The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-06-20

9th of June, Mr.. WILSON moved to take
up Senate bill 286.
The motion was agreed to; and the Sen
ate. a. in Commute of the whole, proceed
ed to consider the bill Is. No. 1861 topro
hibit the discharge OF persons from liabiiity
to military duty by reoson OF the payment
of money.
1t proposes to repeal so much of the act
for enrolling and calling out of the nation.
al forces, and for other purposes, approved
March 3. 1863, and the acts amendatory
thereof. as authorizes the discharge OF any
drafted person from liability to military ser
vice BY reason Of the payment Of $500 for
the procura alton Of q substitute, or, other
wiser but nothidg contained in this act Ia
to be construed to alter the provisions OF
existing laws relative TO persons actually
furnishing substitutes '..'
sThe Committee on Military Affairs and the
Militia reported the bill with an amend
ment. to add the following additional sec
lions:
| Sec. 2. dnd be 1t further enacted, That
nothing in the act approved February "A
1864, amending the act approved March 3,
1865. for enrolling and calling ont the ma
tional forces, shall be construed to repeal
that part Of the said act approved March ),
1853, which requires that the board OF en-
rollment in making drafts, shall "makc
draft of the required number and fifty per
cent. in addition" ........
SEC. 3, Aad,bc 1t .tuf1ey enacted, That
section twelve Of the "Act for enrolling
and calling ont the national forces, and +
other purposes" approved March ;, 1868,
lbe, and is hereby SO amended that the no.
fNce to be served on drafted men may be
served within ten days after such draft, or
at any time within six mouths therefrom
! Mr.. WILSON proceeded to defend an
lamendment offered by himself, and which
was afterwards read as follows:
And be aturtter enacted, That the Presi-
dent Of the United States is hereby author
) lied on aod after the passage Of this act tc
to call out for period not exceeding one
year. such number Of men as the eXigen
cies of the service may require BY draft, ac
cordng to the provisions Of the act ap
) proved March 3, 1868, entitled can act fol
, Ienrolling and calling out the national forces
and for other purposes" and the act ap
proved February "a, 1864, entitled ''An ac
to amend an act entitled An act for enroll
! ling and calling out the rational forces, ant
for other purposes. "
, MIR. CONNESS-I cannot vote for 2
proposition which shall reduce the period
of the draft to one year. 1t appears to n'
that the proposition to reduce the period
, of the draft to one year is very near equiv
alent to proposition to abandon the war
Z ~
shall be adopted shall expect next IA mod
: ification that the draft shall be for the pc
/ Rod of ninety days, so as to come up 10 TIL
. Ifirsr estimate made Of the continuance O
this war I think it is not the time, Mr.
President, when our armies are in the iielt
and in conflict, some Of them suffering re
/ verses and Others engaged in the dealt
8 throes Of battle, with insufficient reserves
: behind them, to teach the country that W
are to have hereafter but single campaign
or, in other words, that the war shall last
: so far as our declarations are concerned
Q but for one year I look with disfavor anc
will cast my vote against the pcopositio'
to rednce the period Of the draf, 20 on
year. | regret very much that there s an
evidence that tits adopted as the policy o
the government or the administration.
i Mr.. BROWN-I believe, sir, that an,
, attempt now to make the period of enlist
ment or CONSUMPTION one year will be yir.
tually an abandonment of the war DO,
e lieye with the Senator from California OF
3 that point, and do not believe in putin!
it in the power of this administration t(
take that attitude.
Mr.. WILSON, am sorry to disagree.
with some senators in regard to this cues
ton of time. think it Of vital importance
: to obtain men now within few weeks. and
, II think it much easier to obtain. men 70,
, one year than to obtain men for three
years. 1t is very hard thing to 60 to tn,
people of the country and say tn them
e eve draft you into the servicc.of the Uni
ted States for three years; we will no,
, allow you 10 pay communication Ii is es
pecislly very hard thing to do when yor
, do it in communities that, have been hare
!, pressed by previous efforts to 6il their QUO
: tas; as some portions OF the country have
been. Sir, | believe We can obtain ter
men by drafting for one year easier than we
can obtain one man for three years. [ be-
lleve ii you put the term at one year men
4 Will say, Il will not pay the COMMUNICATION
money will not try to get a substitute
iIwl IL go into the Service and do nv part
: Tor one year." But three years is a large
portion OF mans life; he feels the burden,
, he feels the Interruption OF all bis social
relations and all his business affairs and
it is very hard TO say to him, .You sba II 90.
You shall not pay any comutatien.n some
Senators talk as though drafted men ouuht
not even to have the privilege cf PROCURING
u snbstitntes, and of paying the large nrice
fer substitutes which they viii have to ma
five pass the bill" They average some 5in Eve
hundred dollars at the present time. The
bounty for substitutes or enlisted ren
throughout the United States to oay will
average at least fvehundred dollars; and il
you repeal this portion of the ienroIlmen,
act the bounty will GO up to douhle or
treble that amount. Q Sir, think by adopt
ling thisproposition wa, can obtain all the
men we want and put them into the field
much sooner than in any other mode, and