The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-21

with rank, pay and emdluments of Ma
iors of cavalry
The House then proceeded to the con
sideration of the fourteenth section il
regard to the Inspector General of the
army
Mr. Schenck said he supposed the Com
mittee would find in reference to thi;
section that it would have no seriou;
opposition and difficulty from Bureau
officers experienced in reference to the
last section. He wished the House an6
the country to know the fact that by the
18TH section the Committee had pro
posed te retain all the officers in the Ad
iutant Generals Dept and to give them
more rank than they ever had before
but the House was dissatisfied with that
and had increased the rank of Captains
in the Adiutant Generals Bureau to the
rank of Colonel.
The House thus declares that the
committee was wrong, and that the gen
| tlemen who use their influence al the
other end of the avenue were right lie
had thought that the war being over
| and the army being pared down, these
officers should not be, at all events, in
creased i'm rank but he would that not
only were the same number Of officers
that were sufficient when there were
myriads of men in the field; bnt they
we're to have more rank he was deter
mined that that should be under
stood by the House and by the country.
Mr.. Thayer rose to repel the imputa-
ton conveyed in language of the Chair
man of the Military committee He
would leave the House and the country
to Judge of the scolding which the chair
man of the committee had given the
House for daring to differ with him on
a subject under consideration III the
House
Mr.. Davis said he did not like to rest
under the imputation conveyed in the
gentleman's remarks. No relation of
his was in any way to be effected by the
bill, and he was not under social or any
other influence in regard to it.
No amendment was offered to the l4th
section which reads as follows:
Sec Ia. And be it further enacted,
That there shall be four Inspector Gen
erals in the army, with the rank, pay
and emoluments of Major of Cavalry
The House then proceeded to the con-
sideration of the 18th section, relating
to the Bureau of Military Justice
Mr.. Garfield moved to amend it by in
serting after the words military COM
missions the words authorized by
law"
sMr Bingham opposed the amendment
as conveying reflection upon the late
President
Mr. Upsom moved to amend the
amendment by making lit read, under the
laws of war
After some discussion, both amend
ments were rejected.
Mr.. Garfield then moved to amend by
striking out the words, military commits
sion, and called for the yeas and nays.
The amendment was rejected by yeas
"a, nays &C.
All Democrats present voted Tor II.
1t was regarded by some members as at
fecting to some extent the trial OF JEFF.
Davis. The section as passed reads as
follows:
SEC. l5 Aud be it further enacted,
That bureaus of military justice shall
hereafter consist of one Judge Advocate
General with rank, pay and emolument
Judge Advocate General, with rank, pay
and emolument of Coloneli Of cavalry,
and the said Judge Advocate General
shall receive, revise and have recorded
the proceedings of all courts martial,
courts of inquiry and military commits.
sions, and shall perform all other duties
as have heretofore been performed by
Judge Advocate Generals in the army
and of the Judge Advocate General now
in office; there may be retained num-
Der not exceeding ten TO be selected by
the Secretary Of War who shall perform
the duties under the direction OF the
Judge Advocate General, until Otherwise
provided by law or until the Secretary
of War decides that their services may
be dispensed with.
The House passed TO the cOnsiderd-
ton of the sixteenth section Pending
the discussion of this section, 4 motion
was made to adjourn.
On motion of Mr. Stevens, it was or
dered that the session tomorrow be con
fined to general debate on the Presidents
annual message.
On motion of Mr. Deming, the Military
committee was discharged from the
to retaining the military at Fort Riley,
and it was referred tOthe committee on
Public Lands
On motion of Mr. Moorehead, leave
was granted Mr. Washburne to report
back the Senate bill to pay Thos F, vii
son, Late Consul at Bahai, Brazil, 81, 500
for extra service, and all other claims
against the government, which was con
sidered and passed.
Mr. Eldridge presented memorial
from the Wisconsin Legislature for
grant OF land to aid in the construction
of so much of the Winnebago and Su'
nerior Railroad as extends from Doty's
island to Sterns Point, referred to the
Committee on Public Lands.
Mr. Rice, of Maine, asked leave to
offer a resolution inStructing the Com
mittee Oh Banking and Currency to in
ouire into the expediency of providing
by law for the commission of State
banks now organized into National
banks on or before the first of January
next
Mr. Ross objected, aud then at 4.3O the
House adjourned,
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