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By I\Ir. HAYES: Petitions of citizens of San Francisco, Cal., Also, paper to accompany bill for reliet of Henry B. Fenton as follows: Charles A. 1\.Ianert, Joseph V. Ducoring, E. Calm to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. hardt, R. I. Wirbs, Frank E. l\Iaxwell, Andrew J. Gallagher, H. By 1\Ir. ROBERTS: Petition of American Prison Association, Sagor, Jacob Bauer, James Burian, ·c. W. Peck, Patrick O'Brien, for suitable appropriation for the Congress of the International John J. Breslin, John O'Fallon, H. E. Lubden, Charles L. Schil Prison Commission-to the Committee on the Judiciary. ling, William Doud, S. J. Gardner, J. S. Slattery, George Robert Also, petition of National Woman's Christian Temperance son, L. Strickland, Theodore B. Ketelson, William P. McCabe, Union convention at Denver, Colo., for legislation to protect· John 0. Walsh, Oscar H. Hinten, N. L. Hanley, William 1\fcin prohibition States from the liquor traffic through interstate tosh, Anton P. Wohl, F. Q. Jackson, Patrick Carroll, F. ·w. commerce--to the Committee on the Judiciary. Zimmerman, A. J. Beck, and John.Wagner; of Fred W. Brandle By Mr. SULZER: Petition of James Post, George L. Miles, and J. J. Mullaly, of San Jose, Cal.; ofT. Harton, Dennis Coffee, and J. H. Rice, of New York, favoring repeal of duty on raw Walter Dalton, Thomas Mason, W. Pence, and Thomas Lord; of and refined ~ugars-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Frank Zergler and 22 other citizens of Sacramento, Cal.; of J. R.. By Mr. 'rOWNSEND: Petitions of citizens of Blissfield, Bowden and !:15 other citizen·s of San Jose, Cal.; and of L. M. Springfield (Grange No. 45), Auburn, North Adrian (Grange), l\Iullinix and 46 other citizens of Louin, Miss., favoring an ex Ousted, and North Rome, all in the State of Michigan, favoring clusion law against all Asiatics save merchants, students, and a parcels-post and a postal savings bank law-to the Committee trayelers-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By 1\.Ir. HOUSTO~: Paper to accompany bill for relief of By Mr. VREELAND: Petition of residents of Alfred, N. Y., James B. Prosser (ll. R. 23919)~to the Committee on Pensions. for parcels post on rural delivery routes and a postal savings By Mr. HOWELL of New Jersey: Paper to accompany bill for banks law-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. relief of Ferdinand H .. Wurdemann~to the Committee on In- By 1\Ir. WANGER: Petitions of 'Vestern Electric Company, v-alid Pensions. · of Philadelphia; Felton, Sibly & Co., of Philadelphia; and By l\Ir. KAHN: Petitions of W. H. Smith and 95 other resi Philadelphia Cred.itmen's Association, favoring S. 6975 (in dents of Sparks and Reno, Nev.; 0: B. Anderson and 115 other crease of judges' salaries)-to the Committee on the Judiciary. residents of Seattle, Wash.; l\1. Garfinkle and 149 other residents By Mr. WOOD : Paper to accompany bill for relief of Ger of San Francisco, Cal.; and J. A. Sopp and 143 other residents shom C. Hires-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of San Francisco, Cal., favoring an exclusion law against all : Also, petition of A. H. Friedmann and S. T. Karne, of Asiatics save merchants, students, and travelers-to the Com Boundbrook, N. J., favoring repeal of duty on raw and refined. mittee on Foreign Affairs. sugars-to the Committee on Ways and l\Ieans. By Mr. KIMBALL: Paper to accompany bill for relief of Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Cornelius .S. Abra W. W. Alcoke-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. hams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By :Mr. KNAPP: Petition of San,dy Creek Grange, No. 127, of New York, for a parcels-post law and postal savings banks-to SEN.ATE. the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. M.A.USHALL: Petition of B. W. Schouweiler, of Fair SATURDAY, J anumvy 9, 1909. mount, N. Dak., fayoring repeal of duty on raw and refined sugars-to the Committe·e on 'Vays and Means. The Chaplain, Rev. Edward E. Hale, offered the following Also, petition of citizens of North Dakota, against passage of prayer: Senate bill 3940-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. These men were honored in their generation; and they were a Also, petition of residents of l\Iorton and Oliver counties. glory in thei1· day. N. Dak., for appi·opriation to protect west bank of Missouri 'l'hese were me1~ of mercy, whose righteous deeds have not been Ri \·er-to the Committee on RiYers and Harbors. forgotten. Also, petition of citizens of North Dakota, favoring S. 5117 'l'he peoples will declare their 'Wisdom; ana the congregation and H. n. 18445 (to investigate and develop methods for treat shan show forth the·ir p1·aise. ment of tuberculosis)-to the Committee on Appropriations. Let us pray. By Mr. NORRIS: Petitions of citizens of Kearney County, Father, to-day we thank Thee for the men who have served citizens of Harlan County, and citizens of Nuckolls County, all Thee, and served this people, and served this Nation in the 1n the State of Nebraska, against a parcels-post and postal days which have passed, in the days which are here. Thou saYings banks law-to the Committee on the Post-Office and hast been pleased to answer the prayer of this people. From Post-Roads. year to year and from century to century Thou hast sent us Also, petition of citizens of Nebraska, against S. 3940 (Sun men who loved the Nation more than they loved themselves, day observance in the District of Columbia) -to the Committee who served this people and served Thee.· Going and coming_:_ on the District of Columbia. in the field, on the sea-in the wilderness and in this Senate By .Mr. NYE: Petition of Trades and Labor Assembly of Chamber Thou hast sent Thy servants to do Thy perfect will. 1\fin.neapolis, Minn., against delivery by the United States Gov Teach this Nation to-day what it is when men and women and ernment of Jan Pauren and Christian Rudowitz as prisoners children live for others, when they forget themselves for the to the Russian Government-to the Committee on Foreign Af common good, when they are strong in Thine almighty strength, fairs. when they do not ask to be praised of men, but seek the praise By Mr. O'CONNELL: Petition of American Prison Associa of God. tion for suitable provision for the preparatory work of the In Bless us in this Congress; bless us in these States; bless us ternational Prison Commission and for the entertainment of in this Nation; and make of this people that happy Nation the congress-to the Committee on the Judiciary. whose God is the Lord. We ask it jn Christ Jesus. · By 1\Ir. OVERSTREET: Petition of Indiana Conference of Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Seventh Day Adventists, against passage of Senate bill 3940- kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven. to the Committee on the District of Columbia. GiYe us this day our daily bread, a1;1d forgive us our trespasses. By 1\!r. POLLARD: Petition of Lincoln Commercial Club, Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for of Lincoln, Nebr., favoring a tariff commission to deal with Thine is the kingdom, Thine is the power, and Thine is the tariff legislation-to the Committee on Ways and Means. glory, forever and ever. Amen. By l\Ir. PUJO: l\Iemorial of the general assembly of Louisi The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and ap ana in 1908, favoring legislation to construct a dam across proved. Bayou _Courtableau on west bank of Atchafalaya basin leyee PRESIDENTIAL APPROVA.LS. district to protect by levee its arable territory from overflow, A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. legislation granting to the State of Louisiana the public lands M. C. Latta, one of his secretaries, announced that the Presi of United States in the State, legislation establishing a national dent had approved and signed the following acts : standard of classification of the marketable grades of cotton, On January 5, 1909: and legislation for national ·park on site of the battle of New S. 3125. An act for the relief of Jabez Burchard; Orleans-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. S.1162, An act to correct the naval record of Alfred Burgess; By Mr. RANSDELL of Louisiana : Paper to accompany bill and for relief of 1\frs. H. L. Slack, heir of Benjamin Temple-to S. 5263. An act for the relief of William Parker Sedgwick. the Committee on War Claims. . On January 6, 1909: By Mr. RHINOOK: Paper to accompany bill for relief of S. 534. An act to reimburse George W. Young, postmaster at William Fortner-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wanship, Utah, for loss of postage stamps. Also, petition of citizens of Kentucky, favoring parcels-post On January 7, 1909: system and postal saYings banks-to the Committee on the Post S. 2027. An act for the relief of Philip Hague, administrator Office and Post-Roads. of the estate of Joseph Hague, deceased. 688 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE .. JANUARY 9,
On January 8, 1909: He also introduced the following bills, which were severally S. 3388. .A.n act to correct the military record of William .A.. read twice by their titles and referred to the Committee on the ·· · Hinsch; District of Columbia: S. 4749 . .A.n act for the relief of Dewitt Eastman; and .A. bill ( S. 8299) authorizing the widening and extension of S. 6189 . .A.n act granth:ig a right of way to the Southern Pa .Minnesota avenue SE. from its present terminus near Pennsyl cific Raih·oad Company across the Fort Mason Military Reserva vania avenue SE. to the Sheriff road; and . tion in California. .A. bill ( S. 8300) for the widening nnd ·extension of Massa MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. chusetts avenue SEJ. from its present terminus near Fortieth sh·eet SE. to the Bowen road. .A. message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. l\Ir. WETl\IORE introduced a bill (S. 8301) granting an in Browning, its Chief Clerk, announced that the Speaker of the crease of pension to Thomas L. Stone, which was read twice by House had appointed Mr. BuRKE of rennsylvania, Mr. YouNG its title and, with the accompanying paper, referred to the Com of Michigan, and Mr. GAINES .of Tennessee as members of the mittee on Pensions. coiD..ll;J.ittee on the part of the House on the inauguration of the 1\fr. BULKELEY introduced a bill (S. 8302) to incorporate President. the "Descendants of the Signers," which was read twice by its ENRQLLED BILL SIGNED. title and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The message also announced that the Speaker of the House Mr. DILLINGHAM (for Mr. GALLINGER) introduced a bill ( S. had signed the following enrolled bill : 8303) for the extension of Columbia road l\TW., in the District of H. R. 22306 . .A.n act to authorize .the Delaware, Lackawanna Columbia, whic-h was read twice by -its title and, with the ac and Western Railroad Company and the Lackawanna Railroad companying papers, referred to the Committee on the District Company of New Jersey to construct and maintain a bridge of Columbia. across the Delaware River from a point near the village of Co 1\Ir. DIXON introduced a bill (S. 8304) to authorize the Sec lumbia, Knowlton Township, Warren County, N. J., to the vil retary of the Interior to cause allotments to be made to children lage of Slateford, Northampton County, Pa. on the Flathead Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana, PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. which was read twice by its title and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. PLATT presented a memorial of sundry citizens of New Mr. McCREARY introduced a bill ( S. 8305) granting a pen York City, N. Y., 'and a memorial of sundry citizens of Schenec sion to William .A.. Butner, which was read twice by its title and tady, N. Y., remonstrating against the enactment of any legis referred to the Committee on Pensions. lation inimical to the railroad interests of the country, which l\1r. CLAPP introduced a bill ( S. 8306) to amend the act of were referred to the CQmmittee on Interstate Commerce. Murch 2, 1895 (28 Stat. L., p. 876), entitled ".A.n act making ap He also presented petitions of Local Grange No. 905, of propriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Jackson Corner; of Milton-on-Hudson Grange, No. 884, of Mil Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various In ton; of Local Grange No. 354, of Camden; of Pomona and Rush dian tribes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, and for ford Grange, No. 1004, of Rushford; and of Sandy Creek Grange, other purposes," which was read twice by its title and referred No. 127, of Lacona, Patron ·of Husbandry; and of sundry to the Committee on Indian Affairs. citizens of Albany, all in the State of New York, praying for the He also introduced a bill ( S. 8307) granting a pension to passage of the so-called "rural parcels-post" and "postal sav Emily .A.. Horsefield, which was read twice by its title and, ings banks" bills, which were referred to the CQmmittee on with the accompanying paper, referred to the Committee on Pen Post-Offices and Post-Roads. sions. Mr. PILES presented a petition of Mountainside Grange, No. Mr. FORAKER introduced the following bills, which were 190, Patrons of Husbandry, of Van Zandt, Wash., praying severally read twice by their titles and referred to the CQmmit for the passage of the so-called " rural parcels-post " and tee on Pensions : "postal savings banks" bills, which was referred to the Com .A. bill ( S. 8308) granting an increase of pension to John .A.. mittee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Baughman; Ur. DIXON presented sundry papers to accompany the bill .A. bill (S. 8309) granting an increase of pension to James C. ( S. 8273) to amend an act approved 1\Iay 30, 1908, entitled ".A.n Brown; act for the survey and allotment of lands now embraced within .A. bill ( S. 8310) granting an increase of pension to I srael the limits of the Fort Peck Indian Re ervation, in the State of Dean; and 1\Iontana," which were referred to the Committee on Indian .A. bill ( S. 8311) granting an increase of pension to R. .M. Affairs. Wosk. Ur. SCOTT presented a petition of Unity Grange, No. 358, Mr. FOSTER introduced a bill ( S. 8312) appropriating $250,- Pah·ons of Husbandry, of Charleston, W. Va., praying for the 000 for extending the investigations of the Bureau of rlant In passage of the so-called "rural parcels-post " and " postal dustry in connection with the boll weevil, which was read twice savings banks" bills, which was referred to the Committee on by its title and referred to the Committee on Agriculh1re and Post-Offices. and Post-Roads. Forestry. 1\Ir. DEPEW presented petitions of sundry citizens of Maho Mr. DOLLIVER introduced the following bills, which were pac, Milford, .A.lfr d, Binghamton, Syracuse, Clarksville, Pleas severally read twice by their titles and referred to the Commit ant Plains, De Kalb Junction, Vega, Rushford, Ulster Park, tee on Pensions : Sandy Creek, Clintondale, Elba, Berkshire, Rochester, Warwick, .A. bill ( S. 8313) granting an increase of pension to John EJ. .Mountainville, Poughkeepsie, Rathbone, Greenville, 1\Ianlius, Gilmore; Brocton, Hermon, Hornell, Ellenburg, Frewsburg, Hammond, .A. bill ( S. 8314) granting an increase of pension to Henry B. and Granville, all in the State of New York, praying for the Rose; and passage of the so-called "rural parcels-post" and "postal sav .A. bill !S. 8315) granting an increase of pension to Loren G. ings banks" bills, which were referred to the Committee on Robinson. Post-Offices and Post-Roads. . Ur. SMITH of Maryland introduced a joint resolution ( S. R. He also presented a petition of the Board of Supervisors of 113) granting to the Fifth Regiment Marylillld .... .,.utional Guard Columbia County, N. Y., praying that an appropriation be made the use of the corridors of the court-hou e of the District of for the improvement of the public highways of the country, CQlumbia, upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed which was referred to the .Committee on Agriculture and by the marshal of the District, which was read twice by its title Forestry. and referred to the Committee on the District of CQlumbia. He also presented a memorial of the :Merchants' Association of New York, remonstrating against the enactment of any legis AMENDMENT TO LEGISLATIVE, ETC., APPROPRIATION DILL. lation inimical to the railroad interests of the country, which Mr. DILLINGHAM submitted an amendment proposing to was referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. appropriate $10,500 for the salary of the chief justice of the REPORT OF A COAIMI'ITEE. court of appeals of the District of .Columbia, and $10,000 each Mr. McCREARY, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to for two associate justices, etc., intended to be propo ed by him whom was referred the bill (S. 5273) for the relief of Andrew to the legislative, etc., appropriation bill, which was referred to Whitlt"y, reported it with an amendment and submitted a re the CQmmittee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. port (No. 727) thereon. COMPANIES B, C, AND D, TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY. BILLS INTRoDucED. Mr. FORAKER. Mr. President, I gave notice a few days Mr. SCOTT introduced a bill (S. 8298) granting a pension to ago that on next Monday I would make some remarks on the J oshua I. Cooksey, which was read twice by its title and re- Brownsville matter, if the Senate would so indulge me. I de ferred to the Committee on Pensions. sire now to change that notice to Tuesday, the day following, 1909. CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-SENATE~ 689
Tue~ cl ay the 12th. I shall address the Senate, with its ·indul sentative government, and who, during the later · period, have· gence, at that time on that subject. been among those who helped to lay the foundations of our THE UNITED STATES VERSUS THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY. unprecedented industrial development. In his veins ran the blood of Robert Proctor, a freeman of Mr. CULBETISON. I ask leave to ·have printed as a Senate substance and position, who, within ten years after the found· document the opinions of the circuit judges of the United States ing of the historic town of Concord, in the. old colony of Massa· court for the southern district of New York in the case of the chusetts Bay, became one of its residents, and of Jane, the United States of America v. The American Tobacco Company daughter of Richard Hildreth, the founder of the illustrious and others (S. Doc. No. 646), the opinions having been filed No family of that name in America. They belonged to that· re vember 7, 1908. markable body of English emigrants who, between 1630 ancl The VICE-PRESIDENT. Without ~bjection, it is so ordered. 1645, found their way to Massachusetts, and of whom Fisk M:El\IORIAL ADDRESSES ON THE LATE SENATOR REDFIELD PROCTOR. says that " in all history there has been no colonization so 1\Ir. DILLINGHAM. 1\Ir. President, pursuant to previous exclusively affected by picked and chosen men." They repre notice, I offer the following resolutions and ask unanimous con sented all that Wfi.S advanced in English life and liberty and sent for their present consideration. "came mainly," as Campbell tells us, "from that middle class, Tile VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolutions will be read by the class which, always encouraged by Elizabeth, had in her the Secretary. days filled her universities, given England her literature, and The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows: made her glorious on sea and land." They were men who, R esol-r: ed, That it is with deep regret and profound sorrow that the foreseeing the storm which shook the foundations of the throne Senate has heard the announcement of the death of Ron. REDFIELD a little later, provided for themselves a refuge in New England PROCTOR, late a Sena tor from the State of Vermont. where, during the period when the English people were break: R esol-r:ed, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceas~d the business of the Senate be now suspended to enable his a ssociates to ing the chains of absolutism, they were laying the foundations pay fitting tribute to his hjgh character and distinguished services. of States in which the principle of liberty under law was to find R eso h;ed, That the Secreta ry t r:msmH to the family of the deceased a its highest expression. copy of these resolutions, with the action of the Senate thereon. Rcsol-r:ed, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the It was from his grandfather,· Leonard Proctor, the head of House of Representat ives. the family in Vermont, that he inherited his spirit of venera The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the tion for those to whom the late Senator Hoar was wont to refer resolutions submitted by the senior Senator from Vermont. as the "greatest nation builders in the world's history," and The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. his lifelong devotion to the principles of free, representative go\ernment; for it was this ancestor who, with his two eldest Mr. DILLINGHAl\I. 1\Ir. President, if time permitted and I sons, was active in th~ war of independence, taking part followed the impulses of my heart, I should speak of the man, in the :fight at Lexington, and in the battles of Trenton and REDFIELD PROCTOR, as he appeared to me during an unbroken Monmouth, and who was chosen by his fellow-patriots as one friendship of nearly forty years, the memory of which is rich in of the committee of correspondence in 1780, as well as one of associations, all of them hallowed by faith and confidence, most the committee "to take under consideration the new form of of them made bright by the many-colored lights of agreeable go\emment." But it was from his parents, Jabez and Betsy companionship, while some were of that serious, earnest nature (Parker) Proctor that he derived that rare combination of per through which alone are revealed the deeper and more sacred sonal characteristics which enabled him to reach the high elements of one's character. But this is neither the time nor the pinnacle of success in the establishment and development of great occasion for such an indulgence. A strong man has fallen; an industrial interests and, on the other hand, that unusual mental influential member of this body has suddenly ceased his labors endowment which enabled him · to engage in the broader fields and entered into rest. It is to him as a public servant that we of statesmanship, clearly to analyze every proposition industrial must more particularly direct our attention on this occasion. ur political, and by logical processes work out to a' right con It would be a :fitting tribute to the high character and to the clusion the most difficult problems. The father was a man of commanding influence of Senator PROCTOR to say that at the vigor and fuJI of resources, a farmer, merchant, and manufac age of 20 he was a graduate of Dartmouth College; that at 23 turer, a prominent citizen in his community, standing for all }?.e received from that institution the degree of ~faster of A.rts; that was best in town and state life; the mother, a woman of that at 28 he graduated from the A.lbany Law School, and was unusual character, belonging to a family noted for its strong admitted to practice in the highest courts of his State; that at mentality, and to which Vermont is indebted not only for her 34 he returned to civil life after a distinguished service in the great Senator, but for his two distinguished cot1sins, Isaac ~~ . . army, first as quartermaster of the Third Vermont, later as a and Timothy P . Redfield, one chief justice and the other an member of the staff of Gen. "Baldy" Smitll, still later as major u.s ocinte j ustice of her supreme court. of the Fifth Vermont, having served in front of Washington and With such an ancestry, with such connections, and reared on the peninsula, and finally as colonel of the Fifteenth Ver among a people whose lives found expression in high thinkinoo mont, a part of the Second Vermont Brigade, whose brilliant and right living, whose ambitions were tempered with reas01~· service at the battle of Gettysburg has given it an enviable place but nourished by a belief in the gospel of honest effort, it is not in history; that at the age of 37 he had twice served the town surprising that Senator PROCTOR's life, from youth to old age, of his residence in the general assembly; that at 43 he was rep was one of marked achievement. . resenting his county in the state senate, of which body he was It not infrequently happens that an individual is wholly un president pro tempore; that at 45 he was lieutenant-governor of conscious of powers which, lying dormant, need only time and the State, and at 47 he was occupying the gubernatorial chair; opportunity to assert themselves with a commanding and con that at 48 he was Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President trolling force, a force which gives breath to new conceptions, Harrison; and at 60 he became a member of this body, remain develops new ambitions, which directs his energies along new ing continually in service until he passed from this life to the lines of effort and, eventually, to a career brilliantly successful, life eternal. though wholly unanticipated. So 1t was with Senator PROCTOR. But such a tribute would be incomplete without the further In his youth and young manhood all his ambitions centered in statement that during a single period of twenty years this re a professional career. It was his settled purpose to devote hi.w markable man placed himself in the front rank of those men of life to the practice of the law, and after his admission to the gen·us who have led our nation in its triumphal march to in bur he spent two profitable years in the office of his distin dustrial and productive supremacy. Such a record could only guished cousin, I saac F . Redfield, who had laid down his work be made by· one ·who, in.character and achievement, represented as chief justice to open an office in Boston, where he was en the best element in the social, business, and political life of gaged in practice and in authorship. both State and Nation during the period covered by ·his ac This relation was only severed that he might serve his coun tivities. try in her hour of need, and upon his return to civil life he made In seeking the source of those strong and rugged but safe haste to reengage in the practice of his profession, this time and sane characteristics, which enabled him to distinguish him through a partnership with his comrade in arms, Col. W. G. self along so many different lines in life's work, we find that Veazey, who afterwards distinguished himself as an associat~ he drew his inspiration from an ancestry, all of whom had justice of the supreme court of Vermont and as a member of part in the great movements among the English people toward the Interstate Qommerce CommiEsion. They opened offices at a larger liberty, during the seventeenth century; who assisted Rutland, the seat of the marble industry in Vermont, then in its in the development of the great principles of constitutional infancy, and their practice was of such a character as to bring liberty during the splendid colonial period of American his Colonel PRoCTOR into professional touch with its promoters and tory; who, in every stage of state and national development, into some knowledge of its conditions. His inherited business have been active and prominent in the maintenaD:ce of repr~- instincts led him to a closer investigation of such conditions, and XLIII--44 690 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- ·sENATE. J ANUARY 9,
he soon became profoundly impressed with the vast possibilities of the War Department under the name of the Record and of the industry if properly managed and energetically pursued; Pension Office. The history of that office is too well known to and he was subsequently led to assume the management of a require mention here further than to say that the business plant where ten gangs of saws did the work of a bankrupt cor methods originated and adopted in it while it was under Secre poration. In this work he became conscious of powers and tary PROCTOR's direction were adopted by succeeding Secretaries inclinations theretofore lying dormant, the exercise of which of Wa:t: for the other branches of the departmental service. gave birth to new ambitions and new purposes which dominated The adoption of these methods ·resulted in a permanent annual his future life. In short, he discovered himself-his ability as saving of more than half a million dollars in the Record and an organizer, a director, a financier of unerring judgment and Pension Office alone, in addition to the great acceleration of undaunted courage. In a single decade of ti.me he advanced work made possible by them, and similar beneficial results have from the position of superintendent of a small plant to that of followed their adoption elsewhere. The public owes a heavy president of the Vermont Marble Company, a corporation which debt of gratitude to REDFIELD PnocTOR for the revolutionary he organized and which is now undoubtedly the largest pro and far-reaching measures of reform that he courageously set ducer of marble in the world. The management of this rapidly on foot. And the War Department's collection of more than growing industry taxed his strongest powers and called into fifty millions of index record cards, by means of which the action all the resources of his naturally strong character. Here crumbling muster rolls and other invaluable records of the was developed the aggressive force, the marked executive abil various wars in which the country has been engaged were ity, the sound judgment, the sagacity and farsightedness, and saved from destruction and the historical information that they the stubborn courage which marked his career. Under his direc contain made ready for instant use whenever required, now tion every department of the business was thoroughly organized stands as a monument to him and to his wisdom and courage with a responsible head; new properties were purchased, new that made the completion of this great work possible. quarries opened, impro-.ed methods of operation instituted, and Senator PROCTOR took his seat in the Senate in December, new markets sought and found. Under his forceful and far 1891, having been appointed by my present colleague, then gov sighted direction its business increased by leaps and bounds, ernor of Vermont, to fill a vacancy cau ed by the resignation of so that at the end of twenty years of effort he stood prominent Hon. George F. Edmunds, and by successive elections by the among those whose genius has contributed to the Nation's in legislature continued to occupy it down to the time of his death. dustrial greatness. .A.s a prominent member of the Committee on Military Affairs It was during this period of twenty years, when time and and for a considerable time its acting chairman, he brought to energies were taxed with exacting cares along the lines already that service the wealth of information derived from his adminis indicated, that he found time to serve his town, his county, and tration of the Department of War, and in the consideration of his State in every elective position, from that of selectman in the army and fortification appropriation bills and of all impor the town of his residence to that of governor of the Common tant legislation affecting in any way the organization of the wealth. In legislative halls and in the executive chamber he army and the national defense his strength and influence were met the fullest expectations of the people, making a marked strongly :Celt both in the committee and on the floor of the impress upon the thought and progress of the State. From Senate. The possibility of a war with Spain stined him deeply 1880, when his term as governor expired, until 1888 he was and roused him to characteristic action. The debates preceding admittedly the 1eader of his party in Vermont, and in the the declaration of war against Spain showed such lack of au last-mentioned year was chairman of the Vermont delegation thoritative information of existing conditions in Cuba and, as a to the national Republican convention, which nominated Benja consequence, such wide differences of op.i.ui"on among Senators min Harrison for President. In the election of that year ended as to the policy which ought to be adopted by the Government the first period of his activity; and in his acceptance of the that he was filled with apprehension, and with characteristic portfolio of war in the Cabinet of President Harrison the sec forethought and following a lifelong practice to seek the fullest ond began. knowledge of underlying conditions upon which to ba e his He brought to the discharge of his duties as the head of the judgment and action, he, on his own responsibility, at his own War Department a rare combination of qualifications. To his expense, sought by a personal visit to Cuba to ascertain the ·knowledge of military affairs, acquired by actual service in the real conditions there existing. When, upon his return, he gave field during the civil war, he added the h·aining of a lawyer and to the Senate a cold, bare, plain statement of what he had seen the long experience of a notably successful business and politi and what he had learned, unaccompanied either by argument cal career. The period of his service was short, but it was or recommendation, he did it with such gravity and such im marked by the adoption of many measures that have ·resulted pressiveness that the facts stated burned themselves into the in great and permanent benefit to the department itself and to minds of every Senator present, and, being heralded by the the army at large. One only may be now mentioned as an press, roused the nation to action. As chairman of the Com illustration of his administrative capacity. mittee on .Agriculture and Forestry he found an especially con 'Vhen Secretary PROCTOR entered the War Department he genial line of work, and seconded with enthusiasm the efforts found that one of the most important branches of its work of the Secretary of Agriculture to extend the work of that de that of furnishing information from the military and medical partment. It was under his leadership that much of the legis1a records for the adjustment of pensions, pay, bounty, and other tion was adopted which has so marvelously extended the scope claims of soldiers, their widows, and orphans-was hopelessly of its operations during the last decade, and made it such an in arrears. He found an accumulation of more than 40,000 cases important factor in the de-.elopment of the national resources, of this kind scattered through many different divisions of the in the protection of the public health, and in the individual department and in various stages of delay, ranging from a few prosperity of so many of the people. months to as many years. None of his subordinates responsible Time forbids any extended notice of his service in this body. for this state of affairs was able to suggest any remedy for Speaking generally, however, it may be said that it was marked it. other than an appeal to Congress for an enormous increase with the same strong characteristics which enabled him to dis of clerical force. But Secretary PRocToR thought that a simpler tinguish himself in every position to which he had been pre and more easily attainable remedy would be effectual, and he viously called. IDs knowledge of the general field of legislation applied it with magical results. In July, 1889, he consolidated was broad, his opinions upon public measures pronounced. He into one fourteen different divisions of the department, with an approached the consideration of every question from the stand of their employees and with all of their records and business point of reason, good sense, and the public good. While candid relating to the >olunteer armies of the wars, and placed the con in spirit, open to conviction, and tolerant of the judgment of solidated division under his own immediate direction, but in others, his opinions, once formed, ripened rapidly into convic charge of a single officer, in whose ability to bring order out tions, which invariably found expression in action. Whils he of chaos he had confidence. never posed as a public speaker, he was, in _fact, ~trong and This radical action met with a storm of objections, protests, effective when he engaged the attention of the Senate. H~s and prophecies of disaster both within and without the depart addresses indicated patient research, deep thought, and strong ment, but the results speedily attained silenced the objectors convictions, and his grave and earnest spirit gaye emphasis to and confounded the prophets. In just three months from the all his utterances. In debate he was clear, strong, and insistent, date of the consolidation the enormous accumulation of cases but tactful and winning. Those . who differed from him recog was disposed of, the work was brought up to current date, and nized in him not only an antagonist of strong purpose, but one from that day to this the claims of soldiers, their wives and of strong resources as well. orphans have never suffered delay in the War Department, sub Politically and socially Senator PROCTOR belonged to the revo stantially all of them being disposed of within twenty-four lutionary period of thought. As a statesman he entertainEd a homs from the date of their receipt. profound reverence for the character and the wisdom of the The con olidated division created by Secretary PROCTOR wa. men who framed the Constitution and for the provisions of subsequently established by Congress as a permanent bureau that memorable docum~nt. No one realized more clearly than 1909. CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-SENATE. 691 he the necessity for a sh·ong central government of clearly enu PROCTOR was not a dreamer, except of things that might be merated and delegated powers, and no one opposed more reso put to act and come to pass for good. He made ceaseless efforts lutely any tendency on its part to encroach upon the reserved for self-development, and for improvement and advancement of rights of the States. These were, in his judgment, the founda State and country in all directions. tion upon which our liberties were established and upon which His life indeed was a straight line of action from reflection their preservation depends. In the operation of the General to design; from design to preparation; from preparation to ob Government he had always in mind the admirable system of jective effort; an·d from effort to consummation. · _ checks and balarrces contained in the Constitution to preserve It was a siege with a city before him to be taken, and he ad the independence of each of its coordinate branches, and re vanced with the regularity, skill, and precision of the engineer sented with indignation any attempted encroachment of one the encircling lines that brought him conqueror to the citadel. upon either of the others. He had always in mind Washington's His mind was eminently practical. He was a man of busi injunction: ness capacity, and as such he scanned the face of environments Let there be no change by usurpation, for this, though it may in one and measured with them his just ambition. He succeeded be instance be the instrument of good, is the ordinary weapon by which cause he looked at facts as they were without the extrava free governments are destroyed. · gancies of imagination and without illusion. · He agreed also with John Stuart Mill that- We can not analyze a man as we can a mineral, nor measure Evil for evil, a good despotism in a country at all advanced in civ him like a yard of cloth, nor weigh his fine subtle quality like ilization is more noxious than a bad one, for it is more relaxing and some material substance, but we may discover the governing enervating to the tboughts, feelings, and energies of the people. faculties and principles. of his life, and we found them in Sen He was so strongly impressed with the strong temptation ator PROCTOR in his well rounded and equipped mind, illumined which comes to occupants of the executive chair to malw a with the clear white light of common sense and in his ceaseless selfish use of the powers which attach to that position when application to the tasks which he undertook. seeking a second election and to the dangers attending their We may not label all of a man's talents or attainments or exercise that as long ago as 1897 he introduced a joint resolu accomplishments, for many will appear dwarfed or be obscured tion providing that the Constitution be so amended that the by the necessity or concentration in his chosen occupations. President shall hold office for six years and shall not be eligible Jefferson might have made as great a fiddler as Ole Bull could for reelection. This resolution he supported in a speech rich in. he have subsided in the peaceful pursuits of inclination, but material and of commanding force. he heard before him tile tr11mpet of hi~ life, and to that trumpet As a citizen he belonged to the same school of thought. He call he responded in assiduous and unremitting toil for liberty accepted as a boy and retained as a man the principles of and counh·y. " How sweet an Ovid was in Murray lost," equality as they were taught by the fathers and embodied in the sighs the pcet; but the world has found consolation that tile daily life of those about him. He loved the plain people and muse was neglected by him who will live in jurisprudence as the mingled with them upon a common plane. His dislike for dis great jurist, Lord Mansfield. ' play was only equaled by his a-version for cant and pretense. PROCTOR laid the foundation of a broad, enlightened career by Genuine and true in his own character, he was attracted to his graduation at Dartmouth College and his course afterwards others by what they were rather than by what they possessed. at the Albany Law School. As he planted so did he reap. A His strong, serious nature responded to every worthy call, and classical education is always expanding and enriching to the this, modified by his abundant humor and quaint wit, drew apt intellect, and the study of law must ever remain amongst men to him and held them in loyal, de-voted, and lasting friend the noblest employments of the citizens of a republic. Heredity, ship. During the whole period of his active life his benefac environment, and edttcatiou mold and direct character. The tions were numerous and constant, though for the most part in product of a venerable and worthy institution which preserved dividual and private in character, but during the last year of its franchises and properties by the decision of John Marshall, his life he entered upon a new field of benevolence. Not far contributed to by the logic, the eloquence, and the tears of Web distant from his own home there stands, in the midst of a ster, of whom it was the alma mater; and also the product of a great natural park, the Vermont Sanatorium for the treatment State which had the same tendencies of political judgment, he of tuberculosis, the gift of Senator PROCTOR. In its grand pro was naturally a Federalist, and throughout llis life he was true portions, its perfect design, and in the completeness of its to his convictions and direct in their expression. pro-visions for the purpose intended, it is an expression of his For a while after he came to the bar he was the partner of broad sympathy for the afflicted ones among the people whom his cousin, Judge Isaac F. Redfield, who, as author and jurist, he lo·n"!d so well. made an enduring reputation with which all devotees of the Vermvnt mourns the loss of a son who honored her as a legal profession are familiar. citizen and as her servant both in state and national life. His In 1861 came the war, and with it the trumpet blast to us memory is fondly cherished by all her people, and his name will the same scene at every crossroad, village, city, and town be held in honor by succeeding generations. North and South. Senator PROCTOR was then 30 years of age. and like the great mass of spirited and patriotic men of his Mr. DANIEL. Mr. President, the interesting discourse of times he joined the colors and the citizen soldiers that were Senator PROCTOR'S associate in this body [Mr. DILLINGHAM] trooping to the battle. Lieutenant and ·quartermaster of the has admirably depicted his remarkable career, and I, who Third Vermont Regiment, major of the Fifth, and quarter knew him from a different standpoint, may properly be less master on the staff of that distinguished officer Gen. "Baldy" comprehensive. But I am gratified to pay my tribute to his Smith, he became in 1862 the-colonel of the Fifteenth Vermont acknowledged worth, which I well realized and ·honored. Volunteers and shared the fortunes and adventures of a sol After a long, busy, and achieving life, REDFIELD PROCTOR, dier's life. Stannard's brigade, to which he belonged, became senior Senator from Vermont, ended his days in this city on the justly renowned for its steadiness and courage, and on many a 4th day of March, 1908, in the seventy-seventh year of his age. field proved its valor and endurance, and won from botll friend In the fullness of time, amidst the fruits and honors of his la and foe the honors which are inevitably achieved by the soldier bors, he passed to the last account. who deserves them. "The glory of man is sh·ength." So it hath been and so it The American. soldiers on both sides at the close of war well will be in all generations, for it is only by strength of one sort understood that it destroyed its cause, and that nothing stood or another that the lligher performances of man can be accom between them in the nature of things that should repress con plished. The healthy mind in the healthy body is the instru cord, mutual esteem, and friendship. To-day their feelings are ment of Providence by which man's best achievements are fulfilled. secured. In 1869 he became the manager of a marble company near Senator PROCTOR was a sh·ong man. He stood straight and Rutland, which ultimately united with another company of the tall and possessed a well-knit and shapely frame. His high, same place and became the Vermont Marble Company, with broad forehead and the outlook of his face betokened the REDFIELD PROCTOR as its president. strength of intellect that was in him. He was strong of limb, The business was a · small one when he entered it, but before of will, and of purpose, as he was of brains. His was not a he left it it had expanded to a vast enternriEe and became the nature to beat itself against the bars with restless and aimless largest marble-producing organization in the world, with offices fenors, or to indulge in hesitating fancies and fitful and in in all the great marts of commerce. Like the Baldwin Locomo decisiye undertakings. While in no wise a sentimentalist, he tive Works, and like indeed nearly an of the mighty organiza had an honest mind and sound sentiments that gathered around tions which have co-vered our land with industry, it was the them brave and good purposes. product of small and persistent ]Jegiuuiugs and long struggles " Good thoughts are only as good dreams," said Francis with difficulty, but became a shining illustration of the maxim Bacon, " unless they be put to act." that "labor conquers all things." .CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE .. J .ANU.ARY 9, 692 .
He becnme a leading and important factor in the public life one. PROCTOR never said foolish things. It was his habit to do of his own State, and we note there, too. his gradual and un wise ones. faltering progress. A selectman of his town; the representative I had the pleasure and honor of hearing the speech to which of his county in tl.te legislature; a state senator, and president his associate referred upon the conditions in Cuba and our rela pro tempore of that body; lieutenant-governor of the State, and tions with Spain. It was a speech comprehensi-.e in its state then go-.ernor thereof; Secretary of War in the administration ments, clear in its argument, and conclusiYe in the resultant good of Benjamin Harrison; nnd finally a United States Senator, which flowed from it. !, have heard many speeches in this body, twice elected, he climbed thus the rounds of the ladder by dint but I can recall none other which was more clearly the cause of the capacity and fitness which made themselves manifest and of the result that followed. He was specially useful on the proved their usefulness to the people who selected hin1. 1\filita.ry Committee, for which service both his experience as a Vermont has always been ably represented in the Senate; and soldier and as Secreta1·y of War had admirably equipped him, in Senator PROCTOR's hands that distinction was left undimin and also on the Committee on Agriculture, to which he gave ished. particular attention. But PROCTOR was a man who neglected no On the 4th day of :March, 1905, Senator William B. Bate, work, and whatever his hand found to do he did it with his f>f Tennessee, Senator PROCTOR, and myself were toO'ether sworn might. Many of our recent military reforms he had brouO'ht in as reelected Senators. Senator Bate and myself passed out forward and ad-.ocated. He did much good work also on other of this Hall together toward the front of the Capitol and the committees. He revealed no disposition to discuss those deli inaugural ceremony of President Roosevelt. On the way I con cate questions which invol-.e sectional relation, and are some gratulated him upon the honors the St~te of Tennessee had so times sources of pain to many, howe-.er sincerely made, and often conferred upon him, and expressed the hope that he might are not often of benefit. There was the dignity of reserve, as long live to receive them. The jostling crowds passing through there was force of speech, evinced in his appearances. He knew the Capitol separated us upon the way and, all unconsciously not only the power and effectiveness of pertinent utterance, but to us both, we were separated forever. I never saw his face he knew also, what some of us may sometimes forget, the power again. In the damp, cold air of that bleak day he contracted of silence. He was a ripe man, with a well-trained mind, and pneumonia, and I had scarce heard that he was sick when the his experience in the hard struggles and accomplishments of news came that he had passed hence. life hnd rounded rather than sharpened him. Honored by the Senate by appointment as one of the com In man's fitful journey across the surface of this rugged and mittee to attend his remains, which were buried in Nash-.ille, I troubled sphere he can but seldom leave behind him durable and there met Senator PROCTOR, and together we rode o-.er the field beneficent signs of his life work. ' of the bloody battle between Thomas and Hood and their -.aliant The myriads come and go without footprints, the worthy and armies. We there viewed the remains and obser-.ed the relics of u eful, as well as their opposites; brilliant intellects and elo the decayed fortifications, where we were reminded that the quent tongues; noble hearts and strong arms; glorious spirits, weapons of war between Americans had perished. We ex with hea-venly aspiration, often ret in unknown graves side by changed reminiscences and observations of the great conflict in side with those who e li-.es were tma-.ailing. The man who which both of us had shared on opposite sides. As we dro-.e lives long and who also has the <>'ODd fortune to do something back to the city, he said to me, somewhat to my surprise: by which he may be remembered, even in one of many deeds, is the rnre man· and he is likewi e the exceptionally rare man I think you will live longer than I, and if I should die befo~·e you, 1 hope you will attend my funeral. who, passing through the se-.en ages of man, fulfills to -each age of life work his worthy and appropriate part. This Senator I had never been what might be called an intimate of Sen PnocTOR did in his family, in his State, and in his country. ator PROCTOR, but I had been frequently and agreeably in con Albeit that his name i interwoven with the texture of the his ference or consultation with him about the affairs of the army tory of his State and Nation, albeit he raised many by merit to or other matters of interest here, and entertained for him a high trusts, PROCTOR's name is also identified with many tasks cordial regard, and I was glad to discover in the nature of his and durable achievements .of his private enterprise worthy of remark that it was not without reciprocation. I congratulated commemoration, and it is a pleasure to note that an "heir to him on his strong constitution and his great power of endurance, him succeeding" takes the helm of state and the responsibility and expressed the hope that so painful a duty might never be of business which his father before him had held and borne. mine. But on the third anniversary of the day that Senator He who makes two blades of grass to grow where only one Bate had contracted the fatal disea e that killed him, Senator had grown before is justly accounted the friend of and pro PRoCTOR ceased fore>er from his earthly labor and passed to -vider of the human family. How much then must be esteemed rest. ' he who smites the barren rocks and pours forth fr{)m them the At the time of his funeral I was sick in bed with an attack sh·eam of prosperity. He built a town, and established in of grippe, which was prevalent in the city, but I recalled our dustries in the rugged ledges and by the waterfalls of his nati>e conversation as imposing upon me a sacred obligation and had streams. There to-day are thrifty and happy homes. with the mournful satisfaction of discharging it. A snowstorm raged strong and hopeful hearts, where he led the way of utility, cul from the time we left Washington until his body was deposited ture, and progress. Here and there are the marble blocks in his native dust while the winter winds and the heavy snow brought forth by the alchemy of toil to shapeliness to be turned swept down the -valley where his tomb is located. to gold. Forth from the hills of Vermont go the polished pro At Proctor, the town he founded, I saw the work of his con ducts to build the homes and public edifices of a great people. structi-ve genius in a thrifty community in the mills for cutting Hugh .Miller read, as we are told, the " Testimony of the stone which he had built there; and also noted the profound rocks," and saw in it the work of the ages lonO' gone by. respect for him which filled the hearts of his neighbors and PROCTOR read the "testimony of the rocks" in his native employees, who gathered against the storm to pay to his mem State and saw in them the possibilities and auguries of frPitful ory the last honors which they felt were due to their benefac days to come. tor. It was a picturesque and beautiful scene of indus ·The genius of organization and the genius of labor are the trial advancement, comfort, and adornment, as well as a mourn distinguishing marks of our national ascendency and constant ful illustration of the last scene of all. Model houses had progression.. Organization is the master faculty of the English been furnished to the workers at low rentals; gardens suT speaking people, surpassed by none of the people of either an rounded them; a well-equipped hospital which provided free cient or modern times. Here in America that faculty has nursing to the employees and to their families had been estab been multiplied in its diversities. lished; accident insurance without cost to them had insured Labor is the only king of divine right,-and from it the master - wages and medical attention in siclmess, and in case of death faculty has been led forth to unprecedented fruition. $500 for the care of their families; a library and Young Men's In his faculty of organization and in his constant toil, PRoc Christian Association building had been provided, and there TOR pro-.ed himself to be the true interpreter of nature and the visible to the eye was a monument of accomplishment and a true student of her art. .t\.bove the faculties I have noted is very nurseTy of the genius of initiati-ve effort and labor such as the master public passion of our race, our country, and our PnocToR, the founder, had himself exemplified. motherlands before us. "We must be free or die who speak Here in the Senate Senator PROCTOR had shown a character the language Shakespeare spoke." A soldier, statesman, and and established a reputation which were like in consonance citizen who possessed the master faculties of his folk, and with his antecedents. As a debater, he did not speak frequentlyJ their master pas ion likewise, has gone to his honored rest. but whenever he spoke it was forcibly, aptly, and to the point; May his ashes rest in peace and his memory be cherished in the and when he got through, always left a strong impression upon just honor which he won, and may the consolation which only ·the minds of those who heard him. It was said of an English He who made us, by deeds can give to them, bind the wounded king that he ne-ver said a foolish thing, and never did a wise hearts of those nearest and dearest to }Jim. 1909. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE .. 693
Mr. PERKINS. 1\Ir. President We, his associates and friends, performed the last sad duty Friend after friend departs. of accompanying his remains to his home, and laid him to rest Who bas not lost a friend? amid the snow-covered hills of his beloved Vermont. The cortege '.rbere is no union here of hearts passed between thousands of bowed and bared heads, friends Tbat finds not bere an end. from all over the State, and of the employees of the Vermont For many years I enjoyed the acquaintance and cherished the Marble Works, which, as he often said to me, he considered good will and friendship of the one whose memory we meet to "hls work" more than any other one thing in the world. There, day to honor. From him I learned the story of his eventful life in a section of country with en-vironment and climate for and experience. bidding in every way the amassing of great wealth, he made More than three score and ten years ago, in the month of the elements his servants and carTed out of the earth a fortune June, amid the hills of the Green Mountain State, a child was and a monument in comparison with which all others dwindle born to Jabez and Betsy Proctor. They called his name "Red in importance, for not only in one svot alone do we see the evi field." His boyhood was passed in the town of Proctorsville, dences of his untiring ability and financial genius, but in every Vt., where he attended school in the little "red ·schoolhouse," city, town, and churchyard are monuments which speak in mar famous in the history of New England. I have never heard that ble purity to those who knew p.im by the name of REDFIELD he shone there with any particular brilliancy, but it is said that PROCTOR. one day a phrenologist visited the school, and among all the In his own little town of Proctor are hospital, church, and scholars singled out REDFIELD PROCTOR as being phrenologically library, given by him to his people, while near the town of destined to achieve greatness. Pittsfield rises a marble sanatorium endowed by him for vic Having received a thorough preparatory education, the youth tims of tuberculosis, that ravaging disease which is playing entered Dartmouth College at Hanover, N. H., from which he such havoc, especially in the cold Northern States. And yet, was graduated in 1851, in his twentieth year. Here he "toed" while the great fortune he amassed to some represents only the football over the campus and got into as many scrapes as dollars, it really indicates his ability to think better and to see most college boys. farther than others into the future. I have spoken of his mili Choosing the profession of law, he entered the law school at tary honors and those which his State and the Nation conferred Albany, N. Y., was graduated in 1859, was admitted to the bar upon him. of that city and also that of Woodstock, Vt. He was taken into He did not begin life as a poor boy. He was not a self-made the office of his cousin, Judge Isaac F. Redfield, who at that time man, but came from well-to-do Vermont parents. He ofteu was one of the leading lawyers of Boston. spoke of his mother and her wonderful strength of mind; her At the beginning of the civil war Mr. PRoCTOR at ·once re New En,gland thrift, her precepts and examples, which were turned to his native State and enlisted in the Third Vermont the guide of his future life. Regiment. He served with distinction in the Peninsula cam In spite of all his travels and constant intercourse with the paign and suffered disabling hardships which made it necessary most cultivated people, he never forsook the intermingling of to resign his commission and return home. The next year, hav New England provincialisms with his language, using those ing regained his health, he was anxious to return to the front quaint words so typical of New England, which were as charm and was made colonel of the Fifteenth Vermont Regiment. ing in his conversation and as characteristic of the man as is Directly after the surrender of Lee, Colonel PROCTOR returned the kilt of the Highlander. to his home in Proctorsville and took up the occupation of farm Now, I speak of what is probably considered by many to be ing. It is recalled that at this period he was often seen clad the greatest event in his governmental career, his _visit to in a blue-and-white striped frock reaching down below his boot Cuba, which has been so feelingly referred to by my dis tops, trousers tucked in his boot legs, whip in hand, traveling tinguished colleague from Virginia [Mr. DANIEL], to see for beside a pair of large red and white oxen going to his farm hlmself the conditions existing there in 1898, and his subsequent land in another part of the village. He little knew then that speech in the Senate, giving to our people a description of the he was preparing himself for the duties which devolved upon horrors he witnessed. Those of us who heard that speech re him later in his life as chairman of the Committee on Agricul member with what vividness he portrayed the conditions then ture of the United States Senate. existing in the island of Cuba. He did not intend at that time Several years later he entered into partnership· with Col. to deliver as a speech that which he had written, but when he Wheelock G. Veazey, of Rutland, Vt. Finding the law too slow came into the Chamber he found there such a mass of expectant a road to wealth, he became connected with the Southerland and breathless auditors, the newspaper press being also repre Falls Marble Company, which in after years deTeloped into the sented in the gallery and on the floor, that he was impelled to Vermont Marble Company, nnd under his management became speak. I relate that which I know, for he told me many times the greatest mi.trble center in the world. that he did not intend to make the speech, but that there The first public office which REDFIELD PROCTOR held was that seemed to be such eagerness on the part of Senators to know of selectman of the town of Rutland; the last, that of United and to hear him tell what he had seen, to learn of his experi States Senator, which office he filled from October 18, 18!)2, ences on the island, that he could not resist the temptation·, until his death, 1\Iarch 4, 1908. and so he gave us the never-to-be-forgotten story of his h·ip. 'l'he office of selectman is a minor office, so to speak, yet the What the result ·was _we all know. What would have hap duties devoh·ed by it subject the incumbent perhaps to a more pened had he not visited Cuba and had he not given us his ac se,·ere ordeal than that to which some of us who to-day occupy count in plain, simple words, with no thought of oratory or po.' itions in the Congress of the United States are subjected, for embellishment, we do not know. That he went there tn ascer the friends an lil the history of our country. Senator· Edmunds served con.tinu Thank. God,. no· stain. of dishonor' rests upon th.e life of our ously for twenty-five years, until he resigned his seat in the departed friend. In. it no compromise was ever made with false Senat~ Senator PRocToR had been in public life for nearly a hood. He worshi}Jed God and loved his. fellow-man. He was true quarter of a century. Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont ha-ve. to every trust. He was kind and charitable. and had every been powerful factors in the a;ffairs- of this Nation since their respect for. the opinions· and convictions of others. He was true: admission into the Union. The people of those States have to. himself, to his family; to. hiS" fellow-manr to his country, and always recognized the value of long· and continued· servtces in to, his God. Well may tt be said of Senat or PROCTOR, "He was both branehes of Congress. These States have sent their ablest an honest ma:n," wbich is the greatest lionor that can be be men to Congress and kept them there, and necessarily they have stowed u}Jon any man. By- honesty I mean more· th..'lll mere had great and powerful influence in shaping the legislative desire or abi1ity to. meet all of one's commercial obligations. L policy of this country. mean more than respect for and obedience to law. Millions He had built up this wonderful industry, employing hundreds taineers are always free. The strength, endurance, and freedom of l~borers, and I found absolute harmony prevailing between typified by the mountains do indeed seem to ftnd true ktnship the employer and employee. There were no strikes, no damage iu the hearts of mountaineers. suits, no discontent, no jealousies nor ill feelings in this · plant. Vermont's chain of Green Mountains, extending from the Senator PROCTOR had established it and operated it, not alone hills of old Berkshire on the south to the forty-fifth parallel on with a desire for profit, but also with a desire to benefit those the north and forming the physical backbone of our little State, who worked for him. only typifies that moral spinal column which runs through our A large store was conducted, and at the end of each year entire state history-a spinal column which, once curved in a the profits of their store were divided among the employees in righteous cau.se, no amount of sophistry has e>er been able to proportion to their purchases. He had established a hospital reduce. and a system of trained nurses, who took care of the sick and ·within those bold pioneer settlers who subdued our rocky injul'ed. These nt~rses not only looked after the employees hillside farms, battling with the storms and enduring the hard when sick or injured, but visited their homes and took care of ships of our northern winters, that inborn spirit of personal any members of their family who might need their assistance. liberty and stubborn independence, that natural lo>e of right He had aided the employees in building a magnificent Young and justice, so grew and developed that they became as fixed Men's Christian Association building, with all modern equip and unyielding as the very hills themselv-es. ments and con>eniences, and both by precept and example he en Capt. Leonard Proctor, the paternal grandfather of Senator com·aged those who worked for him to higher and better things. PROCTOR, was a pioneer of this type. Having borne a most hon When I finished my >isit through his great marble works I orable part in the war of the lle>olution, he came to Yermont concluded that he had sol>ed the problem of harmony between at the close of that war and settled on the banks of a little employer and employee, and I felt that if his example could mountain stream, to which was given the name of Black River. be extended throughout the whole business world it would solve Here the >illage, named for its founder, Proctorsville, was this ruuch-vexed question and result in great happiness and planted, and here REDFIELD PROCTOR was born. Here he le.:'lrne::l prosperity to those w·ho labor ~'.!nd be the best _possible thing to fish and trap and hunt. Vermont had no truer sportsman, in the world for those who employ lab·or. and his great vigor of body and mind. as many of the older Senator PROCTOR's motiYe in adopting this plan was not self-_ members of this Senate know, was in no smaH measure the ish alone, for be was too broad minded and generous to pursue result of his lo>e of the rod and gun. selfish ends; but from a financial standpoint he got greater re It has been :mid that every man is the sum of his ancestors, sults and greater returns because of his fair, honest manner of arrd if this be true, REDFIELD PRoCTOR had a right to be strong. dealing with those who worked for him. He took great pride His father, Judge Jabez Proctor, was one of the foremost citi in the fact that in his employ were many grandfathers, fathers, zens of Vermont during the early part of the last century, hav and sons. He bad learned the great truth that honesty and ing been a judge of the probate court, twice a presidential generosity are their own reward. elector, and several times a member of the governor's council. Senator PROCTOR was a typical New Englander, and was proud His mother also came of strong ancestry. From her parents of his State and her traditions, and he came from that great sprang those distinguished jurists and judges of our supreme New England blood that has given to the United States so many court, Timothy P . and Isaac F . Redfield, the latter the well of her best citizens. He was a strong Republican in politics, known author of standard law works and the chief justice of · but cherished no hatr-ed nor prejudice against those of opposite the supreme court of Vermont. It is not often given to one political faith. He gave an men. credit for their hon~sty, and man, as to Isaac Parker, the maternal grandfather of REDFIELD in the Senate of the United States he supported all legislation PROCTOR to be the progenitor of a judge and of a chief justice that seemed to him to be for the general good, regardless of of the supreme court, two governors of States, a United States whether it came from the Democratic or Republican side. And Senator, and a Secretary of War. as long as there remains in this Senate a man who knew him Of REDFIELD PROCTOR's career as a statesman, of his distin he will be remembered as an able Senator, honest and patriotic guished service in this body, of the influence of his strong per in nll his purposes. In his death the country and his State sonality upon legislation and in the national field of politics, suffered great loss, and I, with many others, was deprived of it is perhaps more fitting that his brother Senators speak; but the counsel of a strong personal friend. · I can not forego a brief word, giving my personal estimate of a man upon whose life my own has so closely impinged for Mr. PAGE. Ur. President, it seems to me that no Senator forty years. e>er lived who was a more complete embodiment of the dis When in 1891, after twenty-five years of distinguished serv tinguishing characteristics of the State which he represented ice, that great constitutional lawyer; George F . Edmnnds, ten than the one to whose memory we to-day pay tribute. No dered his resignation as United States Senator, it was my man ever lived who was a more genuine type of the rugged privilege to appoint REDFIELD PROCTOR as his successor. :My strength of our Mountain State than REDFIELD PROCTOR. opinion then formed that the mantle of Edmunds had fallen It would not, in this presence, be fitting to claim for Vermont upon shoulders which would wear it with honor to Vermont and either stronger or better men than those of her sister States, to our country has only been strengthened by the events of , but the occasion would seem to warrant a brief reference to intervening years. some of the more peculiarly distinctive traits which charac His farsighted, comprehensive grasp of affairs, as shown in terize the men of our State, and to justify an expression of the the upbuilding of by far the largest marble business in the great personal pride which every true Vermonter feels in those world, was surpassed by few, if any, of our great captains of sons who possess the qualities of strength, courage, and inde industry. He was a tireless worker and a remarkable master pendence so perfectly exemplified in the life of Senator PROCTOR. of details. He was cool, self-reliant, and resourceful in diffi The first settlers of Vermont were largely of Massachusetts culties and wonderfully fertile in expedients in e>ery emer and Connecticut origin; brave: enterprising men who coveted· gency calling for leadership. He formed his opinions upon that greater measure of liberty and independence opened up to public matters with excellent judgment and with an earnest them by the new Connecticut of the North; men who were at purpose to promote what he believed to be the best good of the tracted to the new State by the rugged, unbroken wilderness whole people, and from those opinions once ripened into convic which the pioneer spirit prompted them to subdue. To negative tions he was not easily swerved. characters, to the cowardly, the faint-hearted, the weak, Ver He was a generous, large-hearted comrade and friend. It mont offered no attractions. seemed to those who knew him most intimately that the social The conditions surrounding the early history of our State side of his nature was developed to a degree rarely found in were absolutely unique. At no time was Vermont a province; men whose lives were packed so full of strenuous effort and never did she acknowledge herself the dependency of any foreign exacting duties. His inexhaustible fund of humor and of native power or recognize the sovereignty of any king, prince, or po wit made him a most enjoyable companion. lie attached him tentate. It was a fact wen known throughout the colonies self to those he loved with hooks of steel, and no man would fight · that the same lands formerly granted by Gov. Benning Went harder to promote the welfare of a friend than REDFIELD PROCTOR. worth, of New Hampshire, were being regranted by Sir William During his many years of public senice, commencing with Tryon, governor of New York. It required supreme hardihood his enlistment in 1861; his patriotic, uncompromising de>otion and the greatest personal courage on the part of those men to his country's welfare knew no limitations. As soldier, gov who, undaunted by the difficulties and dangers of a strenuous ernor, Secretary of War, and Senator he served his State and conflict, left the comparative peace and quiet of the more south the Nation with signal ability, and in his death the country ern settlements of New England to seek out homes in our un suffers an irreparable loss. broken northern forests. One of the most commanding figures of our time has gone to The mountain State of West Virginia has for the motto on his 1~st . He has li>ed his life, he has fought his fight, he has its coat of arms the words ":Montani Semper Liberi;' moun- finished his work. In the midst of one of our fiercest mouutain 698 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- -HOUSE. JANUARY 9, storms we bore him to his last resting place. For a mile on island and protecting it from devastation by accretions of sand: P1·o- vided, That in said lease it shall be stipulated that the Government ot either side, and forming a double row as guard of honor, stood the United States may at any time during the term thereof go upon the men who labored in his workshops and in his quarries--men said island and construct thereon at any point light-house buildings, who had come to love- him with an affection begotten of long stone quarries, pier.:;, landings, or other governmental structures, and may set aside certain tracts of land on the shore for fishing and camp years of generous acts and of thoughtful regard for their wel ing places, and take possessio-n of such portion or portions of said island fare. as may be required for such purposes, and may at any time introduce In a mausoleum built of his own beautiful marble we placed game animals on said island. It shall be further stipulated in said lease that the said expenditure of $25,000 in improving said island shall be his body, and there he sleeps beneath the monument erected to expended in developing wate-r, const1·ucting dams and reservoirs for the commemorate his name; but his life shall have a memorial more storage of water, erecting windmills, water tanks, building fences, lasting than the enduring stone, in the hearts of the people of houses, buildings, and wagon roads, resee the purpose of so treating the i!::land that it will prevent this The SPEAKER. Is there objection? The Chair hears none. drifting sand, and thereby save it for some useful purpose. The question is on agreeing to the amendments. · · 1\lr. HARRISON. Are there other companies that might The question was taken, and the amendments were agreed to. wish to lease this island? The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed ancl read a Mr. l\lcLACHLAN of California. I know of none. It has third time, was read the third time, and passed. been advertised at home, and it has been in the papers a long FRAUDS AND DEPREDATIONS IN PUBLIC S ERVICE. time. This proposed bill was introduced and passed in the Senate during the last session, and the fact that it was pro l\fr. T.A WNEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following House posed to lease it to the same party has been in the public· press; resolution. but I know of no one who desires to lease the island except The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the resolution. this company. The Clerk read as follows : 1\Ir. HARRISON. What is the meaning of the proviso that House. resolution 480. Resolved, That the Speaker is authol'ized to appoint a select com permits the Government to establish fish and game reservations mittee of five members, whose duty it shall be to inquire and rep.ort there? Is it the custom now for the Government to have such to the House at its present session, as follows: camps on the island? First. What appropriations were made at the first session of the It Sixtieth Congress for the fiscal year 1909 that could be used to prevent :M r. McLACHLAN of California. simply reserves all the frauds in and depredations upon the several branches . of the public rights for anyone to go there and fish or do anything they service, including the protection of public lands and their products from plea"e. fraudulent entry or appropriation, and to apprehend and punish persons l\Ir. HARRISON. Where is this, near Santa Catalina Island? charged with violation_of the laws of the United States ; also what in crease, if any, was mad~ in any of such appropriations over the Hr. McLACHLAN of California. It is about 30 miles :far amounts appropriated for 1908. ther out. Second. What branches of the public· service, paid for in whole or in part out of the United States Treasury, are authorized or are in J\Ir. HARRISON. And nothing there except a sheep farm existence and supported by appropriations made by Congre s, whose and a light-house? principal duties are to detect and prevent frauds, or to apprehend and l\Ir. McLACHLAN of California. That is all. bring to trial and punishment persons charged with violating the laws of the United States ; whether such branches of the public service or Mr. :MANN. Mr. Speaker, this bill is a bill that came from any persons employed therein have been or are engaged in any duty the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. It was not contemplated by the law or the appropriation establishing or pro considered by the subcommittee on light-houses, of which I was viding for such service : the names of the persons employed, for any period, in each branch of such set·vice during the current and last fiscal the chairman. I hesitated a long time about favorably report year, the rates of compensation and allowance paid or being paid to ing upon a bill which provided for a lease to a specific individual each of them, by whom they were appointed and on whose recommenda or company. It seemed to me an improper practice, and I think tion, and a statement of the specific duty performed, or e!lgaged upon by each of such employees, each day since the beginning of the fiscal is an improper practice as a practice. This particular island year 1908. is valueless for any purpose whatever as it stands except for The committee, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit a sheep preserve, and •alueless for that purpose without the during the sessions of the House ; to send for persons and papers, in cluding private or secret archives ; to administer oaths; and to employ expenditure of a considerable amount of money by the person sut:h clerical, messenger, and stenographic assistance as they shall deem who has it in charge. It is a light-house reservation, and set necessary ; all expenses incurred hereunder shall be paid on the certifi aside as such, though there is no use for it as a light-house cate of the chairman of the committee out of the contingent fund of the reservation. It is an island of considerable size, most of it House. r ocky, and the part of it tbat is not rocky is now being covered The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The with drifts of £and. There is no water on this island except Chair hears none. by saving it from rainfall. At one place they have found a The resolution was agreed to. little spring out in the sea, but of course that is valueless with GIFT OF CONSTITUTION ISLAND. out a considerable expenditure of money to sa•e it. The SPEAKER laid before the House the following message l\Ir. CAULFIELD. Will the gentleman yield for a question? ( S. Doc. No. 639) from the President of the United Stat~s. l\Ir. l\IANN. Certainly. which was read: 1\lr. CAULFIELD. I want to ask how large this island is in To t1u~ Senate and House of Representatives: the rna tter of acres? - I transmit herewith, with my approval of the recommendations <'On 1\lr. l\IANN. It is about 18 miles in length, with probably an tained therein, a communication from the Secretary of War, trans average of less than 2 miles in width. I think the extreme mitting draft of an item authorizing the Secretary of War to accept the donation, subject to certain conditions, of the property known as width is probably 3 miles. There is a high ridge that runs along Constitution Island, opposite West Point, N. Y.. containing 250 the center of it from one end to the other, practically. acres of upland and 1)0 acres of meadow, as an addition to the West l\lr. HARRISON. This is not the island which I have seen Point Military Reservation, for use of the Military Academy, which was tendered as a gift by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Sage and Miss Anna montioned in the papers as that on which some parties wanted Bartlett Warner under date of September 4, 1908. to erect a miniature Monte Carlo? . THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 1\Ir. :MANN. Not at all. THE WHITE HOUSE, Januat·y 8, 1909 . . Mr. HA.RRISON. Is this corporation organized solely for the ILLUMINATING Gh IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. purpose of growing wool? • 'l'he SPEAKER also laid before the House the following mes 1\Ir. l\l.ANN. Solely for the purpose of growing sheep. This sage (S. Doc. No. 641) from the President of tbe United States, company now has a lease on the island, and has had for some which was read, referred to the Committee on the Dish·ict of time. But tbe island can not be properly preserved in its pres Columbia, and ordered to be printed: ent status without a considerable amount of money expended in To the Senate and Hottse of Representatives : order to ~ave the water, and the bill provides that that shall I transmit herewith for the consideration of the Congress, a letter be done. . 1\o company can afford to do that on a five-year lease. from the Attorney-General and accompanying papet·s, and call par They hm·e got to construct dams across the ravines. They must ticular attention to the copy of the communication of United States Attorney Baker under date of January 5. The situation in reference Fa'le aU the water that can be obtained there by rainfall, or to the composition of illuminating gas furnished in the District of tile i~land will go to waste. For tbat reason it seemed to our Columbia is one that would seem to require immediate action. committee that it -was fair to make an exception fi·om the usual THEODORE ROOSEVELT. · practice and pro•ide for the specific lease to this company at an THE WHITE HOUSE, January 7, 1909. advanced rental. HOMES COMMISSION. :Mr. EDW.ARDS of Georgia. Will the gentleman yield for a The SPEAKER also laid before the House the following mes question? sage (S. Doc. No. 644) from the President of the United States, l\lr. l\IANN. Certainly. which was read, referred to the ComUlittee on the District of · Mr. EDWA..RDS of Georgia. Will the improvements that this Columbia, and ordered to be printed. company proposes to make on the island improve the value of To the Senate and House of R epresentatives : the island to the Government? I understand that will be the I transmit herewith reports by the rresident's Homes Commission on case. improvement of existing houses and elimination of unsanitary and alley houses,_ on social betterment, !ind on building regulations, together with .Mr. 1\IA~~. If the improvements are on the island at the resolutiOns and rtlcommendatwns adopted by the commission, and ask end of the term of le..'lse, it will be worth more, of course. that they receive the careful consideration of the Congress. Mr. EDWARDS of Georgia. Does the bill carry the proposi THEODORE ROOSEVELT. tion that the improvements ought to remain there? TIIE WHITE HOUSE, January 8, 1909. l\lr. MANN. Ob, yes. GilfT OF CONSTITUTION ISLAND. 1\Ir. McLACHLAN of California. Twenty-five thousand dol Mr. CAPRON. 1\lr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee lars in permanent impro-vements. on l\filitary Affairs I ask unanimous consent for the present l\lr. MANN.· Whether they will be preserved to the end of consideration of House joint resolution 219, which I send to the the lease is another question. Clerk's desk. 700 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 9, The Clerk read us fol1ows: the Committee on Military Affairs, with a view of considering House joint resolution No. 219, to accept the gift of Constitution Island, it in connection with the Military Academy appropriation bill. in the Hudson River, New York. If there is no objection, I ask to have it referred to the Com Resolved, etc., That the United States a.ccepts with thanks and ap mittee on Military Affairs. preciation the gift of Constitution Island, Hudson River, New York, lying opposite the West Point Military Reseryation, so graciously and Mr. CAPRON. All the facts in refe.z.·ence to the matter are patriotically donated to the Government by MiSs Anna Bartlett Warner now before the committee in the letter of the Secretary of War. and Mrs. Russell Sage; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized Mr. MANN. The message is printed in the llECOBD. to receive a deed for the same in the name of and for the benefit of the United States. Mr. PRINCE. Under the statement of the gentleman, I have no objection to the course suggested by the Speaker. The SPEAKER. Is there objection. [After a pause.] The The SPEAKER. It will be so ordered. Chair hears none. Ur. CAPRON. Mr. Speaker, by· direction of the Committee DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATION BILL. on Military Affairs the day before yesterd.a.y this joi.nt resolu Mr. GARDNER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous tion was unanimously ordered to be reported to the House, consent that the time for general debate on the District of Co and I am glad to congratulate the House that th.e President of lumbia appropriation bill be limited to one hour and thirty the United States in a message just read also commends this minutes, the time to be equally divided between the two sides. acquisition on the part of Congress. I have only to say that it Mr. PRINCE. .A. parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. is a most generous gift of 300 acres of valuable ground lying The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. very close to West Point. For many years it has been the 1\Ir. PRINCE. I should like to ask the mover of that motion desire of the Secretaries of War and the authorities of the whether he desires to continue the debate on that bill this after United States that these lands should be purchased and become noon, or whether he will permit the House to go on under the part of the United States reservation. 1\Irs. Russell Sage has rules, considering bills on the Private Calendar when this most generously and patriotically purchased this land from pension bill is disposed of? :Miss Warner, the pre&~nt owner, who is given a price upon it The SPEAKER. This is pension day by unanimous consent undoubtedly less than one-half of what it could have been sold for the consideration of pension bills, and so it is not in the for for commercial purposes, believing it should belong to the province of the gentleman to make any agreement that would United States. ·This resolution simply provides for the accept bind the House. ance of this offer by direction of Congress for the United Stutes. Mr. PAYNE. I understand the gentleman from Michigan I now desire to yield to the gentleman from: Indiana [Mr. does not intend to call up this appropriation bill until Monday. CHANEY], who inn·oduced the resolution. 1\Ir. PRINCE. Then I have no objection. 1\Ir. CIIA.NJTIY. 1\Ir. Speaker, this is a gift to the United Mr. PAYNE. I will ask the gentleman from Michigan it Stutes of Constitution Island; and in order that Miss Anna that is so? . Bartlett Warner might be able to share in this gift Mrs. Russell Mr. GARDNER of Michigan. Probably not until Tuesday, as Sage has very graciously paid her an amount of money which Monday is District day. will justify her in joining in the gift to the United States. 1\Ir. PAYNE. Not to-day? Constitution Island, as anyone acquainted with the history of Mr. GARDNER of Michigan. Not to-day; no. the place knows, lies just across the Hudson River from West The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Point, a.nd was a fortified point during the war of the Revolu Mr. GARNER. I .do not see my colleague, the gentleman tion. There are many interesting historical associations con from Texas [Mr. B'D~LESON] on the fioor. Is this entirely nected with the island. Its location is such as to make it of agreeable to him? very great advantage to the United States and to the academy. M1·. GARDNER of Michigan. I have not been able to consult I want to say in behalf of Miss Anna Bartlett Warner that with him about it, as he is not here, but there was no applica she is the very gracious lady who has for more than .fifty years tion for further time when we were considering this bill. bad such an interest in West Point and the boys who go to Mr. GARNER. On this side of the House? school there that she has every year conducted a Sunday school · Mr. GARDNER of Michigan. Not on either side. class composed of boys at that institution, and has in every Mr. BOWERS. I .am advised that the gentleman from Texas way lent her moral support and her . best influence to the de [1\fr. BURLESON] has agreed to yield thirty minutes-- portment, decorum, .and morality of that very splendid institu 1\fr. GARDNER of l\lichigan. To cover any contingencies I tion. She has for years hoped that she might be able to see amend my request by limiting it to two hours. that property go to the United States, for there are no descend Mr. BOWERS. That will be agreeable. ants of her family, and only distant collateral heirs who could The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Michigan asks unani share in the p1·operty, in whom she has' no particular or special mous consent that general debate on the Disn·ict of Columbia interest. 1\Irs. Sage has made it possible for the property to appropriation bill be limited to two hours, the time to be equally go to the Government as a: gift. The arrangements that Miss divided between the two sides. Is there objection? 'Varner hopes to have made are menti~ned by the Secretary of There was no objection. War in his report on the subject to the Committee on Military .Affairs, and the details of the transfer will go into an item in PENSION BILLS . the Military Academy appropriation bill; but it is certainly the Mr. SULLOWAY. Mr. Speaker, . I ask unanimous consent thing for the United States to do, and this Congress especially that pension bills on the Private Calendar may be considered to do, in an independent and separate resolution, to accept this in the House as in Committee of the Whole. very gracious and patriotic gift in a way by which she and Mrs. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New Hampshire asks Sage can feel that the appreciation of the people of the United unanimous consent that pension bills jn order to-day may be Stutes is .fittingly expressed. So it is well that we pass the considered in the House as in Committee of the Whole. Is resolution accepting the gift, independent of the details neces there objection? sary to carry out the transfer of the title to the United States There was no objection. through the arrangements recommended by the Secretary of War. At the request of the Speaker, Mr. CAPRON took the chair In this way Miss Warner and Mrs. Sage may know that the as Speaker pro tempore. people of the United States accept and .appreciate this patriotic The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will read the .first gift. I trust that every Member of this House will enthusi bill. astically support the resolution. The Clerk reacl as follows: 1\Ir. CAPRON. Mr. Speaker, I call for a vote. A bill (H. R. 24831) granting pensions and increase of pensions to cer tain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and certain widows and The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors. a third time, and was accordingly read the third time and passed. Be tit enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject The SPEAKER. If there be no objection, the message of to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of the President touching the subject will go to the .files. Hiram E. Crouch, late of Company B, Fifty-ninth Regiment · Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per Mr. CHANEY. I suggest, Mr. Speaker, that the message of month in lieu of that be is now r·ecelving. the President be printed. . The name of William Heiney, late of Company F, Two hundred and The SPEAKER. It will be printed. This is merely making second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a it pension at the r.ate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now re a disposition of it. .Naturally would have gone to the Com ceiving. mittee on Military Affairs, but it seems that a few days .ago 'l'he name of Harvey Wood, late of Company A, Twenty-fifth Regi the Committee on l\Iilitary Affairs reported a joint resolution ment Ohio Volunteer Infrlntry, aud pay him a pension at the rate of relating to the matter. $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The nameJof Uarsena H. French, late of Company A, Seventh Regi Mr. PRINCE. Mr. Speaker, I did not hear the message read. ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of There may be something. in it that would be· proper to go to $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving: 1909. OONGRESSION AL -RECORD-HOUSE; 701 The name of James L. McCain, late second lieutenant Company D, a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now re Thirty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension ceiving. at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Frederick R. Wright, late· of Company G, Twentieth The name of John W. Pettee, late of Company H, Fifty-seventh Regi Regiment Uaine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate ment Illinois Volunteer ;Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Boman R. Butcher, late of Company H, Second Regi The name of George R. McKay, late of Company G, One hundred and ment illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Joseph S. Ash, late of Company F, Nineteenth Regi The name of Manuel C. James, late of Company H, Twenty-seventh ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. rate of $24 per month in lieu of that:he is now receiving. The name of Henry Strassner, late of Company C, Fourth Regiment The name of Abraham Labar, late of Company K, Fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per U. S. Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in month in lieu of that he is now receiving lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Griffith Hunter, late of Company I, Fifty-second Regi The name of Charles W. Murdock, late of band, Second Brigade, First ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of Division, Sixth Army Corps, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John Miller, late of Company M, First Regiment Cali 'l'he name of George Arnohl, late of Company D, Thirty-eighth Regi fornia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 ment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Robert H. Graham, late of Company F, Third Regiment The name of George W. Bates, late of Company G, Eighteenth Regi Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 ml'nt Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the per month in lieu o:t: that be is now receiving. rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John Strahly, late of Company F, Forty-third Regiment The name of Shepherd F. Eaton, late of Company A, Sutieth Regi Indiana Volunteer Infantry% and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 ment Massachusetts Vohmteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John Bush, late of Company F, Second Regiment Ohio The name of Ithamar Richards, late of Company L, Sixteenth Regi Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate fixed ment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate by t?e act of Congress approved F~bruary 6~ 1907, the same to be paid of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. to h1m under the rules of the Penswn Bureau as to mode and times of The name of Edward Dullea, late of Company B, Forty-fifth Regi payment without any deduction or rebate on account of former alleo-ed ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate overpayments or erroneous payments of pension. "' of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John Kolb, late of Company F, Third Regiment Wiscon The name of James A. Brinkley, late of Company G, Fifty-eighth sin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at month in lieu of that he is now receiving. the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Theodore Halberstadt, late of-Company K, Seventh Regi The name of William H. Hutchinson, late of Company A, Twenty ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. T~e name of Henry Bramer, late of Company C, First Regiment Mis The name of David L. Sailors, late of Company K, Eighty-fourth soun Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Ann Haynes, widow of Sheldon H. Haynes, late of Com~ The name of William L. Alyea, late of Company E, Seventh Regiment pany I, Second Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that she is now receiv per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ing : Pro-vided, That in the event of the death of Samuel T. Haynes The name of Charles Mulvaney, late of Company I, Forty-second helpless and dependent son of said Sheldon H. Haynes, the additional Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at pension herein granted shall cease and determine: A.nd pro-vided fur the rate of 24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ther, That in the event of the death of Ann Haynes the name of said The name of William J. Abrams, late of Company G, Seventy-ninth Samuel T. Haynes shall be placed on the pension roll, subject to the Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. at the rate of $12 per month from and after the date of death of said Ann Haynes. rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Lewis .A.. Edwards, late of Company E, Tenth Regiment The name of Bartly Inkoff, late of Company C, Fifty-third Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John Anderson, late of Company G, Eighteenth Regiment The name of John P. :Melchi. late of Company G, Ninety-fourth Regi Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of William .A. Harper, late of Company E, Ninety-third The name of Uartin L. Ottinger, late of Company I, Seventy-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the Regiment, and Company I, Forty-second Regiment, Indiana Volunteer rate Qf $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu The name of Thomas Gatings, late of Company E, Sixty-second Regi of that he is now receiving. ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the The name of Andrew J. Arentsen, late of Company E, Seventh Regi rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of Hermanns Ickes, late of Company G, One hundred and $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. eleventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at The name of James G. Fiester, late of Company A, One hundred and the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ninety-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him 1.'he name of Lydia J. Montgomery, widow of William P. Montgomery, a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now late of Company B, Second Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artil receiving. lery, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Baylis A. Milles late first lieutenant of Company B, The name of Henry A. Wagner, late of Company E, One hundred and Thirteenth Regiment Tennessee volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pen third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Barton R. Lucas, late of Thirteenth Battery, Indiana The name of John Bel.k, late of Company H, Fifty-fourth Regiment Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 month in lieu of that he is now receiving. per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of James E. Lambert, late of Company G, One hundred and The name of James H. Ege, late of Company F, Ninety-third Regi twentieth Regiment Tilinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John M. Laurie, late of Company B, Ninth Regiment The name of Andrew J. Testerman, late of Company L, Eighth Regi U. S. Veteran Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of ment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a p&~sion at the rate $24 per mon.th in lien of that he is now receiving. ef 30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John W. Taylor, late of Company F, Second Regiment The name of Joseph W. B. McClintock, late of Company A, Second Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 Regiment Pennsylvania Provisional Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be 1s now re The name of Louis N. Rollins, late acting ensign, U. S. Navy, and ceiving. pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he The name of Albert Witte, late o:l: Company A. Sixteenth Regiment is now receiving. Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 The name of George Evatt, late of U. S. S. New Hampshire, Philadel per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. phia, and Ohio, U. S. Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 The name of William M. Ramsey, late of Company G, First Regi per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate The name of Mason B. Austin, late of Company M, Second Regiment of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now r.eceivine. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and first lieutenant Company G, First Regi The name of Josiah Hissong, late captain Company H, Fifty-fifth ment Tennessee Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at • rate of $24 per month -in lieu of that he is now receiving. the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John Arterburn, late of Company H, Seventy-ninth The name of Charles J. Woodman, late of Company K, Seventh Regi Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of 50 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. '.rhe name of Edwin R. Elsworth, late of Company B, Fourteenth The name of Thomas Davis, late of Company C, Seventeenth Regi Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate ment, and Company D, Nineteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer In of $30 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 name of James S. Porter, late of Company F, One hundred and that he is now receiving. first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at 'l'he name of Leander E. Baldwin, late of Company C, Eighty-ninth the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the The name of John D. Robinson, late of Company B, Thirty-second rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a: pension at The name of Alfred M. Robins, late of Company F, Thirteenth Regi the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and second lieutenant Company H, The name of Guy S. McMickle, late of Company H, Thirtieth Regi Thir~y-second Regiment Uissouri Volunteer Infantry. and pay him a ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of pensiOn at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 'l'he name of John Fidinger, late of Company H, Eighth Regiment The name of Robert A. Hawkins, late of Company I, One hundred and New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the seventeenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John Lanyon, late of Company E, One hundred and The name of Ahi S. Loudermilk, late of Company EJ, One hundred fortieth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry and pay him a pension and twenty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he 1s1 now receiving. 702 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 9, The name of John Israel, late of Company B, Sixty~second Regiment The name of John Smith, late of Company A, Sixth Regiment New. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of George W. Powell, late of Company H, Sixth Regiment The name of Joseph Wittmann, late of Company B, Twenty-eighth West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate Regiment New York State Mllitia, and second lieutenant Company B, of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Twenty-eighth Regiment New York National Guard Infantry and pay The name of Lewis S. Whitaker, late of Company B, Sixty-fifth Regi him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now ment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate receiving. of 30 per month in lieu of that he is now receivi~g. The name of John A. Walsh, late quartermaster-ser.,.eant Twelfth The name of Louisa Conklin, widow of Theodore Conklin, late of Regiment, and lieutenant-colonel Fifty-sixth Regiment New York State Company C, One hundred and forty-third Regiment New York Volun Militia, and pay him a pension at the rate of $45 per month in lieu of teer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in that he is now receiving. lieu of that she is now receivin"'. The name of Matthew Grau, alias John A. Smith, late of Company K, The name of Joseph Ward, late of Company H, One hundred and Eighty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension forty-third Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen at the rate of $20 per month in Ueu of that be is now receiving. sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Adam Hartman, late of U. S. S. North Carolina, Hunch 1.'he name of Henry J. Vredenburgh, late of Company C, One hun back, and Iosco, United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the . :lred and forty-third n.euiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now '.rhe name of Peter Becker, late of Company K, One hundred and receiving. thirty-ninth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a The name of Gilbert Theal, late of Company H, One hundred and pension at the rate of $24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. twenty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a The name of James Jeremiah, late of Company I, Fifty-second Regi pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the The name of Rosina w_ Ostrander, widow of James M. Ostrander, rate of 24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. ' late of Company D, Eightieth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry; The name of George H. Taylor, late of Company K, One hundred and Company K, Sixth Regiment, and Fourteenth Company, Second Bat thirty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him talion Veteran Reserve Corps, and pay her a penswn at the rate of a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. receiving. The name of John M. Detrick, late of Company K, One hundred and 'l'he name of Ceallca Gurley, widow of Thomas C. Gurley, late first forty-third Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen lieutenant Company D, Thirteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer In sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu The name of Charles C. Mullen, late of Company G, Ninety-fifth Regi of tbat he is now receiving. ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of Nellie A. Lovell, helpless and dependent child of J. $36 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. Byron Lovell, late of Company C, Twenty-eighth Regiment New York The name of Charles Somers, late of Company H, First Regiment Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. pgnnsylvania Reserve Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension The name of Jason Lamprey, late of U. S. S. Ohio, Princeton, and at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now r eceiving. Miami, nited States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per · The name of Sanford Jacoby, late of Company F, Seventieth Re"'i month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate The name of Nahum Yeaton, late of Company C, Seventeenth Regi of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment U. S. Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per 'l'he name of Charles H. Moore, late of Company C, One hundred and month in lieu of that he is now receiving. fourteenth Regiment, and Company A, Fifty-eighth Regiment, Illinois 'l'he name of John Orale, late of Company E, Fifteenth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the in lieu of that he is now receiving. rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Jeremiah F. Kline, late of Company E, Twelfth Regiment '.rhe name of Augustus Martin, late of Company A, Third Regiment Pennsylvania Re erve Volunteer Infantry, and Company B. One hun New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the dred and ninetieth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and rate of 30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is The nrune of Sarah Radcliffe, widow of William S. Radcliffe, late of now receiving. Company B, One hundred and fourth Regiment P ennsylvania Volun The name of Samuel J. Hogentogler, late of Company P,. Twenty-third teer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Regiment, and Company G, Sixty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer The name of Jabez Smith, late of Company F, Fifty-second Regiment Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of of that be is now receiving. , $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The· name of Brooks B. Martis, late of Batteries C and E, Massa The name of Samuel G. Vance, late of Company F, One bunfu·ed and chusetts Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate forty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sion at the rate of $24 per month in lieu. of that be is now receiving. The name of Francis Weiss, late lieutenant-colonel Twentieth Regi The name of Aaron C. Lawrence, late of Twenty-first Battery Ohlo ment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. pension at the rate Vohmteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 of $50 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. . per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Charles P. Lounsbury, late of Company K, One hundred 'l'l!e name of Jacob Bence, late of Company G, First Regiment Mich and ninety-second Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him igan Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 a pension at the rate of $12 per month. per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Alonzo Matteson, late of Company F, Second Regiment Tbe name of .Albert A. Newman, late of Company H, Fourteenth Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of 30 Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Ezer D. Largent, late of Independent Company, Denni· The name of Julia Ann Casey, helpless and dependent child of Hiram son Guards, Ohio Volunteer Infantry,._ and pay him a pension at the rate Casey, late of Company K, Sixtieth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infan of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. _ try, and pay bE.r l:l pension at the rate of $12 per month. The name of David Koch, late of Company A, Fifty-fourth Regiment The name of William L. Sapp, late of Company B, Sixth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay btm a pension at the rate of $50 West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of HO pet· month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of John R. Green, late major, Fourth Regiment Provisional The name of Levi 1\f. King, late of Company G, Third Regiment Wis Enrolled Missouri Militia, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per consin Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 month in lieu of that be is now receiving. per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Lee M. Shanefelter, late of Company F, One hundred The nnme of Daniel Allen, late of Company K, First Regiment Wis and thirty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and pay him a pension at consin Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of 24 the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. pet· month in lieu of that he is now receiving. . The name of Levi E. Foster, late of Company E, Sixth Regiment Ver The name of James H. Gifford, late of Battery B, First Regiment mont Volunteer Infantry, and Third Battet·y Vermont Volunteer Light Kentucky Volunteer Light Art illery, and pay llim a pension at the rate Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. that he is JlOW receiving. The name of William H. Lounsbury, late of Company K, First Regi . The name of James H. Easley. late first lieutenant Company E, Third ment New York Volunteer Engineers, and pay him a pension at the Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. e! $45 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Abraham J. Eastwood, late of Company G. One hundred The name of Hiram Fuller, late of Company H, Thirteenth Regiment and fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a West Virginia Volunteer Infanh·y, and pay him a pension at the rate pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now re of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. ceiving. The name of Robert J. McKee, late of Company B, Seventieth Regi The name of Silas B. Merchant, late first lieutenant of Company G, ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of Forty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. sion at the rate of • 30 per month in lieu of that be is now receivin~. The name of Charles E . Upham, late of Company G, Twenty-ninth The name of John Nieland, late of Company I, Thirty-second Regi Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Joseph Stamps, late of Company C, Fifty-second Regi The name of Henry C. Miller, late of Company A, Eighty-first Regi· ment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate or of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Morton Brandemere, late of Company A, Eighteenth The name of Charles II. Frusbour, late of Company F, One hundred Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at and eighteenth Regiment, and Company B, Forty-seventh Regiment, the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay biin a pension at the rate of $24 The name of Charles N. Walker, late of Company F, Eleventh Regi per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the The name of Abram Cox, late of Company C, Twenty-third Regiment rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 The name of Watson C. Hull, late assistant surgeon, U. S. S. St. pet· month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Marys, United States Navy, and acting assistant surgeon, United States The name of Charles E. Sackett, late of Company A, Sh."'i:eentb Regi Army, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and Company D, Fourteenth Regiment that be is now receiving. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per The name of George M. Rickaby, late of Company G, Thirty-second month in lieu of that be is now receiving. Regiment, and Company D, Sixteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer The name of Terrence McDonald, late of Company .A, Ninth Regiment Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of of that he is now receiving. $20 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. 'rl:e name of William Styers, late of Company B, Seventeenth Regi ~'be name of George L. Ballard, late of Company A, Thirty-seventh ment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1909. CONGRESS! ON AL -RECORD-HOUSE~ 703 The name of Orestes L. Strong, late of Company F, One hun{ired and The name of James S. Lea, late of Company D, "Brackett's battalion, fifth Rel!iment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a l?ension at the rate of rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he i-s now receiving. . $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The name of l'atrick Cox, late of Company D, Sixth Regiment Ohio 1-'he name of Absalom E . Gentry, late of Company E, One hundred Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month and forty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a in lieu of that he is now receiving. pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that h~ is now receiving. The name of William H. Dorrance, late 'Of C{)mpany K, Twenty The name of George W. Newell, late of Company D, Thirteenth Regi seventh Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pensiou ment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of $36 per month in lieu of that he_ is now receiving. The name of Lorenz Valentine, late of Company C, Thirteenth Re~i The name of Thomas O'Kelly, late of Company B, Eighth Regiment ment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of Ohio Volunteer Infantryh and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per 24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. month in lieu of that e is now receiving. The name of Henry W. Evory, late of Company c. One hundred and The name of John C. Bean, late of Company F, Third Regiment fifty-sixth Regiment New York VolunteeJ.' Infantry, and pay him a pen Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pensi{)n at sion at the rate of 24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Thomas E. Jacobs, late of Company B, Fourth Battalion The name of George H . Peck, late of U. S. S. North Carolina and District of Columbia Militia Infantry, and pay him a pension at the Tulip, United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now l'eeeiving. $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John C. Thompson, late of Company F, Fifth Regiment The name of Christian Ankele, late of Company E, Fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Uilton G. Harbin, late of Company C, Second Regiment The name of Edwin V. Graves. late of Company F, Thirty-seventh North Carolina Volunteer Mounted Infantry, and pay him a pension at Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Thomas G. Hendricks, late of Company A, Fifty-first The name of William L. Wommack, late of Company F, First Regi Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the ment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Milton Perdue, late of Company G, Sixth Regiment Ken The name of William A. McWhorter, late of Company F, Fourth tucky Volunteer Cavaky, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Jacob W. Gardner, late of Company C, Eleventh Regi The name of Alfred B. Hicks, late o:f. Company E, Twenty-third Regi ment Maine Velunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension .at the rate of ment New York Volunteer Infantry, and Company B, Twenty-seeond $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, an{! pay him a pension at the 1-'he name of Harmon Colvin, late of Company F, Twenty-seventh rate of $30 per month in Hue of that he is now receiving. Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate 'l'he name of Charles Snyder, late of U. S. S. Vermont and Malvern, of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month The name of Charles Burton, late 'Of Company E, Ninety-fifth Regi in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of William Hubbell, jr., late of Company K, Sixteenth Regi $30 per month in lieu of that he ·is now receiving. ment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate The name of Frederic A . .,Hayes, late of U. S. S. Sabine, Ohio, and of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Dawn, United States Navy, and pay_him a pension at the rate of $24 The name of Roselth A. Knapp. widow of Samuel Knapp, late of Com per month in lieu of t1lat he is now receiving. pany B, Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay her The name of John L. Husband, late of Company C, Seventy-second a pension at the rate of $12 per month. .Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at The name of John K. Todd, late of Company I, Fifty-eighth Regiment the rate of 24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per The name of .Tohn W. Ingram, late of Company A, First Regiment month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Potomac Home Brigade Maryland Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a 1-'be name of William H. Chapin, late of Company I. Twenty-seventh pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiVing. Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at The name 1lf Daniel Hewitt, late of Company A, First ~iment Poto the rate of $30 per month in line o! that he is now receiving. mac Home Tirigade Maryland Volunteer Infantry, and pay b1m a pension The name of Adelbert Jones, late captain Company B, Ninety-seventh at the rate of '$30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the The name of John T. Harrison, late of Company I, Third Regiment rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Wisconsin V{)lunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of 24 The name of Chamnes S. Burks, late of Company D, Third Regiment per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Missouri State Militia Cavalry, and p.ay him a pension at the rate of The name of Joseph R. Montgomery, late of Company K, Ninety 50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Inf.antry, and pay him a pen The name of Jacob L. Parker, late of Company A. Tenth Regiment sion at the rate of 24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiVing. New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate ot The name of Alvin E. Gilbert, late of Company D, Twenty-ninth $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate The name of James A. Hedges, late of Company H, Tenth Regiment {)f 30 pe1· month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of -$24 The name of Jason Kester, late of Company II, One hundred and per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. forty-fourth Regiment Dhio National Guard Infantry, and pay ~ a The name of William H. Weeks, late of Company D, Sixteenth Regi pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John i:Iaun, late of Company G, Seventy-second Regi ment 'ew Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. This bill is a substitute for the following House bills referred tG the The name of Jacob Rasp, late of Company C, Tenth Regiment Ten Committee on Invalid Pensions: nessee Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 H. R. 1065. IIiram E. Crouch ; per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 1471. William Heiney; The name of John J. Merrill, late of Company B, Ninety-fifth Regi H. R. 2361. Harvey Wood; ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of H. R. 2465. Marsena H. French ; $80 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. H. R. 2540. James L. McCain ; The name of Daniel S. Carmony, late of Company E, Twenty-sixth H . R. 2563. John W. Pettee; Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the H. R. 2813. George R. McKay ; rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 2823. Manuel C. James; The name of William Harmon, late of Company G, Thirty-ninth Regi H. R . 2847. Abraham Labar; ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of H. R. 2997. Charles W. Mrn-dock; $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 3245. George Arnold ; The name of Josiah H. Davis, late of Company I, Forty-se-venth Regi H. R. 3262. George W. Bates; ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay .him a pension at the rate of H. R. 3266. Shepherd F. Eaton; $80 per month in liP.u of th..':l.t he is now receiving. H. R. 3484. Ithamar Richards ; The name of William H. Longdo.a, late of Company A, Fifth .RP.gi H. R. 3793. Edward Dullea; ment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the H. R. 4093. James A. Brinkley; rate of $24 pf'r month in lieu {)f that he is now receiving. H. R. 4313. William H. Hutchinson ; The name of William H. Polhamus, late of Company B, Second Regi H. R. 4687. David L. Sailors; ment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 H. R. 5426. William L. Alyea; per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 5454. Charles Mulvaney; The name of John H. Carpenter, late of Company I, One hundred and H. R. 6570. William J. Abrams,; twenty-third Re~im('nt Ohio Vol•1oteer Infantry, and pay him a pension H. R. 6 34. Bartley InkofE ; at the rate of • ~0 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 7428. John P . Melchi; T1Ie name of Morgan Burk, late of Company B, First Regiment Ohio H. R. 7496. Martin L. Ottinger; Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 H. R. 7535. Andrew J. Arentsen; per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 7850. James G. Fiester ; '.rhe name of George H. Wheeler, late of Company M, First Regiment H. R. 7890. Baylis A. Miller ; Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 H. R. 7976. Barton R. Lucas; per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 8005. James E. Lambert; The name of Martin L. Pierson, late of Company A, Marion Bat H. R. 8065. John M. Laurie; talion, Missouri Home Guards, and pay him a pension at the rate of 12 H. R. 8147. John W. Taylor; per month. H. R. 8253. Louis N. Rollins; The name of Levi H. Sleeper, late of Company I, Second Regiment H . R. 8255. George Evatt ; New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and Company C, First Re..,oiment H. R. 10162. Mason B. Austin; New Hampshire Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at H . R. 11416. John Arterburn; the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H . R. 11944. Edwin R. Elsworth ; The name of John S. Brown, late of Company G, Ninety-first Regi H. R. 12025. James S. Porter; ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and One hundred and eighth Company, H. R. 12564. John D. Ro,binson; Second Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps, and pay him a pension at the H. R. 13408. Guy S. McMickle; rate of $24 pet· month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 14504. Robert A. "Hawkins; The name of Jeremiah Rainey, late of Company G, One hundred and, H . R. 15005. Abi S. Loudermilk; sixty--eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him H. R. 15148. Frederick R. Wright ; .a pension at the rn.te of 24 per month in lieu of that he is now re- H. R. 15406. Boman R. Butcher ; ceiving. . . H. R. 15949. Joseph S. Ash; The name of Wi1liam W. IIoffer, late of Company C. Seventy-eighth H. R. 16160. Henry Strassner ; Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at H. R. 16686. Griffith Hunter ; the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H . R. 16704. John Miller; 704 {)ONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- HOUSE. JANUARY- 9; H. R.l6715. Robert H, Graham; H. R. 23396. John T. Harrison; H. n. 17238. John Strahly; H. R. 23398. Joseph R. Montgomery; H. ll. 17368. John Bush; H. R. 23440. .Alvin E. Gilbert; H. lL 17623. John Kolb; H. R. 23495. Jason Kester; H. R. 17659. Theodore Halberstadt ; H. R. 23497. John Haun; :a:. R. 18191. Henry Br·amer ; H. R. 23498. Jacob Rasp ; If. R . 18405. Ann Haynes ; H. R. 23524.. John J. Merrill; H. R. 18545. Lewis A. Edwards ; H. R. 23525. Daniel S. Carmony; H. R. 18546. John Anderson; H. R. 23546. William Harmon; H. R. 18647. William A. Harper; H. R. 23547. Josiah H. Davis; H . lt. 18719. Thomas Gatings ; H. R. 23568. William H. Longdon ; H. R. 19755. Herm'anus Ickes ; H. R. 23592. William H. Polhamus; H. R. 19777. Lydia J. Montgomery : H. R. 23622 .•John H. Carpenter; H. R. 20040. Henry A. Wagner; H. R. 23631. Morgan Burk; H. R. 20492. John Belk; H. R. 23658. George H. Wheeler ; H. R. 20744. James H. Eage; H. R. 23662. Martin L. Pierson ; H. R. 21238. Andrew J. Testerman ; II. R. 23669. Levi H. Sleeper ; H. R. 21380. Joseph W. B: McClintock; H. R. 23727. John S. Brown; H. R. 21448. Albert Witte; H. R. 23728'. Jeremiah Rainey; H. R. 21551. William II. r..amsey ; H. R. 23729. William W. IIotrer ; H. H. 21677. Josiah Hissong; H. R. 23743. James S. Lea; H. R. 21789. Charles J. Woodman ; H. R. 23779. Absalom E. Gentry; H. R. 21798. Thomas Davis ; H. R. 23784. George W. Newell; H. R. 21831. Leander E. Baldwin; H . R. 23786. Thomas O'Kelly; H. R. 22225. Alfred M. Robins ; H. R. 2.3792. John C. Bean; H. R. 22342. John Fidinger; H. R. 23793. George H. Peck; H . lL 22343. John Lanyon; H. R. 23798. Christian Ankele; H. R. 22352. John Israel; H. R. 23835. Edwin V. Graves; H. R. 22353. George W. Powell; H. n. 23838. William L. Wommack; H. R. 22371. Lewis S. Whitaker; H. R. 238.W. ·william- A. McWhorter; H. R. 22373. Louisa Conklin; · H . R. 23879. Alfred B. Hicks ; H. R. 22374. Joseph Warn; H. R. 23880. Charles Snyder ; H. n. 22376. Henry J . Vredenburgh ; H. R. 23911. William Hubbell, jr. ; H. R. ~2377 . Gilbert Theal; H. R. 23923. Roselth A. Knapp ; H . R. 22381. Rosina W. Ostrander; H. R. 23!l55. John K. Todd; H. R. 22382. John l\1. Detrick; H. R. 23999. -William H. Chapin; H. R. 22383. Charles C. Mullen; H. R. 24000. Adelbert Jones; H. H.. 22390. Charles Somers; H. R. 24018. Chamness S. Burks; H. R. 22392. Sanford .Jaeoby; H. R. 24076. Jacob L. Parker; H . H.. 22422. Charles II. Moore; H. R. 24362. James A. Hedges; and H. R. 22460. Jeremiah F. Kline ; H. R. 24749. William H. Weeks. H. H. 22463. Samuel J. Hogentogler; H. n. 22512. Brooks B. Martis ; The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; H. H. _2513. Francis Weiss; and being engrossed, was read the third time and passed. . H . R. 22516. Charles P. Lounsbury; H . R. 22518. Alonzo Matteson ; The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will read the next H. R. 22519. Ezer D. Largent; bill. H. n. 22523. David Koch : The Clerk read as follows: H . R. 22529. John R. Green; H. R. 22545. Lee M. Shanefelter; A bill (H. R. 25391) granting pensions and increase of pensions to H. R. 22569. Levi E. Foster ; certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and certain widows and H. R. 22576. James H. Easley; dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors. H. H. 22595. Hiram Fuller; H. n. 22597. Robert J. ItitKee; Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is H. R. 22598. Charles EJ. Upham; hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to H. R. 22610. Joseph Stamps; the provisions and limitations of the pension laws- H. R. 22647. Morton Brandemere; The name of Esau l.U. Shelton, late of Company A, Thirteenth Regi H. H.. 22G48. Charles N. Walker; ment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate H. R. 22G51. Watson C. Hull; of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 22659. Geor·ge It!. Rickaby; The name of Wesley A. Hampton, late of Company K, Fourth Regi H. R. 22660. William Styers ; ment Tennessee Volunteer Cavafry, and pay him a pension at the rate H. R. 22669. John Smith; of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 22670. Joseph Wittmann ; The name of Alexander H. Pierce, late of Company B, Foul'th Regi H. R. 22671. John A. Walsh; ment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate H. R. ~2672 . Matthew Grau; of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. H.. 22673. Adam Hartman; The name of Andrew Cofer, late of Company D, Fourteenth Regi H. R. 22674. Gabriel Muneret; ment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate · H. R. 22675. Peter Becker; of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 22716. James Jeremiah; The name of Robert Gerking, late of Company G, Fiftieth Regiment H. R. 22717. George H. Taylor; Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 H. n. 22727. Cealica Gurley; per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 22731. Nellie A. Lovell; The name of Isaac L. Hughes, late of Company I, Forty-ninth Regi H. R. 22797. Jason Lamprey; ment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate H. R. 22802. Nahum Yeaton ; of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 22803. John Orale ; The name of William H. Altman, late of Company I, Eleventh, and H. R . 22805. Augustus Martin; Company E Two hundredth and sixth Regiments Pennsylvania Volun H. R. 22 838. Sarah Radcliffe ; teer Infant~y, and pay hi~ ~ pension at the rate of $24 per mo)lth in H. R. !::28·12. Jabez Smith; lieu of that he is now recetvmg. · H. R. 22843. Samuel G. Vance; 'l'he name of John Rahler, late of Company D, Twenty-fourth Regi H. R. 22938. Aaron C. Lawrence; ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of H. R. 22940. Jacob Sence; $30 per month in lieu of t hat he is now receiving. H. R. 22083. Albert A. Newman; The name of David Winn, late of Company F, First Regiment Mis H. R. 22986. Julia Ann Casey; souri Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per H. R. 23011. William L. Sapp : month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. It. 230:J-6. Levi 1\L 'King ; The name of John S. Beardsley, late of Company D, Thirteenth Regi H. R. 2e047. Daniel Allen; ment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of H. R. 23054. James II. Gifford; $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. · H. R. 23081. William ll. Lounsbury ; The name of Chauncey Barber, late of Company F, Sixth Regiment H. R. 23082. Abraham J. Eastwood ; Michigan Volunteer Infantry, :md pay hiJ:!l .a pension at the rate of $36 H. R. 23083. Silas B. lerchant; per month in lieu of that be 1s now recetvmg. H. R. 23106. John Nieland; The name of William H. Crane, late of Company G, Seventeenth H. R. 23109. Henry C. lille'r ; Rc"iment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate H . R. 23142. Charles H. Frushour; of '$30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ll. R. 23145. Abram Cox; The name of Joseph H. Parker, late of Companies H and G, One H. R. 23157. Charles E. Sackett; · hundred and sixteenth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and H. R. 23171. Terrence IcDonald; pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is H. R. nJ 77. George L. Ba.llard; now receiving. H. R. 2~197. Orestes L. Strong; The name of Alfred McCoy, late of Company A, Seventh Regiment H. R. 23200. Patrick Cox; Veteran Reserve Corps, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per H. R. 23203. William H. Dorrance; month in lieu of that he is now receiving. - · - - H. R. 23232. Lorenz Valentine ; The name of Rolland Nease, late· of Company B, Fifty-second Regi- . H. R. 23234. Henry W. Evory; ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the H. R . 23256. Thomas E. Jacobs; rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. H. n. 2~288 . John C. Thompson; • The name of James P. Waldorf, late of Company K, Seventy-si~th H. n. 2~~10 . Milton G. Harbin; H. R. 23312. Thomas G. Hendricks ; Re.,.iment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pens10n H. R. 23318. Mil ton Perdue : at 'he rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. · The name of Benjamin Owen, late captain Company H, Second Re~i H. R. 23325 .•hco:J W. Garqner ; ment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $'l0 H. R. 21\3:)6. H:~rmon Colvin; H. R. 23" ~7 . CbarlcR Burton; P. Leary, late of Com- H. R . 23365. Frederic A. Hayes ; pe~~o~;~~n 0~ie~a~; t~~tL~~r~ !~~o~e~rbna~iel H. R. 23393. J ohn L. Husband; pany C Third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her H. U. 23394. John W. Ingram; a pensi'on at the rate of $12 pet· month: Provided, That this pension upon H. R. 23395. D~niel Hewitt; shall cease proof that the soldier is living. 1909. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 705 The name of Robert Collins, late of Company K, Tenth Regiment Illi The name of Dennis Sanders, late of Company B, First Regiment nois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Edward Lewey, late of Company A, One hundred and The name of Isaac Wilcox, late of Company C, Twenty-first Regiment forty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of thut he is now receiving. $24 per month in lieu of that he Is now receivin~. The name of Uriah D. Streeter, late of Company A, Eleventh Regi The name of Joseph B. Jones, late first heutenant Company B, ment .Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate Eleventh Regiment Mtnnesota Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now rec~iving. . sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now re~eiving. The name of Edmund W. Hunt, late of Company F, Thirteenth Regi The name of Logan J..~oftis, late of Company B, Eighth Regiment ment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and second lieutenant Company E, Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Infantry, and pay him a pension at the First Regiment U. S. Veteran Volunte~r Engineers, and pay hiiD; ~ pen rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sion at the rate of $30 per month in heu of that he is now recetvmg. The name of Martin L. Protzman, late of Battery D, First Regiment The name of John ID. Ault, late first lieutenant Company G, Fifty Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. sion at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Milton J. Bell, late of Company I, Third Regiment Ohio The name of William H. H. Roby, late of Company H, First Regiment Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per in lieu of that be is now receiving. month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of William H. Russell, late of U. S. S. Winnebago, Potomac, The name of John C. Miller, late of Battery E, Fifth Regiment U. and Union, U. S. Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per S. Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month month in lieu of that he is now receiving. in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Alexander McMillen,.. late of Company G, Sixteenth Regi The name of Frederick Hercher, late of Company A, Twenty-first ment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receivinl!'. rate of $24 per month in li~u of that be is now receiving. 'l'he name Qf Byron C. Bickford, late of Company I, Third Regiment 'l'be name of David M. Harris, late of Company K, One hundred n;nd Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 ninety-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a ·pensiOn per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of James L. T. Sharp, late of Company E, Seventh Regiment 'rhe name of .Tohn W. Resler, late of Company K, One hundred and West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of ninety-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. at the rate of $30 per !Donth in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Hiram D. Herd, late of Company K, Eighty-second Regi The name of Jacob Supinger, late of Company C, One hundred and ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 seventy-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Charles H. Belden, late of Company A, Sixth Regiment The name of James Campbell, late of Company· G, Sixth Regiment In Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of diana Vohmteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Madison 0. Rose, late of Company F, Ninety-eighth Regi The name. of Oliver A. Netl', late of Company D, Eighty-second Regi ment, and Company H, Sixty-first Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, ment, and Company D, Seventeenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer In and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of is now receiving. that he is now receiving. · The name of William A. Smith, late of Company H, First Regiment, The name of Charles M. Anderson, late of Company G, Thirty-eighth and captain Company C, Fortieth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer In Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. that he is now receiving. The name of Barney Eygabroad, late of Company H, Eighteenth Regi The name of William R. Gray, late of Company F, Eighth Regiment ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 or $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Lucas B. Brewster, late of Companies L and G Eighth 'l'he name of Levi G. Cunningham, late of Company D, Twenty-second Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the • Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension · at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Daniel Swigart, late of Company D, Sixty-second Regi The name of Victory T. Trail, late of Company L, Seventeenth Regi ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the ment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Abraham Blackburn, late of Company B, One hundred The name of Lawson Hickey, late of Company L, First Regiment and forty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a Michigan Volunteer Engineers and Mechanics, and pay him a pension pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. . 'l'be name of Elcania McClure, late of Company H, Twenty-third Regi The name of Charles Carpenter, late of Company C, One hundred and ment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate twenty-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of George W. Hutchinson, late chaplain Seventy-ninth The name or Fernando A. Hackett, late of Company F, Twelfth Regi Regiment U. S. Colored Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at ment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Henry S. Hinman, late of Company C, One hundred and The name of George W. Dobbs, late of Company B, Fifty-second Regi thirty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen ment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate sion at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Harrison Browning, late of Company G, Forty-second The name of William J. Butler, late of Company I, Eighty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. 'l'he name of Harrison Deems, late of Company B, Twenty-second The name of Henry Chase, late of Company B. First Regiment West Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 the rate of $36 per: month in lieu of that be is now receiving. per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. 'l'he name of Aylett R. Burnett, late of Company C, Nineteenth Regi The name of Nathan 1!'. Buck, late of Company K, Two hundredth ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Calvin F. Walker, late of Company C, Forty-ninth Regi The name of Allen Christman, late of Company F, Third Regiment ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Henry Lamp, late of Company K, Two hundred and sec The name of John B. Kelso, late of Twenty-fifth Independent Battery, ond Regiment Pennsylvania Voiunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receivrng. The name of William Boulden, late of Company I, Eleventh Regiment The name of Samuel 0. Stanley, late of Company C, FUty-ninth Regi Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Albert Brendel, late of Company L, Fourteenth Regi The name of Henry D. Hedrick, late of Company B, Fourth Regiment, ment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate and Company B, Second Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he The name of James S. Hardy, late of Company H, Seventh Regiment is now receiving. West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate The name of William W. Ritchey, late of Company C, Fifty-second of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at The name of Jerome B. Dann, late of Company K, Twentieth Regi the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of Horace Stillman, late of Company I, Fourth Regiment $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the 1;ate of The name of Henry B. Shaw, late of Company B, Seventy-fifth Regi $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and Company F, First Regiment The name of Frederick Wolfe!, late of Company I, Seventh Regiment United States Veteran Volunteer Engineers, and pay him a pension at New York Volunteer Infantry, and. pay him a pension at the rate of $24 the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. per month in lieu of that he ls now receiving. The name of Joseph W. Wallace, late of Company A, Thirteenth The name of Josiah Tliomas, late of Company F, Seventy-sixth Regi Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the ment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate ·rate of $36 per month In lieu of that he is now receiving. of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Cyrus Williams, late of Company F, Eighteenth Regi The name of William W. Jenkins, late of Company C, Eighth Regi ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of ment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Samuel M. Hilterbrand, late of Company K, Sixteenth The name of Almon H. Stoner, late of Company C, One hundred and Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantt·y, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. rate of :j;24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Thomas R. Hotl'man, late of Company I, Two hundred The name of Fran.k Cullen, late of Company A, Second Regiment Iowa and third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Marlon H. Motsinger, late of Company B, Thirteenth The name of George W. Clayton, late of Company F, Ninth Regiment Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the Illinois Volunteer Infanh·y, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 rate of $24 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. XLIII--45 706 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 9, The name of Willia m Mathis, helpless and dependent child of William The name of Jacob Kelley, late of Company I, Eleventh Regiment Math is, late of Company G, F omteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of J ames R. Armor, late of Company B, Sixth Regiment The name of Harley Demming, late of Company G, First Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Ca valry, and pay him a pensiOn at the rate of New York Veteran Volunteer Cavalry, .aud pay him a pension at the rate $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. '.rhe name of Washington Lyon, late of Company D, Thirteenth Regi The name of William Eich, late of Company H, Sb:ty-second Regi ment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the ment, and Company F, One hundred and n inety-first Regiment, Penn rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 The name of John W. Clem, late of Company F, Eighteenth Regiment per month in lieu of that he is now r eceiving. Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 The name of John Marshall, late of Company F, First Battalion Penn per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sylvania Volunteer Cavalry_, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 The name of Edward D Simes, late second lieutenant Company G, per month in lieu of that ne is now receiving. One hundred and tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay The name of John Garrett, late of Company A, Forty-third Regiment him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of 30 receiving. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Samuel Harris, late of Company F, First Regiment Mis The name of Daniel Hunt, alias Daniel Stump, late of Company G, souri Volunteer Li.&"ht Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of One hundred and fifteenth Regiment1 and Company N, One hundred and $50 per month in ueu of that he is now receiving. ninety-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvama Volunteer Infantry, and pay him The name of George D. Quick, late of Company K, One hundred and a pension at the rate of $30 per month in. lieu of that he is now fifty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension receiving. at t he rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Dwight H. Flint, late of Company H, Forty-seventh Regi T he name of Julia A. Jester, widow of Henry Jester, late of Company ment Pennsylv~mia Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the H, 'l'hird Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension rate of $24 per IIXl.nth in lieu of that he is now receivin~. at the rate of $12 per month. The name of Andtew J. Walker, late of Company K, Third Regiment T he name of Robert McVay, late of Company K, Fifty-fifth Regi Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and Company C, Twenty-third Regi pe1· month in lieu of thS:t he b now receiving. ment Veteran Reserve Corps, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of Isaac Wilson, late of Company F, Fifty-fourth Regiment $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $2·1 The name of Ma thew Doyle, late of Company H, Fifty-first Regiment per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of William F. Wallace, late of Company I, Seventh Re""i $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Illinois Volunteer Infanti·y, and pay him a pension at the rate "'of The name of George W. Mechling, late of Company B, Twenty-eighth $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at The name of Milton Harrold, late of Company H, Fourteenth Regi the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a ~ension at the rate of The name of Andrew Artman, late of Company K, One hundred and $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and Company M, The name of William Gilligan, late of Company A, Third Regiment Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now re $30 per month in lien of that be is now receiving. ceiving. The name of James Knight, late of Company B, Twelfth Regiment The name of Lewis W. Pond, late oi Company G, First Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the per month In lieu of that he is now receiving. · rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of William -c. Maupin, late of Company C, First Regiment The name of Andrew J. Rodgers, late of Company B, Thirty-fourth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 Re.,oi ment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Matthew G. Burkholder, late of Company G, Eighty The name of Elizabeth Sanderson, widow of Thomas W. Sanderson, second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the late lieutenant-colonel and colonel Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer rate of $40 per month In lieu of that he is now receiving. Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of .$30 per month in lieu The name of James S. Ward, late ot Company G, Fifth Regiment West • of that sbe is now receiving. Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 The name of Cornelius Harrington, late of Companies E and A, per month in Ueu of that he is now receiving. Forty-first Regiment, and Company K, Fifty-third Reglm~nt, 'Illinois Voltmteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month The name of William Christy, late of Company C, Twenty-third Regi in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 The name of William H. Jordan, late of Company E, One hundred per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. and fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension T~e name of Hubert Wheeler, late of Company B, ·Twenty-second at the r-ate of 24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the T he name of Mary L. Colcord, widow of George F. Colcord, late of rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. . Company L, First Re.,.iment :Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery, The name of Gilbert Stickles, late of Company I, Ninth Regiment, and and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Company I, Second Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and The name of Rufus Smith, late of Company C, One hundred and elev pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now enth Regiment New York Volunte.er Infantry, and pay him a pension at receiving. the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Allen McClure, late of Company C, Ninety-second Regi The name of Erastus S. Bussell, late of Comp.any C, Fifth Regiment ment Illlnois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pensfon at the rate of Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. month in lieu of that be is now receiving. The name of Isaac Gage, late of Company G, Forty-sixth Regiment The name of Calvin Shoop, late of Company K, Sixth Regiment Iowa Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Theodore Kundinger, late of Company K, Fourth Regi The name of John Brooks, alias Monzue Faber, late unassigned, Tenth ment Missouri Votunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension of $12 per month. at the rate of $12 per month. . The name of Lucien B. Doughty, late of Company :m, Fourth Regi The name of William B. Douglas, late of Company A, Second Regi ment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of ment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. rate of $12 pe:r month. The name of John T. Williamson, late of Company G, One hundred The name of James P. Henderson, late of Company A, First Regiment and third Regiment illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension West Virginia Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John H. Butcher, late of Battery G, Third Regiment The name of Evan H. Pritchard, late of Company E, Twenty-ninth U. S. Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the month in lieu of that he is now receiving · . rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now recetving. The name of Ira G. Kinney late of Company I, Ninth Regiment The name of Frank W. Reilly, late surgeon, Twenty-sixth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Henry C. Yetter, late of Company A, One hundred and The name of Marion Carpenter, late ot Company C, Seventy-sixth eighteenth Regiment illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate sion at the rate of 24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of William H. Eldridge, late of Company :m, Tenth Regi The name of John Heugbs, late of Company K, Sixth Regiment Illi ment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate nois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per of 30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Mary Gotham., former widow of Edward Wakefield, late The name of William A. Gibbany, late of Company C, Twenty-first of Company K, First Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry, and pay Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Valentine M. Currin, late of Company B, Fifteenth The n ame of John D. Abell, late of Company A, One hundred and Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the thirty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sion at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Tbf' ns:ne of Joseph Brandle, late of Company C, Seventeenth Regi The name of Lyman Wyman, late of Company E, Fourth Regiment ment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of l!':; () per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Tte name of John V. Frisbey, late of Company G, Thirtieth Regiment The name of Nicholas Stuber, late of U. S. S. Vermont, New Hamp IndiJ.na Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 shire, and Nipsic. United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the per . month in lieu of that he is now receiving. rate of $24·per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of GE:orge D. Moore, late of Company C, Forty-third Regi The name of Franklin T. Lockhart, late of Company D, Seventeenth ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, nnd pay him a pension at per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Charles Osthelder, late of Company H, Thirty-fifth Regi The name of William Hoover, late of Company H, One hundred and ment WiscOnsin Volunteer Infantry, and p:ay him a pension at the rate seventy-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen· of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sion at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Hem·y P. Heald, late of Company K, and sergeant-major, The name of James Price, late of Company K. One hundred and Seventh Regiment Illinois Vohu1teer Cavalry, and pay him a pension ninety-first Regiment Ohio Volunteet• Infantry, o.nd pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he i.s now receiving. at the rate of ::;24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1909. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. ·707 The name of James H. Alexander, late of Company I, Fifth Regiment The name of John M. Wood, late of Company A, Sixth Regiment New U. S. Colored Volunteer InfantrY-, and pay him a pension at the rate York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Lydia A. Long, widow of Miller F. Long, late of Com The name of William Dodd, late of Company G, Thirtieth Regiment pany G, One hundred and sixty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer In Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate fantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. that she is now receiving: Provided, That in the event of the death The name of Adelbert Deland, late of Company A, Thirty-first Regi of Maybelle Long, helpless and dependent daughter of said Miller F . ment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the Long, the additional pension herein granted shall cease and determine : rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. And provided. further, That in the event of the death of Lydia A. Long, The name of John H . Mattoon, late of Company L, Twenty-first Regi the name of said Maybelle Long shall be placed on the pension roll, sub ment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate ject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of $12 per month from and after the date of death of said Lydia A. The name of Rinaldine Fuller, late of Company D, Thirty-fourth Regi Long. ment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the The name of David Creger, late of Company E, Fifty-first Regiment rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per The name of Charles W. Thomas, late of Company D, Seventy-first month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate The name of Benjamin F. Rantz, late of Company C, Eighteenth of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the The name of Malinda-A. McMackin, widow of William H. Me facldn, rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. late of Company H, Fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and The name of Thomas Lewis, late of Company C, Twenty-third Regi pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate The name of Francis M. Rogers, late of Company E, First Regiment of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 The name of Henry Howe, late of Company H, Second Regiment per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and Company H, Third Regiment New The name of Karl Sander, late of Company K, Seventy-fourth Regi York Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Absalom Cunningham, late of Company F, First Regi The name of Phillip Schwab, late of Independent Battery B, Pennsyl ment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the vania Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Freeman C. Mosher, late of Company E, Twenty-fourth The ·name of l5eymour S. Wirtz, late of Company F, Fourteenth Regi Regiment, and Company E, One hundred and eighty-fourth Regiment ment, and Company B, Fifteenth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. he is now receiving. The name of Harrison L. Higgins, late of Company I, Thirty-third The name of Madison Mosher, late of Company B, Twenty-first Regi Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at ment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $30 per month in lieu that he is now receiving. The name of Washington Mead, late of Company E, Fifth Regiment The name of Franklin Hinkle, late acting assistant surgeon, United New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension . at the States Navy, and acting assistant surgeon, United States Army, and pay rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ~ him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now The name of Henry A. Fisher, late of Company I, Twenty-sixth Regi receiving. ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate The name of Arthur L. Currie, late of Company F, Eightv-third of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Thirty-fifth Company, Second The name of Harrison Bryant, late of Company M, Seventh Regiment Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, and pay him a pension at the rate Missouri State Militia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the of $24 pe1· month in lieu of that he is now receiving. r ate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Isaiah Ware, late of Company H, Sixth Regiment Iowa The name of Theodore Breckenridge, late of Company E, One hundred Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per and seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a month in lieu of that. he is now receiving. pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he 1s now receiving. The name of David Searles, late of Company F, Nineteenth Regi The name of John W- Merchant, late of Company H, Eighth Regiment ment Michigan Volunteer Iv.fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Bernard V. Forshee, late of Company M, Fourth Regi The name of Michael Grogan, late of Company B, Ninth Regiment ment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a ~ension at the rate of of $24 per month in lieu· of that he is now receiving. $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 'l'he name uf John Wallace, late of Company II, Third Battalion, The name of Sarah A. Hamilton, widow of Robert Hamilton, late cap Sixteenth Regiment U. S. Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate tain Company A, Thirty-second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer In of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. fantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of 'l'he name of Henry L. Penny, late of Company EJ, Fifty-first Regi that she is now receiving. ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate The name of John Riley, late of Company F, Fifth Regiment New of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per The name of Alonzo Williams, late of Company E, One hundred and month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sixth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension The name of Henry Horch, late of Company F, One hundred and at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. eighty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension The name of Julius Leffingwell, late of Company E, Sixty-fifth Regi at the rate of ::;30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of James A. Trimble, late of Company I, Sixth Regiment $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. , Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per The name of Louis Etchen, late of Company B, Fifty-seventh Regi month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of Jasper Stewart, late of Company D, Ninth Regiment $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per The name of Isaac C. Davis, late unassigned, Sixty-fourth Regiment month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 The name of James Bolton, late of Company K, Eleventh Regiment per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 The name of John W. Tyler, late of Company E, One hundred and per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. eighty-sixth Re~iment Ohio Volunteer Iufantry, and pay him a pension The name of Edward Blanchard, late of Company L, Seventh Regi at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate The name of Robert P. Bennett, late of Company A, Forty-fourth of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the . The name of Franklin C. Mather, late of Company K, First Regiment, rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. and Company H, Third Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and 'l'he name of August Bain, late of Company H, Thirty-fourth Regi pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is ment, and Company H, Thirty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, now receiving. and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he The name of Irving W. Tyson, late of Company C, Fiftieth Regiment is now receiving. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. _The name of John Harrington, late of Company C, Eighth Regiment The name of William H. Heller, late of Company A, One hundred New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate and Fifty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now T?-c name of Joseph H. Whittier, late of Company E, AThirty-fourth receiving. Regunent Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay Wm a pension at The name of Josiah Castleman, late of Company B, One hundred the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. and Fifty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a _Th!'! name of Stephen Hamilton, late o_f Company K, Second Regiment pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. M1Ch1gan Volunteer Infantry, and pay h1m a pension at the rate of $30 The name of Philip Snyder, late of Company II, Forty-second Regi per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of James Hindson, late of Company B, Eighty-fourth Regi $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Ohio VoluntE>er Infantry, and pay him a pensjon :rt the rate of The name of Mary Dickerson, widow of George W. Dickerson, late of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Company F, First Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay The na?le of David 111eredith, late of Company A, Eighty-ninth Regi her a pension at the rate of $20 per month· in lieu of that she is now ment Indmna Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate receiving. of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Thomas J. Kirtley, late first lieutenant Company A, One The n_ame o_f Alfred A. Hulett, late of Comp!lDY A, Thirty-third Regi hundred and seventeenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and ment M1ssoun Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate pay ~ him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. now receiving. The ~arne ~f Jacob Yoachum, late of CoiJ?-pany C, Sixteenth Regi The name of Oliva Wiser, widow of Iliram Wiser, late of Company I, ment MlSSOUl"l Volunteer Cavalry, and pay h1m a pension at the rate Thirty-fifth Regiment New Y01·k Volunteer Infantry, and Company E, of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Twentieth Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pen The name of Francis Heath, late of Company E, One hundred and sion at the rate of $12 per month: Provided, That this pension shall fifty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a cease upon proof that the soldier is living. pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now re The name of John Conrey, late of Company C, 'l'hird Regiment Maine ceiving. Volunteer Infantry, and Company D, First Regiment Maine Volunteer 'l'he name of Solomon Winningham, late of Company C Twelt'th Regi Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month ment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pensiOn1 at the rate in lieu of that he is now receiving. of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 708 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 9, The name of Robert McGnire. late of U. S. S. North Carolina, New The name of William Barnhart, late of Company A, Thirty-sixth Regi Ironsides, and Sonoma. United States Navy, and pay him a pension at ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay. him a pension at the rate of $24 the t·ate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. per month in lien of that he is now receiving. The name of Robert Splane, late of Company C, Nineteenth Regiment The name of James H. Shackelford. late of Company H, Thirty-third U. S. Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the lieu of that be is now receiving. rate of $30 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. The name of Jo epb Poe, late of Company I, Thirteenth Regiment The name of Peter Carey, late of Company B, Second Regiment Illi Kansas ' olunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 nois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per per month in lien of that be is now receiving. month in lien of that he is now receiving. The name of Mary J. Broadstreet, former widow of George W. Brewer, The name of Ambrose Goodboo, alias Goodbreau, late of Company B, late first lieutenant Company E, Second Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Eleventh Regiment Minnesota Volunteer In!antry, and pay him a Mounted Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now re The name of John E. Buffington, late first lieutenant Company C, ceiving. Sixth Regiment Maryland ·volunteer Infantt·y, and pay him a pension at The name of William H. Stephenson, late of Company K, Second Re"'i the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Mis onri Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of Jacob Jauch, late of Company H, Thirty-seventh Regi $24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 The name of Charles C. Miller, late of CompanJ' E, Fiftieth Regiment per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Massachusetts l\Iilitia Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of George H. Miller, alias George Hornberger, late of Com $24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. pany C, Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry, and Company C, One hundred and ninetieth Regiment Pennsylvania Vol The name of Nathaniel L. Wilson, late of Company K, Third Regiment unteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $:30 lieu of that he is now receiving. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 'l'he name or James K. Wesley, late of Company I, Forty-ninth Regi The name of Benjamin F. Bugbee, late of Third Independent Battery, ment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate Vermont Volunteer Light .\rtlllery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lien o! that he is now receiving. of $24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. The name of William R. Bailey, late of Company D, Forty-ninth Regi The name of Constantine G. Mull, late of Company F, Eleventh Regi ment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate ment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of of 30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. . The name of James W. Hoskins, late of Company E, Second Regiment The name of John H. Lentz, late of Company F, Fourteenth Regiment Ohio volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 $24 per month in lieu .of that he is now receiving. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of William Harvey, late of Battery A, First Regiment Ken The name of Samuel Parker, late of Company B, Thirty-fourth Reg}. tucky Volunteer Li~ht Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of The name of Charles Kretchmar, late of Company E. Fourteenth $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. RegimPnt Indiana VoluntPPr Infantry, and pay him a pension at the 'l'he name of Caleb Trees, late of Company M, First Regiment Indiana rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Volunteer Heavy Artilley, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per The name of Daniel l\L Eveland, late of Company H, One hundred month in lien of that he is now receiving. and ninety-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay The name of Eliza L. Cake. widow of Henry J_,. Cake, late colonel him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now Ninety-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her receiving. a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lien of that she is now re 'l'he name of Richard H. Foord, late first lieutenant Company F, ceiving. Thirty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension 'l'he name of Orsemus Dill, late of Company EJ, Fourteenth Regiment at the rate of i)i24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 The name of Sylvester B. Fuller, late of Company B, Fifth Regiment per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate The name of Mary A. Bowe, widow of Peter Bowe, late lieutenant of ~30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. colonel Ninety-third Regiment New York National Guard Infantry, and The name of John F. Frost, late of Company F, Third Regiment pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lien of that she is 1\Iaine Volunteer· Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 now receiving. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Lydia A. Hankins, widow of David C. Hankins, late of The name of Ferdinand Fetter, late of Company I, Eleventh Regiment Company D, Ninth Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and pay Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Lewis• Carbino, late of Company G, Sixtieth Regiment The name of Byron T. Gibson, late of Company A, Fourteenth Regi New York Volunteer Infantry, and Compan~ A, Seventh Regiment New ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of of $30 per month in lien of that he is now receivin~. $24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. The name of Albert F. Fierce, late of Company I1', Eighteenth Regi ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate The name of William Logan, late of Company B, Second Battalion of 24 per· month in li:!:t of that he is now receiving. Missouri State Militia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the The name of Charles B. Hinman, late of Company G, Thirty-sixth rate of $24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. Regiment Wisconsin Volnnteer -Infantry, and Company H, Third RP'gi The name of Benjamin B. Goodrich, late of Company I, Thirty-second ment Veteran Reserve Corps, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantt·y, and pay him a pension at the rate per month in lieu of that he is now receiving_ ·of 24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John Rees, late of Company D, Eighty-fifth Regiment, 'l'he name of George W. Holman, late of Company D, Fifty-fifth and Company C, One hundred and eighty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry, and pay him a pension Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 per month at the rate of $12 per month. in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Joseph Wiederker, late of Company B, Thirty-fifth Regi The name of Alvin E. Nishwitz, late of Company C, Seventy-first ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate Re""iment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $::!0 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of S24 per month in lieu cf that he is now receiving. · The name of Reuben P. Forbes, late of Company I, Sixth Regiment The name of Benajah EJ. Smith, late of Company A, Twenty-first Reg Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 iment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the per month in lien of that he is now receiving. rate of $30 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. The name of Charlotte Velie, widow of Edgar B. Velie, late of Com The name of William H. Reinhart, late of Company G, One hundred pany A, Battalion Engineers, U. S. Army, and pay her a pension at the and twenty-first Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him rate of $12 per month. a pe::Jsion at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiv The n!lme of James E. Cook, late captain Company D, Eleventh Regi ing. ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the The name of George W. Wilson. late first lieutenant Company E, First rate of 24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. ReO"iment United States Veteran Volunteer Engineers, and pay him a The name of Stephen D. Compton, late of Company E, Fiftieth Regi pe~sion at the rate of $30 per month in lien of that he is now rece~ving. ment l\lis ouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of 'l'he name of Abram Storms, late of Company K, Fourth Regiment $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 The name of William B. Thurman, late of Company K, Forty-seventh per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the The name of Thomas Whitaker, late of Company D, Sixty-eighth Regi rate of $12 per month, the same to be paid to him under the rules of ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of the l'ension Bureau as to mode and times of payment, without any $3G per month in lien of that he is now receiving. deduction or rebate on account of former alleged overpayments or erro The name of William Woodson, late of Company B, Eighty-second neous payments of pension. Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the 'l'lle name of James W. Ashton, late second lieutenant Company C, rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. One hundred and fifty-seventh Re~ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan The name of Patrick McKew, late of Company G, Two hundred and try, and pay him a pension at tne rate of $36 per month in lieu of thir·teenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteet· Infantry, and pay him a that he is now receiving. • pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of Nicholas C. Buswell, late lieutenant-colonel, Ninety-third The name of Benjamin Keller, late of Company A, Forty-eighth R~~~ Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at me rate of $45 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. rate of 30 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. The name of Jesse Sawyer, late of Company D, Seventy-seventh Regi The name of Simon Gabert, late of Company B, Fourth Regiment Mis ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of souri Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The name of John S. Forbes, late of Company E, Seventh Regiment The name of Charles H. Gearhart, late of Sixth Battery, Wisconsin lllinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. per month in lieu qf that he is now receiving. The name of 1\!ark Smock, late of Company I, First Regiment Ken The name of John W. Merrill, late of Company I, Thirtieth Regiment tucky Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of month in lieu of that he is now receiving. $24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. The name of John T. Eason, late of Company E, Forty-eighth Regi The name of Jackson G. Cook, late of Company H, Sixtieth Regiment ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of Indiana Yoluntee1· Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. per month in lien of that he is now receiving. The name of Benjamin F. Moore, late of Company K, Sixty-eighth The name of James R. Wiley, late of U. S. S. Gr9JDpus, Clara Dolsen, Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. pension at the and Chickasaw, United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of $36 per month in lieu of that he "is now receiving. 1909. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. .709 The name of Eliza A. Clark, dependent mother ot Samuel W. Clark, H. R. 21501. William A. Glbbany ; late of Company C, Twenty-first Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, H. R. 21626. John D. Abell; and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. H. R. 21715. Joseph Brandle; The name of Elick Begley, late of Company B, For~-seventh Regi H. R. 21719. John V. Frisbey; ment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pens1on at the rate H. R. 21761. George D. Moore ; of 24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. H. R. 21838. Charles Osthelder; The name of John T. Bates, late first lieutenant Company Ill, Seventh H. R. 21936. Henry P. Heald; Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the H. R. 22058. Jacob Kelley; rate of $36 per month in lien of that be is now reeeiving. H. R. 6740. Oliver H. Neff; The name of Joseph A. Eakin, late of Company B, One hundred and H. R. 7219. William A. Smith ; forty-eighth Regiment Ohio National Guard Infantry, and pay him a H. R. 7308. William R. Gray ; pen ion at the rate of $30 per month in lien of that he- is now receiving. H. R. 7848. Levi G. Cunningham; '.rbe name of Caspar Bernhard, late of Company A, Eighth Battalion H. R. 8007. Victory T. Trail; Dish·ict of Columbia Volunteer Iniantry, and pay him a pension at the H. R. 8149. Lawson Hickey; rate of 12 per month. H. R. 8340. Charles Carpenter ; · H. R. 8750. Fernando A. Hackett; The name of Granger F. Anson, late of Company B, Twenty-eighth H. R. 8835. George W. Dobbs; Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the H. R. 8878. William J. Butler ; rate of $30 per month in lien of that he is now reeeiving. H. R. 9241. Henry Chase. The name of James Gillespie, late of Company G, Fourth Regiment H. R. 10308. Nathan F. Bnck; New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the H. R. 10314. Allen Christman ; rate· of '24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. H. R. 10319. John B. Kelso; 'l'hls bill is a substitute for the following House bills referred to the H. R. 10722. William Boulden; Committee on Invalid Pensions : H. R. 10971. Albert Brendel; II. R. 673. Bsau M. Shelton ; H. R. 10972. James S. Hardy; H. R. 783. Wesley A. Hampton; H..R. 10999. Jerome B. Dann; H. R. 8-! . Alexander H. Pierce ; H. R. 11067. Henry B. Shaw; H. R.106G. Andrew Cofer; H. R. 11516. Joseph W. Wallace: H. R.10tH. Robert Gerking; H. R. 11526. Cyrus Williams ; II. R. 1162. ls.'lac L. Hn.~hes ; H. R. 11669. Samuel M. Hilterbrand; H. R. 1521. William II. Altman ; H. R. 12389. Thomas R. Hoffman ; H. R. 1674. John Rahler; H. R. 12697. Marion H. Motsinger: H. R. HH8. David Winn; H. R. 12731. Dennis Sanders ; H. R. 3126. John S. Beardsley; H. R. 12789. Isaac Wilcox ; H. R. 3155. Chauncey Barber; H. R. 12845. Joseph B. Jones; H. R. 31o3. William H. Crane; H. R. 12943. Logan Loftis ; H. R. 3455. Joseph H. Parker; H. R. 12963. Martin L. Protzman ~ H. R. 3709. Alfred McCoy ; H. R. 13363. Milton J. Bell; H. R. 3731. Holland Nease ; H. R. 22344. Harley Demming ; H. R. 374G. James P. Waldorf; H. R. 22355. William Eich ; H. R. 4241. Benjamin Owen ; H. R. 22361. John Marshall; H. R. 4353. l\lary A. Leary ; H. R. 22366. John Garrett; II. H. 5757. Hobert Collins; H. R: 22386. Daniel Hunt; H. R. 5829. Edward Lewey ; H. R. 22389. Dwight H. Flint; H. n. 5976. Uriah D. Streeter; H. R. 22423. Andrew J. Walker; H. R. 6023. Edmund W. Hunt; H. R. 22424. Isaac Wilson ; H. R. GOG8. John E. Ault; H. R. 22425. William F. Wallace; H. R. 6481. William II. H. Roby ; II. R. 22494. Milton Harrold ; H. R. 65::>2. John C. Miller; R. R. 22503. William Gilligan; H. R. 6662. Frederick llercher ; H. R. 22511. James Knight; H. R. 6704. David M. Harris; H. R. 22555. William C. Maupin ; H. R. 6706. John W. Resler; H. R. 22586. Matthew G. Burkholder; H. R. 6709. Jacob Supinger; H. R. 22594. James S. Ward; H. R. 0734. James Campbell ; H. R. 22599. William Christy ; H. R. 13934. William H. Ru sell ; H. R. 22677. Hubert Wheeler; H. R. 14071. Alexander McMillen ; H. R. 22679. Gilbert Stickles; H. R. 14072. Byron C. Bickford ; H. R. 22684. Allen McClure ; H. R.14204. James L. T. Sharp; H. R. 22686. Isaac Gage ; H. R. 14469. Hiram D. Herd; H. R. 226 7. Theodore Kundinger; H. R. 14624. Charles H. Belden; H. R. 22695. Lucien B. Doughty; H. R. 14697. Madison 0 . Rose; H. R. 22696. John T. Williamson; H. R. 14703. Charles M. Anderson; H. R. 22725. John H. Butcher; H. R. 14762. llarney Eygabroad ~ H. R. 22732. Ira G. Kinney ; H. R. 14792. Lucas B. Brewster; H. R. 14816. Daniel Swigart: H. R. 22733. Henry C. Yetter; H. R. 15317. Abraham Blackburn; H. R. 22774. William H. Eldridge; H. R. 15672. Elcania McClure; H. R. 22788. Mary Gotham ; H R. 15715. George W. Hutchinson; H. R. 22804. Valentine M. Currin; H: R. 15727. Henry S. Hinman ; H. R 22806. Lyman Wyman ; H. R. 1o876. Hat'rison Browning ; H. It. 22809. Nicholas Stuber; H. R. 16101. Harrison Deems; H. R. 22866. Franklin T. Lockhart ; H. R. 16230. Aylett R. Burnett; H. R. 22937. William Hoover; H. R. 16303. Calvin F. Walker; H. R. 22939. James Price; II. R . 16792. Hem-y Lamp; H. R. 22942. James H. Alexander; H. R. 16843. Samuel 0. Stanley; ll. R. 22944. Lydia A. Long ; H. R. 10920. Henry D. Hedrick; H. H. 22960. David Creger; H. R. 17409. William W. Ritchey ; H. R. 22972. Benjamin F. Rantz ; H. R. 17438. Horace Stillman; H. R. 23006. Thomas Lewis ; H. n. 17533. Frederick Wolfe! ; H. R. 23064. Henry Howe ; H. R. 17913. Josiah Tbomns; H. R. 23084. Absalom Cunningham ; H. R. 17942. William W. Jenkins ; H. R. 23105. Freemen C. Mosher; H. R. 17968. Almon H. Stoner ~ H. R. 23114. Harrison L. Higgins; H. R. 18143. Frank Cullen ; H. R. 23120. Washington Mead; H. R. 182 9. George W. Clayton; H. R. 23130. Henry A. Fisher; H. R. 18312. William Mathis ; H. R. 23146. Harrison Bryant; H. R. 18330. James R. Armor ; H. R. 23163. Theodore Breckenridge; H. R. 18363. Washington Lyon; H. R. 23165. John W. Merchant; H. R.18593. John W. Clem; H. R. 23172. Michael Grogan; H. R. 18850. Edward D. Simes; H. R. 23174. Sarah A. Hamilton; H. R.1 965. Samuel Harris; H. R. 23182. John Riley; H. R. 19056. George D. Quick; H. R. 23183. Henry Horch ; H. R. 10194. Julia A. Jester; H. R. 23199. James A. Trimble; H. R. 1fi342. Robert McVay; H. R. 23201. Jasper Stewart; H. R. 19430. Mathew Doyle; H. R. 23204. James Bolton; H. R. 19513. George W. Mechling; H. R. 23205. Edward Blanchard; H. R. 19516. Andrew Artman; H. R. 23226. Franklin C. Mather; H. R. 10851. Lewis W. Pond ; H. R. 23281. Irving W. •.ryson; H. R. 19943. Andrew J. Rodgers ; H. R. 23283. William H. Heller; H. R. 19997. Elizabeth Sanderson; H. R. 23294. J o~iah Castleman ; H. R. 20286. Cornelius Harrington; H. R. 23296. PhiHp Sn;rder ; H. R. 20338. William H. Jordan; H. R. 23306. Mary Dickerson ; H. R. 20459. Mary L.. Colcord; H. R. 23307. Thomas J. Kirtley; H. R. 20868. Rufus Smith; H. R. 23308. Oliva Wiser; H. R. 20981. EJrastus S. Bussell ; H. R. 23342. John Conrey ; H. R. 21069. Calvin Shoop ; H. R. 23352. John M. Wood; H. R. 21163. John Brooks; H. R. 23364. William Dodd ; H. R. 21186. William B. Douglas ; H. R. 23366. Adelbert Deland ; H. R. 21233. James P. Henderson; H. R. 23367. John H. Mattoon; H. R. 21245. Evan H. Pritehard; H. R. 23368. Rinaldine Fuller; H. R. 21362. Frank W. Reilly; H. R. 23424. Charles W. Thomas· H. R. 21376. Marion Carpenter; H. R. 23447. l\fallnda A. McMackin; H. R. 214-65 ~ John Heughs; H. R. 23454. Francis M. Rogers ; / 710 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY -9, H. R. 23461. Karl Sander ; The Clerk read as follows: H. R. 23490. Phillip Schwab ; H. R. 23400. Seymour S. Wirtz ; A bill (H. R. 25409) granting pensions and increase of pensions to Cftr H. R. 23508. Madison Mosher ; tain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army n.nd Navy, and certain H. R. 23510. Franklin Hinkle; soldiers and sailors of wars other than the civil war, and to widows H. R. 23548. Arthur L. Cmrie; and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors. H. R. 23553. Isaiah Ware; H. H. 23555. "David Searles ; Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is H. R. 23556. Bernard V. Forshee ; hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to H. R. 23557. John Wallace; the provisions and limitations of the pension laws- H. R. 23614. Henry· L. Penny ; The name of Mons E. Jerdee, late of Company A, First Regiment H. R. 23617. Alonzo Williams; North Dakota Volunteer Infantry, war with Spain, and pay him a pen H. R. 23623. Julius Leffingwell; sion at the rate of $17 per month in lieu of that he is now rec_eiving. H. R. 23624. Louis Etchen ; The name of George W. Manwell, late of Company L, Nineteenth Regi H. R. 23625. Isaac C. Davis; ment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of H. R. 23032. John W. Tyler; . $12 per month. · H. R. 23642. Robert P. Bennett ; The name of Frederick H. Cook, late of Company L, First Regiment H. R. 23645. August llain ; Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, war with Spain. . H. R. 23670. John Harrington; The name of Cru·oline M. Marsh, widow of Charles B. Marsh, late H. R. 23672. Joseph H. Whittier; major and paymaster, United States Volunteers, war with Spain, and H. R. 23601. Stephen Hamilton; pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month. H. R. 23696. Jn.mes Hindson; The name of John Gallagher, late of Company G, First Regiment H. R. 23755. David Meredith ; U. S. Dragoons, Texas and Mexico Indian wars, and pay him a pension H. R. 23763. Alfred A. Hulett; at the rate of $16 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 23765. Jacob Yoachum ; Tbe name of Bert A. Colson, late of United States Marine Corps, and H. R. 23781. Francis Heath; pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. H. R. 23788. Solomon Winningham ; The name of Philip A.. Work, late of Captain Walker's company, H. R. 23794. Robert McGuire ; Texas Volunteers, Texas and New Mexico Indian wars, and pay him a H. R. 23797. Robert Splane; pension at the rate of $16 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 23806. Joseph Poe ; The name of Elias M. Miller, late of Capt. John Settle's company, H. R. 23809. Mary J. Broadstreet; First Regiment Oregon Mounted Volunteers, Oregon and Washington H. R. 23821. John E. Buffington; Territory Indian wars, and pay him a pension at the rate of $16 pe1• H. R. 23867. Jacob Jauch; · month in lieu of that he is now receiving. H. R. 23877. George H. Miller; H. R. 23895. James K Wesley; The name of Rhoda A. U.ogers, widow of John C. Rogers, late of H. R. 23896. William R. Bailey ; United States Marine Corps, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 H. R. 23898. James W. Hoskins; per month. H. R. 23899. William Harvey ; The name of Robert McCall, late of Comr.any K, Eleventh Regiment H. R. 23904. Charles Kretchmar ; U. S. Infantry, war with Spa.in, and pay h m a pension at the rate of H. R. 23010. Daniel M. Eveland; $10 per month. H. R. 23!H2. Richard H. Foord ; This bill is a substitute for thP. following House bills referred to the H. R. 23922. Sylvester B. Fuller; Committee on Pensions : H. R. 23952. John F. Frost; H. R. 8949. Mons E. Jerdee ; H R. 23960. Ferdinand Fetter ; H. R. 19277. George W. Manwell ; H. R. 24001. Byron 'I'. Gibson; H. R. 20845. Frederick H. Cook ; a: R. 24002. Albet·t F. Piet:ce ; H. R. 22442. Caroline M. Marsh ; H. R. 24003. Charles El. Hmman ; H. R. 22712. John Gallagher ; H. R. 24017. John Rees ; H. R. 23682. Bert A. Colson ; H. R. 24052. Alvin El. Nishw~tz; H. R. 24364. Philip A. Work; H. R. 24056. Benajah E. Sllllth ; H. R. 24395. Elias M. Miller ; H. R. 24059. William H. Reinhart ; H. R. 24518. Rhoda A. Rogers ; and H. R. 24068. George W. Wilson; H. R. 24584. Robert McCall. H. R. 24108. Abram Storms; · H. R. 24199. Thomas Whitaker; The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read the third time, H. R. 24200. William Woodson; H. R. 24229. Patrick McKew ; was read the third time, and passed. H. R. 24233. Nicholas C. Bushwell; · On motion of 1\fr. LoUDENSLAGER a motion to reconsider the H. R. 24236. Jesse Sawyer; votes by which the. several bills were passed was laid on the H. R. 24.237. John S. Forbes; H. R. 24249. Mark Smock ; table. H. R: 24252. John T. Eason; ADJOURNMENT. H. R. 24268. Benjamin F. Moore; H. R. 24271. William Barnhart; H. R. 24272. James H. Shackelford; 1\Ir. LOUDENSLAGER. 1\Ir. Speaker, I move that the House H. R. 2427 3. l'eter Carey ; do now adjourn. H. R. 24294. Ambrose Goodboo; · The motion was agreed to. H. R. 24346. William H. Stephenson; H. R. 24391. Charles C. Miller; Accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 56 minutes p.m.) the House ad H. R. 24392. Nathaniel L. Wilson ; journed to meet to-morrow, Sunday, January 10, 1909, at 12 H. R. 24393. Benjamin F. Bugbee ; o'clock noon. H. R. 24403. Constantine G. Mull; H. R. 24-!27. John H. Lentz; H. R. 24446. Samuel Parker ; H. R. 24494. Caleb Trees ; H. R. 24498. Eliza L : Cake ; EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. H. R. 24508. Orsemus Dill ; H. R. 24511. Mary A. Bowe; Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, executive communications were H. R. 24540. Lydta A. Hankins ; taken from-the Speaker's table and referred as follows : H. R. 24543. Lewis Carbino ; A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a H. R. 24544. William Logan ; H. R. 24545. Benjamin B. Goodrich; copy of a letter from the Director of the Mint submitting an H. R. 24549. George W. Holman ; estimate of appropriation for protection of machinery at the H. R. 24554. Joseph Wiederker; San Franci§co mint (H. Doc. No. 1301)-to the Committee on H. R. 24558. Reuben P. Forbes; H. R. 24575. Charlotte Velie; Appropriations and ordered to be printed. H. R. 24586. James E. Cook; A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a H. R. 24590. Stephen D. Compton ; draft of proposed legislation relating to the Indian boarding H. R. 24592. William B. Thurman; H. R. 24598. James W. Ashton; school for the Sac and Fox Indian reservation in Iowa (H. Doc. H. R. 24655. Benjamln Keller; No. 1302)-to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to H. R. 24691. Simon Gabert; be printed. ~ H. R. 24727. Charles H. Gearhart; H. R. 24728. John W. Merrill; H. R. 24729. Jackson G. Cook; H. R. 24730. James R Wiley; CHANGE OF REFERENCE. H. R. 24747. Eliza A. Clark; H. R. 24796. Elick Begley ; H. R. 24824. John T. Bates; Under clause 2 of Rule XXII, the Committee on Invalid Pen H. R. 24923. Joseph A . Eakin; sions was discharged from the consideration of the bill (H. R. H. R. 24967. Caspar Bemhard; 25622) granting a pension to Oliver T. Shepherd, and the same H. R. 24972. Granger F. Anson ; and H. R. 25034. James Gillespie. was referred to the Committee on Pensions. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engross PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS. ment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, . bills, resolutions, and memo was read the third time, and passed. rials of the following titles were introduced and severally The SPEAKER pro tempore. The clerk will read the next referred as follows : bill. By Mr. WILEY: A bill (H. R. 25743) ,providing for a mill- ( 1909. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 711 tary highway between Fort Morgan and Foley, Ala.-to the By Mr. FULLER: A bill (H. R. 25771) granting an increase Committee on Military Affairs. of pension to David A. Sturtevant-to the Comiillttee on Invalid Ry Mr. GOULDEN: A bill (H. R. 25744) fixing the age of Pensions. soldiers, sailors, and marines entitled to pension under the By Mr. GARDNER of Massachusetts: A bill (H. R. 25772) provisions of the act approved February 6, 1907-to the Com granting a pension to Nancy Augusta Blood-to the Committee mittee on Invalid Pensions. on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. OVERSTREET: A bill (H. R. 25805) to reenact and Also, a. bill (H. R. 25773) granting an increase of pension to amend sections 3646 and 3647 of the Revised Statutes-to the Moses Farris-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. GARDNER of New Jersey: A bill (H. R. 25774) By Mr. BOUTELL: Concurrent resolution (H. C. Res. 52) granting an increase of pension to Samuel J. Dampman-to the providing for the printing of 2,000,000 copies of debate and pro Committee on Invalid Pensions. ceedings in the Bouse of Representatives concerning- the mes By 1\fr. HELM: A bill (H. R. 25775) granting an increase sage of the President in relation to the Secret Service-to the of pension to J. M. Adams-to the Committee on Invalid Pen Committee on Printing. sions. By l\fr. HULL of Iowa: A bill (H. R. 25776) granting an in crease of pension to Rose F. Brackett-to the Committee on Pen PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. sions. By Mr. KINKAID: A bill (H. R. 25777) granting an increase Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions of of pension to John T. Darr-to the Committee on Invalid Pen the following titles were introduced and severally referred as sions. follows~ Also, a bill (H. R. 25778) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. ANDREWS: A bill (H. R. 25745) gra~tlng an in Ranna S. Moore-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. crease of pension to Anna M. Shont-to the Committee on In Also, a bill (H. R. 25779) for, the relief of Stephen J. Weekes valid Pensions. to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 25746) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. McCREARY: A bill (H. R. 25780) granting a pen Zaney .Ann McA.uliffe-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sion to Emma C. Homer-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- .Also, a bill (H. R. 25747) for the relief of the estate of M~tias sions. . Baca, deceased, and his son, Juan Rey Baca-to the Comnnttee By Mr. MADDEN: A bill (H. R. 25781) granting an increase on Claims. of pension to Charles H. Wells-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 25748) for the relief of the estate of Fran- Pensions. cisco Montoya-to the Committee on Claims. Also a bill (H. R. 25749) to remove the charge of desertion .Also, a bill (H. R. 25782) granting an increase of pension to from the military record of Juan Sanchez-to the Committee on Alden F. Litchfield-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. a bill (H. R. 25783) granting an increase of pension to Military Affairs. Also, By Mr. BARCLAY: A bill (H. R. 25750) granting an increase John Howard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of pension to Macy A.. Scheopp-to the Committee on Invalid By Mr. MOON of Tennessee: A bill (H. R. 25784) granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Weber-to the Committee on In Pensions. By Mr. BURLEIGH.: A bill (H. R. 25751) grantin~ an in- valid Pensions. crease of pension to George Andrews-to the Committee on By Mr. NYE~ A bill (H. R. 25785) granting a pension to Invalid Pensions. Josiah G. Warner-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CALDElRHE.AD: .A bill (H. R. 25752) granting an By Mr. OLMSTED: A bill (H. R. 25786) granting an increase increase of pens;ion to Josiah Yoder-to the Committee on In of pension to Henry M. Reuter-to the C-ommittee on Invalid valid Pensions. Pensions. · By Mr. COOPER of Pennsylvania: .A bill (H. R. 25753) Also, a bill (H. R. 25787) granting an increase of pension to _granting an increase of pension to Edward Chyle-to the Com John H. Butler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 25788) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. CRUMPACKER: A bill (H. R. 25754) granting an in William Reigle-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. crease of pension to John Ginder-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 25789) granting an increase of.pension to Pensions. .1\Iattie J. Ellis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also a bill (H. R. 25755) granting an increase <>f pension to .Also, a bill (H. R. 25790) granting an. increa,se of pension to John Cain-,-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. B. K. Goodyear-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also a bill (H. R. 25756) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. REEDER: A bill (H. R. 25791) granting an increase Willia{n H. Ogden-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of pension to Wellington B. McCurdy-to the Committee on In ..Also, a bill (H. R. 25757) granting an increase of pension to valid Pensions. Peter Dinger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. STERLING: A bill (H. R. 25792) granting an increase By Mr. DAVIS: A bill (H. R. 25758) granting an increase of of pension to William H. Jefferson-to the Committee on In- pension to Nathaniel C. Adams-to the Committee on Invalid Yalid Pensions. , Pensions. Also, a. bill (II:. R. 25793) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 25759) granting an increase of pension to Albert S. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .James S. Brand-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 25794) granting an increase of pension to . Also, a bill (H. R. 25760) granting an increase of pension to .Joal F. Terry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Timothy Donahue-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 25795) granting a pension to Ellen M. Also, a bill (H. R. 25761) granting an increase of pension to Davis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Frank L. Bennett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. SWASEY: .A. bill (H. R. 25796) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R. 25762) granting an increase of pension to of pension to Jerome B. Wood-to the Committee on Invalid David Hancock-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 25763} granting an increase of pension to Also, a bUl (H. R. 25797) granting aD. increase of pension to William F. Sarver-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. :Marcellus Goddard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 25764) granting an increase of pension to .Also, a bill (H. R. 25798) granting a pension to Mrs. M. K Henry Cooledge-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lynch-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 25765) granting a pension to Harriet Also, a bill (H. R. 25799) granting a pension to Georgianna Paden-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Peabody-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. DIXON: .A bill (H. R. 25766) granting an increase of Also, a bill (H. R. 25800) granting a pension to Margaret E. pension to Thomas C. Shewman-to the Committee on Invalid Lewis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 25801) granting a pension to Rosetta J. Also, a bill (H. R. 25767) granting an increase of pension to Gould-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Noah Russell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 25802) granting a pension to Daniel P. Also, a bill (H. R. 25768) granting an increase of pension to Hobart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William Luck~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. WEEMS: A bill (H. R. 25803) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R. 25769) granting an increase of pension to of pension to John D. Vail-to the Committee on Invalid Pen George W. Owens~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sions. By Mr. FASSETT: A bill (H. R. 25770) granting a pension By Mr. CASSEL: A bill (H. R. 25804) granting an increase to Sarah Ellison Benjamin-to the Committee on Invalid Pen of pension to William D. Mosser-to the Committee on Invalid sions. Pensions. 1. i t712 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 10 ' PETITIONS, ETC. By Mr. LINDSAY: Petition of Federation of Jewish Or Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and pa g~izations, for a chaplain in army and navy for Jewish sol pers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows : dters-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. ASHBROOK: Petition of citizens of Coshocton Coun ~lso, yeti_ti?n _of Merchants' Association of New York, against ty, Ohio, against S. 3940 (Jolmston Sunday law)-to the Com le~tslation mrmtcal to the well-being of railways-to the Com mittee on the District of Columbia. · nnttee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Gifford Ramey By Mr. MOON of Tennessee : Paper to accompany bills for (previously referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions) relief of .James_F. Campbell (H. R. 24262)-to the Committee - to the Committee on Pensions. on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BENNET of New York: Petition of National Woman's Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Sarah A. Weber Christian Temperance Union, for legislation to protect prohibi to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tion States from interstate liquor traffic-to the Committee on By Mr. SULZER: Petition of American Prison Association the Judiciary. favoring suitable appropriation for the entertainment of th~ By Mr. CALDER: Petition of London Wine and Spirits .Com Congress of the International Prison Commission-to the Com- pany, against reduction of tariff on foreign liquors-to th~ Com mittee on the Judiciary. · mittee on Ways and Means. By Mr. SWASEY: Petition of sundry citizens of Bath. Rich Also, petition of Hermann Ruhe, favoring repeal of duty on mond, and Brunswick, all in the State of Maine, against pas raw and refined sugars-to the Committee on Ways and Means. sage of Senate bill 3940-to the Committee on the District of By Mr. CAMPBELL: Petition of United Trades and Labor Columbia. · Council of Pittsburg, Kans., against decision of Justice Wright Also, petitions of citizens of Auburn, Fryeburg, West Paris, to the Committee on the Judiciary. Dresden, North Buckfield, Topsham, Peru, Hiram, and Andover By Mr. CHAPMAN: Petition of citizens of Flora, Ill., against all in the State of Maine, for parcels post on rural free-delivery enactment of a parcels-post law-to the Committee on the Post routes and for postal savings banks-to the Committee on the Office and Post-Roads. Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. DIXON: Petition of James W. Baldwin and other By Mr. VREELAND : Petitions of Fredonia Grange, No. 353, citizens of Franklin, Ind., against passage of Senate bill 394o of Fredonia, Ellery Grange, No. 353, of Bemus Point, Union to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Grange, No. 244, of Jamestown, Portland Grange, No. 2, of By Mr. DRAPER: Petition of Federation of Jewish Organiza Brockton, Patrons of Husbandry; residents of Cattaraugus, tions, for a chaplain in army and navy for Jewish soldiers-to Arkport, and Ellicottville, all in the State of New York, against the Committee on Military Affairs. S. 3940 (Sunday observance in the District of Columbia) -to Also, petition of Merchants' Association of New York, against the Committee on the District of Columbia. legislation inimical to railway prosperity-to the Committee on Also, petition of business men of Olean, N. Y., against parcels InterstatE. and Foreign Commerce. post and postal savings banks laws-to the Committee on the By Mr.· FULLER: Papers to accompany bill for the relief of Post-Office and Post-Roads. David A. Sturtevant-to the Committee on Inv·alid Pensions. Also, petition of officers of the Men's Club of the First Con Also, petition of Emily Towne, of Streator, Ill., favoring gregational Church, of Jamestown, N. Y., for passage of Bacon amendment of Sherman antitrust law-to the Committee on the original-package bill, etc.-to the Committee on the- Judiciary• . Judiciary. Also, petition of American Prison Association, for appropria tion to assist work of the International Prison Commission-to HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. GOULDEN: Petition of Federation of Jewish Or SuNDAY, January 10, 1909. ganizations, praying for appointment of chaplain in army and navy for the religious comfort and well-being of Jewish citizens The House met at 12 o'clock m., and was called to order by enlisted in the army and navy-to the Committee on Military Hon. Alexander 1\IcDowelJ, Clerk of the House, who directed Affairs. the reading of the following communication: Also, petition of Fed ration of Jewish Organizations of New SPEAKER'S ROOM, York City, favoring appointment of chaplain in Army, Navy, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, and Marine Corps for Jewish soldiers-to the Committee on Washington, D. 0., January 10, 1909. Military Affairs. I hereby designate Hon. DAVID J. FOSTER, of Vermont, as ·speaker pro tempore for this day. Also, petition of Merchants' Association of New York City, J. G. CANNON, Speaker. favoring readjustment of railway rate law-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chaplain will offer prayer. By Mr. HAMILTON of Michigan: Petition of citizens of Van The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. · D., offered the fol Buren County and Allegan County, Mich., against passage of lowing prayer : Senate bill 394Q-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. We bless Thee, Almighty God, and adore Thy holy mime for Also, petition of cft:izens of Van Buren County, Mich., favor that spark of divinity which differentiates man froni the rest ing establishment of postal savings banks and a parcels post of the animal creation and makes him a child of the living God, to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. and which has ever been pushing him onward and upward from By Mr. HARRISON: Petition of New York Public Library, savagery to civilization, from darkness to light, from the ani favoring retention of all books for public libraries on free mal to the spiritual, which brings him nearer to Thee. We list-to the Committee on Ways and Means. thank Thee for the strong, the pure, the noble, the brave who By Mr. HASKINS: Petition of F. J. Fairbanks and others, have left the impress of their characters on· their respective of Newfane, Vt., for parcels-post delivery on rural routes and ages and left behind them their works as a testimonial of their , for postal savings banks-to the Committee on the Post-Office worth. and Post-Roads. We are here to-day in the memory of one who was ever found By· Mr. HOWELL of New Jersey: Petition of Shrewsbury in the vanguard of that eternal march-broad in his conceptions, Grange, Pah·ons of Husbandry, of Red Bank, N. J., f'or parcels strong in his convictions, pure in his motives. As a business post on rural delivery routes and for postal savings banks-to man, furthering great ent~rprises, he was ever fpund pure, hon the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. est, and upright in his dealings with his fellow-men; a soldier Also, papers to accompany bills for relief of Matthew M. Finch brave and gallant, who thought it not too much to offer his life, and l\Iax Sekel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. if need be, a sacrifice on the altar of his country; a · statesman By Mr. HOWELL of Utah: Petitions of citizens of Eureka, strong and wise, serving the people of his ·State and Nation with citizens of Salt Lake City, and citizens of Mercur, all in the singular fidelity and ability wherever he was called to serve. State of Utah, in favor of retention of present tariff duties on We mourn him, but not as dead, for we shall think of him as lead and lead ores-to the Committee on Ways and Means. faring on in some one of God's many mansions. "We leave By Mr." HULL of Iowa: Petition of Alex. Barbour and others, this and straightway enter another mansion of the King's, more against decision of Justice Wright-to the Committee on the grand and beautifuL" Judiciary. And now, 0 God, our Heavenly Father, comfort, we beseech Also, pHper to accompany bill for relief of R. A. Bridgewater Thee, those near to him in the ties of· friendship and in the to the Committee on War Claims. bonds of love and affection, that they may. look forward with By Mr. ·JAMES: Papers to ·accompany bill for the relief of bright anti~ipations to a meeting with him, wheJ;e they -shall John A. Flanary, of Crittenden County, Ky.-to the Committee stay in his pre~ence forever. For Thine is the kingdom, and on War Claims. the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. I