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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journal of the Confederate Congress --THIRTEENTH DAY--WEDNESDAY, December 4, 1861.
OPEN SESSION.
Congress met pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Hoge.
Congress then resolved itself into secret session.
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SECRET SESSION.
Congress being in secret session.
Resumed the consideration of the unfinished business of yesterday; which was the consideration of the motion of Mr. Sparrow to reconsider the vote by which the amendment of Mr. Hemphill to the first section of a bill to encourage the enlistment of volunteers was adopted.
A message was received from the President, by the hands of his Private Secretary, Mr. Josselyn:
Executive Department,
Richmond, December 4, 1861.
Mr. President: The President on yesterday approved and signed
A resolution for the relief of the Lumberton Guards (Company D, Second Regiment North Carolina Volunteers); also
A resolution of thanks to Maj. Gen. Sterling Price and to the officers and soldiers under his command for gallant and meritorious conduct in the present war.
ROBERT JOSSELYN,
Private Secretary.
Mr. McRae, from the Committee on Engrossment, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled
An act regulating furloughs and discharges in certain cases.
Mr. William Ballard Preston moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Rhett called the question; which was seconded, and Mr. Avery, at the instance of the State of North Carolina, demanded that the yeas and nays of the whole body be recorded thereon; which are as follows, to wit:
Those States voting in the affirmative are,
Florida and Georgia, 2.
Those in the negative are,
Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, 7.
The States of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee being divided.
So the motion was not agreed to.
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The question then recurring upon the motion of Mr. Sparrow to reconsider the vote by which the amendment of Mr. Hemphill was adopted, the vote was taken, and the motion to reconsider prevailed.
Mr. Hemphill then moved to amend by inserting after the word "days" the following words, to wit: "and transportation home and back."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Miles moved to amend by inserting after the word "times" the words "in such numbers."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Jones moved to amend by inserting after the word "for" the following words, to wit: "three years, or for."
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Hill moved to amend by substituting in lieu of the first section the following, to wit:
Be it enacted by the Congress of the Confederate States, That transportation home and back shall be granted to all troops now enlisted in the service of the Confederate States for twelve months, who shall prior to the expiration of their terms of service reenlist for the war; and that furloughs not exceeding sixty days shall be granted to troops so reenlisting at such times as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may best comport with the exigencies of the public service.
Mr. Conrad, by general consent, moved that the Chair appoint two members to the Naval Committee in the places of Messrs. Ruffin and Oldham, now absent.
The motion was agreed to; and
On motion of Mr. Perkins,
Congress adjourned until 12 o'clock m. to-morrow.
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