officers than to act out
| high officers He confessed he had no disposition
to increase the patronage Of any executive. Let I'M
portant Offices be filed by men who were known to
| be competent.
| Mr.. HOUSTON had, as a member of the military
committee, concurred most fully in the view taken
| of this subject by the majority of that committee
he regarded the matter not merely in its reference
to the present condition of the army Of the United
States, but also its prospective condition. and the
wholesome order of appointment and promotion
in the line of the army. He could not conceive how
| any important or desirable object could be achieved
by restricting the appointments and promotions the
| army TO any class Of Northumberland civilians
| or officers. The officers of the army had en-
tered the service fully aware Of the regu-
! Iations with regard to promotion, and had no
cause of complaint so long their rights were not
| interfered with. 1t was not with the design of
overslaughlng" the officers now in the service that
the amendment had been submitted to the consider
alton Of that honorable body II was, on the con-
trary, for the purpose of securing to them their pc
culiar rights and privileges. The addition of new
regiment did not at all conflict with the existing
rirht of pHrr oH,t in III
tension did not involve any arrangement of the sys-
TEN. The officers restored or registered ac-
cording to the date Of their commission and their
promotion was not at all affected by the augmenta-
ton of the army in the creation of new regiments
If the President restricted to the line of the
army, such inconvenience would result. For the
colonelcy, lieuenan-colonelcy, and majority there
would be at least three hundred applications from
the army. voice: give thousand."l This great
inconvenience would result only three could be ap-
pointed and two hundred and ninety would be
disappointed course bringing down on the Pre-.
sident's head two hundred and niney-seven curses
He desired to the honorable posts of the new
regiments thrown open to all. There was less
science than was generally imagined necessa-
ry to make a good officer. The materiel of
the good officer, the good soldier, was in his own
bosom. The mechanical part Of the profession was
easily acquired. A few days drill conferred that
But discipline was not valor; it only gave greater
efficiency to vaor. To the brave man, with the
stout heart and sturdy arm, whatever his pursuits or
protession-to the humbes soldier, whose gallant
ry in the field marked him above his FELLOWSHIP all
who had the natural right which bravery and noble
daring conferred, he would open wide the door of
promotion He therefore opposed to partial
legislation on this subject, and would give to the
President the fullest scope in the appointment of
these officers.
Mr.. ARCHER then stated that if the motion
to reconsider were successful he would move to
amend the amendment by extending the appointing
power over all the corps of the army.
The question the reconsideration was then
taken 10y yeas and nays, with the following result;
fEAS-Messrs. Archer Barrow Berrien, Thomas
Clayton, Corwn, Crittenden, Davis, Dayton, Evans
huntington Jarnagn, Johnson of Mary land, johnson OF
Louisiana, Mangum, Miller, MoreheaI, Pearce, simmons
Upham, Webster, Westcott, and Woodhrdge-22
NAYs-Messrs. Allen, Ashley. Atchison, Atherton
Bagby, Benton Breese Cameron, Cass Chalmers. Col
quit Dix, Houston Jenness Niles, Pennybacker Rusk
Sewer speight, Sturgeon Turney, and Yulee~22.
tie vote; the President voted in the negative, |
and so the motion to reconsider was rejected |
INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS.
The Senate then resumed the consideration of the