The National tribune., 1886-01-14


bounties of soldiers who served in the late war
| for the Union.
| RELIEF OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
Mr.. Houk (Tenn.), II. r. 1872 for the relief
of certain officers of the army for services act
ually performed during the rebellion. Mr..
Bayne pa, II. r. zoos, to provide for the mus
ter and pay of certain officers and enlisted men.
Mr.. LIE Fevre (Ohio), d. r. 1898, to- fix the rank
| of officers of the army hereafter retired by
reason of wounds received in action. Mr..
Hcuk (Tenn.), II. r. 1865, for the relief of GER
tain honOrably discharged non-commissioned
officers named therein. Mr.. Laird (Neb. J. H.
Z. 1882, to equalize the pay of Hospital Stew
ards of the army with that of other officers Of
| like rank. Mr.. Henderson (Neb), S. $780, to
confer brevet promotion on officers of the
| United States Army particularly distinguished
! by heroic action in Indian warfare, and for
other purposes. Mr.. Long (Mass.), Fl. R. 1882,
granting a pension to Mary A. {" Mother "
| Bickerdyke.
| CORRECTION OF SOLDIERS RECORDS.
Mr.. Butterworth (Ohio), II. r. 1776, to au-
! thorize the Secretary of War to correct the
record of certain meritorious soldiers of the
| war and secure to them an honorable discharge
from the service, and to provide for the pay
| ment Of the salary and bounty withheld from
| such soldiers by reason of their alleged deser-
| ton Mr.. Boutelle (Me.), II. r. 1917, to relieve
certain appointed or enlisted men of the navy
ana marine corps from the charge OF deSertIOn.
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS
| Mr.. Logan (1ll.), s. S41 comforting military
rank on telegraph operators in the military
service. MIR. Haynes On. H., H. R., 1466; Mr..
Durham Ull), and Mr. Warner MO-, II. r.
1865, for the relief of telegraph operators DUR
| ing the war.
| PREFERENCE FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
Mr.. Beach IN. ", H. R. 1866, to amend Sec
ton 1854 of the Revised Statutes so as to give
honorably discharged soldiers and sailors a
preference in public appointments. similar
bill was introduced by Mr. Atkinson (Pa.), II.
| L. 21S7.
| DONATION OF CONDEMNED CANNON, ETC.
Mr.. Sawyer IN. ", donating condemned
cannon and cannon-balls to the village of Al
bion, Orleans Co., N. Y, and to the village of
Nunda, Livingston Co., N. Y. Mr.. Hayden
| (NIass.), authorizing the Secretary of War to
deliver to Somervilie Post, GAR, Somerville,
| Mass, four condemned gun-carriages to be used
| for monumental purposes. Mr.. Milliken (Me.),
| to donate condemned cast-iron cannon to
Thomas II. Marshall Post, No. 4l, GAR; also,
to the citizens of Waterville, Me.
| MEDALS AND PRIZE MONEY.
| Mr.. McAdoo IN. J.l, Fl. r. 1883, to provide
suitable medals for the survivors of the officers
and crew Of the United States sloop- of war
! Cumberland Mr.. Wise tVa.), II. r. 2515, for
the relief of the officers and crew of the United
| States sloop- Cumberland. Mr.. O'Neill
| pa, II. r. 205O, appropriating prize money
| due to the survivors of Farragut's feet for
captures made in the Mississippi River in April,
| 1862.
STATE TROOPS
Mr.. Golf wv. Va.). for the relief of West vir-
ginia troops acting under authority of the Gov
ernor of said State during the late war. Mr.
White (Pa. H. II. 1884, for the relief of soldiers
of Co. Z, LIST Mo- l.. A., late Light Battalion
| Mississippi Marine Brigade.
WAR CLAIMS.
Mr.. Golf wv. Va.), to recognize and pay GER
tain claims due by the State of West Virginia
to citizens thereof for services to the United
States in the late war; and which are properly
chargeable to the United States. Mr.. McComas
(Md.), II. L. 1862 to afford further relief to
loyal citizens of States not in rebellion for
property taken by the Army Of the United
States.
IN MEMoRIAM.
A letter was read in both Houses from Gov.
Hoadly, of Ohio, presenting to the Nation,
in behalf of the State of Ohio, the marble statue
of President James A. Garfield, made by order
of the Legislature of that State and now in the
Statuary Hall of the Capitol. A concurrent
resolution accepting the statue with thanks was
adopted An eloquent eulogy upon the life,
character and public services Of Gen. Garfield
was delivered by Mr.. Sherman in the Senate
aud Mr.. Z. B. Taylor, in the House, gave notice
that he would speak on the subject at a future
time.
Senator Blair IN. H., s. ST. and s1S, to pro-
vide for the erection of monuments to the
memory of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S.
Grant. The bill proposes to appropriate 81 ,000,-
600 for each of these, they to be erected in
Washington, similar in plan to the Washington
Monument
Mr.. Dowdney IN. ". II. R. 1903, for the
erection and completion of monument to the
memory of the late Gen. Ulysses s. Grant, in
the city of New York. Mr.. McComas (Md.)
II. r. 81. providing for the erection of a monu-
ment at Frederick, Nd, over the grave of Fran
CHS Scott Key, the author of the "Star-Spangled
Banner"
Mr.. Seney (Ohio). to aid the Maumee Valley
Monumental Association to commemorate forts
and battlefelds of the war of 1872 in Ohio and
Indiana. Mr. Phelps IN. j., to encourage So
! cieties of the yicinage to erect monuments on
the few important battlefelds of the Revolution
yet unmarked.
NATIONAL HOME.
communication was presented from Gen.
w. B. Franklin, President of the National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Hartford,
Conn, notifying the Senate of the death of Gen.
Geo. B. Mcclellan, w ich event caused vacancy
in the board of managers of that institution
also from the Board of Managers of the Ma
tiOnal Home, transmitting their report for the
nScal year endeu June ~, 1850.
Mr.. Negley pa, Fl. T. 2073, to provide for
the location and erection of a branch Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers west of the
Rocky Mountains. Mr.. Symes (Colo.) and Mr.
Laird (Neb.), II. K. 1888, to authorize the loca-
ton of a branch Home for Volunteer Disabled
Soldiers in either of the States of Iowa, Mime
sofa, Nebraska, Colorado or Dakota Territory,
and for other purposes.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
On Thursday Speaker Carlisle announced
the Standing Committees. Below are the i'm
portant committees in full, the first named in
each case being the Chairman. The Committee
on Invalid Pensions" has jurisdiction in all
matters of that nature appertaining to the war
OF the rebellion, and the Committee on PEN
sions in those of all other wars.
Invalid Pensions--Matson Ind; Winans. Mich;
Lowering, Mass: Neece, Ill; SwOpe. Pa; Taulbee,
KY; Pidcock, j; Ellsberry. Ohio; Pindar, N Y;
Morrill, Kan Haynes II o. ara n G; Sawyer,
Y; Conger, Iowa; Loutitt Cal.
Pensions-Eldredge Mich; WOlford, Ky; Jones,
Ala; Scott. Pa COwles, n C.; lands Ill; Mahoney,
Y; Hutton. Mo; Struble. Iowa; Zachary Taylor,
Tenn; Brady, Va; White, Pa Thompson Ohio
War Claims.-Geddes, Ohio; Kleiner Ind Stone
KY; Timothy Campbell, n II Richardson. Tenn;
Perry, s G; Comstock, Mich; Reed, N G.; Libbey,
Va; Smalls. C; Hiestand, Pa; Johnston Ind;
Lyman, Iowa.
Ways and Reconsideration Ill; Mills Tex;
Hewitt Y McMillen, Tenn; Harris, Ga Breck-
inridge, Ark Maybury, Mich Breckenridge, Ky;