The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-23
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
rHIRPY-sEvEN CONGRHSS.
SECOND SESSION.
Senate.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. "a, asss.
CREDENTIALS rURTrz-
Mr.. Lss, trep) Of Ind, presented the credentials o
The Hon Day rurpe elected United States Senator
! from tho STATE OF Indiana.
| ms ORIGINAL INVENTION CLAD vE1sEis
Mr. Cowas, (rep) OF Pa, presented The petition OF
stoa1, othes asking relief for the widow Of Thos
Gregg tho original inventor Of iron.c,ad vessels.
ApslTlRAr.D LIQUORS.
Mr.. PoAsaoy, frep) Of Kansas, presented numerous
pc tas praying for act 70 prevent the Of
] rated liquors
l THE TITLE TO LEAGUE
Mr. fNurKA, (rcp) Of Conn offered joint resolut Won
airectny the Secretary Of the Navy accept
j 10 Ieago.s Island until Congress shall so direct
Mr. CONAN (rep Of Pa moved 10 refcr the resolution
TO the Con Nmhtee on Naval Affairs.
Motion vaeted by yeas II, nays %.
Mr. HARRIS trep) Of N Y, presented petition from
two daughter OF the late Commodore Renshaw from
two sisters OF abe late Commander Wainwright both
whom xii Nod in the engagement at Galveston ask
'' uSSs, vHpsD BALANCES yoR THE INDIANS
commuDica, 0n was received from tho Secretary Of
Tho Interior reat toa diversion Of certain uhex pended
balances approx aops for the Indian tribes OF oregon
PUBLISHING orri6ERs
Mr. ANu,oNy 1ren "a Of r. l. offered resolution in
structinc me Mtary CeInmttee TO inquire into the
ped,ency of publshnc monthly tho names Of all officers d
the army who ore ahss u leave with the date OF the
leave Of absence and by '1i s"' '"'0 - WOO
granted.
r
THE LINE ss M ,nn M AZ Nm - armand
Tho act y, es,ab.h sha ] of officers the navy.
Mr. Tar wp,,, 1ren or "; said the bill revise
tho acton of The p ord Of the navy Congress
had psssed one hill Lao, and now, after having e
pisated ont or roiouao cer,a W officers, here
sboat to sh them Sec aHd provided
increase OF rank max piaoeS io ~ many VI
these men might be restored -
~ ~ o,,o. :, ~.
The morning hour having expI ny On n ,. =. mr
the treaties with Inc SONY In1aps their late outrages
in Minnesota taken up He off W. n u Si, y. su y.
stitute for the resolution and for sar sossns as
demnfy the state Of Minnesota rs, 0ss ,hat Sa aIi
treaty syipnlatons with the Sioux en- and annuled
massacre in Minnesota be abrogated I iue =, ,ho
second that the annuities that would rinmoda,e1v
Indians amounting 100000, be paid on lef Of ,hoso
certain commissioners for the present to bio Maid 10
families which suffered mos-not over $Iot scrs Ia an
any one family third that three commiss 20 take eyi
Sep 40 and investigate claims for da wages lon
,s,sS eSatYages and make full returns 10 70 s'
MT " tns IoSse S which provided for II
ton Of treaties and appropriated p ,ooo'ooo ~
hcaton LOT an 9;scussion the bin postponed vi" To-
pr foup or Min called up the bill to REIN ~
-, state Of Minnesota for her expenses ncnr,eu
anding the State from Indian onIages 0 stating that
from Is sSyssi the would %
$ScssG ,uco IN, nm -. v..,,asG,
rav o sri p'. .Sn Nol,pxD
mr. WILSON, (rep) Of Mass, csgsa up %" to pro
FOR s 81
army He referred to one clause of tho bill ncre9s
ing Communication Of ra.i0ns hospitals from eighteen
10 thirty cents said the object OF the bill to
store the sick soldiers as speedily as possibly"
Mr. Fsssrsp M trsp Of IN Me- was GOA there WITS one
pay Of some officer. But he corh for suffer-
ing in the hospitals Congcss had appropriated large
he was willing to apprc more il necessary But he
could not see how ID object was to be obtained by In
Mr. wnsos SAID se Solder was entitled to one ration
but he often needed little comforts and deosces and the
Surgeon General had recommended the increase Of the
computation To thirty cents which, accordance with
diet table, he had found 70 be very beneficial
Mr.. DooTE asked If was true that the feeding OF
the sck soldiers In the hospitals had been let out by con
tractY
, Mr.. RICE said it was not true
Mr.. FESsENDEN said they hrd appropriated over five
millions for the very purpose OF promoting the comfort
Of the soldiers in hospitals, and they had appropriated
for ice aud other comforts one hundred and twenty thou
, sand dollars for the coming year.
Mr. RICE, although member Of the Military Commit.
tee opposed all these bills for increase Of
and pay lie had been able get accurate inorma-
tion any department Of the government TO the
number Of men in the army in the hospitals. They
here estimates for million hundred thousand
men, and Of them for million five hundred thou
sand men but none them could tell within fifty per
what tho real number They always ask
,ng for an increase OF rank and pay The cry was
e %Ss 1op .pe seemed to be NO order
the departments at ALL The department estimated that
pitfalls and yet they made extra communication for
those in the field He mentioned this 10 show their
The Senate bad called for information in He did
not propose to be the mere tool Of the departments
giving money all the time without knowing what
| II for. Unless he was more enlightened he had
made up his mind to vote against all these appropra
TONS when of the departments could give the
first intelligent item on the subect-Dot one. When
had Office who understood their duties aud could
occasionally give US a victory-he would not ask too
much but occasionally perhapshe would give them his
vote Bet now it was money all the time, and we got
nothing bat ey;l u return. -,
.es S n 'w sf ias sess sa q sns The
wSsd g. ssTyDs 70 g0e Fat even a. the
fortunes BY feeding sck soldiers He did no, think the
ouss; c.pid DO attained by ms bill u the present
regulations were properly carrie. gut there would be no
Nr sssDxas (rspJ q ohio, said the frs, section
would increase the ANNUAL expenses 50 942o 600 and il
m.O va HS Ssw va Sspnss % y asa thus
would make another addition 20 the expenses
great S sdns XII aSS s wsrs
complaint by tie friends Of the soldiers In cases
the meat set before the sick soldiers was Gt 10 eat
and be believed that many had actually died from lack
Of proper food In the oonvalescea, camp, not three
soldiers Without food which Ieav ,aey could ea without beds
10 lie uron without blankets - cover them aud without
IRE 70 keep them from freezing Many things sent TO this
Mr.. WILSON, trep) Of Mass said that many things were
sent here without proper direction Or anybody TO attend
70 them. and many Of them sold for freight AZ 70
this conyalesceut camp spoken OF, he knew u was
not well managed camp There had eighty thou
sand men passed through tnat camp, there were
, about twelve thousand there II not
under the control OF the medical department at all but
under Of General Heni2elman This increase
Of the Communication ration based experiment,
the surgeon General showing u 20 be beneficial 10 the
health q the soldier and facilitating his recovery He
believed that the service needed all the officers provided
for the bill and too, good men could be had
We had about i've thousand surgeons, and the bill
provides twenty and forty assistant surgeons
the regular army and two hundred and hfty surgeons
and five hundred assistants in the volunteers We
nov employing fifteen hundred surgeons who not
listed III the service The government needs
seons they could get ten hundred more good
| IL would be well.
ExfCrTIvB
The Senate then into executive session at the end
Of which 1t adjourned.