The New York herald., 1866-04-21

been understood and therefore he had made the expa
nation. l..i
The question was then taken the passage of the blk
and resulted follows:-yeas 106 nays 13 So the bill
| was passed.
| RELIEF or BALnxoRE CONTRACTORS.
Mr. DELANo, from the Committee on Claims reported
aoint resolution authorizing the remission to John Wells
Sons OF Baltimore, Md OF SO much OF the penalty IN
their Of the Atm Of October lses for repairing
the steamer City OF Albany as may be covered by the ac
su ioss oa .ne government oy reason o, .he aeay
| planned the circumstances
The joint resolution read three times and passed.
DUPLICATION OF LOST BONDS.
Mr.. DELASo also from the committee, reported
back the Senate bill authorizing the Secretary OF the
Treasury 20 issue 10 Theodore g. Eswad of Providence
L. two 81 600 sevenhrty bonds in lieu of two such
bonds numbered lo 1872 and l0 l53 partially destroyed
by @ and the charred remnants Of which are deposited
The bill was considered and passed
DEEPENING The s0UrHwET PASS.
Mr.. wAsusuRNE, of H., offered q resolution. which
adopted, directing the Secretary o. War commu.
Engineers and Naval Oiicers OF which Commander
Latemer President and Majors Chase, Barnard and
Bssa,eg9rd g were members In issl and 1857 and tho
the of the operations of the Law Company in
deepening the Southwest Pass as per contract.
The PRINTING APPROPRIATION DEFICIENCY
PENNSYLVANIA, wen. Into Committee Of the Whole, with
Mr. Smith in the Chair consider the bill reported yes.
terday, appropating $ll5 900 for fencies in tho
public printing, $45ooOo for paper, and $s5,ooo for
The Committee afterwards rose and reported the bill
to the House and ii was passed
CONSIDERATION OF THE ARMY BILL RESUMED.
The House then proceeded the consideration of tho
bill TO reorsanize and establish the army Of the United
States the pending question being on Mr. Thayers
amendment TO the thirteenth secton relative TO the Ad
juant Generals Department
Mr.. ScnE,cK, (rep) Of Ohio, moved amend the Sec
ton by adding TO IL the following proviso:-
Provided, That nothing this construed to
vscate the OF any % ocer now ne as
juant in ~ those colonel
on l Es om wss s relative
Mr. BLAINE, (rep) of Me-, spoke against the PROPOSE
ton of the Military Committee to change the nomencla
that there good for the distinction that had
grown up He defended tho officers of the Adjutant
Generals Department who had remained in Washington
during the war saying that many of them had applied
again and again TO be sent to active service and been
fused
The debate was continued at considerable length by
Mr. TrAYER (rep) Of Pa and DAVIS (rep.) Of N Y,
against the section as reported by the committee, and
by Mr.. ScHsScK in support d it.
Mr. DAVIS commented upon the remarks Of Mr..
schenck yesterday, rejecting officers the Acjutant
Mt ScnEScK challenged him TO point TO single phrase
or sentence IN his remarks rejecting upon the officers Of
Mr. DAVIS suggested that he had accused them Of
shirking the responsibility Of active service during tho
Mr. SuEscK denied that he had used any such Ian.
guage; but he would say that while the greater
number Of those officers employed in Washington wond
have preferred to be active duty In tbs field he be-
ley ed there others who here because they
preferred 10 have places in the department rather than
Mr. DAVIS retorted by saying some officers OF the
Veteran Reserve corps for which Mr.. schenck showed
whom they could have gone TO The front He knew ON
cers In the who looked with dstrust many per
sons who hal entered that corps
MIR. Schenck's amendment agreed TO-
Another amendment offered By Mr.. Schenck, striking
out the words latter the first appointments made under
the provisions OF this section, was also agreed to-
Mr.. STEvEys regarded the question snphled 70
ths:-"Whether man should be called John Jack
simply Jack - whether an officer should be called las
Pr
man barons could show titles much longer than any Of
these titles; he did not see why tho title adjnant
was not as GOOD as that OF assi adintant general
Tho debate was closed by the previous question, and
tho House was brought 70 vote on Mr. rhayers subst
tute for the thirteenth section. The vote takea
yeas and nays, and resulted foows:Yeas %, nays
80 30 the substitute was adopted
lews:-
nc1,c. Is And be fS,sss. enacted That u: Adstsn.
now .uthorzed By law and their rank ss, be- follows
Of Won s sg sna
ws the end % e Of
aad einonments Of coonels adj
n. ,as Sns,. 81 ssya with tho rank pay and emoume"s Of
The House then proceeded to the Of the
iureenth section in regard 10 inspectors general Of
Ar scmEscx said he supposed the committee would
opposition and difcumy from bureau officers expe-
rienced IN refer nee 10 the last section ae ~shcd tho
Hoass and tho country 20 know the fact that the
teenth s,cion the committee had proposed rosn all
these officers In the Adj Generals Department and
were to se them moro rank than they over had before
e.".sas ~. -"sS S'.'o"oa w.sn s'ia M" na' IN.
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nus oec'ares tnat the commuee was wrong, snd
ss ssa' '"e xsn'ismsn VINO use tncir influence
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, az ~ aos"', 'nss .ns Mai oens over ana Tue army
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