The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-06
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 90, 1858.
lin CONTINUATlON.l
SEN ATE.
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.

Mr. HUNTER. now to postpone all prior
orders for the purpose OF proceeding to the consders
ton of the bill making appropriations for the support OF
the army for the year ending the 30h OF June, 1854
The motion was agreed to. and the Senate proceeded
10 consider the bill as in committee OF the whole
The first amendment. reported by the COMMITTEES on
Finance, increase the appropriation for repairs
and improvements and machinery at Harpers Ferry
Mr. HUNTER. That is 10 restore the item 10 the o..
innate.
The amendment was agreed to-
The next amendment OF the committee was to In.
the appropriation for the arsenas from Sal OIL to
S5S la, and to insert the words cor transfer after the
word aboIsh, TO give the Secretary OF War pow
er to abolish transfer such arsenas his judgment
may be useless or unnecessary.
The amendment was agreed 10.
The next amendment OF the committee was to amend
the appropriation for OF subsistence. and
clothing due to Captain Richard McRae's COMPANY Of
Virginia volunteers, who served IN The last war with
Great Britain. by adding to II the following words;
ITO be paid the officers and soldiers of said com
Secretary Of War upon The Prod o. such pro- .
and that they have not been paid"
The amendment agreed to-
The next amendment was TO insert:
For fuel and quarters for officers of The army serving
on lighthouse duty the payment of whc, is ioa1sr
made by the quartz rmaster department, S4O33 81,
The amendment agreed to.
The next amendment was TO insert:
'For fuel and quarters and for mileage transportation
for officers and enlisted men Of the army serving on the
termaster department.. $4,000"
The amendment agreed to.
The next amendment reported by the Commute on
Finance was to insert the following additional
section:
"src And be ii further enacted That the provision, Of
the scof Congress passed March 1919 entitled An &C.
authorizing the sale Of certain military sites be, and the
hereby extended to oil military sites acquired
since the passage Of the said act.'
Mr.. HUNTER. II is obvou. that the same policy
should exist now as that which originally led TO the
passage OF that act.
The amendment was agreed 10.
The next amendment reported by the Committee on
Finance TO add the following an additional section.
"SEo g. And be IL futhr sracfsd That such orton Of
the OF $4,000 appropriated for the dischage OF claims
70, be sea Of 9TH FebPss ISL As shall remain nnsa
pended soh of June 1885, hereby reaPpropriaed
for that purpose
Mr.. HUNTER. This is the reappropriation Of q BAL
ance which has gone TO the surplus fund.
The amendment was agreed to. Eo#
The next amendment reported by the committee was to
insert the following additional section:
"ssc. g.. And Be- farthsr snnetsd, That the ao-
counting officers Of the be anhorized in st,lng
mer. Captain Schuyler H,mtou, and Lieutensnt J. H.
Whppls, their credit all expenditures by hem
no, appcsBe hereto Psosdsd .apsndiius.
be approved by the Secretary Of War"
Mr.. HUNTER This ia appropriation TO settle the
accounts of certain officers who had funds in their hands
liable be expended under several heads OF appopia-
tons They expended too much under one head, and not
enough under anoher bat they stu, had funds enough
TO do so BY law This is a mere provision to enable
them to settle their accounts.
The amendment agreed to.
| The PRESIDENT. The amendments reported by the
Committee Finance, and printed with the bill, have
now been gone through with.
| Mr. HUNTER. There il another amendment OF the
committee, which s 10 insert after the word ecooomi'
CAL" in the third line of the third section the words
proper and advisable" do not know whether it has
been printed or not, The effect of that amendment is TO
make the provision read
he If he direo,rd tn Con-
gess whether In his opinion, IL would be eco
nomics proper and advisable all the arms oil the
United States to be made by contract"
The object Of the committee was 70 extend the inquiry
beyond the economy of the thing, and to inquire
into the propriety of it.
| The amendment agreed to.
| Mr. HUNTER | offer another amendment IN &C
cordance with the recommendation OF me mead Oh .ns
War Department II is TO insert Inc Iohowink "a IN an-
ditional section
i Sro 7 Lad b. IL furih,r sracisd That additional
ton shal alo we'd TO the commissioned ofh
Of engineers when IN o. sna nIeo
post bs entitled receive such additional rations
les. the be designated by the Secretary of War"
| a doube-ratton post
i The design Of this amendment il TO pat the engineer
corps on footing with the other corps of the army.
Owing to mistake, clause in the act OF 1850, by
which they were put upon an equality was construed 70
last only for single year II IA designed by this amend
ment TO place them on the same footing with the other
corps OF the Army.
| The amendment was agreed 10.
| Mr.. SHIELDS | have several amendments TO otter
/ by the direction OF the Committee on Military Anairi
but before do should like to inquire OF the nono,-
able from Virginia whether he has got through
with the amendments of the Committee on Finance
| Mr. HUNTER. am through.
| Mr. SHIELDS There il in this bill proviso to the
appropriation for repairs and improvements at Springfield
'armory, m followsi