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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 --TWENTY-FIRST DAY--WEDNESDAY, September 10, 1862.
OPEN SESSION.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. Foster moved a call of the House; which was agreed to, and a quorum being present,
Mr. Miles moved that all further proceedings under the call be dispensed with; which was agreed to.
On motion, leave of absence for three days was granted Mr. Baldwin, on account of business.
On motion, leave was also granted Mr. Chilton, on account of illness.
Mr. Bonham presented the memorial of sundry citizens of South Carolina, praying the establishment of a mail route; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, without being read.
Mr. Bonham offered
A resolution that it be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of so amending the sequestration laws passed by this and the Provisional Congress as to relieve persons owing debts to alien enemies from the payment of the interest annually on such debts;
which was read and agreed to.
Also, a memorial in reference to contributions for the families of the soldiers who fall in battle: which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, without being read.
Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred
A bill to provide for payment for horses killed in action,
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation; which was agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A bill to complete the Georgia and Alabama Railroad as a military necessity,
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the Committee on Military Transportation; which was agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred a memorial praying pay for horses lost in the public service, reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the Committee on Military Transportation; which was agreed to.
Also, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A resolution in relation to an increase of the Medical Corps of the Army,
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the Committee on the Medical Department; which was agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A resolution separating the Pay and Quartermaster's Departments, reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the Committee on the Quartermaster's
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and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation; which was agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A resolution in relation to the completion of the railroad connection between Monroe and Shreveport, La.,
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the same be referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation; which was agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom were referred two resolutions in relation to the payment of officers and soldiers, reported the same back, with the recommendation that they be discharged from their further consideration and that the same be referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation; which was agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A resolution in relation to the shelter and subsistence of troops passing through Richmond,
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the same be referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation; which was agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A bill to provide for the granting of sick furloughs,
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the same be referred to the Committee on the Medical Department; which was agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A resolution in relation to the commutation of clothing, etc., reported the same back asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the Committees, on Quartermaster's and Commissary Department and Military Transportation.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A resolution to authorize the Government to take possession of cotton and woolen manufactories, etc.,
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation; which was agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A bill concerning the transportation of soldiers, etc.,
reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the same be referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation; which was agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A resolution in relation to furnishing food for the Army, reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that the same be referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation; which was agreed to.
Also, from the same committee, to whom was referred a memorial in reference to horses lost in the public service, reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that
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it be referred to the Committee on Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation; which was agreed to.
Mr. Chambers, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A bill for the increase and regulation of the appointment of general officers in the Provisional Army,
reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with an amendment.
The bill was placed upon the Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Chambers, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A bill to grant medals as rewards for courage, etc.,
reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass with an amendment.
The bill was ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed.
Mr. Chambers, from the same committee, reported
A bill to provide for appointments in the Provisional Army, etc., with the recommendation that it pass.
The bill was read the first and second times, ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed.
Mr. Harris, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A resolution in relation to the number of men on pay in the Army, etc.,
reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass; which was agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred a memorial in relation to the Medical Department, reported the same back, asked to be discharged from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the Committee on the Medical Department; which was agreed to.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred a bill from the Senate for the relief of disbursing officers and other agents of the Government in certain cases, reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass.
The bill was placed upon the Calendar and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Miles, from the same committee, to whom was referred a bill from the Senate providing for substitutes in certain cases and detailing privates for police duty, reported the same back, with the recommendation that it do not pass.
The bill was placed on the Calendar.
Mr. Harris, from the same committee, to whom was referred
A bill in relation to the raising and organizing additional troops in the State of Missouri,
reported the same back, with the recommendation that it pass.
The rules being suspended, Mr. Breckinridge moved to amend the bill by inserting the words "and Kentucky" after the word "Missouri," wherever occurring.
The amendment was agreed to, and the bill was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed.
On motion, the title of the same was amended by inserting the words "and Kentucky" after the word "Missouri," and striking out the word "State" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "States."
Mr. Holt moved that the rules be suspended in order to take up for consideration a bill to amend the sequestration act.
The motion was lost.
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Mr. E. M. Bruce, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred
A bill in relation to the transfer of troops,
reported the same back and recommended its passage with an amendment.
The rules were suspended, and the bill was taken up and read as follows, viz:
The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, That whenever the interest of the service, shall admit, that all private soldiers and noncommissioned officers now in the service of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. who may desire it, shall be transferred to regiments of their own States now in the service.
The committee moved to amend the sane by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following words, viz:
That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to transfer any private or noncommissioned officer who may be in a regiment from a State of this Confederacy other than his own to a regiment from his own State whenever such private or noncommissioned officer may apply for such transfer, and whenever such transfer can be made without injury to the public service, and the Secretary of War shall make regulations to facilitate such transfer: Provided, That this act shall not apply to any one who has enlisted as a substitute: Provided further, That this act shall not apply to any regiments continuing [containing] more than twenty-five privates and noncommissioned officers from any State other than the one from which the regiments came.
Mr. H. W. Bruce moved to amend the amendment by striking out the proviso thereof.
The morning hour having expired, the House proceeded to the consideration of the special order of business, which was a bill to fill up Existing companies, squadrons battalions, regiments, etc.
The question being on the amendment or Mr. Smith of North Carolina,
Mr. Menees moved a postponement of the consideration of the special order for half an hour.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Menees, by unanimous consent, offered
A resolution that the Committee on Naval Affairs be required to investigate and inquire into the most successful means of defending the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, upon our repossessing them from the enemy, in the most efficient, prompt, and expeditions manner, and report to this House by bill or otherwise;
which was read and agreed to.
Also, by consent, Mr. Menses offered
A resolution that the Committee on Military Affairs be requested to investigate the question as to whether the citizens of such States or parts of States as were overrun at the time of the passage of the conscript bill should not have the same time and opportunity to enter the service by voluntary enlistment and organization after the enemy is driven from said grates that was allowed to States not so overrun between the time of adoption of said act and its enforcement in said States, and to report to this House by bill or otherwise;
which was read and agreed to.
The Chair laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, inclosing a Navy Register.
Mr. Perkins moved that 1,000 copies of the same be printed, and that it lie on the table.
The rules were suspended, and the motion was agreed to.
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The Chair laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to an increase of the salaries of clerks; which was read and referred to the Committee on Claims.
Also, another communication from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to money, etc., sent abroad for military and naval purposes; which was read and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
A message was received from the President, by his Private Secretary, Mr. Harrison.a
[Note a: a Not recorded in the Journal.]
The House then proceeded again to the consideration of the special order.
The question having been put on the amendment of Mr. Smith of North Carolina, and a quorum not voting,
Mr. Jones moved a call of the House and called the yeas and nays thereon;
Which being ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Ashe, Ayer, Batson, Bonham, Clapp, Collier, Currin, Davidson, Farrow, Freeman, Hanly, Hilton, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, McQueen, Miles, Royston, Sexton, and Swan.
Nays: Atkins, Barksdale, Bell, Boteler, Boyce, Bridgers, Eli M. Bruce, Chambers, Chambliss, Clark, Clopton, Conrow, Curry, Dargan, De Jarnette, Dupré, Foster, Gardenhire, Gartrell, Goode, Graham, Gray, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Herbert, Holcombe, Holt, Kenner, Lyon, Lyons, Machen, McDowell, McLean, Menees, Moore, Munnerlyn, Perkins, Preston, Pugh, Read, Russell, Smith of North Carolina, Strickland, Tibbs, Trippe, Villeré, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, and Wright of Tennessee.
So the call of the House was not ordered.
A message was received from the Senate, by their Secretary, Mr. Nash; which is as follows, to wit:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill of the following title, viz:
In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House.
The Senate, on the 3d instant, indefinitely postponed a bill of this House of the following title, viz:
Mr. Machen moved a suspension of the rules.
Mr. Jones called for the yeas and nays;
Which being ordered,
Yeas: Arrington, Atkins, Barksdale, Batson, Breckinridge, Bridgers, Horatio W. Bruce, Clapp, Curry, De Jarnette, Gardenhire, Gartrell, Goode, Gray, Hilton, Hodge, Holt, Jones, Kenan of North Carolina, Kenner, Lyon, Machen, McLean, Preston, Pugh, Read, Russell, Strickland, Swan, Tibbs, Wilcox, and Wright of Texas.
Nays: Ashe, Bell, Bonham, Boyce, Chambers, Chambliss, Clark, Clopton, Collier, Davidson, Dupré, Farrow, Foote, Foster, Graham, Harris, Hartridge, Heiskell, Herbert, Lyons, Marshall, Miles, Moore,
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Perkins, Royston, Sexton, Smith of North Carolina, Welsh, Wright of Georgia, and Mr. Speaker.
So the motion was lost.
Mr. Sexton moved that when the House adjourn it adjourn to meet at 12 o'clock to-morrow.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Trippe moved that when the House adjourn it adjourn to meet at 11 o'clock to-morrow.
The motion was lost.
And on motion of Mr. Chambers,
The House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow.
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