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ton about the confederacy and claimed all
members were on the same footing and had the

| members were on the same footing and had tn.
same rights and duties.
Mr.. Bragg moved to amend by fixing the pay
of general at 1900; of the lieutenant genera
at $751; 900; of major general $4,000.
| Mr.. Williams, of Michigan, argued against
any reduction below the sums fixed in the bill
| Mr.. Banning read from the testimony Of
General Sherman of 1876, to the effect that
when ever the greenback and gold dollar were
| on an equality the pay of army officers might
be reduced fifteen or twenty per cent. We
| have, continued Mr.. Banning, made the green
back equal to the gold dollar.
"Oh, no. said Foster.
'sHe did not mean it, said Garfield in an
| undertone to Foster, abiding to some remark
OF Bannings.
'sHe did not mean it," said Banning, catch.
ing at the remark and applying it differently.
'The general will not BE- guilty of saying that
that distinguished officer said anything which
he did not mean"
Garfield merely said you did not mean
anything by your insolence.
Mr.. Bennington mean your impudence.
My insolence is not equal to that Laughter.
The salaries are re too large. They are out Of all
proportion. They were established when cur
rency was thirty, forty and fifty per cent. be-
low par, and gentleman who shakes the
bloody shirt in the face Of member because
he has served the confederacy resorts to un-
worthy argument. The country is tired of it.
What the people want is reduction Of expen-
dltures
MIR. Foster repeated that the people would
not approve of this cutting down of the pay Of
army officers unless the Democrats would cut
down their own salaries.
Mr.. Tucker-Did not this House pass bill
last year regarding our salaries.
Mr.. Foster-Yes; but you yielded to the
smallest amount of force Imaginable when the
Senate refused to concur. You could not get
enough to order the yeas and nays upon the
proposition. My FRIEND Mr.. Morrison, did not
rise to order them. Even Mr.. Cox did not rise.
Laughter. 1t was a most beautiful piece Of
farce ever seen in this country.
Mr.. Hewitt, N. Y, said that when the gen
tlemen on the other side sought to check
economy by throwing dart into the face of
member who felt constrained to offer an
amendment in that direction, he committed an
offense against good manners and against
courtesy which it was very hard to palliate.
Mr.. McCook argued against reduction of
pay of the general, lieutenant general, or Of
Major General Hancock.
Mr.. Finley asked Mr.. McCook whether he
thought that the services of the general of the
army were worth twice much as his own
(McCooks).
Mr.. McCook-Unquestiona
Mr.. Finley--r only wanted to know how you
rated yourself.
Discussion having closed, the committee
by Mr.. Reagan The vote on reduction of the
salary of general to $4,000 was 60 for to
"a against. All other clauses in
the amendment were also rejected and
in the bill, namely: general, $l3,500;
lieutenant general, sli ,G0O; major general,
$500; brigadier general, $500; colonel,
So, 800; lieutenant colonel $4,000; major
$4,000; captain, mounted, $4,000; captain,
not mounted, $1,000; adjutant 81, 800; regi-
mental quartermaster, 81, 800; first lieutenant,
mounted, 81, 600; first lieutenant, not mount
ed $1,000; second ietenant, mounted, 81, 500
second lieutenant not mounted. 81, 400;
captain, 81, 500; storekeeper except at Spring
field, Mass, 81, 800.
The foregoing is to be in full of all pay and
allowances except longevity pay, which is to
be 10 per cent. for every term of five years
cent. eight hundred dollars a year.
On motion of Mr.. Dunnell, this longevity
was extended to chaplains, who had been ex-
cluded by the bill No change made in
sections to fuel and forage, fuel to be allowed
at the rate of $3 per cord for oak wood and an
age in kind, to be issued only for horses owned
and actually kept by officers in the perform
ance of official military duties.
The last section of the bill requires quarters
in kind to be furnished in public barracks
where there are any, and where there are none
then the rate of allowance for rooms is not to
exceed @9.0 per room per month, the number
of rooms being fixed by existing law, according
to rank. Communication for quarters is to be
general, and shall be one hundred and twenty
five dollars month, and to lieutenant gen
eral at the rate of s54 a month. No change
was made in this section.
Mr.. Marsh offered, as new section, pro-
vision that promotion of commissioned
officers shall be lineal through all grades up
to colonel.
Mr. Hale made a point of order which was
sustained, this was a new legislation and
therefore out of order.
Mr.. Cox offered as a new section a provision
prohibiting musicians, or other enlisted men,
from engaging in their business for hire
emolument, and he sent to the clerks desk and
had read remonstrancc on the subject from
musicians of New York.
The amendment was adopted 81 to 70.
Mr.. Scales, chairman of the committee on
Indian affairs, offered as an amendment new
section transferring the charge of Indian affairs
from the interior department to the war de-
partment
The usual point of order was made by Mr..
Hale and was argued at great length. the Re
publicans generally opposing, and the Demo-
Gratis, except Messrs. Harris and Cox New
York; advocating the amendment.
The chairman overruled the point of order
and decided that the amendment was germaine
to the BILL as it related to the duties of officers
of the army and did retrench expenditures.
Without disposing of the amendment the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
miscellaneous.
WASHINGTON. May 25.-The President nomi-
mated G. w. Fish to be receiver of public
maneys at Reed City, Mich.
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