The New York herald., 1870-05-19

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statr officials TO receive pay accord ns 10 tneir
relat ye rams as e ied N the general order OF the
Mr.. WAsHBURS explained that tbs annutl salary
was TO be IA liel OF al pay and al owanc - now
made. II dim,nlshei the pay.of the admiral slss3;
Mr.. MORGAN, ia m OF ONO protested In the n lne
OF the taxpayers against these high sa arts
Mr.. DAWES, (rep) OF Mass, advocmed the amend
meat. In reply 70 a question BY Mr.. Hale, he "a q
that the rates did not exclude aowa lcei Tor ira ell
ng exPenses - oeers e " wea lea sn. M on special au,
nava oiicers, declaring that he dii not synplshl1e
wtn the movement agains th'm rhey hld done
their duty well during the late W r. and wnel the
non capture II the ssabalha by the navy WAS alluded
e. ne wss Ilcned 10 ms, o. the caae II NJ sjy
twenty miles of the ca. .ta, and mad not beea cap
tLre by the army.
After further discussion the amendment offered by
Mr. WasAburn was greed to--yeas s5, nays ~.
Mr. HALE, ret.l OF Me-, novel as a additional
provi that nothing In the Dili snlll he construed 10
give to my staf OH er aay amount OF pa, ,arger
tnan snat be received ny any line oiicer OF corre
spending RANK. Agreed u.
4 ne amendment oiierei last night by Mr. Wash
bu n, oil Wisconsin, as amended to-day Was ayr ed
The next paragraph was for the pay OF the petty
officers, seanlei, ordinary seanen, andsmen AID
boys including men Tor The engineers forces 500
men, at an average pay OF $500 each per alnuni-
$3.50 O0).
Mr.. SARGENT (rep.) OF Cal., moved TO Increase
the nugnber Of men to 10000. lie rep.Iel u ne
argument of Mr.. Dawes last night. TO HE ifect that
the United STATES might wei com etc VITA
lor gu nations the strength OF the my In the
Strength OF tue navy by saying ihat there was no
robao lity OF the mes ever comi ~ In nlict IL
was only the American navy that could ev me
Ia conhict Win the navy OF fore ga Power. tnere-
fore there was no analogy he ween the twD. lie c.
med genera ~ The stetee1 ~ Of Mr. Da yes a. 10 the
relative cost Of tie BRITISH and American navi =.
Mr. MYERS. Tsp1 Of Pa, also contrdc ed the
sta ement oil Mr.. Dawes, and reminded hiin OF tbs
great ~ sparty between wages Ia the Uni ed States
and eng. and aud france.
MIR. DAWES .fendei his statement OF Ia 4 night,
givnI Admiral Porter a. his au hority. He had
compared n cost OF keeping the two ntyi s In re-
pair, ana showed taat IN the Gaze OF the United
states navy he cOt was 5000 D man, aud IN Tn,
case OF the British navy Sky dol arr per The
mis- aSc OF the gentleman from Ca lorna was In
dividing the To al cosL ~ navy by the number
OF men composing it; but even on hat syst IN or
calculation, taking l20oO as the numbet OF men and
oincers IN the American navy, tn cost PER m Of
the Am rican navy was f2,3o0 and Of the Brillsh
oIy ssse seprrrp reo, Of pa aavoc ,,ea the amend.
ment opposed by Mr. sargent II wa recon.
meldei by the Navy Department aad was ne ce.-
sary, unless some vessels OF e 1eet were Withdrawn
and lad up IL was the sam old prob EN- that all
countries had endeavOsed To solve--how to have q
large a.,d eject We navy IN tine OF war AMI very
sllai and economi al na, In time oi peace. Com-
PAL mad been made OF the large numjer Of OH
GERS. That number h Il been nxed Dy law. II C0n-
gress wanicd 10 rcduc. the number II should do So
iis nj scolJing them all IN me, ir tney were
so many graduates from the penitennary. 50 II
tee did not want the e en- hundred addition
men oppose IN tho amen i'm ant they should say TO
the secretary of the Navy, "caii home Of your
squair0ns, lay up SO ne OF yoir ships; ct them rot
n you cho0 e, but iet not the Navy Department be
made the scapegJat all tue time for ne lls Of the
re ,ublic."
AIr-r fu ther discussion by Mr.. washburn, OIL Wis.
cOnsln, against N; am snimenL and by Mr.. O'Neili
III IA o. OF H. the am ninie1t Was rejected.
On motion OF Mr.. WAsHBuRN, OF WIS.,. an item Of
$4,000 was inserted Tor contingent expenses Of the
Ar. SARGEsT, In speaking OF the amendment,
withurew o remark wn,cl he had made yesterday
rene ;ing ou tile motive Of Mr.. Cox's aniipat.y III
Aumira Porter, an endorsed the ness vf Nj.
Coxs position AZ member OF the aous; during tlis
Mr. COX accepted the apology, and said that his
opposition to III pes mt admnistr alton OF the nav
was Das~d upoi It's abnormal condition. ie had nt
hostility 10 Admiral POrser, ami ma hlinse T. during
| the war. drawn the resolution OF thalAs to taa
onic ,r. watch was pas Led by Congre 8.
The comlIi1iee then pro eeded with the details o.
th bil. offering and discussing amendment, If no
pubic Interest," Alter disposng OF nine pages OF the
bill g committee .vOk u recess AZ half, four
Oc.OcK I ii hiif-past seven oc * tiis evening.
Evening Session.
The Committee OF the Whole, at half past seven
resumed TIE consideration or
THE NAVAL AUTHORIZATION BILL.
The first anendncnt that gave rise 10 discussion
was one by Mr.. Sargent t1 Increase the approprla-
ton ior gunpoSder from 100000 TO $looooo. He
SAID that the stock on hand WAS unusually low. The
amen Iment was opposed BY Mr.. Washburi tWls.)
| ami was rejected.
Mr.. SARGENT moved to increase the appropriat on
for labor at the Navy Yarl rom 100000 TO so.oo)
IL connection with tle Urdnance Lureau. Tue estl-
mate OF the Bu. eau was $4oo,U0O.
MIR. DAWES opposed the amendment. and ex.
press ID the hope Of the number Of navy yard being
so reduced 10 three ON the Atlantic coast and
h reafter they sh lull be uut ut private snpyards
| wnere they coad be built quick and che iper.
| Mr.. MYERS supported the amendment ana con
demn d the aItenpt, so frankly confessed by the
| en- irlnan, to destroy the navy yards.
| MI. SARGENT made remarks IN the same line. II
| the CHAIRMAN Of the COmnitee on Appropriation.
dc ir.d TO abolish the navy yards and 10 crl sple the
navy he shou do 30 by dl ect leyiaa ion. No party
cOuiI d. deserved Co stand under sucn lei,
ship, aud rms part ne repudi tied su leade SIP.
Mr. DAWES defended his position and declaiined
$500 0JO for the mere M tni9uati Of ordnance nc
the navy yards. Tne efficiency and po YER Of the
navy seemed TO be measured solely by the mount II
money 10 coud expehd. IL was when the navy had
the money thit 1t achieved the greatest glory;
and 10 was beca ause VI its sureit OF ney ocause OF
the immense amounts paid 10 officers Ii prize
m ney tiati had become demora.Zed weak and
efem'nate.
policy OF economy lii connection with tle navy as
uhwse, ulst lie manike a.id not IN accordance with
the WISHES OF the peope or the grcan-ss OF the
republic.
MIR. ONELL trep) OF Pa, culOglzed the officers OF
the navy mentioning FarraRut and Porter lie en- le
,rsaS e depas par meat n agns tae charges 81 lep,t
TN navy yards, aiuding TO L-agus Island In that
man from Pennsylvania tMr, O'NeID had Lea ue
Is and on the bI AIM and SAID that navy va d on
tIe A ldnlc COAST was gu tc enough Engl Ind built
her ships Of war in private navy yards. The Unite
states mad done the same during the war; and that
was the system that would have 10 be adopted.
MIR. HALE regarde tie que ton as n e 81 ques.
ton. lf the navy yards were not to be ma n
talnel he woul regard st as an annou lcement 10
the country that the United states was 10 have no
navy
The discus ion was continued of considerable
length with good deal OF excited feeling. an nn-
ally the amendment offered by Mr.. Sargent was re-
jected.
Having finally got through the bill at ten O'Clock
tha c0nmittee and reported the bill ami amend.
ments to & le House.
The amendments were agreed to and tho bin