Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-05-25

and providing homes for the loyal members of
such tribes, and TO report by bill or otherwise
MIR. Sprague off d the folio wing:
Whereas large corps have been and are now
beine ore anized In the military service OF the
United States without the advice and consent
Of the Senate In the appoin rmant and commits
SIGNING the officers: BE 1t therefore
Resolved, Tnst the Committee on Military
Affairs te and they hereby are directed to in
quirr into the expectancy OF reportine bill to
the Sen ate requiring that all appointments In
the vice afort said. heretofore made, or " htcn
nay hereafter he made, shall have the advice
and consent of the Senate, as provided by law
in other cases, and that the comm ssions OF all
officers not receiving the advice and consent OF
the Sena te to their nomination willeqpire with
the present session OF Congress.
In reply to an inquiry by Mr Wilson IN re.
sard to the resolution, Mr.. Sprague said the
government was organizing large negro and
invalid force and appointing officers to it with
ont the advice and consent OF the Senate THIS
he thought should not be. The resolution was
passed.
Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Military
Affairs. reported back the bill to prohibit the
discharge of persons from liability to military
duty by reason OF the payment OF money, &c,
with amendment, consisting Of the following
additional sections:
Sec 9 That nothing in the act approved
February "a, 1854, amending the act approved
March 3, 1863, for enrolling and calling out the
national forces, shall be construed TO repeal
that part of the said act approved March 3,
1864, which requires that the hoard OF Enroll.
UI,l
tie RI CURED number and fifty per cent in ad-
dIrcn.
Sec 8. That section 70 OF the Act for enroll
ing and calling out the national forces and for
other purposes" approved March 3, 1863, be,
al is hereby, so amended tn It the notice to
be served on drafted men may be ser we'd with
in ten days after such draft, or at any time
within six months therefrom.
Mr.. Wade reported bill to amend an act to
enable the people OF Colorado to adopt State
government and it was passed to second
reading.
Mr.. Foster. from the Committee on Pensions,
rpported a bill giving to the wido W of Solomon
hoffman. who was shot and killed in Carroll
county, Iowa, on the 14,h IF Marcht1s63, while
in the performance OF his '1ty as deputy pro.
vost marshal, a pension of IS per month.
HoUsB-Mr Morrill, of Vermont from the
Committee Of Conference on the disagreeing
amenomen ts to the army bill, made report
thereon in relation to the pay Of colored troops.
The report makes distin ctfon in favor OF
those who were promised pay equal to the
whites, leaving other similar questions 10 be
determined according to the law.
Mr. Stevens, of Pa, opposed the report. He
said that on a previous occasion the House
passed, by an overwhelming vote, a proyiso
that all free colored men shall receive the full
pay of u hite men. The committee of confer
enCe have discarded this instruction, and have
adopted the Sepate's amendment with an
amendment. Members of this House should
not dodge the question. He would prefer losing
the bill to ahapdoning the principle to fully
pay those men for services rendered in the
Union army.
Mr.. Spalding advocated the paying Of all
colored soldiers the same white men. with
out di stinction as to the time Of entering the
service
Mr. Garfield was AGAINST paying men money
which they had no right to expect 1t would
he gratuity to give TO black men what would
rot he given 20 " hite men.
Other gentlemen engaged in the debate: among
thu N MIR. Thayer, of Pa, who claimed simple
Justice to Hl coiOred troops alike.
The discussion was FUR her continued. Inc
points involved being whether the colored
troops who entered the service prior to the LIST
ct January last should receive the same pay
as white soldiers; or whether the provision
should not be extended to all colored troops
alike.
The House rejected the report, and asked an.
other Committee Of Conference.
The Reciprocity bill was considered.