The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-13

masters was vested in the President alone and All
the above Officers except the last two were tn rs sp
ssnies r. r. ss Of assss
Re UnitsS e; shall be nosins) Sd En- ssFs -
'9 %s, sSs ~. r s.;n i o sass Tho o.sas
the officers OF the pay department Of the suIar ar
NY but at the time Of the passage Of the act the
co9mi.aeas q tAsss .e4heeraM rntrn=
nSwed every four year,, in order TO preserve their
relative seniority according to length Of service,
provso was attached to this 18th section thAt the
right T. command in the pay department between
omces having the same nk shall be in favor Of the
Oldest n she service IN the dspartaent, without re-
gard 70 tho dafe Of commission under which they
may be acting at the time" The whole difficulty in
regard TO rank has arisen from applyinR 10 the pay
masters appointed for the volunteer service this
Hrovi Q, which was limited to the regular Officers OF
Than that above stated iiy ar4s. Ell a., ssv
:, The foregoing is summary Of facts bearing on
sae quesnon q issue IN 70 the passage OF tie act Of
B ts 81 s ns giS Ss5T n: az :.
partmsst was fixed at enc payinaster general, two
deputy paynAse1g onsral, and TWENTY-FIVE paynas-
ters; nd the LAW rsQared that these Offices shsuld
paymastsrs general now in conmission ths afssss
paynasten who were In service under the acts In
force at the commencement Of the war with Mckee,
and ten paymasten to b ssiostsd from the additional
paymasers now In service, and ne thirteen psynAs
ten authorised BY the acts Il l7th Of June, 1916,
and the Sd Of March, 1s47." ,s,.... ..1ae.
OF The fifteen pay masters whs were in service It
the army at the dats Of the act, viz.:-PAyuAItsrs
Lealie, Townsend, G. q. smith, 4. 2. Andrews Kir-
by, Steuart, G. Andrews, Walker, Wan Ness, Denny,
Hutter, and L. j. BeAl. Three others, u wit Cot.
fee, Rngsold and Hill, who were appeated 70 al
were ALSO IN service at the date Of the act. They
were all retained with their original rank.
In filling the remaining tan vacancies the Pres.
dents selection Was restricted t. two classes-ths
thirteen paymasters Of the regular army and the ad
dtion paymasters then in service under the act Of
1888 Regarding these ten appoinrnents as original
vacancies, the President saw fit to nominate thass
selected from both classes for confirmation, anathey
were accordingly confirmed on the I'd Of March, $40,
under the following resolution Of the Senate to Wit:
Resolved That the Senate advise and consent 70 tas
appointment Of tho following PERSONS selsc.sd ire the
authorised By the act OF 18th Jans 1916 aad
the 81 Of March 1877 70 BE- PAymastsrs In the Army OF
tbs United States as,ssssiy 20 their nomln.so" re-
syth Robert Reysslds Jsrsuish Y. Dssktsu sacs ds
hAckliD, "A Gaines, Albert Bssasst Hiran Leonard
Fnncs A. Cunningham, George q Halter spr lt4 t,e
The right Of the President to select and nominate
for On original appointment carries with It also ,hs
right to tx the date of sucA appointment; and WHARF
the date is not specified in the nomination, it mecca
aarily takes the date Of confirmation, The above
upon the officers named, differing 10 date from tss
appointments previously held by thsm. That rosou-
ton must be regarded a. settling the relative rank
OF those Off GERS in their corps In the order they are
named. and according to the dates given them in
their new appointments. The commissions held by
them prior to this action Of the Senate can be con
sideIed only as former commissions, and ~ sush
must b governed by tss 6lst artisle Of war. iteH
The Board i there6,rs Of piRioa that the rank in
the Pay Department. of the officers in question IL -
follows, and they should stand in that order on ths
army rsgihsr, VIZ. =
a L. Andrew j. Coffee, February 20, 1s47. g. GEO.
III Ringsold, July 81, 1877 8. Henry Hal, Nov. s.,
ls47 4. Abraham Van Buren,, hsrch 2, 1919. s6.
RobertsB Reynolds, AaIoh q, lS49.l6. jeremiah Y.
Dssbien. March 2, lS49. T. SAckfeld Naoklin March
2, ls49. 8, w. Gaines, Aarih 1S49 8. Albert
9so A1 arc Er,r asss ~ Ira LeSnasG
2, lS49. IL. George o. HutIer, March 3 ls49. p.Esi
~ 8gf4t1n-4rs - ss.. ga ~ N YOwsON,
es,ns BIT Major Genl and Pay Mr. GenI o. s.,A. i
,.... -. ,--,.-.s ~. 80 L, v. SUMNER,
yrevet Colonel Lieut.. Colonel LIST Dragons
go go o'ts''9' 8. COOPER, Adjutant General
January %, sls54.-The opinion Of the Boarl b.
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