Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-07-16
gone far enough, and l hope that the question


will now be taken.
The question vas then taken, and the mo
ton to suspend the further calling OF the rule
was agreed to. The question then REQUIRED
on the adoption OF the amendment 10 the
amendment, to strike out "once" and insert
"twicc," so rs to read "that no member Shall
be allowed to speak more than twice. etc
Mr.. PRICE called for the yeas and navs,
which being taken. resulted rs follow s-yeas l3,
nays As.
YEAs.-Mcssrs. baldwin, A. M Harbour, Baylor, Branch
Brooke ChAmbi5.. c. r. Conrad. t. y Conrad Gusts Dor,
man. Fisher, French Garnet, Gillespie. Gravey Gray j.
Goode j. L. Hall Raymond, ulconbe, liol!aday, PC
Jehnsoo KiIby, Kindred iacaFand. Msrye, Sr Masters
Nod;t;, Mona2ue Morris. Morton, Moore: orr!tk, Pre-,
;0n R!veS Saunders Sr Ropert Sco:, Sharp. Sitting.
.oa, Staples, Robert Il Turner, Woods Wyscr Is.
HAYs-Nrssrs. Amber, Armstrong, Aston, James & A..
bouf, Bow, Jr, Bo'ss=au. Bor,, EoraIn Boyd Brent
bers Conn Jau.s IL. Cox, D+.kies Flcurnoy. Forbes.
rugns Garland Graham, Gregory: IT. Cyrus Hall Hughes,
Andrew Parks, Price, rush. shrgry, sacGNer southnI
Strange, Tred~ay, T5er, Whitfield, Wiliam:-+;.
80 the amendment WAS NOT agreed to.
The question then required upon the alop.
ton OF the amendment; and, the yeas and nays
being ordered, it was decided in the a1irma-
tive by the following vote:
Isas-Mrs:rs. ambIer, Armstrong, Aston, baldwin,
Byrne, Cabell, Cap-rlon, Carter Chambers. Conn., C.
Conrad, Robrr. Y. Conrad James Ii Coz Custis Deskins
Dornan: Fisher Flournoy Farbes, French Fura:r, Oar
Johnston, Kent KiaJ. 1iacfarthd, james Il. Mallory
Mayrr. sr, Masters, Miller McC,,t a.urion Moore Or
pueh, Riyes, Saunders sr Robert Scott, sv4Eel Sharp
ShtGey. s!tlnson, Slaugter. Souhal Speed, Staples,
Alex L. II Stewart 'tTanse, Tayloe, Thornton, Trsdwsy,
N~ys-SiessTs Alfred NJ Barbour Branch Cecil Cham.
h'is GARRETT, Gray Gregory, Jr Goode, Jr, Cyrus IL,
l.. g Hall. uynord, uoicoinb- Hughes, slvnagus Mor.
r ii rurr DOl md wv ur--ls
| So the amendment was agreed 20.
The question then REQUIRED on the rcao!u-
tion as amended, and it was adopted
! THE RESTORATION TO RASK OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.
The Chair announced that the next or;li.
nance to be taken up was the following cnti.
! tied
IN ORDINANCE
IL p.osiie .Jar the Restoration to Rank and
Positi0n Of Certain Officers.
Be it ordained, That the Ordinance passed
the 18th day Of April, 1861, entitled "An cr-
dlnancc to call the volunteers into the service
of the State, and for other purposes" having
been passed to regulate the modes Of organ
iz!ng regiments, brigadcs, and divisions OF vol
unteers, thereafter 10 be called into service, and
not to interfere with regiments already organ
lied, and in fact, either in service or ready for
service, it shall be the duty Of the Governor,
or Governor and Council, in case the officers OF
any such regiment, 90 organized and in service
or ready for service Il. the time said ordinance
was passed, have unde. miStarna construc.
ton Of said ordinance, been displaced or &c
moved, TO cause such oIlccrs to DC restored 10
their respective ranks and positions, unless
such officers arc incompetent and disabled, BY
reason Of il-hcalth, age, Or ntirnty, from
active and efficient service and the officers so
restored shall be entitled to such rank rs il |
they had not been superseded or removed.
This ordinance shall be il force FROM its |
passage.
Mr. AMELEE-l should Ike 10 have some
information concerning this ordinance"
understand that according to The construc
tion given b. the authorities, c7ery volunteer
officer is, by the act Of volunteering, removed !
from tie Office in the militia which he previous.
i occupied Ifthat be tru" Colonel Of vol
unseers places himself in position where nc
forfeits his commission as officer in the militia
and becomes merely 9 private in the ranks
This being the case, thuh i; is properly .
subject Of consideration.
Mr.. BATLoE this ordinance IS passed, |
though general in is terms, it sill affect the
officers of but one single regilD4n. in the State
refer TO the volunteer regiment organized IN
the county Of Augusta. l coHicss tt!ar hare
q good deal OF delicacy, NJ. President, in
moving in this matter at ALL Oh account Of the |
fact that the commanding officer Of the regi |
ment, who has been suspended, is uy own |
nephew. ask gentlemen, however, to forget
this circumstance, and to dispose 9! the question
only on its own merits.
This volunteer regiment from the coun;y ol
Augusta, was organized under an act Of ;hc |
Legislature Of 1853 and 1860, which | will |
now read. quote from the code Of 1860, new |
edition, Goth section, page 152. "Whcre four
or five Of the volunteer companies OF infantry, |
light infantry or rifles, whicn may be COW or
hereafter organized in the same city, toTn or
county, shall agree to unite, and be drilled
together, ct the same time and place. al least |
two days in each year, they may constitute Z
battalion, and elect . major for field officer CT
such battalion and when six OF seven or
eight companies, as aforesaid, shall agree to
unite according to the provisions Of this section,
they shall constitute regiment and elect a
Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel and two Majors
field officers Of such regiment; the field officers
of such battalions and regiments shall be com
missoncd by the Governor: provided that the
ganiZcd in like manner, where there shall be |
two or more companies in any city or town
which is not the county seat Of the county in
which the same have been organized
Now, sir, this regiment vas organized under |
that section of the laS they elected their
field officers in accordance with it, and they |
were commissioned and in the service of Ylr
ginia when the ordinance passed this Conycn- |
ho or Asa
calls for no such action as has been taken with |
reference 10 these officers and, properly con-
strucd, am satisfied it could not have been |
done vas particularly anxious to ascertain
whether that ordinance would affect compa
n;cs already formed, and was distinctly as
surea that it would not The ordinance to !
which refer may be found On tue sixth page
OF the printed book Containing the Acts passed !
in secret SESSION, and Is AZ ir:rs
Az oRDIEASCr
To call the TolUateerS into ia serrice nj The
State, and for other purposes.
Be it ordained, That the Governor Of the
Commonwealth be, and he is l.:reby authorized ;
and required to call into The service OF the
State, as many volunteers as may be necessary
to rcpcl invasion, and protcg. the citizens Of
the Stale, in the present emergency, which
volunteers he will receive in companies, end
organize into regiments, bri,s,lss and divisions,
according to the force rc'i '.r.1, and the Gov
ernor shall appoint and commission the gen
eral field and staff officers Of said volunteers,
and proceed to have them organized aud in-
strrcted. And lha: be sin immediately in
vte all efficient and worthy Erginians and
residents of Virginia in the Army and Navy OF
the United States to retire thereform, and to
enter the service Of Virginia, assigning 10 them
such rank as viii not reverse the relative rank
held by them in the United States service, and
will al least be equivalent thereto.
9 Belt further ordained, That the Governor
shall repe invasion end sec that in all things
the Commonwealth take no detr;mcnt, and
shall exercise for this purpose the powers con.
ferred upon him BY the Constitution and laws
nf Tho Sto!a