Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-12-24

ed as chapans or 10 hospitals that certain shsl
be levied upon every Clergyman aud cnddate Tor the nj
nsry liable to draft unless he chooses to be enrolled
which were referred to the Committee Military Affairs
| and the Militia
/ SOLDIERS BOUNTY AND PAY.
The Senate as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded
consider the bill to increase the bounty for volunteers
| and toe pay Of the Army
II provides that there shall be paid n such nstanents
the Secretary of War may Determine to such persons
have enlisted under the proclamation OF the President
Of the United States dated October IL 1863 calling for
three hundred thousand volunteers and to such persons
may hereafter voluntarily enlist ia the regular voun
teer service OF the United States for the term Of three
years, the following b0unes, namely: to veterans who
have been in the military service OF the United States for
Line months and have been honoraby discharged and to
those veterans service under enstments Tor three or
years who may re-enis for three years
during the in the companies or regiments to which
they belong and who may have at the date of such reen
stment less than one year to serve $4oO 10 all other
persons $780, The Secretary OF to be authorized
also to pay premium not exceeding S25 under such re-
gulaons he may deem expedent for the enlistment Of
veteran volunteer, and premium OF not more than 10
for the enlistment OF other volunteer and the sum OF
900 is to be appropriated by this act in payment
of the bounes which it authorizes.
From and after the lst day Of January, 1864 the pay
per month of oR-oommssiOned officers and privates
the regular army and volunteer forces in the service of
the United States is to be follows sergeant majors Of
cavalry artillery and nfntry 1923; quartermaster SER
geants Of cavalry 1898; of artillery and infantry 500
first sergesnts If cavalry, artillery and infantry $23
sergeants of cavalry. artillery, and Infantry, $l9
geants of ordnance sappers and miners and p0ntoners
S34 corpOras, $50 privates frat class, $l8; second
Glars $40 corpoals Of cavalry artillery, and infantry
$l7 chief buglers of cavalry, $23 bugers $l5 farrer
and blacksmiths of cavalry and art6cers Of artillery
Sl6 prvates of cavalry artillery and infantry, SIG;
principal musicians of artillery and infantry, $22; mus
clans Of artillery aud infantry and musicians OF eappers
and miners and pontonlers, $4.
All enlisted persons Of African descent who have been
be mustered into the military service of the United
States are to have the uniform clothing arms equip
ments camp equpage ratons medical and hospital atten
dance and pay as soldiers Of the regular or volunteer
forces Of the United States, Of like of the service
Whenever the President shall call upon the several
States for such number Of men for the military service OF
the United States the exgencies OF the country may
require, the quota of each ward of city, town. or town
ship, or OF country where the county Is not divided
into wards towns townships to be- as nearly as pos
sbe ia proportion to the number OF men therein liable to
render military service, taking into account as far
practicable, the number which has been previously fur
nished thererom; and in ascertainng and filling such
quota there must be taken into account as far as pract
cable the number Of that have entered or may enter
the naval service Of the United States.
Chaplans when absent from duty by reason OF wounds
sickness to be allowed full pay without ratons,
and bali pay with ratons during absence leave
stoned by other and chaplaus who baye been
absent from duty by Of wounds sickness are to
be entitled 10 receive full pay without rations during such
abseuce.
The first amendment OF the Committee Military AT
fairs strike out hereafter and Insert prior to The
9th day Of January 1861 that il would read prior
q the DIN day oil January, 1904 voluntarily ehs NC.
This amendment agreed to.
The next amendment to strike out in the compa-
nies or regiments to which they belong
Mr.. HARRIS. / am not in favor of striking out those
words. In my judgment Of the most promising fea-
lures o the present day is the inclination of the Regiments
Of three years enlist They beginning to do
pretty freely; and if there is any thing which gives
promise Of for the ensuing year it ID the fact that
those regiments about To enlist Now, sir, srk.
out this provision in this Section and you throw the whole
matter open, and instead oi reenstng in their own or
CARNATIONS you will find that the soldiers the fed
who authorized to reenst will be going from the Ia
fantry 10 the artillery aud o the cavalry and scattering
about and breaking the present organizations This,
in my Judgment, would be most DISASTROUS to the army
hop- that this feature will be left in the BILL and that
il will be understood that those three years whose
term about expiring will reeplst in the organiza
tons in which they found regard this as
valuable feature Of the BILL and hope will not be stricken
out
Mr.. WILSON 10 the original bill. it was intro
duced confined the bounty veteran soldiers reenlst
neto those re enlisiing in their companies and ree
ments. / did IL with considerable reluctance,
and after consulting with the Secretary OF War. The
committee, thought otherwise The great OBJ
jsct to get and there great many men who
are willing TO re-enlst who will not reenst 10 their
companies regiments We had facts presented to us
showing cases. that there were twoor three hun
dred men in regiment that would not do it, STILL evils
may grow cut Of striking out these words from the bill
Soldiers who infantry soldiers may desire to go into
the artillery into the cavalry and perhaps too many OF
them desre to 90 into those arms Of the service and IN
that respect il may make little difficulty Then 1t
will occasion movement from part OF the coun-
try 10 another Men being in section OF the country
may Te-enst TO into regiment several hundred miles
away. That may add TO the expense somewhat That
we shall obtsn the enlistment OF men by striking
on, these words have not doubt Thatit may put
heavier burden, expense on the Government
mske some little disturbance c organizations, Is admitted
think the committee that; but they thought the
object was to get men, aud therefore they have moved to
strike cut this limitation am not strenuous about It
myself, however
The amendment wss agreed to
The next amendment was to iDsert;
And er the 5'h day Of January 1861 there shal lie
bounes paid by the United States Government TO subs
tn es and enlisted drafted men, except the bounty
OF 500 now provided by law
Mr. GRIMES moved 10 amend that persons eplistinR
into the corps should be placed the same footing
soldiers.
Mr. SHERMAN. i think reflection will convince the
Senator from Iowa that his amendment will be inopera
tive for the that marines not included IN the
referred 10 ia this section of the blthe
proclamation Of the President OF the United States OF DC
tober H. This section limits the bounty TO all who shall
enist before the 9th day Of January
Mr. FESSENDEN After that give bounty to
every body.
Mr. SHERMAN or one hundred dollars only.
Mr. GRIMES My amendment will give them only
Me- SHERMAN. i thi0k-and indeed believe we al
tbnkhat the assumption by the authorities Of the power
to give bounes without law. IL was probably the
greatest stretch o power that has been exercised during
this war do not know whether il necessary or not
III nix it not necessary believe that II the eutho
rites had in good faith commencing last March, enforced
the law which provided for them according to The
terms the law by the month OF July they would have
had ,baa Had nm Thara Ia M dauh nf