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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 --FRIDAY, February 5, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Jemison presented the memorial of certain officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates of Battles brigade, praying the privilege of reorganization and reelection of officers, without consolidating regiments and companies or in any way destroying the identity of the same; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 107) to increase the efficiency of the Army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities, reported it without amendment.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 211) to place free persons of color in the military service of the Confederate States.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 217) to amend the several acts in regard to military courts, and to create courts for divisions of cavalry;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported
A bill (S. 218) to amend the act entitled "An act to provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the war," approved 20th March, 1863;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The house of Representatives have passed bills of the following titles, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 90) to make additional appropriations for the support of the Government of the Confederate States of America for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1864; and
The amendments reported from the Committee on Finance were agreed to.
On motion by Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to amend the bill by inserting after line 294, page 9, the following:
For loss of slaves which have been impressed by the Confederate authorities and while engaged in laboring on the public defenses have escaped to the enemy or died, or contracted diseases which have, after their discharge, resulted fatally, three million one hundred and eight thousand dollars,
It was determined in the affirmative.
No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.
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Ordered, That the amendments be engrossed and the bill read a third time.
The said bill as amended was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass with amendments.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendments.
Mr. Dortch, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills and joint resolutions of the following titles:
The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bills and enrolled joint resolutions last reported to have been examined, they were delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approval.
Mr. Phelan (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 219) for the relief of persons who have been assessed, or who have paid the tax levied upon cotton subsequently destroyed by the Government;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Phelan (by leave) introduced
A bill (S. 220) to expedite the payment of the claims of deceased soldiers;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bills this day communicated from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times.
Ordered, That the bill numbered 109 be referred to the Committee on Finance; that the bill numbered 111 be referred to the Committee on Claims, and that the bill numbered 112 be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 210) to aid any State in communicating with and perfecting records concerning its troops, reported it with an amendment.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill last mentioned; and the reported amendment having
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been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.
Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Georgia,
That the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill (H. R 104) amendatory of an act entitled "An act to put an end to the exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes," approved January 5, 1864,
On motion by Mr. Burnett,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Baker, Caperton, Dortch, Haynes Hill, Hunter Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Maxwell, Oldham, Orr, Reade, and Semmes.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Burnett, Clark, Clay, Henry, Phelan, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
So the Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of said bill; and
On motion by Mr. Johnson of Georgia,
Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed to and made the special order for Tuesday next at 1 o'clock, and that it be printed.
On motion by Mr. Clay,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 192) to regulate the allowance of traveling expenses of officers of the Navy and others traveling under orders; and
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 170) to provide for the auditing and payment of certain claims in the State of Mississippi; and the reported amendments having been agreed to,
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Orr,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 209) to establish a bureau of foreign supplies.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the bill by inserting after "act," section 12, line 3, the words "the bond to be approved by the chief officer of said agency west of the Mississippi River,"
It was determined in the affirmative.
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The bill having been further amended on the motion of Mr. Clay, it was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.
Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time.
The said bill was read the third time.
Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.
Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 197) to redeem outstanding Treasury notes and discharge the public debt, and thereby restore the public credit; and
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 100) to continue in the service, for the war, all the troops now in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States.
On the question to agree to the following reported amendment, viz: Strike out of the first section of the bill the words
That all troops now in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States for general service be, and the same are hereby, continued in such service for and during the existing war with the United States: Provided, That State troops, which have been temporarily called out and placed under the authority of the Confederate Government, shall be exempted from the operation of this act,
and inserting in lieu thereof the words
That from and after the passage of this act, all white men, residents of the Confederate States, between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five, shall be in the military service of the Confederate States for the war, including those who may hereafter reach the age of eighteen years: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the discharge of enlisted men who shall hereafter reach the age of forty-five years, or over, from service in the field,
On motion by Mr. Haynes, to amend the amendment by striking out, in the third line, the word "fifty-five" and inserting "fifty,"
On motion by Mr. Phelan,
Ordered, That the bill and amendments lie upon the table.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of L. S. Ross, D. C. Govan, J. O. Shelby, to be brigadier-generals; J. J. Hedrick, to be colonel; B. W. Frobel, V. Sheliha, J. W. Bondurant, J. Floyd King, James R. Branch, Stephen Elliott, to be lieutenant-colonels; E. F. Gray, Edward Manigault, T. R. Hotchkiss, J. R. B. Burtwell, William Miller Owen, J. D. Myrick, John W. Johnston, Robert Martin, L. T. Wofford, J. C. Coit, W. H. Ketchum, H. M. Mathews, to be majors of artillery; John B. Davis, James Z. George, to be colonels; J. A. Barksdale, to be lieutenant-colonel; William G. Henderson, J. F. Love, to be majors; C. S. Fleming, to be captain; L. L. Albright, A. G. Cudworth, C. V. Smith, Franklin C. Ross, E. T. Tayloe, B. E. Gould, J. C. Davant, John A. Caldwell, F. M. Anderson, W. B. Couchman, Erwin A. Roach, E. H. Reid, to be second lieutenants; C. W. Anderson, Upton M. Young, Charles T. Furlow, J. M. Middleton, R. M. Harwell, E. H. McDaniel, to be aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant; John B. Moore,
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D. M. Layton, J. N. Shorter, Thomas G. Pond, J. W. Laird, John S. Bryan, John W. Faison, to be adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Semmes,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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