The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-06

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certain States. and second, that there IS
in the national Constitution a succession
and reduplieaLions OF powers. investing
Congress with ample authority TO suppress
su IA pretensions.
Vickers followed. in opposition to the
proposed amendment. He was slilI spea X
Ing when the senate took Teeess.
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BOUTWELL,. from the Judiciary Committee
reported bill for the relief of Admiral
Fsirrag @ L slnd-Lhe. otfieers and men OF bis
fleet that passed Forts Phillips anu lack
sou under fire The bin prov tdes that they
shall be entitled To the benefit of the Prize
law IN the same manner as they would
RsSs Rsster 2es5 ~ e eaaa urf haH ipf bee9 e9
then open and process libeled therein. II
gives cognizance OF the case to amy United
States Court having admiralty jurlssiictloD,
and directs payment OF the awards cut OF
the Treasury.
Butler supported the bill, which passed
Wood Introduced bill to promote the
progress Of the line arts lseiefred - the
registry OF new and artistic designs and
for the erection OF the Office OF Register Of
Fine Arts.
Mayn;tfti from the Committee on Ways
and Means, reported a bill for the reIiet Of
tile Illinois Iron Company Passed.
Butler, of Masssach usetts, offered reso-
luton directing the Secretary OF the Treas
ury to furnish Information as to the state
OF the American fisheries on the coast of
the BflblSn NOlih 1IONluG1Ss
the license tonnage, duties levied and the
state of the trade between the Provinces
and the United states. Adopted.
A<t1alding, from the committee on Ap-
propriations reported back the Senate
s@nendmenG to the navy appfopFiation
bill. Referred to the Committee of the
Whole, and made the special 0rder for
Wood brid..e offered resolutions calling
on the Secretary Of Wac for the memorial
addressed to him by Brigadter General II.
a. ROBBERS, on the subject of the drainage
of the surplus OF waters of the Great Lakes
To the Upper NJ MississIppl Ohio and Illinois
Rivers. adopted.
Several private bills were passed.
Brooks presented. rs a question of privi.
Florence Scanned (the witness brought
from New York; from the custody of the
Sergeant t-at-ArmS, without costs, which,
after considerable discussion, was laid on
the table.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the army appropriation bill.
Hooper made a speech on finance.
Blaine, Of Maine, explained the army.
appropriation bill. aud expressing him
self in favor of the reduction OF the army
to thirty regiments, and suggested That on
Monday next, which n meeting to suspend
tine rules would be In order, such motion
would be made to allow the offering of an
amendment to reduce the army, If amy
oeuglelnan could in the meantime devise u
plan for that purpose. #-E ms
Committee on Military Affairs had at the
last session reported bill, well prepared
and 'GOnSi0HfSu rlOI bAG EttlUStAOn vi Va &c
army, hua it did not meet with the
views of the members It has b sen
overloaded with amendments, and
not been called this session, except in
the first days of the session, when the
Secretary of War and the General of
the Army desired that ia view of In
dian hOStilities, no reduction shall be
made The com rnittee has been ready at
anytime for the iaSt eight months to repc t
Z, measure of reduction, and II the Hous
consented he thought he would be ready
by MOnuay to report some measure Whicn
he hoped wOuld receive ttle sanetion OF Inc
House. He had some doubts whether they
had not ought to wait for the suggestions
of the incoming adm iniStratIon.
Isg.yrenc &c ask cd mis- colleague whether it
was not expt;dient To consolidate the arny
I into thirty-niue or less fegimeEtS, and re-
duce the officers to the ndmb ber required
for that number of regiments
Garfield replied that several of the regi-
ments, especially the tnfantrv, could be
consolid Ted. lie could not say exactly
what number could he consolidated. 1hs
| Coinmtttee on Military a fairs had been
engaged for the last ten on BwelVe days In
taking the testimony OF the most Thought
ful officers on the whole sutj jet OF army
\ org niZRtion; and althOu IN hG was not
| YET authorized to express the opinion OF
| the committee, for himself he was clearly
OF the opinion that several OF the staff de.
partmen.s OF the army might be coaselI-
I dated, thereby increasing IT'S eHnelencN,
/ and effecttng a considerable reduction OF
4 expenses. lie hoped TO be able 10 report a
| proptSsifion- to that effect on Monday. 1t
/ II, were Iirlst erstootl that the Committee on
\ MILITARY Affairs wanted TO have an oppof
| tunity TO of T an amendment OF that sort
| TO his bill, he thought be wodtd De feNdy
Lawrence asked whether. when skeIs-
| ton reg iments were consolidated, tue nut M
1 bar of officers ShOuld not at the same
time be reduced. F 16
| = .(larfieId - Certainly, that ought to be
/ done, but, speak ing for myself, 4 do not
| think we ought tAdott. 10 not tiink that
/ public policy or public justice requires as
/ 10 muster out of service directly officers OF
/ the army. L think we Ought To make %
] pereIn ptory. and il could be done rapidly
/ enough, if Congress would stop all pro-
| motions and all COMMISSIONS Of new Of
/ ficers The rate at which Officers Were now
leaving the army was very great. During
| ihe past yelr I'VE hundred persons, hold
/ ing commissions in the army, had gone
i ont, and If the measure which he suggested
had oeen ad pied LAST year, the number OF
4 officers would have been reduced by thst
/ amount.
I Pile spoke in favor of reduction, and
| thought if time was given TO an eIabtB ate
/ discussion covering the whole subj CT, that
the expenses might be reduced eight 10
~ .osan said il the COMMITTEES on Mi itary
| fairs proposed to continue as last year,
he would say u Was nnna9.igi on - wa, was
| fhan TO have thirty reg1 neuts cadsOlf-
! dated Ii the number Vf OfncerS We're 20
| be retained, the correct way was " tt'tiuce
| the rank Of the offers according TO the
4 duties required. -, -
i gentlemen Of The committee on Military
| "a fairs had not had time 20 attend TO TINS
| matter, when he had sucn ample time
TO attend TO the business OF the Indlan
/ Committee. He was IN fayor OF feuuc'
| tfon of the army, and he hoped the Ar
4 my Appropriation Bill would be post
| poned Tor a week. in order TO give tne
Com nlllse on Military Affairs ehahee to
attend to their busi nESS.
After further discu sion, FarnSWorth h
man of the Committee ON Military Anairi