The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-11
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


| The senate.
| WASHINGTON. Nov. o.-The Senate was not il
| session to-day.
| The House.
Mr.. Price introduced bill making an ap
propriation for a public building at DavenD port
| Iowa. Referred.
Mr.. Banning asked leave to introduce fo
present action a resolution to the effect that th
Committee on Military Affairs be instructed
| inquire as 10 the number of officers enlisted
and the number of employees in the army On tn.
18th of July. 1st of September and 1st of Novem
| ber 1877; where and how they were employed
during the present fiscal year.
Q The number and rank of the officers on the
retired list.
g. The number of officers on the active lis
unassigned, and the actual number of Off 'ers
on the active list who are physically disquaii
a. 1. The Condition of the officers on the Texas
there. and what military protection ought to b.
| provided for that depa' TIM mt; The number and
character Of the military headquarters. and the
necessity there is for them. and that the com.
mittee have the power to send for persons and
paners; and report by, bill or otherwise.
Mr. Conger objected to the last clause author
papers. Information could all be obtained
from the department. II this was to be an in
yes legation, let it be so stated,
Mr.. Banning appealed to him to allow the
clause stand, and said the committee could not
do al that would be expressed in the resolution
without that clause
|
thinks differently of the scope of the nvestiga-
ton taken last year. Let us pay the army be-
lore we commence Investigating 1t.
Mr.. Banks suggested that the committee could
go on with The inquiry. and if any information
was refused the House uld then with safety
oe M MappeSaien Sa TO TO compel It's ~ production;
striking out the last clause.
Mr.. Garfield objected to the consideration OF
the res slution and it was withdrawn.
Mr.. Hooker presented a memorial from the
claims, and asked that it be printed in the
Mr.. Buckner asked to have printed in the
Itecord memorials signed by $500 farmers of Hi
n9g and Miss eatye t9 the
corporation Of this class Of matter =" made the
On motion Of Mr.. Atkins the House went into
committee of the whole on the army appropria-
Mr. Banks read a letter from lady who had
been among the soldiers on the frontier, set
ting forth the privations and sufferines endured
by the soldiers through the neglect of the gov
ernment.
A vote was then taken on the amendment pro-
posed yesterday by Mr.. Crittenden and it was
Mr.. Atkins had received c ed a telegram from the
Adjutant General of the Army, stating that he
had on the 9th instant sent him dispatch
stating that the number Of men on the rolls was
21.3os: an increase since the communication Of
the General OF the Army, of October 3o of $50
men.
AthluS odlu u5 JOlHcu Will tuo hDJu-
tant General in not being able to account for
the non receipt of the telegram. Neither he
nor any member of the committee had seen the
citation at the Capitol showed no such dispatch
as having been received.
Here the Adjutant General now asserts that
there are nearly tWenty-tW thousand men, after
stating to- the committee. cOncurring with the
General of the Army, that there were not over
Twenty h thousand ne men, oot he R called the attention
tee had been maturing the bill the army had
been recruited to the ex ent Of over five hun
dred men, and without authority Of law. and
they were now called upon to increase the ap,
preparation because the army had been in
creased.
army falling off to 10000 men ; no money had
been rpropriated for recruiting and that it
must have been done in defiance OF the law. W. -
Mr.. Atkins said of course it was.
Mr.. Foster desired to defeni the General of
the Army and the Adjutant General from the
unfair criticism of the gentleman from Ten
Mr., Atkins said; I have not stated ANYTHING
don't think that it is unfair
Mr.. Foster said it is unfair.
The Chair ruled that The time to which the
debate had been limited had expired.
Mr.: Atkins said we have been cheated out of
M. Longer called the attention of the Chair
to the language Of the gentlemen, as not
courteous to the Republican side of the House.
Mr.. Conger called attention to it for the pro-
lection of the hair [Laugnterl
Mr.. Atkins said he would withdraw his re-
mark, and Mr. Banning moved 20 strike out the
clause provid ng that the cavalry regiments
may be recruited to 100 men in each company,
and keep as nearly as practicable at that num-
Der, and that sufficient force of cavalry sh Ill
be applied in defense of the Mexi an and In
dian frontiers of Texas, as unnecessary after
the adoption of Mr.. fuckers amendment yes
Mr.. Culbertson moved to amend the amend
ment by the insertion OF the proviSo, that four
in each company. and that the same shall be
EN- ployed upon the Texan and Indian frontiers
Mr.. kius offered further pro iso, that the
whole force shall not exceed 10000 men. includ-
ING dian scouts ami hOspital stewards Ra-
jected by vote Of 112 to 118.
Mr.. Clymer offered an amend ment providing
that nothing therein G contained should author
ize tho recruiting of men on the army. rolls be-
yond 10000 men. of whom four cava Try regi-
ments shall be kept on the Texas frontier. The
amendment was adopted by vote of ia to 112,
as amended and the amendment was agreed to,
the vote being 121 yeas ia nays
Mr.: Walker. of Virginia, desired to offer a
prisnnment for a mil Itary or naval offer of
the United States to have troops at any polling
place within ten da, of an election, unless to
feDel armed 1nSurrection.
Mr. CART. Id made a uont of ord II that the
amendment was not in order. and was contrary
10 the existing law, The chair SUSTAINED the
nent did not change existing laws but only
added to them. anghter
, Mr. Foster made a pro tOJnan amendment for
the purpose OF replying to the remarks of Mr..
Atkins. He wante to defend he Gelera of the
Army and the AdI9taLt General from the attack
that the chairman should have got angry nd
made the attack. He tFost- saw no inconsi-t-
een'y in the statements made BY the officers re-
ferred Q before the committee and ina elegram
received this mo ming. He did not understand
any other officer to stat before ne committee
The exact number on the rolls OF tsi..armv y on, a
given day. but that they d Iy exrsr. s-si an
opint.n alb ut it, and did NOT pretend to give lie
sctual nun Der, bur only exprsssefl their belief
Therefore he believed that the cha rman was