The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-27


that Congress ink they are the next thing 70 omnipoen
to the British Parliament but you may pass just many
statutes as you please you may put In the restrictions
be the RESULT The departments will go making
allowances just the If you did touch them
would not say that If did speak by the bookif
had not example this subject. What it2 The
navy is referred to- and what was done? In 1885 you
raised the pay of the officers of the navy to higher
sum than the officers of any navy in the civilized world
oil the same rank received You had not officers OF
] high rank some nations but you paid officers Of
the same rank higher pay than paid by any nation
on earth To reconcile the people OF the country to
THIS there was restriction put nl wish had IL before
melt used to be printed in the Naval Register but has
got to be unpopular and they have left il out think
the practice OF the department SO much at varauoe with
the law that do blame for leaving out the law
but will state it from memory The law provided an ag
gregate for officers of the navy and then went on
to say that should be in full OF all compensation and al
owance of any sort whatsoever except travelling
expenses under certain conditions There was the law
The pay raised higher than the pay Of any navy on
the face Of Gods EARTH and restriction just as strong as
good old Saxon language could make put against
giving any more. But how was il administered2 The
government of the navy precisely the same after
as before They made extra allowances for fuel and omar
ers and for furniture; and they have continued to make
those allowances to this day the though that
law had never been passed. endeavored to call
the attention of the Senate to that matter some seven or
eight years ago; but it amounted to nothing You may
put this restriction here but these allowances continue
have not given great attention to this bill or have
not been able to be IN the Senate of late but my plan
would be TO give increased compensation the lower
GERS should like to cut of all the ratons and allow
ances like very much what fell from the senator from
Virginia should like to make the attempt to see ii we
could succeed better in the army than in the giving
fixed SUM- We tried it in the navy and utterly failed
think will utterly fail here There old maxm that
law not made for post captains That has been en-
arged lately and it that the law is not Eade
for the navy So it will be found the law not nade for
army Whether or not you attempt to cut of these al
owance they Will be made and hese compensatons will
Twill ha -
will be increased until this country taagh if not by the
teachings OF history by lis own experience will see this
matter in the light in which think everybody else has
looked on 1T and instead of continually increasing the
army VIII turn about and retrench and its steps
and diminishi it. If you must have army make what
this is called, nucleus, and not let it be thing which
now engrosses more OF revenue very ccnsderab
than the whole administration of the the navy
and army, civil and diplomatic st and Judiciary did al
time no longer ago than when Gen. Jackson into the
These are the views entertain but notwithsHadina
en.efain them, and expec. soul here to mpahize
with me- and do not want any one to do So do not
doubt that .ae age will up to these remarks by-and-
Sy. am willing to bde my time; but while it does
tinue am willing 10 pay and give an increased compensa
ton to the junior officers of the army IL vote
the bill in accordance with these views shall be glad to
do 80.
| Mr. BUTLER. have but single remark to make and
that is in reply TO the senator from New Hampshire who
generally throws out his views with freedom and fairness
suppose we have now thirty millions OF people in the
United States Does the think that standing ar
my of six thousand could whip thirty millions OF peo
pie Are we in any danger from army of six thou
sand scattered at three hundred different paces2 woud
agree to have what would be called stand
| Ing army-say one hundred thousand rnen--such as
was perhaps in the contemplation of forefathers
when they made the constitution, to be concentrated
| under the command of cheftain That might be
dangerous But with army of three hundred in Cali
f1rna three hundred in Oregon, and or three hum
dred at Old Point think we are not in much danger
should think very badly Of the galantry of New Hamp
shire her militia would not be able hold any such army
IN check The republican spirit Of the senator from New
L..
by his defamation. Laughter] Mr. President wish to
put the army rght-not that particularly connected
with the army though suppose in some respects from
family associations, have had strong sympathes with it,
and do not undertake to disguise the fact do fear
them think this much must be sad of them il yon had
not regular army go the frontier posts and you
trusted volunteer militia be raised on the OCCASION
would cost five times much the standing army to
keep the Indians in check do not hesitate say that
the most irresponsible and most exravagant expenditures
OF the public money have been in the payment of volun
teers going out and using their horses to whip few In
dans So far regards the taking Of orts
Is c0ncerned presume that people who understand the
profession of would take better of them than
militia that have almost lost the of gun believe it
is getting that the militia ride in buggies and do
not ride horses a all Laughter This evidence
of degeneracy. &3
Sir let encourage our young men in the army am
OF those who believe in the hardy morality of former
times OF those who believe in that system which
encourages in the enterprise of young
Of this kind do not undertake to say how far It may
affect the reputation of the country but beg to to
the senator from New Hampshire that have little army
in South Carolina little nucleus of an army corps of
cadets We not afraid of your standing army when
they three thousand miles off do not understand
the terror which is raised here by the from New
Hampshire who generally speaks with fairness His State
is in no danger from the army. do not suppose that
there three hundred United States troops in that State
now. 5#i ~ lgg
Mr.. HALE Not one, think.
Mr.. BUTLER. Then do not see that there any ter
rors associated with the army at all If have army
let us have its officers gentlemen.
Mr.. HALE. 60 for that
Mr.. WELLER. Mr.. President did not deem Il neces-
to go into general discussion of the merits Of this
his mind that it necessary and proper that should
increase the pay of the army Of the United States The
whole of remark of the honorable senator from Ken
lucky Mr.. CRITTEsDEN however, is calculated to make
the impression the Senate and the public that the
Committee Military fairs of this body adverse to
increasing the compensation of these officers Now sir
undertake to say that anxious as any senator
and adequate compensation All of agree that the
pensaon provided in the law of 1908 is now, owing to
the change of circumstances wholly Inadequate compen
ation The discovery of gold upon western coast has
made that which worth hundred cents them worth
only about sixty-two and half cents now and while
have been increasing the compensation of the officers in the
employ of the civil department of the government all of us
see the necessity Of extending corresponding increase to
the army.
But the senator from Kentucky says this amendment
which has been presented by the Committee on Military
Affairs is tring am very sorry that the senator
from kentucky has little respect for that committee, OF
which chairman, to suppose that would submit
trng amendment for the purpose OF delaying this
bill In the other branch OF Congress The chief argument
used against the amendment is that by adopting 1t
endangering the passage of the bill believe II will not
n cof tho