Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-13
The VERY LATEST
II ELE CIR AP III.
& CONGRESSIONAL.
IKXVIIIth GOngress-..Tirst Session.
WASHINGTON, Feb. u


could not give hour. He then moved
the previous question, explained the
amendments and substitutes, concluding
| by an appeal to the friends ofthe country
to pass the bill, that the army might be
! recruited and the Government sustained.
Harding, of Ky, desired to address
the House
Garfield. of Ohio, proposed that the
gentleman should, by common consent,
be allowed half an hour for that purpose
Schenck was opposed to this PROPOSE
ton, and opposition to further proceed
ings on the bill was manifested, when
Rodgers, of \. j., moved to reconsid-
er the vote by which, in the earlier
stage of the proceedings, the House
adjourned till Monday.
This motion was laid on the table by
100 to 40
The House then proceeded to vote on
the amendments to the Senate bill.
The House voted on the following
amendment: ALI able bodied male per-
sons of African descent between the
ages of 20 and 40, citizens, or not, resi-
dents in the United States, shall be en-
rolled according to the provisions of the
act towhich this is supplementary, and
form a part of the national forces, and
where slaves of loyal citizens shall be
drafted and mustered into the service of
the United States, his master shall have
certificate thereof to a bounty of 500,
now payable by law to each drafted man,
which shall be paid to the person to
whom such drafted person. owes service
or labor at the time of his muster.
The Secretary of War shall appoint
Commissioner from each of the Slave
States represented in Congress, charged
to award just compensation, not ex-
ceeding $500, to each loyal person to
whom the colored volunteer may owe ser
vice, who may volunteer into the service
of the U. s., payable out of the commu-
tation money, upon the master freeing
the slave
The amendment was agreed to-yeas
81, nays 81.
The House Fastening thus agreed to
the Com missioner's amendment to the
bill, Schenck submitted a substitute which
was agreed to. The original bill as thus
amended was then passed-yeas 90, nays
CO.
The Board of Enrolment are to enroll
all persons liable to the draft under the
provisions of the Enrolment Act, whose
names shall have been committed by the
proper enrolling officer, all persons who
shall arrive at the age Of 20 years, all
aliens who shall have declared their in
tention to become citizens, all persons
discharged from the military or naval
service of the U. S. who have not been
in such service two years during the pres
ent war, and all persons who have been
exempted under the provisions Of the
second section of the act to which this
act is supplement, but who are not ex-
empted by the provisions of this act, and
the Boards of Enrolment shall release
and discharge from the draft all persons
who shall have arrived at the age of IS
at the time of the enrolment.
If any drafted person shall hereafter
pay money for the procuration Of sub
stltute under the provisions of an act to
which this is a supplement, snch pay
ment of money shall operate only to re-
lieve such person from the draft during
the time for which the person was draft
ed. unless the names placed in the box
be sooner exhausted, in which case the
name shall be returned to the wheel.
Members of religious denominations who
shall upon oath or affirmation declare
that they are conscientiously opposed TO
| the bearing of arms, and who are pro-
hibited from doing so by the rules and
articles of faith and the practice of such
religious denomination, shall, when draft
ed into the army, be considered non.
combatants, and shall be assigned by
the Secretary of War to duty in hospi
tails or to the care of freedmen, or be
shall pay the sum of $500 to such person
as the Secretary of War may designate
to be applied to the benefit of such, anC
wounded soldiers: Provided, That nc
person shall be entitled to the benefit o
this section unless this declaration O
conscientious scruples against bearing
arms shall be supported by satisfactor,
evidence that his department has beer
uniformly consistent with such declara
ton; and any mariner or able-bodiet
seaman who shall be drafted shall haYt
the righ', within eight days after the no
LITIGATION of such draft, to enlist in th,
naval service as a seaman. No pilot
engineer, master, acting master
ensign, acting ensign, master
mate, acting masters mate, hay
ing an appointment or active ar
pointment as such, and being actual
] in the naval service, shall be subject +
military draft while holding such ap
! pointment The following persons vii
be exempted or excepted from enroll
ed as physically or mentally unfit for th
service; all persons actually in the mil
tary or naval service at, the time of tn
draft, and all persons who have serve,
in the military or naval service tw
years during the present war; and hav
been honorably discharged therefron
and no persons except such as are here
in excepted shall be exempt The tw
classes heretofore provided for enrol
ment are consolidated. In all case
where colored persons have heretofor
been enlisted in the military service, a
Q provisions OF this act, so far as the pa,
ment of bounty and compensation al
provided, shall be equally applicable a
to those who may be hereafter recruited
The bill also contains this section fc
enrolling all able bodied males of Afr
can descent, and upon which a secon
vote was taken before the bill passed.
The House adjourned until Monda
SENATE.-0n motion of Lane, of Ind
n the Com. on Judiciary was instructe
= to inquire into the expediency of amen,
= ing the present law regulating the s.
. preme Court, so as to con6ne its dec
y sions to matters of law alone. ssg
e q The Senate then took up the Houi
Deficiency Bill, as reported by the Sc
ID ate Finance Committee.
K The Commissioner amendments wei
:, mostly agreed to. They strike out q
- the House provisions for an increase
II the clerical force in the Department, al
+. authorize the Departmen in various
i. reaus, for time not exceeding one ye
Al after the close of the rebellion, to empl
y oh ont I oil j Z