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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, January 5, 1865.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Walker submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the compensation now allowed to hospital matrons.
Mr. Caperton, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the following titles:
The President having signed the enrolled bills 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. Semmes, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the following bills:
Ordered, That they be printed.
Mr. Simms, front the select committee appointed to inquire into the adequacy of the compensation allowed to persons employed in making clothing for the Army, and to females in the Ordnance Department, reported
A bill (S. 155) to regulate the pay and allowances of certain female employees of the Government;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed.
On motion by Mr. Caperton,
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The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Maxwell,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
On motion by Mr. Caperton,
Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the proceedings of the Senate on the bill (S. 112) to facilitate transportation for the Government, passed at the second session of the First Congress.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred (on the 1st ultimo) the nomination of C. B. Denson, to be second lieutenant, Engineer Troops, 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 advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 14th ultimo) the nominations of James B. Perkins and C. R. Boyd, to be first lieutenants, Engineer Troops; M. J. Bulger, F. W. McMaster, G. W. Clayton, J. T. Jordan, W. D. Rutherford, E. C. Councill, R. W. Phipps, S. M. Boykin, John Ashford, C. E. Broyles, T. M. Logan, J. H. Nethercutt, L. Von Zinken, J. L. Drake, R. B. Boston, J. M. Steedman, R. E. Bowen, H. C. Kellogg, R. E. Burke, W. C. Holt, H. A. Carrington, J. P. Bane, F. A. Ashford, Arthur Herbert, Thomas Smith, W. H. A. Speer, G. H. Carmical, Isaac F. Hunt, G. K. Griggs, James D. Tillman, R. N. Payne, R. W. Turner, Harry T. Toulmin, D. L. Kenan, G. W. Gordon, William Grace, R. L. T. Beale, P. D. Bowles, W. F. Perry, W. H. Willis, C. W. Heiskell, Hugh A. Garland, L. T. Woodruff, W. E. Green, James G. Rose, John O'Neill, John P. McGuire, E. F. Bookter, R. P. Lester, M. R. Ballenger, F. C. Zacharie, C. J. Clack, Horace Ready, W. J. Crawley, James S. Boynton, F. S. Bass, G. E. Tayloe, R. F. Crittenden, Lewis Ball, and G. A. C. Holt, to be colonels; W. L. Lyles, B. G. McDowell, G. W. McIver, W. Wallace, E. F. Moseley, J. A. Blair, G. W. Huguley, B. B. Kirkland, S. McN. Bain, G. W. Flowers, W. B. Wooldridge, J. H. Duncan, Robert De Treville, Clem. G. Wright, S. B. Thomas, G. A. Lester, James H. Allen, J. M. White, D. L. Donnald, T. H. Shackelford, John W. Davis, W. J. Williams, W. H. Stewart, R. B. Arnold, E. R. Smith, G. C. Cabell, C. M. Winkler, J. J. May, R. C. Maffett, R. H. Lindsay, P. A. McMichael, G. Tyler, W. E. Fife, M. T. Almon, William Lester, W; H. Pryor, A. P. Butler, H. A. Kennedy, Thomas G. Miller, L. S. Gulley, S. S. Batchelor, R. H. M. Davidson, Thomas G. Berry, D. T. Richards, James A. Long, Thomas Waller, L. H. Scruggs, John A. Jones, E. A. Nash, Roger Moore, Thomas E. Screven, James G. Deaderick, Martin Burke, T. M. Atkins, J. R. Culp, T. F. Clyburn, W. M. Hardwick,
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J. T. Robertson, W. L. Goldsmith, H. Bussey, C. H. Moore, Eric Erson, J. K. Elliott, J. C. Carter, S. M. Dyer, T. J. Borden, Samuel M. Silver, W. S. Shepherd, Charles J. Bell, and J. H. Dunklin, to be lieutenant-colonels; J. T. Woodhouse, W. L. A. Ellis, George Downs, F. S. Lewie, Warren Adams, J. T. Wilson, Thomas E. Winn, J. H. Buchanan, John B. Rogers, John Loudermilk, J. R. Bell, S. H. Terral, J. L. Coker, S. P. Dendy, John G. Harris, C. A. Conn, W. E. Simmons, J. D. Frederick, C. R. McAlpine, J. T. McElvany, Robert A. Dean, B. R. Clyburn, R. P. Todd, J. P. Crawford, J. T. Hester, F. M. Raxdale, J. M. Partlow, W. J. Williams, E. H. Hampton, E. Bruster, L. Purdy, James B. Duggan, John F. Kiser, E. D. Brailsford, E. D. Willett, J. C. Bates, D. A. Grimsley, J. E. Binns, Samuel A. Swann, J. M. Wiggonton, W. H. Martin, W. M. Robbins, G. W. Cary, J. H. McReynolds, Bradford Keith, James B. Dickey, D. R. Duncan, J. W. Avery, T. M. Barbour, M. Cullen, J. J. A. Sharp, W. H. Rentfro, C. C. Kelley, W. B. Hundley, D. S. Davis, W. T. Hendon, Camp Flournoy, A. E. Moody, William D. Shelton, R. B. Fauntleroy, A. Picolet, and George W. Jones, to be majors; M. King, J. M. Rhett, and C. Inglesby, to be captains; E. M. Whaley, J. L. Wardlaw, T. A. Middleton, E. B. Middleton, W. F. Colcock, H. P. Clark, and B. H. Hudson, to be first 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 do advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to the nomination of the President.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 16th ultimo) the nominations of Carlos Tracy, James E. Bailey, Edward Cantwell, and A. R. Boteler, to be members of military court, and T. S. Taliaferro, to be judge-advocate; James E. Cuthbert, to be aid-de-camp, with rank of major of cavalry, 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.
Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred (on the 21st ultimo) the nominations of W. A. Taylor, F. L. Campbell, and James H. McNeill, to be colonels; C. Breckinridge, John D. Taylor, John M. Kinloch, and E. M. Dubroca, to be lieutenant-colonels; R. H. McClelland, L. H. Crumpler, William F. Graves, J. M. Stevenson, M. O. Tracy, and H. H. Lesesne, 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 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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