The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-13
IIon.e OF Kcprc.cnta,Iye..

Mr. Atkins Dem, Tenn sent to the
Clerks desk and had read paper from tho
Adlutant- General, being copy of a telegram
snid To have boon sent 10 the Chairman of the
Appropriation Committee ON Nov T. giving the
numh'ro Of en- isted men AT a AOl. and state
mont from the telegraph operator at the War
Department ti,at he had the check o' the OPP
orator at the Capitol for its receipt nj the Capt.
toll Mr.. Atkins said that hc had qu STONED the
operator and he denied having received any
such despatch. He thought 1t due to the AdIu-
tant- General to have the paper rcad.
The Hous" Hs tho regular order. proceeded
TO the consideration Of the Army Appropriation
bill. as reported from the Committee Of the
Whole on Saturday last The first amendment
was that offered by Mr.. 5 hccher tDcm.
TeXasl. striking out the clause prohibiting the
recruiting oi the army beyond the number Of
the enlisted men On the rolls on Nov. /. which
Inc House refused 70 concur in the amend
mont prohibiting the recruiting pf tho army
beyond the number ON the rolls on Nov. |. "N-
r''lt "a the cavalry service and Tor employment
uu tue ii Nicuu border.
INr next amendment was one offered by Nr.
CulherrOn iDTm, IeNHrl, prov That force"
of four cavalry regiments shall b" recruited 10
100 men IN ,hrh company, ami IN, SAM shn
lndlan frontiers of rrNHs; provided that Moth
INK herein contained Shall authorize the rrruit-
ing the numb-r OF men on the army rol - in
GLIDING luiiun = outs aud hospital stewards,
beyond 2U.OpO men, oi whom four full cavalry
regiments shall hc h. pt n s"rviro on the Next
can frontier IN Texas. Concurrod in-yeas. lj3
Thc L puolicans voted soldly against The
amendment, and were loinDd by MrSsrs. Gid
diugs uicp.l, Mills tDem.). and Schlelcher OF
TrNar.
The next amendment voted on was the fol-
lowing;
s,rrioS That now and hereafter M officer selected
,tntd ur a.1iltd e. duty upon the STAN o' or o. AID
TO- a, .,ucfal officer upon any other duty wlai-o-
eycr snail he enuci 10 81 receive any addional rank
pay allowance ny reason oi such selection, detail or
with ihe provisions q tins section are hcrb, repealed
| Reiected-yeas 1873; nays 49, The mega,
| tive yut" was given by the Republicans. backed
! by Mcssrs. Blackburn and Carlisle tDemocrats
/ oi XVI. Harrison Dem. M. Eickhon, Muller,
| Potter. and Willis demo rats. \. ", Cook
/ 10 M, Ga. and Randolph lRrp, Tcnn.l.
! Mr., Garfield utrp. Ohlol sent g. the Clerk S
| desk and had read a letter from the Secretary
! of War, defending himself from charges made
/ against MIN IN saturday debate IA regard 10
] recruiting of soldiers sin c the Army hill WAS
/ before the Committee ON Appropriations. The
Secretary claims THAT the enlistment of recruits
! IL expressly authorized hy law, and that there
! fore Il can bee rrricd on cscn ia the absence Of
! an augmentation. Nevertheless. he had not
/ drrinrd il best To continue recruiting after IN"
! LIST of July, not tor want of authority hut he
| cause he Thought IT. incNp"diehl io muster men
| into the service when there WAS no money tl
| pay them. Orders had been accordingly issued
| 10 stop recruiting ON the Let of July. Suhse-
.n,y an Iairf&t qpGSa nad go he T3m
| tiry Division Of the Pacific. approved and
| urged 10y the General OF the Army asking nu-
/ thority t. enlist recruits for the cavalry rogi-
/ mrui- engaged in that department in carrying
/ on the then existing lndiun war. The S'cro-
| hry had yielded to that appeal, and recruiting
| had been for Il short time permitted for that
/ purpose.
WAS also reHd. stating that tho order for enlist
ment was not made by himself but by the q IN
cral OF ,hr Army, on the 9Th Of July.
Mr.. Banning Nl"m., o., Chairman Of the
| Committee on Military Affairs, also sent to tho
! Clerks desk and had rcHd II telegram received
| to-day from the AdIutant General, stating that
! the recruiting returns showed that ul3 men
had been enlisted since the lstoi July, 1871. and
| that the principal part OF them had been en-
| listed ou the Pacific coast 10y authority of the
General Of the Army given on the 5th OF July u
meet the cX igencics OF the Indian war.
MIR. Hewitt Dem. y. l,l.of the Appropriations
| Committee. criticised the Socrctarys letter, and
said that II there had been any mistake or mis-
apprehension, il Was due 10 the concealm"nt OF
| facts on the part of the Secretary of War aud
| officers Of The army, and to their want of candOl
in giving to the commiit' e the iapts of the case
| The first effort ON the part Of the committee had
| Secretary of War had stated II IN Il telegram I,
| lr 81 ,3h3. Then Ia" General OF the Army hnt
| come before tho committee ana stated the mum
Der at u 9O2. ~ by the last returns but dcclalc'
| his opinion that the army hud been reduced 4
les than 10000 men by the stoppngr of enlist
ncut. the expiration of service and cnsunltic,
Then The Acknowledgement had come and con
! nrmrd the statement Of the General O
the Army, and had stated specifically that en-
listmrnts had stopped since the first Qf July
By the telegram Just now read from ne Ad
iutant- General, the House had been informc,
that recruiting had boon resumed on the ma
of JuN, and had terminated some time il
August. Tint fact had been known to the Al
jCtalt General when he Nas before ,hc commit
Tee. and yet he had not stated il, bu
lad, on the contrary, given as reasnl