Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-21


bonds. in lieu of two such bonds, numbered lof,
1872 and 4153, partially destroyed by FIRE, and th
Charred remnants Of which are deposited in TN
| Treasury.
The bill was considered aud passed.
| Mr.. WASHBURNE, Of llnois, offered resOu
tion. which was adopted, directing the secretary o.
War 10 communicate TO the House the report Of thu
! mixed Board Of engineers and nSyal omcer', o
| which Commander Latimer was President and Ma
iors Charles L. Barnard and Beauregard were mem
bors in 1861 and 1852 and the report Of Major beau
regard in 1852 relative 20 tho success Of the opera
! tiOns Of the Low Company in deepening the South
| west passage by contract;
| into committee of the Whole, with Mr.. Smith in
| the chair. 20 consider the bill reported yesterday
apprOpratiuR Sll5,0OO for Deficiencies in the public
600 for paper and SoOO,OOO for bind
THE committee then rose and reported the bill ia
! the House, which passed u.
The House then proceeded 10 the confederation OF
the bin 10 reorgsnizs and establish the army of the
United States The pending question being on Mr.
Thayers amendment 10 the 10Th section, relating to
the Ad utant Generals Department
Mr., SCnENCK moved TO amend the section by
adding to it the following proylsQ -,
Provided That nothing In this see ion shall be
construed 20 vaca,e the commission OF any oihcer
now commissioned as Assistant Adjutant but only
to enlarge the title to Adjutant IN tne cpse OF those
who rank as Lieutenant Colonel or Major without
affecting in any way their relative POSITIONS, OF the
time from which they lake sucn rank. ~
Mr.. BbAlN spoke against the proposition OF tDe
Military committee 10 change the nOmencasuro OF
Assistant Ad1utant Generals TO huJuthuB,. hBuiiug
that thee good reason for the DISTINCTION that
had grown up lie defended the officers OF the Ad-
jutant Generals Department who had renamed IN
Washington during the war, saying that many OF
them had app led again and again 70 be sent to act
i've service and been refused.
Mr.. DAVE 5 commented upon the remarks of Mr..
Schenck yesterday rehectiag on officers in the Ad
jutant ,enersl's Department.
Mr. SCHENCK challenged him to point to sim
gepurp1se or sentence in his remarks rejecting upon
the officers OF any Department.
MIR. DAWE ES suggested that he had accused them
of shrkng the responsibility Of active service dur
Mr. SGHENCK denied that he had used any
such language, but he would nov say that while the
greater nuT Der of these officers EN- 'ored in w ash
iugton would have pre- erred TO be on active duty in
the field, he beved there were others whl were here
because they preferred to have places in the Depart
ment ra her than active service in the deld.
Mr.. DAWES retorted by saying that som officers
Of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for which Mr..
ScheI OK showed so much anxiety, were men who
gO into that corps when they could have gone to the
front. He knew officers in the army who looked
with distrust on any person who had entered that
Mr. Schenck's amendment was agreed TO-.
Another amendment, offered by MIR. Schenck,
striking out the words after the first appointments
made under the provisions Of this segtiOn," was
Mr STEVENS regarded the question as simpli-
fed to this, Whether man should be called John
Jack, or simply Jack; whether an officer should he
called Assistant Adjutant General or simply Adiu-
tant. German barons could show titles, but he did
that Of Assistant Adjutant General.
The debate was cl sed by the previous question,
and the House was brought 70 vote on Mr.. Thay-
er'S substitute for the 18th section. The vote was
taken by yeas and nays and resulted as follows :
/ Ycas SO, nays 80. So the substitute was adopted.
The 18th section. as thus amended, reads as fol-
lows:
And be it further enacted, That the Adjutant
Generals Department shall hereafter consist Of the
officers now authorized by law, and their rank shall
be rs follows, namely: One Adjutant Gene all with
rank pay aud emOluments OF Brigalier General
four Assistant Adjutaut Generals, with rank pay
aud emoluments Of CoOnes Of cavalry; five Assist
ant Adluiant Generals, with rank, pay and emOlu-
ments of Lieutenant Colonies, and 10 Assistant Ad-
jutant Generals, with rank, pay and emOluments Of
Majors Ot cavalry.
The House then proceeded to the consideration of
the seventeenth sectionin regard to Inspectors Cen
eral Of the army.
Mr.. SCHENCK said lie supposed the commit,e,
would find IN reference to this section that it would
have the same opposition and difficulty from
bureau officers experienced in reference to the
last section. lie wished the House and the country
to know the facts, that In the 18Th section the COM
mttee had proposed TO retain all these officers in he
Adiutant Generals Department, and were 10 give
them more rank tran they ever mad before; but the
House was dissatisfied with that and had increased
the rank of two CaOtains in the ACiutant Generals
Bureau to that Of Colonel. The House taHs de-
clare' that the comm ttee was wrong and that the
gentlemen WhO use their lLtuence a. the other end
Of the avenue were right. He had thought that,
the war being over and the army being pared down,
these officers sh1udnot he all events increased in
Iduh usl ut N'ulll SNOW luht NOT Ohly were the
same number of off iers that were sufficient when
there were myrads OF men in the field. to be re-
tnined, hut they were 10 have more rack. He was
determined that that should be understood by the
House and bv the country.
MIR. THAlER rose to repel the imputation con.
veycd in the language OF tpo chairman Of the Mill
tary committee. He would leave to the House and
the country to judge OF the good taste of tac scod
ing which the chairman Of that committee mad
given the House for daring to differ with him upon
subject under consideration in The House.
Mr.. DAN ES said he did not like to rest under the
imputatlOn conveyed in the ge teman's (Schenck'O
remarks. No relative Of his was 10 be affected in
ary way blythe bill, and he was not under soc al or
other Influence in regard tp it, but he suspected the
opinion Of the Lieutenant General and Generals
MeS I Sherman cJncusre with the action TAX.
en by the House the l3th section But it did not
meet the approval of the honorable gentleman from
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