The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-10

letter from the Secretary of State, in relation
to the necessity OF legisation TO enable the pay
sion. Ordered printed and recommitted.
NJ Williams Of Oregon Or presented ab the ne rssa- p
time for the completion of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. Referred to the Committee on Pacific
On motion of Mr.. Atkins the House went into
committee q, whole on the army, appropriation
bill. the debate on the pending paragraph
Mr.. Baker, Of Indiana, said that SO, far as he
knew, the Republican side did not desire any
+ Of the a s me be Su fhHy
Mr.. Foster said that the r publicans were not
responsible for the defeat of the army bill;
1t not been for the unprecedented. unwarranted
and unconstitutional clause restricting the use
Of the army The Republicans did not @ d desire i,
the army for police purposes, put When the
Of Maryland and West Virginia, during the late
not now necessary. because the President had
come over to the Democratic,poliey Itwas well
| at Chicago and declared war for the Union a
failure, they would had they had control Of the
House hfe Eye nsgrfd Hs sueh b
Mr.. Hewitt said that the gentlemen had for
gotten that there was q Democratic Governor
made. and how that call was responded TO.
Mr.. Foster said be had not forgotten this nor
had a. ne forgotten the MeT fork rlos; e. action
the c mmittee. and in its opposition to striking
out he limiting clause.
The vote was then taken on the amendment
proposed by Mr. Blackburn. to limit the army
to $4,000 men, which was rejected by As yeas to
100 nays.
the yea and nay vote in the House to proceed.
Mr. Atkins said that he desired to be courte-
ous to the gentleman, but his sense OF duty
would not allow him to consent.
Mr. Blackburn-Tnen trust that the previous
question will never be ordered,
chen tn sr o was bn by ME
recruiting TO the number of men in the army on
the 1st of November, 1877. This was agreed to
Mr. Atkins offered an amendment that no
money appropriated by this act shall be paid
for the recruiting OF the army beyond the
number of 20. 900 enlisted men. including Indian
Mr.. Conger made the point of order that this
was not Legislation in the interest OF economy,
as IT d1d not reduce the amount appropriated
Mr.. Schleicher said that he was satisfied that
this important bill could not pass unless there
willing ness to accept the amendment He was
satisfied that the reduction of infantry would
| cripple the service elsewhere, but as Texas
and left the responsibility for the injury to the
| infantry where it belonged.
The amendment was agreed to- Yeas 125.
Mr.. Banning offered further amendment,
n hs fh ba be
sssa yond % 12 Adopted tHs edees 'n9 army
Mr.. Waddell offered an amendment: Thai
after the soth "f June 1873. appointments to the
| from each State, aud shall be mads by the Gov
ernors; and that tsuper1umerarry officers Of the
army shall be employed as instructors. Ruled
Mr.. Foster. of Ohio. when the clause appro-
priating $11 300 900 was reached, called tention
Tucker authorized an incrl ase Of the cavalry
from 5000 to 12,000 and said tnat more money
would be required for their payment
until the amendment could be had in print and
the G n" "cessary calculations be made.
Mr. CGnger who had renewed hs point 9f or;
been overruled. said that he desired to call the
attention Of the Chair to the admission of the
crease of expenditures. Whether this opinion
Of the committee would have any effect upon
the Chair ne ne was va unable I1 to de,erm,ne The
increased the expenditures SO much that he
could not compute it in his present disturbed
A prolonged debate here arose on the num-
ber of men in the army.
az that the frontiers Of the
and losses that could have been avoided had the
army been larger He urged that the presence
upon String Bull, who otherwise would return
and sweep the country along the Pacific Rail-
Mr.. Townsend explained that the army cost
more than a larger number did in 1867 because
though advancing in civilization. the country
over which it operated had been vastly extended
He pointed out the necessity for troops in or
der to suppress the Indian disturbances. 1t
was the duty Of the n to protect its
sending troops TO protect these people. There
was but one mode. it seemed. to deal with these
Indians, and that is to withdraw the troops and
conciliate them [laughterl on the Republican
side.
On motion Of Mr.. Atkins the committee rose
and retired
On motion of Mr.. Lintrell at 2:55 the House
adjourned.