The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-05-11

HH TEXAN REGIMENT.

the resolution, which he trusted would meet with
the appreciation Of the House, to which he appeal
(Which was ready provides that nothing the act ap-
proved March q ls47 in relation the providing for
the payment Of horses and other property lost in the mill
ary service of the United Staes approved the 18th of
January, 1897 shall be construed to revive the provso
TO the I'd section OF the act approved the 18th of June
ls44, entitled IAN act making an appropriation for the
payment OF horses lost by the Missouri volunteers the
Florida war"
Mr.. B. explained and said that. in 1897, general law
der certain circumstances in the service of the United
States The operation of that law limited to twelve
months but the time subsequently extended for two
years and subsequently from time to time further ex-
tended, until its provision would be in force at the pres
ent time, but for the construction by the Third Auditor
OF the acts Of 1874 and ls47 On account of this con-
sruction, though manestly incorrect becomes neces
sary that the act of 1887 should be again renewed
The gentleman from Ohio, sitting the most remote
from him, Mr. GDDINGs,l objected to the payment for
the horses OF the Texan volunteers, because the
paid under the of Congress for the and risk of the
horses is be deducted from their price He would
say to that gentleman that IN no instance under the act
of 1S37-as he was informed by the Third Audtor-has
the daily allowance for the use and risk of horses been
deducted from their appraised value when such horses
have been lost; and therefore was, that such pro-
vision engrafted into the present joint resolution
The forty cents per day, twelve dollars per month";
given for the use and risk of the horse and if the
horse be subsequently lost under such circumstances
that the government has to pay for him. in instance
whatsoever has the compensation for the and risk of
the horse been deducted from his price. Mr. B. sup
posed therefore, that there could be urged valid OBJ
lection to the proviso he had offered; and with this
amendment the resolution will provide not only for the
titled justly to receive for service. but also the payment
for all their horses lost in the service under circ
stances which, in the regular army, would oblse the
Mr. GIDDlNGS had been of opinion that the rule was
not to w the daily and hs %o M
we pay the full value of the horse at the time he is
taken into the service the government should not be
CURED to pay the value OF the horse again.
p and
Mr. JONES of Tennessee (Mr. G. still giving way)
proposed to amend the amendment, by adding clause
the Mexican service have been lost since the 18th of
May, ls47, by being thrown overheard otherwise,
shall be paid Tor in the same manner as is provided for
the payment OF other lost horses in this act"
After some conversation upon the relevancy OF this
nSEs h h ETY. G its between Mr.
Mr. J. showed that there was existing provision of
law by which the of the horses which his amend
ment contemplated could be reimbursed for their loss
PLANTATION by the gentleman from South Carolina, [Mr.
BuRrl that by his amendment he wished only place
these volunteers within the existing rule that subject,
he would offer no objection.
The amendment to the amendment then adopted
and also was the amendment as amended
The question then recurring upon the adoption OF the
resolution amended
Some explanation followed in relation to the time these
Texan troops and horses were in the service between
Mr. KAUFMAN and MIR BURT when
MIR LANNON'S objected to the resolution as amend
ed because it seemed TO ene these irregular troops
Mr. BURT 1t places them where they would have
stood if Col Curtis had exercised competent authority
calling them out-nothing more. 1t does not ente
Mr.. HAMMoNs. Why the necessity, then, of insert
ing that provision at ALL The act may yet be construed
to give this regiment 100000 acres of land There
for this provision, upon the expana
ton OF the gentleman from South Carolina He would
therefore TO amend, by striking the provision from
the resolution; which is In the following words, TO wit
"Tha these volunteers shall be allowed the bounty
lands that they would have been entitled to if regularly
mustered into services"
Mr.. BURT read from the resolution, and explained
that, whether this regiment entitled bounty
not, depended upon construction OF law. He asked if
they were entitled TO bounty upon the condition that
House say they should be deprived Of this right by the
fault of the Colonel Such treatment never mered
Mr. HAMMoNS rejoined, stating his impression that
the resolution gives this bounty absolutely. He would
make distinction between those who were in service
only few days, and those who had borne all the brun
OF the battles AS to Hayss men, he considered they
were under officers OF competent authority and that their
case m was p sTfs 0 boDea the provision vo II.
stricken out No man could equip himself, these
did, without double the expense of money which, under
the laws, they entitled to receive He spoke Of the
necessity Of the call under which they rallied and said
they could not have been discharged had the call been
legal But these had fought the Mexicans for ten
Mr. HOUSTON Of Alabama, now took * the t floor sI but
Mr.. HAMMONS to modify his amendment
Carolina on one point The object, he says, of the
mtee, was to express opinion whether these are
entitled TO bounty land not Mr.. HIS opinion was
that this question should be decided here. His own opn
ion was, that if these entitled TO bounty, we
doing injustice to large number of volunteers who
turned under the call of Gen. Gaines He referred to
certain Alabama troops who, after coming to the place
OF rendezvous, either refused to be mustered into
service, discharged aerwards-so exclude
them from bounty There no difference between the
of these troops called out from Alabama and those
from Texas and he believed that like state of things
existed Ohio troops not received because the States
quota was made up He gave notice of an amendment
which he intended to Offer to embrace these cases, if the
resolution to pass He considered the previous Mex
lean fighting of the Texans nothing to the question
MIR. MCKAY called attention to another feature of the
resolutions which not merely pay those mustered
out at the first, but two of the companies which refused
to be mustered out OF service be paid up to the
time when they chose to dsband themselves
Mr.. BURT stated that this regiment was called by
Colonel Curtis into the service for the term of months
The two companies referred to-thOse of Captains Hill
and proceeded towards Monterey, under the in
struction of officers They reached that place. and there
refused to be mustered out of service. The resolution
provides that their pay shall stop at the time when they
refused to be mustered and without provision
Of this sort, he said they could not be paid at ALL
Mr.: MCKAY waived this point, then, and spoke in ia
yo of striking out the provision in relation 10 bounty
land, quoting the law, which gives bounty only those
called out for twelve months and who have been marched
to the seat of war Why then, say these men shall re-
celve bounty il they entitled, He read and COM
mented the difficulties in the way of this regiment OBJ
tanning bounty landto wit: they were not called out
LOT Twelve months and they called out till af
e' Tue passage OF The act which retrospective