The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-11


the purpose OF having officers appointed He did
not chargeit upon tho Military Commiuee.
A voice Upon whom do you charge itl
Mr.. JONES, Not on the Military Committee.
Mr. COBB Gin his seat) was understood 10 say
that there was not one soPsrnumerary out Of ser
Mr.. JONES. Then do not understand the re-
ports. 1921
Mr.. J. A. BLACK (Mr. J. again yielding the
Aoor) said there were 80 10 100 "supernumerary"
officers He did not say they were idle; he never
had said so. There were IS companies, far as he
could ascertain, that had four officers each.
Mr.. JONES, (resuming.) What arc supernu'
merary officers but those whom the law does not
require who not In their regular service II the
law requires but three officers to company and
you put four there this is not IN his proper
service, and is supernumerary under the law.
There were now IS supernumeraries. IL would
take "a Of them he understood, (for he himself was
not military man } TO fill up this regiment with
Extraordinarily reducing the number more than
one-lhird.
Mr.. RATHBUN, lin his sest.) You will have
60 more who will graduate at West Point in two or
three months.
Mr.. JONES, in conclusion, urged the manifest
proprety of selecting these "a officers from those
supernumeraries we now have, thus saving the adj
ditonal expense that would be incurred by selecting
from civil life, the salaries Of these supernumsra-
ries would continue to be paid by the government
Mr.. BRINKERHoFF in order to test the sense
Of this House and bring this debate to a close, said
he intended to make a motion. But, before he did
so, he wished TO inquire Of the chair, in the
motion Of reconsideration were laid on the table,
whether II would carry the bill with IL or whether
Il would stand passed
The SPEAKER replied that the bill would stand
passed
Mr.. BRINKERH0FF. / therefore move to lay
the motion TO reconsider the table, and demand
the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Some conversation followed between Messrs.
HAMLIN, HENLEY, and w. HUNT, on Incl
dental questions Of order.
Mr.. BRINKRRHOFF, on further consideration,
said he would modify his notion He demanded
the previous question on the motion TO reconsider,
Withdrawing his motion to lay on the table.
The question was then taken the demand for
the previous question, and there was a second.
Mr.. RATHBUN moved that the motion TO recon-
slider be laid on the table; which motion, by ayes
81, noes 49, was rejected.
So the motion was not laid on the table.
Mr.. MCKAY inquired whether il would be in OF.
der to move 10 postpone the consideration Of the
question until future day, in order to ascertain
whether the Senate would probably pass the BILL i'll
sent to them with this amendment
The SPEAKER said, the motion would not be in
order.
And the question, "wll the House reconsider
and resulted as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. John @ Adams, Bggs, Jane. Black
Bowlin Boyd Brockenbrough Catheart Reuben Chapman
Chapman, Cobb CrOIer, Cummins Cunningham, Jsnsr.
son Davis, De Mott Dobbn, Dockery, Douglass Drom
goole Ellsworth, Erdmsn, FarSn Fcklin, Foster Gar
win, Giles Gordon Graham, Hampton, HARRISON HarmSn
ssod Sn James aoBe Han charles inss.o Jsna
James H. johnson, Kennedy; Lasers Lu%Pkin MGelay.
Mcdowell McGaughsy, Mckay John P. Martin, Barclay
Martin Morris, Niven Norris Owen Parish, Payne, Petit
pha1n natt Ralfa Hnha ufalla
Sawyer, Leonard H. Sims, Thomas Smith Robert smith
stanton, stsrkweathsr ST. John Strong James ThomP
wick, Williams, Wllmot, and Ysll-sa.
NAYs-Messrs. Abbott, Anderson, Arnold, Atkinson,
Blanchard Bfinkerhof Brodhesd Milton Brown william
O. Brown, w W. Campbell, Carroll J. O. Chapman, Angus
Cullom Culver, Daniel. Garrett Davis Dillingham;, Dir,
on Dunlap Edssl, Edwin H. Ewing Foot Gentry. Order
Go%s. sS Ho%s Ea%snl RaOaT
us 0. Hubbard Hudson, Washington Hunt Joseph
born Jones, Thomas Butler King, John W! Lawrence
Lewis, Long, MCLEAN, Mcconnell, Mccate McHenry
Pollock, R,SSan' Jaa. ' Jssn f RoeR%S
Root, Runk, scsmmon, schenck, Seldom, Severance
stewart ssrshn, Thibodesus Thom.sson ridden Tired
way. Trumbo vinton. Wheaton, White, winthrop, Wood
woodward, Wright Yancey, and Young-9s.
So the vote was not reconsidered.
THE PRIVATE CALENDAR.
On motion of Mr.. DANIEL, the House proceeded
The first business in order was the motion to re-
consider the vote by which the bill for the relief Of
the heirs Of COL VIM. Grayson had been rejected.
After few remarks from Mr.. billiard in |
favor of the notion I
Mr.. HOGE moved that it be laid on the table.
Mr.. billiard and Mr.. DROMGOOLE asked |
the yeas and nays, which were ordered. |
Mr.. MCDOWELL moved a call Of the House, |
on which motion no quorum voted.
Some delay followed on motions to adjourn, and
for call of the House, which were rejected.
The question then taken on the motion to lay |
the motion to reconsider on the table, and the vote
stood, yeas 80, nays g..
So the motion to reconsider ,oas laid on the table
The following bills on the Speakers table were |
read third time and passed:
bill for the relief of Wiley B. Parnel; |
bill for the relief Of Isabella Baldridge, widow
of Capt John Baldridge;
bill for the relief of Sampson Brown. |
The bill for the relief Of Langtry and Jenkins |
coming up
A discussion followed, in which Messrs. q. DA- |
Wis, DANIEL, THURMAN, s. ADAMS, and
POLLOCK participated.
After which the bill was passed.
And then the House ad journed