Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-05
House of Representatives..

WASHINGTON, April 4.--Mr. Chalmers in
trodueed a bill amendatory of the apportion-
ment bill, providing that no congressional
district in any state shall contain 10000 more
population than another in the same state,
unless such course is necessary to prevent
ub-diyision of county, but in no case shall
the difference of population exceed 10000.
Until the states shall comply with this law
representatives of the Forty-eighth and sub
sequent congresses shall be elected from the
same districts which elected them to the
Forty-seventh congress. Referred.
The house went into comI&1iLe on the army
appropriation bill.
Mr.. Bragg (Wis.) offered an amendment
providing that ain computing the length of
service for additional pay, the time of service
on the retired list, shall in no case be COM
puted, nor shall any additional pay be allowed
for such service, Adopted.
A discussion sprung up on point of order
raised on Saturday last by Holman, Qnd.,)
against the compulsory retirement clause, on
the ground that it changed existing laws and
was not IN the direction of a reduction of ex-
penditures. The chair overruled the point of
order, holding that the proviso would reduce
the compensation OF certain officers.
Mr.. Henderson Qlls.) under instructions
from the committee on military affAirs, moved
10 StTlke OUT buc ClduSt anu lHSeIt tu6 pIOflSO
that whenever officers have served twenty-five
years, either as an officer or soldier in tn
regular or volunteer service, he shall, if he
make application to the president, be placed
upon the retired list If he has served for
forty years or is 81 years of age, he should be
placed on the retired list; provided, that this
shall not apply to the general, lieutenant gen.
eral, and the present major general of the
army.
Mr.. Butterworth (Ohio), moved to amend
the amendment by striking out the last pro-
vision. Not one of the officers effected by it
had signifed desire to be made an exception,
but one and all had declared themselves as ia
voring rigid rule Mr.. Butterworth's mo-
tion was agreed to-yeas, 50; nays 12-and
the amendment as amended was inserted IN
the bill, in lieu of the provision originally
reported.
On motion of Bragg an amendment was
adopted providing that any supernumerary
officer may be honorably discharged at his
own request, with the receipt of one years
pay and allowance for every five years of his
service, but no officer shall receive more than
three years. pay and allowance.
Bragg raised point of order against the
clause transferring to the court of claims the
claims now pending IN the quartermaster gen.
erals department After long discussion
the chair decided that so much of the clause
as merely provides for the transfer of claims
was in order, but held that that portion which
regulated the manner IN which the court Of
claims should act in determining the claims
submitted to it was not in order.
Mr.. Reed appealed from the first portion of
the decision, Hiscock from the latter part,
Townshend Ql.), from the decision in total.
Pending action on the appeals the committee
rose. The speaker laid before the house a
message from the president transmitting a
communication from the secretary. of state
with a report to American prisoners. AID
journed.