Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-04
CONGRESSIONAL.
WAsFlnoror Nav
SENATE,

TOR committee of conference, which WaI
agreed to.
Mr.. Harlan, from the committee or
! Public Lands, reported a bill to dispose Of
coal lands aud town property on the
public domain.
Mr.. Sherman called up the resolution
that quorum Of the Senate shall consli.
tute majority of the Senators present
duly qualified
After debate the subject wos made the
special order for 1915 o'clock to. morrow,
The House joint resolution approprlalinr
S2o. 600, 600 Tor the pay OF the 100 days
troops was passed, % to II.
After several unsuccessful attempts Il
! ohtHin quorum on the vote to adhere to
the Senate's amendments to the bill es.
tablishtng bureau Of military justice.
The Senate At $50 adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Schenck, Of Ohio, from the Commit.
tee on Military, Affairs, reported bill pro-
VIding that on amt after the lst of Nav
| next, the pay OF ptivates in arms shall be
increased from SD to $l6 month and OF
non. commissioned officers as follows: cor.
porals Sls, sergeauts $50, FIRST sergvauls
S24, sergeant mujors $26 per month, clerks
to paymasters $l2OO per annum, 80.
Mr. Schenck moved that the Lrevious
question and WAS about TO explain the bill
when
Mr.. Cox asked bis colleague 10 with.
draw the demand SO as To allow hin to
amend the Dill by increasing tie pay OF
private suldietp TO $ls per mouth and non
commissioned officers to $50. Even this
would hard ~ be enough to keep pace with
the increase in the price OF the necessaries
OF life for the families of the soldiers
His (Cox's) friends on his side of the House
offered this in good faith.
AIr. Schenck declined to comply, having
been instructed by his Committee TO urge
the present bill.
Mr.. Dawson, of Penn, appealed to Mr..
Schenck. He was chairman of the Dem.
ocratie caucus and desired to offer that
which that caucus had agreed to offer Tor
the soldiers.
Mr.. Seheuck replied that il the Demo.
cratic caucus were more numerous than
the Union caucus, they could vote down
the motion for the previous question.
Mr. Schenck proceeded to explain the
bill, Both the Senate and House having
acted upon the proposition to rquAIize the
pay OF white aud colored soldiers, the
Committee on Military Affairs had princi-
palIy confined themselves to the increas
lug of pay. In the course of his remarks
he said it was proposed to amend former
law 80 that officers may have leave of alb
sence for causes other than sickness or
wounds, without deduction of pay aud al
lOwAnces. and that the absence shall not
exceed 80 days in any one year. The rA-
ton oil 1861 Is TeStUre6, making a reduc-
ton of one dollar and thirty nine cents a
month. This took away nothing essential
to the soldier's comfort and subsistence,
and gave him supplies equal TO any col
der in the world, and twice rs much as
those ofJeF. DAVIS. lu tue aggregate the
government will save considerable, while
the soldier is paid five or six times as
much in cash as the deduction 10 the in.
crease of his pay.
The bill was passed unanimously, there
being 1876 yeas
tee OF Ways and Means, the Senate amend
menIs to the navy appropriation bill. and
the House concuIred In thoss appropria
ting $7,0O0.OOO for the complexion OF the
screw steam sloOps, $4,000, 600 for the
purchase and repair of vessels for the
western waters, aud So 600. 90 for the
purchase and charter OF vessels for block
adIOg purposes.
The Senate struck out the appropriation
OF Sl35. QUO for Ine purchase of land
adjoining the ChArltstown Navy Yard,
aud on this amendment the Committee on
Ways AID Means recommended u non.
concurrence.
Mr.. Holman, OF Ind, moved reduction
OF the appropriation to $50, 900, showing
that this was the value OF the property
last autumn.
Mr.. Stevens explained the circumstances
under which this subject came before The
Committee on Ways aud Means. The ap.
de
commandments who had been at the Yard,
by Admiral Smith, OF the bureau Of yards
aud docks, and by Secretary WeIles, all of
whom consider tue purchase of this prop.
etty necessary for government uses.
MIR. Rice OF Mass, showed that the en.
largement OF the Gharlestown Navy Yurd
had become necessary by the large increase
of the Havy.
Mr. Davis, of Rhode Islaud, said that on
the breaking out OF the rebellion tue Acad.
envy was removed to Newport by the Sec.
rotary OF the Navy. The same authority
which removed it Can rettOre it. The
Academic year will commence III Sepiem
Der, 1865. aud II an occasion should occ1r
for its removal before that time it would
doubtless be done; besides, the Naval
Academy property ut Annspolis was oc-
cupied by the War Department, vi ich had
decided TO surrender It.
Mr. Stevens, of Pa. said that Newport
was a large and fashionable place, and
with all It's vices was no fit place for
young man. 1t is always better to have
semiuarles Of learning 10 small villages
where there are but few temptations TO
vice. ~ i3ii7 "a
The debate was continued.
Those who opposed misrepresentation
regarding it as u speculation.
The House concurred In the Senate,s
amendment by u vote of sc to 80.
The House then CONQUERED In the Sen.
ate's amendment providing that no morev
appropriated for the Naval Academy shall
Do applied for tue support of any midship.
man who shall not hereafter be appointed
10 strict conformity with the law.
The House next considered the Senate's