Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-11
. ssERLL STAT re fEE AM.

sola for perroas enrolled FOR military day and rom
m,fo tlit the HoEre concur in the Sen lie ameadnen
which was ag.esGt,.
essERlL STAT gok tHE AM.
X. NILES. from IT, Military C1Eh tee, also re
ported ~ m ad ID 80 ss &c EJECT the Of 'cone OF the
P,esidenr the bill for the establishment sal orgsp.z'
.io7 of the ,uerl S III Of the Army.
Tie CJngrss Of the Cynf-d.rcte S 'dts' II America
60 ,nIet. Inv hereafter the irt,rmaser General and
s Chief o. Ordnance shall DO Br CAD CT Generals IA the
Provisional Ar-J."
The G1cs len being upon the postponement OF tie
bill aud ,he vote hsvins been tss,n the ..ouse was
found vittoui quorum.
s1orum hsvi BEEN c.rtane1 to be present, the
bill wis o ds-ed 10 60 eugrossed.
NJ. GRAY, Of Te1i', was Cups 1 to rushing bills
through the House in this mi1mr. He ,'ted TO this
bill because there sic cfc provihd for in the
Cops.ilu,i-n. Tao Ciisf Cf dlirce was merely an
artillery N GER assigned 10 orjnarc, dities AM yet the
bill provides that transfer slaD give 10 the for
innate ti cr who nay be merely assigned 10 ordnance
du:i alhou, b h, may be but Leu.ens1! OF Aril
rry the uie ,, oil 2igadier g neral.
NJ. JONES Of Tenn sid that the bill was not COZ
sseLt !os one rston C'tte bi Trevidta iacressi,
the rank OF A. Ger Of h, s'su ca ID, army and The
other for co.. FIRING raHt On an tt'er TO II tlest
The tide ind ca.sd that the b.l VAS h.erev ameldi
tory Of act TO provide for the General af OF the
Army. A. hra the title and bill were inconsistent.
Mr.. HELL KELL called for the sp cisl order. Ha
wan, r.en,iou 10 pubic business aud not ildyi1uI
chius
RxrAL.L.IcH
Mr. pEJARNETIE Of Va, from thu Committee o.
F. eg, Al IL, OF ls.Vc reported bill for retsito
r. sasur ich enbodv the sumo as were referred to
tho mni'eo :. the House upon Introduction by Mr..
CuLr'S OF Ala. The Rli les sosn nibsh1d heretofore
as seriss OF joint r'so lens
The bill vas Icc nit ed 10 tho committee Ia corss-
a. c, of TIE report not having been unanimous.
H,us7Ir' TO ,nE fAsgLrIs OF DECEASED SOLDIERS
N. HARRIS, frog tic Nj airy CT nmi't Q. reported
al,E with verbal Rme9dmenis b. the 81 re, Till TO
Sper6 the &c 70 grant hS,nte' aud fqrloqsR' to sol
dIers in tbs army. fke b P'oFiss that IN case g
dath the bounty dui shsi EAU Us ses ana 81 10 the
heir. Of he decMs!d. TIE amendments sere sgrcsd
to.
KEy1ucEY AND MIS- OUR Troops
Llso bill or iasrg troops Ia rho Sites OF Missouri
and X auc,.r y:th amendments by the nat,, which
were agreed e
RIGIMrNr5 md B,rr4tIGEs niEa AL. EustE
Mr. SWAMI, of Tsnp., fem he Committee on Ni'it :
~ Al ,rr reported bsCt bill sgbo' the Pa DENT
accept sud piS' IN service c'rtI regiments and bh
tass Ls.eioje raised rec I'm nsnti1E that tue House
concur i'll the euat. s I'm nts whcl Was agreed Il"
BILL TO gUReE fsI AHt.
The Houae then took % the House bill TO pu r. tho
army Of ignorant aud incompetent ofhc rs The pre'
chs les ion having besa ordered bsfore the al rrr-
mont # the gouse s evening, the vot' was iafsn AID
tia bill vas rh'-ed
Me-. WILCOX Of T I's. novel to amend tie title Of
the bill by ms .rting ii" instead Of purge"
NJ HILE3 said that the bill WIS intended to purge
and pur the army. h desired to some strong
term and had DO OIL sOion to change, so it wera con
s:sent
NJ, WILCOX said "purgep was 6 uo'ical phrase, and
he van I'd the medical depsrant to keep .heir phrsses
to themselves.
Mr.. NILES said that tbs word vas strong one, but
cid not belong entirely to the medical department. Bone
che 10 the paper had called the bill tha castor o. bill,