The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-03


eleven hundred dollars and insert nineteen hun
bred end twenty-five as pay Tor the Quartermas
ter.
Mr.. Colby OF Hartland, remarked ;ha, the
bill did not provide to fix salaries, but to pay for
cerlsin extra services Ii was not therefore 10
be considered as a matte depending upon rank
at all, hut simply as pay for certain service.
Mr.. Shaw Of Burlington, moved TO amend the
motion o. the gentleman from Chester by in
scriing eighteen hundred and fifty, instead OF
Nineteen hundred and twenty-five dollars as
pay for service of Quartermaster. This, taxing
the regular salaries paid these Two officers into
an account, would put them on an equality.
Mr.. Rounds accepted the amendment
Mr.. Shaw spoke at Eome length in favor of
giving the ga pay to the two officers. The
General Government had fixed their rank, and
the State should, in his opinion be guided by
that decision. Quarermaster Davis had acted
faithfully, and besides his own appropriate duties,
had discharged those of CommIs5ary General.
Mr.. Woodward Of Westford, believed that
men should be paid for their services, but in the
present condition OF affairs il was not advisable to
pay very great salaries. 1t would have tenden-
oy to make Others camor for Office, and would
occasion strife TO uth mn out of office, and
get others in their places. There was in lis
view difference IN The requirements Of the two
offices under consideration. There were many
men who co1|d discharge well the duties Of
Quariermaster General; there wire very few
who could fill the place Of Adju ant and Inspect
or General. tie hoped the bill! would pass 40 re-
ported by the committee.
The motion 70 insert eighteen hundred and
fifty dollars was lost, 43 to SO.
Mr.. Wilson of Bakersfield, moved to insert
thirteen hundred and fifty lost.
The House ordered the blank 10 be filled bv
inserting eleven hundred dollars as reported b,y
the Committee:
For pay of Treasurer the Committee reported
one thousand dollars.
Mr. Dorr moved to change one thousand TO
ntteen hundred dollars, anc spoke at some length
of the ability and taithfulness with which the du-
ties Of the Treasurer had been discharged.
Mr. Fisher OF Vergennes favored the amend.
ment, and spoke in terms Of mmendatlon Of
the fitness Of the Treasurer for his position, and
the sk and ability he has shown in bis ditficu,
po.ilitr.
The House rejected the amendment and or
dered the blank filled With one thousand dollars.
For pay Of Auditor the committee reported
two hundred and fifty dollars.
Mr.. Dorr moved TO oh nge to one thousand
dollars.
alr. Woodward OF Westfora suggested that il
should be five hundred dollars.
MIR. Dorr accepted the suggestion and modified
mis- proposition OF amendment.
The House adopted the amendment, and or
dered the blank filed with five hundred dollar.
The bill was then ordered to third reading.
TH1 MILITIA.
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militia law and providing for active organization
of fifty compan les.
An amendment Tor striking out the provision
FOR supplying ihese companies With Uniforms.
was pending. The House rejected the amend
ment. The question then came upon ordering
the bill to third reading.
MIR. Perrin, of Berlin, noticed in the thirteenth
section Of the bill, provision that the active
militia shall be first called into serGce in case Of
demand from the General Government, for troops.
lie thought this Objectionable. 1t would need
| guard TO keep the active militia in the service.
possibly. They would feel that they were really
in the service OF the United States.
MIR. Woodward OF Westford, had some doubt,
OF the expedlency of passing bill of this kind at
the present session. 1t was of character to com.
plcale the dificulti's Of raising troops required
for United States service. As be understood the
bill, it was not probable that The com psn;es would
Ue filled by volunteering, but must be filled by
draft. Tns he thought was the intention of the
frAmer OF the bill. 1t was not 10 be suppo,ed
that young men would volunteer when no boun.
ties were offered, especially, with the understand
ing that they could at any moment be called into
the United States service. He presented these
as dlftcultles which had occurred to him. but
would not be understood as taking decided
ground against the bill.
Mr.. Chandler moved to amend section II, 40
as to provide that no member of the old compa
nles which the bill provides to recognize, shall he
compelled to remain in the company TO wnich he
belongs unless be volunteers to do 90 or ia draft.
ed agreed to.
Mr.. Miller OF Williston, moved to amend by
substituting forty companies of lOl men each for
fifty companies OF of SO men each. This would
lessen the number OF officers materially. while
the number OF men would be nearly the same.
This would effect a saving Of expense, and he
could see no objection to couuterbalapce This
benefit The H~u,e rejected the amendment.
Mr.. Bruce of Pomfret moved to am. nd 40 AZ
% provide that those who have been discharged
from the U. 3. service shall not be la Bile to dpaf,
for such time after their dlscharge as they were
IN such service, instead of beiog exempt for nix
months, as tbs bill provides lost, so to SO.
MI. Hemenway OF Orwell moved to dismiss
the bill. de believed with the gentleman from
Wtsford, (Mr. Woodward,) that the people did
not demand the passage Of such law at the
present session. AT all events It would be better
not to spend time amending the bill without in.
tending TO pass it. Ii it was thongLt best to per-
fsnt W. ~ "a.