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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Senate Executive Journal --TUESDAY, February 3, 1874.
The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Babcock, his secretary.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Cicero L. Bristol, of Nebraska, to be pension agent at Omaha, Nebr., vice Smith S. Caldwell, whose term of office has expired.
U. S. Grant.
Washington, D. C., February 3, 1874.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Josiah A. Lee, of Florida, to be register of the land office at Gainesville, Fla., vice John S. Banks, to be removed.
U. S. Grant.
Washington, D. C., February 3, 1874.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate George Ritchey, of Missouri, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Boonville, Mo., vice John N. Gott, whose term of office has expired.
U. S. Grant.
Washington, D. C., February 3, 1874.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Charles Edwin Ballard, of Massachusetts, residing in Zanzibar, to be consul of the United States at Zanzibar.
U. S. Grant.
Washington, D. C., February 3, 1874.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Thomas O. Osborn, of Illinois, to be minister resident of the United States to the Argentine Republic, vice Julius White, resigned.
Washington, D. C., February 2, 1874.
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To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate the officers herein named for appointment, by transfer, in the Army of the United States.
Capt. Charles Hobart, of the Eighth Cavalry, to the Third Infantry December 29, 1873.
Capt. Louis T. Morris, of the Third Infantry, to the Eighth Cavalry December 29, 1873.
First Lieut. George A. Thurston, of the Fourth Cavalry, to the Third Artillery January 13, 1874.
First Lieut. Charles M. Callahan, of the Third Artillery, to the Fourth Cavalry January 13, 1874.
U. S. Grant.
Washington, D. C., February 2, 1874.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate the officers herein named for promotion in the Army of the United States.
Fourth Regiment of Cavalry.
Second Lieut. Otho W. Budd to be first lieutenant January 5, 1874, vice Hudson, deceased.
Twelfth Regiment of Infantry.
First Lieut. John M. Norvell to be captain January 31, 1874, vice Hoge, resigned.
Second Lieut. Joseph H. Hurst to be first lieutenant January 31, 1874, vice Norvell, promoted.
U. S. Grant.
Washington, February 2, 1874.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate the officers herein named for promotion in the Army of the United States.
Corps of Engineers.
Lieut. Col. Zealous B. Tower to be colonel January 13, 1874, vice Cullum, retired from active service.
Maj. Quincy A. Gillmore to be lieutenant colonel January 13, 1874, vice Tower, promoted.
Capt. Jared A. Smith to be major January 13, 1874, vice Gillmore, promoted.
First Lieut. James F. Gregory to be captain January 13, 1874, vice Smith, promoted.
Second Lieut. Francis V. Greene to be first lieutenant January 13, 1874, vice Gregory, promoted.
U. S. Grant.
Washington, February 2, 1874.
The messages were read.
Ordered, That the nomination of Cicero L. Bristol be referred to the Committee on Pensions.
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Ordered, That the nominations of Josiah A. Lee and George Ritchey be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Ordered, That the nomination of Charles Edwin Ballard be referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Ordered, That the nomination of Thomas O. Osborne be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Ordered, That the nominations of Charles Hobart and others, Otho W. Budd and others, and Zealous B. Tower and others be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Wright, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred, the 30th of January, the nominations of Joseph Pinkham and Joseph W. Huston, reported favorably thereon.
Mr. Boreman, from the Committee on Territories, to whom was referred, the 30th January, the nomination of Edward J. Curtis, reported favorably thereon.
Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, the 30th January, the nomination of Ebenezer Smith, reported favorably thereon.
Mr. Stewart, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, the 28th January, the nomination of T. B. Seabright, reported favorably thereon.
On motion by Mr. Ramsey,
Ordered, That the nomination of David Barwald be recommitted Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.
On motion by Mr. Allison, at 4 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m.,
The doors, were opened, and
The Senate adjourned.
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