National Republican., 1882-07-31
THE NAVAL BILL.
Action OF the senate on sHturday-A VIE
tory for the Comm todores.

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The Senate had u long session on Saturday over
the Naval appropriation bill. Mr. ingalls,, aliudng
to the enormous cost OF monitors which had been
sold for song for old material said their history
was neither fragrant nor fortunate. An amend
ment offered by Mr.. Beck, reducing the amount
for completing the Miantonomoh and Launching
other monitors from 100000 to 100000, and
leaving the question OF their completion to the
advisory board was adopted-yeas, 33; nays, 10.
The clause relating to the monitors as 1t stands
reads as follows "The si0O 900, or so much
thereof as may be necessary of the above amount
(S22OOOOO, shall be applied by the Secretary of the
Navy to the following objects, namely: Under the
Bureau Of Construction and Repairs, to building
and fitting the turrets and pilot-houses of the
ironclad steamer Miantonomoh, and to the
launching TO the best advantage OF the ironclad
steamers Monadnock, Puritan, Amphitrite, ana
Ierrori and that no further steps shall be taken
on contracts entered into or approved for the re-
pairs or completion of any of the four ironclads
aforesaid until the further order of Congress and
the naval advisory board created by this act is
directed to report in detail by the list day OF De,
cember 1882, as to the wisdom and expediency OF
Undertaking and completing the engines, armor,
and armnments of said ironclads, and whether
changes N the original plans should be made to;
gether with the cost of the completion oil any OF
them is recommended, and that any part OF the
appropriation for said bureaus not used as above
specified may be applied toward the construction
OF engines and machinery of the two cruising
vessels provided for in this act"
Mr.. Miller, of California, moved to strike out the
clause of the bill abolishing the grade of commo-
dore. Afer long discussion Mr.. Miller's motion
was agreed to-yeas, 81; nays, % as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Anthony, Bayard. Blair, Butler,
Call, cameron of Pennsylvania Farley Grover, Har-
rlSon, Hawley ingalls,, Jonas, Jones of Florida, Jones
Of Nevada, Laphum Malone MRxey Miller OF Cal
iiornia, Morrill, saunders sherman, Van Wyck, Vest,
voorhees,. Walker, Williams, and Windom-H. ,
- NAIs-Messrs. Aldrich Brown, Chilcou, Cockrell,
Coke, Conger, Davis of West Virginia, Dawes Frye,
Hale, Harris Hin Of Colorado, Hoer, Jackson Kel;
logg, Logan, Mcmillan, Morgan, Plumb, Pugh, and
Sawyer-22
Mr.. Rollins offered an amendment providing
that all otlicersiofhe Navy the retired list shall
be entitled to receive annual pay only at the rates
prescribed by law for retired officers at the grade
~ which they were or may be retired. He stated
that he wanted to tear up by the roots the system
by which 1t was possible that officer originally
retired with the rank of captain should receive
the pay and bear the rank of rear admiral ON the
retired list. He insanced the case of Rear Ad-
miral sands, who, having been retired us captain
with the pay of 81, ,7SS annually was now receiving
through special acts of Congress 81 800 year.
The amendment was ruled out of order.
On motion of Mr. Butler, an amendment was
adopted striking out the clause providing for the
condemnation and sale of such stores and supplies
belonging to the several bureaus of the Navy as
shall be unserviceable, and inserting clause di-
recting the Secretary of the Navy to make report
of such stores and supplies TO Congress.
After coming to all arrangement the vote should
be taken upon the bill at o'clock on Monday,
the Senate, without further action, at 6:15 p. N.
adjourned.