New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-04-26

modlhed was adopted.
The ninth section as amended reads as follows
SEC. g. And be it FURTHER endcted, That seven
teen hands including the band of the Military
Academy, may be retained or enlisted in the army,
with such organization as is now provided by law,
to be assigned to hrigades in time of war, and in
time peace to be assembled in brigades or to
forts or Gposts at Which the largest number OF
troops shall be stationed, and the Band at the
Military Academy shall be placed OF the same foot
ing as other bands: And there shall be one ord
nance sergeant and one hospital steward for each
military post and the same humber of most cha ~
lains as now provided by law, and the pres;dappt
of the United States is hereby authorized IN an
point for each national cemetery now established
the rank, pay and emoluments of an ordinance
sergeant, to be selected from among those VIII
were non.commissioned officers of volunteers iT
the army of the United States in the late war, and
while in the line of this duty
There WAS amendment offered to the eleventh
or twelfth sections.
The section reads as follows
| Sec. 10. And be ii further enacted, That all en-
istments into the army shall hereafter be for the
term fihree years, and that but two field officers
shall be'appoiuted to any regiment, until six com
| panies of the regiment shall have been organized
and that but two officers for each company shal
| be appointed, till the minimum number of mer
has been enlisted, and the regiment duly organ
lied but recruits may at all times be collected al
| the general rendezvous in addition to the number
required to fill to their minipum all the regiments
aud companies of the army, provided that such re-
cruits shall not exceed in the aggregate three
| thousand men. 1t shall be competent to enlist
men for service who may have been wounded in
the line of their duty, wkle serving in the army Of
the United States, Or who have been disabled by
disease contracted in such service /; pr0rlded, it
| shall be found on medical inspection that by suct
wounds they are not untitled for efficiency in gar
rlson, or other light duty; and such men when en-
listed shall be assigned to service exclusively il
| the regiments of the veteran reserve corps.
| SEC. IL. And Be ii further enacted, That the
President of the United States is hereby author
lied to employ in territories and Indian country
force of Indians not to exceed one thousand to ac
as scouts, who shall receive the pay and allow
ances OF cavalry soldiers, and be discharged when
| ever the necessity for their further employment il
abated, or at the discretion of the department
| commander.
| SEC. L. had be il further enacted, That there
shall be one lieutenant general, five major gen
erals and ten brigadier generals, who shall havt
| me same pay and emoluments, and be en-
| titled to the same staff officers in number ant
grade as now provided by law.
The thirteenth section being under considera
! ton, Mr.. Garfield inquired what was meant by tn
| term ad]utant, as used i'll it.
Mr.: Schenck replied that that term was used tt
| get rid of the long, numbering title of assistan
adintant general. They were to be called smpl
| adJutants. Each regiment had its adjutant know
as regimental adjUtant There, were other adiu
tants, and at the head of all was an adjutant gen
eral.
Mr.. Thayer moved to strike out the section ant
insert in lieu thereof the corresponding section O
the Senate bill, providing that the adiutant- gen
erals department of the army shall hereafter con
sst of the officers now authorized by law H.
expressed his surprise that the chairman of tn,
Military Committee should take the view that tn,
effect of the section was simply to change thu
name The effect of it was to legislate out of the
army no less than seventeen of its regular officers
and to deprive them of their positions without thu
operation of the star chamber system, provided fo
without any trial, without any examination anC
without any accusation. These officers were com
nissoned in that capacity and the rank was simpl,
incident to the office and when the office was
destroyed, the officers were deprived of their EN-
plOyment and of the rank incident it. This same
principle was also carried cut in the quartermas
ter's department. He would follow this amend
ment by moving a similar one to the sections
referring to those departments.
Mr.. Blaine explained that the change Of title in
the quartermaster's department was made on the
suggestion and re Commendation of the quarter.
master general, and it was applied in the same
view to the other departments. Nothing was
further removed firm the intention of the Military
Committee than to commit any trick or injustice
or to do anything else but comply with the wish
of the department, as expressed through its
chief.
Mr.. Woodbridge said that if the quartermaster
general had been guilty of this great weakness, or
this great injustice to his corps, he should move
at lile uut tldt lLe Tdlk OF gUdIGeNndSter
general be reduced TO that of chief qnarternaster
If this section left in the bill in its present
FORM seventeen officers in tile adutant generals
department would be as matter Of law abso-
lutely dropped from the rolls Of the army and he
was sure that the House did not mean to do such
iljustice.
Mr.. Schenck said that it was not to be wondered
at that bill looking to war should stir up the
feeling Of the House. 1t seemed as If gentlemen
could not discuss this bill without showing bel
lgerent feeling toward the committee which had
reported it and framed it according to its best
ability and with great deal OF care and pains.
taking Whenever gentlemen found that the com
mittee was cunni4m, and had been actUate1 NV
sinister motives, he did not think their impeaci-
ment worth answering. 1t was unworthy of them
and it would be unworthy the members Of the
committee to defend themselves against such an
imputatiOn. Vixen gentlemen suspected cunning
and sinister motives in others, he was very much
inclined, although not suspicious generally to sus-
pect that because they derived their conclusions
from some consciousness within themselves that
taey would be SO influenced if they had the same
duty to perform.
Mr.. Schenck proceeded to state that the section
was drawn up by the committee under the circum-
stances stated by his colleague and that when his
attention was called to it by an officer in the adu-
which he intended to offer, and which
would obviate the difficulty; that was to add
pfoVso that nothing contained in the section should
be SO constructed as to vacate the commission of
any olllcer now commissioned as assistant adiu-
tant general. Herepeated that the only objection
10 tne section was change of nomenclature to
simplify the long cumbrous titles of those officers
and he related an anecdote of rather Young gen
ueihan VINO, some years ago, held the position of
deputy quartermaster general, and who was fond
OF spreading IN hotel registers after his name the
Initials " u. z. Al. IT," which wag interpreted by
pwrltinS after them id quick made general
Laughter.J And he (Schenck) wanted no more
OF these D. NJ. Q. G.'s" or " A. A. @. MS"
. lie also spoke of the trouble that always came
from bureau officers stationed in Washington
whenever any Legislation affecting the army was
undertaken. Former legislation had tended to
attfact men to Washington to fill the positions.
But the COMMITTEE proposed now reform which
would nave a centrifugal rather than centri-
petal effect on these gentlemen .
"ltnout disposition Of the thirteenth section re-
organizing the adjutant generals department, a
movement was made toward an adjournment |
when Mr.. Price, from the Committee on the Pacific
hallroad, reported back, with amendments, the |
senate bill granting aid TO a railroad and tple- |
graph line from Folsom to Placervile Cal. twas
ordered to be printed and recommitted
Mr.. Delano asked leave to offer a resolution re. |
1uesting the President to furnish the House of |
representatives with any additional reports or |
Information he might have received relative to the
condition Of the Southern people and the States
ately in rebellion.
Mr.. Stevens objected.
Mr.. Miller presented Joint resolution of the
'ennsylvania legislature in favor of an cqnaIjza-
ion Of bounties, and of the Increase of cbaDlains
n the army. Laid on the table,
Mr. Smith introduced a bill! to provide for the
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