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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, December 28, 1864.
OPEN SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
Ordered, That the Hon. James M. Baker have leave of absence from the sessions of the Senate until Monday, the 2d day of January next.
Mr. Hill presented a letter from A. B. Alien, first lieutenant Company B, Ninth Regiment Georgia Volunteers, in relation to the right of officers to purchase clothing; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
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Mr. Watson presented certain papers relating to the purchase of clothing by officers of the Army; which were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dalton:
Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that on the 19th instant he approved and signed the following acts:
The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed two enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.
On motion by Mr. Simms,
Ordered, That the Hon. H. C. Burnett have leave of absence from the sessions of the Senate until Tuesday next.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate adjourned.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 21st ultimo) the nomination of Roswell Ellis, to be captain in the Adjutant-General's Department, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate do advise and consent to the appointment of Roswell Ellis, to be captain in the Adjutant-General's Department, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 12th instant) the nominations of Thomas C. McNeill, Thomas H. Turner, William D. Fisher, G. Dowell, C. E. R. King, J. A. Throckmorton, R. G. Turner, William Henderson, Jasper Buffer, D. H. Williams, F. T. Miles, C. Ganahl, John G. Pepper, G. Holland, J. P. Clopton, W. J. Goodman, J. T. Turner, W. B. Bonsal, H. P. Becton, J. P. Hewey, W. P. Riddell, W. D. Kelley, D. T. Iglehart, S. C. Oliver, W. W. McIver, E. W. Britton, W. Thompson, T. S. Means, and J. H. Trippe, to be surgeons; A. L. East, L. Henley, E. H. Smith, C. K. Duncan, John D. Parsons, Thomas C. Foster, A. H. McFall, Thomas J. Haley, J. M. Wellborn, J. J. Whitmore, J. R. Westbrook, William W. Newton, E. A. Sheppey, Samuel L. Lewis, E. Thigpen, William Watt, George H. Case, E. Lee Wager, E, Strudwick, W. G. Lomax, J. E. Douthit, James A. Johnston, William C. Day, Robert E. Dennis, C. W. Trueheart, T. L. Matthews, W. H. Robertson, M. R. Denman, James Long, S. D. G. Niles, M. L. Goodlett, George A. Penny, J. W. Strudwick, E. F. Raymond, William H. Murray, James Haley, Samuel D. Moses, L. W. Smith, Henry R. Thorp, John C. Harrison, David P. Jewett, James M. Calhoun, A. F. Clayton, David Curry, Jos. H. Johnson, William G. Freeman, John G. Lea, S. Hubbell, R. B. P. Harris, James W. Harrison, P. B. Dandridge, W. M. Boroughs, J. W. Clements, P. H. Brown, G. G. Osborne, jr., A. G. Bradley, R. Y. Dwight, G. O. Brosnahan,
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J. W. Clement. H. Drennan, B. F. Walton, E. C. Hughes, William R. Burgess, H. M. Pinkhard, James W. Davis. J. S. Vallandingham, Benjamin F. Few, William T. Bell, C. McK. Burkhalter, Thomas D. Hall, L. W. Shepherd, A. R. Rowzie, W. H. Dickerson, E. L. Bardwell, W. B. Almon, J. M. H. Ruff, W. H. Bunch, J. F. Baggott, P. L. Horn, Thomas W. Pierce, C. M. Lowe, J. L. Abrahams, J. W. Jackson. J. F. Griffin. H. M. Protho, M.P. Vernon, W. M. Clements, G. B. Burton, O. H. Seeds, J. R. Percy, W. M. Hamilton, M. J. Birdsong, H. L. Rugely, T. M. Blakemore, R. G. Lane, G. H. Bailey, R. C. White, A. M. Davidson, J. T. Barton, W. Kennedy, J. M. Frazer, P. Jordan, W. R. McMillan, T. T. Williamson, E. A. Pye, B. W. Bristow, J. A. Blanchard, J. W. Lockhart, R. C. Watson, W. J. Moffitt, E. W. Rogers, R. Linthicum, G. H. Worsham, J. T. Earnest, U. J. Thweatt, H. M. Jones, W. H. Cooke, R. M. Bostwick, G. S. Seymour, J. Berry, L. H. Tigner, W. S. Hancock, G. H. Peets, T. S. Wilson, A. E. Wall, R. L. Knox, G. P. Coggeshall, C. B. Stone, S. E. Lewis, D. E. Co?nor, T. Chacheré, W. S. Whaley, jr., W. E. Bondurant, D. P. Lagrone, N. M. Cluck, B. F. Crowell, J. S. Pursley, J. P. Hamer, C. G. Stovall, J. O'Brien, W. M. Taggart, G. A. Hogg, D. P. January, and R. T. Hurt, to be assistant surgeons, 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 do advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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