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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 --THURSDAY, May 26, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole the consideration of the bill (S. 43) to regulate the pay of a general assigned to duty at the seat of government under the provisions of the act approved March 25, 1862; 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.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, that the vote on passing the bill (S. 43) last mentioned be reconsidered,
It was determined in the negative.
The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 44) to authorize certificates of indebtedness to be given for property purchased or impressed and for transportation, and to provide for payment of the interest on said certificates in specie; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.
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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 Representative therein.
Mr. Johnson of Missouri submitted the following resolution for consideration:
Resolved (the House of Representatives concurring), That the resolution passed by the two Houses fixing Tuesday, the thirty-first instant, as the day for the adjournment of the present session of Congress, be, and the same is hereby, rescinded.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Mitchel,
The Senate adjourned.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of A. S. Norwood, G. McD. Miller, J. M. French, John C. Fiser, J. A. Minter, J. R. Cabell, A. Spengler, to be colonels; W. M. Hadden, T. E. Upshaw, D. B. Lang, George K. Griggs, James Dickey, C. H. Lynch, George Huston, to be lieutenant-colonels; B. F. Winfield, Houston Hall, H. L. Lee, J. B. Golladay, to be majors, 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 nominations of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of B. R. Johnson, to be major-general; W. B. Goodlett, T. W. Alexander, E. H. McCaleb, J. M. Browne, Charles A. Webb, William A. S. Taylor, L. Flournoy, A. C. Hill, C. N. Welshaus, A. M. Barnes, George A. Blain, R. M. Harkness, Charles P. Roberts, G. C. Greenway, Virgil V. Moore, W. J. Sparks, J. P. Butler, Thomas Barrow, William P. Pillans, William K. Davis, James D. Easley, W. R. Garrett, M. D. Smallman, J. C. Judkins, Daniel E. Brown, Charles R. Harris, Robert L. Parrish, Edw. H. Davis, John A. Lewis, V. Hewitt, George W. Hunt, Thomas D. Gregory, Alex. B. Moore, R. S. Harrison, W. T. Walke, P. W. Arrington, W. L. McGaughy, Alfred Holmes, Albert B. Allen, McH. Whitaker, E. J. Darby, George Connar, J. T. Tannehill, F. Philips, T. Reynolds, C. H. Gordon, A. McGlashan, James W. Mitchell, S. G. Turner, Frank Jones, J. R. McIntosh, W. P. McGowen, Robert E. Garnier, Thomas H. Gibson, D. R. W. McIver, to be adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenants; J. H. French, Thomas N. Minter, to be assistant commissaries, with the rank of captains, 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 nominations of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom
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were referred the nominations of W. G. Calahan, to be major; Virgil Weaver, Stark A. Sutton, W. E. Stitt, A. E. Richards. H. B. Bicksler, John M. Robinson, Lewis Harman, William Dunovant, Fred W. Airey, R. L Keen, to be captains; John W. Carter, Adolph P. Webre, to be first lieutenants; H. D. Thompson, Ed. M. Poe, Jesse W. Avant, James W. Jordan, W. W. Kirkland, K. Taylor, R. A. Shotwell, Ind. C. Francis, Festus King, Charles J. Harper, and Andrew Kreutz, to be second lieutenants, 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 nominations of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the nomination of B. L. Braselman, to be second lieutenant in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and
On motion by Mr. Sparrow, that the further consideration be postponed until to-morrow,
On motion by Mr. Mitchel,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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