Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-14
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
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providing for the voluntary retirement of army
officers after forty years service, and their
compulsory retirement al 81 years of age.
Bayard asked that these two features be voted
| upon separately, and it was SO ordered. The
| first branch of the amendment prevailed. with
out dissent. It is as follows: On and after
| the first day of December. 1882, when an
| officer has served forty years, either as &n
| officer or soldier in the regular or volunteer
| service. or both, he shall. if he make applica-
| ton therefor to the President, be retired from
active service and placed on the retired list.
| Bayard moved to amend the second branch of
| the question by providing for the compulsory
] retirement at IS instead of 81 years of age.
Butler moved to further amend by exempting
from this retirement the generals who have
received the thanks of congress- After debate
Bayard modified his amendment so as to fix
the age for compulsory retirement at 81 years.
AdOptcd-yeas %, nays %. Butler modified
his proposition, exempting the officers who have
received the thanks of congress, so as to re-
quire that they shall not be retired until
seventy years of age, thus confirming the
| regulations of naval officers. Reiected-9t to 45.
A motion by Maxey to strike out the entire re-
tirement clause was voted down-12 to 80. -.
Adjourned.
TUESDAY. June 6.-Slater introduced bill
prohibiting and making a misdemeanor the
solicitation by any executive officer, clerk or
| employe of the United States, not the head of
department, of money, property or other
thing of value, or giving or receiving the
| same for political purposes or party interests.
The penalty imposed is a fine of $500, and the
deposition of the offender from office. Re
| ferred to the committee on civil service The
army appropriation bill was again considered,
| the question being upon the compulsory feature
of the retirement clause. A motion by Maxey
| to except Gen. Sherman from the operation OF
| the clause was amended, on motion of Hale, by
adding thereto Gen. Sheridan-29 to a. The
| amended Uac 70
| The clause was agreed to without formal
vote. The remaining committee amendments
were agreed to, except the one striking out the
| appropriation for ammunition for target prac-
| tice. The total of the item as passed by the
| house was 100000. On motion of HawIev, it
was agreed to allow $4,000 for the purpose.
| On motion of Logan an item approprlating
| 100000 for the erection of an army and navy
hospital on the government reservation at Hot
! Springs, Ark, was inserted. The previous dis
cussion upon excepting Gen. Sherman from
compulsory retirement was revived upon the
| renewal of the former motion by Davis, of West
! Virginia, and by Hale to except Gen. Sheridan.
! The latter motion prevailed-yeas 20, nays %
| party vote, except that Senators Fair Cock
rell, and Butler voted aye with the republicans.
| The whole subject was then tabled-yeas 81.
nays 13, and the bill passed-42 to IL. Ad-
| journed.
WEDNESDAY, June THE house declaratory
resolution regarding the death of Gen. Carl
baldi was agreed to-. The consideration of
| the District of Columbia appropriation bill oc-
cupied the remainder of the day and was not
completed. The total amount, appropriated is
| $780, 67.
THURSDAY, June 8-The District of Column
bia appropriation bill was passed. .Hawley
reported, from the military committee, joint
resolution, which was adopted, appropriating
$1,000, or SO much thereof as may be needed
to furnish food to the people made destitute by
the Mississippi floods in the state of Mississippi.
....Adjourned.
FRIDAY, June 9.-The bill passed authorizing
the postmaster general to extend mail routes at
pro rata additional pay for any distance not
exceeding twenty-five miles beyond either of
the terminal points named in the contract.
After short executive session the senate adj
journed till Monday.
House.
MONDAY, June 5.-Kelly, chairman of the
committee of ways and means, moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass a bill to correct an
| error in section 2, 504 of the revised statutes.
1t places wearing apparel composed of wool IN
| the same category as to custom duty as wear
ing apparel composed Of silk and linen. After
some debate the motion was lost-yeas 136,
| nays 70. There was not the necessary two
| thirds vote in the affirmative. Turner, of
| Kentucky, moved to abolish the duty of trace
chains. Lost-yeas II, nays 108. Adjourned
TUESDAY, June 6.-The house went into COM
mittee of the whole on the general deficiency
| bill. After considering four of the slXty-three
pages of the bill, the committee rose. .Kas-
! son 0OWa) offered resolutions declaring that
congress, its connection with the people of the
| United States, has received with profound grief
] the tidings of the recent death Of the Italian
| patriot, Gen. Garibaldi; expressing high appre-
citation Of his loyalty and unsefsh patriotism,
| his love of human right, and his devotion to
| principle; avowing the sympathy of the United
States with the friendly nation which has been
thus bereaved, and requesting the President to
cause copy of these resolutions to be
| communicated to the government of Italy.
Adopted unanimously. On motion of Hol-
man, Qnd.) the bill passed, providing that
every person duly mustered into the army dur
| ing the late war, and afterwards legally ap
! pointed or promoted to any office in the mill
| tary service during said war, and who, without
neglect, failed to be mustered into the service
as such officer, shall be deemed mustered into
| the service under such appointment from the
date thereof, for such time as he actually per-
| formed the duties of such office. Adjourned.
| WEDNESDAY, June THE house went into
committee, and resumed consideration of the
| general deficiency appropriation bill. After
| concluding the consideration of thirty-two of
the sixty-three pages of the bill, the committee
| rose. Adjourned.
THURSDAY. June 8.-A bill was passed in
creasing to $40 per month the pension of any
! person who in the late war lost an arm, leg,
| hand or foot or received disabilities equal
thereto The house went into committee and
resumed consideration of the general deficiency
appropriation bill. After a short discussion
the committee rose and reported the bill back
to the house. It was passed-yeas 116, nays
ST. A Joint resolution was passed to loan one
thousand army tents for the shelter of Russian
Jewish refugees at Vineland, N. J....Ad-
journed.
FRIDAY, June 9.-The house went into COM
mittee of the whole on the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill. After finishing
forty of the one hundred pages of this bill, the
committee rose. At the evening session
twenty-five pension bills were passed. ,Ad-
journed
SATURDAY, June 10.-The house resumed
consideration of the legislative executive and
judicial appropriation bill After eighty of the
one hundred pages OF the bill had been passed
upon, the committee rose, and the house adj
journed
A GENTLEMAN travelling in railway
carriage was endeavoring, with consid-
cradle earnestness, to impress some ar
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