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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 --WEDNESDAY, August 27, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Orr presented a memorial of the faculty of the Theological Seminary, at Columbia, S. C., praying the exemption of theological students from conscription: which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of citizens of Meriwether County, Ga., praying the exemption of Dr. G. W. Pinkston from conscription.
Mr. Oldham submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to the Senate whether provost-marshals, who are employed as such, are authorized by the Secretary of War to receive the pay of a captain of the staff, and to be paid by the Quartermaster's Department; and further, by what authority said officers are appointed, and their pay and allowance fixed.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 53) to amend an act entitled "An act to further provide for the public defense."
On motion by Mr. Clark, to amend the bill by adding thereto the following proviso:
Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not include persons coming from districts of country in which the conscription law can not be executed on account of the presence or proximity of the enemy,
On motion by Mr. Clark,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Clark, Haynes, Hill, Hunter, Mitchel, Oldham, Peyton, and Preston.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Burnett, Clay, Davis, Dortch, Henry, Lewis, Maxwell, Orr, Phelan, Semmes, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
So the amendment was rejected.
On motion by Mr. Clark, to amend the bill by adding thereto the following proviso:
Provided, That this act shall not extend to any member of a military organization under any State law, while he remains in active service without the limits of the State of which he is a citizen,
On motion by Mr. Clark,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Barnwell, Brown, Clark, Dortch, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Lewis, Maxwell, Mitchel, Oldham, Orr, Peyton, Phelan, Preston, and Semmes.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Burnett, Clay, Haynes, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
So the amendment was agreed to.
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On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the bill by striking out the words
wherever they may be found, whether they are residents of the State or county where they may be found or not; and any person leaving without proper permission after said enrollment shall be held and deemed a deserter and punished as such,
And inserting in lieu thereof the words
wherever found, whether within the State or county of their residence or not; and such persons, when so enrolled, shall be included within the provisions of the above-recited act, as fully as if enrolled under that act within the States of which they may be residents,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Oldham, to amend the bill by adding thereto the following proviso:
Provided further, That a regiment of troops raised under the authority of an act of the legislature of the State of Texas, for the defense of the frontier of that State, shall be exempt from the provisions of said act,
On motion by Mr. Oldham,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Clark, Hill, Lewis, Oldham, and Orr.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Burnett, Clay, Davis, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Hunter, Maxwell, Mitchel, Phelan, Preston, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
So the amendment was rejected.
On motion by Mr. Brown, to amend the bill by striking out, in line 2, the words "persons liable to military duty" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "male persons between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years,"
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 12 o'clock.
SECRET SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
Ordered, That the Committee on Finance be discharged from the further consideration of a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to an estimate of the Secretary of the Navy of the amount necessary to meet a contract for six ironclad vessels, steam engines, boilers, etc., to be constructed abroad, and that it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, reported
A bill (S. 63) to authorize a change in the form of Treasury notes; which was read the first and second times and placed upon the Calendar.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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