Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-06
THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, May 5.
HOU Sc.

HOUSE.
The House went into Committee OF the Whole
oR the special order, viz: the bill to reimburse
Penusy lvania for the xpenses incurred in calling
out troops to reDe invasion.
Mr.. Cox, of Ohio, offered an additional section
appropriating s $50 .00O 900 to defray the expen
SEES OF calling out volunteer militia and minute
men in PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND and other loyal
States TO repel invasion.
Mr.. Garfield said this subject is before the
committee on military affairs. who had requested
the War Department to give them all the facts
the committee were daily expecting full report
ON the various classes OF claims IL was neces
sary to have all the facts before the House could
take intelligent action. He hoped that the
amendment of his colleague would not pre-
vail.
Mr.. Smith, of Kentucky, asked why the money
should not be appropriated now There was not
in the War Department nor elsewhere in Wash
ingtOn, any evidence of the number of DAYS for
which the various classes of men had been called
out. These facts were TO be determined AS the
cases arrive
Mr.. Garfield replied that the Secretary of War
says there Il large mass OF papers from all
of these States which he il collecting. IL is
the intention OF the military committee to intro
duce till providing for a commission TO sit.
during the recess. to whom The papers will be re-
ierred, and report made at the next session of
Congress. then Congress will know the sums due
and appropriate the money accordingly.
Me-. Odeli. IN response Ia Mr.. Smith, said
commission appointed the claims of
Missouri. aud when the report Was made and the
claims were properly audited. Congress made an
appropriation TO cover the amounts The COM
mittee on military affairs proposed 10 pursue
similar course toward other States.
Mr Kin. of Missouri. made few remarks to
show that gentleman was mistaken
Mr.. Ode referred To facts to show that $780,
000 as the result of the commission. will be paid
to the Missouri Home Guard
Mr. Blair, OF Missouri. said that the Home
Guard of Missouri now being paid. he no
difference between Pennsylvania and the Iosi
ton Missouri occupied before this body last De
cember The claims of the PENNSYLVANIA mill
tia just as those OF Missouri Home
Guards
Mr. Garfield said that farms bad been de-
stroyed &c. but the House had confined itself
to paying for quarIermaster ami commissary
stores directly taken. and TO cases where the
claims have been audited AMI adjudcatei like
those of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Smith ct Kentucky advocated the pending
amendment Ninety nine out of one hundred
who we're called out in his State we're taken from
the pillow the anvil. the shop and the machine
works Why should there be delay in their paw
mentg
Mr. Hall of Missouri explained the reason
why a commission appointed concerning the
home guard OF that State. They bad been mus
tered into the service neither of Missouri or the
United States, bu; vent into the service in the
deficiency OF law under pressing emergency
In the case nov before them, there was no occa-
sion for a commission tor the militia of Pennsvl-
vanis. They had regularly entered the service.
and that State had produced the proper vouch-
ers
Mr. Randall advocated the DILL. and paid high
compliment TO the galh,nIry OF the militia of
Pennsylvania BE said he had good authority
for saving that the recent order of Gen Meade
about the INSTRUMENTATION of troops 10 no manner
related TO The Pennsylvania reserves Two or
three days ago the ouly difference which existed
between the government and the reserves a. to
the date of their muster satisfactorily set
tied in the manner indicated by Gen Meade to
the War Department. He mentioned this fact
in order that the common rumOr or talk that
the military orCer referred to the Pennsylvania
reserves might be stopped. and the truth known
10 the country.
Mr. Stevens made a lev remarks to show that
the claims Of Pennsyiv snit had been adjudicated
and the payment recommended by the War De
partment ana iudorsed 10y the President The
iroons went into actual service
Mr.. Schenck. opposing the hill. said il would
be better 10 appoint commission 10 ascertain the
amount of the claims OF all the States instead o
taking them up piecemeal. and in future make
nj appropriation for their payment
Mr. Whaley pressed the claims of West yir-
GINA.
Mr. 0iel offered amendment, which wa,
rejected proposing TO refer all claims of the Iowa
States to three commissioners, to examine anC
ascertain all amounts due. with view to futur,
adjustment
Mr. Coxs amendment Was rejec,ed-34 agains
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The committee rose. when the question va'
stated on the passage of the bill which appropr
ated $1,000 TO reimburse individuals and inst
tutions Who had advanced money to pay Penn
syvsnia soldiers ordered out by the Presiden
aud Governor OF Pennsylvania to repel invasion