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Also, petition of A'merican Council, No. 18, Daughters of II. R. 10703. An act authorizing the extension of .Monroe street .America, favoring restriction of immigration ( S. 4403 )'--to the NE. ; Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. H. n. 10843. An act authorizing the extension of Kenyon By ·1\!r. RIORDAN: Petition of Richmond Council, No. 19, street NW. ; Junior Order United American ll~chanics, favoring restriction H . R. 14815. An act f or the extension of Harvard street, Co­ of immigration (S. 4403)-to the Committee on Immigration lumbia Heights; District of Columbia ; and Naturalization. H. R. 14900. An act to extend FouTth street NE. ; . Also, petition of the Bar .Association of Seward, Alaska, for H . R. 20069. ~ act for the opening of Macomb street NW., legislation creating a fourth judicial division Of the- court, with District of Columbia.; headquarters at Seward or Valdez-to the Committee on the R . R . 21408~ An act to amend. an act entitled "An act to regu­ Judiciary. late the ~eeping of employment agencies in the District of Co­ By .Mr. SAMUEL : Petition of Walmeta Council, . No. 73, Iumbia where fees are charged' for procuring employment or Daughters of Liberty, fa.T"oring restriction of immigration (S. situations," approved June 19, 1906 ; and 4403) -to the Co.rnmi ttee on II:mnlgration and Naturalization. H . R. 22580. An act making appropriations for the· current By 1\lr. S~IITH of Pennsylvania: Petition of Sargeant Wiant and' contingent expenses of the ' Indian Department, for ful­ Council, No. 3!)9, Junior Order United. American Mecllanics, filling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, :md. for faT"oring resh·iction of immigration (&. 4-103)-to the Committee other purposes, for. the fis~l year ending Jnne 30, 1008. on Immigration and Naturalization. By Mr. STERLING : Paper to accompany bill for relief of ENROLLED BILLS STONED. James O'Neal-to the Committee on lnT"alid Pensions. T.Qe message further announced that the Spenker of the By 1\Ir. WANGER : Petition of the Intelligencer, of. Doyles­ House had signed the following emolled bills ; and they were town, Pa., against tariff on linotype machines-to the Commit-­ thereupon signed by the Vice-President : tee on Ways and 1\Ieans-. S. l58. An act granting. an ·increase of pension to John Ord By Mr. WILEY of New Jet-sey: Petition of citizens of East Gordon; Orange and Orange, N. J.., and members of the Woman'~ Club of S. 2225. An act granting an increase ·of pension to Samuel Orange, against the duty on works of art-to the Committee on White; ·ways and Means. S. 2880. An act granting an increase of pension to James C. By 1\!r. WILLIAMS : Petition of the American, against tariff Coad; on linotype macQ.ines-to the Committee on Ways and Means. S. 4:174:. An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph .P. Garland; · S. 4235. An act granting an increase of pension_ to Daniel SEW.ATE. Sullivan; S. 4315. An act granting an increase of pension to J. Dillen VVEDNESDAY, December 19,1906. Turner; S. 4365. An act granting an. increase of pension to Mathew Prayer by Rev. MERRIMAN- COLBERT HARRIS, D. D., missionary Kerwin; . bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. for Japan and Korea. S. 4366. An act granting an increase of pension to Henry B. The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's Willilelmy ; nroceedings, when, on request of l\Ir. GALLINGER, and by Ul{ani­ S. 4695. An act granting an increase of pension to John H . mous com:ent, the further reading was dispensed with. Mullen; The VICE-PRESIDENT, The Journal stands approved. S. 4091. An act granting an increase oi: pension to Lycurgus ANNUAL REPORT OF THE L~TERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. D. Riggs; S. 5042. An act granting an increase of pension to Joscplline The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate tlle Twentieth S. Jones; Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission; which was referred to the Committee on Interstate- Commerce, and S. 5081. An act granting a pension to Lucy Florette :Nichols; S. 5402. An ~ct granting an increase of pension to Cllarles 1\1. ordered to be printed. Lyon; MESSAGE FRO:!\£ THE HO'CTSE. S. 5~45. An act granting an increase of pension to Margaret A message from the House of Representatives, by 1\IJ·. W . J . Brannon; BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced· that the House bad passed S. fi547. An act granting an increase of pension to Hillary tile following bills with amendments; in which it requested the Beyer; concurrence of the Senate: S. 5637. An act granting an increase of pensign to Margaret &. 55. An act for the widening of Bladensburg road, and for Remmel; · other purposes ; S. 5710. An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel U. S. 64. An act for the extension of Seventh street _and Frank­ .Daughenbaugh ; lin street NE., and for other purposes; S. 5094. An act granting an increase- of pension to John S. 68. An act for the widening of a -section of Columbia road Dickey· east of Sixteenth street; S. 614:8. An act granting an increase of pension to James S. S. 133. An ac:t authorizing the extension of Twenty-thlrd Wllitlock; street NW. to Kalorama road; S. 6151. An act granting an increase-of pension to l\lnrk Ham; S. ~098. An act authorizing the extension of Second street S. 6197. An· act- granting an increase of pension to Charles E1 NW. from Elm sh·eet north to Bryant sn:eet, of W street from Hemy ~ its present terminus west of Flagler place to Second street, and S. 62~8 . An act granting a pension to Betsey Hattery; of 'V street west of Second street eastwardly to Second street; S. G259. An ac): granting_ an increase of pension to Oakaley · S. 2260. An act authorizing the extension of Meridian place Randall; NW. ; . S. 6339. An act granting an increase of pension to James S. 5119. An . act authorizing tile ·extension of W and Adams Dearey; streets NW. ; s: 6521. An act granting a pension to Abbie J. Daniels; and · s. 5'J-4G. An act to provide for the extension• of Geneseo place H . R. 22584. An act making- appropriations to supply urgent ·and Summit place, District of Columbia; and deficiencies in the apnropriations for tile fiscal yerrr ending June 30, 1907, and for other purposes. S. 5565~ An act to close certain alleys in the- District of Columbia. . . PETITIONS A~D ME::UORIALS. The message also announced that the House had passed the 1\fr. BENSON pre ented memorials of 'sundry citizens of Eu­ following bills; in which it requested the concurrence cf the reka, Moline, 1\fineral, Franklin County, and. Cherokee Countj, Senate: all. in the State of Kansas, remonsh·atlng against the ·enachnent H. R. 121. An act authorizing tb~ extension of Seve-nteenth of legislation requiring certain places of bu ine s in the District street NW.; of Columbia to be closed on Sunday ; which were referred to the H. R. !28. An act for the opening of a connecting highway be­ Committee on the District af Columbia. tween Water Side drive and Park road, District of Columbia.; 1\Ir. GEA.RIN presented memorials. of sundry citizens· of Port~ · H. n. 5971. An act u.utborizing the extension of T street (for­ land and Multnomah County, in the State of Oregon, remon­ merly W str:cet) NW. ; strating against the enactment of legislation requiring certain· II. R . 7039. . .An act authorizing the- extension of Prospect places of business in the District of Columbia to be closed ·on street N"r· ; Sunday; which were referred to the Committee on the District II. R. 84:35. An act for the opening of Fessenden street NW., of Columbia. · · Disn-fd of Columbia; 1Ur. KEAN presented. a: petition .of ~1mfu---y citizens of'.Camden, 1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 525

N. J., praying that an investigation be made into the recent dis: Mr. DICK, from the Committee on Territories, to whom was charge of Companies B, C, and D, of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, referred the bill (H. R. 13675) to ratify and confirm the acts of and that justice be accorded them; which was referred to the the legislative assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma, passed in Committee on 1\iilitary Affairs. the year 1905, relating to an insane asylum for the Territory of He also pre ented a petJtion of sundry citizens of Cliffwood, Oklahoma, and providing for the establishment and maintenance N. J., praying for the enactment of legislation to regulate the of an insane asylum for the Territory of Oklahoma at Fort Sup­ inter tate transportation of intoxicating liquors; which was re­ ply, in Woodward County, Okla., and making appropriation ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary. therefor, reported it without amendment, and submitted a report l\Ir. SCOTT presented a memorial of sundry citizens of thereon. Pleasants, W. Va., remonstrating against the enactment of legis­ ALLEGHENY RITER BRIDGE. lation requiring certain places of business in the District of l\fr. BERRY. I am directed by the Committee on Commerce, Columbia to be closed on Sunday; which was referred to the to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 21200) to authorize the Committee on the District of Columbia. county of Allegheny, in the State of Pennsylvania, to construct Mr. BURKETT presented sundry a,ffidavits to accompany the a bridge across the Allegheny River, in Allegheny County, Pa., bill ( S. 7292) granting an increase of pension to Stephen Prior.; to report it favorably without amendment. which were referred to the Committee on Pensions. l\1r. KNOX. I ask unanimous consent to take up presently l\.Ir. LODGE presented ·the memorial of Horace 1\.Iann, of for consideration the bill just reported from the Committee on Athol, l\fass., remonstrating against the enactment of legisla­ Commerce. tion requiring certain places Qf business in the District of Co­ The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill will be read for the infor­ lumbia to be closed on Sunday; which was referred to the Com­ mation of the Senate. mittee on the District of Columbia. The Secretary read the bill ; and there being no objection, the Mr. BULKELEY presented n memorial of Admiral Foote Post, Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to its conSid­ No. 17; Grand Army of the Republic, of New ·Haven, Conn., re­ eration. monstrating against the enactment of legislation providing for a The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ discontinuance of the canteen at the National Soldiers' Homes; dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. BRIDGE AT FORT SNELL! "G, MINN. He also presented a memorial of 20 citizens of South Wind­ bam, North Windham, and Willimantic, all in the State of Mr. NELSON. I am directed by the Committee on Commerce, Connecticut, remonstrating against the enactment of legisla­ to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 196) relat­ tion requiring the closing of certain places of bus,iness in the ing to :the consh·uction of a bridge at Fort Snelling, 1\Iinn., to District of Columbia on Sunday ; which was referred to the report it favorably without amendment, and I ask for its present Committee on the District of Columbia. consideration. He also presented a memorial of Local Grange No. 153, Pa­ The Secretary read the joint resolution -; and there being no trons of Husbandry, of Bridgewater, Conn., remonstrating objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded against any further appropriation for the free distribution of to its consideration. seeds and plants; which was referred to t;he Committee on Ag­ The joint resolution was reported to the Senate without riculture and Foresh·y. amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and l\lr. BERRY presented a petition of the Board of Trade of passed. ·Batesville, Ark., praying that an appropriation of $10,000 be BILLS INTRODUCED. made for the improvement of the Upper White River in that Mr. WHYTE introduced a bill (S. 7344) granting an increase State; which was referre(l to the Committee on Commerce. of pension to Clara P. Coleman; which was read twice by its WITHDRAWAL OF CHOCTAW INDIAN LANDS FRO~f ALLOTMENT. title, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. He :i.Iso introduced the following bills; which were severally l\Ir. BERRY. l\Ir. President, I have a number of telegrams all read twice by their titles, and, with the accompanying papers, relating to the withdrawal of land from alloqnent in Indian referred to the Committee on Claims. Territory. One of them states: A bill ( S. 7343) for the relief of the trustees of the Reformed In the withdrawal of lands in the Choctaw Nation fmm allotments, Church of Burkettsville, l\Id. ; as per the telegraphic orders of Secretary Hitchcock, December 12, an irreparable injury is done not only Arkansas and Fo1't Smith, but also A bill ( S. 7346) for relief of the council of Zion Evangelical Indian Territory and many towns situated therein. Acordingly we en­ Lutheran Church, of Williamsport, Mel. ; ter a .-lgorous protest and ask that the lands in question be t·estored A bill (S. 7347) for ·the relief of the Frederick Academy of to their former status. · the Visitation, of Frederick, l\Id. ; and This was adopted by the Commercial Club of Fort Smith, Ark.~ A bill ( S. 734 ) for the relief of the trustees of· the Pi'esbyte- and sent to me by the president of the club. · · tian Chu1·ch of Hancock, UUnited States; which to the Senate document room 2,000 copies of the messaae of the Presi­ was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on dent of the United States concerning the Panama Canal communicated the Geological Survey. to the Senate. December 17, 1906. He also introduced a bill (S. 7360) for the relief of Lucy L. Mr. LODGE. In regard to· the message of the President con­ Bane; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the cerning the Panama Canal, it was printed I see, in the reform Committee on Claims. spelling. Since then the Executive order has been withdrawn · Mr. BENSON introduced a bill (S. 7361) granting an in­ and the House of Representatives passed a resolution. The sen~e crease of pension to George Downing; which was read twice by of the House is that the documents printed by order of Congress its title, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. shall be in what I may call "normal" pelling. I suggest, as we l\lr. Sl\IOOT introduced the following bills; which were sev­ are ordering additional copies of this message, the Executive or­ erally read twice by their titles, and, with the accompanying der having been withdrawn, that it be printed normally. papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions: 'l'be VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the reque t .A bill (S. 7362) granting an increase of pension to Joseph made by the· Senator from :Mas achusetts? The Chair bears D. Richardson; and none, and it is so ordered. .A bill ( S. 7363) granting an increase of pension to William WEBB C. MA.GLA.THLIN. J. Showaker. Mr. LODGE. I ask unanimous consent to take from the 1\fr. McENERY introduced the following bills ; which were Calendar the bill (S. 6729) authorizing the President to ap­ se\erally read twice by their titles, and, with the accompanying point Webb C. Maglatblin a second assistant engineer in the papers, referred to the Committee on Claims: Revenue-Cutter Service~ .A bill ( S. 7364) for the relief of the estate of Charles The Secretary read the bill; and, there being no objecti'on, the Christophe, deceased ; Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to its con­ .A bill (S. 7365) for the relief of the estate of Jo,Seph E. sideration. It authorizes the President of the United States Dupre, deceased ; to appoint Webb C. Maglathlin a second assistant engineel.· in .A bill (S. 7366) for the relief of the heirs of J. P. B. Rachal, the United States Revenue-Cutter Service upon the occurring of deceased; .. the first v~cancy after the passage of this act in the grade of A bill ( S. 7367) for the relief of the estates of William Rob­ second assistant engineer in that Service, p:t:ovided that Webb inson and Emily Bartell, deceased; C. Maglatblin passes satisfactorily the pby ical examination A bill (S. 7368) for the relief of the heirs of Francois F. G. required by the regulations. of that Service. :\Ietoyer, deceased; Mr. SCOTT. I should like to ha\e the Senator from Massa­ A bill (S. 7369) fer the relief of the estate of Chestan Me­ chusetts explain the bill. I have no objection to its consfdera­ toyer, deceased ; tion. .A bill ( S. 7370) for the relief of the heirs of Joseph Metoyer Mr. LODGE. It is a unanimous report from tile Committee and Antoinette Metoyer, deceased; and · on Commerce. · The case is a very simple one. This young man .A bill ( S. 7371) for the relief of the estate of Florentin Co- had gone through the usual training at school for the Revenue­ nant,. deceased. · Marine Service ; he passed all his examinations, and was ju t · 1\Ir. HALE introduced a bill (S. 7372) to authorize the accept­ about to receive his appointment when Congre, s changed the ance by the Secretary of the Navy, as a gift, of a sail boat for age law, which put him just two months out of the age. It is use of tile midshipmen at the Naval .Academy; which was read tllought by the Department to be a very hard ca·se indeed, he twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Naval having passed an his examinations, after having been prepared Affairs. at school; and it can only be cured by an act of Congre . 1\Ir. NELSON introduced a bill (S. 7373) granting an increase The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ of pension to Jeremiah Thomas; which was read twice by its dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, ~itle, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. and passed. · .Mr. PENROSE introduced a bill ( S. 7374) for the relief of JuJius A. Kaiser; which was read twice by its title, and referred MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE AT YANKTON, S. DAK. to· the Committee on Naval Affairs. ' Mr. FORAKER. I ask for the present consideration of the He also introduced a bill (S. 7375) to con·ect the military rec­ bill (S. 6872) to amend an act e;ntitled "An act authorizing the ord of Dennis O'Brien; which was read twice by its title, and, Winnipeg, Yankton and Gulf Railroad Company to construct a with the acco.p1panying paper, referred to the Committee on Mili- combined railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge across the tary .Affairs. . Missouri River at or near the city of Yankton, S. Dak." l\fr. ELKINS introduced a bill ( S. 7376) to amend section 5153 Mr. McCUMBER. There was unanimous consent given yes: of the Revised Statutes of the United States; which was read terday that we would take. up the pension bills after the elo e . twice by its title, and, with the accompanying paper, referred to of the morning business. I simply wish to suggest to Senators . the Committee on Finance. that following the rule we have heretofore followed, wllen l\Ir. ELKINS. I move that the document accompanying the unanimous consent is given to take up c~rtain bills it justifies bill be printed, as it explains the amendments to the existin·g the absence of Senators who are not interested in those bills law proposed to be made by the bill. and there being very few Senators present this morning it The motion was agreed to. would seem inappropriate to change the unanimous-consent order l\lr. ARl\IACK introduced the following bills; which were at this time to go to the consideration of other bills. I have no severally read twice by their titles, and referred to the Commit­ objection .to the bill called up by the Senator from Ohio, but tee on Pensions : I am anxious to have the bills on the Pension· Calendar dis­ A bill (S. 7377) granting an increase of pension to Martha J. posed of. Callins; · Mr. FORAKER. I did not have in mind at the moment tile A bill ( S. 7378) granting a pension to Giles M. Caton; and .consent agreement of yesterday, and I was not aware that the A bill ( S. 7379) granting a pension to Mary E. Dougherty. morning routine business had been decl~red by the Chair to be 1\fr. ANKENY introduced a bill ( S. 7380) granting an increase closed. The bill I have called up, I may say, is one of only a of pension to Andrew J. Harris; which was read twice by its few lines, for the extension of time in which to commence tile title, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. construction of a bridge, and I wish to get it to the other Ilouse. Mr. McCUMBER. I do not make any objection to the con­ AMENDMENT TO LEGISLATIVE, ETC., APPROPRIATION BILL. sideration of the bill. I merely made a sugge tion. l\fr. PENROSE submitted an amendment proposing to appro­ The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill will be read for the in­ priate an additional sum of $15,000 for the contingent expenses formation of the Senate. of the New Mexico Territorial legislature, intended to be pro­ The Secretary read the bill ; and there being no objection, posed by him to the legislative, etc., appropriation bill; which the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to 1ts con­ was ordered to be printed, and, with the accompanying paper, re­ sideration. ferred to the Committee on Territories. Mr. SPOONER. I believe it bas been the custom to incor­ ESTATE OF SAMUEL E. BRATTON, DECEASED. porate in such bills a provision reserving the right to alter or repeal the act. On motion of Mr. BACON, it was l\Ir. BERRY. This merely extends tbe time. Ordernl That permission be, and hereby is, granted for the with­ Mr. SPOONER. That provision is in the original act? drawal d, the affidavits and papers relating to the claim of the estate Mr. BERRY. It is in the original act. of Samuel EJ. Bratton, deceased, now on file in the office of the clerk of the Committee on C)Jlims of the Senate. The bill was reported to the Senate without umenclme ;t. ·Ol'v 1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· SENATE. 527 dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. and passed. CONSIDERATION OF PE ~sroN DILLS. GEORGE PORTER. 'I'he VICE-PRESIDENT. Under the unanimous-consent The bill ( S. G5G9) granting an increase of pension to George agreement, the· Secretary will read ihe bills on the Pension Porter was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ Calendar in their order. poses to place on the pension roll the name of George Porter, late of Company F, Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Vohmteer W1LL:r.A.M COLVIN. Cavalry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of The bill (H. R. 1D293) granting an increase of pension to that be is now receiving. William Colvin was consiO.ered as in Committee <>f the Whole. The bill was reported to tbe Senate witbout amendment, or­ It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of William Col­ dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time,· vin~ late of Company D; Twelfth Regiment Indiana Volunteer and passed. Infantry, arid to pay him a pension of $30 per m·onth in lieu of WILBUR F; HODGE. tbat be is now receiving.· The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Tbe bill ( S. 6568) granting an increase of pension to Wilbur F. Hodge was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Wilbur F. JOSEPH :M'BRIDE. Hodge, late. first lieutenant Company IT, Eighty-sixth Regiment The bill (H. R. 1G85G) granting an increase of pension to Illinois Volunteer Infanh-y, and to pay him a pension of $3G per Joseph McBride was considered as in Committee of the Whole. month in lieu of that he is now receiving. It propo~ es ·· to place on the pension roli the name of Joseph · The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ McBride, late of Company E, Eleventh Regiment Un.i_ted States dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in Ileu o·f and 11a.ssed. that he is now receiving. DANIEL G. SMITH. The bill was reported to the Senate without amend.Irient, or­ The bill (S. 5073) granting an increm:e of pension to Daniel dered to a _third reading, read the third ti~e, and pa,ssed: G. Smith was considered as in Committee of the Whole. · EUGENE A.. MYERS. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an The bill (H. R. 10814) granting a pension to Eugene A. amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike out Myers was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ " thirty " and insert " twenty-four; " so as to make the bill read : poses-to place on the pension roll the name of Eugene A. Myers, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and· he is llerety, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolL, subject to helpless and dependent son of Benjamin H." Myers, late lieuten­ the prQvisions and limitations of the pension laws, the ·name of Daniel ' ant-colonel Eighty-third Regiment Indiana Yolunteer Infanh·y, G. Smith, late of Company G, Forty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer and to pay him a pension of $12_per month. Infantry, and pny him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lie"Q Tbe bill was reported to the Senate witbout amendment, or~ of that he is now receiving. dered to a t}lird reading, read the third time, and passed. The amendment was agreed to. Tbe bill was reported to the .Senate as· amended, and the ALICE BOSWO.RTII. amendment was concurred in. The bill ( S. 6814) granting a pension to Alice Bosworth was Tbe bill was o1·dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to 1be third time, and passed. place on the pensi<:m roll the name of Alice Bosworth, widow of. ISAAC G. CLARK. Franklin H. Bosworth, late commissary.,sergeant . Ni~ety-fiftb Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. and to pay her a pension The bill ( S. 831) granting an increase of pension to Isaac G. of $8 per month. Clark was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate with<>'ut amendment, or­ 'l'be. bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike and passed. out "thirty" and insert ''twenty-four;" so as to make the bill NELSON niGA.LOW. read: Be it enacte.d, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is The bill ( S. 6819) granting an incr-ea. e of pension to Nelson hereby, authorized and directed to place on . the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Isaac Bigalow was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ G. Clark, late of Company D, Twelfth Regiment Iowa Volunteer .In­ poses to place on the pension ·roll the name of Nelson Bigalow, fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of late of Company' A, Seventy-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer that he is now receiving. Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30. per month in lieu of The amendment was agreed to. that he is now receiving. The bill was reported to· the Senate as amended, and the The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ amendment was concurred in. dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read and passed. · ·· · .the third time, and passed. ALBERT G. PEABODY, JR. THOMAS KELLY. The bill. (S. 677) granting an increase of pension to Albert Tbe bill (S. G79) granting an increase of pension to Thomas G. Peabody, jr., ·was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Kelly was considered as in Committee of the Whole. · It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Albert G. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with Peabody, jr., late of Company A, Thirtieth Regiment Wisconsin an amendment, in line 8, before the· word " dollars," to strike Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month out " fifty " and insert " thirty-six; " so as to make the bill­ in lieu of that be is now receiving. read:· The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lle is dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas and passed. Kelly, late of Company B, Eleventh Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer In­ THOMAS M. ROBERTS • . fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of The bill ( S. 68.25) granting an increase of pension to Thomas thnt he is now receiving. M. Roberts was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The amendment was agreed to. proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Thomas 1\.I. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, ana the Roberts, late of Company F, One hundred and tw'enty-seventh amendment was concurred in. Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infanh·y, and to pay him a pen­ The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read sion of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ -BILLS PASSED OVER. dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, The bill (S. 6822) granting an increase of pension to Chris- and passed. topher Christopherson was announced as next in order.. · KATE M. MINER. :Mr. McCUMBER.· I ask that this bill and the succeeding The bill (S. 6239) granting an increase of pension to Kate :M. one, the bill· ( S. G821) granting an increase of pension to Jona­ Miner was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ than M. Adams, be passed over for the present. poses to place on the pension roll the name of Kate l\1. ~iner, The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bills will be passed over for widow of Nelson H. Miner, late of Company E, Hatch's bat­ the present talion Minnesota Volnnteer Cavalry, and .to pay her a pi:m­ REUBEN SMALLEY. sion of $12. per month in lieu of that she is now recelving. The bill (S. 4182) granting an increase of pension to Reuben The bill was reported to_ the Senate without amendment, or· Srualley was considered as in Committee of the Whol~-. · · ' 528 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECEMBER 19,

The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with "dollars," to strike out "fifty" and insert "forty-six;" so as an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike to make the bill read : out "fifty" and insert "thirty;" so as to make the bill read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the · Interior be, and he is Be it enactecl, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereoy, authorized and directed to place on the pen ion roll, subject to .het·eby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Edward the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name ·of Reuben R. Cunningham, late first lieutenant Company D, Nineteenth Regi-· Smalley, late of Company I;', Eighty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer ment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $1!0 per month in lieu $46 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of that he is now receiving. The amendments were agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. . 'l'be bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and,· the 'l'he bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendments were concm·red in. amendment was concurred in. - 'l'he bill was ordered to be engro sed for a third reading, read The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time,. and passed. the third time, and passed. · · NELLIE P~'TON. WILLIAM E. REDMOND. The bill (S. 6230) grunting an increase of pen ion to Nellie The bill (S. G052) granting an increase of pension to William Parton was considered as in Committee of the Whole. EJ. Redmond was considered as in Committee of the Whole. 'l'he bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensfons with amendments, in line 7, . before the words " United States," to in­ an amendment, -in line 8, before the word "dollars," to strike sert "Third Regiment; " and in line 8, before the word " dol­ out " thirty , and insert " twenty-fom· ; , so as to make the bill lars," to strike out " twenty " and insert " t\\el\e; " so a to read: make the bill read : Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to pla<;e on the pension roll, subject to hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Nellie E. Redmond, late of Company I, Sixty-third Regiment Indiana Volun­ Paxton, widow of William Paxtoq., late of Company A, Third ReO'iment teer· Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in United States Dragoons. war with Mexico, and pay her a pension at lieu of that he is now receiving. the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The amendment was agreed to. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the The bill was reported to the Senate .us amended, and the amendment was concurred in. amendments were concurred in. . The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill was ordered to be engros ed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. the third time, and passed. MICHAEL MEYERS. ANNA LAMAR WALKER. The bill (H. n. 193:37) granting an increa e of pension to The bill ( S. G57G) granting an increase of pension to Michael Anna Lamar Walker was con idered as in Committee of the Meyers was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of poses to place on the pension roll the name of Michael Meyers, Anna Lamar Walker, widow of Nathaniel G. W. Walker, late of late of Company B, Thirteentl1 Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cav­ Captain Allen's company, Colonel Brisbane's regiment South alry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receivin·g. · Carolina Volunteers, Florida Indian "·ar, and to pay her a pen­ sion of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, dered to a third reading, read the third time, and pa sed. and passed. MARCUS WOOD. ELIZA F. WADSWORTH. The bill ( S. 5493) granting an increase of pension to Marcus The bill (H. R. 17481) granting a pen ion to Eliza F. Wads­ Wood was considered as in Committee of the Whole. worth was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with poses to place on the pension roll the name of Eliza F. Wad - an amendment, . in line 8, before-the word "dollars," to strike worth, widow of Charles C. Wadsworth, late of Company G, out "thirty" and insert "twenty-four; " so as to make the Fourth Regiment Maprland Volunteer Infanh·y, and to pay her bill read: a pension of $8 per month. · Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject dered to a third reading, read the third time, and pas ed. to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Marcus Wood, late of Company I, One hundredth Regiment New York LOUISA .M. SEES. Volunteet• Infantry, and pay him a pension at ·the rate of 24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill (H. R. 18113) granting an increase of pen ion to The amendment was agreed to. Louisa. 1\f. Sees was considered as in ommittee of the Wllole. It proposes to place on tbe pension roll the name of Louisa 1\I. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Sees, widow of Jacob A. Sees, late of Battery D, Second Regi­ amendment was concurred in. ment United States Artillery, Texas and New Mexico Indian The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read war, and to pay her a pension of $12 per month in lieu of that the third tim~, and passed. she is now receiving. · AMELIA M. HAWES. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill (S. 5741) granting an increase of pension to Amelia dered to a third reading, read the third time, nnd pas ed. .M. Hawes was considered as in Committee of the Whole. ANTONIO MACELLO. · The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill (H. R. 19416) granting an increa e of pension to amendments, in line 6, after the word " late," to strike out " cap­ Antonio Macello was considered as in Committee of the tain " and insert " second lieutenant ; " and in line 9, before the Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of word "dollars," to sb.·ike out "twenty" and insert "fifteen;" Antonio l\Iacello, late of Company 1\I, Thirteenth Regiment so as to make the bill read : New York Volunteer Cavalry, and Company I, 'l'hird Regiment Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is New York Provisional Volunteer Cavalry, and to pay him n pen­ hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of sion of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Amelia M. Hawes, widow of Patrick 0. Hawes, late second lieutenant The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. pay her a pension at the rate of $15 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. DAVID .B. JONES. • The amendments were agreed to. The bill (H. R. 19503) granting an increase of pension to · The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the David S. Jones was considered as in Committee of the Whole. amendments were concurred in. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of David S. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Jones, late of Company A, Sixty-eighth Regiment Indiana Vol­ the third time, and passed. unteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month EDWARD R. CUN ""INGHAM. in lieu of that he is .now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill (S. 6347) granting an increase of pension to Edward R . Cunningham was considered as in Committee of the Whole. dered· to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with JOHN E. KINGSBURY. amendments, in line 6, after the word " late," to strike out " of " The bill (II. R. 19601) granting an increa e of ,pension to and: insert " first lieutenant; " and in line 8, before the word John E . Kingsbury was considered as in Committee of the .CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENAT-E."· _529

Whole. It proposes to plfl_ce on the pension-roll .t~e name of New York Volunteer Ca~alry, and pay. her _a pension at tbe rate of $20 John E. Kingsbury, late of Company D, Eighty-first .Regiment per month. New York Volunteer Infantry, and Eighty-ninth . Company, The amendment was agreed to. · Second Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps, and to · p~y h_im ·a . The bill was repot~ted to the Senate as amended, and the pension of $2:1: per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. amendment was concurred in. · · · The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. the third time, and passed. · · CEIARLES w. WEBER. SAMUEL COOK. The bill (II. R. 12667) granting an increase. of ·pension to The bill ( S. 6485) granting an increase of pension to Samuel Charles W. Weber was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Cook was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on tl}e pension_roll -the name of Charles W: The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with 'Veber, late of Company I, T\\eat;)T-third Regiment Kentucky an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to stTike Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $40 per month out " fifty" and insert " thirty-six; " so as to make the bill in lieu of that he is now receiving. . read: The bill was reported to the Senate without am_endment, or­ Be it enacted) etc.) That the Secretary of tl:J,e Interi.or be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. the provisions and limitations of the pension· laws, the name of Samuel Cook, late of Company A, Fifth Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, NEAL o'DONNEL PARKS. and pay him a pension at the rate of 36 per month in lieu of that he The bill (H. R. :1,6169) granting a pension to Neal O'Donnel is now receiving. Parks was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill. was reported to the Senate as amended, and the an amendment, to stTike out all after the enacting clause and amendment was concurred in. insert: The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reawng, l'ead That the Secretary of the Interi01: be, and he is hereby, authorized the third time, and passed. and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Neal O'Donnel Parks, late WILLllM J. GIRVAN. acting assistnnt snrgeon, United States Army, and private, Comp~my The bill (H. R. 16741) granting an increase of pension to Wil­ B, Second Battalion, Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. liam J. Girvan was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of William J. The amendment was agreed to. Girvan, late of Company F, Eleventh Regiment New York Vol- - The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the unteer Infant:ry, and to pay him a pension of $20 per month in amendment was concurred in. lieu of that he is now receiving. 'l'he amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ read a third time. The bill was read the third time, and passed. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. ROSEANNA HUGHES. GEORGE W. BLAIR. The bill (H. R. 17874) granting an increase of pension to The bill ( S. 6561) gi·aniing an increase of pension to George Roseanna Hughes was considered as in Committee of the ·whole. W. Blair 'vas considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Roseanna The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with Hughes, widow of James Hughes, late second lieutenant Com­ an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike out pany E, First Battalion Louisiana Mounted Volunteers, war "fifty" and insert "thirty;" so as to make the bill read: with l\Iexico, and to pay her a pension of $12 per month in lieu Be it enacted~ etc.) 'l'hat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is of that she is now receivlng. hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rol.l, subject to the. provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George The bill was reported to the Senate without amenJ}ment, or­ W. Blair, late of Tenth Independent Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. TJight Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. CATHARINE F. FITZGERALD. The amendment was agreed to. The bill (H. R. 18227) granting an increase of pension to The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Catharine F. Fitzgerald was considered as in Committee of the amendment was concurred in. · · Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of The bill was-ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Catharine F. Fitzgerald, widow of John G. Fitzgerald, late of the third time, and passed. Company I, Sixty-fifth ):tegiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension of $16 per month in lieu of that she is AGUSTA P. MORGAN. now receiving. The bill ( S. 6723.) granting an increase of pension to Agusta 'l'he bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ P. l\forgan was announced as next in order. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Mr. McCUMBER. I ask that the bill may be passed over, LYDIA A. PATNAUDE. retaining its place on the Calendar. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over. The bill (H. R. 19483) granting a pension to Lydia A. Pat­ naude was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ FRANCES A. JEPSON. poses to place on the pension roll the name of Lydia A. Pat­ The bill ( S. 6131) granting an increase of pension to Frances naude, widow of Alfred Patnaude, alias Alfred Putnam, late of A. Jepson .was considered as in CoOllllittee of the Whole. Company A, Seventeenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with Infantry, and to pay her a pension of $8 per month. . an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and The bill was reported to the Senate witho,ut amendment, or­ insert: der~d to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he .is hereby, authorized REUBEN D. DODGE. and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensions laws, the name of Frances A . .Jepson, widow The bill ( S. 6560) granting an increase· of pension to Reuben of Leonard .Jepson, late of Company K, Tenth Regiment, and Companies D. Dodge was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ A and K, Twenty-ninth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay poses to place on the pension roll the name of Reuben D. Dodge, her a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lien of that she is now late of BatterY' D, First Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Light receiving. Artillery, and Company F, Third Regiment Rhode Island Vol­ 'l'he am.:mdment was agreed to. unteer Cavalry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the lieu of that be is now receiving. mnendment was concurred in. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or-_ The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, the third time, and passed. and passed. · -- · M.ARTH.t.. W. POLLARD. ELLA B. GREEN. The bill (S. 1347) granting a pension to Martha W. Pollard The bill ( S. _6580) granting an increase of pension to Ella B. was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Green was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ The bill was reported from the Committee on f>ensions with poses to place on the pension roll the name of Ella B. Green, nn amendment, to strike· out all after the enacting clause and widow of Charles L. Gr~en, late .of Company B; Fourteenth Itegi­ insert: ment, and Company A, Eighteenth Regiment, New Hampshire That the SecL·etary of the Inte.rior be, and be is hereby, authorized Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension of $20 per month and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Martha W. Pollard, widow in lieu of that she is now receiving. of Edward Po_llard, late captain Comyany H, Twenty-fourt~ Regill!eJ;lt The bill was reported -to_~he _ Senate · without amendment, or- XLI--34 530 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECE~IBER 19,. dered to be -engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the and passed. amendments were concurred in. EZEKIEL MORRILL. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill ( S. 6579) granting an increase of pension to Ezekiel the third time, and passed. · .Morri1l was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ FLORENPE n. PLATO. poses. to place on the pension roll the name of Ezekiel Morrill, The bill ( S. 4389) granting an increase of pension to Florence late assistant surgeon Thirte:-uth Regiment New Hampshire Plato was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Volunteer Infantry and surgeon ]'irst :Regiment New Hampshire The biil was reported from the Committee on Pensions ;wjth Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and to pay him a pension of $30 per amendments, to strike out all after the enacting clau e and in­ month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sert: The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and and passed. limitations of the pension laws, ·the name of Florence B. Plato, widow WESLEY J. LADD. of Nelson Plato, late captain and assistant quartermaster, Unitc:>d States Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of $30 per month The bill (S. 6586) granting an increase of pension to Wesley in lieu of that she is now receiving. J. Ladd was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ The amendments were agreed to. poses to place on the pension roll the name of Wesley J. Ladd, The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the !ate of U. S. steamers Rodolph and Ver·mont, United States Navy, amendments were concurred in. and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that be is The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, rend now receiving. the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in­ dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, crease of pension to Florence B. Plato." and passed. ALONZO S. PRATHER. FRANCIS W. CROMMETT. The bill (S. 5725) granting an increase of pension to Alonzo The bill ( S. 6203) granting an increase of pension to Francis S. Prather was considered as in Committee of the Whole. W. Crommett was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The bill was ·reported from the Committee on Pensions· with propo es to place on the pension roll the name of Francis W. amendments, in line 6, after the word " late," to strike out Crommett, late of Company C, Twenty-fourth Regiment Maine " of " and insert " second lieutenant; " and in line 8, before the Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month word " dollars," to strike out " thirty " and insert " twenty­ in lieu of that he is now receiving. four ; " so as to make the bill read : The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is dered to be engros ed for a third reading, read the third time, hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to and passed. the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Alonzo ROSWELL PRESCOTT. S. Prather, late second lieutenant Company B, Sixth Regiment In­ diana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 The bill ( S. 10) granting an increase of pension to Roswell per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. Pre cott was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The amendments were agreeQ. to. propose to place on the pension roll the name of Roswell The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Pres£! ott, late of Company A, Twenty-seventh Regiment .Maine amendments were concurred in. Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, rend in lieu of that he is now receiving. the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ WILLIAM H. RHOADS. dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (S. 768) granting an increase of pension to Wil­ liam H. Rhoads was considered as in Committee of the Whole. LUCIUS RUMRILL. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill ( S. 5727) granting an increase of pension to Lucius amendments, in line 6, after the word " late," to strike out " a Rumrill was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ private; " in the same line, after the word " unassigned," to poses to place on the pension roll the name of Lucius Rumrill, sh·ike out "in the;" and in line 8, before the wor~f "dollars," late of Company B, Fourteenth Regiment New Hampshire to strike out "twenty-five" and insert " twenty; ~· so as to make Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month the bill read : in lieu of that he is now receiving. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to dered to be engrossed for a third reading, rea(l the third time, the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. the name of Wil­ liam H. Rhoads, late unassigned, Seventh Regiment Minnesota Volun_­ and· passed. teer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month EDWARD L. CARPENTER. in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill (S. 1425) granting an increase of pension to Edward The amendments were agreed to. L. Carpenter was announced as next in order. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the 1\fr. 1\fcCUJ\IBER. I ask that the bill be passed ove_r, retain­ amendments were concurred in. ing its place on the Calendar, without prejudice. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over with­ the third time, .and passed. out prejudice. JAMES D. MERRILL. PATRICK O'DAY. The bill (S. 5443) granting an increase of pension w James The bill (S. 1257) granting an increase of pension to Patrick D. Merrill was considered as in Committee of the Wbole. O'Day was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with poses to place on the. pension rol~ the name of Patri~k O'Day, amendments, in line 6, after the word " late," to sh·ike out ·~ of" late of Company G; Seventh Regunent New Hampshire Volun­ and insert " sec-ond lieutenant; " and in line 8, before the word teer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in "Infantry," to insert" Volunteer;" so as to make the bill read: lieu of that he is now receiving. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is Tlle bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the pr~visions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jame dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, D. Merrill, late second lieutenant Company D, One hundred and and passed. twelfth R~cnt United States Colored Volunteer Infantry, and .pay THOMAS P. CHE1\"'EY. him a pensiOn at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill ( S. 6829) granting an increase of pension to Thomas The amendments were agreed to. P. Cheney was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with amendments were concurred in. amendments in line 6, after the word " late," to insert " first; " The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. read and in the ;arne line, after the word "Company," to strike out the third time, and pa sed. the letter " E " and insert "A; " so as to make the bill read: JACOR SMITII. B e it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and. be is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subJect to The bill (S. 59.80) granting an increase of pension to Jacob the pr~visions and limitations of the pension laws, :tJie name. of Thomas Smith was considered as in Committee of the Wbole. p Cheney late first lieutenant Company A, Sixth Regunent New H·ampshire' Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at th~ rate of The bill was repott:ed from the Committee on Pensions with $30 per month in lieu of that he is now recelvmg. amendments, in line 6, after the word "Company," to strike The amendments were agreed to. out " I, Third," and insert "F, Forty-third; " and in line 7, be- 1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN4-TE. 531 fore the word "and," to strike out "Cavalry" and insert "In­ airy, and to pay hlm a pension of $30 per"month in lieu of that fantry ;. " so ~s to make the bill tead : he is now receiving. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jacob Smith, late of Company F, Forty-third Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer JOHN EWING. Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu TlJe bill (II. R. 14199) granting an increa-·e of pension to of that he is now receiving. · J olln Ewing was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It· The amendments were agreed to. vrovoses to place on the pension roll the name of John Ewing, The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the late lieutenant-colonel One hundred and fifty-fifth Regiment amendments were concurred in. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a vensiori of The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. the third time, and passed. '.rhe bill was reported to the Sen'Ute without amendment, or­ AMANDA W. RITCHIE. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (H. R. 4205) granting an increase of pension to ROBERT n. CRAWFORD. Amanda W. Ritchie was considered as in Committee of the The bill (H. R. 14537) granting an increase of pension to Rob­ Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of ert B. Crawford was considered as in Committee of the ''hole. Amanda W. Ritchie, widow of William Ritchie, late first lieu­ It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Robert B. tenant and captain Company C, Fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Crawford, late pf Company C, Thirty-eighth Regiment Pennsyl­ Reserve Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension of $20 vania Volunteer Infantry~ and to pay him a pension of $30 per per month in lieu of that she ·is now receiving. month in lieu of that.he is now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. GEORGE W. KELLEY. ALEXA DER DIXSON. The bill (H. R. 4292) granting a pension to George W. Kelley The bill (H. R. 19311) granting an increase of pension to was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to Alexander Dixson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. place on the pension roll the name of George W. Kelley, late It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of .Alexander second-class apprentice U. S. S. New Hampshi1·e, United States Dixson, late of Company A, Fifth Regiment Tennessee Volun­ Navy, and to pay him a pension of $17 per month. teers, war with Mexico, and to pay him a pension of $20 per The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ month in lieu of that he is now receiving. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. ·'l'he bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ d~red to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. WILLIAM HARVEY. JACOB KINKERLY. The bill (H. R. 5728) granting an increase of pension to Wil­ liam Harvey was considered as in Committee .of the Whole. It The bill (H. R. 19611) granting an increase of pension to proposes to place on the pension roll the name of William Har­ Jacob Kinkerly was considered as in Committee of the Whole. vey, late· of Company G, Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cav­ It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Jacob Kink­ alry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that erly, late of Company A, Twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Volun­ he is now receiving. · teer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. HENRY L. JOIINSO~. DENNIS A. LITZINGER. The bill (H. R. 6956) granting an increase of pension to Henry The bill (H. R. 12128) granting ::m increase of pension to Den­ L. Johnson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It nis A. Litzinger was considered as in Committee of the Whole. proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Henry L. John­ It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Dennis A. son, late of Company H, Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, Litzinger, late of Company D, Second Regiment Pennsylvania and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he is Volunteers, war with Mexico, and captain Company D, Tllird now receiving. Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ RICHARD CALLAGHAN. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (H. R. 8481) granting an increase of pension to Rich­ CHARLES T. MURRAY. nrd Callaghan was coi).sidered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill (H. R. 12339) granting an increase of pension to It. proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Richard Charles 'I'. Murray was considered as in Committee of the Wllole . . Callaghan, late of Company A, Thirty-fifth Regiment New Jer­ It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Charles T. sey Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per l\furray, late of Company E, Thirtieth Regiment Indiana Volun­ month in lieu of that he is now receiving. teer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $36 per month in lieu The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ of that he is now receiving. · dered to a. third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ JOB B. CRABTREE. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (H. R. 19298) granting an increase of pension to Job SAMUEL B. M'LE.A.N. B. Crabtree, was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The bill (H. R. 12482) granting an increase of pension to proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Job B. Crab­ Samuel B. McLean was conSidered as in Committee of the tree, late of Company F, First Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Cavalry, war with Mexico, and to pay him a pension of $20 per Samuel B. McLean, late of Company C, Ringgold Battalio..n month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and Company D; Twenty-sec­ The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ ond Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and to pay him· dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. LEVI BRADER. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (H. R. 19359) granting an increase of pension to Levi Brader was considered as in Committee of the Whole. u · pro­ MIRANDA BIRKHEAD. poses to place on the pension roll the name of Levi Brader, late The bill (H. R. 2315.) granting a pension to Miranda Birk­ of Company B, One hundred and fifty-third Regiment Pennsyl­ head was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ vania Volunteer Infantry, arid to pay him a pension of $24 per poses to place on the pension roll the name of Miranda Birk­ month in lieu of that he is now receiving. head, widow of William 0. Birkhead, late acting second assist­ The bill was reported to the Semite without -amendment, or­ ant engineer, United States Navy, and to pay her a pension of dered to a. third reading, read the third time, and passed. $8 per month. JONAS M . SEES. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill (H. R. 17675) granting an increase of pension to dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Jonas M. Sees was considered as in Committee of the Whole. JOHN H. PITMAN. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Jonas M. The bill (H. R. 4707) . granting· an increase of pension to Sees, late of Company E, First Regiment Ohio Volunteer· Cav- John H. Pitman was considered as in Committee of tile Whole. 532 ·CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DEOEMBER 19,

· It proposes to place on the pension roll tile name of John H. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Pitman, late acting master's mate, United States Navy, and to amendment was concurred in. pay .him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of tilat he is now The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read receiving. the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. ISAAC C. PHILLIPS. The bill (S. 5826) granting an increase Qf pension to I saac JAMES W. STEWART. C. Phillips was considered as in Committee of the 'Vhole. The bill (II. It. 7580) granting an increase of pension to James The bill was reported fmm the Committee on Pensions with ,V. Stewart was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It an amendment, in line 8, before the word •• dollars," to strike proposes to place on the pension roll the name of James W. out" forty" and insert" thirty;" so as to make the bill read: Stewart, late of Company L, Sixth Regiment West Virginia Vol­ Be 1t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is miteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per inonth hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to in lieu of that he is now receiving. the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Isaac C. Phillips, late of Company B, Fifth Regiment Michigan Volunteer The bill was reported to the Senate without an:iendment, or­ Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. of that he is now receiving. BRIDGET M. DUFFY. The amendment was agreed to. The bill (H. R. 1G513) granting an increase of pension to The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Bridget l\1. Duffy was considered as in Committee of the Whole. amendment was concurred in. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Bridget M. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, re..'ld Duffy, widow of Peter J. Duffy, late captain Company G, Sixty­ the third time, and passed. first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pen­ ELVIRA A. h.'"ELLY. sion of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The bill (S. 1941) granting an increase of pension to Elvira 'J'he bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ A. Kelley was considered as in Committee of the Whole. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with GEORGE H . REEDER. an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and in­ The bill (H. It. 18493) granting an increase of . pension to sert: George H. Reeder was considered as in Committee of the Whole. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pla.ce on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of George H. limitations of the pension laws, tlle name of Elvira A. Kelly, widow ·needer, late of Company B, One hundred and forty-fifth Regi­ of Ozial H. Kelly, late of Company C. Eighteenth Regiment 1\Iichigan ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pen­ Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $16 per month sion of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. in lieu of that she is now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The amendment was agreed to. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. · The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and tile amendment was concurred in. MARIA NILES. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, ·read 'l'he bill (H. R. 11483) granting a pension to 1\Iaria Niles was tbe third time, and passed. considered as ln Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in­ on the pension roll the name of 1\Iaria Niles, widow of Jolin D. crease of pension to Elvira A. Kelly." Niles, Iat"e of Company B, One hundred and first Regiment Penn­ sylvania Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension of $8 per WILLIAM VANTILDURGH. · month. Tile !Jill ( S. 1857) granting an increase of pension to William The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ "Van Tilburgh was considered as in Committee of the Whole. dered to a third reading,· read the third time, and passed. Tbe bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with amendments, in line G, before the words "late," to strike out the JAMES L. ESTLOW. name " Yan Tilburgh" and insert .. Vantilburgh; " and in line Tl1e bill (S. Gl8G) granting an increase of pension to James L. 8, before tbe word " dollars," to strike out " seventy-two " and Estlow was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ insert " thirty; " so as to make ·the bill read: poses to place on the pension roll the name of James r .. Estlow, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is· late of Company A, Third Regiment New Jersey Volunteer In­ hereby, authorized · aud directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. the name of William fantry, and to .pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of Yantilbmgh, late of Company G, Eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cav­ that be is now receiving. alry, and pay him ~_pension at the rate of $30 per month i.n lieu of The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ that he is now rece1vmg. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The amendments were agreed to. MARTHA J. HALLER. Tbe bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendments were concUITed in. · The- bill (S. G438) granting an increase of pension tp 1\Iartha The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read J. Haller was considered as in Committee of the Whole. the third time, and passed. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pe·nsions with The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in­ an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and erease of pension to Willjam Vantilburgh." insert: ALO£ ZO COOPER. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and 'l'he bill (H. R. 1871) granting an increase of pension to limitations of the pension laws, the name of Martha J". Haller, widow Alonzo Cooper was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It of William W. Haller, late of Company K, 'l'welfth Regiment Oh io Vol­ unteer Infantry, and second lieutenant Company H, One hundred and proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Alonzo Cooper, sixty-eighth Regiment Ohio National Guard Infantry, and pay her a late second lieutenant Company I and first lieutenant Company pension at the rate of $15 per month in lieu of that she IS now re­ F, Twelfth Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and to pay ceiving. him a pen,·ion of $24 per month in lieu of that be 1s now re­ The amendment was agreed to. ceiving. Tbe bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ amendment was concurred ~n. dered to a third reading, read the third time, an~ passed. The bill was ordered to ·be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. . JOllN M. PEARSON. MARY L. DEABDSLEY. The bill (H. R. .8273) granting an increase of pension to John l\1. p ·earson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The bill ( S. 642!)) granting an increase of. pension to 1\iary L. proposes to place on the pension roll the name of John U. Pear­ Beardsley was considered as in Committee of the Whole. son, late of Company A, Second Regiment Mississippi Volun­ The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with teers, war with Mexico, and to pay him a pension of $20 per an amendment, to strike out all after. the enacting clause and month in lieu of that he is now receiving. insert: Tbe bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized · dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary L. Beardsley~ widow MARY E. TURNEB. of William P. Beardsley, late of Company C, Fifth Regiment, and Com­ pany EJ, Sixth Regiment. New York Vol?Jltt;er Cavalry, and _pay her a The bill (H. R. 19321) granting an increase of · pension to pension at the rate of $16 per month m lieu of that she 1s now re­ l\fary E. Turner was considered as in Committee of the Whole. ceiving. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of l\Iary E. The amendment was agre~ to. Tm·?er, widow of Josilua Turner, late of Company F, First -1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. ' 533

Regiment Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, war with Mexico, JAMES S. SALSBERRY. and to pay her a pension of $12 per month in lieu of that she is The bill (H. R. 13057) granting an increase of pension to now recci ving. James S. Salsberry was considered as in Committee of the Tile bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Whole. It proposes to place. on the pension roll the name of dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. James S. Salsberry, late ot Company B, One hundred and MARY ISABELLA RYKARD. eleventli Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a Tile bill (II. R. 19322) granting an increase of pension to pension of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1\Iary Isabella Rykard was considered as in Committee of the The bi.ll was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ w·hole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. 1\fary Isabella Rykard, widow of Levi Harris Rykard, late of BETSEY A. HODGES. Capt. Robert Child's company, South Carolina Volunteers, The bill ( S. 6538) granting an increase of pension to Betsey Florida Indian war, and to pay her a pension of $12 per .A. Hodges was considered as in Committee of the Whole. month in lieu of that she is now receiving. . The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. insert: ORLANDO L. LEVY. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized The bill (H. R. 19323) granting an increase of pension to and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi-sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Betsey A. Hodges, widow Orlando L. Levy was considered as in Committee of the Whole. of Seaborn R. Hodges, late of Captain William C. Newbern's company, It proposes to ·place on the pension roll the name of Orlando Georgia Volunteers, Florida Indian war, and pay her a pension at the L. Levy, late of Company F, First Regiment South Carolina rate of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Volunteers, war with Mexico, and to pay him a pension of $20 The amendment was agreed to. . per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ amendment was concurred in. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. 'l'be bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read ALLIE WILLIAMS. the third time, and passed. The bill (H. R. 16397) granting an increase of pension to J A.NE METTS. Allie Williams was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill (S. 5138) granting a pension to Jane 1\Ietts was con­ It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Allie Wil­ sidered as in Committee of the Whole. liams, widow of Joseph M. Williams, late of Company B, Third The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, war with Mexico, and an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and Company C, Tenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and insert: to pay her a pension of $16 per month in. lieu of that she is That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized now receiving. and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jane Metts, widow of 'l'he bill was reporteO. to the Senate without amendment, or­ Tl1omas J . Metts, alias Jefferson Metts, late of Captain James A. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Pickett's company, Florida ·Mounted Volunteers, Seminole Indian war, and pay her a pension at the rate of $8 per month. · SHERMAN J A. COBS. 'l'be amendment was agreed to. Tile bill (H. R. 16747) granting a pension to Sherman Jacobs The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to amendment was concurred in. place on the pension roll the narbe of Sherman Jacobs, late of The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Company A, Fourth Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, the third time, and passed. · war with Spain, and to pay him a pension of $8 per month. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ DOLORES S. FOSTER. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill ( S. 6353) granting an increase of pension to Dolores LUCIUS C. FLETCHER. S. Foster was considered as in Committee of the Whole. · The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill (H. R. 16748) granting an increase of pension to Lu­ amendments, in line 6, after the words " widow of," to strike cius 0. Fletcher was considered as in Committee of the Whole. out " 1\Iajor; " in the same line, after the word " late," to sb.·ike It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Lucius C. out " of " and insert " captain Company D ; " and in line 9, be­ Fletcher, late of Company K, Fourth Regiment Vermont Volun­ fore the word " dollars," to strike out "thirty " and insert teer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $40 per month in lieu " twenty; " so as to make the bill read: of that he is now receiving. Br~ it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Dolores S. Foster, widow of Davis Foster, late captain Company D, T\venty­ DA. VID MITCHELL. li'ourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, .and pay her a pen­ The bill (H. R. 18429) granting an increase of pension to Da­ sion at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. vid Mitchell was considered as in Corpmittee of the Whole. It The amendments were ngreed to. proposes to place on the pension roll the name of David 1\litcbell, The bill was . reported to the Senate as amended, and the late of Company D, Eighty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer In­ amendments were concurred in. fantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read that be is now receiving. the third 'time, and passed. The bill was reported to. the Senate without amendment, or­ ELIZABETH MADDOX. · dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (H. R. 19328) granting an increase of pension to ANDREW J. ANDERSON. Elizabeth :Maddox was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill (H. R. 18860) granting an increase of pension to An­ The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an drew J. Anderson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. amendment, in line 6, after the words " widow of," to strike out It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Andrew J. the name " Har1·y " and· insert "Harvy; " so as to make the- bill Anderson, late of Troop E, Third Regiment United States Cav­ read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is alry, war with Spain, and to pay him a pension of $10 per hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to month in lieu of that he is now receiving. the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza­ The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ beth Maddox, widow of Harvy S. Maddox;, late of Captain Taylor's com­ pany, First Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry, war with Mexico, dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. and pay her a pension at the· rate of $12 per month in lieu of that she SUSAN M. O.SllORN. is now receiving. The bill (IT. R.19119) granting an increase of pension to Susan . Tlle amendment was agreed to. 1\I. Osborn ,...-as considered as in Committee of the ·whole. It The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Susan 1\1. amendment was concurred in. Osborn, widow of William R. Osborn, late of Captain 1\Iann's The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to c-ompany, Wood's battalion, Third Brigade Georgia Volunteer be read a third time. Info.ntry, Creek India:Q war, and to pay her ·a pension of $12 The bill was read the third time, and passed. ver month in li~u of that she is now receiving. JOHN H. BROOK!3. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill (S. 2'749) granting an increase of pension to John H. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Brooks wa!) considered as in Committee of the· 'Vhole. 534 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- SENATE. DECEl\IBER 19'

The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with · THOMAS J. FARRAR. an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to 'Strike The bill (H. R. 9262) granting an increase of pension to out "thirty" and insert "twenty-four;" so as to make the bill Thomas J. Fari.·ar was considered as in Committee of the Whole. read: It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of 'l'homas J. Be -it e11acted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is Farrar, late of Captain Johnson's company, Bell's regiment, hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension ro}l, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John H. Texas Mounted Volunteers, war with Mexico, and to pay him a Brooks, late of Company B, Thirty-eighth Regiment·Iowa Volunteer In­ pension of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ that he is now receiving. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the SAMUEL MOSER. amendment w-as concurred in. The bill ( S. 6466) granting an increase of pen ion to Samuel The bill was ordered to be engros ed for a third reading, read Moser was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ tlle third time, and passed. poses to place on the pension roll the qame of Samuel 1\Ioser, PHEBE EASLEY. late of Company G, Fifteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer In­ fantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of Tlle bill (H. R. 19300) granting an increase of pension to that be is now receiving. Phebe Easley was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The bill was rep0rted to the Senate without amendment, or­ proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Phebe Easley, dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, widow of William Easley, late of Captain Dunlap's independent an·d passed. company, Illinois Mounted Volunteers, war with Mexico, and to pay her a pension of $12 per month in lieu of that 'She is now DENIS A. MAN ING. receiving. The bill (S. 6267) granting an increa e of pension to Denni The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ A. Manning was considered as in Committee of the Whole. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with GEORGE W. HE RIE. amend~ents, in line 6, after the word "of," where it occurs the first time, to strike out the name " Dennis " and insert " Denis ; " The !Jill (H. R. 17691) granting an increase of pension to and in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike out " forty " George W. Henrie was considered as in Committee of the Whole. and insert " thirty ; " so as to make the bill read:· It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of George W. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interiot· be, and he is Henrie, late major, Twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to Cavalry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Denis that he is now receiving. A. Manning, late of Company I, Sixty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu 'Ihe bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ of that he is now receiving. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The amendments were agreed to. WALDEN KELLY. The bill was reported to . the Senate as amended, and the The bill (H. R. 18193) granting an increase of pension to amendments were concurred in. ,Walden Kelly was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Walden Kelly, the third time, and passed. . late captain Company F, Twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in­ Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of crease of pension to Denis A. }\fanning." that he is now receiving. SUSAN N. FOWLER. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill (S. 4406) granting an increase of pen ion to Susan dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. N. Fowler was considered as in Committee of the Whole. MARY JANE RAGAN. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pen ions with The bill (H. R. 18403) granting an increase of pension to an amendment, in line 7, before the word" Regiment," to strike Mary Jane Rag·an was considered as in Committee of the Whole. out " Thirteenth " and insert " Thirtieth ; " so as to make the It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Mary Jane bill read: Ragan, 'widow of David C. Ragan, late of Company A, Fourth Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, war with Mexico, and hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Susan to pay her a pension of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now N. Fowler, widow of Jllsper N. Fowler, late of Company C, Thirtieth receiving. Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment,- or­ rate of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the FREDERICK FIENOP. amendment was concurred in. The bill (H. R. 19080) granting an increase of pension to The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third readlng, read Frederick Fienop was considered as in Committee of the Whole. the third time, and passed. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Frederick ANDREW J. GROVER. Fienop, late of Company B, Second Regiment llssouri Volunteer Light A:J:tillery, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in The bill ( S. 6636) granting an increase of pension to Andrew lieu of that be is now receiving. J. Grover was con idered as in Committee of the Whole. It The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or· propo es to place on the pension roll the name of Andrew J. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Grover, late major, First Regiment Vermont Volunteer Cavalry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he is MARY C. MOORE. now receiving. The bill (H. R. 14480) granting an increase of pension to The bill was reported to ·the Senate without amendment, or­ Mary Q. 1\loore was considered as in Committee on the Whole. dered to be engrossed ·for a third reading, read the third time, It pi:oposes to place on the pension roll the name of Mary . C. and passed. 1\Ioore, widow of Thomas :Moore, late colonel One hundred and WILLIAM A. SMITII. sixty-seventh Regiment Ohio National Guard Infantry, and to The bill ( S. 4053) granting an increase of pen ion to William pay her a pension of $16 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. A. Smith was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with dere

The bHI was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Whole. It proposes' to place on the pension roll the name of ~e third time, and passed. Marcus D. Tenney, late captain First Battery, Kansas Volunteer ALICE G. CLARK. Light Artillery, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in The l.lill ( S. 6250) granting a pension to Alice G. Clark was lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ considered as in Committee of the Whole. dered to a third reading, read the third time, aild passed. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with amendments, in line 6, after the word " late," to strike out " of" MA.TILD..A FOSTER. and insert "second lieutenant; " in line 9, before the word The bill (H. R. 16342) granting a pension to Matilda Foster "dollars," to strike out "twenty-four" and insert "fifteen; " was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to and in the same line, after the word " month," to insert " iil place on the pension roll the name of Matilda Foster,. widow of lieu of ihat she is now receiving;" so as to make the bill Rufus D. Foster, late of Company I, One hundred a-nd forty­ read: · third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of· the Jnterior be, and he is pension of $8 per month. hereby, authorized and directed to pla~e on the pension roll, subject to The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Alice 0. Clark, widow of Zerah P. Clark, late second lieutenant Company G, dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension MILTON R. DUNGAN. at the rate of $15 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The amendments were agreed to. The·bm (H. R. 121!)0) granting an increase of pension to 1\Iil­ The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the ton R. Dungan was considered as in Committee of the Wilole. amendments TI"ere concurred in. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Milton R. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third ·reading, read Dungan, late of Company C, Seventh Regiment United States the third time, and passed. }:nfantry, war with 1\Iexico, Companies D and E, Eighth Regi­ The title was amended so as to read : "A bill granting an in­ ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and Company F, One hundred crease of pension to Alice G. Clark." and fifty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiVing. DAVID EVANS. 'l'Ile bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill (H. R. 18018) granting an increase of pension _to dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. David Evans was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of David Evans, .AUGUSTUS L. HOLBROOK. late of Company F, Thirty-sixth Regiment Iowa Volunteer In­ Tile bill (S. 6718)' granting an increase

SILAS A. REYNOLDS. . ELIAS S. FALKENBURG• .

The bill (S. 480) granting an increase of pension to Silas A. The bill (H. R. 19404) granting an increase of pension to1 Reynolds was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Elias S. Falkenburg was considered as in Committee of the The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with ·whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the nanie ot amendments, in line 7, before the word "Regiment," to strike Elias S. Falkenburg, late of Company M, Second Regiment Wis­ out '' Fifteenth " and insert '(Twentieth ; " and in line 8, before consin Volunteer Cavalry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per the word " dollars," to strike out " fifty " and insert " thirty ; " month in lieu of that he is now receiving. so as to make the bill read : The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is dered to a third reading, read the ,third time, and passed. hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws; the name of Silas JOHN .M. WEBB. A. Reynoltls, la,te of Company F, Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Tb~ bill (H. R. 18045) granting an increase of pension to John Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. l\I. ·webb was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ poses to place on the pension roll the name of John M. Webb, The amendments vvere agreed to. late of Company H, Forty-seventh Regiment Wisconsin Volun­ The bill was reported to ~he Senate as amended, and the teer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu amendments were concurred in. of that he is now receiving. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ the third time, and passed: · dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. _CHARLES F. M. MORGAN. JOHN INGRAM. The bill ( S. 1891) granting an increase of pension to Charles The bill (H. R. 18214) granting an increase of pension to John F. l\f. 1\forgan was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Ingram was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro- The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with . poses to place· on the pension roll the.nanie of John Ingram, late an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dolla.rs," to strike of Company G, Third Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, ·out " fifty " and insert " thirty ; ~· so as to make the bill read : war with Mexico, and Company L, Tenth Re&iment Kentucky Be it enaoted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is Volunteer Cavalry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month hereby, authorized and directed. to place on the pension roll, subject to the pt·ovisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Charles in lieu of that he is now receiving. F. f. l\forgan, late of Company B, Fil·st Regiment Oregon Volunteer 'l'he bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. of that he is now receiving. The amendment was agreed to. W. P. M'MICHAEL. The bill was reported to the Senate as· amended, and the The· l>ill (H. R. 19743) granting· an increase of pension to amendment was concurred in. 'V. P. McMichael was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of W. P. Mc­ the third time, and passed. Michael, late of Company F, Sixth Regiment Louisiana Volun­ teers, war with Mexico, and to pay him a pension of $20 per LEWIS C. JANES. month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill ( S. 5176) granting an increase of pension to Louis The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ C. Janes was considered as in Committee of the Whole. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with GEORGE CASPER HOMAN HUMMEL. an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause ~d 'l'he bill (H. R. 19744) granting an _increase of pension to insert: George Casper Homan Hummel, alias George C. Homan, was That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lewis C. .Janes, late of on the pension· roll the name of George Casper Homan Hummel, Companv H, 'l'hirteenth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and alias George· C. Homan, late of Company I, Seventh Regiment Company D, Second Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and pay United States Infantry, war with Mexico, and to pay him a him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. · pension of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. amendment was concurred in. DIER COLLETT. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The ·bill (H. R. 9836) granting an increase of pension to Dier the third time, and passed. Collett was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ . The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in­ poses to place on the pension roll the name of Dier Collett, late . crease of pension to Lewis C. Janes." of Company E, Seventh Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he is JAMES REEDER. now receiving. The bill (H. R: 4689) granting an increase of pension to James The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Reeder was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. poses to place on the pension roll the name of James Reeder, EMILY . FOX. late of Company G, Seventy-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infanb·y, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lie11 of The bill (H. R. 19462) granting an increase of pension to that be is now receiving. Emily Fox was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate wit1wut amendment, or­ The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an amendment, in line 6, before the word "late," to strike out dered to a third reading, re~

the provisions and limit~tions of the pension laws, the name of John MARY A. SUTHERLAND. R. Conyngham, late of Company H, Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Vol­ --unteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in The bill (H. R. 19922) . granting an increase of pension to -lieu of that he is now r eceiving. 1\fary A. Sutherland was considered as in Committee of tbe The amendment was agreed to. Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of · _ The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Mary A. Sutherland, widow of John B. Sutherland, late of Com­ · amendment was concurred in. pany K, First Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, war with The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Mexico, and to pay her a pension of $12 per month in lieu of the third time, and passed. that she is now receiving. MICHAEL V. . HENNESSY. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill (S. 822) granting a pension to Michael V. Hennessy dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. . was considered as in Committee of the Whole. ELLA Q. P ABRISH • The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill (:a. R. 9465) granting a pension to Ella Q. Parrish ari amendment, in line 8, before _the word " and," to insert " war was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to with Spain ; " so as to make the bill read : place on the pension roll the name of Ella Q. Parrfsb, widow Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is of Henry S. Parrish, late captain Company A, Twentieth Regi­ hereby, a uthorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to ment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension of the pro-.,isions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Michael -V. Hennessy, late of Company G, Two hundred and third Regiment New $8 per month. · York Volunteer Infantry wru· with Spain, and pay him a pension at The bill was r:eported to the Senate without amendment, or­ the rate of $20 per· month. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The amendment was agreed to. W~IAM BAYS. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and th~ amendment was concurred in; The bill (H. R. 12517) granting a pension to William Bays The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to the third time, and passed. place on the pension roll the name of William- Bays, late of Company F, First Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and LAFAYETTE FRANKS. to pay him a pension of $12 per month. The bill (H. H. 3338) granting an increase of pension to La­ '.rhe bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ fayette Franks was considered as in Committee of the Wbol~. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Lafayette BENJAMIN HAINS. Franks, late of Company K, Twentieth Regiment Iowa Vol­ unteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in 'l'he bill (S. 2737) granting an increase of pension to Benja­ lieu of that he is now_receiving. - - min Hains was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ poses to place on the pensi-on roll the name of Benjamin Hains, dered to a _third reading, read the •third time, and passed. late of Company I, Ninth Regiment Kansas :Volunteer· Cavalry; and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he JOHN M. CHANDLER. is now receiving. · The bill (H. R. 5846) granting an increase of pension to John The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ M. Chandler was considered as -in Committee of the Whole. · It dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, proposes to place on the pension roll the name of John M. and passed. - Chandler, late _of Company K, Eighcy-second Regiment Ohio LOUIS SIDEL. Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month T.be bill ( S. 4909) granting an increase of pension to Louis in lieu of that he is now receiving. Sidel was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ The .bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ poses to place on the pension roll the name,of Louis Sidel, late dered .to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. of Company G, ~enth !regiment United States Infantry, and to JOHN W. MONTGOMERY. _pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now The bill (H. R. 16211) granting an increase of pension to receiving. Johli w. Montgomery wa.s considered as in Committee of the The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name_ of dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, John W. Montgomery, late of Company D, Thirty-third Regi­ and passed. ment Kentucey Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension JOHN M . MELSON. of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill (H. R. 19889) granting an increase of pension to The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ John 1\f. Melson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of John M. EMMA L. PATTERSON. Melson, late of Company D, Second Regiment Tennessee Volun­ teer Mounted Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per The bill (H. R. 19463) granting an increase of pension to month in 1ieu of that be is now receiving. ,Emma L. Patterson was considered as in CoiQmittee of the The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Whole. . It proposes to .:;>lace on the pension roll the name of dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Emma L. Patterson, widow of James Patterson, late of Cap­ tain Allen's company, South Carolina Volunteers, Florida In­ SARAH ANN REAVIS . dian war, and to pay her a pension of· $12 per month in lieu The bill (H. R. 19415) granting an' increase of pension to of tba t she is now receiving. Sarah Ann Reavis was considered as in Committee of the · The bill was reported to the Senate witho-ut amendment, or­ Whole. It proposes to place on the pensipn roll the name of dered to a third reading, read the. third time, and passed. Sarah Ann Reavis, widow ·of Simeon S. Reavis, late of Com­ pany K, First Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, war NOAH RESSEQUIE. with Mexico, and to pay her a pension of $12 per month in lieu The bill (H. R. 19534) granting an increase of pension to of that she is now receiving._ Noah Ressequie was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Noah Res­ dered to ·a third reading, read the third time, and passed. sequie, late of Company F, Fifteenth Regiment New York Vol­ ALLEN M . CAMERON. unteer Engineers, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month · The bill (H. R_- 14144) granting a pension to Allen M. Cam­ in lieu of that he is now receiving. · eron was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ poses to place on the pension roll the name-of ·Allen l\f. Cam­ dered to a third reading, read the third time, and p·assed. eron, late of Troop M, Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, SAMUEL CAMPBELL. war with Spain, and to pay him .a pension of $12 per month. The _bill was reported to the Senate .without amendment, or­ The bill (H. R. 19626) granting an increase of pension to dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Samuel Campbell was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Samuel JAMES W. BUSSELL. Campbell, late of Company E, l\Iormon Battalion Iowa Volun­ The bill (H. R. 9107) granting a pension to James W. nus­ teers, war with Mexico, and to pay him a pension of $20 per sell was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pi-<)poses ."month in lieu of that be is now J,'eceiving. to place on the pension roll .the name of James W. Rnssell, late · The bill. was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ of Company M, Third Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Inf:mtry, _dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. war with Spain, and to pay him a pension of $12 per month. 538 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECEl\fBER 19' .

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Samuel W. Atkinson, late of Company C, Third Regiment Ohio dered-to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Volunteers, war with Mexico, and Company F, One hundred and N ANCY ELIZAllETH HUTCHESON. seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pen­ The bill (H. R. 19529) grantjng an increase of pension to sion of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. . Nancy Elizabeth Hutcheson was considered as in Committee of The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ tile \Vbole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name dered to a third reading, -read the third time, and passed. of Nancy Elizabeth Hutcheson, widow of William Hutcheson, ELIZABETH MOORE MORGAN. late of Company H, First Regiment. Tennessee Volunteers, war with Mexico, ·and to pay her a pension of $12 per month in lieu The bill (H. R. 19035) granting a pension to Elizabeth Moore of that she is now receiving. Morgan was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Tile bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. an amenQ.ment, in line 9, after· the word "month," to insert "in lieu of that she is now receiving; " so as to make the bill read: CHARLES P . GRAY. Be it enactea, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is The biiJ (H. R. 19530) granting an inGrease of pension to hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject Charles P. Gi·ay was considered as in Committee of the "Whole. to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth 1\Ioore Morgan, widow of Robert 'C. Morgan, late capt ain, It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Charles P. Tenth Regiment Unit ed States Infantry, war with :Mexico, and pay her Gray, late 9f Company D, Third Regiment Arkansas Volunteer a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now re­ Cavalry, and to pay hiri1 a _pension of $24 .per-month in lieu of ceiving. that be is now receiving. . The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the dered to a third reading, read the tllird time, and passed. -amendment was concurred in. SUSAN M. LONG. · The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill (H. n. 19324) granting an increase of pension to The bill was read the third time, and passed. Susan M. Long was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The title was amended so as to read: ".A bill granting an in­ It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Susan M. crease of pension to Elizabeth Moore Morgan." Long, widow of George Long, late of Captain Denny's company, Soutb Carolina Volunteers, Florida Indian war, and to pay her ROBERT RA!lSEY. a pension of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The bill (S. 4894) granting an increase of pension to Robert The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Ramsey was considered as in Committee of the Whole. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with. GEORGE OPPEL. amendments, iu line 7, before the word "Volunteer," to strike - The bill (H. R. 19325) granting an increase of pension to out .. Mounted; " and in tha. same line, before the word " Infan­ George Oppel was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It try," to insert "Mounted;" so as to make the bill read : · proposes to place on the pension roll the name Qf George 011pel, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is late of Company C, Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, ubject to .the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of war with Mexico, and to pay him a pension Qf $20 per month in Robert Rams-ey, late of Company B, Second Regiment North Carolina lieu of that ·Ile is now receiving. Volunteer Mounted Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ 24 per month .in lieu of that be is now receiving. . dered to a_third reading:, read the third time, and passed. Tile amendments were agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and ·the MARGARET R. VANDIVER. amendments were concurred in. The bill (H. R. ' 19326) granting rui increase of pension to Tl1e bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read l\1argaret R. Vandiver was considered as in Committee of the the third time, and passed. Whole. It proposes to place on the pension· roll. the name of Margaret R. Vandiver. widow of Solomon H . Vandiver, late of . JOSIAH HALL. Captain Sutton's company, Georgia Volunteers, Florida Indian The bill (H. R. 8712) granting an increase ·of pension to war, and to pay her a pension of $12 per month in lieu of that Jooiah Hall was considered as in Committee of the Wilole. It she is now receiving. . · proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Josiah Hall, The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ lute Qf Company F, Third Regiment Tennessee Volunteer ·Infan­ dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. try, and to pay him a pension of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. · DAVID D. OWENS. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill (H. R. 15620) granting an increase of pension to dered to a third readi~g, read the third time, and passed. David D. Owens was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the pension _roll the name of David D. ~ARTHA A. BILLINGS. Owens, late of Company H, Fourth Regiment Kentucky Volun­ The bill (H. R. 19174) granting an increase of pension to teers, war with 1\fexico, and to pay him a pension of $20 per J\fartha .A. Billings was considered as in Committee of the month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Martha A. Billings, widow of William M. Billings, late of Com­ dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. pany I, Palmetto Regiment Soutil Carolina Volunteers, war MARY A. RILEY. with Mexico, and to pay her a pension of $12 per month in lieu The bill (H. R. 17651) granting an increase of pension to of that she is now receiving. Mary· A. Riley was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The bPI was reported to t,be Senate without am~=mdment, or­ proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Mary A. Riley, dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. widow of Hugh Riley, late of Company H, First Regiment Mis­ LOUISA J. RillTHRIGHT. sissippi Volunteer Infantry, war with Mexico, and to pay her a The bill (II. R. 19256) granting an increase of pension to pension of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Louisa ;J. Birthright was considered us in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of dered to a third readi.q.g, read the third tim_e, and passed. Louisa J. Birthright, widow of Robert B. Birthright, late of JAMES H. STIMPSON.' Company D, ThJrd Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, war · with The bill (II. R. 19514) granting an increase of pension to Mexico, and to pay beT a pension of ~ per month in lieu of James H . Stimpson was considered as in Committee of the that she is now receiving. Whole. It proposes to place .on the pension roll the name of Tile bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ James H. Stimpson, late_ acting master, United States Navy, and dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now M~Y E. RIVERS. receiving. R. The bill was reported to the Senat~ without amendment~ or­ The bill (II. 19318) granting an increase of pen ion to ·dered to a third reading, read the thiTd time, and passed.. .Mary E. Rivers was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of l\fury E. SAMUEL W. ATKINSON. Rivers, widow of Constant H . Rivers, lute of Company I<', Pal­ The bill (H. R. 15619) granting an increase of pension to metto Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, war witil 1\fe:x:ico. Samuel W . .Atkinson was considered as in Committee of the and to .pay h~r a pension of $12 per month in lieu of that she Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of is now receiving. 1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 539'

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Johanna dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Kearney, widow of James Kearney, late of Battery L, First ELIZABETH SPRUELL. Regiment United States Artillery, war with 1\Iexico, captain Company E, Sixty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Tlle bill (H. R. 19319)' granting an increase of pension to Infantry, and ordnance sergeant, United States Arm·y, and to Elizabeth Spruell was considered as in Committee of the Whole. pay her a pension of $16 per month in lieu of that she is now It proposes to place on the ·pension roll the name of Elizabeth Spruell, widow of William Spruell, late of Company E, Pal­ receiving. metto Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, war with l\Iexico, The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ and to pay her a pension of $12 per month in lieu of that she dered to a third reading, ·read the third time, and passed. is now recei-ving. . JOHN FOX. The bill w~s reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill ( S. 6035) granting an increase of pension to John dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Fox was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes LOUISE J. PRATT • . to· place on the pension roll the name of John Fox, late of Com­ The bill (H. R. 19320) granting an increase of pension to pany A, Second Regiment North Carolina Volunteer l\Iounted Louise J: Pratt was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Louise J. that he is now receiving. · Pratt, widow of Robert Pratt, late of Capt. .R. Child's company, The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or· South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry, Florida Indian war, and to dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, pay her a 11ension of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now and passed. receiving. . JOHN L." ANTHONY. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill (S. G23~) granting an increase of pension to John L. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Anthony was considered as in Committee of the Whole. WILLIAM M'CREA. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an amendment, in line 7, before the word " Infantry," to insert The bill (H. R. 15713) granting an increase of pension to •· Mounted;" so as to make the bill read: . · William McCrea was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Be U enacted, eta., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is It proposes to place on the pension roll · the name of William I.Jerehy, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to McCrea, late of Nield's battery, Delaware Volunteer Light Ar­ the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John L. tillery, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of Anthony, late of Company C, Third Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month that he is now receiving. in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The amendment was agreed to. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate a.s amended, and the WALTER S. HARMAN. amendment was -concurred in. The bill (H. R. 17918) granting a pension to Walter S. Har­ The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a. third reading, read man was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ the third time, and passed. · poses to place on the pension roll the name of Walter S. Harman, EMILY KILLIAN. late of Capt. Edward Anderson's battery, South Carolina Vol­ unteer Heavy Artillery, war with Spain, and to pay him a pen­ The bill ( S. 6001) granting an increase of pension to Emily sion of $8 per month. · Killian was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ 'l'he bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an det·ed to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and in­ ert: JOH N. QLITER. Tha.t the Secretary of the, Interior be,. and he is hereby, authorized The bill (H. R. 18343) granting an increase of pension to John :>:nd. du:ected to place o~ the pension roll, subject to the provisions and hm1tatwns of the penswn laws, the name of Emily Killian widow of N. Oliver was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It William \\. Killian, late lieutenant, Captain Cunningham's company proposes to place on tlle pension roll the name of John N. Oli'rer, :North .Carolina Volunteers, Cherokee Indian disturbances, and pay her · late a sistant surgeon, liJighty-first Regiment New York Volunteer a penswn· at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that she .is now re- Infautl·y, and to pay him a pension of $40 per month in lieu of ceiving. . that he is now receiYil).g. The amenP.ment was agreed to. '.rhe bill was reported to tlle Senate without amendment, or­ The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, 'and the dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. amendment was concurred in. · · The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a. third reading read THOMAS T. PAGE. the third time, and passed. . ' ·The bill (H. R. 18705) granting an increase of pension to JAMES REED. Thomas T. Page was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Thomas T. The bill (S. 5963) granting an increase of pension to James Page, late of Company B, Twelfth Regiment New York State Reed was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Militia, and to pay him a pension of $20 per month in lieu of The bill was reported from the Committee ori Pensions with an· that he is now receiving. aruenqment, to strike out all after the enacting cLause 'and in- The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment; or­ sert: · dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Th~t the Secretary of the Inte_rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the penswn roll, subject to the provisions and SARAH C. A. SCOTT. l~mit::ttions o~ the pension laws_. tht; name ot James Reed, late of Battery G, F1rst Regiment Pennsylvama Light Artillery, and pay him a pension The· bill (H. R. 19101) granting an increase of pension to at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Sarah C. A. Scott was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The amendment was agreed to. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Sarah· C. A. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Scott, widow of Henry E. Scott, late of Company H, Palmetto amendment was concurred in. Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, war with Mexico, and to The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a. third reading read pay her a pension of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now the third time, and·passed. ' receiving. · · The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ DANIEL W. REDFIELD. dered to a third reading, read ~he third·time, and passed. The bill (S. 5892) granting an increase of pension to Daniel MARGARET E. WALKER. W. Redfield was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill (H. R. 19504) granting an increase of pension to l\Iar­ an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars " to strike garet E. Walker was considered as in Committee of the \Vhole. out " forty " and insert " twenty-four ; " so as to m~e the bill It proposes to .place on the pension roll the name of Margaret E. read: Walker, widow of James R. Walker, rate of Capt. John \Vilson's Be it e·nacted, eta., That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is company, Georgia l\1ilitia., war of 1812, and to pay her a pension hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll' subject to of $24 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Daniel The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ \V. Redfield, late of Company K, One hun.dred and forty-eighth Reo-iment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. JOHANNA .KEARNEY. The ame:q.dment was agreed to. . The bill (H. R. 19819) granting an increase of pension to The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Johamia Kearney "as considered as in Committee~ the Whole. amendment was concurred in.

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The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. the third time, and passed. · JOHN G. BRIDAHAM. JOHN LINGENFELi>ER. The bill (S. 6005) granting an increase of pension to John G. The bill (H. R. 19215) grunting ·a.n increase of pension· to John Bridaham was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Lingenfelder was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with proposes to place on the pension roll the name of John Lingen­ an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike felder, late pnassigned, Seventeeth Regiment Wisconsin Volun­ out "thirty" and insert "twenty-four;" so as to make the bill teer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu read: of that he is now receiving. Be it enacted, etc., Tbat tbe Secretary of the Interior be, and be is The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to dered to a third rea.ding, read the third time, and passed. the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John G. Bridabam, late of Company E, Thirteenth lle&"iment Pennsylvania RUDOLPH BENTZ. Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at tne rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now .receiving. The bill (H. R. 18363) granting an increase of pension to Rudolph Bentz was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The amendment was agreed to. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Rudolph Tile bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Bentz, late of Company G, One hundred and fortieth Regiment amendment was concurred in. New York Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. . the third time, and passed. . The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ ISAAC CARTER. dered to a. third· reading, read the third time, and passed. · The bill (S. 2563) granting a pension to Isaac Carter was con­ J . F . WISNEWSKI. sidered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill (H. R. 4554) to remove the charge of absence without The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with leave and reported desertion from the military record of J. F. an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dolla1·s," to strike Wisnewski was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It out " eighteen " .and insert "twelve ; " so .as to make the bill directs that J. F. Wisnewski, late captain of Compa.ny K, Second read: . Kentucky Infantry, be held and cansidered to have been honor­ Be it enacted, etc.; Th!lt the Secretary of the lntE?rior be, and. be is ably discharged on August 18, 1862, and authorizes the Secre­ hereby, authorized and. dir~cted to place o~ the pensiOn roll, subJect to the provisions and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Isaac tary of War to issue to llim an honorable discharge in accord­ Carter late of Company C, One hu!ldred and thirty-third Regiment West ance therewith; but no pay; bounty, or other emoluments shall Vit·ginfu Militia, and pay him a.- pension at the rate of $12 per month. become due or payable by virtue of its passage. The amendment was agreed to. The bill. was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill was .reported to the Senate as amended, and the dered to a. third reading, read the third time, and passed. amendment was concurred in. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read NELSON VIRGIN. the third time, and passed. The bill (S. 5823) granting an increase of pension to Nelson Virgin was considered as in Committee of the Whole. SAMUEL TURNER. The bill wa.s reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill ( S. 3767) granting an increase of pension to Samuel an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike Turner was considered a.s in Committee of the Whole. out "thirty," and insert "twenty-four;" so as to make the bill The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with read: an amendment, in line 8, Qefore the word " dollars," to strike Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is out " fifty " and insert " thirty ; " so as to make the bill read : hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to . B-e it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is the provisions and limitations of .the pension laws, the name of Nelson hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to Virgin, late of Company K, Seventy-sixth Regiment Pennsyl'vania Vol­ the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Hamuel unteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month Tw·ner late of Company I, Fifteenth Regiment West Virginia \ol­ in lieu of that he is now receiving. unteer 'Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month The amendment was agreed to. in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the · The amendment was agreed to. amendment was concurred in. · The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and th~ The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read amendment was concurred in. the third time, and passed. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read WILBUR H. CLARK. the third time, and passed. The bill (S. 3220) granting an increase of pension to Wilbur GEORGE W . SMITH. H. Clark was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill ( S. 2249) granting an increase of pension to George The bill was reported from t:Qe Committee on Pensions with w. Smith was considered as in Committee of the 'Vhole. an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike out The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with "thirty," and insert "twenty-four;" so as to make the bill an amendment, in line 8, before the word " d{)llars," to strike read: out " forty" and insert " thirty; " so as to make the bill read : Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is herel;>y, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the pro'vis'ions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Wllbur the provisions a.nd limitations of the pension laws, the name of George H . Clark, late of Company C, One hundred and thirty-seventh Regi­ w Smith late of Companies H a.nd B, Seventy-eighth Regiment Penn­ ment P ~ nnsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the syivanla Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 rate of $24 per month in Ueu of that he is now receiving. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was· agreed to. Th~ bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the The bill was reported to th~ Senate as amended, and the amendment was concurred in. amendment was concurred in. The bill' was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a. third reading, read the third time, and passed. - the third time, and passed. WILLIAM M. MORGAN. WILLIAM EPPINGER. The bill ( S. 123) granting an increase of pension to William The bill (S. 6537) granting an increase of pension to William :M. :Morgan was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Eppinger was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions witll an amendment, to strike· out all after the enacting clau e and amendments, in line 6, after the words " late of," to strike out insert: " Company 0 " and insert " Companies 0 and H ; " a.nd in line That the SecretarY of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized 9, before the word "dollars," to strike ~ut " thirty-six " a.nd and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William 1\1. Morgan, late insert " twenty-four; " so as to make the b1ll read : of Company I, Sixth Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and • Be it enacted., eto., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he -is Battery A, First Regiment West Vir~inia Volunteer Light Artillery, and hereby, authorized ~n~ di~ected to place

ROBERT MILLS. GRANVILLE F . NORTH . The bill (S. 3221) granting an increase of pension to Robert The bill ( S. 515G) granting an increase of pension to Gran­ Mills was considered as in Committee of the Whole. :J:t pro­ ville F. North was considered as in Committee of the Whole. poses to place on the pension roll the name of Robert Mills, late The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with of Company E, Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cav­ an amendment, in line 8; before the word " dollars," to strike alry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of that out " :fifty " and insert " forty ; " so as to make the bill read : he is now receiving. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is The bill was reported to the Senat~ without amendment, or­ hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Gran­ ville F. North, late of Company C, First Regiment Michigan Volunteer . and DUSSed. Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month In lieu CATHBIN HUFF. of that he is now receiving. · The bill (S. 1493) granting an increase of pension to Cnth· The amendment was agreed to. arine Huff was considered as in Committee of the Whole. 'l'he bill was reported to the ·Senate as amended, and the The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with runendment was concurred in. an amendment, in line G, after the word "of" where it occurs The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the first time, to strike out the name "Catharine" and insert the third time, and passed. "Cathrin;" so as to make the bill read : AUGUST KRUEGER. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the I nterior be, and he is The bill (S. 774) granting an increase of pension to August hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to Krueger was considered as in Committee of the Whole. the provis ions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Cathrin Huff, widow of .Joseph A. Huff, late of Company L, First Regiment West The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike per month In lieu of that she is now receiving. . out "thirty" and insert "twenty-four ; n so as to make the bill The amendment was agreed to. read: The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Be it en-acted-, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is amendment was concurred in. hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of August The bill was .ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Krueger, late of Company E, Twenty-seventh Regiment Wisconsin Vol­ the third time, and passed. unteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of 24 per month The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in­ in lieu of that he is now receiving. crease of pension to Cathrin Huff." The amendment was agreed to. bill TIMOTHY C. STILWELL. The was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendment was concurred in. The bill ( S. G645) granting an increase of pension to Tim­ The bill was ordered to be engrossed-for a ·third reading, read othy C. Stillwell was considered as in Committee of the Whole. the third time, and passed. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with JAMES E. SPEAKE. amendments, in line G, before the word " late," to strike out the name· "Stillwell" and insert "Stilwell;" and in line 8, The bill (S. 6126) granting an increase of pension to J ames before the word " dollars," to strike out •• thirty " and insert E. Speake was considered as in Committee of the Whole. "twen-q-four;" so as to make the bill read: The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an amendment, in line 8, before the word "dollars," to strike Be it enacted-, etc., That the Secretary of the I nterior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to ·out "thirty" and insert "twenty - four~" so as to make the bill the provis ions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Timoth.f read : C. Stilwell, late of Company B, Twelfth Regiment West Virginia Vol­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is unteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to ln lieu of that he is now receiving. the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of .Tames The amendments were agreed to. E. Speake, late of Company F, Fourteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in ·lieu amendments were concurred in. of that he is now receiving. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The amendment was agreed to. the third time, and passed. The bill was reported -to the Senate as amended, and the The title was amended so as to read : "A bill granting an in­ amendment was concurred in. crease of pension to Timothy C. Stilwell." The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and pass~d . DANA W . HABTSHORN. JOliN II. ALLISON. , The bill (S. 1240) gran~g an illcrease of pension to Dana The bill (S. 2794) granting an increase-of pension to John H . W. Hartshorn was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Allison was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill was reported. from the Committee on Pensions with an amendment, in line 6, after the word " surgeon," to strike an amendment, in line 8, before the word "dollars," to strike out " Company -, --- Regiment; " so as to make the bill out " thirty " and insert " twenty; " so as to make the bill read : read: Be it enacted, etc., Tha.t the Secretary of the Interior be, .and be is Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the ·Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of .John the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Dana H. Allison, late of Company B, First Battalion Pennsylvania Volunteer W. Hartshorn, late surgeon, United States Volunteers, and pay him a Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month- in lieu pension at the rate of $50 per month In lieu of that he is now receiving. . of that he is now receiving. The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the :::;enate as amended, and the _ The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendment was concurred in. amendment was concurred in. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for· a third reading, read The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, rend t he third time, and passed. the third time, and passed. GERTRUDE M'NEIL. ¥ARY A. DUNCAN. The bill ( S. 4:772) granting an increase of pension to Ger­ The bill ( S. 0051) granting an increase of pension to Mary A. trude l\IcNeil was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Duncan was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill was -reported from the Committee on Pensions with an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clam:e and an amendment, in line D, before the word " dollars," to sh·ike lnsert : out " twenty " and insert " twel\e; " so as to make the bill read: Be it en-acted-, etc., That the Secretary "Of the Interior be, and he is Tha t the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the pi·ovisions and the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary limitations of tbe pension laws, the name of Gertrude McNeil, widow A. Duncan, widow of Francis M. Duncan, late of Company K, One of William H. :McNeil, late of Company ill, Third Regiment Michigan hundred and twelfth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $16 per a pension at the rate of $12 per month in li~u of that she is now re· month in lieu of that she is now receiving. ceiving. The amendment was agreed to. Tbe amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and. the amendment was concurred in. amepdment -was concurred in. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, rend The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read t he third time, and passed. the third time, and passed. 5_42 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-. SENATE. DECEl\IBER 19_?

ELISHA II. STEPHENS. The title was amended so as to read: "A. bill granting an in­ The bill .( S. G882) granting an increase of pension to Elish::t . crease of pension to Winfield S. Ramsay." H. Stephens was considered as in Committee of the Whole. LOUIS .A.. B.A.IRD. The bill was reported from the Committee on: Pensions with an amendment, in line 8, before the .word " dollars," to strike The bill ( S. 5001) granting an increase of pension to Louis A. out " thirty " and insert " twenty-four; " so as to make the bill Baird was considered as in Committee of the Whole. read: The bill wa!? reported .from the Committee on Pensions with Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is amendments, in line 7, before th_e word " and," to insert " war hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to with Spain;" and in line 8, before the word "dollars," to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elisha strike out " fifty " and insert " thirty-six ; " so as to make the H. Stephens, late of ·company E, Twenty-seventh Regiment Indiana Vol­ unteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month bill read: in lieu of that he is now receiving. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is The amendment was agreed to. hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Louis The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the A. Baird, late of Company A, Seventeenth Regiment United States In­ amendment was concurred in. fantry, war with Spain, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read month in lieu of that he is now receiving. the third time, {.l.lld passed. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the JEFFERSON BUSH. amendments were concurred in . .The bill ( S. G881) granting an increase of pension to Jefferson The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, r~ad Bush was considered as in Committee of the Whole. the third time, and passed. The bill was reported froin the Committee on Pensions with an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and SAMUEL G. KREIDLER. insert: The bill ( S. 771) granting an increase of pension to S. G. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized Kreidler was considered as in Committee of the Whole. and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jefferson Bush, late of· Company II, One hundred and twenty-fourth Regiment, and Company an amendment, in line 6, after the word "of" where it occurs G, Eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension the first time, to strike out the letter "S." and insert " Samuel; " at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. so as to make the bill read : The amendment was agreed to. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel ulll.endment was concurred in. G. Kreidler, late of Company E, Eighth Regiment Minnesota Volunteer The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu the third time, and passed. of that he is now receiving. THOMAS W. MUBRAY. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and tile The bill (S. 2541) granting an increase of pension to Thomas amendment was concurred in. · W. Murray was considered as in Committee of the Wtiole. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with the third time, and passed. an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to sh·ike out The title was amended so as to read: "A biB granting an in­ " fifty " and insert " twenty-four ; " so as to make the bill read : crease of pension to Samuel G. Kreidler." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject SOLOMON CRAIGHTON. to the p·rovisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas W. :Murray, late of Company C, Fiftieth Regiment Wisconsin Tile bill ( S. 4032) granting an increase of pension to Solomon Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month Creighton was considered as in Committee of the Whole. in lieu of that he is now receiving. 'l'he bill was reported from the Committr<' on Pensions with The amendment was agreed to. nn amendment, in line G, before the word "':1te," to strike out The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the the name " Creighton " and insert " Craightou ; " so as to make amendment was -concurred in. . the bill read : · Tile bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Be it enacted, etc., '.rhat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is tile third time, and passed. · hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions and limitations of the pt:nsion Jaws. the name of JOSEPH LAMONT. Solomon Craighton, late of Company H, Thirty-second Regiment Iowa The bill (S. G008) granting an increase of pension to Joseph Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month Lamont was considered as in Committee of the Whole. in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with 'l'he amendment was agreed to. · an amendment, in line 6, after the word " late," to strike out The bill was · reported to the Senate as amended, and tile "of" and insert" first lieutenant;" so as to_make the bill rend: amendment was concurred in. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read hereby, authorized and directed to place on . the pension roll, subject tile third time, and passed. to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in­ Joseph Lamont, late first lieutenant Company I, Fourth Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 crease of pension to Solomon Craighton." per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. l'.f.A.RGABET L. HOULIHAN, The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the The bill (S. 5693) granting an increase ofpension to Marga­ amendment was concurred in. ret L. Houlihan was considered as in Committ~e of the Whole. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with the third time, and passed. amendments, in line G, after the word " late," to strike out " of " and insert " captain ; " and in line 8, before the wo1:d " Infan­ WINFIELD S. RAMSAY. try," to strike out" Volunteer;" so as to make the bill read: The bill (S. 26G9) granting an increase of pension to Winfield Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is S. Ramsey was considered as in Committee of the Whole. hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject The bill was· reported from the Committee on Pensions with to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name or l\fargaret L. Houlihan, widow of Patrick W. Houlihan, late captain, an amendment, in line G, before the word "late," to strike out Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, and pay her a pension at tile name '' Ramsey " and insert " Ramsay; " so as to make the the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. !Jill read: The amendments were agreed to. Be it e!tacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is The· bill was reported to the Senate ;:ts amendetl, and. the hereby, authorized and dit·ected to place on the pension roll, subject to amendments were concurred in. the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Win­ field S. Ramsay, late of Company D, Seventy-third Regiment Indiana The bill w:is ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month the thil;d time, and passed. · · in lieu of that be is now receiving. The amendment was agreed to. JOHN W. CONNELL. 'l'he bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the The bill (S. 5084) granting a pension to John w. Connell was amendment was concurred in. considered as in Committee of the Whole. Th8 bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill wa·s reported from the Committee on Pensions with the· third time, and passed. amendments, in line 7, before tile word " and," to insert " war 1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENAr:E. 543 with Spain ; " and in line 8, before the word " dollars,'" to strike late of Company I, Third Regiment Minnesota .Volunt.eer Infan­ out " thirty" and insert •• twelve; " so as to make the bill read: try, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is he is now receiving. · hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll,. subject The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, John W. Connell, late of Com.QanY L, Forty-ninth Regiment ·Iowa Vol­ unteer Infantry, war with Spam, and pay him a pension at the rate of and passed. $12 per month. JACOB TUB NEB. The amendments were agreed to. The bill (S. 6826) granting an increase of pension to Jacob The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Turner was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ amendments were concurred in. poses to place on the pension roll the name of Jacob Turner, late· The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read of Company L, Eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and the third time, and passed. to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now GEORGE B. TlmNER. receiving. The bill { S. 4771) granting an increase of pension to George 'l.'he bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ It. Turner was considered as in Committee of the Whole. dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, The bill was reported from the C{)mmittee on Pensions with and passed. amendments, in line 7, before the word "Regiment," to strike AARON L. ROBERTS. out " Eleventh " and insert " Seventeenth ; ,. and in line 8, be­ The bill ( S. 6572) granting an increase of pension to Aaron fore the word " dollars," to strike out " thirty " and insert L. Roberts was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It "twenty-four; " so as to make the bill read: proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Aaron L. Roi:}­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is erts, late first lieutenant and quartermaster Sixth Regiment Wis­ h~reby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to . the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of consin Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per George R. Turner, late of Company F, Seventeenth Regiment Michigan month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per The bill was reported to the Senate without amend.ment, or­ month in lieu of that be is now receiving. dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, The amendments were agreed to. . and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the JAMES M. JENKINS. amendments were concurred in. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill ( S. 5685) granting an ·increase of pension to James the tbh~d time, and passed. l\1. Jenkins was considered as in-Committee of the Whole. It HUGH S. STRAIN. proposes to place on the pension roll the naine of James M. Jenkins, late of Company A, SLueenth Regiment New York Vol­ The bill (S. G238) granting an increase of pension to Hugh unteer Heavy Artillery, and Companies Land D, First Regiment S. Sh·ain was considered as in Committee of the Whole. New York Volunteer Mounted Rifles, and to pay him a pension The 'bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. amendments·, in line 6, after the word " Regiment," to insert The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ · ~·and assistant surgeon, One hundred and ninety-fifth Regi­ dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, ment; " and in line 9, before the word "dollars," to sh·ike out and passed. "thirty" and insert "twenty-four; " so as to make the bill MARIA H. W AG.GONER. read: Be it e1~aeterl, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is The bill (S. G574) granting an-increase of pension to Maria H. hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to ·waggoner was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It the provisions and limitations of .the pension laws, the name of Hugh proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Maria H. S. Strain, late of Company C, Eigbcy-first Regiment, and assistant surgeon, One hundred and ninety-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer In­ Waggoner, widow of Christopher W. Waggoner, late first lieu­ fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu tenant and quartermaster, Fifth Regiment Iowa Volunteer In­ of that be is now receiving. fantry, and to pay her a pension of $25 per month in lieu of that The amendments were agreed to. she is now receiving. · · The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the The bill was reported to. the Senate without amendment, or­ amendments were concurred in. dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read and passed. the third time, and passed. WILLIAM H. KIMBALL. THOMAS W. WHITE. The bill ( S. 4908) granting an increase of pension to William The bill ( S. 6883) granting an increase of pension to Thomas H. Kimball was considered as in Committee of the Whole. W. White was considered as in Committee of the Whole. · The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an amendment, to sh·ike out all after the enacting clause and amendments, in line G, after the word "late," to strike out insert: " of Company - ; " and in line 8, before the word " dollars," to That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and strike out "thirty-six" and insert "thirty;" so as to make the limitations of the pension laws, the name of William H. Kimball, late bill rend: · captain Company A, Battalion Life Guards, Nauvoo Legion, Utah Vol­ Be it enactecl, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is unteer Militia, Utah Indian war, and pay him a pension at the rate of hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of The amendment was agreed to. Thomas W. White, late unassigned, Twenty-second Regiment Indiana The bill was reported to the· Senate as amended, and the Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. amendment was concurred in. The amenQ.ments were agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill was . reported to the Senate as amended, and the the third time, and passed. amendments were concurred in. RUFUS C. ALLEN. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read. The bill ( S. 4510) granting an increase of pension to Rufu.s C. the third time, and passed. · Allen was considered as in Committee· of the Whole. 'wiLLIAM B. now. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with amendments, in line 8, before the word " and," to strike out The bill ( S. 6942) granting an increase of pension to William "Volunteer Infantry" and insert .. Volunteers, war with Mex­ B. Dow was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ Ico; " and in line 9, before the word " dollars," to strike out poses to place on the pension roll the name of William B. Dow, " thirty " and insert " twenty ; " so as to make the bill read : late of Company H, Eighth Regiment Minnesota Volunteer rn..: Be it enactea, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is fanh·y, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of hereJ;>y, ~u~horized ~d. dir~cted to place OJ?- _the pension roll, ~;~ubject to that he is now receiving. the proY1s10ns and lim1tat1ons of the pensiOn laws, the name of Rufu,.S The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ C. Allen, late of Captain Hunt's company, Mormon Battalion, Iowa Volunteers, war with Mexico, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. and passed. The amendments were agreed to. BYRON CANFIELD. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the The bill ( S. 6824) grru:iting an increase of pension to Byron amendments were concurred in. Canfield was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a ....bird reading, read poses to piace on the pension roll the name of Byron Canfield, the third time, and passed. 544 CONGRESSIONAL ~ RE-CORD-SENA-TE. DECE~ffiER 19,:

WILLIAM KENNEDY. - poses to place oil the pension roll the name of Orin 'Ingram, late· The bill ( S. G997) granting an increase of pension to William of Company K, One· hundred and twelfth Regiment 'Illinois Vol-_ Ke~nedy was considered as in Committee of the Whole. · It pro­ unteer Infantry, and pay him a pension of $30 per montil in poses to place on the pension roll the n:;u:ne of William Kennedy, lieu of that be is now receiving. late of Company K, Twenty-first Regiment New York Volunteer The bil~ was reported to the Senate without amendment, . or-· Cavalry, .and to pay Ilim a pension of $30 per month in lieu of dered to be engrossed. for a third reading, read the third time, that he is now receiving. . and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ J A.MES H. THRASHER. dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, · The bill (S. 2643) granting an increase of pension to James and passed. H. Thrasher was considered as in Committee of the Whole. MARY E. THOMPSON. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill ( S. 5771) granting a pension to Mary El. Thompson an amendment, in line 8, before the word "Light,'' to strike out'· was considered as in Committee of the Whole. "Chicago" and insert "First Regiment Illinois Volunteer; " so The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with as to make the bill read : an amendment, in line G, after the word ." late,"_ to strike out Be it en.acted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject " a landsman" and insert " of U. S. S. Columbus and Ohio; " to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name or so ;:~.s to make the bill read : James H. Thrasher, late of Company E, Nineteenth Regiment Illinois Be it enacted, eto., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he -is Volunteer Infantry, and Battery B, First Regiment Illinois Volunteer hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary lieu of that he is now receiving. · E. Thompson, widow of Alden B. Thompson, late of U. S. S. Columbus The amendment was agreed to. and Ohio, United States Navy, and pay her a pension at the rate of $8 per month. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the. The amendment was agreed to. amendment was concurred in. The bill was reported -to the Senate as amended, and the The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read amendment was concurred in. the third time, and passed. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read JOliN C. BROWN. the third time, and passed. The ·bill ( S. 67G7) granting an increase of pension to J oiln C. JOHN A. M'GINTY. Brown was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The ~ill (S. 6650) granting an increase of pe-nsion to John The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with A. McGinty was considered as in Committee of the Whole. an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars,". to strike The bill :was reported from the Committee on Pensions witil out "thirty" and insert "1:\yenty-four; " so as to make the bill an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary or the Interior be, and he is insert: hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and John C. Brown, late of Company H, Eighth Regiment Tennessee Volun­ limitations -of ·the pension laws, the name of John A. McGinty, late of teer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in Company C, Seventy-second Regiment, and Company C, Thirty-third lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. · Tlle bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and tile The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendment was concurred in. an1endment was concurred in. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read '.rhe bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read tile third time, and passed. tlle third tinle, and passed. HENRY Z. BOWMAN. KATE MYERS. The bill ( S. 650G) granting an increase of pension to llenry The bill (S. 71GO) granting an increase of pension to Kate Z. Bowman was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Myers was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported ·from the Committee ·on Pensions with The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to sh·ike out an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike "thirty" and insert "1:\yenty-four;" so as to make tile bill' out " forty " and insert " twenty ; " so as to make the bill read: read: Be it enacted, eto., That the Secretary of the Interior b·e, and he· is Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Kate Henry Z. Bowman, late of Company H, Eighty-seventh Regiment P enn­ Myers, former widow of John M. Lowthere, late of Company A, Four­ sylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 teenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ' at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and tile The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and tlle amendment was concurred in. amendment was concurred in. Tile bill was ordered to be engrossed for- a third reading, read The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the tilird time, and passed. · the third time, and passed. J A.RED A YER. JOHN B. COYLE. The bill (S. 5740) granting an increase of pension to Jured The bill (S. 5502) granting an increase of pension to John B. Ayer was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Coyle was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with to place on the pension roll the name of John B. Coyle, late of amendments, in line 6, after the word " late," to strike out Company A, Thirty-first Regiment -Wisconsin Volunteer In­ "of;" and in line 8, before the word "dollars," sn·ike out fantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of " thirty " and insei't " twenty; " so as to make tile . bill read: that he is now receiving. Be it enacted,- etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he Is. hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to The bill ·was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of .Tared dei·ed to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, Ayer, late unassigned company, Second Regiment New York Voh1n: teer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at· the· rate of $20 per month tn and passed. lieu of that he is now receiving. JOSEPH BOLSHAW. The amendments were agreed to. The bill (S. 6714) granting an increase of pension to Joseph The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and ·£ he Bolshaw was considered as ill Committee of the Whole. It pro­ amendments were concurred in. poses to place on the pension roll the name of Joseph Bolshaw, The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a tllird reading, reall late of Company M, First Regiment New York Volunteer ,En­ tile third time, and passed. · gineer~, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of SAMUEL A. PEARCE. tbat be is now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The bill (S. G558) granting an increase of pension to Samuel dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time. A. Pearce was considered as in Committee of the Whole. . arid i1assed. · The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with ru1 amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and ORI ' !~GRAM. insert : . . . · > · , The bill ( S. 6712) granting an increase of pension to Orin That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authot·iz.ed Ingram was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro- and. directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and 1908. OONGRESSION AL RECORD-SENA -TE. 545

limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel A. Pearce, lab~ HARRIET O'DONALD. additional paymaster, United States Volunteers, and major and · pav­ master, United States Army, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 The bill ( S. 6019) granting a pension to Harriet O'Donald per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. was considered as in Committee of the Whole. ~'he amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill was reported to the ·Senate as amended, and the an amendment, in line 9, before the word "dollars," to strike amendment was concurred in. out "twenty-five" and insert "eight; " so as to make the· bill The bill 'Vas ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read read: the third time, and _passed. . Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to AARON DANIELS. the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Harriet ~'he bill ( S. 4542) granting an increase of pension to Aaron O'Donald, widow of John S. O'Donald, late first lieutenant Company K, Daniels was. considered as in Committee of the Whole. Eighty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pen- The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with sion at the rate of $8 per month. . , an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and The amendment was agreed to. insert: The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized amendment was cOncurred in. · · nnd directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read limitations of the pension laws, the name of Aaron Daniels, late of the. third time, and passed. · Captain Roberts' company, Florida Mounted Volunteers, Seminole In­ dian war, and .pay him a pension at the rate of $16 per month in lieu DON C. SMITH. of that be is now receiving. . . The bill (S. 4979) granting an increase of pension to Don C. The amendment was agreed to. Smith was considered as in Committee of the Whole. - The bill was· reported to the Senate as amended, and the The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with amendment was concurred in. an amendment, in line 8, before the word "dollars!' to strike The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read out "thirty" and insert "twenty-four;"· so as to make the bill the tl1ird time, and passed. read: · SHERROD HAMILTON. Be it e1tacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to The bill ( S. 6368) granting an increase ·of pension to Sher­ the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Don C. rad Hamilton was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Smitht late of. Third Battery, Wisconsin Volunteer Light Artillery, and Tile bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with pay h1m penswn at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is amendments, in line 6, after the word "of," where it occurs the now receiving. . first time, to strike out the name " Sherrad " and insert " Sher­ The amendment was agreed to. rod;" in line 7, before ·the word "company," to insert "inde­ The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the pendent;" and in· line 8, before the word "and," to insert amendment was concurred in. " Seminole Indian war ; " so as to make the bill read : The bill was ordered to ·be engrossed for a third reading read the third time, and passed. . ' Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to MARTIN SCHULTZ. the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sherrod Hamilton, late of Captain Johnston's independent company, Florida The bill ( S. 5067) granting an increase of pension to Martin Mounted Volunteers, Seminole Indian war, and pay him a pension at the rate of $16 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. Schultz was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ The amendments were agreed to. · poses to place on the pension roll the name of Martin Schultz The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the late of Company B, ·one hundred and forty-ninth Regiment Illi: amendments were concurred in. nois Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per The bill was ordered to· be engrossed for a third reading, read month in lieu of that he is now receiving. . · the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in­ dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, crease of pension to Sherrod Hamilton." and passed. - MARY E. HATTAN. WILLIAM DAVIS. The bill (S. 6632) granting an 'increase of pension to William '.rhe bill ( S. 7077) granting an increase of pension to Mary EJ. Davis was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Hattan was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike amendments, in line 7, after the word" Company," to strike out out " thirty " and insert " twenty-four; " so as to make the bill the letter ". K " and insert ".A; " and in line 8, before the word read: ." dollars," to strike out " thirty " and insert " twenty; " so as to Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is make the bill read : hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Wil­ hereby, autbori.zed and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to Ham Davis, late of Company C, First Regiment Oregon Volunteer In­ the provisions and limitations o1' the pension laws,· the name of· Mary fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of E. Hattan, widow of William B. Hattan, late of Company A, Third that he is now receiving. Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the The amendment was agreed to. rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The bill was reported. to the Senate as amended, and the '.rhe amendments were agreed to. · ' amendment was concurred in. The bill was reporte_d to the Senate as amended, and the The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read amen~ents were concurred in. . . .the third time, and passed. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. GEORGE W. HODGMAN. The bill ( S. 6631) granting an increase of pension to George PAUL BAKER. W. Hodgman was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The bill (S. 6266) granting an increase of pension to Paul proposes to place on: the pension roll the name of George W. Baker was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Hodgman, late of Company I, One hundred and thirteenth Regi­ The bill was reported· from the Committee on Pensions with ment New York Volunteer Infantry (Seventh New York Vol-. amendments, in line 6, after the words " late of," to insert unteer Heavy Artillery), an(!. to pay him a pension of $36 per "Company B;" and in line 7, before the word "and," to insert month in lieu of that he is now receiving. "war with Mexico;" so as to make the bill read: The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Paul and passed. Baker, late of Company B, First Battalion Louisiana Mounted Volun­ SAMUEL JACKSON. teers, war with Mexico, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per The bill (S. 6978) granting an increase of pension to Samuel month in lieu of that be is now receiving. · · 1 Jackson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ The amendments were agreed to. poses to place on the pension roll the name of Samuel Jackson, Tlie bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the late of Company A., Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, amendments were concurred in. _ war with Mexico, and to pay him a pension of $20 per month in The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read lieu of that he is now rec.eiving. . the third time, and_passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ LOUIS CASTINETTE. dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, The bill d:;. 3671) granting -an· increase -of pension to ·Louis and passed. Castilietti wa's' considered as in Committee of the Whole. ·. XLI--35 546 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. DECEMBER 1~

The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an amendment~ to strike out all after the enacting clau e- and amendment , m line 6, before the word •"late," to strike out the insert : name " Castinetti ,_, and insert " Castinette ; " and in line>8, . be­ That the Secretary of tile Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized fore the. word "dollars," to strike out "seYenty-two" and insert and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisioDB and limitations of the yension· la:ws, the name o:ll !l'anny A. PearsonB. widow "twenty-four;" so as to·rnake the bill read: of Leonard Pearsons, late of Company I, Eleventh Reaiment Vermont Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $16 per month hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to in lieu of that she is now r-€ceiving. . the provisions and limitations ·o.f the pension laws, the name of. Louis The amendment was agreed to. Ca.stinette, late of Company I, Twenty-first Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry and pay him a pension at the rate of. $24 per month in lieu The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the of that he iB now receiving. amendment was concuned in. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read! The bill was reported to the Senate as amended; and the the third time, and passed. amendments were concurred in. CYRUS W'. COBB. Tile bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill ( S. 659G) granting an increase of pension to Cyrus W . the third time, and passed. Cobb was consideYed as in Committee of the WhDle. The title was amended so- as to .read: "A bilf granting an in­ The biH was reported from the Committee on Pensions with crease of pension to Louis Castinette." an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike MARY A. BAKER. o-ut "thirty" and insert "twenty-four;" so as to make the bill The bill ( S. 3763) granting an increase of pension to Mary A. read: · Baker was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro~ Be- it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is poses to place on the pension roll tne name of Mary A. Baker, hereby, authorized' and directed to place on the peDBion roll, subject to· the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Cyrus widow of Jolin L. Baker, late of Company B, First Regiment W. Cobb, late of C"omp:m B, Second Battery Mas achusetts Volunteer New Hamp hh'e Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and to pay her a Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate o! $24 per JnGnth. in pension of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. lieu of that he is now receiving. · The bill was reported to the Senate without- amendment, or­ The amendment was agreed to. dered to be e.agrnssed for a third· reading; read the third time, The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and th~ and pas ed~ · amendment was concurred in. GUST.AVUS A. THOMPSON. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill ( S. 5573) granting an increase of pension to Gustavus the third time, and pas ed. A. Thompson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It FR.A NK H. READ. proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Gustavus A. The bill ( S. 6597) granting an. increase of pension to Frank Thompson, late of Company K, Third Regiment, and Comptmy H. Read was considered as in Committee of the Whole. B, Seventeenth Regiment Maine· Volunteer Infantry, and to pay The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now re~ an amendment in line 8, before the· word " dollars," to strike ceiving. out ·~fifty " and insert " thirty-six; " so as to make the bill The bill was reported to- the Senate without amendment, or­ read: • dered to be engL'ossed for a third reading, l'ead the third time, Be it cnactert, etc-., ·That the· S-ecretary of the Interior be, and he is a.p.d passed. hereby, authorized and directed to place on. the pension roll, subject JOSEPH W ~ LOWELL. to the provisions and limitations o.f the pension laws, the nume of Frank H. Read, late: of Company I, Twenty-ninth Regiment ·Maine The bill ( S. 65&1) granting an increase of pens:ion to Joseph Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per w. Lowell was considered as. in Comlil.ittee of the Whore. It month in lieu of that he iJ3 now receiving. proposes to place- on the. pension roll the name· of Joseph W . The amendment was agreed to. Lowen, late of Company G, Eighteenth Regiment New Hamp­ TB.e bill w:1s reported to the Senate as amended, and the shire Volunteer Infanh·y, and to pay him a pension- of $24 per amendment was concurred in. month in lieu of that he is now receiving. · The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ the third time, and passed. dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read. the third time, WILLIAM. H . WESTCOTT. and passed. AMOS HA:ll. The bill (S. 6163-) granting an increase of pen ion to Wil­ liam H. Westcott was consideTed n:s in Committee of the Whole. The- bill ( S. 6585) granting an increa-se of pension to Amos The bill was reported from the Committee on Pen ion with Ram was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro­ an amendment, in line 8, before the word "dollars," to trike poses to place on the pension roll the name of Amos· Ham, late out·" thirty-five·~ and; insert ·~twenty-four; " so as to m~e the of Company E, Sixth Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, bill read:. and to ·pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he is B e- it enac.terl etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is .aow receiving~ hereby, author12ed and directed ·to place on. the pension roll, subject The bill was reported to the S-enate without amendment, or­ to the provisions and limitations of the peDBion laws, the ruune of William II. 'Westcott, late of Company K, Eleventh Regiment Rhode dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time·, Island Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pensfon at the rate of $24 and passed. per month in lieu o1 that be is now receivJ.ng. ABBA.M P. COLBY. The 3)llendment was agreed to. The bill ( S. 6l')83) granting an increase of pension to Abram The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the P. Colby was. considered as in Committee of the Whole. It amendment was concurred in. proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Abram P. · The bill was ordered to be engro-ssed for a third reading, read Colby, late of Company A, Tenth ~egiment .New Hampshire the third time, and passed. Volunteer Infanti'Y, and to pay him a pension o"f $30 per month DENNIS. FLAHERTY. in lieu of that he is now reCBiving. The bill ( S. 5D99) granting an increase of pension to· Dennis The biJI was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Flaherty "~as consid~red as in Committee of the Whole. dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with and passed. an amendment, in li'ne 8, before the word "dol1ars," to strike HENRY CAMPBELL. out " forty " and insert " thirty ; " so as to make the bill read : The bill (S. . G591) granting an. increase of pension to Henry · Be it enacterZ, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is It 'hereby authorized and directed to plac on the pen ion roll, subjeet Campbell was considered as in Committee of the Whole. pro­ to the 'provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of D n.­ poses to place on the pension roll the name of Henry Campbell, nis Flaherty, late of Company .D. Twent:y-first llegiment Connecticut late of Company I, Third Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infan­ Volunteer Infantry, and pay b1m a pensiOn at the rate of $30 per try, and to pay him a pensfon of $50 per month in lieu of that he moBth in lieu of- that he is now- receiving. is now receiving. Tbe amendment was· agreed to. · The bifl was reported to the Senate without amendment, or- Tbe bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the dered-to be engrossed. for a third reading, read the third time, ::uue:o

The bill was reported from the Con:imittee on Pensions with The title was. amended so as to read : "A bill granting an in­ an amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike crease of pension to Samuel Paine." out "sixty" and insert "thirty;" so as to make the bill r ead: ALFRED A. STOCKER. Be it enacted, eta., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to The bill ( S. 6514) granting an increase of pension to Alfred the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George Augustus Stocker was considered as in Committee of the Whole. A. Tucker, late of Battery K, Third Regiment United States Artillery, 'l'be bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 ·per month in lieu of that he an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and is now receiving. Insert : The amendment was agreed to. Tha.t tb~ Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the and dtrected to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and amendment was concurred in. · limitations of the pension laws, the name of Alfred A. Stocker, late act­ ~'be bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read ing assistant surgeon, United States Army, and pay him a pension at the rate of $~0 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. t he third time, and passed. The amendment was agreed to. BETTIE M.A. Y VOSE. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and tile The bill (S. 6833) granting an increase of pension to Bettie amendment was concurred in. Vose was consider d as in Committee of the Whole. ~'he bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading,· read The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with the third time, and passed. an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and ~'Ile title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in­ insert: crease of pension to Alfred A. Stocker." . That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized WILLIAM H . ANDERSON. and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of·Bettie May Vose-, widow of The bill ( S. 6885) granting an increase of pension to William William P. Vose, late colonel, Artillery Corps, and brigadier-general, H . Anderson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. United States Army, retired, and pay her a pension at the rate of $50 . per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with amendments, in line 6, after the word "paymaster," to insert The amendment was agreed to. "assistant paymaster, a~d paymaster;" and in line 8, before ·The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the the word ''dollars," to strike out "fifty" and insert "thirty; " amendment was concurred in. so as to make the bill read : The bill was ·ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Be it enacted, eta., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is the third time, and passed. hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to The title was amended so as to read : "A bill granting an in­ the proTisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William crease of pension to Bettie May Vose." H. Anderson, late a.cting assistant paymaster, assistant paymaster, and paymastet·, United States Nayy, and pay him a pension at the rate of LOVISA. DONALDSON. $30 per month in lieu ·of that he is now receiving. The bill (S. 7065) granting an increase of pension to Lovisa The amendments were agreed to. Donaldson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and tile The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with amendments were concurred in. an amendment, in line 6, after the word "late," to strike out The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read "of " and insert " second lieutenant; " so as to make the bill the third time, and passed. read : The VICE-PRESIDENT. This completes the Pension Calen­ Be it enacted, eta., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is dar, with the exception of those bills passed over. hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to AGUSTA. P. MORGAN. the provisions and limitations o1' the pension laws, the name of Lovisa Donaldson, widow of David M. Donal6lson, la.te lilecond lieutenant Com­ Mr. McCUMBER. I desire to call up Senate bill 6723, which pany D, Thirty-seventh Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantl·y, was passed over a while ago. and pay her a pension at the rate of $16 per month in lieu of that she The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the con­ is now receiving. sideration of the bill ( S. 6723) granting an increase of pen~ion The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the to Agusta r. Morgan, which bad been reported from the Com­ mittee on Pensions with an amendment, in . line 8, before the amendment was concurred in. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read word " dollars," to strike out " thirty " and insert " twenty; " so as to make the bill read : t he third time, and passed. · Be it enacted, eta., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is THEODORE M. BENTON. hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension raws, the name of Agusta The bill ( S. G505) granting an increase of pension to Tileodore P. Morgan, widow o! Henry C. Morgan, late captain, Twelfth Regiment Morgan Benton was considered as in Committee of the Whole. United States Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate o! $20 per Tile bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with month in lie\1 of that she is now receiving. an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and l\fr. McCUMBER. I ask that the letter which I send to the insert: desk may be printed in the RECORD. · It is pr actically a supple- That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized mental report in this case. . and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and The VICE-PRESIDENT. In the absence of objection, the limitations of the pension laws. the name of Theodore M. Benton, late letter referred to by the Senator from North Dakota will be acting gunner's mate, . S. S. Iosco, United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24· per month in lieu of that he is now re­ printed in the RECORD without reading. ceiving. The letter referred to is as follows : The amendment was agreed to. NITED STATES SENATE, Washington, December 18, 1906. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Hon. P . .T. McCuMBER, amendment was concurred in. Chairman Oommllittee on Pensions, United States Senate. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read MY DEAR SE:-iA.TOR: ·Recalling our conversation of this afternoon "in regard to Senate bill No. 6723 Calendar No. 4469, "granting an in­ the third time, and passed. crease of pension to A~usta P. ~forgan," I will say that I have known Tile title was amended so as to read : "A bill granting an in­ Mrs. }forgan for more than forty years. She is now what I would call crease of pension to Theodore l\I. Benton." a "helpless invalid," caused by a disease which is accurately described in the letters of Doctors Porter, llitchell, Gandy, and Cragin, which I SAMUEL PAINE. inclose you herewith. (These letters belong with the papers in this case The bill (S. 4127) granting an increase of pension to Samuel in the Senate files, having been withdrawn by me to-day.) To my pet·­ sonal knowledge ~Irs. Morgan has for several years required the con­ D. Payne was considered as in Committee of the Whole. stant attendance of another person to administer to her wants. She The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with is unable to move without being lifted from her bed or a chair in which an nruendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and she is seated by her attendant, and at times is a most severe and heroic sufferer from the pa ins attendant upon her complaint. She bas to be insert: lifted !rom her bed by her attendant, dressed, placed in a chair. where That the Secretary of the Interior be, !!lnd he is hereby, authorized she remains during her waking hours, and is practically unable to feed ond directed .to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and herself. She is replaced in her bed at the close of the day by her at­ limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel Paine, late first tendant and is in such physical condition that she can -not turn bet·­ lieutenant, Second Battery, First Battalion Maine Volunteer Light Ar: self after retiring, but is compelled to lie in the one position through tillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu the night. of that he is now receiving. I do not feel that I can say more t o recommend her case to the care­ ful consideration of your committee. The amendment was agreed to. I feel that I am fairly justified in urging you to increase the amount The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and t he of pension reported by your committee to the a mount which l placed amendment was concurred in. in the original bill-$30 per month-or even t o a larger sum, if you can consistently make such a recommendation. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, r ead Yours, very truly, the third time, and passed. M. G. B ULKELJlY. ·548 .CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECEMEER 19,

Mr. 1\lcCU~ffiER. In view of the facts set forth in the letter The VICE-PRESIDENT appointed as the conferees on the and the report, I ask that the amendment of the committee may part of the Senate 1\lr. GALLINGER, 1\lr. HANSBROUGH, and l\fr. be disagreed to. l\IARTIN. . The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the WIDENING OF BLADENSBURG ROAD. a mendme:r;J.t reported by the committee. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the amend· The amendment was rejected. ment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. u5) for 'l'be bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ the widening of Bladensburg road, and for other purposes. dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, l\Ir. GALLINGER. I take occasion to say that the amend· and passed. ment of the House of Representatives to this bill and the others JONATHAN M. ADAMS. on the Vice-President's table is in every instance identical in Mr. McCUMBER. I also desire to call up Senate bill 6821. terms with, and conforms to, the law we passed during the The Senate, as in, Committee of the Whole, resumed the con­ last session of Congres . So if the amendment is read in one sideration of the bill ( S. 6821) granting_ an increase of pension case it will not be necessary to read it in the other cases. to Jonathan M. Adams, which had been reported from the Com­ The VICE-PRESIDEN'l'. The amendment of the House of mittee on Pensions with an amendment, in line 8, before the Representatives will be stated. word " dollars," to strike out " thirty " and insert " twenty­ The SECRETARY. It is proposed to strike out all after the en­ four ; " so as to make the bill read : acting clause and insert : Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he iS" That, under and in accordance with the provisions of sections 491n bereby, authorized and directed to place on the p·ension roll, subject to to 491n, both inclusive, of subchapter 1 of chapter 15 of the Code of the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jona­ Law for the District of Columbia, within thirty days after the dedica­ than M. Adams late of Company H, l!'ifth Regiment Wisconsin Volun­ tion to the District· of Columbia of two-thirds of the land necessary teer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in for the widening of the Bladensburg road in the District of Columbia lieu of that he is now receiving. from H or Boundary street to the District of Columbia line, ac­ cording to the street extension plans of said District, the ommis­ _ l\fr. .McCUl\fBER. Upon a further report in regard to this sionet·s of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, author­ case, which was given to me to-day, but which I will not ask to ized and directed to institute in the supreme court of the District ot have inserted in the REcoRD, I request that the committee Columbia a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be neces­ sary to complete the widening of said road to a width of UO feet be- amendment be disagreed to. tween the limits named. . . The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the l5Ec. 2. That assessments shall be made by the jury as benefits as amendment reported by the committee. contemplated in section 491g of the subchapter of the code hereinbefore referred to : Provided, That the total amount fonnd to be due and The amendment was rejected. awarded as damages, plus the cost and expenses of the proceedings, The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ shall be assessed by the said jury as benefits. 'dcred to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, SEc. 3. That the sum of 600, or so much thereof as may be neces­ sary, is hereby appropriated, out of the revenues of the District of and passed. Columbia, to provide the necessary funds for the costs and expenses of CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHERSON. 0 ~~~ ~i~~il~tn~~°Cof~C~tildif%Sm tat~~D :Fs~~~~~~~ t h~~i.t be!~fi r: ;cfe~d t~~ Mr. 1\IcCU.l\lBER. I now call up Senate bill 6822. same are collected, and a sufficient sum to pay the amounts of all The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the con­ judgments and awards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of sideration of the bill ( S. 6822) granting an increase of pension the District ot Columbia. to Christopher Christopherson, which bad been reported from Mr. GALLINGER. I move that the Senate concur in the the Committee on Pensions with an amendment, in line 8, be­ amendment made by the House of Representatives. fore the word " dollars," to strike out " thirty " and insert The motion was agreed to. "twenty-four; " so as to make the bill read : EXTENSION OF SEVENTH AND FRANKLIN STREETS NE. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the amend­ the provisions and limitations of the pe.Q.sio~ laws, .the nam.e of Christo­ ment of the House of Representatiy-es to the bill (S. 64) for the pher Christopherson, late of Company A, Third Regrment Mmnesota Vol­ extension of Seventh street and Franklin street NE., and for unteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the mte of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. other purposes ; which was to strike out all after the ena ting l\fr. 1\lcCUMBER. On the same ground, as in the preceding clause and insert: That, under and in ac~ordance with the provisions of sections 491a case, I ask that the committee amendment may be disagreed to. to 491n, both inclusive, of subchapter 1 of chapter 15 of the ode of The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the Law for the District of Columbia, within sixty days after the pas age of this act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they amendment reported by the committee. are hereby, authorized and directed to institute in the supreme court The amendment was rejected. of the District of Columbia a proceeding in rem to condemn the land The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ that may be necessary for the extension of Seventh street 'K south­ ward from its present termination neax· its intersection with Ch:mning dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, street, on a line parallel with the Metropolitan Railroad, to Hhode and passed. Island avenue, Sixth street southward to Central avenue, and also Franklin street NEl. from Central avenue eastward to the 1etropolitan EXTENSION OF W AND ADAMS ·sTREETS NW. Railroad and westward from its present termination between Fifth Mr. GALLINGER. l\lr. President, there are various messages and Sixth streets to Fourth street 1'o""E., and also to straighten the western line of Seventh street between Hamlin and Irving strec s NE. from the House of Representatives returning Senate bills with SEc. 2. That assessments shall be made by the jury as bene.'its, as . amendments, which I should like to have laid before the Senate. contemplated in section 491g of the subchapter of the code herein­ The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the amend­ before referred to : Prodded, That the total amount found to be dne and awarded as damages, plus the eost and expenses of the proceed­ ment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 5119) au­ ings, shall be assessed by the said jury us benefits. thorizing tb~ extension of W and Adams streets NW.; which SEC. 3. That the sum of $300, or so much thereof as may be neces­ was, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: ary, fs hereby appropriated, out of the revenues of the District of Co­ lumbia, to provide the necessary funds for the costs and expenses of '!'hat under and in accordance with the provisions of sections 491a the condemnation proceedings taken pursuant hereto, to be repaid to to 491n, both inclusive, of subchapter 1 of chapter 15 of the Code of the District of Columbia from the assessment for benefits when the Law for the District of Columbia within sb:ty days after -the passage same are collected, and a sufficient sum to pay the amounts of all of this act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they judgments and awards is hereby appropriated out of the r evenues of ai·e hex·eby authorized and directed to institute i.n the supreme court of the District of Columbia. the Distri~t of Columbia a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be necessary for the extension of W and Adams streets NW. east l\lr. GALLINGER.· I move that the Senate concur in the to North Capitol street ; W street to be 80 feet and Adams street to be amendment made by the House of Representatives. 90 feet wide. SEC. 2. That assessments shall be made by the jury as benefits as The motion was agreed to. ·contemplated in section 491g of the subchapter of the code hereinbefore WIDENING OF COLUMBIA ROAD. referred to: Provided, That the total amount found to be due and awarded as damages, plus the cost and expenses of the proceedings, The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the amendment shall be assessed by the said jury as benefits. of the House of Representatives to the bill ( S. 68) for the SEC. 3. That the sum of $300 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated,-out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, widening of a section of Columbia road east of Sixteenth street ; to provide the necessary funds for the costs and expenses of the con­ which was to strike out all after the enacting clause and in ert : demnation proceedings taken pursuant hereto, to be repaid to the Dis­ That under and in accordance with the provisions of sections 491a trict of Columbia from the assessment for benefits when the same are to 491n, both inclusive, of subchapter 1 of chapter 15 of the Code of collected · and a sufficient sum to pay the amounts of all judgments and Law for the District of Columbia, within thirty days after the passage ·awards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the District of of this act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and Columbia. they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute in the supreme . Mr. GALLINGER. I mo-re that the Senate disagree to the court of the District of Columbia a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be necessary to widen Columbia road between the east amendlnent made by the House of Representatives, and request side of Sixteenth street extended and the western limit of the sub­ a conference on the disagreeing votes of ·the two ·Houses there­ division of the north grounds of Columbia Colleae to a total width of _on, and that the Chair appoint the conferees on the part of the 60 feet, concentric with the present improved roadway on such street. ,SEc. 2. That assessments shall be made by the jury as benefits as Senate. contemplated in sectiqn 491g of the subchapter of the code hereinbefore The motion was a~reed to. . referred to: Prov-ided, That at least one-half of the amount found to ' - I 1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 549

be due and awarded as damages, plus the cost a.nd expenses of the referred to: P1·ovided, That the total amount found to be due and proceedings, shall be assessed by· the said jury as benefits. awarded as damages, plus the cost and expenses of the proceedings, shall SEc. 3. That the sum of $300, or so much thereof as may be neces­ be assessed by the said jury as benefits. sary, Is hereby appropriated, out of the revenues of the District of SEc. 3. That the sum of 600, or so much thereof as may be necessary, Columbia , to provide the necessary funds for the costs and expenses is hereby appropriated, out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, of the condemnation proceedings taken pursuant hereto, to be repaid to provide the necessary funds for the costs and expenses of the con­ to the District of Columbia from the assessment for benefits when demnation proceedings taken pursuant hereto, to be repaid to the the same are collected, and a sufficient sum to pay the amounts of all District of Columbia from the assessment for benefits when the same judgments and awards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of are collected, and a sufficient sum to pay the amounts of all judgments the District of Columbia. and awards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues- of the District 1\lr. GALLINGER. I move that the Senate concur in the of Columbia. amendment made by the House of Representatives. Mr. GALLINGER. I move that the Senate concur in the The motion was agreed to. amendment made by the House of Representatives. The motion was agreed to. EXTENSION OF TWENTY-THIRD STREET NW. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the amendment EXTENSION OF GENESEO PLACE AND SUMMIT PLACE. of the House of Representatives to the bill ( S. 133) authorizing The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the amend- the extension of Twenty-third street NW. to Kalorama road; . ment of the House of Representatives to the bill ( S. 5246) to which was to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: provide for the extension of Geneseo place and Summit place, That under and in accordance with the provisions of sections 491a District of Columbia; which was to strike out all after the en­ to 491n, both inclusive, of suchapter 1 of chapter 15 of the Code of. acting clause and insert: Law for the District of Columbia, within sixty days after the passage That, under and in accordance with the provisions of sections 491a of this act the Commissioners of the District o! Columbia be, and they to 491n, both inclusive, of subchapter 1 of chapter 15 of the Code of are hereby, authorized and directed to institute in the supreme court o! Law for the District of Columbia, within ninety days after the pas­ the District of Columbia a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that sage of this act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, may be necessary for the extension o! Twenty-third street NW. from and they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute in the U street to Kalorama road, so as to include so much of lots 9 and 24, supreme court of the District of Columbia a proceeding in rem to con­ L. R. Tuttle's subdivision, and lots 1 and 18, block 20, Kalorama demn the land that may be necessary for the extension of Geneseo Heights subdivision, as lie between two parallel curved lines 5G !eet apart, the easterly of which begins at a point on north line of lot 9, p_lace,, Lanier Hei,ghts N--yY"., in said J?istrict, in a southwesterly direc­ L. R. Tuttle's subdivision, and 50 feet easterly fi·om the northwest cor­ tiOn m prolongatiOn of 1ts present hnes and to extend Summit place ner thereof, and which passes thence in a southeasterly direction on a in an easterly direction with a width of 40 feet to connect with said · circular arc with a radius of 512 !eet, more or less, to a point on the extension of Geneseo place, said extension of Summit place to "be west line of lot 24 of said subdivision, and 55 feet, more or less, from north of the northerly line of lot 198 of Lanier Heights and said the southwestern corner of said lot. line extended, the name of Geneseo place to be changed· to Summit SEc. 2. That assessments shall be made by the jury as benefits _as place. · contemplated in section 491g of the subchapter of the code hereinbefore SEc. 2. That assessments shall be made by the jury as benefits, as :referTed to: Prov ided, That the total amount found to be due and contemplated in section 491g of the subchapter of the code hereinbe­ !awarded a.s damages, plus the cost and expenses of the proceedings, fore referred to : Pro1>ided, That the total amount found to be due and l!hall be assessed by the said jury as benefits. · awarded as damages, plus the cost and expenses of the proceedings, SEc. 3. That the sum of $300, or so much thereof as may be neces­ shall te assessed by the said jury as benefits. · sary, is hereby appropriated, out of the revenues of the District o! Co­ SEc. 3. '1"hat the sum of 300, or so much thereof as may be neces­ lumbia, to provide the necessary funds for the costs and expenses of the sary, is hereby appropriated, out of the revenues of the District of condemnation proceedings taken pursuant hereto, to be repaid to the Columbia, to provide the necessary funds for the costs and expenses District of Columbia from the assessment for benefits when the same of the condemnation proceedings taken pursuant hereto, to be repaid are collected, and a sufficient sum to pay the amounts of all judgments to the District of Columbia from the assessment for the benefits when and awards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the District the same are collected, and a sufficient sum to pay the amounts of all judgments and awards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of of <;:olumbia. the District of Columbia. Mr. GALLINGER. I move that the Senate concur in the Mr. GALLINGER. I move that the Senate concur in the ru:nendm~nt made by the House of Representatives. amendment made by the House of Representatives. The motion w~s agreed to. The m-otion was agreed to. F;XTENSION OF SECOND STREET NW. CLOSING OF CERTAIN ALLEYS IN THE DISTRICT. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the amend­ ment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 2098) au­ The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the amend­ thorizing the extension of Second street NW. from Elm street ments of the House of Representatives to the bilJ ( S. 5565) to north to Bryant street; of W street from its present terminus close certain alleys in the District of Columbia; which were, west of Flagler place to Second street, and of W street west of on page 2, line 7, after "Columbia," to insert " which in no Second street eastwardly to Second street; which was to strike event shall be less than the average value of the abutting out all after the enacting clause and· insert: property ; " on page 2, line 11, to strike out all after " own­ ers" down to and including line 13, and insert: That under and in accordance with the provisions of sections 491a to 491n, both inclusive, of subchapter 1 of chapter 15 of the Code of P1·ov ided further, That the Commissioners are hereby authorized to Law for the District of Columbia, within thirty days after the passage reject the appraisement if in their opinion such appraisement is less of this act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they than the value of said property. are hereby, authorized and directed to institute in the supreme court of Mr. GALLINGER. I move that the Senate· concur in the the District o! Columbia a proceeding in rem to condemn the land that may be necessary for the extension of Second street NW. from Elm amendments made by the House of Representatives. street northward to Bryant street, with a width of 90 feet, and of W The motion was agreed to. street from its present terminus west of Flagler place to Second street, with a width of 80 feet, and ol W street west of Second street east­ DISMISSAL OF THREE COMPANIES OF TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY. ward to Second street, with a width of 50 feet. SEc. 2. That assessments shall be made by the jury as benefits as The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the followina contemplated in section 491g of the subchapter of the code hereinbe­ message from the President of the United States; which wa~ fore referred to: Provided, That the total amount found to be due read: and awarded as damages, plus the cost and expenses of the proceed­ ings, shall be assesed by the said jury a.s benefits. To the Senate: SEC. 3. That the sum of $600, or so much thereof as may be neces­ In· response to Senate resolution of December 6 addressed to me and sary, is hereby appropriated, out of the revenues of the District of Co­ to the two Senate resolutions addressed to him, the Secretary of' War lumbia, to provide the necessary funds for ·the costs and expenses of has, by my direction, submitted to me a report which I herewith send the condemnation proceedings taken pursuant hereto, to be repaid to to the Senate, together with several documents, including a letter of the District of Columbia from the assessment for benetlts when the General Nettleton and memoranda as to precedents for the summary same are collected, and a suflicient sum to pay the amounts of all discharge or mm.;tering out of regiments or companies, some or all of judgments and awards is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the members of which bad been guilty of misconduct. . the District of Columbia. I ordered the discharge of nearly all the members of Companies B C and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry by name, in the exercise o! my ~on: Mr. GALLINGER. I move that the Senate concur in the stitutional power and in pursuance of what, after full consideration, I "3.mendment made by the House of Representatives. found to be my constitutional duty as Commander in Chief of the United The motion ·was agreed to. States Army. I am glad to avail myself of the opportunity a1rorded by these resolutions to lay before the Congress the following facts as to the EXTENSION OF MEBIDIAN PLACE NW. mu1·derous conduct of certain members of the companies in question and as to the conspiracy by which many of the other members of these com­ The VICE-PRESIDENT -laid before the Senate the amend­ panies saved the criminals from justice, to the disgrace of the United ment of the House of Representatives to the bill ( S. 2260) au­ States uniform. thorizing the extension of Meridian place NW. ; which was to I call your attention to the accompanying reports of Maj. Augustus P. Blocksom, of Lieut. Col. Leonard A. Lovering, and of Brig. Gen. strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: Ernest A. Garlington, the Inspector-General of the United States Army, That under and in accordance with the provisions of sections 491a o! their investigations into the conduct of the troops in question. An to 491n, both inclusive, of subchapter 1 of chapter 15 of the Code of effort bas been made to discredit the fairness of the investigation into Law for the District of Columbia, within thirty days after the passage the conduct of these colored troops by pointing out that General Gar­ of this act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they lington is a Southerner. Precisely the same action would have been are hereby, authorized and directed to institute in the supreme court taken had the troops been white-indeed, the discharge would probably of the District of Columbia a proceeding in rem to condemn the land have been made in more summary fashion. General Garlington is a na­ that may be necessary for the extension of Meridian place NW. from tive of South Carolina; Lieutenant-Colonel Lovering is a native of New 1its present terminus east of Center street, Mount Pleasant, to Four­ Hampshire; Major Blocksom is a native of Ohio. As it happens, the teenth street NW., with a width of 50 feet. disclosure of the guilt of the troops was made in the report of the officer SEc. 2. That asse~sments shall be made by the jury as benefits, as who comes from Ohio, and the eff.orts of the officer who comes from contemplated in sect10n 491g of the subchapter of the code hereinbefore South Carolina were confined to the endeavor to shield the innocent wen \ 550 OONGRESSION AL ~ECORD-SE~ ATE. DECEJ\IBER _1_9, of the companies in question, if any such there were, by securing infor­ foray; and not far away is the fresh grave of an unoffending citizen of mation whtch would enable us adequately to punish the guilty. But I the place, a boy in years, who was waptonly shot down by these United wish it distinctly understood that the fact of the birthplace of either States soldiers while unarmed and attempting to escape. · officer is one :which I absolutely refuse to consider. The standard of pro· The effort to confute this testimony so far bas consisted in the asser­ fessional honor and of loyalty to the flag and the service is the same for tion or implication that the townspeople shot one another in order to all officers and all enlisted men of the nited States Army, and I resent discredit the soldiers-an absurdity too gross to need discussion, and with the keenest indignation any effort to draw any line among them unsupported by a shred of evidence. There is no question as to the based upon birthplace, creed, or any other consideration of the kind. I murder and the attempted murders ; there is no question that some of should put the same entire faith in these reports if it bad happened that the soldiers were guilty thereof; there is no question that many of tbeit· they were all made by men coming from some one State, whether in the comrades privy to the deed have combined to shelter the criminals from Soutl. or the North, the East or the West, as I now do, when, as it hap· justice. These comrades of the murderers, by their own action, have pens, they were made by officers born in ditl'erent States. . rendered it necessary either to leave all the men, including the murder­ Major Blocksom's report is most careful, is based upon the testimony ers, in the Army, or to turn them all out ; and under such circumstances of scores of eyewitnesses-testimony which conflicted only in nonessen­ there was no alternative, for the usefulness of the Army would be at ""n tials and which established the essential facts beyond chance of success­ end were we to permit such an outrage to be committed with impunity. ful contradiction. Not only has no successful effort been made to In short, the evidence proves conclusively that a number of the sol­ traverse his findings in any essential particular, but, as a matter of fact, diers engaged in a deliberate and eoncerted attack, as cold blooded as it every trustworthy report from outsiders amply corroborates · them, by was cowardly ; the purpose being to ten:orize the community, and to kl)l fac the best of these outside reports being that Gen. A. B. Nettleton, or injure men. women, and children in their homes and beds or on the made in a Jetter to the Secretary of War, which I herewith append ; streets, and this at an hour of the night. when concerted or effectivl! General Nettleton being an ex-Union sofdier, a consistent friend of the resistance or defense was out of the question, and when detection by colored man throughout his life, a lifelong Republican, a citizen of Illi­ identification of the criminals in the nited States uniform was well­ nois, and Assistant Sec1·etary of the Treasury under President Harrison. nigh impossible. So much for the original cl'ime. A blacker never It appears that in Brownsville, the city immediately beside which stained the annals of our .Army. It has been supplemented by another, Fort B1·own is situated, there bad been considerable feeling between the •only less black, in the shape of a successful conspiracy of silence for citizens and the colored troops of the garrison companies. Difficulties the purpose of shielding those who took part in the original conspiracy had occurred, there being a conflict of evidence a~ to whether the citi­ of murder. These soldiei·s were not schoolboys on a frolic. They zens ot· the colored troops were to blame. My impression is that, as a were full-gt·own men, in the uniform of the United States Army, armed matter of fact, in these difficulties there was blame attached to both with deadly weapons. sworn to uphold the laws of the ·United States, sides ; but this is a wholly unimportant matter for our present purpose, and under every obligation of oath and honor not merely to refrain as nothing that occurred otl'ered in any shape or way an excuse or from criminality, but with the sturdiest rigor to hunt down criminallty; justification for the atrocious conduct of the troops when, in lawless and the crime they committed or connived at was mm·det·. They p~r­ and murderous spirit, and under cover of the night, they made their verted the power put into their hands to sustain the law into the most attack upon the citizens. deadly violation of the law. The noncommissioned officers are prima­ The attack was made near midnight on August 13. The following rily responsible for the discipline and good conduct of the men ; they facts as to !:his attack are made clear by Major Blocksom's investigation are appointed to their positions for the vet·y purpose of preserving this and have not been, and, in my judgment, can not be, successfully con­ discipline and good conduct, and of detecting and securing. the punish­ troverted. From nine to fifteen or twenty of the colored soldiet·s took ment of every enfisted man who does what is wrong. They fill, with part in the attack. They lea~ed over the walls from the barracks and refet·ence to the discipline, a part that the commissioned officers are of hurtled through the town. 'Ibey shot at whomever t.bey saw moving, course unable to fill, although the ultimate responsibility for the dis­ and they shot into houses where they saw lights. In some of these cipline can never be shifted fi•om the sbouldet·s of the latter. Under houses there were women and children, as the would-be murderers must any ordinary, circumstances the first duty of the noncommissioned offi­ have known. In one bouse in which there were two women and five cers, as of the commissioned officers1 is to train the private in the ran.ks children some ten shots went through at a height of about 4~ feet above so that b_e may be an efficient figbtrng man against a foreign foe. But the floor, one putting out the lamp upon the tabJe. The lieutenant of there is an even higher duty, so obvious that it is not under ordinary police of the town beard the fit·ing and rode toward it. lie met the circumstances necessary so much as to allude to it-the duty of trah:i­ raiders, who, as stated, were about fifteen colored soldiers. They in­ ing the soldier so that he shall be a protection and not a menace to his stantly started· firing upon him. He turned and rode off, and they con­ peaceful fellow-citizens, and above all to the women and children of the ~iriued fi~·ing upon ~im until they had kil.Ied his hot·se·. They shot him nation. Unless tbis duty is well performed, the Army becomes a mere m the ngbt arm (It was afterwards amputated above the elbow). A dangerous mob ; and if conduct such as that of the murderers in que.s­ number of shots were also fired . at two other policemen. The raiders tion is not, where possible, punished, and, where this is not possible, fired several times into a hotel, some of the shots being aimed at a unless the chance of its repetition is guarded against in the most thor­ guest sitting by a window. They shot into a saloon, killing the bar­ oughgoing fashion, it would be better that the . entire Army should be tender and wounding another man. At the same time other raiders disbanded. It is vital for the .Army to be imbued with the spirit which fired into another bouse in which women and children were sleeping will make every man in it, and above all, the officers and noncommis­ two of the r.bots going through the mosquito bar over the bed in which sioned officers, feel it a matter of highest obligation to discovet· and the mistress of the house and her two children were lying. Several punish, and not to shield, the criminal in uniform. other houses were struck by bullets. It was at night, and the streets Xet some of the noncommissioned officers and many of the men of of the town are poorly lighted, so that none of the individual raiders the three companies in question have banded together in a conspiracy to were recognized ; but the evidence of many witnesses of all classes was protect the assassins and would-be assassins who have disgraced their conclusive to the effect that the raiders were negro soldiers. 'l'be shat­ uniform by the conduct above related. Many of these noncommis­ tered bullets, shells, and clips · of the Government rifles, which were sioned officers and men must have known, and all of them may have found on the ground, are merely corroborative. So are the bullet holes known, circumstances which w.ould have led to the conviction of those in the houses; some of which it appears must, from the direction have engaged in the murderous assault. They have stolidly and as one man been fired from the fort just at the moment when the soldiers left it broken their oaths of enlistment and refused to help discover the crim- Not a bullet hole appears in any of the structures of the fort. · inals. . The townspeople were completely surprised by the unprovoked and By my dil·ection every etiort was made to persuade those innocent of murderous savagery of the attack. The soldiers were the agaressors murder among them to separate themselves from the guilty by belpin"' from start to finish. They met with no substantial resistance 'and one bring the criminals to justice. They were warned that if they did not and all who took part in that raid stand as deliberate murdei·ers who take advantage of the offer they would all be discharged from the serv­ did murder one man, who tried to murder others, and who tried to ice and forbidden again to enter the employ of the· Government. They murder women and children. The act was one of horrible atrocity and refused to profit by the warning. I accordingly had them discharged. so far as I am aware, unparalleled for infamy in the annals of the If any organization of troops in the set·vice, white or black, is guilty of United States Army. similar conduct in. the future I shall follow precisely the same course. 'l'be white officers of the com~anies were completely taken by sur­ Under no circumstances will I consent to keep in the set·vice bodies of prise, and at first evidently believed that the firing meant that the men whom the circumstances show to be a menace to the country. In­ townspeople were attacking the soldiers. It was not until 2 or 3 cidentally I may add that the soldiers of longest service and highest o'clock in the morning that any of them became aware of the truth I position who suffered because of the order, so far from being those who have directed a careful investigation into the conduct of the officers to deserve most sympathy, deserve least, for they are the very men upon see if any of them were blameworthy, and I have approved the recom­ whom we should be able especially to rely to prevent mutiny and mendation of the War Department that two be brought before a court­ murder·. . martial. People have spoken as. if this discharge fmm the service was a pun· As to the noncommissioned officers and enlisted men. t'bere can be no isbment. I deny emphatically that such is the case, because as punish­ doubt whatever that many were necessarily privy, after if not before ment it is utterly inadequate. The punishment meet for mutineer·s and the attack. to the conduct of those who took actual part in this mur­ murderers such as those guilty of the Brownsville assault i~ death; and derous riot. I refer to Major Blocksom's report for proof of the fact a punishment only less severe ought to be meted out to those who have that certainly some and probably all of the noncommissioned officers in aided and abetted mutiny and murder and treason by refusing to help charge of quarters who were responsible for the gun racks and bad keys in their detection. I would that it were possible for· me to have pun­ thereto in their personal possession knew what men were engaged in the ished the guilty men. I regret most keenly that I have not been able attack. to do so. . Major Penrose, in command of the post, in his Jetter (included in the Be it remembered always that these men were all in the service of Appendix) gives the reasons why he was reluctantly convinced that the Unit~d States under contracts of enlif!tment, which by their terms some of the men under him-as be thinks, from 7 to 10-"'ot their and by statute were terminable by my direction as Commander in Chief rifles, slipped out of quarters to do ·the shooting, and returned tg the bar­ of the Army. It was my clear duty to terminate those contracts when racks without being discovered, the shooting all occurring within two the public interest demanded · it; and it would have been a betrayal of and a half short blocks of the barracks. It was possible for the raiders the public interest on my part not to terminate the contracts which to go from the fort to the farthest point of firing and return in less were keeping in the service of the United States a body of mutineers than ten minutes, for the distance did not exceed 350 yards. and murderers. · Such are the facts of this case. General Nettleton, in his letter bet·e­ Any assertion that these men were dealt with harshly because they with appendedi states that next door to where he is writing in Browns­ were colored men is utterly without foundation. Officers or enlisted ville is a oma l cottage where a children's party bad just broken up men, white men or colored men, who were guilty of such conduct, would before the house was riddled by United States bullets, fired by United have been treated in precisely the same way; for .there can be nothing States troops, from United States Springfield rifles, at close range with more important than for the United States Army, in all its member­ the purpose of killing or maiming the inmates, including the parents ship . to understand that its arms can not be turned with impunity and children who were still in the well-lighted house, and whose escape against the peace and order of the civil community. from death under such circumstances was astonishing. He states that There are plenty of precedents for the action taken. I cal1 · your on anothet· street he daily looks upon fre h bullet scars where a volley attention to the memoranda 'herewith submitted fi·om '.rhe Military Sec­ from similar Government rifles was fired into the side and windows of a retary's office of the \Var Department, and a memorandum from The 3 Military Secretary inclosing a piece by ex-Corporal Hesse, now chief ~~; 1 c~~{~~pi~~t ~o;~fbfimia~~ ~ie;Jl~nfn~r ~&if~st;nt~d li~~es~sil?a~t:.broi~~ of division in The Military Secretary's office, together with a letter writes that the chief of the Brownsville police is again on duty from from District Attorney James Wilkinson, of New Orleans. The dis­ hospital, and carries an empty sleeve because be was shot by Federal trict attorney's letter recites several cases in which white United soldiet·s from the adjacent garrison in the course of their .murderous States soldiers, being arrested for cr~ime, were tried, and every sol· .. I I / )

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dler and employee of the regiment, or in the fort at which the soldier old. I have striven to break up -peonage; I have upheld the hands of was stationed, volunteered all they knew, both before and at the tl"ial, those who, like Judge Jones and Judge Speer, have warred against this so as to secure justice. peonage, because I would bold myself unfit to be President il I did not In one case tbe soldier was acquitted. In another case the soldier feel the same revolt at wrong done a colored man as I feel at wrong was convicted of murder, the conviction resulting from the fact that done a white man. I have condemned in unstinted terms the crime of every soldier, fr-om the commanding officer to the humblest private, lynching perpetrated by white men, and I should take instant advantage united in securing all the evidence in their power about the crime. In of any opportunity whereby I could bring to justice a mob of lyn!!bers­ other cases, for less offense, soldiers were convicted purely because In precisely the same spirit I have now acted with reference to these their comrades in arms, in a spirit of fine loyalty to the .honor of tbe colored men wbo bave been guilty of a black and dastardly crime. In service, at once told tbe whole story of the troubles and declined to one policy, as in the other, I do not claim as a favor, but I challenge as identify themselves with the criminals. a right, the support of every citizen of this countl·y, whatever his color, During tbe civil war numerous precedents for the action taken by provided only he bas in him · tbe spirit of genuine and far-sighted pa­ me occurred in tbe shape of the summary discharge of•re~iments or triotism. companies because of misconduct on the part of some or all of their THEODORE ROOSEVELT. members. 'l'be Sixtieth Ohio was summarily discharged, on the ground THE W;HiTE HOUSE, December 19, 1906. that the regiment was disorganized, mutinous, and worthless. 'l'he Eleventh New York was discharged by reason of gene1·al demoralization Mr. FORAKER. .Mr. President, I ask that the message, .with and nume1·ous desertions. Three companies of the Fifth Missouri Cav­ the accompanying exhibits and all papers connected therewith, alry nnd one company of the Fourth Missouri Cavah-y were mustered out cf the service of the United States mthout trial by court-martial may be printed as a document. and referred to the Committee on by reason of mutinous conduct and disaffection of the majority of Military .Affairs, with instructions to take such testimony as the members of these companies (an almost exact parallel to my ac­ may be necessary to establish all the facts, the expense so in­ tion). Another Missouri regiment was mustered out of ser>ice be­ cause it was in a state bordering closely on mutiny. Other examples, cmTed to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate. including New Jersey, Maryland, and other organizations, are given 1\Ir. LODGE. The last part ought to be-a separate resolution. in the· inclosed papers. . . The usual motion is., of course, that the message~ referred and I call your p::u·ticular attention to the special field order of Bng. printed, to which there is no objection, but I think before we de­ Gen. U. S. Grant, issued from tbe headquarters of the Thirteenth ~r~y Corp::; on November 16, 1862, in reference to the •.rwentieth Illmots. cide to enter on a Congressional investigation the matter ought Meml:ers of tbis rel[iment had broken into a store and taken goods to to be presented at least separately. the value of some ;;>1,240, and the rest of the regiment, including es­ pecially two officers, failed, in the · words of General Grant, to "exer­ Mr. FORAKER. I have no objection to presenting it sepa­ cise their authority to ferret out the men guilty of the offenses." Gen­ rately, if the Senator makes an objection. I ask the Senator if eral Grant accordingly mustered out of tbe service of tbe United States he objects to testimony being taken in regard to the facts in the the two officers in question, and assessed the sum of $1,240 against the said regiment as a whole, officers and men to be assessed pro rata on matter? . their pay. In its essence this action is precisely similar to that I Mr. LODGE. If a resolution of investigation is to be intro- have taken; although the oft:ense was of course trivial compared to the duced, I ask that it may go over under the rule. . offense with wbicb I bad to deal. - . Ex-Corporal Hesse recites wbat occurred in a United States regular Mr. FORAKER. I think the Senator would, upon considera­ regiment in tbe spring of 1860. (Corporal Hesse subsequently, when tion, perhaps, withdraw that objection. The documents accom­ tbe regiment was surrendered to the Confederates by General Twiggs, panying the message are very voluminous. It is impossible "for sav d tbe re~imental colors by wrapping them about· his body, under bis clothing, ana brought them north in safety, receiving a medal of honor tis on the moment to determine whether all the evidence is there for bis action.} It appears that certain members of the regiment with respect to this matter that the Senate may desire to have.. lynched a barkeeper who had J..'illed one of the soldiers. Being unable if it should see fit to go into the matter at all. The request I to discover tbe culprits, Col. Robert E. Lee, then· in command of the Department of Texas, ordered the company to be disbanded and the made was that-the message might go to the Committee on Mili­ member·s transferred to other companies and discharged at tbe end of tary Affairs with instructions to take testimony if the committee their enlistment, without honor. Owing to the outbreak of the civil should deem it essential or advisable to do so. war, and the consequent loss of records and confusion, it is not pos­ sible to say wbat finally became of this case. Mr. LODGE. I ask that the motion be divided. · When Gener·al Lee was in command of th.e Army of Northern Vir­ Mr. PENROSE. Mr. President-- ginia, as will appear from the inclosed clipping from the Charlotte The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Ohio ·yield Observer, he issued an order in October, 1864, disbanding a certain battalion for cowardly conduct, stating at tbe time his regret tbat to _the Senator from Pennsylvania? there were some officers and men belonging to the organization who, Mr. FORAKER. Certainly. I want to know if my request although not deserving it, were obliged to share in the common dis­ is objected to. . grace because tbe good of the service demanded it. In addition to tbe discharges of organizations, which are of course 1\Ir. PENROSE. I wish to make a suggestion to the Sena­ Infrequent, there are continual cases of the discharge of individual tor from Ohio. He is a member of the Committee on Military enlisted men without honor and without trial by court-martial. Tbe Affairs? official record shows tbat during the fiscal year ending June 30 last such discharges were issued by the War Department without trial by 1\Ir. FORAKER. Certainly. court-martial in the cases of 352 enlisted men of tbe Regular Army, 1\Ir. PENROSE. Can not the-matter be i;afely left to that 35 of tbem being on account of " having become disqualified for service committee? If they conclude to investigate this matter and through own misconduct." Moreover, in addition to the discharges without honor ordered by the War Department, there were a consideT­ want any further power from the Senate, they can come jnto able number of discharges without honor issued by subordinate mili­ the Senate later on with such a proposition. It does not seem tary authorities under paragr:aph 148 of the Army Regulations, "-where to me that any formal resolution to empower the Military the service has not been honest and faithful-that is, where the serv­ ice does not warrant reenlistment." Committee to send for witnesses or papers is necessary at this So much for the military side of the case. But I wish to say some­ time. Let the committee take up the matter. thing additional, from the standpoint of the race question. In my I suggest to the Senator from Ohio that he confine his request messa.g'e at tbe opening of Congress I discussed tbe matter of lynch­ ing. In it I gave utterance to tbe abhorrence which all decent citi­ to having the documents printed, which. of course will be zens should feel for tbe deeds of tbe men (in almost all cases white printed as a Senate document, and then have the Committee men) who take part in lynchings, and at the ·same time I condemned on Military Affairs take up the m:;ttter a:t their discretion. as all decent men of any color should ·condemn, the action of those colored men who actively or passively shield tbe colored criminal from 1\Ir. FORAKER. In view of the objection that is made, I will the law. In the case of these companies we bave to deal with. men divide the request, or motion, rather. who in the first place were guilty of what was practically tbe worst possible form of lynching-for a lynching is in its essence lawless and 1\Ir. BLACKBURN. Then I shall ask the Senator from Ohio murderous vengeance taken by an armed .mob for real or fancied to· reduce his motion to writing, not tbe first motion of reference, wrongs-and who in the second place covered up the crime of lynch­ but the second motion; in order that we may understand whether ing- by s.tanding with a vicious solidarity to protect the criminals. it be the purpose of the Senator from Ohio to instruct and direct It is of the utmost importance to all our people that we shall deal · with each man on his merits as a man, and not deal with bim merely the Military Affairs Committee of the Chamber to make ·an in­ as a member of a given race; that we shall judge each man by his con­ vestigation, or whether it be simply his purpose to leave it to duct and not his color. This is important for the white man, and it is far more important for the colored man. More evil and sinister counsel the committee to determine whether an investigation shall be never was given to any people tban that given to colored men by those made. advisers, whether black or white. wbo, by apology and condonation l\1r. FORAKER. Very well; I will offer a written resolution·. encourage conduct such as tbat of the three companies in question. If the colored men elect to stand by criminals of their own race because The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Ohio moves that they are of their own race, they -assuredly lay up for themselves tbe the President's message, with the accompanying documents., be most dreadful day of reckoning. Every farsighted friend of tbe colored printed and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. The race in its ~!forts to strive onward and upward, should teach first as tbe most important lesson, alike to the white man and the black 'the question is on agreeing to the motion of the Senator from Ohio. duty of treating the individual man strictly on his worth as be sbo~s it The motion was agreed to. Any conduct by colored people which tends to substitute for this rule 1\Ir. LODGE rose. the rule of standing by and shielding an evil doer because be is a mem­ ber of their race, means the inevitable degradatton of the colored race. Mr. FORAK,ER. Now, ;Mr. President, I offer a resolution. I It may and probably does mean damage to the white race, but. it means will first yield to the Senator from l\1assachusetts, however. · ruin to the black race. . Mr. LODGE. ·Mr. President, I mer~ly desire to say that there Throughout my term of service in the :(>residency I have acted on tbe has co~e in a . message which we have only just heard read, principle thus advocated. In the North as in the South I hav~ ap­ poi..Q.ted colored men of bigb character to office, utterly disregarding and that there comes with it a consid~rable amount of printed the protests of those who would have kept tbem out of office because testimony, which I for one should like to examine. I am not tlley were colored men. So far as was in my power, I have sought to at all clear whether· there is any necessity for entering upon a secure for the colot·ed people all their rights under tbe law. I have done all I could to secure them equal school training when young equal Congressional investigation. If there is, we will order it· but ~pportunity to- earr their livelihood, and achieve their happiness when I should like to see the papers first. ' 55~ ~ CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-SEN·ATE. DECEMBER 19.,

1\Ir. FORAKER. I will· offer the resolution in a few moments. The SECRETARY. A bfll (S. 5133) to promote the safety of The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Ohair will take this opportu­ employees and travelers upon railroads by limiting the hours of nity to lay before the Senate bills from the House of Represent­ service of employees thereon. atives for reference. Mr. LA FOLLETTE. I ask unanimous consent that the un­ HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. finished business be temporarily laid aside. H. R. 22580. An act making appropriations· for the current and The VICE-PRESIDENT. 'l'be Senator from 'Visconsin a ks contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling unanimous consent that the unfinished business be temporn.rily treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for -other laid aside. Without objection, it is so ordered. purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, was read DISYISSAJ: OF THREE COMPANIES OF TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY. twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Indian Af­ fairs. Mr. FORAKER. l\Ir. President, I offer the resolution which The following bill~ were severally read twice by their titles I send to the desk. and referred to the Committee on the Dish·ict of Columbia: The resolution was read, as follows : H. R. 121. An act authorizing the extension. of Seventeenth Resolved, That if the Committee on Military Atl'airs deem it neces­ sary, in connection with the consideration of the message of the !'resi­ street NW.; dent in response to resolutions Nos. 180 and 181, to take further tes­ H. R. 128. An act for the opening of a connectll].g highway be­ timony to establish all facts connected with the discharge of the mem- tween Waterside Drive and Park road, District of Columbia; . bers of Companies B, C1 and D, Twenty-fifth United States Infantry, that it be, and hereby 1s, authorized to send for persons and papers H. R. 5971. An act authorizing the extension of. T street (for­ and administe1· oaths, and report thereon, by bill or otherwise, the merly W street) NW.; expense so incurred to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate. H. R. 7039. An act authorizing the extension of Prospect Mr. LODGE. Mr. President, to that resolution I have no ob­ street NW. ; · jection at all. What I objected to was passing a resolution or­ H. R. 84:35. An act for the opening of Fessenden sh·eet NW., dering an investigation before we get any opportunity to con­ · District of Columbia; sider the papers that have come in. The resolution leaves it to H. R: 10703. An act authorizing the extension of Monroe sh·eet the discreti<;>n of the Committee on l\Iilitary Affairs to take ac­ NE· . tion or not, as they may deem best, after examining the papers, 1-i.' R. 10843. An act authorizing the extension of Kenyon street and I have no objection to it. I hope it will pa s. NW.; . . . l\Ir.· FORAKER. · I desire to add ·only one word, and that is II. R. 14815. .An act for the extension of Harvard street, Co­ that the resolution is in the precise form in which I undertook lumbia Heights, District of Columbia ; and to offer the resolution orally. H. R. 14900. An act to extend Fourth street NE. l\Ir. LODGE. I misunderstood -the language the Senator used, OPENING OF MACOMB STREET. then. I thought it was a direction to investigate. The bill (H. R. 20069) for the opening of Macomb street NW., Mr. FO:Jl.AKER. I had not thought of ordering an investiga­ District of Columbia, was read twice by its title. . · tion until the message and accompanying documents should ·be Mr. GALLINGER. A bill in reference to the opening of Ma­ properly examined by some committee, and I thought the Com­ comb street has been reported by the Senate Committee on the mittee on Military Affairs was the proper one. District of Columbia and is on the Calendar. I ask that the l\Ir. W ARRFJN. Mr. President, I do not rise to oppose the res­ House bill may take the place of the Senate bill on ·the Calendar olution, but simply to call the attention of my colleague on the without reference to the committee. committee to the fact that it is usual when authorizing a com­ The VICE-PRESIDENT. Without· objection, it is so ordered; mittee to take testimony, etc., which would cause expense to and the Senate bill will be indefinitely postponed. have it referred to the Committee to Audit and Ooub.·ol the Con­ tingent E:ipenses of the Senate. I do not raise the point myself. EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 1\fr. LODGE. That would not be necessary at this stage, be­ The bill (H. R. 21408) to amend an act entitled "An act to cause the resolution leaves it to the Committee on Military Af­ regulate th~ :J.zeeping of employment agencies in the District fairs to say whether there shall be an im·estigation or not, and of Columbia where fees are charged for pr<;>curing employment it is for them then to decide. · or situations," approved Jtme 19, 1906, was read the first time 1\fr. W A.RREN. But the resolution undertakes to give them by its title. authority to expend money. I have no objection to its passage The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Ohair invites the attention of in that form. I merely call attention to the fact that it is un­ the Senator froni New Hampshire to the bill. The Ohair usual. understands that there is a Senate bill of the same character l\lr. KEAN. The whole quesion bas to go to the Committee on on the Calendar. Contingent Expenses, under the law. l\Ir. GALLINGER. There is, and I ask that this bill take Mr. CARMACK. .Mr. President, there is objection to leaving the place on the Calendar that is now held by the Senate bill. it to tlie discretion of the committee without n. positive order of It is in identical terms. the Senate to undertake an investigation of tbis sort. It seems The VIOE-PRESIDEJ\'T. Without objection, it is so ordered. to me that if an investigation of the kind is to be undertaken it l\Ir. GALLINGER. I move that the Senate bill, No. 6405, be ought not to be .done except on an express instruction from t he indefinitely postponed. Senate to do so. I do not believe it is a good idea to leave it to The motion was agreed to. a committee to undertake what may be a very long and burden­ l\Ir. GALLINGER. It will take but a moment, I will say, to some and costly investigation unless it has been directly in­ pass the House bill, and it is a somewhat important matter. structed by the Senate to do so. I would be 'villing at thiR t ime It is a small inatter, but yet important.. I ask unanimous con­ to insh·uct the committee to mal~e such an investigation, but I do sent that it may be considered at this time. not believe in leaving it to the discretion of the committee to con­ The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Secretary will read the bill duct an investigation of this sort. for the information of the Senate. ·- l\Ir. FORAKER. l\fr. President-- The. bill was read the second time at length, as follows: l\lr. SPOONER. Let the resolution be read ngain. Be it enacted, etc., That section 11 of an act entitled "An act to regu­ '.rhe VICE-PRESIDENT. 'The Secretary will again rend the late the keeping of employment agencies in t he District of Columbia where resolution, at the request of the Senator from Wisconsin. fees are charged for procuring employment or situations," approved .June The Secretary again read the resolution as follows : 19, 1906, be, and the same is hereby, amended by insert ing after the words "at least six mont hs from the date of revocation of such license" the R esolved, That if the Committee on Military Affairs deem it neces­ words " every violation of any provision of this act , except as provided sary, in connection witb ~e considera tion of the message of the Presi­ in section 10, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $25, and in dent in response to resolut~ons Nos. 180 and 181, to t a ke furt ber t e t i­ default thereof the person or persons so otl'ending shall be commit ted mony to establish all facts connected with the discha rge of the members for a period not to exceed thirty days, and this penalty shall also in­ of Companies B, C, and D, Twenty ~fifth nited States Infant ry, that it clude such violat ions of section 10 for which no penalty is prescribed in be, and hereby is, authorized to send for persons and papers and ad­ said section 10. minister oaths, and report thereon, by bill or otherwise, the expense so incurred to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the present 1 consideration of the bill just read? _ Mr. FORAKER. I modify the resolution, in view of the ob- There being no objection, the bill was considered as in .Com­ jection that bas been made, so as to omit the words "the ex­ mittee of the Whole. pense so incurred to be paid out of the contingent fund of the The bill ·was reported to the Senate without amendment, or­ Senate," and I ask that it may be passed as modified. dered to a third reading,. read the third time, and passed. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the resolution as modified. EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY BILL. Mr. CLAY. l\lr. President, the President's message has just The VICE-PRESIDENT. The hour of 2 o'clock having at·­ come into the Senate. It is voluminous and contains many rived, _the Ohair lays before the Senate the unfinished business, pages. Senators ought to be permitted to examine closely the which will be stated by the Secretary. message and the testimony connected therewith before we vote 1906.·" CONGRESSIONAL RECO.RD-SENA_TE. 553

as to· whether there ought. to be an investigation. I do not be­ like to have this matter disposed of if I can. I do not see that lieve that, without an examination of the testimony in connec­ there is any advantage or disadvantage to anybody whether the tion with the mes"age, discretion should be left ·to a committee resolution goes over or not, except only we get rid of it for the as to whether or not there shall be an investigation. I can ·not ttme being, and it goes to the committee where it properly be­ see bow any llarm can result ·to ariyone by leaving this matter longs and where it will have to be considered in any event. to stand until after we convene again in ·January; and I ob­ Mr. CLAY. 1\Ir. President-- ject to the conside1'ation of the·resolution to-day. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Ohio yield 1\fr. FORAKER. In view of the modification of the resolu­ to the Senator from Georgia? tion which bas been made, no testimony can be taken until the Mr. FORAKER. Certainly. matter is acted upon by the Senate. So I hope _the Sena~or from 1\Ir. CLAY. I will say to the Senator that I do not desire to Georgia will withdraw his objection. He will be perfectly be captious about the matter, but I do desire to read the message protected. 'rhe only request is that the message shall b~ printed of the President_ That can be done. Senators will have time as a Senate document so that all Senators can examine it, to read the message· by to-morrow, and then will be the proper and-- , time to act on the resolution. I can ·not see any· need of imme- 1\fr. CLAY. I have no objection to that. diate action to-day. I can not see how-- · :Mr. FORAKER. If the committee upon examining it-­ Mr. FORAKER. Certainly, if the Senator insists upon it, I Mr. CLAY. I understood that the Senator offered a resolu- will let it go over until to-morrow, because I can not help myself. tion of that kind, and that it bas been already adopted. Under the rule I shall have to yield. Mr. FORAKER. Tba t bas been adopted. Mr. CULLOM. I move that the Senate proceed to the consid­ Mr. CLAY. And I understand this second resolution to eration of executive business. leave it to·the discretion of the committee as to whether or n ot Mr. FORAKER. I was hoping the Senator would withdr.aw there shall be an investigation of the entire subject. his objection. If be insists upon it the resolution will go over Mr. FORAKER. If they want any additional testimony. As until to-morrow, but to-morrow I shall press the resolution. · bas been stated, there h11ve been some ~tatements sent here­ 'l'he VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Ohio insist some of them under oath. m:my of them not undec oath-whk h on his motion to reconsider the vote by which the message and are referred to as the testimony taken in this case. In a proper documents were referred? sense of tbe word there is no testimony at all, but i~ is to th:l t · Mr. FORAKER. I was referring to the resolution when I I refer when I. speak of the testimony upon which action so far Eaid in T'iew of the objection of the Senator from Georgia I has been taken. '' ould, o! course, have to allow' it to go over 'until ·to-morrow; Now, if the Senator insists upon his objection, I move to lmt I ask that the same order may be taken as to the motion to reconsider the motion referring the . message. with the accom­ reconsider. I enter a motion. to reconsider. panying .documents, to the Committee on Military Affairs, and Mr. CULLOM. I insist upon my motion, Mr. President. ask that it be printed as a document and lie on the table, to be The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senntor from Ohio enters a called up for discussion wheneyer it may suit the convenience mot ion to reconsider the vote by which the President's message of the Senate. and accompanying documents were referred to the Committee 1\fr . . CLAY. I ask that the re ·olution as amended by th £> ou Uilitary Affairs. The motion will lie over until to-morrow ; Senator from· Ohio be read; that I may thoroughly understand i t. and pending the motion to reconsider, the message and accom­ The VICE-J:>RESIDEN'r. '.rhe resolution as modified by t !w panying documents will be printed. Senator from Ohio will be read by the SecretR ry. EXEC~ SESSION. ,The ~ecretary read the re~olution as modified, as follo\\s : :Mr. CULLOM. I move that the Senate proceed to the con­ Resolved, That if the ·committee on Military .Affairs deem it n ec~s­ sary in connection with the con sideration of the message of the Presi­ sideration of executive business. dent' in response to resolutions Nns. 1 0 and 181, to take further testi­ The motion was agreed to ; and the Senate proceeded to the mony to establish all fac ts connected with the discharge of the membei'3 con ideration of executive business. After thirty-five minutes of Companies B, C, and D, 1'wenty-fifth Uni ted States Infantry. that it be, and hereby is, authorized to send for persons and papers and admin­ spent in executive session th~ doc;n·s were reopened, and (at 2 ister oaths, and report thereon by bill or otherwise. o'clock and 50 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to­ 1\Ir. CLAY. I object to the conside:ration of the resolution. morrow, Thursday, December 20, 1906, at 12 o'clock meridian. The VICE-PI;tESIDENT. The Senator from Georgia objects. The Senator from Ohio moves to reconsider the vote by which NOMINATIONS. the message and accompanying documents were referred· to the Committee on 1\Iilitary Affairs. . Ea:e cttti~:e rzo1ninations received by the Senate Decembe7 19, Mr. FORAKER. Mr. President, I do not wish to precipitate 1906. a discussion at this time of the message the President bas sent. ENVOYS .EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY. I tllink every Senator here would be at a disadvantage in under­ Thomas C. Dawson, of Iowa, now minister resident and con­ taking to discuss it until be has had time to read it carefully. sul-general to Santo Domingo, for promotion to be envoy ex­ I have read it once, and-I have heard it read from the desk by traordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the ·united States the Secretary. So possibly I am more familiar with it than any to Colombia, vice John Barrett, resigned. other Senator here. I do not think any other. Senator has read Williams C. Fox, of New Jersey, late consul at Brunswick, it. .And yet I do not feel like undertaking to discuss the mes­ to be envoy. extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the sage at this time, but I think it is due to Senators who may United States to Ecuador, vic~ Joseph W. J. Lee, nominated want to discuss it, if it can.not be considered in committee, where f.or promotion to be envoy extraordinary and minister pleni­ it properly belongs, that it should lie on the table until it can potentiary to Guatemala and Honduras. be called up and discussed or be sent to the committee. Horace G. Knowles, of Delaware, late consul at BordeaUx:, ·l\f1~. LODGE. Sending papers to a committee is merely a for­ to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the mal process. It does not deprive us of the papers or of the United States to Roumania and Servia, vice John W. Riddle, message; and the subject is before us under the resolution; nominated for promotion to be ambassador extraordinary and which goes over by the objection of the Senator from Georgia. plenipotentiary to Russia. · The Senator from Ohio does not, it seems to me, lose any con­ Joseph· w. J. Lee, of Maryland, now envoy extraordinary trol of the subject by ~ llowing the papers to take the ordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Ecuador, for promotion to be course, which .is the reference to a committee and printing. envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United Mr. FORAKER. That is all true, and it is in recognition of States to Guatemala and Honduras, vice Leslie Combs, nomi:­ that fact that I did not think there would be any objection. on nated to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the part of the Senator from Georgia, when · be saw w·hat I Peru. · want to call attention to now-the qualified form of the resolu­ :MINISTER RESIDENT AND CONSUL-GE ERAL. tion. I did not think the Senator would insist upon his objec- . tlon when he saw the modified form of the resolution. There F enton R. McCreery, of Michigan, now secretary of thn em­ could not be any testimony taken until the Senate acted on the bassy at Mexico, for promotion to be minister resident and con­ Question of expenses, and I so stated. sul-general of the United States to Santo Domingo, vice Thomas Mr. CULLOM. 1\Ir. President-- C. Dawson, nominated for promotion to be envoy extraordinary The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Ohio yield and minister plenipotentiary to Colombia. to the Senator from Illinois? SECRETARIES OF EMBASSIES. 1\fr. FORAKER. I do not \vant to yield, because the Senator John Gardner Coolidge, of 1\Iassachusetts, late secreta1 y o:f wants to · make a motimi for an executive session ; otherwise. I the legation at Peking, · to be secretary of the embassy or the would be courteous and pdlite and yield to the Senator. J. would Unite_d States at Mexico, .Mexico, vice Fenton R. McCr~ery ,. 554 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-SENATE. DECEMBER 19,

nominated for promotion to be minister resident and consul­ States Army, for appointment as 1pember of the Mississippi general to Santo Domingo. River Commission provided for by the act of Congress approved .Montgomery Schuyler, jr., of New York, now secretary of the June 28, 1879, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of legation and consul-general to Roumania and Servia, for pro­ a ' Mississippi River Commission ' for the improvement of said motion to be secretary of the embassy of the United States at river from the Head of the Passes near its mouth to its headwa­ St Petersburg, Russia, vice Spencer F. Eddy, appointed secre­ ters." tary of the embassy at Berlin. PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY. SECRETARY OF LEGATION AND CONSUL-GENERAL. Chaplain Frank B. Rose, United States Navy, retired, with the Philip 1\I. Brown, of Massachusetts, now secretary of the lega- rank of captain, to be a chaplain on the retired list of officers of . tion to Guatemala and Honduras, to be secretary of the legation the Navy with the rank of rear-admiral from the 29th day of and consul-general of the United States to Rouma.nia and Servia, June, 1906. vice 1\fontgomery Schuylei·, jr., nominated to be secretary of the Lieut. Commander Frank M. Bennett to be a comniander in embassy at St. Petersburg. the Navy from the 2d day of November, 1906. SECRETARIES OF LEGATIONS. Second Lieut. Benjamin . S. BeiTy to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps from the 29th day of November, 1906. Robert 'Voods Bliss, of New York, now second secretary of the embassy at St. Petersburg, to be secretary of the legation of PROMOTIONS IN THE REVENUE-CUTTER SERVICE. the United States at Brussels, Belgium, vice Stanton Sickles, Second Lieut. Henry Granville Fisher to be a first lieutenant nominated to be secretary of the legation to Greece and Monte­ in the Revenue-Cutter Service of the United States, to rank as negro and of the diplomatic agency in Bulgaria. such from November 4, 1906. Stanton Sickles, of Ne'v York, now· secretary of the legation Second Lieut. Ernest Eugene Mead to be a first Ueutenant in at Brussels, to be secretary of the legation of the United States the Revenue-Cutter Service of the United States, to rank as to Greece and Montenegro and of the diplo:w.atic agency in Bul­ such from October 1-, 1906. · garia, vice Charles S. Wilson, appointed secretary of the lega­ COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS. tion at Habana. J. Rice 'Vinchell, of Connecticut, to be collector of custom& Leonard l\1. Thomas, of Pennsylvania, now second secretary for· the district of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut of the embassy at Rome, to be secretary of the legation of the Fred C. Cubberly, of Florida, to be collector of customs for United States at Madrid, Spain, vice Robert M. Winthrop, nomi­ the district of St. Marks, in the State of. Florida. · nated to be second secretary of the embassy at Rome. John W. Howell, of Florida, to be collector of customs fol SECOND SECRETARIES OF E:MBASSIES. the district of Fernandina, in the State of Florida. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, of New York, now third sec1·etary of CIRCUIT JUDGE OF HAWArr. the embassy at Berlin, for promotion to be second secretary of the embassy of the United States at St. Petersburg, Russia, John T. DeBolt, of Hawaii, to be first judge of the circuit vice Robert Woods Bliss, nominated to be secretary of the lega­ court of the first circuit of the Territory of Hawaii.. tion at Brussels. REGISTERS OF THE LA::."iD OFFICE. Robert M. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, now secretary of the John F. Armstrong, of California, to be register of the land legation at Madrid, to be second seci"etary of the embassy of office at Sacramento, Cal. the United States at Rome, Italy, vice Leonard M. Thomas, Andrew ,V. Swaney, of Montana, to be register of the land nominated to be sec1:etary of the legation at 1\ladrid. office at Kalispell, 1\font. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE. George S. Curtis, . of Leadville, Colo., to be register of the Edward S. Farrington, of Nevada, to be United States dis­ land office at Leadville, Colo. trict judge for the district of Nevada, in the place of Thomas Henry W. Kiefer, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, to be register of the P. Hawley, resigned. land office at Blackfoot, Idaho. RECEIVERS OF PUBLIC MONEYS. CONFIRMATIONS. Fred C. Bradley, of Hailey, Idaho, to be receiver of publi< moneys at Hailey, Idaho. Emeczttive nominations confi-rmed by tlze Senate Decem.ber 19, Benjamln C. Barbor, of Nezperce, Idaho, to be receiver oj 1906. public moneys at Lewiston, Idaho. AMBASSADORS. William Ashley, jr., of Rathdrum, Idaho, to be receiver of Irving B. Dudley, of California, now envoy extraordinary and public moneys at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. minister plenipotentiary to Peru, to be ambassador extraordi­ Charles Walter, of Indepe~dence, Cal., to be receive.r of publia nary and plenipotentiary of the United States to Brazil. moneys at Independence, Cal. Lloyd C. Griscom, of Pennsylvania, now ambassador extraor­ POSTMASTERS. dinary and plenipotentiary to Brazil, to be ambassador e:rtraor­ ABKANSAS • . dinai"Y and plenipotentiary _of the United States to Italy. William C. Bill to be postmaster at Ozark, in the county ct Henry White, of Rhode Island, now ambassador extraordi­ Franklin and State of Arkansas. nary and plenipotentiary to Italy, to be ambassador extraordi­ John A.. Dudgeon to be postmaster at Corning, in the county o• nary and plenipotentiary of the United States to France. ·Clay and State of Arkansas. John W. Riddle, ·of Minnesota, now envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Roumania and Servia, to be ambas­ CA.LIFOR~IA. sador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States to John W. Magee to be -postmaster at Chico, in the county oJ Russia.. Butte and State of California. Stanley Morehead to be postmaster at San Rafael, in the ENV_OY EXTRAORDINARY AND _ MI~STER PLENIPOTENTIARY. county ()f Marin and State of California. Leslie Combs, of Kentucky, now envoy extraordinary and min­ Walter Mundell to be postmaster at Sawtelle, in the county of ister plenipotentiary to Guatemala and Honduras, to be envoy Los Angeles and State of California. _exti·aordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Peru. GEORGIA.. .UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS. J. F. Renfroe to be postmaster at Wrightsville, in the county of .Jolmson and State of Georgia. Lock. McDaniel, of Texas, to be United States attorney for the southern district of Texas, commencing January 16, 1907. ILLINOIS. Jose R. F. Savag~. of J>o:t:to Rico, to be United States attorney John C. Louden to be postmaster at Lebanon, in the county of for the district of Porto Rico. · St. Clair and State of Illinois. · . MEMBERS OF A:USSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION. INDIANA. Maj. James G. Warren, Corps of Engineers, United States · William H. Burris to be postmaster at Milford, in the county Army, for appointment as member of the Mississippi River Com­ of Kosciusko and State of Indiana. mission provided for by the act of Congress approved June 28, IOWA.• 1879, ·entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a 'Mis­ .Arthur S. Burdick to be postmaster. at Postville, in the county sissippi ·River Conimission ' for the improvement of. said river of A.llamakee and State of Iowa. · - from the Head of the Passes near its mouth .to its headwaters." Daniel P. Ellsworth to be postmaster at Lohrville, in the Lieut. CoL William T. Rossell, Corps of Engineers, _United county of Calhoun and State of Iowa. 1906. 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Hiram Lamb to be postmaster at Murray, in the county of" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: - Clarke and State of Iowa. \Villiam R. Orchard to be postmaster at Glidden, in the county WEDNESDAY, December 19, 1906. of Carroll and State of Io,ya:. The House met at 12 o'clock noon. Gustavus F. Peek to be postmaster at Algona, in the county Prayer by the Chaplain;Rev. HENRY ·N. CounEN, D. D. of Kossuth and State of Iowa. The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and ap­ Oli>e L. Stauffer to be postmaster at Gladbrook, in the county proved. of Tama and State of Iowa. SHOSHONE INDIAN RESERVATION. KANSAS. 1\Ir. MONDELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for George W. Doty to be postmaster at Burlingame, in the county the present consideration of the -bill (H. R. 21202) fixing the of Osage ·and State of Kansas. time for homestead enh·ymen on lands embraced in the Wind Harvey S. Givler to be posbnaster at Wakeeney, in the county River or Shoshone Indian Reservation to establish residence on of Trego and State .of Kansas. · same. Jennie R. Reed to be postmaster at Almena, in the county of The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wyoming asks unani­ Norton and· State of Kansas. mous consent for the present consideration of a bill the title of KENTUCKY. which will be reported by the Clerk. The Clerk read the title of the bill. Clarence Mathews to be postmaster at Maysville, in the county The SPEAKER. This bill was read ·yesterclay. Is there ob­ of Mason and State of Kentucky. jection to Hs consideration? MARYLAND. Mr. 1\I.ANN. I object. Charles F. Peters to be postmaster at Western Port, in the The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois objects. county of Allegany and State of Maryland. INTERSTATE CORPORATIONS. l\IASSACHUSETTS. 1\Ir. LITTLEFIELD. 1\fr. Speaker, I ask u·nanimous consent Marcus M. Copeland, jr., to be postmaster at Onset, in the for the present consideration of the bill (II. R. 2) requiring all county" of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts. corporations engaged in interstate commerce to make returns, John W. Fai'rbanks to be postmaster . at Westboro, in the and for other purposes. . . county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts. The SPEAKER. 'l~he gentleman from Maine asks unanimous , Martin Hickey to be postmaster at Grafton, in the county of consent for the present consideration of a bill. Is it on the \Vorcester and State of Massachusetts. Union Calendar? Edward B. Sherman to be postmaster at .Franklin, in the Mr. LIT'l'LEFIELD. Yes. county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts. The SPEAKER. It appears to be on the House Calendar. The gentleman asks unanimous consent for the present con­ l\IICHIGAN. sideration of the bill. Is that the gentleman's request? Timothy Smith to be po tmaster at Howell, in the county of :Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Yes. I... ivingston and State of Michigan. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read the title. Tlle Clerk read the title of the bill. MISSOURI. 1\Ir. MANN. On what calendar is that bill, 1\Ir. Speaker? John W. Scott to be postmaster at Moberly, in the county of The SPEAKER. It appears to be on the House ·Calendar. Randolph and State of Missouri. 1\fr. MANN. That b'ill is on the Union Calendar. NEW JERSEY. 'l'he SPEAKER. It does not seem to be. l\lr. ·PAYNE. Yes; it is on the Union Calendar. John W. Dooling to be postmaster at Clayton, in the county 1\fr. 1\iANN. Tha.t bill was, transferred from the House Cal­ of Gloucester and State of New Jer8ey. endar to the Union Calendar nearly a year ago. William C. Fink to be postmaster at Hudson Heights, in the The SPEAKER. On examination the Chair finds that is cor­ county of Hudson and State of New Jersey. rect. The Clerk informs the Chair that the bill has been trans­ KEW YORK. ferred from the House Calendar to the Union Calendar. The John Raines, jr., to be postmaster at Canandaigua, in the Chair only looked at the front page of the bill, which states county of Ontario and State of New York. that it was referred to the House Calendar on January 13, 1906, Homer E. Snyder to be postmaster at Victor, in the county and ordered to be printed. The Clerk informs the Chair that of Ontario and State of New, York. on January 29, 1906, a few days after "its. reference to the House Edward Williams to be postmaster at Granville, in the cotuity Calendar, it was transferred to the Union Calendar. The of Washington and State of New York. Chair does not recollect, but supposes there is something in it that makes a charge upo~ the Treasury. KORTH CAROLINA. 1\fr. LITTLEFIELD. That is correct. Vann J. McArthur to be postmaster at Clinton, in the county The SPEAKER. The request for unanimous consent is-- ot Sampson and State of Korth Carolina.- 1\fr. CLARK of Missouri. 1\Ir. Speaker, I will put an end to William A. Mace to be postmaster at Beaufort, in the county the controversy by objecting, if it takes unanimous consent. . of Carteret and State of North Carolina. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Missouri objects. Ml'. LI'rTLEFIELD. Then I move that the House resolve PE!i!XSYLVANIA. itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of D. James Colgate to be postmaster at Hawley, in the county the Union for the consideration of House bill 2. of Wayne and State of Pennsylvania. 1\fr. MANN. I raise the point of order that the motion is not SOUTH CAROLINA. in order at this time. The SPEAKER. The Chair sustains that point of order. J. Frank Kneece to be postmaster ~t Batesburg, in the county Mr. LITTLEFIELD. That is on the ground that the morning of Lexington and State of South Carolina. hour has not expired? WASHINGTON. The SPEAKER. Yes. Alexander Jolley to be postmaster at Elma, in the county of MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Chehalis and State of Washington. A message from the Senate, by Mr. PLATT, one of its clerks, WISCONSIN. :mnounced that the Senate had passed bills of the following Herman 0. E. Diestler to be postmaster at Hortonville, in the titles; in which the concurrence of the House of Representatives county of Outagamie and State of Wisconsin. was requested: · S. 3702. An act for the relief of the Gurley 1\IemOJ;ial Presby­ terian Church, of the Dish·ict of Columbia, and for other pm·- poses; · AMELIORATION OF CONDITION OF . WOUNDED IN S. 2527. An act to confirm and legalize prior admissions to AR~IIES. dtizenship of the United States where the judge or clerk of the The injunction of secrecy was removed December 19, 1906, court administering tbe oath to the ·applicant or his witnesses from the message from the President of the United States trans­ has failed to sign or seal the record, oath, or the j~dgment of mitting an authentieated copy of a com-ention signed at Geneva admis ion, and to establish a proper record of such citizenship; on July 6, 1906, for the amelioration of the condition of the S. 6896. An act appropriating the sum of $1,000,000 as a loan . wounded in armies in the field. to the Jamestown Exposition Company for the purpose of aiding