The Montana post., 1869-02-26

the army appropriation bill wac resumed in
! Committee OF the Whole.
| Garfield said Gen. Grant does not desire
any reduction except by absorption.
Dodge offered a substitute. placinr tba
matter OF reduction of the army and the con-
solidstlOn of the Quartermaster and Subsist-
ance ana ray departments In the hands of
the President after March 4th. Adopted.
buuer amendment was agreed to-57 to
/ 2O-and added to the substitute offered by
Dodge.
The Committee rose and reported the bill
TO the House.
Blaine offered a substitute for the amend
lnents OF Butler and Dodge. Ii provides that
until the army Is reduced to twenty infantry,
hve cavalry and five artillery regiments no
new commissions shall be issued to any regl-
ment, and directs the Secretary of War TO
consolidate the regiments as rapidly as the
requirements Of the service and reduction of
ohCers Will permit, till the aforesaid mini
mum is reached; also, that till further provi-
ded BY law, there shall be no new appoint
mcnts of AdjutaEts, Inspector Generals, Quar-
termasters, Ordinance, or Medical Depart
ments. Without vote on the amendment the
House adjourned.
Chicago, Feb. l9.-ButIer's amendment to
the army bill, adopted by the House last
night dlscontlnues, the Office of General after
March 4th. The Office of Lieut.. General is
not TO be filed when vacancy occurs. 1t
Brigadiers to 6.
The Republican, special says the Senate
postal committee has agreed to report bill
directing tue Post Master General 20 contract
with the New York & Antwerp steamship
company, Tor the trans pOrtation of mails in
steamships built in the United States, and
touching at Southampton. 1t contains no
subsidy beyond the inland and ocean postage.
The opinion prevails there will be a long ses-
sion after the Ith of March.
Il E.N.F.
not be reached by the present Congress.
Washington, Feb. 9.--House.-One huns
dred dollars license fixed IN dIstiIleries
producing % barrels or less, despite the op-
position of the California delegation.
Senate--Stewart, from the Pacific Rail
road Committee, submitted a voluminous ma
jorIty report IN opposition to the views of the
minority the Pacific Railroad bill.
Pomeroy introduced bill TO abolish peUn-
age in New Mexico.
Bill passed granting prize money for Farra-
CUTS aeet at New Orleans.
TrumbulI called up the bill recognizing
the judicial system of the United States. Ii
fixes the number of Supreme Judges at nine,
and provides for the appointment of Circuit
Judges, etc. Edmunds spoke in opposition
to the bill.
Indian appropriation bill was amended and
adopted.
Stewart offered an additional section, trans
ferTing the control of the Indian Bureau to
the War Department. After considerable de-
hate the amendment was rejected, 60 20
bill then passed.
The bill to repeal the tenure-of-o office act
was taken up and the Senate ad journed.
House.-The army appropriation bill with
all amendments passed.
The Rock Island army appropriation is re-
duced from 81 ,0OO, 900 to $5OO,OO0.
The bill for the reduction of the army was
earnestly discussed. The following are the
main points of Blaine's substitute, which
passed Ill To ca: No new commissions are
TO be Issued till the army Is reduced TO twenty
regiments of infantry, five regiments of
cavalry and Eve regiments of artillery. The
Secretary of War Is directed TO consolidate
regiments as rapidly as the requirements of
the public service require till the afnremen-
TONED number Is reached No new appoint
ments or promotions are to be made In the
Adjutant General, Inspector General, Pay
master, QuarteTmaster, Ordnance or Medical
Departments till otherwise directed by law.
Serate.-Printing Committee offered a res
olution 60 contract with Jas. L. Crowen for
printing the debates after March 4th; in his
failure to fulfil the contract, the Congress
ional printer TO do the work at the Govern
ment Office.
Howard stated that the Pacific Railroad
Committee did not have time to consider the
varIous balls before them, so the committee
was discharged from further consideration cf
a number Of bills incorporating various com
panies.
House-Evening Session.-wiIley offered a
resolution, which was adopted, declaring that
the Secretary of State should take measures
to ascertain the cause of the arrest and in
csrceration by the Captain General of Cuba
of Emilio Cabida, a citizen of the United
States.
On motion of Butler, the expenses of re-
moving the remains of Thad. Stevens from
Washington to his home in Pennsylvania
was ordered to be paid out of the contingent
fund.
Churchill, from the Committee on the Ju-
dietary reported a bill to define felonies and
misdemeanors and TO regulate peIemptory
challenges Passed.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the post office appropriation bill.
Tie total sum TO be appropriated is $4,000.
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