The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-14

| On motion Of Mr. MCKAY, the committee proceeded e
the consideration of the bill making appropriations lot 'h
support oil the army for the year ending ON the JUN
| June 1917
! The bill was read.
! Mr MCKAY moved 10 amend the following Item, ny IN
creasing the amount 10 S4oe ,iSs OF
! For subsistence In kind, s3l37S5"
MIR MCKAY sent TO the clerks table letter from the de
Partment showing the necessity o. this Increase On &c
ItaTy ooc upstion OF Texas; which was read
Mr. MCKAY moved to strike out the following item Of
the ground that the appropriation had some time ago beer
transferred to the bill making appropriations for forhea
ions:
! For armament Of lortifcations, $500 600"
The item was stricken out
The following item being under consideration
FOR repairs and Improvements and new machinery q
| Springfield aTmoTy, tllo ooog- -r-L
AIR MCKAY moved the following smsndnsnt, 10 cons
| In at the end thereof y which was OgrtsdtO'
And the sum Of 900 out OF the appropriation male 10
have been intended for the purchase 81 the lots ad
joining the armory grounds expressed IN ths estimates
to which purpose II has been applied"
The following item being under confederation
| "For arsenas, sl57, os3"-
Me- MCKAY moved to amend 1t by increasing the amount
| to SlBS 593. .fgrssd 10.
| The fpllown item being under consideration
"For expenses Of the mineral Land service, $50 Cow
Mir MCKAY moved to amend Il, after the word service
by adding words including those incurred since the
! lst OF January, 1876" .igTssdto
The second section being under consideration, in the
THAT the President Of the United may in his dis
creon direct the expenditure Of the appropriation iSr n
!
ordnance stores and supplies at any time alter the
passage Of this act
out words for the armament Of lortihcauons and
MIR BLACK, Of South Carolina, moved the following a'
an additional section:
and b, further enacted That from and after the passsge
ofhs to the end OF the present the monthly pay o
the unconditional officers, musicians and puvaes o
the artillery infantry and rhemen, who may be IN the ser
vice the United shall be the same as the pay allow
ed to the commissioned officers musicians and prVate'
Of the dragoOn regiments Of the United states
~ Eayry FAg pNna med N .
necessity which had arisen for this amendment IRON the
provision in reference to pay made in the bill passed yes
terday. D.,
Mr. Mckay hoped the amendment would not prevail
This was bill merely nPproPratng tor the army a. now
exists He alluded to this ecton just taken by both houses
this subject in the bill passed yesterday and read
statement OF the pay Of privates in our army al dneTeh
periods since the foundation OF government The pay
Tor privste had been eight dollars only for short time
having been great part OF the time four dollars and hey
better clothed and paid under the present compehS
| ton than any soldiers in the world
MIR BLACK admitted this and desired they should contn
be paid and clothed He knew that the pay for time
had been high and he DESTROYS to prac
tce all reasonable economy body but we were no"
calling for volunteers from the yeOmanry OF the country
defend the country and he thought the rate proposed y
his amendment was not too high and he wished all 10 De
| placed on the same footing. %.
| Mr. BURT moved amendment to the amendment OF h
colleague limit its operation to the time OF war
This amendment understood to be accepted by MIR
| BLACK, and his amendment modified accordingly
MIR. TIBBATTs moved an amendment to the amendment
to provide that all priVates shall receive ten dollars pc
month during the war.
| Mr. MCKAY again expressed the hope that all thes
ouid be voted down It had been determine
by both houses in the bill which passed only last night
that the pay of prvaes should be dollars and h'
hoped something like consistency OF action would be Pur
sued In addition, II this amendment were adopted tht
pay would have TO be largely increased and var
Gus other portions Of the bill over which they had no
passed, would have to be amended
Mr.. TIBBATTs said although the House agreed TO the
amendment the senate reducing the pay OF prvutss
was not Inferred that they in favor OF such re
ducon They agreed to it, because they feared by not do
ing so the bill would be greatly delayed not defeated
when IL was necessary that should Immediately become
law As far regarded the other argument Of the gen
eman the adoption OF the amendment would require
change Of other items it matter oil figures anc
verbal alteration and could easily be done me man IL
war risking his life and at great distance from his
home should be better paid in time Of war than IN peace
i for lounpinp about arSenals and aTmories.
| Mr W W CAMPBELL did not think it necessarily fol
ed from the Senate amendment that they opposec
to raising the pay of our soldiers but that 1t was merely
their intention make the wages OF the volunteer the
as of our regular soldier He went for raising the wages
both He argued that the present pay was insufficient from
the difficulty Of raising recruits and from the fact that the
army of the United States is made at this hour
foreigners and not citizens because Cit
zens from their greater skill and better practical acqusin
nce with the ordinary arts and business OF life were better
noi,6eH 10 acquire subsistence in the ordinary course
industry Now IL made up this army of which were
nor many had deserted and gone the enemy
of native born citizens, we should avoid this am
Guilty He therefore went for sufficient compensation 10
induce natives go into the army and he thought the
wages proposed by the gentleman from Kentucky r TIN
too high in time oil war; to which the operation
of the amendment was limited
Mr. HAMLIN concurred with the gentleman from New
York in his premises but could not at the
clusion while engaged in actual service he thought the
proposed by the gentleman from South
Nv JACOB THOMPSON leave being granted inquire
if the dragons obliged to maintain their horses
their wages or specific provision made for theml
'" Mr. HRMLN replied tina, the dragoon was paid s. pei
month and forage for horse, or forty cents day allowance
| for horse,
In case oactual Che proceeded to say in which the
honor and interests the country involved he did
believe the ghtng was to be done on the bases Of d"ar
from New York why let us have foreign mercenares tc
do our lighting But there was another impulse above
and Tar that gnoble consideration that fired h
heart of every man. and that would lead him where
duty calls him in the defence OF his country at whatrve
risk II was high and elevated patrotsnthe sincere low
of country And men cuatei by such impulses 1t
whom rely, and not those who fought merel,
| for the motive of dollars and cents
As far the matter OF pay "ps con" nod he though
this 81 Der monthnearly 500 year addition TO cloth
better pay than was usually receivedtior orlinn
and he would ready to fight Tor this increased
nonsaon. hut he believed that in cc TO the soldr
bmself who usually left other businesses and the wrii
Of the service required that reasonable compensation hou
be given hut as independent men they were not c.lc
ne understood very well that declining to vote for the In
crease of pay, he might be attacked by some gentlemen
the honest dictates Of the judgment he should 70
the Of the gentleman from south Carolina
against that of the gentleman from Kentucky
| MIR ROOT was in favor Of equalzing the wages of thu
rank and file Of the different branches of the
proposed nv the gentleman from South Carolina, and of In
Creang the compensation from SO to $40 as propose
by gentleman from Kentucky He found himself to oc
DAYS ago Tie was then and had right to he the rien
of every Mexican now he had no such right he mad
nv your act the enemy Of every man in that republic an
he believed in consequence of their yesterdays work h.
should the enemy of every citizen OF some other nato
| before long.
| Now we are in II is regarded by gentlemen
as small war II will grow to great unless W
make Il short Let us, then go into it thoroughly
have heard something from the gentleman from New ioT
MIR CoRpoS about the fourteen who enemies
their country OF those said Mr., r. who vot,
agaips The declaration of war thought right then
a99J think so now. But that Is We are In
row and am with you and my constituents with yor
rCt,ss of good " And speak for people who live
tbe fronteP-who can look into the cnemy's country
What NAV become an enemy's country very shortly. W
arn With OH in this war with MeNco and if other
. come we shall do our duty
Mr. r. warmly advocated the increase to $40 OF me com
pcn.aon per month those who take the dry hard knock
In tho warwho had promotion OF honOrs in view-ah
whose only consolation the reflection OF having don
their duty fhey could So per day in Congress 70
declaring war he thought certainly those who did the AZ
ua service and the lighting entitled to more than
per month lie questioned very much the correctness
those gentlemen in Of the war who did not think the
entitled to He referred to the stnted bonn'
and ages given AZ the commencement oil the last war on
bounty being offered; and TO the increase, before IN
close of the TO S4i year. and urged that we shou
not commence with niggardly compensation but Shout
offer full and reasonable wages He would cut Of not roT
IL If qnldprs hut tran