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Hagerstown, Md., favoring the building of war vessels in the The Clerk read as follows: navy-yards-to the Committee on Naval .Affairs. Strike out "concurrent" and insert "House." In lines 1 and 2, after the word "Resolved," strike out the words "by the By Mr. RIXEY: Petition of Mary V. and Susan P. Keith, of House of Representatives (the Senate concurring)." . _ . Virginia, asking that their claim be referred to the Court of Claims under the Bowman Act-to the Committee on War Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, is the resolution open to amend- Claims. ment? · .Also, paper to accompany bill for the relief of the legal repre­ The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Missouri yield to sentatives of Mrs. S. W. Skinker, of Fauquier County, Va.-to the gentleman from New York? the Committee on War Claims. Mr. COCHRAN. What is the gentleman's suggestion? . By Mr. RYAN: Petition of the Iroquois Club, of San Francisco, Mr. PAYNE. I suggest to the gentleman from Missouri to in­ Cal., favoring the construction of war vessels in the United States sert the word " requested " instead of " instructed." It will navy-yards-to the Committee on Naval .Affairs. answer the same pm-pose, and will be the usual form. .Also, petition of Barnhart Bros. & Spindler, Chicago, lll., and Mr. COCHRAN. I make no objection to such a change . J. L. Mott Iron Works, of New York, favoring the creation of a The SPEAKER. Without objection, t}le word "instructed" department of commerce-to the Committee on Interstate and will be changed to" requested." Is there objection? _ Foreign Commerce. There was no objection. By Mr. SALMON: Resolutions of Excelsior Lodge, No. 11, Mr. MERCER. Mr. Speaker, I suggest to the gentleman from Phillipsburg, N.J., Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, favor­ Missouri that he change the form of his resolution so that it will ing the passage of the Grosvenor anti-injunction bill-to the Com­ call for the information he has suggested with reference to all mittee on the Judiciary. the improvements south of Sioux City, Iowa, rather than St. By Mr. HENRY C. SMITH: Resolutions of Polish National Joseph, Mo. _ Society of Jackson, Mich., favoring the erection of a statue to the Mr. COCHRAN. I have the great honor to represent only a late Brigadier-General Count Pulaski at Washington-to the Com­ very small part of that vast territory, and I do not feel called mittee on the Library. upon to extend my jurisdiction. · By Mr. SMITH of Illinois: Resolutions of Carpenters' Union Mr. ME.RCER. Will the gentleman accept an amendment of No. 841, Carbondale, ill., and of Carpenters' Union No. 939, of that sort? Campbell Hill, lll., relative to settlement on public lands and re­ Mr. COCHRAN. I prefer not to. claiming of arid lands-to the Committee on the Public Lands. The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend- By Mr. SULZER: Resolution of Typographical Union No. 17, ments. of New Orleans, La., in opposition to Honse bill 5777, amending The amendments were agreed to. the copyright law-to the Committee on Patents. The resolution as amended was agreed to. Also, petition of the Eight-Hour League of America, in support The SPEAKER. Without objection, the amendment to the title of a national eight-hour day-to the Committee on Labor. will be agreed to. By Mr. YOUNG: Petition of the National Guard Association There was no objection. of Philadelphia, Pa., for the passage of House bill 11654-to the DUTIES PAID :rn PORTO RICO. : Committee on Militia. Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the present consideration of the bill (H. R. 11096) to reftind the amount of duties paid in Porto Rico upon articles imported HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. from the several States from April11, 1899, to May 1, 1900, to con­ fer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to render judgment FRIDAY, March 28, 1902. thereon, and making an appropriation _therefor. _ The Honse met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Maine asks unanimous HENRY N. COUDEN, D. D. consent for the present consideration of a bill which the Clerk The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and ap­ will report. proved. The bill was read, as follows: MISSOURI RIVER IMPROVEMENTS, ST. JOSEPH, MO. Be it enacted, etc.hThat jurisdiction be, and is hereby, conferred upon the Court of Claims oft e United States of all claims against the United States Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. Speaker- arising out of the payment of customs duties to. the military authorities in The SPEAKER. For what purpose does the gentleman rise? the island of Porto Rico upon articles imported from the several States, which articles were entered at the several ports of entry in Porto Rico from Mr. COCHRAN. I rise to ask for the consideration of the reso- and including Aprilll, 1899, to May 1, 1900, and the Court of Claims is empow­ • lution which I send to the Clerk's desk, which is now privileged. ered and directed to ascertain the amounts of such duties paid during said The SPEAKER. . The Clerk will report the privileged resolution. period and to enter judgment against the United States for the several amounts so paid, with interest thereon at the rate of 6 per cent per annum The Clerk read as follows: from the several dates of p..

Regular Army, to the Philippine Islands, and the parties can not, lend or ti·ansfer to the university possession of this particular of course, reach him to bring him before the courts of the United land? States. If they had been able to serve process upon him, they Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana. That is true. would have been able to collect these claims and interest upon Mr. PARKER. Providing that it should only remain theirs so them, because it is the uniform rule. I do not, therefore, regard long as it was used for university purposes? this as setting a precedent of the collection of interest on claims, Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana. No sir. a.s that is a subject that has been settled by the courts and Con­ Mr. PARKER (continuing). And it provided further that it gress wherever suits have been commenced and judgment has might be taken back by the Secretary of War whenever it was ·been given against the Government for the claim and the interest needed by the United States. on the claim. For that reason I do not interpose any objection to Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana. No, sir; not that. The gen­ the consideration of the bill. tleman is correct in only one particular. There is no question of The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [Mter a pause.] The the use of the university. Chair hears none. Mr. PARKER. I would like to have the statute of 1886 here. 1\Ir. LITTLEFIELD. Now, I move to amend the committee Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana. I have it here. amendment by striking out all of the committee amendment after Mr. LACEY. I would like to ask the gentleman why the bill the word '' read '' and inserting in lieu thereof the following-­ was not referred to the proper committee-the Committee on • The SPEAKER. The Chair will state that the copy of the bill Public Lands. at the desk does not indicate any committee amendment. Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana. That question was entirely :Mr. LITTLEFIELD. I move to strike out the title and insert in the hands of the gentleman himself. I called upon him to get in lieu thereof the amendment which I send to the Clerk's desk. his opinion as to the jurisdiction of the committees over this par­ It simply changes the t·eading of the title. ticular bill. He agreed with me that the Committee on Military The SPEAKER. That will come after the bill has been con­ Affairs was the proper committee. sidered and passed. Mr. LACEY. The idea was that there was nothing left except Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Very well. a military right, and that was the only one to be extinguished. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading; and The.SPEAKER. Is there objection? [Mter a pause.] The being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Chair hears none. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Maine now moves the The amendments were agreed to. following amendment to the title. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; was The Clerk read as follows: engrossed and read the third time, and pas ed. Amend the title so as to read: The amendment to the title was agreed to. "A bill to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to render judgments On motion of Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana, a motion to recon~ for the principal and interest in actions to recover duties collected by the military authorities of the United States upon articles imported into Porto sider the vote whereby the bill was passed was laid on the table. Rico from the several States between Aprilll, 1899, and May 1, 1900." · CENTRAL ARIZONA RAILWAY COMPANY. The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend- Mr. LACEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the ment offered to the amendment offered by the committee. present consideration of House bill11908, and in that connection The amendment to the amendment was agreed to. I ask that a bill identical in language, passed by the Senate, may The amendment as amended was agreed to. be considered in lieu of the House bill. On motion of Mr. LITTLEFIELD, a motion to reconsider the Mr. PAYNE. Has the House bill been reported by a com­ vote by which the bill was passed was laid on the tatle. mittee? MILITARY RESERVATION AT BATON ROUGE, LA. Mr. LACEY. The House bill has been reported by the com~ mittee. Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ The SPEAKER. Has the Senate bill been reported from the mous consent for the present consideration of the bill which I send committee?' t<> the desk. 1\fr. LACEY. It has not, 1\Ir. Speaker; it has come in since the The Clerk read as follows: House bill was reported by the House committee. It is the bill A bill (H. R. 11636) providing for the transfer of the title to the military res­ S. 4363, and is identical in language with the House bill. I ask ervation at Baton Rouge, La., to the Louisiana State University and Agri­ cultural College. unanimous consent that the Senate bill be substituted for the Be it enacted, etc.; Tbat the Secr·etary of the Interiol" be, and he is hereby~ House bill. i authorized and directed to transfer to the Louisiana State University ana The SPEAKER. The Chair will call the gentleman's attention I I AgriculttL--al and Mechanical College, at Baton Rouge, La., full and complete to the fact that the Senate bill is not within the jurisdiction of the title to the buildings and groundS of the United States barracks at Baton House. . ' I Rouge for the p~oses of said university and college, except that portion of said ground that lies westward of a line 100 feet east of the center of the rail­ Mr. LACEY . .It can be by unanimous consent. road track of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad Company, and The SPEAKER. It would involve the discharge of the com· said excepted land may be used and occupied by said railroad company, and should said railroad cease to nse and occupy said land, then the possession mittee from further consideration. shall revert to said university. Mr. PAYNE. I suggest, Mr. Speaker, that the bill be read The amendment recommended _by the committee was read, as before these various things are agTeed to. follows: Mr. LACEY. I suggested this to prevent the reading of the In line 3, page 2, strike out the word "possession" and insert the word bill a second time. Let the House bill be read. "title." The SPEAKER. What is the motion of the gentleman from The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Iowa? 1\I.r. PAYNE. Reserving the right to object, I would like to Mr. LACEY. I ask unanimous consent that the C:ommittee on ask the gentleman how much land this gives away? Public Lands be discharged from consideration of t he bill S. 4363, M.r. ROBERTSON of Louisiana. I will state, Mr. Speaker, that the identical bill in language having been reported in the House in 1886 the Government gave the university this land. It has bill. been its home for fift-een years. It is on it and occupying it and The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Iowa asks that the everything on it. It is about 210 acres. It has already been dis­ Committee on Public Lands be dischaTged n·om consideration of posed of by the Government, and nothing remains now. The the bill S. 4363, and that House bill 11998 may be taken up and only reservation was that it should revert to the Government if considered now. Is there objection? the Secretary of War should consider it was needed for military Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, let the bill be read first. purposes. The Secretary of War has reported that he had no Mr. RICHARDSON of Tennessee. I believe the title to the such need of the land, and the institution now wants a full title, bill has not yet been read. so that they can continue erecting buildings upon this land for Mr. LACEY. The bill is a. bill granting the Central Arizona the uses and purposes of the university. Railway Company a right of way for railmad purposes tlll'ongh 1\fr. PAYNE . . Congress originally gave them the right to the San Francisco Mountain Forest Reserve. It was a bill intro­ use it? duced by the gen-tleman from Arizona [1\fr. SmTH]. Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana. Yes, sir. The SPEAKER. Without objection, and subject to further Mr. PARKER. Will the gentleman allow me to ask him a objection, the Clerk will report the Senate bill. question? · The Clerk read as follows: Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana. Certainly. An act (S. 4363) granting the Central Arizona Railway Company a right of way for railroad purposes through the San Francisco Mountains Forest Mr. PARKER. Is it not the intention of the authorities of this Reserve. university to sell a part of this land? Be it enacted, etc., That the Central Arizona Railway Company, a corpo· Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana. It is possible they may desire ration created and existing under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, is to exchange a portion of it for other lands. authorized to construct and maintain a railroad over and through the San Francisco Mountains Forest Reserve (heretofore reserved ·from entry :~ond Mr. PARKER. To exchange it for other lands. Was not the settlement and set apart as a public reserve by William McKinley, President original statute of 1886 in this form-that the United .States of the United States, by proclamation dated the 17th day of August, 1898). .

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Said road to be constructed upon and across the said San Francisco Mountains The bill was read, as follows: Forest Reserve from a. point at or near the town of Fla.gsta.fi\ in the county of Coconino, Territory of Arizona, thence in a. southwestm-ly direction by the Be it enacted, etc., That the military record of F. M. Vowells, an officer in most practicable route to the town of Jerome, in the county of Yavapai, Ter­ Company H, Sixth Kentucky Cavalry, during the war of the rebellion, be so xitory of Arizona, and thence in a southeasterly direction to the town of corrected and amended that he shall be carried on the ro1ls of regiment and Globe, in the county of Gila, Territory of Arizona; also to construct and company as a second lieutenant from Jnly 21, 1863, the date of his commis­ maintain such side tracks, extensions, switches, and spurs as may be neces­ sion as such, and that he be paid according to the said corrected roll. sary to the convenient construction, use, and maintenance of said railroad in There being no objection, the House proceeded to the consid­ the said counties of Coconino, Yavapai, and Gila. Said right of way being granted subject to the rules and restrictions and carrying all the rights and eration of the bill; which was ordered to be engrossed and read a privileges of an act entitled "An act granting to railroads the right of way third time; and it was accordingly read the third time and passed. throu~h the public lands of the United States," approved March 3, 1875, said On motion of Mr. SMITH of Kentucky, a motion to reconsider act bemg hereby made applicable to the right of way hereby granted: Pro­ vided, That no timber shall be cut by said railroad company for any purpose the last vote was laid on the table. outside of the right of way herein granted. RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH S.AN FRANCISCO MO~AINS FOREST Mr. LACEY. Now, Mr. Speaker, I ask that the Senate bill be RESERVE. • --. considered. Mr. LACEY. I desire now to renew the request for the present The SPEAKER. The messenger has been sent to get the Sen­ consideration of the bill (S. 4363) granting the Central Arizona ate bill, as the House can not act o~ a copy. The Chair is in­ Railway Company a right of way for railroad purposes through formed that the room is closed, and the gentleman will have to the San Francisco Mountains Forest Reserve. The original bill withdraw his bill. is now in the hands of the Clerk. • Mr. LACEY. I have a copy of the Senate bill. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Iowa [Mr. LACEY] asks The SPEAKER. A copy will not do. The House must have unanimous consent to discharge the Committee on Public Lands the bill in its possession. from the further consideration of Senate bill 4363. Mr. LACEY. Then, Mr. Speaker, I ask that the matter be There was no objection. passed over for the present, and I will get the bill. The committee was accordingly discharged; and the House pl'o­ COMMUTATION OF HOMESTEAD ENTRIES. ceeded to the consideration of the bill. Mr. BURKE of South Dakota. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous Mr. LACEY. This bill has already been once read. consent for the present consideration of the bill (H. R. 9037) to The bill was ordered to a third reading, read the third time, allow the commutation of homestead entries in certain cases and and passed. providing for fees and commissions. On motion of Mr. LACEY, a motion to reconsider the last vote The Clerk read as follows: was laid on the table. Be it enacted, etc., That homestead settlers upon the ceded portion of the LO.A.N OF REVOLUTIONARY TROPHIES. Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakot:l. who made entry subsequent to March 3, 1899, shall be entitled to the provisions of the act entitled "An act to Mr. HAY. I ask unanimous consent for the present considera­ allow commutation of homestead entries in certain cases," appTov~ January tion of the joint resolution which I send to the desk. 26, 1901, and in commuting shall only be required: to pay the price provided in the law under which original entry was made. The joint resolution (H. J . Res. 172) authorizing the Secretary SEc. 2. That when any: homestead entry shall be commuted to cash final of War to loan to the Morgan Memorial Association, of Winches­ commissions shall be paxd thereon by the entryman at the same rate as is now ter, Va., certain Revolutionary trophies at Allegheny Arsenal, payable upon final homestead entries, with a.like rate of commission on pay­ ments for excess acreage. Pittsburg, Pa., was read as follows: Resolved, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized, With the following amendments recommended by the Com­ in his discretion, to loan to the Morgan Memorial Association, Winchester, mittee on the Public Lands: Va., the two U.pounder boat howitzers, English (bronze), without carriages, Strike out section 2 of the 'bill and amend the title soa.s to read: "To allow relics of the Re-volutionary war, now at the Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsburg, commutation of homestead entries in certain cases." Pa., to be placed at the grave of Gen. Daniel Morgan. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera­ There being no objection, the House proceeded to the consider­ tion of this bill? ation of the joint resolution, which was ordered to be engrossed Mr. PAYNE. Pending the request for unanimous consent, I and read a third time; and it was accordingly read the third time, wish to ask whether the bill has been 1·eported by any committee and passed. of the House. On motion of Mr. HAY, a motion to reconsider the. last vote Mr. BURKE of South Dakota. It has been unanimously re­ was laid on the table. ported by the Committee on Public Lands. EMANUEL KLAUSER. Mr. MADDOX. I want to reserve the right to object until we The SPEAKER laid before the House a message from the Presi­ hear an explanation. dent of the United States; which was read, as follows: The SPEAKER. That will be understood. Mr. BURKE of South Dakota. Mr. Speaker, this bill, as I To the HO'USe of Representatives: I return without approval House bill No. 3762, entitled "An act for there- have jlLSt stated, has been unanimously reported by the Commit­ lief of Emanuel Klauser." i tee on Public Lands. Its passage is also recommended by the Sec­ This bill is similar to that in the case of James W. Howell, Senate bill No. 1 retary of the Interior and the Commissioner of the G€neral Land 24 which was recently returned by me without my approval. The Howell J bill did not merely authorize the President to take action, but it ordered the Office. Its object is simply to cure a defect in an act which was Secretary of War to re-voke and. set aside the order approving the proceed- ( passed by the last Congress allowing to settlers on land formerly ings findings, and sentence of a general court-martial, and to grant an hon­ included within Indian reservations the right to commute upon orable discharge. It appeared to imply the possession by Congress of the power of overruling and reversing by statute a valid judgment. If it did not payment of the Indian price for the land. The Department had do that, it was simply an exercise of the pardoning power. It is question­ held that, in aadition to this, the settler would have to pay $1.25 able whether ConlP'ess possesses either of those powers, and when the bill an acre. directed the Secretary of War to revoke an order, Congress in fact did the thing which it ordered him to do. An act passed in March, 1899, relieved settlers from the pay­ The reasons for the action taken in the Howell case appear to me to be ment of anything more than $1.25 an acre when commuting, but equally applicable in the present instance. it has been held that the act of January, 1901, was not retroactive, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. and that for lands entered between March, 1899, and January, WHITE HouS1::, March~. 1903. 1901, settlers would still be required to pay the Indian price in Mr. HULL. Mr. Speaker, as the chairman of the bll.bcommittee addition to $1.25 an acre. The present bill will affect only a dozen that has had this bill in chm·ge is not present, and as I have no entries of land formerly included in the Sioux Reservation in knowledge whatever of the matter, I move that this message, with South Dakota. I hope there will be no objection to the bill. the accompanying documents, be referred to the Committee on There being no objection the House proceeded to the considera­ Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. tion of the bill. The motion was agreed to. The amendments reported by the Committee on the Public Lands (excepting the amendment to the title) were agreed to. ALIDA. P A. YNE. The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a The SPEAKER laid before the House the bill (H. R. 10486) third time; and it was accordingly read the third time, and granting a pension to Alida Payne, with an amendment of the passed. Senate. The SPEAKER. In the absence of objection, the proposed The amendment was read. amoodment to the title will be agreed to. Mr. SULLOWAY . I move that the Honse concur in the am~md­ There was no objection. ment. On motion of Mr. BURKE of South Dakota, a motion to recon­ The motion was agreed to. sider the vote by which the bill was passed was laid on the table. HA.NNA.H P. Kl.~OWLES. F. M. VOWELLS. The SPEAKER also laid beforetheHousethe bill (H. R.11418) Mr. SMITH of Kentucky. I ask unanimous consent for the granting an increase of pension to Hannah P. Knowles, with present consideration of the bill (H. R. 1592) for the relief of Senate amendment. F . 1\f. V owells. The Senate amendment was read. 3368 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE. MARCH 28,

Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House ment of th~ Grap.d Army of the Republic the. re~l~tions passed by Lytle Post, thanking hlDl for the stand he has taken ill g1vmg preference to civil­ concur in the Senate amendment. . war vet3rans ill the matter of appoint?lents. The motion was agreed to. Now, that_shows that the ~rand Army I?en themselves are op­ PENSION BILLS. posed to havmg shame and disgrace cast like a shadow over this Mr. SULLOWAY. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House now roll by placing upon it, by the side of honest, patriotic soldiers, resolve itself into Committee of the Whole House for the consid­ coffee coolers, bounty jumpers, and deserters. eration of bills on the Private Calendar in their order under the I only desired in the outset of the consideration of the bills to­ rule for this day. day to call the attention of this House and the country once more, The motion was agreed to. as I have often done, to the fact that we are doing wrong when ·Accordingly the House resolved itself into Committee of the we continue this practice of removing the charge of desertion at Whole, with Mr. CAPRON in the chair, for consideration of bills this late day. I want to say that I have looked genEJrally over • upon the Private Calendar under the rule. every pension bill upon this Calendar, and when I see that a man comes up here and wants to take up the time that should be given CALVIN A. RICE. to the consideration of meritorious bills I am opposed to it. I The first business was the bill (H. R. 3379) to correct the mili- only submit these remarks, Mr. Chairman, and the House can do tary record of Calvin A. Rice. as it pleases with regard to the bill now before it. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. JETT. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield for a ques- A bill to correct the military record of Calvin A. Rice. tion? . Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, we have just heard read a Mr. TALBERT. Yes. message from the President of the United States, in which he Mr. JETT. I want to ask the gentleman from South Carolina vetoes a bill of this kind to remove a charge of desertion, and in if he does not think the President took his cue from your position view of the fact that he has taken that position, a position in for the last ten years on this question? which I agree with him, while I differ with him in most every­ Mr. TALBERT. I did not understand the gentleman's ques­ thing else, it seems to me that it would be useless for this House tion. to continue to pass these bills. We had better displace them and Mr. JETT. Do you not think the President has taken his cue let other and more meritorious bills be considered and clear the from your views in the last ten years? Calendar. I have looked over the Calendar, and I see on ita good Mr. TALBERT. I do not know. The dullest man in thecoun-· many bills for the removal of the charge of desertion, to cor­ try can be influenced by line upon line and precept upon precept, · rect the military record, and to set aside verdicts of military and I have certainly continued along this line in my humble way. courts. Yet I will not claim any such thing, even in a joke, for fear th~t Now, I desire as part of my remarks to insert Senate Document my friend from Missouri might get mad about it again. [Laugh­ No. 244, which is a veto message from the President of the ter.] Now, Mr. Chain:p.an, I move that this bill be reported to United States vetoing an act to remove a charge of desertion the House with the recommendation that it lie upon the table, from the naval record of John Glass. I will not take the time to because if it should pass here the President will certainly veto it, read it. I will read only a short extract from it. After going on and thus we shall have wasted our time. Let us go on and pass to say that no greater crime exists than that of desertion, the these meritorious bills which are upon the Calendar to~day . President says: Mr. PARKER. Does the gentleman suppose that this is a de- Under such circumstances it seems to me that to remove the charge of sertion case? · desertion from the Navy and give him an honorable discharge would be to Mr. TALBERT. It is to correct a military record or to set falsify the records and do an injustice to his gallant and worthy comrades aside the verdict of a court. Now, the gentleman ought not to who {ought the war to a finish. The names of the veterans who fought in the civil war make the honor list of the Republic, and I am not willing to put get upon false premises himself. upon it the name of a man unworthy of the high position. Mr. PARKER. Do not you get on false premises. Comment is unnecessary. That language is as plain and as Mr. TALBERT. He claims to be a lawyer, or the son of a law­ unmistakable as it can be made, and I am glad to see that I have yer, one or the other, or both, I do not know which. at last had come to my assistance the Chief Executive of this Mr. PARKER. Will the gentleman allow me to ask him a great nation in preventing pla-cing upon the roll of honor desert­ question? · ers, men who deserve nothing at the hands of the people who pay Mr. TALBERT. Why, certainly. the taxes of this great nation. [Applause.] Mr. PARKER. Has the gentleman read the report in this I desire also to insert as a part of my remarks Senate Document case? No 257, which contains a veto message from the President of the Mr. TALBERT. Yes, sir; I have read the reports in almost United States upon a bill referred to the Committee on Military all of these cases. 1 do not know that I have read every report. Affairs, an act to·grant an honorable discharge from the military Mr. PARKER. Has the gentleman read this report? Mr. TALBERT. Did the gentleman ever read the Lord's service to Charles H. Hawley. After saying other things, the Prayer or repeat it? [Laughter.] - · - President concludes it by thiB language: Mr. PARKER. Do you know anything about the facts in this I think it in the highest degree inexpedient to reverse the order of dis­ missal nearly forty years after the event, when it is out of the question for case? anyone to possess the knowledge and the means of arriving at the judgment Mr. TALBERT. I do not know that I have read every case. which was possessed by the fellow-officers of the man at the time they dis­ I am not supposed to know. A wayfaring man, though a fool, missed him. may see some things without looking into them. That is also u.nmistakable language-plain and patriotic-that I here insert for the information of the public the three follow­ can not be misunderstood, and I want to call the attention of this ing veto messages signed by the President: House and of the country to it once more. [Senate Document No. 2-!4, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session.] I also want to insert as a part of my remarks Senate Document No. 258, which is a message from the President of the United JOHN GLA.SS. Veto message from the President of the United States, returning to the Sen­ States, returning with his objections the bill (S. 24) for the ate, with hls objections, the bill (S. 1258) to remove the charge of desertion relief of James W. Howell. I will not read the whole of it, but from the naval record of John Glass. will read one extract. After saying a good many other things, · M AROH 11, 1902.-Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and the President concludes it by this language: ordered to be printed. There is perhaps no other heritage an American would so like to leave to To the Senate of the United States: his children as an honorable discharge for services well and gallantly per­ I return without approval Senate bill No.l258, entitled "An act to remove formed in the civil war; and the honorable discharge thus granted to those the charge of desertion from the naval record of John Glass." who with blood and toil have earned it is cheapened and rendered of little There can be no ~rraver crime than the crime of desertion from the Army worth if also granted to their unworthy brothers who have forfeited the or Navy, especially during war. It is then high treason to the nation and is right to receive it. justly punishable by death. No man should be relieved from such a crime, especially when nearly forty years have passed since it occurred, save on the That is also plain and unmistakable language. clearest J>Ossible proof of his real innocence. In this case the statement made Now, Mr. Chairman, I want now to read an article that ap­ by the affiant before the committee does not in all points agree with his state­ peared two or three days ago in the Washington Post along that ment made to the Secretary of the Navy. In any event it is incomprehensible to me that he should not have made same line: effective effort to get back into the Navy. He had served but little more DESERTERS TO FIND NO FA.VOR-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DECLARES HIS than a month when he desertedJ and the war lasted for over a year after­ OPPOSITION TO THEIR RESTORATION TO ROLLS. wards1 yet he made no effort wnatever to get back into the war. Under President Roosevelt declared yesterday that so long as he is in office no de­ such circumstances it seems to me that to remove the charge of desertion serter from the Army or Navy would find favor with him. The statement from the Navy and give him an honorable discharge would be to falsify the was made to Capts. Frank Bruner and Ferd. McDonough, of Lytle Post, records and do an injustice to his gallant and worthy comrades who fought Grand Army of the Republic, of Cincinnati, who handed him a set of resolu­ the war to a finish. The names of the veterans who fought in the civil war tions from the ex-Union soldiers of Cincinnati, condemning the restoration make the honor list of the Republichand I am not willing to put upon it the of deserters to the rolls and approving his course in vetoing certain bills re­ name of a man unworthy of the hig position. cently passed by CongreS! . THEODORE ROOSEVELT. They also an-anged to present to the President at the next annual encamp- WmTE HousE, March 11, 1~. 1902. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 3369 c

[Senate Docum~nt No. 257,Fifty-seventh Congress, first session.] Mr. MIE.RS of Indiana. I make the.point of order, Mr. Chair­ CHARLES H. HAWLEY. man, that this bill is not a proper subject for consideration at Message from the President of the United States, returning, with~ objec­ this time. tions, the bill (S. 336) entitled "An act to grant an honorable discharge from the military service to Charles H. Hawley." Mr. MONDELL. I will read briefly. MARCH 18 1902.-Read, refened to the Committee on Military Affairs, and Mr. STEELE. Just read the letter of the Adjutant-General. ordered to be printed. Mr. TALBERT. Will the gentleman allow me right there? To the Senate of the United States: The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentleman yield to the gentle- Senate bill No. 336, entitled ".An act to grant an honorable discharge from man from South Carolina? ·the military service to Charles H. Hawley," is herewith returned without Mr. MONDELL. I will say that the gentleman had considera­ approval...... ble length of time to discuss the general subject, and I am talk­ 'fhis is a mandatory bill, revoking the order of disiDJSSa~ 1ssued thirty-nme years ago and directing the issuance of an honorable discharge from the ing about the bill. Arm.l to this man, whom his superior officers, including the Commander in Mr. MIERS of Indiana. I would like to have a ruling on the Chie , Abraham Lincoln, held to be unwor~hy_to serve in the ~D?-Y of the point of order. We are in Committee of the Whole House under Union thirty-nine year~ ago: I do no~ at this ~e ex~ress. a!?- oprmon. upon the constitutional questwns mvolved m the bill. I think 1t m the highest the rule, and I do not think we can enlarge that rule by consent, degree inexpedient to reverse the order of dismissal nearly forty years after The CHAIRMAN. The Chair is reany to rule. The Chair will the event, when it is out of the question for anyone to possess the knowledge and the means of arriving at the judgment which was possessed by the fel­ rule that, this being a case that changes the military record, not low-officers of the man at the time 'they dismissed him. being a case of desertion, it ought not to be considered at this . THEODORE ROOSEVELT. time; but the question having been debated to the length it has, WHITE HOUSE, March 15, 19(}g. the Chair will be compelled to hold that the point of order comes too late. [Senate Document No. 258, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session.] Mr. MONDELL. I read the. concluding paragraph of the JAMES W. HOWELL. Adjutant-General's report: · Message from the President of the United States, returning, with his objec­ I respectfully and most earnestly request that he be reinstated and per­ tions, the bill (S.24) entitled "An act for the relief of James W. Howell." mitted to continue on duty here at the depot, thus doing justice to a meri­ !lARCH 18, 190"2.-Read. referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and torious officer, as well as contributing to the public interests. ordered to be printed. To the Senate of the United States: And there is considerable more of the same sort. Senate bill No. 24, entitled "An act for the relief of James W. Howell," is Another paragraph of the Adjutant-General's letter is this: herewith returned without approval. Had the circumstances been known at the date of reported absence with­ This is not a bill which confers jurisdiction. It is mandatory in its charac- out authority, Major Sprague would undoubtedly have been called on for a . ter, ~ecting the Secretary of War to revoke and set aside the proceedings, report, and this officer would not have been disiillSSed. finaings, and sentence of a court-martial held thirty-seven years a~o. I do not at this time express an opinion upon the constitutional questions mvolved Mr. Chairman, I move as a substitute for the motion of the in the bill. · It is enough to say that this man was convicted of mutiny, sen­ gentleman from South Carolina that the bill be laid aside with a tenced to be dishonorably discharged from the Army, and confined at hard labor for a term of years. A portion of the confinement was remitted by favorable recommendation. Executive clemency. Mr. VANDIVER. Mr. Chairman, I desire to be heard on the It is to the last degree improbable that now, thirty-seven years after bill. The statements made a moment ago in reference to there­ the event, there is as good an opportunity to pass judgment UJ?On the facts TALBERT] as was the case when the fellow-officers of the offender found him guilty of marks of my friend from South Carolina [Mr. were an offense so serious as to call for the punishment they inflicted. There is based, I think, upon a better knowledge of the facts of the case perhaps no other heritage an American would so like to leave to his children than he possessed. I did not want it to appear in the RECORD o.s an honorable discharge for services well and gallantly performed in the that I was here championing the cause of deserters; but the case ~ivil war; and the honorable discharge thus granted to those who with blood and toil have earned it is cheapened and rendered of little worth if also to which he referred was not a case of desertion at all. It was a granted to their unworthy brothers who have forfeited the right to receive it. case of setting aside the findings of a court-martial in the case of THEODORE ROOSEVELT. James W. Howard, a case I consider one of the most meritorious WHITE HOUSE, March 15, 1900. of any that has gone through the House. Mr. Howard was a Mr. MONDELL. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from South faithful soldier, served something over three years i:g. the civil Carolina admits that he has not r~ad the report in this case and war, was in many great battles of the war, and rendered efficient knows nothing of the case. I am satisfied that had he read the service. At the close of the term of enlisted men, but before his report and studied the case as the Committee on :Military Affairs discharge had been issued, he was ordered to march in a proces­ has studied it he would be willing for them to bring in a favorable sion with other members of the company to hear a Fourth of July report. This is not a case of desertion. It is clearly shown by oration, to be delivered by a man he had no respect for. Consider­ the official records that this officer never deserted. In 1862, on ing his term of enlistment had expired, the captain of the com­ general orders, he was sent to New York on recruiting service. pany had no right to order him to march in the procession, and, While there, by error, as clearly shown by the official record, he with a number of others in like condition, he refused to go. was marked as absent without leave. It subsequently developed For that offense he was jerked up before a court-martial and that this officer was on duty at the time, and the order of dis­ tried on a charge of mutiny, convicted, and sentenced to the missal was revoked by the assistant adjutant-general on January penitentiary, and put there with a ball and chain. 8, 1863, but, unfortunately, in the meantime the vacancy existing After having been in prison for some months he managed to get by reason of the officer's dismissal had been filled, and there wa,s the case before the Secretary, of War and the President of the no authority in the War Department to restore him to his rank, United States, and the remainder of the sentence was commuted, the place having been filled. The Record and Pension.Bureau of and they were set at liberty. But the charge still remained against the War Department says in this case: him, and the finding of the court-martial still remained against The order of dismissal in this case having been carried into exf..:mtion, and the officer thereby finally separated from the service, it is beyond the power him. The Senate three different times passed the bill to correct of any executive officer of the Government to revoke, modifY, or set it aside, that finding. The House Committee on Military Affairs has three however unmerited or injudicious that order may be deemed to have been, times reported in favor of that bill. At last the Senate and House or to issue for Captain Rice an honorable discharge. both passed the bill and sent it to the President of the United It is clearly indicated by the official records_._and I will not take States. The President has returned it with his veto. the time of the House to 1·ead them in full-that the man was on The general remarks made in his veto message I entirely ap­ active duty at the time the order of dismissal wa,s issued; that ·prove, but I do not believe that either the gentleman from South this matter was brought to the attention of the officials of the Carolina or the President in writing his veto was fully acquainted War Department; that the order of dismissal was revoked; but, with the facts of the case. I can not believe that even the Presi­ unfortunately, his place having been filled in the ranks, it was be­ dent of the United States would have written such a veto message yond the power of the War Department to restore him. And at if he had been fully acquainted with the facts in the case. That this late day, after thia office't had suffered long years unjust.ly, I is all I desire to say, and I do it in entire good humor with my believe it the duty of this House to grant him an honorable dis­ friend from South Carolina. I feel sure that if he had fully in­ charge-all that is asked in this bill. vestigated the case he would have been in favor of the bill itself. Mr. STEELE. I would like to ask whether the gentleman Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, I want to say a word in reply sought to be restored at the time? . to what my friend from Wyoming has said about not reading the Mr. MONDELL. The officer evidently endeavored to be re· report. The gentleman knows I have stood on the floor time stored at the time, and, as I have said, an order revoking the after time and requested that the reports all be read in the hearing order of dismissal and restoring him as captain to command, if of the House, so that men could have intelligent appreciation of a vacancy existed, was issued on the 8th of January, 1863. every bill that is brought in here from the Pension Committee Mr. STEELE. By whom? and the Military Committee. But the House has run roughshod Mr. :MONDELL. By the Assistant Adjutant-General of the over my-request in that line, and I have examined as far as I Army. could the numerous bills and read most of the reports. Mr. STEELE. Read what he says. But the point I rose to make, Mr. Chairman, this morning was Mr. MONDELL. I will ask for the reading of the entire report. simply this: In view of the fact that the President of the United Mr. STEELE. Just read what the Adjutant-General says. States has taken a decided stand against the passage of such bills, ·3370 OONGRESSION .AL RECORD-HOUSE. - MARCH 28,

.it is a useless waste of 'time to pass them through the House, be­ to say the President had his duty to perform, and Congress its cause he will send every one of them back with a -veto message. duty to perform, and therefore we shall pass the bill in whatever In view of that fact, I want to call the attention of the House and form we please and run the risk of a veto. We must appreciate the country to the utter uselessness of passing these bills. We the fact that if we pass bills it is for the purpose of having them might lay them aside and proceed with the consideration of other enacted into law. meritorious bills of old soldiers who were true, who stood by the Now, the President has not ta,ken the position that he will veto flag as long as they could, and their widows after them. That is all desertion bills that are passed by Congress. The position he the point I want to make, and if this committee wants to overrule has clearly indicated in the two veto messages he has sent to the .me, let them do it. I only want to clear my conscience and show Senate is that a desertion bill, or a bill to correct the record of an the country that I for one stand here in opposition to such legis­ officer or private, should be a bill permitting the War Depart­ lation. That is the point I wish to make, and my 1·emarks have ment to con·ect the record-not a bill requiring that to be done. applied to no -particular case, but broadcast against removing The form of the bill which has been adopted by the House in charges of desertion at t~ late day, and it ought to be stopped. these cases is a bill directing the War Department to conect the Mr. HAY. Does the gentleman from South Carolina think record. Now, in these meritorious cases, like the one which is .that because the President of the United States takes any position now before the House, the War Department is undoubtedly will­ upon any subject of legislation that we should thereupon abrogate ing to correct the 1·ecord. Would it not be the part of good legiB­ our powers to him? lation on our part to amend the bill in such a case so that it will 1\Ir. TALBERT. I do not think any such thing, and the gen­ simply permit the War Department to correct "the eiTor in the · tleman from Virginia knows that the gentleman from South Caro­ record-not direct it to do so. In some cases the President and lina does not think any such thing. He knows that because I said the Department· might not think the proposed correction a proper it was about the only thing th!].t he has done that I agreed with one. The position of the President is that the matter must be him-that is, vetoing deserters'. bills. When a man takes the left in the discretion of the Department. proper position, if it is the devil, I will agree with him. [Laughter.] Now, we may say that we do not agree with that position; but .Mr. HAY. 1f the gentleman agrees with the President, all if we take that position and refuse to modify the form of our bills, right. I thought he said that because the President had taken we might as well quit passing these bills, because the PI·esident that position it was no use for us to legislate any further. has clearly indicated his intention to veto every bill which re­ Mr. 'TALBERT. I agree with the President in his vetoing the quires the Department, without any discretion on its part or on bills on charges of desertion; and he having taken .that position, the part of the President, to change the record of the Department. I say it is useless for us to take up the time that should be given I ask the gentleman in charge of this bill whether he is not will­ to meritorious bills of soldiers in discussing and considering these ing to put this bill in such a form as will meet the approval of the· ·bills. Since we have been discussing this measure we could have President? passed 40 deBerving ones. The gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. EscH] has called attention Mr. HAY. Has the gentleman any information that ·the Presi­ to the fact that the President has signed a bill making a change dent will veto all the bills for desertion? in a military record. 13ut, Mr. Chairman, that bill, after it had Mr. TALBERT. Certainly. I read a piece from the Post of this been vetoed, was put in the permissive form. We made the ·morning, and from the statements in that article he has no con­ change in that case, and the bill has met the approval of the Presi­ sideration for a deserter, and ·will continue to v-eto the bills. This dent. ·why not make the change in all these cases, and not en­ -is his position, if 1 understand the English language. deavor to run counter-- Mr. H.A. Y. Has the gentleman any information, or does he Mr. PARKER. Will the gentleman allow me a question?"' ,believe that the President would veto-- ~Ir. MANN. Certainly. Mr. TALBERT. I ha-ve no information on that subject, be­ Mr. PARKER. The suggestion of the gentlemen from Illinois 'cause I never have been about the President and do not lmow [Mr. MANN] is new to me; and it strikes me very strongly. At that I shall be, because I do not like him and his ways. Tne gen­ the same time I see one very great difficulty in regard to follow­ tleman ~y have been cra-wling around him a good deal, but I ing it. If bills introduced here for the purpose of correcting the llave not. military record of soldiers do not advise or request the change, · Mr. HAY. The gentleman is vecy much mistaken. His re­ but -simply permitted it, may not that fact be made an excuse for ·mark is uncalled for. urging upon the House that all these bills be passed without con­ Mr. TALBERT. Well, I withdraw it if it does not fit the gen­ sideration? I see that some discretion should be left to the War tleman. Department; but at the same time it seems to me that we should Mr. HAY. The gentleman lmows that I do not "crawl never pass a bill of this kind through the House unless we are around" anybody. prepared to request, under the circumstances, that the action Mr. TALBERT. But let the gentleman not try to put me in a contemplated by us be ta.ken by the Department, if it be right. false position, for he ought to know that I am not fond of the Mr. MANN. Well, Mr. ChaiTman, I am very much inclined White House.at·all. to agree with my friend from New Jersey [Mr. PARKER], but Mr. HAY. I am not trying to do so. here are two veto messages from the President of the United Mr. 'TALBERT. It does seem to me that the gentleman is try­ States, who, in the performance of his duty, has the right to say .ing to do that, by his insinuations. that he will not. sign a bill in a particular form. Undoubtedly, Mr. HAY. Not at all. as I suppose, he has taken that action upon the recommendation Mr. T~BERT. Of course I am not in harmony with ·every­ of the War Department. I do not assume that he vetoed a- bill thing that President Roosevelt has done, by a long sight. I have without the approbation of the Department concerning which the said that in this particular case he has done about the only thing bill relaied to. in which I have ever agreed with him. Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman- Mr. HAY. I was trying to ask the gentleman-a question, but The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentleman yield to the gentleman he would not let me finish it. · from Indiana. Mr. TALBERT. Well, go on. Mr. MANN. I do. Mr. HAY. My question was whetheT the gentleman believed, Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana. The gentleman seems to lose sight or had any information leading him to believe,that the President of the fact that this HoUBe is a coordinate branch of the Govern­ .would veto a meritonous bill? ment. Now, if the War Department is directing the President, Mr. TALBERT. I do not believe that the President thinks and if we are subjected to the will of the President, if we are ub­ there is any merit in desertion. [Laughter.] I certainly do not jected to the will of the Senate, if this body·;;; ,;ulJjected to the think so. will of the Spea1rel' of the House of Representative , are we not Mr. ESCH. The gentleman from South Carolina has stated, as therefore abdicating ouT powers as a legislative body if we con­ I understand, that it would be use1ess for the House to pass these form to those views? [Applause.] bills, because the President would veto every one of them. I Mr. :MANN. Well, it may be a very easy matter to say that wish to ask the gentleman whether he is acquainted with the we are abdicating our powers. I say no. We have the power to factihatthe President signed a desertion bill yesterday? pass a bill. The President has the power to sign it or veto it, and Mr. TALBERT. I would not be astonished at anything he you might as well say that he is abdicating his powers if he says might do, in view of some things ·he has done. The gentleman he is to have no discretion as to the form of the bill. It is abdi­ understands, of course, that Republicans are often very peculiar cating nobody's power. It is the action of two bodies who wish in their ways. I am not astonished at anything they do. I sim­ to agree on a result. If the gentleman prefers to pas bills for ply took the President at his word. If he has gone back on. it the mere amUBement of passing them, well and good. If he already, I will part company with him again right away. [Laugh­ wishes to legislate for the PUl'POSe of"Inaking laws, then he knows ter and applause.] as well as I do that the House and Senate must first agree and M:r. MANN. Mr. Chairman, it seems to me it might be very then that the President must agree with the two Houses. :well if this House or this Committee of the Whole should con­ Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana. But let us act as an independ­ sider the attitude of the President in this matter. It will not do ent -body representing our constituencies, and then if another 1902. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 3371 branch of the Government fails to agree with us., let the respon­ Mr. SHATTUC. My point of order is that it is not proper to sibility rest where it should. (Applause.] refer to the probable action of the President with a view to in­ Mr. MANN. If the gentleman prefers to pass a bill here and fluencing the action of this House. I raise that point of order. have it go to the Senate, and then have the Senate pass it and then and I ask a decision on it. . go to the President of the United States, and then have him veto The CHAIRMAN. The Chair has not observed any breach of it and send it back and then take it up, rather than to in the first propriety in that direction. The gentleman will proceed in order, place do what the gentleman knows will be proper and pass Mr. SHATTUC. Does the Chair overrule the point of order? muster, very well; but it seems to me very much like a waste of The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will state that the gentleman's time. The point in controversy is not a point of materiality. point of order is not well taken. Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana. Doesnotthegentlemanfrom illi­ Mr. SHATTUC. That is satisfactory. nois feel that if we follow his course we will cease entirely to cor­ Mr. MONDELL. Will the gentleman yield for a question? rect military records and fail in this body to remove any further Mr. MANN. Certainly. charge of desertion? Mr. MONDELL. Doesthegentlemanknow,asamatteroffact, l\Ir. MANN. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from New Jersey that there have been no bills for the correction of military records, (Mr. P .A.RKER] suggested that if the course suggested by the Presi­ in the form of the bill now before us, signed by the President? dent be followed it would result in removing too many charges. Mr. MANN. I do not. The gentleman from Indiana suggests that if the same course is Mr. HAY. I can tell the gentleman of one such bill which has followed it would result in removing no charges. I do not know. been signed by the President, and that is the bill to correct the I apprehend the House can take care of that maif~r upon each military record of James L. Proctor. question that comes before it, but I see no objection to the pas­ Mr. MONDELL. I think, as a matter of fact, there have been sage of a bill which permits the War Department to remove an seveml bills signed which were in the form of the bill now before erroneous charge against an officer or private in the Army, instead the House .. That is my impression. I may be mistaken. of requiring them to do it. Mr. HAY. Has the gentleman read the veto messages to which :Mr. COWHERD. Mr. Chairman­ herefers? . Mr. WEEKS. 1\fr. Chairman- Mr. 1.1ANN. I read what purported to be the veto messages, The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentleman yield to the gentleman as published in the newspapers. from Michigan? Mr. MONDELL. Does not thegentlemanknowthatthePresi­ Mr. MANN. I yield to the gentleman from Missouri. dent did not base his veto specifically upon the ground of the use Mr. COWHERD. I want to ask the gentleman if it is not a of certain words in either the Howell or the Klauser cases, but, fact that this form of bill was taken up and discussed in the as he states in the Klauser case," it appeared to imply the posses­ House some two or three years ago, and the House then concluded sion by Congress of the power of overruling and reversing by In not only to adopt this form1 but after the discussion of the use of statute a valid judgment?" this case there is nothing of the the word "directed," concluded that that was the proper word to sort. The man was simply marked a deserter in error, and the use, that they did not wish to leave it in the discretion of that record should be corrected. Department, and that they had a right to say to an executive Mr. MANN. My understanding Df the message is that the officer that he must do a certain thing, as a matter of law. President said it was not proper legislation, in his judgment, for Mr. MANN. Well, Mr. Chau~man, the gentleman kindly puts Congress to direct the military branch of the Government to cor­ his statement in the form of a question. I am not advised; but I rect a record: but that it should be left so that they might do so have no doubt, if the gentleman says so, that that is the case. if they thought the circumstances justified it. Mr. COWHERD. Thatwasmyrecollection,and I just wanted l!Ir. HAY. In other words, then, the President says that we to know whether I was right. have no right to pass a law which will necessarily require or di­ Mr. SOOTT. I would like to ask the gentleman from Illinois rect an executive officer, but that we must leave it in the discre­ a question, if he will yield. tion of the Secretary of War to correct this military record or 1\Ir. MANN. Certainly. not, as he sees fit, notwithstanding our action on the s11bject. Mr. SCOTT. Whether he understands it to be the position of Mr. MANN. Well, the President, of course, did not say that the President of the United States that he will veto all bills of we did not have the right to direct. The President, in the exer­ this character that are directory in their form, regardless of their cise of his constitutional authority, refused to approve a bill in a merit? particular form, as the President, under his constitutional right, :1\Ir. MANN. Well, of course I do n-ot knowwhatthe President was justified in doing. will do, but I kn-ow that if the President is consistent he will veto Mr. HAY. Dces n-ot the gentleman know that we now have a every bill of this character which is directory in form, because law under which the SeCI·etary of War can remove these charges the President gave no reason for vetoing the two bills which he of desertion and correct military records, if he wants to do it? ha-s vetoed except the one that it made it directory upon the De­ Mr. MANN. I know quite the conb

not believe that the form in which this bill is drawn. or the form every meeting of the committee. We have been exceedingly in which most of them are drawn, is a happy one. I Will say, also, careful to bring nothing before this House which, as we thought, that if the Committee on Military Affairs of the House, the sub­ the House could not in justice support. committee ofwhich Iamchairman, having charge of this matter, The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the motion of the gen­ find any meritorious cases in the hundreds that we have before tleman from Montana [Mr. MONDELL] that the bill be laid aside us in the future, we propose, as we did in the last case, to report to be reported to the House with a favorable recommendation. a change in phraseology, and provide that the man shall receive The question having been taken, an honorable discharge and that the record be corrected. I be­ The CHAIRMAN said: The ayes seem to have it. lieve that is the better form. Mr. TALBERT. I call for a division. Mr. WILLIAMS of Illinois. After a conversation with Colo­ The question being again taken, there were-ayes·64, noes 2. nel Ainsworth, who seems to know as much about this, an~ who Mr. TALBERT. I make the point that there is no quorum was expecting this class of bills to be vetoed-- present. The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Wyoming The CHAIRMAN (having counted the Committee of the has expired. Whole). There are 123 members present-more than a quorum. Mr. WILLIAMS of illinois. I ask that the gentleman's time The motion of the gentleman from Montana [Mr. MoNDELL] is be extended five minutes. agreed to, and the bill is laid aside to be reported favorably to the The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Illinois asks that the House. time of the gentleman from Wyoming be extended five minutes. ABRAM WILLIAMS. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. The next business was the bill (H. R. 2901) to remove the Mr. WILLIAMS of illinois. The objection that Colonel Ains­ charge of desertion borne opposite the name of Abram Williams. worth made as to that part of the bill and the Secretary of War's The bill was read, as follows: objection was that it directed a change in a record made up years Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author­ ago, and that the bill ought not to require that. ized and directed to remove the charge of desertion borne opposite the name Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. Were not those cases refen-ed to of Abram Williams, formerly a. private in Company B, Seventh Michigan Cavalry Volunteers, and to amend the said soldier's military record to show court-martial cases, so that it changed the judginent of the courts­ him honorably discharged December 15, 1865, the date of the muster out of martial? the service of the orgamzation in which his service was rendered. Mr. KEHOE. That is the whole trouble. The amendment reported by the committee was read, as follows: Mr. MONDELL. I agree entil.'ely with Colonel Ainsworth's At the end of the bill add these words: "PrO'Vided, That no pay, bounty, view as to the form, but there is a considerable amount of mis­ or other emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage understanding and misapprehension as to the President's position of this act." in this matter. The bills which have been vetoed, including the Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. I would like to ask the gentlemen veto message which I hold in my hand, were court-martial cases, representing the committee why they propose to add that proviso and the President's objection was to a direction which would ab­ by way of amendment? solutely wipe out the judgment. Mr. MONDELL. That proviso is attached to all these bills. Mr. KEHOE. And set aside the finding of the court? It does not prevent a man from dr~wing a pension if he should be Mr. MONDELL. And set aside the findings of the court-martial. found entitled to it. . His words are: Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. This man was shot down in battle; It appears to imply the ;P.?sition of Congress the power of overruling and he will never draw any pension; and he has no widow. This sol· reversing by statute a valid judgment. dier, as the proof conclusively shows, was found by neighbors, It is clearly proven by all the cases which have been reported who were brought up with him, with a wound in his side. They by the committee where there was a charge of desertion that saw him dying on board a boat. And yet the Secretary of War there was no valid judgment; that as a matter of fact the charge declined absolutely to find upon my request that this evidence of de ertion was an error, and the majority of the cases might was true-evidence upon which any court in the world would di­ have been removed by the War Department itself under the ex­ rect a jury to find in favor of this man. isting law. Now, there is nothing in this c~se except sentiment. Thi8 man Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. Is not the removal of charges such has left sons and daughters, who are living in my district. The as we are now discussing a legislative act? widow is gone. The man himself is gone. There can be no pen­ Mr. MONDELL. I believe it is. sion. I submit that this amendment ought not to be made. Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. Then what power has Congress to Why should the Government say, "We will clear the record, delegate- its legislative authority? which is wrong; we will wipe out this stain upon the memory.of Mr. KEHOE. Let me ask the gentleman from Wyoming a this dead soldier, provided no claim shall be made against the question. Government." I object to the amendment, and I hope it will be Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. I would like to get an answer to voted down. · my inquiry. Mr. MONDELL. Mr. Chairman, an amendment in this form Mr. MONDELL. I have endeavored to make it clear to the is added to all these bills. All that the gentleman from Michigan House that I believe all these bills, no matter-what their form, [Mr. HENRY C. SMITH] has said in regard to this soldier is abso­ should contain the word " diJ.·ect." Is that an answer to the gen- lutely true. It is the fact that he died from wounds received in tleman's question? . the service, and yet has been carried on the rolls all these years Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. Is not that a delegation of legis­ as a deserter. I do not believe there is any necessity for the lative power, which can not be done? amendment in this case. But the committee has made it a rule Mr. MONDELL. Well, I am not a lawyer and I can not un­ to attach an amendment in this form to all bills of this character, dertake to go into questions of law. As a layman, I believe and I do not feel authorized to consent in this case to a departure it is within the power of Congress to direct the removal of the from the ordinary rule. charge of desertion. That is what we have done in these cases Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. If the situation is as the gentleman where we believed we were justified in doing so. explains it, I would not have the committee depart from the ordi­ Mr. KEHOE. Now, will the gentleman allow me to ask him a nary rule. I did not understand the purpose of the amendment. question? Is it not a fact that most of the cases of desertion com­ Mr. MONDELL. The amendment has no special reference to ing before the gentleman's committee are cases where the men this case; it is in accordance with the invariable custom of t!:l.e were not tried and where there is no judgment of a court-martial committee. against them? Mr. MIERS of Indiana. The gentleman from Michigan seems Mr. MONDELL. That is true. There are very few court­ to think that this amendment would prevent an application for martial cases before the committee. pay, bounty, or other emoluments. Mr. KEHOE. Does not the gentleman understand the position Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. No; there is no one living to claim of the President to have reference only to cases where there has any pay, bounty, or emoluments. been & judgment of a court-martial and where Congress has un­ Mr. MIERS of Indiana. The amendment does not provide that dertaken to set aside the judgment of a court of competent juris­ no application of that kind shall be made. It simply provides that diction? Is not that what the President objects to? the passage of the bill shall not carry anything of that kind. It Mr. MONDELL. I think that is the President's position as leaves every question of that sort open. indicated in his veto message. Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. There is no widow nor are there any Now, I simply want to say briefly to the House that the Com­ children who, under the law, could draw. mittee on Military Affairs, having charge of these matters, has Mr. COONEY. Mr. Chairman, I desire to ask this question been exceedingly careful in the consideration of these cases; that with reference to the rule the committee has adopted in making of the hundreds of cases coming before the committee very few this addition to these bills: What reason, if any, exists for the have been ·or will be considered favorably; that where there is committee adopting such a rule and placing such a proviso in one case favorably reported there are hundreds in which the com­ these bills? mittee recognizes no merit, and cases are adversely reported at Mr. PARKER. May I answer the gentleman? 3374 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 28,

Mr. MONDELL. Certainly. Several MEMBERS. Vote! Vote! Mr. PARKER. The reason the provision was put upon all of The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment of the these bills is the danger that the endeavor to get little amounts committee. of pay, bounty, etc., would result in the bringing of a great many The question was taken. bills before Congress which would not come merely upon their own The CHAIRMAN. The noes appear to have it. merits, and the further reason that if there were really any claims Mr. PARKER. Mr. Chairman, I do not think that the com­ for pay, bounty, etc., those claims ought to have been made within mittee here has understood the question put by the Chair. The the ordinary time of limitation, and not forty years after. amendment of the committee is to put on this proviso. Mr. COONEY. Does the gentleman hold that this provision Mr. HAY. I understand that the question was on the amend­ prevents the person whose record is clear from obtaining a pen­ ment of the gentleman from Michigan. sion and his dues hereafter? Mr. PARKER. Not at all. Mr. PARKER. It does not prevent a pension, because The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will state that the question is that-· on the adoption of the committee amendment. Mr. COONEY. It is, then, simply a scarecrow that the com­ Mr. PARKER. I think we ought to vote again on that, and I mittee has put up? ask that the vote be taken .again. Mr. PARKER. Not at all. It prevents the creation of a claim Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. :Mr. Chairman, I rise to a parliamen­ for botmt}l which did not exist, but it does not destroy the right tary inquiry. After these gentlemen have voted right without to a pension, because that comes from another statute and another intending to do so- state of circumstances. Mr. PARKER. Oh ~ I voted all right, and I now ask for a divi­ Mr. MONDELL. I will say to the gentleman in this particular sion on this matter. Th~ question, as I understand it, is upon the case that this amendment would probably prevent the payment adoption of the committee amendment. of about three months' pay, which was due the soldier, as I recol­ The CHAIRMAN. A division is demanded. lect, at the time of his death. The committee divided; and there were-ayes 65, noes 13. Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. Then, Mr. Chairman, let me submit Accordingly, the amendment was agreed to. that since this record is wrongful against this man, who died from The. CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the bill as amended will a wotmd received in battle, and his heirs can not get anything­ be ordered to be laid aside, to be reported to the House with a there is no widow nor any children who can get anything out of favorable 1·ecommendation. this-it would be just a little something, and I ask that it be taken MI·. TALBERT. On that I demand a division. off this bill. The question was taken; and on a division there were-ayes 68, Mr. SHAFROTH. Why should he not be entitled to pay under noes none. these circumstances? Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, I raise the point that there is Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. Yes. His heirs, I submit, are cer­ no quorum present. tainly entitled to this money. Mr. SHATTUC. I make the point of order that that motion is 1.1r. MONDELL. The gentleman says this is entirely a matter dilatory. of sentiment. I take it for granted it is. There is no thought of Mr. TALBERT. I should like to know how the gentleman can making any claim against the Government in this case, and there­ arrive at that conclusion? fore no harm is done by this amendment. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman is clearly within his Iight. Mr. HAY. I hope the gentleman will not agree to this amend­ No quorum has voted, and the Chair will count to ascertain ment. whether a quorum is present. :Mr. MONDELL. This amendment has been insisted upon by After counting the House, the Chauman announced 112 mem­ this House in the past in cases where the amendment was not bers, a quorum, present. added in the committee, so that the committee has now adopted Accordingly, the bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside a nue to attach this amendment to every case regardless of the to be reported to the House with a favorable recommendation. merits, because we find that the possibility of the presentation of JOHN O'BRIE.~. a claim for $25 or $50 or $75 or 100 may jeopardize a case on the floor of the House, and the friends of this bill certainly would not The next business was the bill (H. R. 3442) to correct the record want to have that done. of John O'Brien. Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. Let me submit this, if I may be per­ The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author­ mitted just for a moment. As I said, this man's sons and daugh­ ized and directed to remove the charge of desertion now standing on the ters are honorable people. They do not want this record of de­ r ecords against John O'Brien, late private, Company I, Sixth Regiment sertion to rest against th€'il' father. It is largely a matter of United states Infantry: Pmvided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments sentiment.- Now, I submit it is not fair that this Government shall beeome due or payable by virtue of the passage of this act. should enter into this business of making a bargain with the sol­ The bill was ordered to b~ laid aside to be reported to the House dier's children and say" We will clear the record if you will agree with a favorable recommendation. or on condition that you shall not present any claim for what this LEVI L. REED, Government honestly owes your father.'' I ask for a vote on that The next business was the bill (H. R. 10095) for the relief of • amendment. Levi L. Reed. Mr. COONEY. Has this soldier a widow? The bill was read, as follows: Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. No; no heir that could be pensioned. Be it enacted, etc. , That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby~ author­ Mr. HAY. Mr. Chairman, I hope that this amendment will be ized and directed to issue an honorable discharge to Levi L. Reeu, late of voted down; that is, the amendment to strike out the amendment Company H, Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry. which is usually put in by the committee. I am opposed to the The amendment recommended by the Committee on Military amendment of the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. HENRY C. Affairs was read, as follows: SMITH], which is to strike out the proviso. If we begin doing that PrO'Ilided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or in one case we will have to continue it in all cases. Now, it has payable by virtue of the passage of this act. - been found wise for a large number of years in the interests of The committee amendment was agreed to. economy-- The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. Will the gentleman permit a question? to the House with a favorable recommendation. Mr. HAY. CeTtainly. ALBERT BAKER, Mr. HENRY C. SMITH. If Congt·~ss has done a wrong thing, the fact that it has been doing it for a long time does not correct The next business was the bill (H. R. 2316) to correct the mili­ it, does it? tary record of Albert Baker. Mr. HAY. I do not admit it is doing a wrong thing. I am The bill was read, as follows: trying to say that it is doing the right thing. It is doing the Be it enacted, etc., That tho Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author­ ized a.nd direc.ted to correct the military r~01·d o~ Albert Baker , who enlisted right thing because if this sort of legislation is indulged in, and as a private m Company H , Eleventh J\,fissoun Volunteer Infantry, for a the proviso which the committee has always put on these bills is period of three years; detailed in Battery F, Sec.ond United States Artillery.: taken off, you open the flood gates here to all sorts of claims for and stands charged with deserting, and grant an honorable discharge to sam bounty, back pay, pay for a horse, and everything of that sort. soldier. This proviso is the result of long experience. It is the result of The committee amendments set forth in the report were read. wisdom, and it is economy, and the honor of the gentleman's con­ The CHAIRMAN. The question is upon the adoption of the stituents will not be in any wise interfered with or hurt by hav­ committee amendments. ing this amendment on this bill. It is the first time that I have Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, I should like to have the re- heard the question that this proviso should be taken off and I port in that case read. · hope, therefore, that the bill will stand as it was reported by the The CHAIRMAN. The report will be read in the time of the Committee on Military Affairs. gentleman. 1902. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3375

said Boker has .ever deme::tned himself, to the Jroowledge of .affiant, as a. The Clerk began reading the report (by Mr. Mm111>ELL), which worthy citizen. is as follows: WILLIAM W . BOATWRIGHT. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. ~· Subscribed and sworn to before me this OOth day of October, A . D.18W. 2316) entitled "A bill to correct the military record of Albert Boker, late pn­ vate Company H, Eleventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry," report the same [SEAL.] GEORGE N . P ARKER, Nota1-y Public. back to the House with the recommendation that it-do pass with the follow- ing amendment: . . . . STATE OF ILLINOIS, Richland County, ss: • Strike out all after the enacting clause and m lieu thereof msert: J osephFahrenbaker, a resident of Junction, Gallatin County, TIL, aged 58 "That Albert Boker shall be held not to have deserted from the milita;ry years. being duly sworn, on oath says that he was a private of BatteryF, Sec­ service of the United St.at.es as a pri>a~ of Battery F, ~ond.United States Artillery, but to have been honorably dischargedfromSilld service 1md battery ond United StatesArtillery,fromabont June,1862,uptolstda.yofDecember, August 7,1865: Pr01.:ided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall be­ 1868; dischargedatVancou:~er, W~gtonState. Affiant ~as~ a private in Company E, Eleventh MISSOun, and wa~ detal?hed for serVlCe m the ba.tte~y come due or payable by the passage of this bill." as aforesaid. Albert Boker was also a private m Company H, Eleventh Mis­ The Committee on Military Affairs made a report in the Fifty-sixth Con­ souri, and was detached for service in the said battery at the same time that gress on this case, which report is as follows: affiant was, and the .said Albert Boker served in the said battery with affiant Case of Albert Boker, late of Compan:y H, Ele'~JenthMissouri Infantry, and Bat- np to about August, 1865, when affiant did not see him afterwards. 'The com­ t e1 y F, Second United States Artille11f. • mand was going from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Maryland, and the last affiant saw of him was at LouisYille, Ky. At Louisville a number of the company It is shown by the reco1·ds that Albert Boker was enrolled July ID,l£61, at gotleftbehindanddidnotagaincatch up with the command until it had Sumner , ill., and mustered into service August 6, 1861, at St. Louis Arsenal, got to Parkersburg, W.Va., but the said Albert Boker,·who was also left be­ Mo., as a private in Captain Oldham'-s company, First Missouri Rifles, to hind, did not rejoin his command. sen-e t hree years. The designation of this orga.mzation was changed to Com­ The battery:Sa.w no mm·e active service after Boker left, and was soon pany H, Eleventh Missouri Rifles, and again to Company H\ ~eventh Mis­ transferred from Baltimore to California. .Affiant is free to say that during souri Infantry. H e is reported present on the muster rollS of nis company to the entire time that said Boker was in the said service he was one of the best

May 10\ 1862, on which date he was admitted to hospital steamer D. A. Jan­ members of the battery-a.lways ready for dnty1 never sick, and one of the uary mth continued fe>er. He was admitt.ed to ~eneral hospital at Jeffer­ most loyal men to the United States Government that affiant ever bacame son Barracks, near St. Louis, Mo., May U, 1B62, with debility, and was fur­ acquainted with. Affiant is satisfied that said Boker had no intention of loughed May 22, 1862. He is reported on the muster roll of his company dated deserting his command at Louisville, but in all probability drank a little too August 31, 1862, a~ absent on detached service in Company F Second United much, and, when he came to, hls command had departed and he could not States Artillery, since August 1, 1862, and is so borne on subsequent rolls of follow. the company to October 31,1863. He was discha.rged to date November 00, Affiant has no interest in this case and is not related in any way to said 1863, by reason of his reenlistment in Battery F, Second United States Artil­ Albert Boker. lery. . JOSEPHFAHRENBAKER. Respectfully submitted. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of October, A. D. 1899, and JOHN TWEED.ALE, I certify that the above affidavit was read over to affiant before he signed Acting Chief Record and Pension Office. the same, and that he was made acquainted with its contents, and that 1 am RECORD AND PENSION OFFICE, not interested in the claim. War Departrnent, February 10,1900. [SEAL.] H. G. MORRIS, Notary Public. The SECRETARY OF WAR. ST..\TE OF ILLINOIS, Crawford County, ss: wAR DEPARTMENT., ADJUTll"'T-GENERA.L'S OFFICE, Samuel P. Mann, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that lVashington, Febru.anJ 13,1J)()(). he is 72 years of age; that he was a member of Company H, Eleventh Regi­ ment of Missouri Volunteers, war of 1861, and that Albert Boker was also a Sm: I have the honor to return herewith H. R. 4021, Fifty·sixth Congress, member of said company for about a year while this affiant was a member first session, "To correct the military record of Albert Boker~· and to invite attention to inclosed r eport from the Record and Pension vffice, War De­ thereof; that this affiant .knew the said Albert Boker from about 1859 to the partment, relative to the service of this man in Company H, Eleventh Mis­ present time; that the said Albert Boker before said war was an industriollS somi. Volunteer Infa ntry. farmer boy engaged in farming where this affiant resided; that the said The records of this office show that Private Albert Boker reenlisted Do­ Boker served with this affiant in said company for about one year; that the camber 1,1863, in Bn.ttery F, Second Artillery; deserted August 7,1865, at said Boker was a good and brave soldier and performed his duty as such Louisville, Ky., while en route from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Baltimore, Md., soldier; that the said Boker was detailed and serveQ. with Battery J.i', Second and never returned to the service. United States Artillery, and that while said Boker was .serving in said artil­ The Department has no power, under act of Congress of March 2,1889 (copy lery this ::Ufiant..saw .him quite often, ~nd that he knows that said Boker was inclo3ed)-the only law relating to the removal of a charge of desertion now a faithful, honorable, and true soldier; that affiant saw the said Boker in the in force-to take fa>orable action in this case. battle of Nashville and knows he was J>Crfoi'Ining his duty as a soldier, and No evidence has been presented to the Department that would warrant a that this affiant saw the said Boker soon after he retnrned from the war and favorable recommendation on the proposed legislation. ha-s been intimately acquainted with him ever since, and knows thathe.ha.s been an industrious1 honorable citizen. Very respectfully, H. C. CORBIN, That he has married in this county and raised a family, ann is now engaged Adjutant-General. in an honorable occupation; thatfrom what this affiant .knows of the service The SECRETARY OF WAR. of the said Boker during the war he .is confident that he never intended to From this record it is seen that the said soldier, Albert Boker, had a con­ desert the Army; that he was ever ready to do his duty. This affiant makes tinuous service from August 6, 1861, to August 7, 1865, a period covering four this affidavit that he may aid the said Albert Boker to secure an honorable dischar~e from military service of the United States, which he, the said ~ and one day; that he enlisted as a private in COmpany H, Eleventh uri Volunteer Infantry, and while performing faithful service as a sol­ Boker, m the opinion of this .affiant, is justly entitled to. That this affiant dier in said company he wa£ detailed in Company F, Second United States now resides in the city of Robinson\ county of Crawford, and State of illinois, Artillery, where he remained constantly up to August 7, 1865, the date upon and ha£ been resident of said city smce about the year of 1845. which he is charged with deserting; that his only absence from service in SAMUEL P. MANN. line of duty from the first enlistment, in August,1861, to August, 1865, was Subscribed and sw<>rn to before me this 3d day of January, 190fl. during his detention on hospital steamer D. A . J anuary with continued fever, [SEAL.] GEORGE N. PARKER,_ and the ~riod he was detained in the hospital at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Notary Puolic. with debility, and the term of his furlough on account of said illness, about three months. all told. That he vo'hintari.ly retm-ned to the service at the expiration of his fm·­ STATE OF ILLINOIS, Crawford County, ss: lough, evidencing his loyal intention. Jefferson Daugherty, being duly swo1-n according to 1a w, deposes and says The plain, frank statement of the soldier, corroborated by theWar Depart­ that he is 58 years of age; that he was a member of Company H, Eleventh ment, shows how he happened to be marked as a deserter. He says that he, Regiment of Missouri Volunteers, war of 1861, and that Albert Boker was with his battery. was ordered from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Baltimore, Md., also a member of sai!l company for abou~ a year while this affiant was a as the soldier rmderstood, to be mustered out; that, the war being over, army member thereof. ThiS affiant knew the sa1d Al Boker from 1859 to the 'J)res­ discipline was somewhat lax, and while at Louisville, Ky., en route to Balti­ ent time; that the said Al Boker, before the war, was an industrious farmer more, he found congenial associates in the person of many comrades already boy, engaged in farming near where this affiant resided; that said Boker mustered out. served with this affiant in said company for about one year, and that he That he failed to receive notice of th~ hour of the departure from Louis­ (said Boker) wa:s a good and brave soldier and performed his duty as such ville of the battery to which he belonged, and hence was left behind. So soon soldier; that the said Boker was detailed ·to serve in Battery F, Second as he learned that the battery had left he took passage on the first boat, fol­ United States Artillery, and that while said Boker was serving in said lowing them to Cincinnati, Ohio, hoping to intercept them there. Failing in artillery this affiant saw him quite often, and -that he knows that he was a this, and not having the money with wlrich to pay bis transportation to Bal­ faithful, honorable soldier; that when the said Boker came home from Cin­ timore, the war being over, and feeling that hiS service3 were no longer cinnati, Ohio1 at the close of the war, on his way home he stopped .and took needed, he remained with his brother, who was married and living there, dinner with 1;his affiant, and then informed him that his battery had gone that being the nearest a home he then possessed. and left him. The following are affidavits of comrades attesting to his worth as a soldier That he was left at Louisville, Ky., and followed on to Cincinnati ,arub·an and of citizens speaking of his high standing as a citizen before and since the out of money and came back home, the war then having clo ed; r.nat1 this war: affiant is satisfied and from the conduct of said Boker knows that he never STATE OF ILLIKOIS, Crawford County, ss: had a!JY intention of failing to do his duty as a, soldier; that the said Boker since his return home has married and raised a family and ha£ been a good William W. Boatwright, beina duly sworn, on his oath states that he is a citizen in this county since his r etm-n from the Army, and that the said Boker resident of the city of Sullivan, fud.; that he was a lieutenant and captain in is entitled to an honorable discharge from the United States service; that Company H, Eleventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry, from the IDth day of affiant makes this affidavit free and voluntarily to aid a worthy comrade in July, 1861, to the IDth day of March, A. D. 1864; that he was personally ac­ procuring an lionorable discharge~ that affiant resides in the mty of Robin­ quainted with Albert Boker, a private of said Company R, Eleventh Missouri, son, county of Crawford and State of illinois; that this affiant has resided in and knew him well as a member of said company; that in 1862, as affiant re­ Crawford County, ill., since his discharge from the United States service. members, in July or August, affiant was ordered by his regimental com­ mander to detail three men to go to the First United States Artillery, and JEFFERSON (his x mark) DAUGHERTY. that he detailed said Albert Boker as one of these three men; -that said Boker Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d day of January~ 1900. wa£ an exceptionally good soldier and that on account of this fact he was selected on this detail; that affiant saw said Boker frequently after he was [SEAL.] GEORGE N . PARKER, NotaT1J Public. placed on this detail, during- the war, up to about 1864. when affiant last re­ members having sean him m line of service; that affiant has known said ROBINSON, ILL., Decembe1· f9, 1899. Boker personally ever since the war, and knows him to be a good citizen, as To whom it may concern: he was a good soldier. A.ffia.nt further states that he was :personally .ac­ I, Charles H . Steel, certify that I have been a resident of Robinson, Oraw­ quainted with said Albert Boker before the war, as well as smce, and that ford County, Dl., for forty-two years; that I am at present cashier of t he 3376 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 28,

First National Bank of Robinson, lll. I further certify that I have known Albert Boker since boyhood; that he is a good citizen, a kind and considerate there had been passed on an average 177 private pension bills husband and father; that there has been no stain upon his character while a each day; that in passing so many bills in so short a time it was citizen of our county; that his life has been such that he is entitled to and was impossible to give them proper consideration; that, in fa{}t, should receive all the credibility that can be given to any man; that I am in no way related to him. no consideration was given those bills in the House. I complained CHARLES H. STEEL. a~ainst such ha-sty action by the House in passing private pension This is to certify that I, Abner P. Woodworth, have been a resident of the bills. city of Robinson, Crawford County, lll., over forty years; that I am presi­ On the 15th day of this month (March) I read to the House in dent of the First National Bank of Robinson, lll. I further certify that I my time as part of my remarks the following letter from an ex- . have been a neighbor of and intimately acquainted with the character and habits of Albert Boker for over thirty years, and fully concur in the above Union soldier of long service: statement of Mr. Steel on this sheet. CAMDEN, N.J., March 8,1902. ABNER P. WOODWORTH. Ron. T. W. SIMS. During the reading, MY DEAR Srn: As a long-term soldier of the civil war, and as a member of the pension committee of the Union Veteran Legion, I desire to thank you Mr. MONDELL said: Mr. Chairman, I think I can make a on behalf of my comrades on the manly, patriotic stand you have taken statement which will make the facts in this case clearly under­ against :political favoritism in the granting of pensions. stood. It is time somebody had told the truth about the pension question. Favor­ itism prevails to such an extent that the veteran has come to regard his pen­ Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, I have asked for the reading sion more as a political perquisite than as a Government reward. I can not of the report in my time. I want to hear the renort read. The think it was ever the intent of the people of this country, in their desire to gentleman accused me of not reading the report and I want to assist the veterans, that it should become part of the "spoils" system of party machinery. hear it. · I ha-ye :ecent;V maqe a pretty thorough anal-y:sis of t!J.e last !aport of the The Clerk having proceeded for some time further in the read­ COIIlllll.SSIOner o PellSlons andamamazedatthemequality and InJustice that ing of the report, is ap~rent. Th~ most vic!ous feature, of cours~, is the special-act pensions, by which men With no serVIce record and nopens10nablestatnsreceivelarger Mr. TALBERT said: Mr. Chairman, I ask that the further pensions through political influence than the deserving veteran who has to reading of the report be dispensed with. depend on the merits of his case alone. To the faithful so~dier of the civil The amendments were agreed to. war the present system of granting pensions is a humiliation and an insult. In the first place, he is regarded as an imposter and perjurer and the burden The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported of proof to the contrary is placed on him. He is subjected to expenses and to the House with a favorable recommendation. tedious de1:a-y: and exa~tions by boards whose .reports are discredited by the Coiilllll.SSio~er ~f PellBlons, !J-S.perpage 67 of his report. The pens1on sys­ ASA. TARBOX. tem could be SliDplified and millions of expense saved by a law ~ranting a specified amount and simply requiring the applicant to prove his identity The next business was the bill (H. R.1423) granting an increase with the name on the original enrollment on file in the War Department. of pension to Asa T. Tarbox. The time has come when this could be done without regard to disability of The bill was read, as follows: claimant,asanyman60or more years of age is physically incapacitated from hard manual labor. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, One great evil of the favoritism shown is the fact that tho e who receive authorized, subject to the rules and limitations of the pension laws, to p\ace pensions in that way no longer have any interest in the thousands of their upon the pension roll the name of .Asa T. Tarbox, late a private in Company deserving comrades. They have got their pull, and every vestige of frater­ F, Eleventh Massachusetts Infantry, and -pay him a pension of $24, the same nal interest and comradeship is lost sight of in their selfish success, and they to be in lieu of the pension .he is now receiving. do not want the pension question discussed for fear it may imperil their The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid political perquisite. On behalf of my comrades I protest against paying the widow of any President $5, per year without regard to her income, while Pensions were read, as follows: the widows of the common soldiers, faithful., loyal, devoted wives and Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ mothers as the Lord ever permitted to live, are pa1d $8 per month after de­ lowing: claring an income of less than $250 per year. "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and And I am speaking on behalf of tens of thousands of mv comrades when I directed to :place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations say that we would rather see the entire pension system aoolished than see it of the pellSlon la.ws, the name of .Asa Tarbox, late of Company F, Elev­ abused by and through political favoritism. enth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at My great interest in this question is my apology for trespassing on your the rate of $24 ~r month in lieu of that he is now receiving." valuable time. Amend the title so as to read; "A bill granting an increase of pension to With kind regards, yours, truly, H. M. A VIS, Asa Tarbox." _ 941 Cooper Street, Camden, N. J. The amendments were agreed to. (Late Company F, Twelfth New Jersey Volunteers, civil war.) The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported Immediately the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. C.A.LDERHE.A.D] to the House with a favorable recommendation. arose and as part of his remarks made use of the following Ian· guage: JOHN M'DONALD. Mr. CALDERHEAD. Mr. Chairman, I want to say a word upon the letter The next business was the bill (S. 4214) granting an increase that has just been read at the suggestion of the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. STM ]. The sentiments expressed in the letter are the legitimate fruit of pension to John McDonald. of the speech that was made which called it forth. At the time that speech The bill was read as follows: was made a large part of the r emarks were addressed to the criticism of the Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, work of the Invalid Pensions Committee. As a member of that committee authorized and directed place on the pension roll, subject the provisions during the last Con151:ess and during this qo!lgress, I ~ve nevel:' known any to to bill to pass the comnuttee by reason of political favoritism, and if the gentle­ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John McDonald, late of Com­ man himself adopts the language of the letter and makes that accusation pany E, Ninety-seventh Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay against the committee he does injustice to himself and also does injustice to him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. the committee. Bills that are passed by the Invalid Pensions Committee re­ · The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House ceive as fair consideration at the .hand!> of ?-S honorable men: as any other bills that are passed by any comrmttee m this House, and I think no gentle­ with a favorable recommendation. man is better aware of that fact than the gentleman from Tennessee. ISRAEL HALLER. The gentleman seemed to think that the writer of the letter was The next business was the bill (H. R. 3733) granting an increase unduly criticising the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of pension to Israel Haller. Mr. Chairman, I can not see that this letter or that my speech The bill was read as follows: makes any reflection on that committee. I have no idea that the Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, committee knows the politics of the soldiers whose pen ions are authorized and directed to J;>lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the penSlon laws, the name of Israel Haller, late of Com­ increased by these bills, but that does not prevent political favor­ pany H, Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension itism being practiced. The committee, in reporting bills, act on at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. such bills as are pointed out by the members of the House who The following amendment recommended by the committee was introduce them. read: When a Republican member of this House has introduced as In line 8 strike out the word ... thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word many as 50 bills and he can only get four or five reported and "seventeen." passed, does anyone suppose he will not single out bills for Re­ Mr. SIMS. Mr. Chairman, I desire to make a few remarks, publicans? . I have not a doubt of it. Then, on the other hand, a but inasmuch as the hour is far advanced, I ask permission to ex­ Democrat will do exactly the same thing. In this way political tend my remarks in the RECORD. favoritism is shown, but not by the committee as such. This Mr. Chairman, a few weeks ago I had occasion to make some can not be prevented, however unjust it may be. remarks upon the subject of private pension legislation. I showed In the speech I made criticising the hasty action of the House by the report of the Commissioner of Pensions that during the in passing 177 bills at one session I believed the high-water mark months of January and February, 1901, there was passed by the had been reached, but, Mr. Chairman, on the day the above letter House in the four days in which such bills were considered 707 was read as part of my remarks the House was called to order at· private pension bills; that 465 of these were for increases. Four the usual time-12 o'clock-and adjourned at 3.31 p. m. , making hundred and sixty-five of these bills were to increase pensions the session only three and one-half hours in length, with prayer, the for soldiers whose claims had all been considered by the Pension reading of the Journal, and some other bu iness tran acted, there Bureau, and had received the highest pension given them by the was considered in the Committee of the Whole and pas ed in the general law. House 229 bills. The House was in session two hund.l'ed and I further showed that there was no uniformity in the amount eleven minutes and passed 229 bills, being one bill for every min­ of increases canied by the several bills; that in those four days ut-e of its entire session and 18 over. So it might be argued that 1902. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3377 my speech and the letter I had read ha-d fallen on dull ears. No reau, and before any bill for a pension should pass it should be one will be so rash as to contend that bills passed in that way submitted to the Pension Bureau and receive its favorable recom­ receive the slighest possible consideration by the House. mendation. Mr. Chairman, I have received too many letters like the one The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the gentleman will be above read, regarding that speech, to take the time of the House permitted to extend his remarks in the RECORD. The Chair hears to read them. I must admit that I had but little hope that what no objection. I then said would have any effect on this House, but I did hope The committee amendment was agreed to. that the people would have their eyes opened to what their repre­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported sentatives were doing. Mr. Chairman, I now read an extract to the House with a favorable recommendation. from a newspaper-the Placer County Leader-published at Au­ S.ARAH A. CARTER. burn, Placer County, Cal., as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3650) PRIVATE PENSION BILLS. granting·a pension to Sarah A. Carter. Representative Srns, of Tennessee, is claiming and rightfully urging that this business of passing private :pension bills by Congress should be stopped. The bill was read, as follows: If a case occurs where the Penslon Bureau finds the law will not warrant a Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, just plea for grant or for increase, let the Bureau report the case to Congress authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions for a remedy, general or special; but stop this indiscrim.ina.te passage of pri­ and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Sarah .A. Carter, dependent vate pensions by Congress. There were on the rolls on the 1st of July, 1901, mother of Joseph S. Carter, late of Captain Cobb's company, Maine State 997,735 pensioners, or !,206 increase (notwithstanding the decrease by death Militia, and pay her a pension at the rate of 12 per month. of civil-war veterans). In the past three months Congress has introduced 5,672 private pension bills. Some members have introduced as high as 200, The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ and increases have been granted out of all apparent proportion to the disa­ mendation. bility sustained. (From CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.) HID."'RY M. TAYLOR. We believe Mr. Srns is clearly ri~ht. It is true that many a man who went in to fight rather than to make a b1g hospital record has been unable to se­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3216) cure the necessary evidence " at time of injury" through scattering or death of comrades or officers. granting an increase of pension to Henry M. Taylor. That was the experience of one we knew, who having laid claim for a spe­ The bill wa-s read, as follows: cific injury at a specified time and place must prove that in each point. Had Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, he procured a nice hospital record then and there, and claimed on that, he authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions might perhaps have fared better than the $1 a month for the first seventeen and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry M. Taylor, late of years and $2 for two years. Aftsr nineteen years futile search for proof his Company H, Sixteenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay Congressman went to the Pension Commissioner with "I want to know where him a pension at the rate of $3()per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. the 'stick' is!" The Bureau sent the man "information which may enable you to perfect your claim." That only living "information" was but 40 miles The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ away, and he got it within twenty-four hours. Now, we honestly believe mendation. that such result would occur from conference of Congressmen with the Pen­ sion Bureau, and claimants would get what the law allows, neither more nor MARTHA A. HOLLL.~GSEAD. less, and that is all anyone should ask. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. This newspaper is Republican in politics. I do not know the 5883) granting a pension to Martha A. Hollingseed. owner or editor. This paper can not have any personal or politi­ The bill was read, as follows: cal interest in me, and certainly no motive in saying what it has Be it enacted, etc., That a pension of $2()per month be granted to Mrs. Mar­ other than an honest expression of its views. tha .A. Hollingseed, of Elkhart, Tex. Mr. Chairman. I now read an editorial from the Washington The amendments recommended by the committee were rea-d, as Post of to-day, March 28, 1902, as follows: follows: SPECIAL PENSION LEGISLATIOY. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ Would it be impossible for Con~ess to frame and enact a general military lowing: pension law under which all applications for such pensions could be finally "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and and fairly qisposed of by the Pension Bureau? That Bureau is provided with directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions ltlld limitations all the agencies that would appear to be requisite for such service. Medical of the pension 1a ws, the name of Martha A. Hollingsead, widow of Joseph Hol­ science and the legal profession have been drawn upon for a large and costly lingsead;-late of Company .A, Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, and equipment of examiners and reviewers and re-reviewers. pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month." The great machine is running under various acts of Congress, presumably .Amend the title so as to read: ".A bill granting a pension to Martha A. Hol­ intended to cover all cases, and nevertheless Congress continues to be the lingsead." arbiter upon alar~e and ever-increasing number of applications. This fact evidences defects m the laws which call loudly for remedial action. If a sim­ The amendments were agreed to. ilar situation existed in any other branch of the service-a palpable failure The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ to comeanywhere near filling its intended purpose-it is morally certain that able recommendation. a legislative remedy would be devised and applied. But Congress seems more than willing to be a supplemental pension bureau. ANDREW B. SPURLING. The Boston Herald notes thatacorresp~mdentof theNewYork Evening Post raises the question as to whether Pre81dent Roosevelt can conscientigusly The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. permit the 229 pension bills that were passed in the National House of Repre­ 11916) granting an increase of pension to Andrew B. Spurling. sentatives in one hundred and ten minutes on the 15th instant to become enacted into law. The Herald says the Constitution directs that as regards The bill was read, as follows: each one of these bills, "if he approve he shall sign it; but if ~ot he shall re­ Be it ena.cted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, turn it with his objections." And our Boston contemporary adds: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions "The President may say that he approves these bills because Congress has and limitations of the pension laws, the name of .Andrew B. Spurling, late approved them. Of course, he can approve them on no other grounds, for lieutenant-colonel Second Regiment Maine Volunteer Cavalry and brevet he has sim:ply not the the time to investigate them on their merits. The brigadier-~eneral of volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate of $100 per President does not differ from the body that passed them in taking this month in lieu of that he is now receiving. stand. These bills are generally passed by a bare quorum, if, indeed, t.here is a quorum in the case. The members allowing them to pass know nothing The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as about them; they manifestly could know nothing when the bills go through follows: at the rate of more than two per minute. The members shelter themselves In line 8 strike out the words" one hundred" and insert in lieu thereof the behind th~ committee that reports the bills, and the President shelters him­ word "thirty." self behind the members. Is 1t edifying enactment of laws?" It; is simply impossible for the President to investigate and pass upon the Mr. BOUTELL. Mr. Chairman, the committee amendment to merits of the claims in response to which those bills are passed. Had he this bill fixes the amount at $30 a month. I would like to move nothing else to do the task would be impossible. Nor can Senators or Repre­ sentatives, except those on the Pension Committees of the two Houses, per­ an amendment to the committee amendment, by substituting the form that labor. Thus it necessarily happens that a favorable report from word " fifty" for the word "thirty," and in offering that amend­ · a committee carries a bill through. Naturally members decline to vote ment I should, perhaps, say a few words to the committee. Al­ against a bill of whf>se merits they have no personal knowledge. The Post has no doubt that the Pension Committees intend to deal justly, but so many though the beneficiary of this bill, General Spurling, lives in my grists come to their mills that mistakes are unavoidable. district, I have not the honor of a personal acquaintance with But we do not believe it is necessary to SUJlplement the Pension Bureau­ thi::; distinguished officer. The facts in this case were sent to me the elaborate and costly mechanism provided for the carrying out of the pension laws-with those pension mills in the Capitol. Either those laws are by some of his friends, and upon their statement of facts I intro­ defective or Congress is doing what it has no occasion to do. In either case duced th~ bill as requested by them. The report in this case the responsibility rests on Congress. states that he enlisted in the volunteer service from the State of These letters and newspaper editorials show that my humble Maine, and that he served from 1861 to December, 1865, in the efforts in opposition to this wholesale passage of private pension First and Second Maine Cavalry, being honorably discharged bills are not passing unnoticed by the press and people of the with the brevet rank of briga-dier-general. country, and when the people are fully informed as to the great He was four times wounded-twice in 1863, by a gunshot wound, discrimination practiced by the House in these private pension a pistol shot; in 1864 by a saber cut, and the same year being bills, and that they pass by the hundred without the least bit of thrown from Escambia bridge-and, furthermore, that he con­ consideration, Representatives will be sent here that will demand tracted acute rheumatism. The pension he is now receiving is that an end be put to this farce of private pension bill day, and $22.50 a month. He is now 70 years of age. I have received from that every bill be properly considered, and that bills for pensions some of his friends in Chicago this morning an affidavit, sworn be passed only in such cases a-s have no remedy under the general to on the 26th day of this month, in which it is stated that within law and are meritorious and for such amounts as would be given the past eighteen months General Spurling has been twice para­ the pensioner under the general law was his title good at the Bu- lyzed; that he is entirely helpless, and that in 1894 he lost all the XXXV-212 3378 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 28, property that he had, and he is now entirely destitute. Consider­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ ing these facts as submitted to me by men in whom I have the mendation. highest confidence, considering the honorable and distinguished CHESTER E. WADSWORTH. service of this man, considering his destitution and paralysis, it The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. seems to me we could, not only in generosity, but in strict justice, 12115) granting a pension to Cheste1· E. Wadsworth. make this $50 a month; and I therefore offer that amendment in The bill was read, as follows: place of the committee amendment. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from lllinois proposes to a.uthorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions amend the committee amendment by inserting the word ''fifty '' and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of Chester E. Wadsworth, late of Captain Barker s Dragoons, Illinois State Militia, and pay him a pension in place of the word" thirty." The question is on the amend- at the rate of $50 per month. ment to the amendment. . Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, if the statement of The amendments recommended by the committee were read) as the gentleman from lllinois is true, I have no objectiun to the follows: In line 6 strike out the word "Dragoons" and insert in lien thereof the amendment. I would have been glad if that information had word "company." In line 7 strike out the words "State Militia." and in­ been known to the committee. There was nothing as to his sert "Volunteer Cavalry." In lin~ 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert present condition, there was nothing as to his financial condition. the word "twelve." There was nothing except the fact that he was a lieutenant­ Mr. JONES Of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I desire to offer colonel, and the committee's report of $30 was the full amount. an amendment to staike out the word " twelve " and insert the .Ordinarily I think the facts stated bythe gentleman ought to have word '' seventeen.'' I think the facts in the case are shown by come to the committee, so that they could have been considered; the report of the committee; but, simply for th~ sake of compari­ but in this instance I shall make no further objection. son, I secured the report of the committee on the bill just passed Mr. BOUTELL. Mr. Chairman~ I ask leave to incorporate in preceding this, and I find in that case the pensioner was receiving my remarks the affidavit I have just received. $6 a month and it was increased to $20 a month. I think a. com­ The CHAIRMAN. Without objection the gentleman will be parison of that report with this one will show that the facts in allowed to extend his remarks in the way indicated. that case are no stronger than in this case. This man is not I'e­ There was no objection. ceiving a pension at aU. He was in what was known as Barker's The affidavit is as follows: illinois Cavalry, which was held not to have been mustered into STA.TE OF !LLIN.OIS, County of Cook, ss: the service of the United States. He was drawing a pension under Andrew B. Spurling, being duly SW$rn, depOses and says that he is up­ the construction of the Department that held that this cavalry ward of 69 years of a.~, and that in the month of October, A. D.l.llOO, he was was mustered into the service of the United States, he was draw­ stricken withpa.ra.lySIB, whereby his rightside wa.scompletely paralyzed, and whereby he was confined in a hospital for a. period of about five weeks, and ing a pension of $8 a month; but subsequently they held that it thereafter recovered sufficiently therefrom to be able to walk with difficulty, was not in the service of the United States, and the pension was and that since said time he has not been able to perform any la. bor or trans­ dropped. act any business whatever, and that in the year 1901he suffered from another stroke of paralysis which again paralyzed his right side temporarily, and Now, I desire to call the attention of the chairman of the com­ since said time he has been able to walk only with difficulty, and has been mittee to the statement of the report by the committee itself. ever since and now is wholly and entirely unable to perform any labor or From the showing made in the Department this man was receiv­ ' transact any busin~ss; and affiant further says that he is entirely without property or means of support except the amount being reeei-.ed by him P.s a ing a pension of $8 per month for hemorrhoids and disease of the jlension from the Governmem;1 of the United States. :rectum. It shows, too, that he lives on a little piece of land Affiant further mys that immediately prior to the financial panic of 1~ worth $200 or $300, that he has been poor and has asked the he was well situated financially, but invested all of his means in the :{>Urchase of property and construction of buildfugs thereon in the eity of Elgm in the county for aid three ~r four times. The testimony was filed State of lllinois, and that about the year 1894, by reason of s~ud financial panic showing that he was incapacitated in consequence of injury to and depression in real-estate values caused thereby, affiant lost all of said the left foot, and that he had no means of support, althDugh he property and means by the foreclosure of mortgages upon said property, and that saiu property was lost through the failur~ of other parties, who were in~ was temperate, industrious, and of good moral character. debted to affiant in a large amount and became unable to pay affiant the This man applied for an increase of pension in 1889, and the amount of such indebtedness. · report of the last examination shows this: ANDREW B. SPURLING. Prior to the dropping of the soldier's name from the roll the beneficiary Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of March, A. D. 1902. flied, in 1889, another claim for pension on account of rupture, injury to foot, [sEAL.] HALLIE C. ELLIS'!. catarrh, and strieture, but this claim was also rejected in 1895 upon the Notary Puolic. ground thn.t title to pension could not obtain for the reason that the soldier's organization had not been in the United States service. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on agreeing to the amend­ When last examined, in 189'2, the board of surgeons found him to be suf­ ment to the amendment. fering from a rupture, stricture, injury to the left foot, catarrh, and pleurisy. The question was taken, and the amendment to the committee Now, it seems to me that a man in this condition should be amendment was agreed to. entitled to receiv-e more than $12 a month. The Pension Office The committee amendment as amended was agreed to. found that the disabilities for which he was receiving a pension The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ was of service origin. They did not give him an OJ>ponunity to able recommendation. show under the second application that the disabilities were in­ ELLA. R. GR.A.HAM. curred in the service. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 1630) I think in the affidavit he alleges that they did occur in the serv­ granting an increase of pension to Ella R. Graham. ice, and he sets out in detail how the disabilities were incul'l'ed. The bill was read, as follows: I believe it would be just for this pensioner to be given at lea.st Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, $17 a month. I think it is a modest request, and that the amend­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll subject to the provisions ment should be adopted. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ella R. Graham, widow of Mr. SULLOWAY. Mr. Chairma~ the committee recommended James Duncan Graham, late comman~er 1 United State~ Navy, anq P;!l.Y her a pension a.t the rate of $25 per month m lieu of that she lS now reomvmg. what they thought under the circumstances this man ought to have. His service was very short, only from April 19, 1861 to The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ August 18, 1861. The gentleman reads from the last examina­ mendation. iion of the report of the board of surgeons of the difficulties which JAMES E. DEXTER, they found were contracted in the service. We have given him The next business on the P1ivate Calendar was the bill (S. 3481) $12, a pension which, under the act of 1890, would be for total granting an increase of pension to James E. Dexter. disability. I hardly think we should be justified in adopting the The bill was read, as follows: amendment. Be it enacted, etc.; That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is he~ by, The question was taken, and the amendment was lost. authorized and directed to ,Place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The committee amendment was agreed to. and limitations of the peil.Slon .laws, the name of James E. Dexter1 late sur­ geon Fortieth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and J?Bo'Y' him a pen­ The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ sion at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now reee1vmg. able recoiD.Inenda tion. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ GEORGE FARNE. mendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 2°62) JOHN G. HUTCHINSON. granting an increase of pension to George Farne. The next business on the Prjvate Calendar was the bill (S. 2768) The Clerk read the bill, as follows: granting an increase of pension to John G. Hutchinson. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to~ on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the peil.Slon laws, the name of George Farne, late second Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, li.eutenant Company G, Forty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer In· authorized and directed to ~lace on the pension roll. subject to the provisions fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of J2 per month in lieu of that he and limitations of the pens10n laws, the name of John G. Hutchinson, late is now receiving. of Company E, Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and Mr. PATTERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman~ I move to pay him a :pension at the rate of $20 per month in lien of that he is now re­ ceiving. amend by striking out the word' • twelve'' and inserting "twenty." 1902. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3379

This applicant had a bill reported by the Senate committee in the ELIZA. J. WEST. last Congress, and I find upon examination that this report is a The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. copy of that report. I know the man to be in a very feeble state 4542) granting a pension to .Eliza J. West. of health, and I ask the committee to accept this amendment. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Mr. SULLOWA Y. Mr. Chairman, this is a Senate bill, and I Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, do not think we should be justified in adopting such an amend­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensJ.on laws, the name of Eliza J. West, formerly the ment. Nothing has been stated that will warrant us in accept­ wife of Elishll. B. W es1;, late a private in Companies B and D of the Seventh ing it. Indiana Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of 12 a month. The question was taken, and the amendment was lost. · With the following amendments reported by the .committee: The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ Strike out all after the word "West," in line6, and all of lines 7, 8, a.nd 9, able recommendation. and insert in lieu thereof the following: "widow of Elisha B. West, late of C.ALEB W. STORY. Companies Band D, Seventh Regimentlndiana Volunteer Cavalr-y:, and pay .her a pension at the rate of 12 per month, and S2 per month additional for The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. es.ch of the minor children of the soldier until such children shall have ar­ 12145) granting an increase of pension to Caleb W. Story. rived a.t the age of 16 years. 'The bill was read, as follows': The committee amendments were agreed to. Be it en.acted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ a.ntho~ed and directed to pla.ce on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and linUta.tions of the penswnlaws, the name of Caleb W. Story, late of Com­ able recommendation. pany G, Tenth Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pen­ CARLIN HAMLIN, .sion a.t the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The next business on the Private Cal€.ndar w.as the bill (S. 2625) The following amendment was recommended by the committee: granting an increase of pension to Carlin Hamlin: In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word The bill was read, as follows: ''twenty-four." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The amendment was agreed to. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to thepro'risions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Carlin Hamlin, late of Com­ The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ pany I, Sixty-third Regiment Indiana. Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. pen­ able recommendation. sion at the rate of $00 .Per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. GEORGE W. MYERS. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 2398) able recommendation. granting an increase of pension to George W. Myers. P.A.ULThTE M. ROBERTS. The Clerk read the hill, as follows.: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 10951) granting a pension to Pauline M. Roberts. authorized ll.nd directed to :{'lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was read, .as follows: a.nd limitations of the pensJ.on laws, the .name of George W. Myers, late of Company F, Ninth Regiment Iowa. Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen- Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and .he is hereby, 'Slon at the rate of $00 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. . authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Pauline M. Roberts, widow The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ of Samuel Roberts, .1&-te major, Seventy-second Regiment Pennsylvania Vol· able I'ecommenilation. unteer Infantry, and pay her a. pension at the rate<>f $50 _per month. Dll."IEL J. MAHONEY •. The following amendments were reported by the committee: In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" .and insert in lieu thereof the word The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. "twenty-live." 8106) granting a pension to Daniel J. Mahoney. In the same line, after the word "month," insert the following: "and $2per The Clerk read the bill, as follows: month additional on account of the minor child of the officer until such cliild shall have arrived at the age of 16 yea~~~ in lieu of that she is now receiving." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Amend the title so as to read: "A biu granting an increase of pension to authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Pauline M. Roberts." and limitations of the pellSlon laws, -the name of Daniel J. Mahoney, and fay lrim :a psnsion at the ra.te of P> per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The committee amendments were agreed to. With the following amendments reported by the committee: The bill was laid aside to be reported t{) the House with _a Strike out all of lines 6 and 7 and insert in lien thereof the following: "of favorable recommendation. Daniel J. Mahoney, late of the U.S. S. Vandalia, United States Navy, and MARGARET DUNN. pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now re­ ceiving." The next buSiness was the bill (S. 2938) granting an increase Amend the title so as to read: ".A bill granting an increase of pension to of pension to Margaret Dunn. Daniel J. Mahoney." J The bill was read, as follows: The committee amendm.ents wer.e agreed to. Be it enacted, etc., That tbe Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was laid asid.e to be reported to the House with a favor­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions able recommendation. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Margaret Dunn, widow of J-oseph Dunn, .late ofBatteryE, Third Regiment United States Artillery, and CHARLES C. DUDLEY, pa_y ~era pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now r~ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4095) ceivmg. granting an increase of pension to Charles C. Dudley. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The Clerk read the bill, as follows: mendation. Be it enacted, etc., Tha.t the Secretary 'Of the Interior be, and he is hereby, WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll,t,subject to the provisions The next business was the bill (H. R.11117) to pension William and limitations of the yension laws the name of una.rles C. Dudley, late of Company D, Sixth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay T. Hamilton, of Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va. him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of thatheis nowreceiv:mg. The bill was read, as follows: The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ Be it enacted.J etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized ana directed to place the name of William T. Hamilton, late a able recommendation. member of Company E, of the Twelfth Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers, WILLIAM K.ABTE. upon the pension roll at the rate of $!0 per month. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as 6021) granting a pension to William Kaste. follows: The bill was read, as follows: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ lowing: Be it enacted, etc. , That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized authorizedanddirectedtoplaceuponthepensionroll,snbjecttothep;rovisions and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limi­ and limitations of the general pension laws, the name of William Kaste, late tations of the pension laws, the name of William T. Hamilton, late of Oom­ a. musician in the band of the Fifty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and panyE, Twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a · pay him a pension at the rate of S20 a month. pension at the rate of $21 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." With the following amendments, recommended by the -com­ .Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to mittee: William T. Hamilton." In line 4 strike <>ut the word "upon" and insert in lieu thereof the word The amendm-ents were agreed to. "on." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid a-side with a favor· In line 5 strike out the word "general." able recommendation. In line 6 strike out the word "a." In line 7 strike out the word "Volunteers" and insert in lieu thereof the TORGUS H.A.RA.LDSON, 'Words "Volunteer Infantry." The next business was the bill (S. 1264) granting an increase of In line 8 strike out the word "twenty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "twelve." pension to Torgus Haraldson. In same line strike out the word "a" and insert in lien thereof the word The bill was read, as follows: ''per." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, a.nd he is hereby, The committee amendments were agreed to. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions and limitations of the pemrion laws, the name of Torgus Haraldson, late of -The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a fav­ Company E, Seoond Regiment :Minnesota Volunreer Infantry, and pay him . (fra.ble recomm.endation. a pension at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 3380 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 28,-

The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The amendments recommended by the committee were read, mendation. as follows: CARL JORDAN. In line 6 strike out the words "of Jackson County, Ala." In line 7 strike out the letter "G" and insert in lieu thereof the letter The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. "B." 6412) for the relief of Carl Jordan and restoration to pension roll. In line 8 strike out the word "twenty-five" and insert in lieu thereof the The bill was read, as follows: word "seventeen." Whereas Carl Jordan enlisted in Company B, First United States Volun­ The amendments were agreed to. teer Infantry, in the Army of the United States, on January-, 1864:, and The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ served faithlUlly until the- dayofNovember,1865, when he was honorably discharged, and subsequently received under the act of Congress passed June able recommendation. 'l:l, 1800, a pension of 12 a month until March-,)~, when he was dropped JOHN BARNARD. from the pension roll for the alleged reason of aisloyalty in having been a soldier in the Confederate service: and The next business was the bill (S. 2505) granting an increase of Whereas it appears that at the breaking out of the war of the rebellion the pension to John Barnard. said Carl Jordan was living in Richmond, Va., and was forcibly drafted into the Confederate service, but at the first opportunity_abandoned that service The bill was read, as follows: and entered bona fide into that of the Army of the United States, and faith­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, fully discharged his duty therein as hereinbefore set forth: Therefore, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That the said Carl Jordan be, and he is hereby,restored and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Barnard, late of Com­ to the pension roll of the United States, and that the Commissioner of Pen­ pany B, Brackett's battalion Minnesota Volunteer Cavah·y, and pay him a sions be, and he is hereby, instructed to enter the name of Carl Jordan on pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. said roll at the same rate originally granted, and also to pay him all arrear­ ages of pension accrued since the- day of-, 18-, to the present time. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ SEC. 2. That tills act shall take effect from the date of its passage. mendation. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as JOHN S. JAMES. follows: The next business was the bill (H. R. 9654) granting a pension Strike out the preamble, the enacting clause, and all after the enacting to John S. James. clause, and insert in lieu thereof the following: "Be i t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The bill was read, as follows: States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, sub­ authorized and directed to ylace on the pension roll~ subject to the provisions ject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Carl and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of Jonn S. James, late of Com­ - Jordanl.late of Company B, First Regiment United States Volunteer Infan- pany D, Third Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay him try, ana pay him a pensiOn at the rate of $12 per month." a pension at the rate of $30 per month. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Carl Jordan." The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The amendments were agreed to. follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ In line 6, before the word "Company," strike out the word "of" and insert able recommendation. in lieu thereof the word "captain." In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word EMORY S. FOSTER. •·twenty." The next blli!iness was the bill (S. 880) granting an increase of The amendments were agreed to. pension to Emory S. Foster. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill was read, as follows: able recommendation. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisiom SARAH FRANCES TAFT. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Emory S. Foster.,late major, The next business was the bill (S. 4021) granting a pension to S::venth Regiment Missouri State Militia Volunt2er Cavalry, ana pay him a pension at the rate of $72 per month in lieu of that he is now rece:ving. Sarah Frances Taft. The bill was read, as follows: The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ J]e it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, mendation. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll,subjecttotheprovisions RICHMOND M. CURTIS. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah Frances Taft, widow of Charles Sabin Taft, late acting assistant surgeon, United States Army, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. and pay hera pension at the rate of $17 per month. 6205) to increase the pension of Richmond M. Curtis from $12 to The bill was ordered to be laid aside· with a favorable recom­ $30 per month. mendation. The bill was read, as follows: THOMAS B. WILSON. Be it enacted, etc., That the pension of Richmond M. Curtis be, and the same is hereby, increased from $12 per mont.h to $00 per month, and the Secretary The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. of the Interior is directed to enter said Richmond M. Curtis on the roll at $30 3899) granting an increase of pension to Thomas B. Wilson. per month. The bill was read, as follows: The amendments recommended· by the committee were read, as Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, follows: authorized and directed to :place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of Thomas B. Wilson, late of lowing: Company H, Twenty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and par " That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and him a pension at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. directed to :place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of Richmond M. Curtis, late of Company A, The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as Eighth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at follows: the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." Strike out all of lines 7, 8, and 9 and insert in lieu thereof the following: Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to "Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infanty, and D. Varner's battalion Ohio and Richmond M. Curtis." Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per The amendments were agreed to. month in lieu of that he is now receiving." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The amendments were agreed to. able recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ SAMUEL M. HOWARD. able recommendation. The next business was the bill (S. 1979) granting an increase of CHARLES W. FOSTER. pension to Samuel M. Howard. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4086) The bill was read, as follows: granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Foster. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was read, as follows: authorized and directed to J:>lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the r.ens1on laws, the name of Samuel M. Howard, late of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Companies A and H, 'Iwenty-eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions and ~Y him a pension at the rate of $24 per mo!lth in lieu of that he is now and limitations of the J:>ension laws, the name of Charles W. Foster , late of recrovmg. Company A, First Regunent Maine Volunteer Light Artillery, and p.."'.y him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ~ The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ mendation. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ JOHN G. SANDERS. mendation. JONATHAN H. SLOCUM. The next business was the bill (H. R. 5600) granting an increase of pension to John G. Sanders. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill was read, as follows: 10494) granting an increase of pension to Jonathan H. Slocum. . The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be\ and he is hereb~, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subJect to the proVI­ Be i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of J ohn G. Sanders, of authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Jackson County, Ala., late of Company G, Eighteenth Regiment Ohio Vol­ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jonathan H. Slocum, late of unteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $25 per month in lieu Seventh Company, First Battalion, New York State Sharpshooters, and pay of that he is now receiving. him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now recei vmg. -

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The amendment re

The bill was read, as follows: The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as • Be it enacted, etc., :That the Secretary of the!ntm·ior be, and he is hereby, follows: • authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Sti'ike out all after the enacting clause and insert. in liett thereof the fol­ n.nd limitations of the pension laws, the name o"f 'Mary ·E. Poole1 widow of lowing: Capt. David Poole, late of Company F, .Eleventh Regiment Kemucky Vol­ "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and .nnteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 .Per month. directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions._and limitations of the peDBlon laws, the name of James W. Poor, late of Company B Third The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as R~ent Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pa.y him·a pension at the rate follows: of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." In line 6 strike out the letter "E '' and insert in lieu thereof the word Amend title so as to read: ".A. bill granting an increase of pension to James "Etna." W.Poor." In the same line strike out the word "Captain." The amendments were agreed to. • In the same line strike out the word "of" and insert in lieu thereof the word captain." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside· with. a favo7- After the word "month," in line 9, insert the words "in lieu of that she is able recommendation. now receiving." ELBRIDGE Jl'RA.NKLIN. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill_granting-an increase of pension to 1\Iary Etna_!>oole." The .next business on the P1·ivate Calendar-was the bill (H. R. The amendments were agreed to. 6686) granting an increase of pension "to Elbridge Franklin. The bill as amended w_as ord~ed to be laia aside with a Javor­ The bill was Tead, as follows: able recommendation. Be it enacted, etc., rThat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and -directed to place on the penffion roll the name of Elbridge HEORGE D~LS. Franklin, late of Company C, Fifth.Michisan Volunteer Infanti-y, at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of the pension he lS now receiving. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 13) The _amendment recommended by the committee was read, as granting an increase of pension to Gecn:ge Daniels. follows: The bill was read, as·follows: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu.thereof the fol­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is.hereby, lowing: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll'" subiect to the provisions "That the· Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,.-authorized and and limitations of-the peDSlon laws, the name-of George Daniels,Jate of Com­ directed: to place on the pension roll, subject t.o the provisions and limitations pany A, Eleventh Reg1ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and -pay him of the pension laws, the name of Elbridse Fran.kliri; late of Company C, Fifth a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Regiment, and Com:pany' B~ Eighth Re~ent, -:1\:U.chi!f ham, late of Companies Hand D, Seventy-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer The amendment recommended by .the ..committee was read, as Infantry, and pay him at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of the pension follows: which he is now receiving. In line 8 strike out the word" twenty-five" and insert in lieu -thereof the The amendment r.ecommenued by the committee·was reaa, as word' twenty-four." follows: · The amendment was agreed to. Strike out all after the enacting clause an!Hnsertthe'following: The bill as amended ordered be laid aside·with favol'­ "That the·Secretary of the .Interior be, and .he is hereby, authorized and was to a directed to J.>laCe on the pension roll subject to the provisions and limitations ·able recommendation. of the pen&on laws,:the name of Stanton L. Brabllam, late of Companies HandD, SeYenty-seyenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay.him CHARLES H. STONE. a pension at the rate of $00 per month in lieu.of that he is..now receiving." The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 6) The amendment:was agreed·to. / -granting an·increa e of-pension·to Charles H. Stone. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a_favor­ The bill was read, as follows: able recommendation. Be it enacted, etc., _That the Secretary of the ln.terior be, and he is hereby, JAMES .MATTHEWS. authorized and directed to ·place on ·the pension roll, subject to the pro­ visions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Charles H.·Stone, The next business on the .Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. late of Company H, Fifteenth Regiment Ma-ssachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 9415) granting an increase of pension to James Matthews. and Pli:Y him a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now The bill was read, as follows: ·recetvmg. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ authorized and directed 'to place on the pension ron, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension 1aws, the name of James 1\Ia.tthews, late of Com­ mendation. pany M, Ninth Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a GEORGE W, BUTLER. pension at the rate of~ per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The next business on· the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. mendation. 7560) granting a _pension to George W. Butler. GEORGIE JOSEPHDffi W ALCO.TT, The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 2287) Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary at the Inte.rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions granting an increase of pension to Georgie Josephine ·walcott. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George W. Butler, late of The bill was read, as follows: Company B, First Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and-pay him a Be it enacteil, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, penston at the rate of 500 per inonth from and.after the date _of the passage authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject-to-the provisions of this act. and. limitations of the pension laws, the name of Georgie Josephine Walcott~ widow of William H. Walcott, late captain, Seventeenth Regiment Unitea The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as States Infanti-y, and pay her a pension at·the-rate of S-10 per month in lieu of follows: that she is now receiving: Provided, That in the event of the death of-the in­ In ·line 6 strike out the letter "B" and insert in lieu thereof the let­ valid and dependent son of said Georgie Josephine Walcott the pension of ter"G" the beneficiary under this bill shall be reduced to the rate of $30 pe::; month. In Iille 8 strike out ali after the word "month" .and aU of line 9 and insert The bill was ordered -to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ in lieu thereof the words "in lieu of that he is now receiving." .Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to mendation. ·George w.-Butler." ALLEN W. MERRILL. The amendments were agreed to. 'rhe next business on•the Privat~ Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill as·amended'Was ordered to be laid aside with a favor- 6823) granting a pension-to Allen W. Merrill. . able recommendation. The bill was read, as follows: JAMES W. POOR. Be it enacted etc., That the Secreta1-y of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the :P,rovisions The next business on the Private Calendar was _the bill (H. R. and limitations of the pension lawsl.~he nam{l of Allen W. Merrill, late of Company C, Sixty-fifth Regiment Inaiana Volunteer Infanti·y, and pay him 3653) granting a1Jension to James W . .Poor. a J.>e!LSion at the rate of SU pe1· .month in lieu of that which he is now re­ The bill was read, as follows: cenang. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the.Interior be, and he is herel>y, The amendment recommended by-the committee was read, as authorized and directed to place upon the peDSlon roll the ~me ~f James W. Poor, of Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., ~ho was-a pnyate m C9mpany follows: B, Third Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, durmgth~ w~r of the rebe~on, an.d In line 8 sti·ike out the word "which." to pay him a peDSlon at the rate of $25 per.month.inlieu.of.ihe penston he lS now receiving. The amendment was~greed to.

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The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with .a favor­ The bill was read,• as follows: able recommendation. . .Be it enacted, etc., That-the Secretary of the Interior be, ·and he is hereby, MARY V. WALKER. authorized and directed to place on the 'PensiOnToll, snbjectto the provisions and limitations of the pension J.a.ws, the name of. Lunsford Y. Bailey, late -rrhe next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3577) sergeant, Company I, Twenty-third Indiana Infantry "Volunteers, and also of granting an increase of _pension to Mary V. Walker. the United States Signal Corps, and ~ay him a pension at the ra.t.e of $00 per The bill was read, as follows: month in lieu of that he is-now receivmg. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as . authorized and directed to :vlace on the pension roll, stib.jecti:o the provisions follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary V. Walker, widow .of In line 6 strike out the word "sergeant" and insert the word "of;" in line Willia,m""H. Walker, late captain Company H, Twentieth Regiment Massa­ 7 insert the word" Regiment" and also the word' Volunteer;" in same line, chusetts "Volunteer Infantry, and pay .her a pension at the -rate of $20 per after 'the wm:d "Infantry," strike out the word "Volnntear," and in line 8 mqnth in lieu of that she is now receiving. ~ strike out the words ·~also otthe United States;" ~same line, aft-er theword The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ "Corps," i.ns&t the words "United States Army." mendation. The amendments were agreed to. SA.RA.H B. CLINGERMAN. The bill as amended was orderea to be laid aside with a favor­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. able recoinmendation. 8009) granting a-pension to Sarah B. Clingerman. ISAAC M. P .A.UGLE. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior b.e, and he is hereby, 9717) granting a pension to Isaac M. Paugle. authorized and directed to place on the pension Toll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah B. Clingerman, widow The bill was read, as follows: of Jo eph Clingerman, late of the United States Navy, at the· rate of S12per Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, month. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the _provisions and limitations of ~the pension laws, the name of Isaac M. Pangle, late of The .amendments recommended bythe committee w&e read, as Company A, One hundred and ninety-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer In­ follows: fantry, and,pay.him a pension at the rate of $24: -per month. In line 6 insert-the words "the former," and in lines 7 and 8 strike out the The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as words "the United States Navy, at the rate of $12 per month," and insert "the U.S. S. Amanda, United States Navy, and pay her a. pension at the rate follows: of $12 per month." In line 8 strike out the words "twenty-four" and insert the word "seven­ The amendments were agreed to. teen." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The amendment was agreed to. able recommendation. The bill as -amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able -recommendation. JAMES H. DU!\"N, MARY SWEK"EY. The next business on the Private Calendar was -the bill (H. .R. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3660) 8134) granting a -pension to "James H. Dunn. granting a pension to Mary Sweeney. The bill was read, as"follows: The bill wa.s read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be,a.nd he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension,roll the name of James H. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior b.e, and he is hereby, Dunn, late ca])tain of Company I, One hundred and sixty-ninth Regiment New authorized and directed to ])lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions York State Volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month. and limitlttions of the pension laws, the name orMary Sweeney widow of Christopher·Sweeney, J.ate of Company G, Twentieth Regiment i:il..iiiois Vol­ The amendment recommended by the committee was-read, as unteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the-:rate of $8 per month. follows: The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ mendation. lowino-: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and JOHN S. BURKET. directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations The next business on the P.rivate Ca1andarwas the bill (H. R. of-the pension laws, 'the name of James H. Dunn, late captain of Company I, One ·hundred and sixty~ninth Regiment New York Volunteer .Infantry, and 10122) granting a pension to JohnS. Burkett, of Blakeman, Kans. pay him a pension at the rate of SOO j)er month in'lieu of that he is now The bill was read .as 'follows: receiving." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The amendment was agreed to. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of-theparunon laws, the name of JohnS. Burket, late of Com­ The bill as amended was m·dered to be laid llside 'With a favor­ pany K, Twenty-ninth Regiment Iowa. Volunteer Infantry, aud pay him a able recommendation. pznsion at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. LEROY S. S.MITH. The amendmentsTecommended by the-committee were read, as The next business on the Private Calendarwas·the bill (R 3187) follows: granting an increase of pension t6 Leroy S. Smith. In line 8 strike out the word " fifty " and insert in lieu thereof the word thirty."- . The bill was read, as follows: Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Be a enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is .hereby, JohnS. BUl'ket." anthm'iz d and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the yension laws the name of Leroy S. Smith, late of The amendments were agreed to. Company A, Sixth P.egunent New York Volunteer Cavalry, and first lieu­ The bill as amended·was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ tenant CompanyG,Fourteenth ~~giment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and able recommendation. pay him a. pension at the rate of~ per month in lieu of that he is now re­ ceiving. CHARLES H . FERGUSO~. The bill was oTdered to be laid aside with a .favorable recom­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. mendation. 10114) to increase the pension of Charles H. Ferguson. MARY ANN E. SPERRY. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted, etc. That the Secretary of the Interior b.e, and he is hereby. Ann authm'ized and diJ:ected to-place on the pension roll the name of Charles H: 9140) granting an increase of peiLSion to :Mary E. Sperry. Fur~e1·son, late of Com:t~any I, First Regiment Maine Cavalry Volunt~ers The bill was r€ad, as follows: and p~y him n. pension at the rate of ~50 per month in lieu of that he is now Be it enacted, etc., Tha,t the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, recmvmg. authorized and directed to increase the pension of Mary Ann E. Sperry, widow of John J. Sperry, late lieutenant-colonel One hundred and S.ixth The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, to $00 per month in lieu of the pension follows: which she now receives. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol- lowing: ' The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as «That the Secretary of the Interior be, and .he is hereby, authorized and follows: directed to J;>lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: of the pellSlon laws, the name of Charles H. Ferguson, late of Company I Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, First Maine Volunteer Cavalry, and pay .him a pension at the rate of $!() pm! authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions month in lieu of that he is now receiving." and limitations ofthepensJ.on laws, the name of Mary Ann E.£perry, widow Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an inc1·ease of pension to of John J. Sperry, late lieutenant-colonel One hundred and sixth Regiment Charles H. Ferguson.'' Pennsyh·ama Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pansion at the ·rate of $24: The amendments were agreed to. -per ..month in lieu of that she is-now receiving. The bill as .amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The amendment was agreed to. able recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able recommendation. THERON R. MACK. LUNSFORD .Y. BAILEY. "The next business on th.a PriYate Calendar was the bill (H. R. 10179) granting an increase of pension to Theron R. Mack. The-next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill was read, as follows: 9656) granting a pension to Lunsford Y. Bailey, of Monmouth, Be it. enacted, e_tc., That the Secretary of !Jle Interior pe, and he is hereby, Or~g. authol'lZea and directed to place on the pensiOn roll, subJect to the provisions

. 3384 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 28, .. and limitations of the pension laws the name of Theron R. Mack, late of The bill was read, as follows: Company A, Eighteenth R~g!ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. pension at the rate of 5iJU per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of A. J. Hart The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ late musician, Company B, Seventeenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry,and mendation. pay him a pension at the rate of $00 a month in lieu of that he is now rece1 ving. ROBERTS. WOODBURY. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3910) · Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lien thereof the fol­ granting an increase of pension to RobertS. Woodbury. lowing: The bill was read, as follows: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations_ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions of the pension laws, the name of Albert J. Hart, late of Company B, Seventh and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Robert S. Woodbury, late Re~ent Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. pension at the rAte of Company L, First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Heavy Artillery, of~ per month in lien of that he is now receiving." and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lien of that he is now Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to receiving. Albert J. Hart." The bill was ordered to be laid a-side with a favQrable recom­ The amendments were agreed to. mendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ HARRISON C. VORE. able recommendation. MARY A. LIPPS. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 10230) granting an increase of pension to H. C. Vore. The next business _was the bill (H. R.11493) granting a pension The bill was read, as follows: to Mary A. Lipps. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was read, as follows: authorized and directed toplaooon the pension roll, subject to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of H. C. Vore, late of Company authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ E, Eleventh Regiment lllinois Volunteer Infantry, and ~ay him a pension at sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary A. Lipps, widow the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. of George W. Lipps, late of Company K, Fortieth and Fifty-first Regiments Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollar The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as per month. follows: - The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as In line 6 strike out the letter "H." and insert in lieu thereof the word "Harrison." follows: In same line strike out the word "of" and insert in lieu thereof the words In line 7 strike out the words "and Fifty-first Regiments" and insert "first lieutenant." "Regiment." Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to In line 9 strike out "dollar" and insert "dollars." Harrison C. Vore." The amendments were agreed to. The amendments were agreed to. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able recommendation. able recommendation. ANDREW J. FELT. MARGARET TISDALE. The next business was the bill (S. 2371) granting a pension to The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Andrew J. Felt. 10255) granting a pension to Margaret Bartlett Tisdale. The bill was read, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ authorized and dh·ected to ~lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions sions and limitations of the pension laws the name of Andrew J. Felt, late and limitations of the peilSlon laws, the name of Margaret Bartlett Tisdale, of Company B, Seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a former widow of Moses C. Bartlett, late sergeant, Company B, Thirty-fifth pension at the rate of $2i per month. Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. Mr. CALDERHEAD. I move to amend this bill by striking out" $24 "and inserting" $30." Mr. Chairman, I know this soldier The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as very well. I have \nown him for twenty-five years. For more follows: than twenty years I have been proud to call him my personal In line 6 strike out the word "Bartlett." In same line, after the word "Tisdale," insert the word "the." friend. I know his history and his condition. He is the personal In line 7 strike out the word "sergeant" and insert in lieu thereof the friend of a number of eminent members of this House and of the word "of." Senate. He served the State of Kansas as her lieutenant-governor Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Margaret Tis­ dale." four years. He was one of the prominent newspaper editors in that·State. Every soldier in the State knows him by sight and The amendments were agreed to. knows the sound of his voice. · All the members of this House The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ from Kansas know him personally. He was and is as true a pa­ able recommendation. triot as ever served this country. GEORGE H. EVANS. In the war he served eleven months of bitter imprisonment. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 2379) He came home a wreck. He has never seen a well day from that g1·anting an increase of pension to George H. Evans. time to this. A man 5 feet 6t inches in height, he weighed only The bill was read, as follows: 115 pounds. For the last twenty years he has not been able to Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, do any more manual labor than a child 10 years old. He is wholly authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions disabled and has been for years for the performance of any kind and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George H. Evans late of Company B, Eighty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay of labor. If he does not now require the daily attention of an­ him a pansion at the rate of $3()per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. other person, it is certainly but a short time when he will. He The bill was ordered to-be laid a-side with a favorable recom­ is a man of unusual intellectual character, and, like many other mendation. good soldiers, he never applied for a pension as long a-s his brain WILLIAM PAUL. and hand could labor. He should have been pensioned fmm the day of his discharge. He needs it now and I know he is worthy The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. of it. 10925) granting an increase of pension to William Paul. I am satisfied that if the Senate had had before it the te timony The bill wa,s read, as follows: that I am now reciting that body would have passed the bill at Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 830 a month. I hope that such an amendment may be made here, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and I offer the amendment as a committee amendment. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Paul, late of Com­ pany D, Twenty-second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Does the gentleman offer that as an a pension at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. amendment of the committee? The amendments recomm&nded by the committee were read, as Mr. CALDERHEAD. I do. follows: The question being taken on the amendment of ltlr. CALDER­ In line 6 strike out the word "Twenty-second" and insert in lieu thereof HEAD to strike out " 24" and insert " 30," it was agreed to. the word "Twenty-seventh." The bill as amended was laid aside to be reported favorably to In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lien thereof the word the House. "twenty." LUCY M. FERMAN. The amendments were agreed t.o. The bill a-s amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. able recommendation. 11976) granting a pension to Lucy M. Ferman, who served as a ALBERT J. HART. matron and nurse in military hospitals during the civil war. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted, etc., That the Commissioner of Pensions be, and ho is hereby, 11075) grantin()' an increa e of pension to A. J. Hart. authorized to place on the pension roll the name of Lucy M. Ferman, on 1902. 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account of services in the civil war, 1861-1865, in the One hundred and eleventh The bill was read, as follows: Pennsylvania Infantry, also as matron and nurse in the military hospital at Harper's Ferry, in 1862, and in military hospital at Sandy Hook, Md., 1863 Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and 18M, and that she be pensioned at the rate fixed by law for nurses during authorized and directed to place on the pension roll1 subject to the provisions the war. and limitations of the pensions laws, the name of Amelia A. Russell, widow of Michael Russell, and pay her a pension of $17 per month. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as follows: Th~ amendment recommended by the committee was read, as Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ follows: lowing: Strike out all of lines 6 and 7 and insert in lieu thereof the following: "of "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Amelia A. Russell, widow of Michael RusselltJate first lieutenant Company directed to ;place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations I, One hundred and sixty-ninth Regiment .New York Volunteer Infantry, of the pens1on laws, the name of Lucy M. Ferman, late a nurse in the Med­ and pay her a pension at the rate of $17 per month." ical Department, United States Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of 12 per month." The amendment was agreed to. . Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Lucy M. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Ferman." able recommendation. The amendments were agreed to. SAMUEL BORTLE. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. able recommendation. 5228) granting a pension to S. Bortle. W. A. HOPPER! ALIAS CUFF W l. TSON. The bill was read, as follows: · Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business was the bill (H. R. 12116) granting a pension authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subjecttotheprovisions toW. A. Hopper. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of S. Bortle, late of Company-, The bill was read, as follows: Twenty-eighth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, and pay him a. pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The amendments recommended by the committee were read, a-s and limitations of the pension laws, the name of W. A. Hopper, of Rock­ follows: ingham County,_~- C. (post-office, Madison, N. C.)-llate of Company M, Elev enth Regiment .Michigan Volunteers, who enlistea and served in said com­ In line 6 strike out the letter "S." and insert in lieu thereof the word pany under the name of Cuff Watson in the war between the States, and pay "Samuel." him a pension at the rate of $25 per month. In the same line, after the word "Company," insert the letter "E." In line 7 strike out the word "Volunteers" and insert in lieu thereof the The amendments recommened by the committee were read, as words "Volunteer Infantry." . follows: In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "forty." Strike out lines 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 and insert in lieu thereof the follow­ Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to ing: "of William A. HopJ>8r, alias Cuff Watson, late of Company M, Elev­ Samuel Bortle." enth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a penSlon at the rate of $12 per month." The amendments were agreed to. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to William A. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Hopper, alias Cuff Watson." able recommendation. The amendments were agreed to. GEORGE W. SHAW. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able recommendation. The next business was the bill (H. R.12284) granting a pension to George W. Shaw. WILLIAM H. WOOD. The bill was read, as follows: The next business was the bill (H. R. 6441) granting an increase Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, of pension to William H. Wood. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George W. Shaw, late of Company C, Eleventh ~giment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and pay him Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subJect to the provisions and limitations of the pension la.ws, the name of William· H. Wood, late of · The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as the United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month follows: in lieu of that he is now receiving. In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as ''thirty-six.,, follows: The amendment was agreed to. , . In line 6, before the word "United," insert the words "United States The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor- · steamships Santee and Marion." • able reCommendation. The amendment was agreed to. THOMAS E. SAULS. · The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able reconn:i:Iendation. The next business on thePrivate Calendarwasthe bill (S. 2046) granting an increase of pension to Thomas E. Sauls. GOTTLIEB KAFER. The bill was read, as follows: The next business was the bill (H. R. 4183) granting a pension Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is herebv, to Gottlieb Kafer. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas E. Sauls, late of The bill was read, as follows: Company H, Sixth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, and P!-Y him a pen­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, sion at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Gottlieb Kafer, late of Com­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ pany M, Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a mendation. pension at the rate of $25 per month. JAMES E. HORTON. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. follows: 12550) granting an increase of pension to James E. Horton. In line 8 strike out the word "twenty-five" and insert in lieu thereof the word "seventeen." The bill was read, as follows: In same line, after the word "month," insert the words "in lieu of that he Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, is now receiving." authorized and directed to place the name of James E. Horton, late of Com­ Amend title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Gott­ pany A. Sixteenth Regimant New York Volunteer Infantry, on the pension lieb Kafer." roll at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of the amount he is now receiving. The amendments were agreed to. The amendment recommended by the Committee on Invalid The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Pensions was read, as follows: able recommendation. Strike out all of lines 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ lowing: THOM.fs FENERAN. "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations The next business was the bill (S. 1924) granting an increase of the pension laws, the name of James E. Horton. late of Company A, Six­ of pension to Thomas Feneran. teenth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at The bill was read, as follows: the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The amendment was agreed to. aut-horized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas Fenera.n, late of The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in able recommendation. lieu of that he is now receiving. EUGENE J. OULMAN. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 1982) mendation. granting an increase of pension to Eugene J. Oul:ru::m. AMELIA A. RUSSELL. The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business was the bill (H. R. 12275) granting a pension authorized and directed to :place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions +.o Amelia-A. Russell. and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of Eugene J. o~1hn.q,n, late of 3386 CONGRESSIONAL ,REOO_RD-,HO_U£E. 1\!.A.RCH 28,

Compa.ny B, Thirty-second Regimantiowa Volnnteer.Infantry,and payJrim The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor- a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is·now receiving. able recommendation. . ""The bill was ordered :to' be-laid :side withJ.a favorable recom­ mendation. JOHN HALL. ·EDwARD H. ARMSTRONG. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The next business orr the. Private Calendar was the bill (8. 3696) 2599) granting aninc-rease of pension to John Hall. granting an increase of pension to Edward H. Armstrong. · The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the:Seeretary of the Interior be,and he is hereby, The bill'Was-read, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions ·Be it enacted, etc., That the Seeretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, -).nd limitations of thepens:i.onlaws, the name of John Hall, late a-sergeant of a11thorizedand directed to :place on the pension roll~ subject to the provisions uompany H, Fourth Tennessee Volunteers, Mexican war, at the rate of $50 and limitations of the pan.s10n laws, the name of Eawa.rd H. Armstrong, late per month m lieu of that he is now receiving, the same to be }laid to hlm of Company I, One hundred and eighteenth·Regiment.New_York Volunteer under-the: rules of the..Eension Bureau as to_mode and times of payment. Infantry, and.~y him a pension at therate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid P P-n..E';I)ns were read, as follows: 'The bill was ordered to beJ.aid aside with a favorable recom­ F~1-ike out of the title the words "of .Bradle-y County, Tenn." Strike out mendation. a' l.:::.. the bill atter the words "John Han :' in line 6, and substitute therefor ::rtiARIA. 'LOUISA 'MICHIE. the following: "late of ComJ?anyH, Fourm1 Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, war with Mexico, and pay him a pension at the rate of $16 per month in lieu The next business on the PrivateDalendarwas-the bill (8.1681) of that he is now receiving." granting an increase of pension to Maria Louisa Michie. The amendments were agreed to. 'The bill was read, as follows: · 'The bill as amended-was ordered to be laid aside·with a favor­ Be it c,na.cted, etc., That the Secretary otthainterior be, andb.ais hereby, able recommendation. a.11thorized and directed to place an.Jh.e pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the-peilSlonlaws, the name of Maria Louisa Micliie;widow JAMES T. STEELE. of Peter S.Michie, late professor at Military _Academy assimilated toxa.nk ofcolonelj,United States Mmy, and pay her a pension at-the·rateof $40 per "'"The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. month in lieu of that she is now receiving. 10496) granting a pension to James T. ·Steele. The bill1Was ordered to be laid aside:with a favorable recom­ '"The bill wasTead;·a.s follows: mendation. Be-it enacted etc., That the Secretary of the Interior .be, and he is hereby, authorized to pia~ upon the pension roll; subject othe~wise to the provisions GEORGE C. TILL11A...'l". and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James T. Steele, late a. member The next bnsiness on· the Private Calendar :Was the bill (S.-4071) of the-Hospital Corps, United -states Army, during the Spanish-American granting an increase of pension to George C. Tillman. war, and pay him a pension at the rate of 12 per month. The bill was·read, as--follows: The amendment -recommended by the committee-was read, as Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, follows: authorized and directed to plece on the pension roll, subject to· the_provi­ Strike out all after the enacting cia use and substitute therefor the following: sions. and J:i:mitations of the pension laws;.the name of Georg~ C. Tillman, ".Thatthe£ecre.tary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and late of Company C, First Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry, war with directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations Mexico, and pay him a. pension at the rate of..$!?5 per month in lieu of that he of the peil.Slon laws, the name of James T. Steele, late of the Hospital Corps, is now receiving. United States Army, war with Spain, and pay him a pension at the Tate of $8 .The amendment recommended by the committee-were.. read, as per month." follows: The amendment was agreed to. be -Amended, however, by fixing the rate. of pension to be allowed at 16 per The bill as amended was ordered to laid aside with a favor­ .month, that being -the allowance. recommended by your committee in all able recommendation . cases of this character where the pension allowed is purely a service one and .the conditions£hown are not extreme. EDWIN P. JOHNSON • The amendment·was•agreed to. The next business on the Private Calendar·was the bill (H. "R. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ 9308) granting an increase of pension to Edwin P. J.ohnson. able recommendation. ·The bill was read, as follows: EDWARD THOMPSON. .Beit enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 2976) and limitations of the peil.Slon laws, the name of Edwin P. Johnson, a mem­ ber of Company E, Thirteenth Regiment United ·States Infantry, in the granting an increase of pension to Edward Thompson. Mexican war, and pay him a pension at the rate of $25 per month in .lieu of The bill was·read, as follows: that he is .now receivmg. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretar~of the Interiorbe,.and.he is hereby, The amendments recommendeq by the committee were read, as authorized and directed to place on the .vension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, :the: name of Edward Thompson, late of follows: Company B, Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, and ordnance sergeant In line 6 strike out "a_member" a.nd_insert u late." 'United States Mmy, war with Mexico, and pay him a pension at the-rate of In line 7 strike out "in the Mexican war" and substitute therefor "war $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. with Mexico." The amendment recommended·by the committee·was ·read, as In line 8 strike ont "twenty-five" and insert" twelve." .follows: Mr. .DAVIS . . Mr. Chairman, I offer the amendment which I Inliue 9, atter the word "of" strike out· the word "twenty-four" and in­ send to the Clerk's ·desk. _sert in lieu .thereof the word "twenty." The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Florida offers an The amendment was agreed to. amendment .which the Clerk will report. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside·with a favor­ Mr. DAVIS. .I ask that the committee be liberal enough with able recommendation. me in this case to give the applicant at leas-t $15 a month instead OLIVER GlSBORNE. of $8. The Clerk read_as follows: The next bu.sine son the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3072) granting a pension to Oliver Gisborne. Strike out "eight" and insert "fifteen." The bill was read, as follows: Mr. DAVIS. , _The report of the committee in this case gives $8 a month. Mr. Johnson, the beneficiary of the bill, was really a Be it enacted, etc., "That the Seeretary of the Interiol'.be, and he is hereby, · authorized and directed to place on the pension·roll, subject to the proYisions captain in the Florida Seminole-Indian war, but the-records were and limitations of the pension laws, the name ..of Oliver Gisborne, late of so incomplete that that fact is not made to appear of record here. Company H, First Regiment Vermont Volunteer lnfantry, .war with Spain, He appeared only as a private, and upon that idea was given only rand pay him a. pension at the rate of $50 per month. $8 a month by the amendment of the committee. Captain John­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ son was in point .of fact a captain in this war and did valiant and _mendation. splendid service. I ask the committee, therefore, to give him $15 CATHARINE F. EDMUNDS, a month instead of the $8 reported.by the committee. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 1172) The CHAIRMAN. The Chair desires to state to the gentleman granting an increase of pension to Catharine F. Edmunds. thatthe amendment recommended by the committee gives twelve - The bill was. read, as follows: dollars a month instead of eight. Does the gentleman desire to Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, correct his amendment, so as to make it read to insert "fifteen" authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions instead of '' twelve?'' and limitations of the pensionlaws..t.~e name of Catharine F. Edmunds, widow ofFrankH.Edmunds,latemajor,.l'irst RegimentUnite.dStatesinfantry,and Mr. DAVIS. .The bill I have before me gives him a pension at pay her a pension at the rate of $35 per month_in lieu of that she is now re­ .the rate of $8 a month; but in any event I move to strike out ceiving, and S2 per month additional on aecount of the minor child of said "twelve" and insert "fifteen." •Frank. H. Edmunds until she reaches the a.ge of 16 years. The CHAIRMAN. The .gentleman ..from Florida moves to The amendment recommended by -the committee was read, as amend the committee amendment by inserting the word ''fifteen'' follows: in place of the word "twelve." · ·Strike ont ":thirty-five," inline81 and substitute therefor "thirty,, .Mr.-LOUDENSLAGER. Mr. Chairman, I ti11st the committee The 2-mendmeut-was.agreed to. will not adopt this amendment. The gentleman evidently was i:l 1902. CONGRESSIONAL _REOGRD- H0UBE .. !1387

enor in :regard to .the amount carried in the bill as reported irom The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor· the committee. As amended by the committee, ·the bill pToposes able recommendation. to pay this soldier $12 a month. .That is the rate that the general EMILY BRIGGS. law .gives to soldim·s of the Mexican -war w.hen they are depend­ The next business on the hivate Calendar was"1he bill (H. R. ent, but this beneficiary is not dependent. The testimony shows 9592) gi'anting a pension to Emily Briggs. that he is possessed of property; -that he applied under the law for The bill was read, as follows: an increase to $12 and was denied. .This gives him the $12 a month. Be it-enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the.Interior be, and he is hereby, Mr. DAVIS. -If the gentleman ·'Will. _permit.me, I have a print authorized and -directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the- provisions of the bill before me which purports-to be amended so as-to allow and limitations of the ·pension laws, the name df Emily .Briggs, mother of James Brigg~, late of Company G, Forty-seventh .Regiment New York Vol­ $8 a month. If the statement of the gentleman is correct, 'I will unteer Infantry, Spanish war, and pay her a pension a.t the rate of 12 per withdraw the amendment. montk. J\fr. LOUDENSLAGER. It is reported at $12 a month. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as 1\Ir. DAVIS. Then I withdraw my. amendment. follows: The committee amendments were agreed to. In line 6 insert the word "dependent 11 before the word "mother; 11 in line 'The bill as amended was ordered to be •laid aside to be repoTted 8 strike out the words "Spanish war" 1lD.d insert in lieu thereof the words to the House with a favorable recommendation. "war with Spain." JOHN GASTON. The amendments were agreed to. . The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside wit}l-a favor· The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (.H. R. able recommendation. 11578) granting an increase of pension ~ to - John - Gaston. .The bill was..read, asiollows: MIKA. WEIRAUOH • Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, .and. he isllereby, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions 10010) gi'anting a pension to 1\fina Weirauch. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of ;John Gaston, late of Com­ pany G, Second.Regimentlllinois Volunteer Infantry-, war with Mexico, and The bill 'Was read, as follows: pay .him a pension .at the rate of 16 per .month in lieu of that he is-now re­ Be it enacted, etc., That the-Secretary of the Interior be,and.heis hereby, ceiving. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll subjectto the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of "'Mina. Weirauch widow of The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a f.avorableTecom- Heinrich·Weirauch,lat-eof Co.mpanyL,FourthRegimentUnited States Cav­ mendation. · alry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $8 per month, and in addition ANNIE L. EVErS. thereto $2 per month for her·minor child under 16 years of age. The next'business on the Private Calendar-was the bill (H. R. 'The amendment Tecommended by the committee was read, as 5560) granting-a pension to .A.nnie L . Evens. follows: · In lines 8~ 9, and 10 strike out the following words: ''and in addition thereto T.he bill was Tead, as follows: $2 per montn for her minor child under 16 years of age." Be it enacted, etc., 'That the Secreta~-y of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions .The amendment was aoOTeed -to. and limitations of the pension laws, the marne of Annie L. Evens, widow of The bill as amended was ordered to be 1aid aside with a favor· John H. Evens, late first lieutenant, Forty-third Infantry United States Vol­ able recommendation. unteers, and pay her a. pension of $50 per month from the date of the death of the said John H. Evens, May 11, 1900. CAROLlliE A. HA..IDlOND. 'The amendments recommended by the committee-were read, as The next business on the Private Calendar was 'the· bill (H. ~R. -follows: 9187) granting an increase of pemrion to Caroline A. Hammond. In line 7 after the word "lieutenant," insert "Company K," and in the :.The bill was read, as follows: same line Slil'ikeou.t1 ".Infantry United. States Volunteers," and insertin lieu thereof "Regiment United States ,Volunteer Infantry, war with Spain." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, In line 8, after the word "pension," insert" at the rate," and in the same authorized and directed to place on the pension. roll, subject to the provisions line strike out "fifty" and substitute therefor "twenty-me." and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Caroline A. Hammondl Strike out all. in fue bill after the words "per month," in line 8, and insert widow of William P. Hammond, e1lS1gil in Captain Goodwyn's company or in lieu thereof "in lieu of that she is now receiving, and $2 per month ad­ Alabama Volunteers, and :I_>aY her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in ditional on account of each of the minor children of said John H. Evens, lieu of that she is now ~·ecetvmg. until they re.ach the age of 16 years." The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as Amend the title so as to read: ':A bill granting an increase of pension to follows: Annie L. Evens." In line 7 strike out the words "ensign in" and insert the words "late of;" 'The amenilinents were agreed to. iiLline 8 insert the words "Creek Indian war;" in line 9 strike out the word The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ "twenty:fi\e" and insert in lieu thereof the word "twelve;" add to the bill able recommendation. the-following words: "the same to be paid to her under the rules of the Pen­ sion .Bureau as to mode and times of payment, without any deduction or FRA!\"'X W. LYNN. rebate on-account of any former erroneous payments of peilBlon." ..The next business on the .Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The amendments were agreed to . 4622) granting a pension to Frank W. Lynn. The billas..amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill was read, as follows: able recommendation. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior bet and he is hereby, IRIDi"IA C. HILL. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll,-subJect to the Jlrovi­ sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frank'W.Lynn, late of The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Company C, First Regiment Colorado Volunteer Infantry, war with Spain, 11737) .granting a _pension to .Irene Hill. and pay 'him a. pension at the rate of $24: per month. The"bill was read, as follows: · The bill was ordered to be laid -aside with a favorable recom­ .Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby mendation. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisionS JOH...~ -;J, MARTIN. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of1rene Hill, dependent mother of James T. Hill, late of Company M, Forty-fifth ·Regiment United States The next business on the Private Calenclar was the bill (H. R. Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month. 1046) granting an increase of pension to John J. Martin. The amendments Iecommended by the committee were read, as The bill was read, as follows: . follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the--Secre-tary of the'Interior be; and he· is hereby, In line 6 strike out the word ''Irene'' n.nd insert in lieu thereof the words authorized and directed to J?lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions "Irenia C.·" inline 8 insert the words "war with Spain;" in line 9 strike out and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of John J . .Martin, late a cap­ the word •1twenty" and insert in lieu thereof-the word "twelve." tain, .Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, war with 'Mexico, and pay him a pension at-the rate of $16 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The amendments·were agreed to. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The bill as amended was ordered 'to be laid aside with a favor· mendation. able:recommendatian. CHARLES .A.. PERKINS. LEWIS H. DELONY, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 148G) granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Perkins. 11924) granting an increase of pension to Lewis H. 'Delong. The bill was read, as follows: The bill-was read, as follows: J3e it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc.;Thati:he Secretary of the Int-erior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions authorized and directed to :pla~e on the pension roll, snbject to·the provisions and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of Charles A-Perkins, iate of andJ.!mitations of the_peJ?.S!on laws, the name of Lewis E. Delong, late a pri­ Company K, Second Regiment Missouri Mounted Volunteers, war with Mex­ vate m Capt. G . ..K. LeWJS's -compa.ny, Lane's battalion, of Texas Mounted ico,a.ndJ?Ry him apensionattherateof $25'J)er-monthinlieuof that heis Volnnteers,-war with Mexico, and 1?--"''Y him a pension atthe rate of - ~ per now recervmg. month·in lieu otthat he is now rece1vmg. ·The amendment recommended by the committee .was read, as The amen-dments recommended by the committee were read, as follows: follows: ...In line 8 strike-out-the word "twentyofive" and inserl'l sixteen." In line 6 strike out the word "Delong" and insert in lieu thereof the ~ord ':D$ny;" in lines 6, 7, and 8 strike out the words" a private in Capt. G. K. ·The amenfunent was agreed to: LeWlS's company,I,a;ne's battalion, of Texas Mounted Volnnteers" and insert ..

3388 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 28, in lieu thereof the words" of Company A, Battalion Texas Volunteer Cav­ Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu alry." of that he is now receiving." The amendments were agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able recommendation. able recommendation. WASHINGTON OJERS. SAMUEL HYMAN. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 12356) granting a pension to Washington Ojers. 11638) granting an increase of pension to Samuel Hyman. The bill was read, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Private Washington Ojers, and limitations of the pension laws. the name of Samuel Hyman, late Ba.lti· late of Company G, Second Regiment United States Infantry, ancf pay him a more Battery Light Artillery, and ~ay him a pension at the rate of $12 per pension at the rate of $00 per month, month in lieu of that he is now rece1vmg. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as follows: follows: In line 6 strikeout the word "Private;" in the same line strike out "G." In line 6, before the word " Baltimore," insert the words "of the." and insert the letter "D." In same line, after the word "Battery," insert the words .. Maryland Vol­ The amendments were agreed to. unteer." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The amendments were agreed to. able recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able recommendation. MATILDA E. CLARKE. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. HANNAH A.. TIMMONS. 12418) granting a pension to Matilda E. Clarke. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill was read, as follows: 11894) granting a pension to Hannah A. Timmons. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was read, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Matilda E. Clarke, the former authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions widow of Alphonse Bietry, late of Company - 1 Seventh Regiment United and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Hannah A. Timmons, widow States Infantry, and pay her a pension at the raw of $12 per month. of William R. Timmons late captain of Company D, Thirty-fifth Regiment The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as illinois Volunteer Infantry, and to payjher a pension at the rate of ~per follows: month. In line 6 strike out the words "the former" and insert "formerly;" in line The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as 1 strike out the words "of Company" and insert the words "unassigne re­ follows: cruit." In line 7 strike out the word "of." The amendments were agreed to. In line 8 strike out the word "to." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The amendments were agreed to. able recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ ZACHARIAH R. SANDERS. able recommendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. OLE OLESON. 9847) granting an increase of pension to Zachariah R. Sanders. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill was read, as follows: 11798) granting an increase of pension to Ole Oleson. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was read, as follows: authorized and directed to place on ke pension roll, subject to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and limitations of the pension laws, the name Zachariah R. Sanders, late authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions of Ohlo Mexican Volunteers, and pay hlm a pension at the rate of $50 per and limitations of the peDSlon laws, the name of Ole Oleson, late of Company month in lieu of that he is now r eceiving. D, Fifteenth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now r ece1ving. follows: The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as In line 6 strike out the word " Sanders" and insert in lieu thereof the word follows: "Saunders;" in same line strike out the words " Ohlo Mexican Volunteers;" In line 8 strike out the word "thirty " and insert in lieu thereof the word in line 7 insert the words "Company Ct Second Regiment Ohlo Volunteer In­ "twenty-four." fantry, war with Mexico;" in line 9 strike out the word "fifty" and insert the word "twenty." The amendment was agreed to. The amendments were agreed to. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able recommendation. able recommendation. .ANN E. AUSTIN. JAMES F. P. JOHNSTON. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 6645) granting an increase of pension to Ann E. Austin. 10090) granting an increase of pension to James F. P. Johnston. The bill was read, as follows: The bill was read, as follow : Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ann E. Austin, widow of authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of James F. P. Jo~ph 0. Austin, late of Company F, Twelfth Regiment Rhode Island Vol­ Johnston, of Florida, late a captain in Capt. James F. P . Johnston's inde­ unteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of pendent company of volunteers in the Florida Indian war of 1858, and pay that she is now receiving. hlm a pension of $00 per month. . The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as The amendmant recommended by the committee was read, as follows: follows: In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word Strike out all after the word" roll," in line 4, and insert ", subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of JamesF.P.John­ "twelve." ston, late captain Independent Florida Mounted Volunteers, Florida Indian The amendment was agreed to. war, and pay hlm a pension at the rate of $8 per month." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The amendment was agreed to. able recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ MINNIE M. RICE. able recommendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. RICHARD TRIST. 12129) granting a pension to Minnie :M. Rice. The next business on the Privat-e Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill was read, as follows: 10173) to grant an increase of pension to Richard Trist, late of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, au­ Company A, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. thorized and directed to place on the pension roil, the name of Minnie M. Rice, daughter of Robert H. Rice, late a member of Company I, Eighty­ The bill was read, as follows: seventh Regiment of illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension o! Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, $12 per month, subject to the conditions and limitations of the pension laws. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as and limitations of the penswn laws, the name of Richard Trist, la~ of Com· pany A, First Wisconsm Volunteer Infantry, and pay hlm a pensiOn at the follows: rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ lowing: The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and follows: directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations Strike out all after the word "name," in line 5, and insert the following: of the penBion laws1 the name of Minnie M. Rice, the helpless and dependent "of Richard Trist, late of Company B, First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer daughter of Roberti H. Rice, late of Company I, Eighty-seventh Regimeni 1902. CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD-HOUSE. 3389

Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the 'rate of S12 per tions of the pension laws, the name of Frederick Wright, late of the U. S. S. month." Minnesota, United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lien of that he is now receiving." The amendment was agreed to. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Frederick Wright." able recommendation. The amendments were agreed to. FRANCES J. HAUGHTON. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. able recommendation. 2857) to increase the pension of Frances J. Haughton. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. The bill was read, as follows: The committee informally rose, and a message in writing from Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place the name of Frances J. Haughton, widow of the President of the United States was communicated to the House Nathaniel Haughton, late colonel of the Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infan­ of Representatives, by Mr. PRUDEN, one of his secretaries. try, upon the pension roll of the United States, and pay her a pension of $00 The committee resumed its session. per month from and after the passage of act. ADOLPH BECKER. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as follows: The next business was the bill (H. R. 9458) granting an increase Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ of pension to Adolph Becker. lowing: The bill was read, as follows: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, directed to J;>lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subjecli 1 to the provisions of the peD.Slon laws, the name of Frances J. Haughton, widow of Nathaniel and limitations ofthepension laws, the name of Adolph Becker, late lieutenant­ Haughton, late lieutenant-colonel Twenty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer In­ colonel Forty-sixth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and ~Y him a fantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $17 per month in lieu of that she pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. is now receiving." Amend the title so as to read: "A bill gra11ting an increase of pension to The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as Frances J. Haughton." follows: The amendments were agreed to. Strike out all of lines 6, 7, 8, and 9 and insert in lieu thereof the following: "of Adolph Becker, late captain Company G, Twentieth Regiment New York The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $00 per month in able recommendation. lien of that he is now receivmg." JOSEPH ~TBROOK. The amendment was agreed to. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ 8721) granting an increase of pension to Joseph Westbrook. able recommendation. The bill was read, as follows: CLARA B. TOWNSEND. . Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business was the bill (H. R. 9378) granting a pension authorized and directed to place on the pension roll.J subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws\ the name of .JQseph Westbrook, late of to Clara B. Townsend. Company I Forty-first Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a The bill waB read, as follows: pensiOn at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Clara B. Townsend, widow of Justus Townsend, late acting assistant surgeon, United follows: • States Army, and pay her a pension of $12 per month. . In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lien thereof the word "twenty-four." The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as The amendment was agreed to. follows: " Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lien thereof the fol­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ lowing: able recommendation. "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations .A.LEX.A.NDER F. M'CONNELL, of the pension laws, the name of Clara B. Townsend, widow of Justus Town­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. end, late acting assistant surgeon, United States Army, and pay her a pen­ 7116) granting an increase of peDBion to Alexander F. McConnell. sion at the rate of $8 per month." The bill was read, as follows: The amendment was agreed to. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to tile provisions able recommendation. I and limitations of the pension laws the name of Alexander F. McConnell, OLE STEENSLAND. late of Company K, One hundred and twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and J>B:Y him a pension at the rate of $45 per month in lieu of that The next business was the bill (H. R. 10782) granting a peDBion he is now rece1ving. to Ole SteeDBland. ' The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The bill was read, as follows: mendation. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, JOHN J. WOLFE. authorized and directed to ;Place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ole Steensland, late of Com­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. pany E, Fifteenth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a 0070) granting a pension to John J. Wolfe. pension at the rate of $25 per month. The bill was read, as follows: The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be1 and he is hereby, follows: · authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions In line 8 strike out the word "twenty-five" and insert in lieu thereof the and limitations of the peD.Slon laws, the name of John J. Wolfe, late of Com­ word "twenty-four." pany A, First Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of sro per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The amendment was agreed to. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ follows: able recommendation. In line 6 strike out the word "of" and insert in lieu thereof the words HENRY S. FOSTER. "first lieutenant." The next business was the bill (H. R. 11496) granting a pension In line 8 strike out the word "twenty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "seventeen." to Henry S. Foster. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to The bill was read, as follows: John J. Wolfe." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The amendments were agreed to. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of HenryS. ]'oster, the per­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ manently helpless son of William R. Foster, late unasslgned drafted man, able recommendation. Indiana Volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24 per month. FREDERICK WRIGHT. The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. follows: 5170) granting a pension to Frederick Wright. Strike out all of lines 6, 7, 8, and 9 and insert in lieu thereof the following: "of HenryS. Foster, the helpless and dependent son of William Foster, late The bill was read, as follows: an unassigned private, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior bel and he is hereby, a.t the rate of $12 per month." authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll suoject to the provi­ sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jhederick Wright, of The amendment was agreed to. · North Platte, in the State of Nebraska., late seamen, U. S. S. Minnesota, The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in able recommendation. lieu of the pension he is now receiving. ALONZO LEWIS. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The next business was the bill (H. R. 1742) granting an in- follows: · crease of pension to Alonzo Lewis. · Strike out all after the enactin.g clause and insert in lien thereof the fol­ lowing: The bill was read, as follows: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limita- authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisiolll •

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and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Alonzo Lewis, late of Com- The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as pany B, Fourth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen- follows: sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. In line 7, before the word "Pennsylvania,,, insert the word "Regiment." The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ ln line 8 strike out the words "thirty-six" and insert in lieu thereof the mendation. words "twenty-four." ALBION P. STILES. The amendments were agreed to. The next business was the bill (H. R. 11662) granting an in­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid a-side with a fa\or­ crea e of pension to Albion P. Stiles. able recommendation. The bill was read, as follows: S. AGNES YOUNG. Be it e-nacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business was the bill (H. R. 11112) granting a pension authorized and directed to :place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the penSion laws, the name of Albion P. Stiles, late of Com­ to S. Agnes Young. pany H, Seventeenth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, s.nd pay him a The bill was read as follows: pension at the rate of SOO per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of S. Agnes Young, widow of Thomas L. Young, late lieutenant-colonel of the One hun­ follows: dred and eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension of $40 In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word a month in lien of that she is now receiving. "twenty-four." The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The amendment was agreed to. follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lien thereof the fol­ able recommendation. lowing: AARONS. GATLIFF. "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to _place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. of the pens10n laws, the name of S. Agnes Young, Wldow of Thomas L. Young, 1455) granting an increase of pension to AaronS. Gatliff. late lieutenant-colonel One h1mdred and eighteenth Regiment Ohio Volun­ teer Infantry, and pay her a pension of $00 per month in lieu of that she is The bill was reae, and he is he!~by, able recommendation. authorized and directed to place on the pens10n roll, sub~ect to the proVlSlons and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William T. Peterson, late JOSEPH P. 0 BRIE..."'i. of Companv F, One hundred and ninety-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer In­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1292) for the relief of J. P. O'Brien. 1902. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3391

The bill was read, as follows: sergeant of Company ~ yourth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and to pay him a pension. at the rate of~1 per month in lien of that he is now receiving. Be it e-nacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid and limitations of the pension laws, the name of J.P. O'Brien, late private, Pensions were read, as follows: Battery F, First United States Artillery, 1878, and hospital steward in 1865, and landsman on board U.S. S. Kansas, 1872, and pay him a pension at the In line 6 strike out the words" first sergeant." rate of $12 per month. In same line, after the word "Fourth," insert the word "Regiment." In line 7 strike out the word "to." The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid In line 8 strike .out the word "forty" and insert in lieu thereof the word Pensions were read, as follows: "thirty." Str::ke out all of lines 6, 7, 8, 9 10, and 11 and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ The amendments were agreed to. lowin:;: " of Joseph P. O'Brien, lite hospital steward, United States Army, The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ and p!l.y him a pension at the rate of Sl2 per month." Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Joseph P. able recommendation. O'Brien." M. C. ROGERS. The amendments were agreed to. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ 12697) granting a pensio'Il to M. C. Rogers. able recommendation. The bill was read, as follows: JAMES BROWN. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place upon the pension roll the name of M. C. Rogers, and grant The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. him a pension at the rate of·-- dollars per month for services rendered to 11 90) granting an increase of pension to James Brown. the Federal Army and for wounds receiT"ed in said service during the civil The bill was read, as follows: war. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be; and he is hereby, The amendment recommended "by the Committee on Invalid authorized and directed to vJace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Pensions was read, as follows: and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of James Brown, late of Com­ pany-, Eleventh Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. lowing: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and The amendm~nts recommended by the Committee on Invalid directed to place on the pension roll.~, ~bject to the provisions and limitations Pensions were read, as follows: of the pellSlon laws, the name of .m. C. Rogers., late a guide, United States Volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate of $1.2 per month." In line 6, after the word "Company," insert the letter "D." In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word The amendment was agreed to. "thirty." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid a.side with a favor­ The amendments were agreed to. able recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able recommendation. RUTH B.AB.TLETT. EMSLEY KINS.A.ULS. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 12395) granting a pension to Ruth Bartlett. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill was read, as follows: 4238) granting a pension to Emsley Kinsauls. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was read, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Ruth Bart Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, lett, daughter of Sylvanus Bartlett, late of Company B, Eighteenth Regiment authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and p:1.y her a pension at the rate of $25 a month and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of Emsley Kinsauls, late a pri­ vate of Company E, Fourth Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, and The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid pay him a pension at the rate of $12 a month. Pensions were read, as follows: The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: Pensions were read, as follows: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and In line 6 strike out the words "a private." directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations In line 8 strike out the letter "a" and insert in lieu thereof the wo1·d of the pension laws, the name of Ruth Bartlett, the dependent and helpless "per." daughter of Sylvanus Bartlett, late first lieutenant Company H, Eighteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a. pension at the rate of $12 The amendments were agreed to. per month." - The bill as amended was ordered to be laid a.side with a favor­ The amendment was agreed to. able recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ ELIZABETH A. BURRILL. able recommendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. JOHN M. BROWN, 12054) granting a pension to Elizabeth A. Burrill. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 12774) granting an increase of pension to John M. Brown. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the J.>rovisions The bill was read, as follows: - · and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of Elizabeth a Burrill, widow Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, of Orrin A. Burrill, late of Company A, Fiftieth Regiment New York Volun­ authorized and directed to place on the pensionrollJ subject to the provisio.ns teer Engineers, and pay her a ~nsion at the rate of $12 per month. and limit&tio.ns of the peDSlon laws, the name of J onn M. Brown, late of Com­ pany E, Thirty-eighth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ Company C, First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, and pny him a pension at mendation. the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that 'he is now receivmg. . LOUISA M. MACFARLANE. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. as follows: 8003) granting an increase of pension to Louisa M. MacFarlane. In line 8, before the word "Mas3achusettB," insert the word "Regiment., In same line, after the word "Massachusetts," insert the word "Volun- The bill was read, as follows: teer." Be i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, In line 9 strike out the word "fifty" and insert the word "forty." authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Louisa M. MacFarlane The amendments were agreed to. widow of Michael B. MacFarlane, late of Battery B, Fifth Regiment United The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ States Artillery, and J?8>Y her a pension at the rate of$30 per month in lieu of that she is now recei:vlp.g. able recommendation. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as H.ANN.AH C. CHASE, follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. In line 6 strike out the word "MacFarlane" and in..."ert in lieu thereof the 8341) granting a pension to Hannah C. Chase. word •· Maefarlane.'' In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lien thereof the word The bill was read, as follows: "twelve." Be t't enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Amend title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Louisa a:uthorized .an.d ~acted to place .on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ M. Macfarlane." · Slons and limitations of the l)enSlon laws, the name of Hannah C. Chase widow of the late Rev. William T. Chase, late chaplain Eighty-first Colored The amendments were agreed to. Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of per month. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as able recommendation. follows: WALTER C. TUTTLE. Strike out all of lines 6, 7, and 8 and insert in lieu thereof the following: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. "of Hannah C. Chase, widow of William T. Chase, late chaplain Eighty­ first Re.,ooiment United States Colored Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a 12012) granting an increase of pension to Walter C. Tuttle. pension a.t the rate of $20 per month. The bill was read, as follows: The amendment was agreed to. Be i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions The billasamended was ordered to belaida.sidewithafavorable and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Walter C. Tuttle, late first recommendation. .. 1 3392 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 28,

JOHN M. SEYDEL, MARTHA A. GREENLEAF. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4413) 6695) granting an increase of pension to John M. Seydel. granting an increase of pension to Martha A. Greenleaf. The bill was read, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll the name of John M. Seydel, late a pri­ authorized and directed to ;place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions vate in Company G, Forty-seventh Regiment of Iowa Inf~ntry, at the rate and limitations of the peD.SJ.on laws, thenameof Martha A. Greenleaf, widow of $30 per month, said pension to be in lieu of the one he now receives. of Richard 0. Greenleaf, late captain Company E, First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and Company B, Fourth Regiment New The amendnient recommended by the committee was read, as Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of~ per follows: month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ lowing: The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and mendation. directed to place on the pension roll subject to the provisions and limitations JAMES LEHEW. of the peD.SJ.on laws, the name of John M. Seydel~ late of Company G, Forty­ seventh Regiment Iowa. Volunteer Infantry, ana pay him a pension at the The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 2006) rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." granting an increase of pension to James Lehew. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was read, as follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, able recommendation. authorized and directed to J?lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions ANDREW RAY. and limitations of the peD.SJ.on laws, the name of James Lehew, late of Com­ pany A, Twenty-eighth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. pension at the rate of S24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 6721) granting an increase of pension to Andrew Ray. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The bill was read, as follows: mendation. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, JULIUS W. CLARK. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the peD.SJ.on laws, the name of Andrew Ray, late of Com­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 1289) pany F, Twenty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $60 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. granting an increase of pension to Julius W. Clark. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, follows: authorized and directed to J?la.ce on the pension roll, subject to the provisions In line 6 strike out the word "of" and insert in lieu thereof the word and limitations of the pens10n laws, the name of Julius W. Clark, late cap­ "captain." tain of Company F, Twenty-fourth Re_gi}nent Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, In same line strike out the word 11 Twenty" and insert in lieu thereof the and J»!-Y him a pension at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now word "Ninety." rece1vmg. In line 8 strike out the word 11 sixty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "thirty." The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The amendments were agreed to. mendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ NADINE A. TURCHIN. able recommendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3518) FRANCES L. ACKLEY. granting a pension to Nadine A. Turchin. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 9290) granting a pension to Francis L. Ackley. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the J?rovisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Nadine A. Turchin, widow Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, of John B. Turchin, late colonel Nineteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer In­ authorized and directed to ylace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions fantry and brigadier-general United States Volunteers, and pay her a pension and limitations of the peD.SJ.on laws, the name of Francis L. Ackley, widow of at the rate of $ll per month. · Charles Ackley, late acting master in the United States Navy, ana pay her a pension at the rate of $00 per month. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom· mendation. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as MYRA W . ROBINSON. follows: Strike out all of lines 6, 7, and 8 and insert in lieu thereof the following: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4486} "of Frances L. Ackley, late a nurse in the Medical Department, United States granting an.increase of pension Myra W. Robinson. Navy, and pay her a pension at the rate of $roper month." to Amend the title so as to 1-ead.: "A bill granting a pension to Frances L. The bill w.a read, as follows: Ackley." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The amendments were agreed to. and limitations of the peD.SJ.on laws, the name of Myra. W. Robinson, widow The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ of Samuel C. Robinson, late of Company C, Twelfth Regiment New Hamp­ able recommendation. shire Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. HENRY I. SMITH. The bill was ordered be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. to 8794) granting a pension to Henry I. Smith. mendation. The bill was read, as follows: . AUGUSTUS E. HODGES. Be it enacted, etc., That the Seci'eta.ry of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the :P,rovisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Capt. Henry I. Snnth, late of 1685) granting an increase of pension to Augustus E. Hodges. Company B, Seventh Regiment Iowa. Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen­ The bill was read, as follows: sion at the rate of $72 per month. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The amendments recomm~ded by the committee were read, as authorized and directed to J?lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Augustus E. Hojges, late follows: of Company F, Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Vo1unteer Infantry, and In line 6 strike out the word "Captain." · pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now re­ In line 8 strike out the word "seventy-two" and insert in lieu thereof the ceiving. word "sixty." · In same fine, after the word "month," insert the words "in lieu of that he The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as fs now receiving:." follows: Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word Henry I. Smith." "thirty." The amendments were agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able recommendation. able recommendation. JOHN S. NELSON. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4304) CHARLES EDWARD PRICE LANCE, ALIAS EDWARD PRICE. granting a pension to JohnS. Nelson. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill was read, as follows: 5551) granting an increase of pension to Charles Edward Price Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Lance. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the peD.SJ.on laws. the name of JohnS. Nelson, late wagon The bill was read, as follows: master, Second Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,and Hooker's Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Division, United States Army, and pay him a pension at the rate of $15 per authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions month. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Charles Edward Price Lance, alias Edward Prwe, late of Company E, Sixteenth Regiment New The bill was ordered to be lr.ia asice with a favorable recom­ York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $25 mendation. per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. .· 1902. OONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. 3393

The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The bill was read, as follows: follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, In line 6 strike out the word "fl.ve" and insert in lieu thereof the word authorized and directed to place on the pension roll,., subject to the provisions "four." and limitations of the pens10n laws, the name of Jonn MarbleJ.United States Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to ~avy, a:nd pay hiD:!- a; pension at the rate of $72 per month in .Lieu of the pen­ Charles Edward Price Lance, alias Edward Price." SlOn he IS now rece1vmg. The amendments were agreed to. The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ follows: able recommendation. Strike out all of lines 6, 7, and 8 and insert in lieu thereof the following: "of John Marble, late of the U. S. S. Ohio, Cohassett, and Ceres\ United ROBERT G. SCROGGS. States Navy, ana pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month m lieu of The next business on the Private Galendar was the bill (H. R. that he is now receiving. 6890) granting an increase of pension to Robert G. Scroggs. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was read, as follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby able recommendation. authorized and directed to :place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions .ANDREW J. FREEMAN. and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Robert G. Scroggs, late as­ sistant surgeon of the One hundred and thirty-seventh Regiment illinois Vol­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 1967) unteer Infantry, and pay him a pel.\Sion at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Freeman. the $12 per month he IS now drawing. The bill was read, as follows: The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, follows: authorized and directed to pla~e on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pens10n laws;,. the name of Andrew J. Freoman, late of Strike out all of lines 6, 7, 8, and 9 and insert in lieu thereof the following: Company F, Twentieth Regiment vhio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a "of Robert G. Scroggs, late assistant surgeon~ One hundred and thirty-sev­ enth Regiment illinois Volunteer Infantry, ana :pay him a pension at the rate peDSlon at the rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg." The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The amendment was agreed to. mendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ MARY E. PETTIT, able recommendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. MARGARET M. GRANT. 11314) granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Pettit. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 7994) granting an increase of pension to Margaret M. Grant. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary E. Pettit, widow of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Capt. Gilbert B. Pettit, late of Company F One hundred and twentieth New authorized and directed to .Place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions York Infantry, and pay her a peDSlon at the rate of $25 per month in lieu of and limitations of the pens1on laws, the name of Margaret M. Grant, widow that she is now receiving. of Marcus Grant, late major First Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay her The following amendment was recommended by the committee: a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Strike out all of lines 6, 1, 8, and 9 and insert in lieu thereof the following: The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as "of Mary E. Pettit, widow of Gilbert B. Pettit, late first lieutenant Company follows: F, One hundred and twentieth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, ana pay her a pension at the rate of $17 per month in lieu of that she is now In line 1 before the word "Michigan" insert the word "Regiment." receiving." In the same line strike out the word "Infantry" and insert in lieu thereof the words "Engineers and Mechanics." The committee amendment was agreed to. · The amendments were agreed to. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able recommendation. able recommendation. THOMAS WILKINSON, HENRY F• G.A.SKIT..L. The next business on the Piivate Calendar was the bill (H. R. 5453) granting an increase of pension to Thomas Wilkinson. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The bill was read, as follows: 11180) granting an increase of pension to Henry W. Gaskill. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was read, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Thomas Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, Wilkinson, late of Company G, First Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, and authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Henry W. pay him a pension at the rate of $25 per month in lieu of that he is now Gaskill, late lieutenant, Company K, Twelfth New Jersey Volunteer Infan­ receiving. try t and pay him a pension of S50 per month from any date after the passage of this act. He is now on pension roll at $8 per month, invalid certificate No. The following amendment was recommended by the committee: 201)4:49, act June 27, 1890. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ lowing: The amendment recommended by the comnlittee was read, as ' That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and follows: · directed to :place on the penson roll, subject to the provisions and limitations Strike out a.ll after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ of the pensiOn laws, the name of Thomas Wilkinson, late of Company G, lowing: First Reginlent Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and '{>RY him a pension at ' That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg." directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the J?rovisions and limi­ The committee amendment was agreed to. tations of the pension laws, the name of Henry W. Gaskill, late first lieuten­ ant Company K, Twelfth R~giment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ him a pension at the rate of $t4permonthinlieuof that he is now receiving." able recommendation. The amendment was agreed to. OSCAR W. LOWERY. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. able recommendation. 5870) granting an increase of pension to Oscar W. Lowrey. SOLOMON P. BROCKWAY. The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll;,.subject to the provisionS 1054-5) granting an increase of pension to Solomon P. Brockway. and limitatiop.s of the. pension laws, the name of vscar W. Lo~rey, late of Company I, Sixth Reg1ment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and :pay him a pension The bill was read, as follows: at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Inb:lrior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, the name of Solomon P. With the following committee amendments: Brockway, late U'.ajor Ninth Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, at the rate of $50 Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lief thereof the fol­ per month in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. lowing: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations follows: of the pension laws, the name of OscarW.Lowery, late of CompanyD, Sixth Strike out all after the enacting clause and tnsert in lieu thereof the fol­ Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $00 lowing: per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations Oscar W. Lowery." of the pension laws, the name of Solomon P. Brockway, late major Ninth The committee amendments were agreed to. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ . The amendment was agreed to. able recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ NEIL GILLESPY. able recommendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. JOHN MARBLE, 7512) granting an increase of pension t.o Neil Gillespy. The bill was read, as follows: ']~he next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 3519) granting an increase of pe~ion to John Marble. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions XX:XV-213 3394 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 28,_ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Neil Gillespy, late of Com­ The following amendment was recommended by the committee: pany I, Forty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at. the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. In line 8 strike out the word "twelve" and insert in lieu thereof the word "eight." With the following committee amendment:_ The committee amendm(mt was agreed to. - In line 6, before the wo'!'d •• Wisconsin," insert the word "Regiment." The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ The committee amendment was agreed to. able recommendation. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the Honse with a favor­ SANDERS R. SEAMO~DS. able recommendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. JOHN GLENN. 42.61) granting an increase of pension to Sanders R. Seamonds. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: 4184) to increase the pension of John Glenn~ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was read~ as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sanders R. Seamonds, late Be it enacted, etc.\ That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, of Company M, Second Regiment Iowa Vohmteer Cavalry, and pay liim a directed and authonzed to increase the :pension of John Glenn late corporal, pension at the rate oE$60 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Company C, One hundredth Pennsylvarua. Volunteers, and pay him a pension of $50 per month in lieu of the pension he now receives. With the following committee amendment: In line 8 strike out the word "sixty" and insert in lieu. thereof the words With the following committee amendments: ''thirty-six.'' Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert in lieu thereof the :fol- The committee amendment was agreed to. lo~t the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and The- bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ directed to :place on the pensiorr roll, subject to the provisions and limitations able recommendation. of the pension laws, the name of John Glenn, late of Company C, One hun­ dredth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer· Infantry, and pay him a pension DANIEL SIMS. at the ra.te of $00 per month in lieu of that-he is now receiving." The next business was the bill (H. R. 4426) granting a pension Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an ine!rease of pension to to Daniel Sims. John Glenn." The bill was read, as follows: The committee amendments were agreed to. Be it enacted, etc., That the SeC?etary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ authorized and directed to :place on the pension roll, subject to the provi.slons able recommendation~ and limitations of the peDSion laws, the name of Daniel Sims, of California, Washington County, Pa. !at& a member of Independent Battery E, Pennsyl­ MARY HOLMES. >ania Volunteer Heavy li·tillery, war of the rebellion, from and aftEll' the The next business on the PrivatEJ Calendar was the bill (H. R. passage of this act-, at the rate of $00 per month. 7678) granting a pension to Mary Holmes. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as The bill was read, as follows: follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereby, Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert-in lien thereof the fol­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions lowing: and limitations of the pension laws the name of Mary Holmes, widow of "That. the Secretary of the Interior ·oo, and he is hereby, authorized and John 0. Holmes, late of Company F, Forty-seventh Regiment Wisconsin Vol­ directed to place on the pension.roll, subject to the provisions and limitations unteer Infantry and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. of the pension laws, the name of Daniel Sims, late of Independent Battery E, 1 Pennsylvania Volunteer Light Artillery, ana ;pay him a pension at the rate The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a. favor­ of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now rece1ving." able recommendation. Amend title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Daniel Sims." H.AR.M.A....~ SCRAMLIN. The amendments were agreed to. The next business on the Private Calenda-r was the bill (H. R. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with. a favor­ 6871) granting an increase of pension to Harman Scramlin. able recommendation. The bill was read, as follows: CHARLES F. COLES. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business was the bill (H. R. 5961) granting a pension authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to t;i,t!B~ovisions and limitations of the pension laws the name of Harman Scr · , late of to Charles F. Coles. Company D, Forty-second Regiment Iiifilois Volunteer Infantry, and :pay him The bill was- read, as follows: a pension at the L'ate of~ per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions With the following committee amendment: and limitations of the pens10nlaws, the name of CharlesF. Coles, late of Com­ In line 8 strike out the word" thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word pany H, Tenth Regiment Michi~n Volunteer Cava.lry, and pay him a pen­ "twenty-four." sion at the rate of $00 per morrth mlieu of that he is now receiving. Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, the committee desires The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as that the committee amendment be voted down. This was an old follows: soldier, and he was fourteen months in the Andersonville prison. In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word He ought to have $30 instead of $24. "twenty-four." The question was taken; and the amendment was disagreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the Honse with a favor­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able recommendation. able recommendation. ELIZA B. GAMBLE. PETER T. NORRIS, The next business was the bill (H. R. 9366) granting a pension The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 965) to Peter T. Norris. granting a pension to Eliza B. Gamble. The bill was read, as follows: The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it ena-cted, etc., That-the Secretary: of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., Tllat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the rolls of the P~nsion Office- the name of authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Peter T. Norris, late of Company C, Fortieth Regiment Kentuc1..-yVolunteer and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza B. Gamble, widow of Infantry, subject to the limitations and restrictions of the pension laws, and David C. Gamble, late captain Company E, Sixty..s:i.x.thRegiment!llinois Vok pay him a pension of $21 per month from and after the date of the passage of unteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of SID per month. this act. With the following amendment recommended by the commit­ The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as tee: follows: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ «That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby a-uthorized and lowing: 1 "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll~ !>ubject to the provisions and limitations directed to :pla~e on the pension roll1 subject to the provisions and limitations of the pens1on laws, the name of Eliza B. Gamble1 widow of David C. Gam­ of the pens10n laws, the name ofPeterT. Norris, late of Company C1 Fortieth ble, late captain CompanyE, Sixty-sixth Regimem; Illinois Volunteer Infan­ Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate try, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month." of $24: per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." The amendment was agreed to. Amend title so as to read:- "A bill granting an increase of pension tD Peter The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ T. Norris." able recommendation. The amendments were agreed to. MARY C. TRASK. The bill as amended was ordered to be Ia:id aside with a favor­ able recommendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H~ R""' RACHEL :s-RO~. 5150) granting a pension to Mary C. Tt·ask. The next business was the bill (H. R. 954) granting an increase The Clerk read the bill, as follows: of pension to Rachel Brown. Be it enacted, etc., Tha.t the SeCI·etary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place- on the- pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was read, as follows~ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of :Mary C. Trask, widow of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Amos B. Trask, late of Company G, Twenty-third Regiment Massachusetts authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Volunteer Infantry.andpayher a pension at the rate of$12 pe1· month. of the pension: laws, the name of Rachel Bro~,. widow of James B1·own,.late 1902. CONGRESSION .AL RECORD- HOUSE. 3395

a. major of the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a. pension at Zachariah E. Tho.Illas, late of Company A, First Regiment Iowa Volunteer the rate of $25 per month in lien of th:a1rshe is now-receiving. O.valey, and secondJ liaut.ena.n.t Company E,. Eleventh; Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension. at the rate-of $15 per month. The amendment recommended by the ~ommittee - was read, as follows: The bill wa-s: ordered ta be laid aside- with a fav:orable recom­ Strike out all after the enacting clau..~ and insertirr lierrthe:reof th<7 fol­ mendation. lowing: LA..WSO~ WILLIA.MS.. "Tllat the Secretm-y of the Interior be, :md he :iB hereby; autliorized and directed to :pl'l.ce on the pension roll, subject to the-provisions and limitations The next business was the bill (H. R. 3755) granting a pension of the pension..laws, the name of Rachei~rown, wid:owof Ja:mes Brown, hte to Lawson Williams. major Se.ventieth Regiment Ohin Vohmteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at-the rate of $15 per month in lieU' of that-she is now receiving." The- bill was :read, as folluws: The amendment was agreed to. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he·is hereby, authorized and directed to place on th~ pension roll, subject to the provisions • The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ and limitations of the pension 1-l..w s, the name ef Lawson Williams,.late of able recommendation. Company A , Seventh R"egiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay hiin.a pension at the rate of 820rper month. JUSTUS C.lli'FIELD. by The next business was the bill (H. R. 636} gr-anting a pension The amendments recommended the- committee were read, as to Justus Canfield. follows: . · Strike out ali of lines 6; 7, and 8 and insert in.lieu thereof the following.: The bill was read, as follows: "of Lawson Williams, late of Company B, Twenty-second RegimentKentucky­ Be it. enacted, etc., That the Secr etary of the Interior be, and he- is hereby, Volunteer Infantry and. :pay him. a pension at the ~-ate of· $00 per month in authorized and directed too place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions lieu of that he is now receiVmg." and. limitations of the pension laws, the name of Justus Canfield, late of Amend the title sa: as: to read; ".:A. bill granting- an increaBe of pension to Company B, Second Regiment Iowa Volnnteer Cavalry, and pay him a pen­ Lawson Williams." sion at the rate of $24 a month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The amendments were. agreed to. The amendment recommended by the committee was read,. as The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ · follows: able recommendation. In line 8 strike out the word «a" and insert in lieu thereof the word "per." ELIZA.. J. NOBLN. The amendment was agreeion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of he~ension laws,_ the n:rune- of Eliza.J. Noble; widow of Jame D. Noble, Sh'ike out all of lines s, 7, 8, and 9 anlace on the pension roll subject to the provisions and lim.ii:a.tions The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R.. of th penswn la.ws,. the name of J aJllCS1 S. Perry, late of Company C, Third 12504) granting a pension to J. B. Hash.barger'. Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, n.nd pay him a pension at the The bill was read, as follows.: · rate of Sl7 per month in lieu of that he is now receivin~." Amend the title so as to read: ' A. bill granting an mcrease of pension to Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, James S. Perry." authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject" to the provi­ sions and limitations ofthepensionla.ws, the name of J. B. Hashbarger, totally The amendments were agreed to. helpless son of Zachary Hashbar~~r, lat e private, Company K., First Tennes­ The bill as amended was ordered t0 be laid aside with a favor­ see Voiunteer Infantry, and pay nim..a p.ensfun at the rate of 12 per month. able recommendation.. The amendments recommended by-the Committee on Invalid THOMAS MILSTED. Pensions were read, as follows: Strilrn out all of lines.~ 7, 8, and 9 a.nd insert in lien thereof the following: Th~ next business was the bill (H. R. 1811) granting an increase "of Jam$ B. Ha.sb.-bargar, the d~penden.t and helpless son of Zachariah S. of pension to Thomas Milsted. Hashba.rga.r, late of Company .l:i.,. First Regiment Tennessee Volunteer The bill was read, as follows: Cavalry, ana. pa¥. hima.pension.at the-rate of. fil2Vel-month." Amend the title so as: to read: "A bill granting a. pensiQn to James B. Be it enacted, etc. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is" hereby, Ha hbargar." authorized and direct ed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension lawsl....-the name of Thomas~.~ late of Com­ The amendments were agreed to. pa.-ny F, Sixteenth Regiment N"ew x,ork: V olun.teer Hea. .a.rtiuery, and pay The bill as amended was ordered tube laid aside with a; favor­ him a pension at the rate of SOO per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. able recommendation. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ mendation. JESSE M. PECK. A.NNA. J". THOMAS. The next business Oil' the Private Calendar was_the bill (H. R. The next bu&inesa was the bill (S, 3213.) granting a. pension to 12409) granting an increase-of pensi-on to J. M. Peck. Anna J. Thomas. The bill was read, a~ follows: Be it enacted, etc., 'Pilat the Secretary of tlie Interior be and he is hereby, The bill was read, as follows~ authorized and directed to place on the pension rolL subject to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the futerior be, and he is hereby, and limitations of the pension laws the n.a.me ot .I. M. Peck:. late of Company nuthorized and. dfreeted to :(>lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions ~ Fifty-:fi.rst- Regiment Indiana. Voluntee· I:afan.try, aruipa.¥ him..a.pension and limitations of the pens10n laWS; the name of. Anna J ~ T.homas, widow of at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of tllat which he is now r eceiving. 3396 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 28,

The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid KATE H. CLEMENTS. Pensions were read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 1942) In line 6 strike out the letter "J" and insert in lieu thereof the word granting an increase of pension to Kate H . .Clements. "Jesse." In line 8 strike out the word "which." The bill was read, as follows: · Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Be i t ena.cted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Jesse M. Peck. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Kate H. Clements, widow The amendments were agreed to. of Alexander H . Clements, late captain and commissary of subsistence United The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ States Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu able recommendation. of that she is now receiving. • JOHN A. EVELAND. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. mendation. 12408) granting an increase of pension to John A. Eveland. ARTHUR H. PERKINS. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 3292) granting an increase of pension to .AJ.·thur H. Perkins. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John A. Eveland, late of The bill was read, as follows: Company G Ninetieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, pension at the rate of $30 per month ~n lieu of that he is now receiving. · authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Arthur H. Perkins, late of The amendment recommended by the Committee on Invalid Company I, Fifth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay Pensions was read, as follows: him a pension at the rate of $U per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. In line 8 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word The amendment recommended by the Committee on Invalid "twenty-four." Pensions was read, as follows: The amendment was agreed to. Inline6 strike out the word "of" and insert the words 11 second lieutenant." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The amendment was agreed to. able recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor- SUSAN W A.LKER. able .recommendation. - The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. COLMORE L. NEWMAN. 12312) granting a pension to Susan Walker. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 9219) granting an increase of pension to C. L. Newman. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was read, as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Susan Walker, widow of the Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereoy, late James H. Cry ler, who was a member of Company B, Fourteenth Wis­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions consin Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $24 per and limitations of the pension laws the name of Colmose L. Newman, late month. of Company G, First Regiment United States Voltigeur Infantry, and pay The amendment recommended by the Committee on Invalid him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is nowreceiVlllg. Pensions was read, as follows: The amendments recommended by the Committee on -Invalid Strike out all after the· enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ Pensions were read, as follows. lowing: Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Colmore L. Newman." directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limita­ In line 6 change "Colmose" to "Colmore;" and in line 7 change 11 Voltigeur 11 tions of the pension laws, the name of Susan Walker1 the former widow of Infantry" to Voltigeurs, war with Mexico." James H. Crysler, late of Company B, Fourteenth WISCOnsin Volunteer In­ fantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month." The amendments were agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ able recommendation. able recommendation. FRANCES E. SCOTT. RANSOM SIMMONS. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 10710) granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Frances E. Scott. 12549) granting an increase of pension to Ransom Simmons. The bill was read, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Be it enactedi etc., That the Secretary of the Interior bel and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized top ace the name of Frances E. Scott, widow or Charles H. Scott, ·auth01ized and directed toplace the name of Ransom Simmons, late of Com­ deceased, late a private of Company H, Thirteenth Regiment United States pany K, First Michigan Light Artillery, on the pension roll at the rate of $30 Volunteers, in the Mexican war, upon the pension roll\ _nd pay her a pension per month in lieu of the amount he is now receiving: of SIS per month in lieu of any pension that may now oe pa1d her. · The amendment 1·ecommended by the Committee on Invalid The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as Pensions was read, as follows: follows: Strike out-all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol- Change the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to fu~g: - . Frances E. Scott." ' That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: · directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations 'That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and of the pension laws, the name of Ransom Simmons. late of Company K, First directed to place on t he pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations Regiment Michigan Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a penswn at the of the pension laws, the name of Frances E. Scott, widow of Charles H. Scott, rate of $36 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." late of Comp::1ny H , Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, war with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of $16 per month in lieu of that she The amendment was agreed to. is now receiving." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The amendments were agreed to. able recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ HUGH M'GUCKIN. able recommendation. The next· business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. WILLIAM P. FEATHERSTONE. 11534) for the relief of Hugh McGuckin. The bill was read, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted.J etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 9952) granting a pension to William P. Featherstone, of Owen authorized ana directed toplace on the pension roll, the name of Hugh County, Ky. McGuckin, formerly of Company G, Ninety-fourth New York Volunteer The bill was read, as follows: Infantry, att he rate of per month thasame to be paid to him under the ru1es of the Pension Bureau as to mode and time of payment. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions · The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid and limitations of the pension laws the name of William P. Featherstone, Pensions were read, as follows: late of Company F, First United Stares1 Mounted Rifles. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as lowing: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and follows: dh·ected to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations Strike out of the title the words "of Owen County, Ky." of the pension laws the name of Huch McGuckin, late of Company G, Ninety­ In line 6 after the word "First," insert "Regiment," and add to the end fourth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at of the bill the words "and pay him a pension at the rate of J.2 pel' month." the rate of $8 per month and such increase of pension as he may hereafter show himself to be entitled to under the present pension laws, notwithstand­ The amendments were agreed to. ing the provisions of section 4716 Revised Statutes." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Hugh Mc­ able recommendation. Guckin." HELEN F. LASHER . •The amendments were agreed to. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (R. R. · able recommendation. 9777) for the relief of Helen F. Lasher. 1902. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 3397

The bill was read, as follows: Strike out all in the bill after the sixth line and substitute therefor the following: "late lieutenant-

The bill as ame11ded was ordered to be laid. aside with a favor­ H. R. 4622. A bill granting a pension to Frank W. Lynn;. able recommendation~ H. R. 1046. A bill granting an increase of pension to Jolin J. WlLLIA.M; G. GRAY. Martin;. The next business on tha Privata Calendar was Uw lJiii (H. R. H.. R. 7116'. A bill g.rantihg an increase of pension to Alexander· 11550) .granting an inereaSS" of pension to William G-. Gray, of. F. McConnell; Bmnsville, Miss., a veteran of the Indian war. H~ R. 7142. A bill granting an increase of pension to Alonzo The bill was read, as foiTows. Lewis-· Be it ena~ted etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, a-nd he· is Iiereby, H. R. 12054. A bill granting a pension to Elizabeth A. Burrill; authorized ami directed to place on the pension re~ subject to the provisions H. R. 7678-. A bill grantinga pension to 1tfaryffolmes; and limitations of the pension law , the name of WllJ.ia.m._ G. Gray, of H. R. 6 71. A. bill granting an increase of pension to Harman Burnstille, Miss., a veteran of the Indian war: and now receiving a pension ot$8 per month under certi..ficate No.1500,. dated. .Tu1y 27,1892, and pay him Scramlin;: . . $20 per month in lieu of the said sum which he is-now Eeceiving: H ..R. 1811. A bill granting-an inarease of pension to Thomas The amendment recommended lJy the committee waa read, as­ ~listed; and follows: H. R. 3868-. A. bill granting arr increase of. pension to Lsadot·a F •. Strike out. after tlie word ' Grny;" in lina ff, :md inser:t~ "late of Captain Maxfield. Daniels's company, Georgia Volunteers, Cherokee Indian disturbances, and The following House bills with amendments favorably reported pay him a pension at the rate of 16 per month in lieu of that he is now re­ from the Committee of the Whole were severally-considered, the ceiving. amendmen-ts agreed tu, the bills- as amended ordered to be en­ The amendment was agreed to. grossed and read a third time; and they were accordingly read The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ the third time, and pasged·:- able recommendation .. H. R. 2001. A l:Jill to remove the-charge of dese1:ti.on from the FRA...l\CES GURLEY ELDERKIN. military record of Abram Williams; The next b11Siness on the Private. Calendaa- was the bill (S. H. R. 10095. A bill for the relief of Levi L. Reed; 3743) granting an increaseofpen.sion to Frances GurleyEldeikin. H. R. 142iJ. A bill gmnting an. increa e of pension to Asa T, The bill' was read, as follows-: Tarbox.; H. R.. 373iJ. A bill granting an incxeas.e. of pension. ISrael Be U enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior. be; and ho is hereby, to a.uthOl'ized and di.rected.to place on the pension rollt...subject to the provisions Haller; :md·limitations of the pension: laws, the name of b'rances Gurley Elderkin, H_ Rr 5883. A. bill granting a pension.to Martha.-A. Hollingsead widow of-William. AnthonyElderkin late colo:nel:md assistant eomm.issaTy­ (title amended); general of.subsistence United State Army, and:.pa.y her a :2ension at the ra-te of· 40 per month in lieu of that.sli.e·is now recefving. R R. 11782. A bill. granting· an increase of pension to Allen Ifoekenberry (title amended.);- The amendment recommended by the co~ttee was read, as follows: H. R. 11916. A. bill granting au increase of pensiorr to .A.ndrew- In line 9 strike out the word_"forty" and insert "thirty-five." B~Spurling.; • H. R.12115. A.bill granting a pension, to Chester E. Wadsworth; The amendn:lerrt was. agreed to. H. R. 12!45. A bill granting-an increase of pension to Caleb W •. The bill as amended was ordered to be-laid aside with a favor­ Story; - able recommendation. H. Rr 8106. A.. bill granting a J!ension to Daniel J. Mahoney llli.A.C E PANGLE. ( tftie amended); Mr. SULLOWAY. Mr. Chairman, I desiretoretnrn to Calen­ H. R. 6021. A bill granting a pension.. to William Kaste; dar No. 824, page 23 of the Calendar; It is the bill (H. R. 9717) H. R. 4542. A bill granting a pension to Eliza J. West; granting a :pension to Isaac M... Pangle. The- spelling should be H. R. 10951: A bill granting a pension to Pauline M. Roberts "' Pangle.'' I desire to amend. the body of the bill and the title. (title amended); The CHAIRMAN. Without obj'-eetion., the correction of the­ H. R. 11117. A bill granting a pension to William T. Hamilton, spelling of the name will be made~ [.After a pause.] The Chair of Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va. (title amended); hears no objection. H. R. 6412. A bill for the relief of Carl Jordan and restoration Mr. SULLOWA.Y. I now move that the committee rise and to pension roll; report the b:ills- to the House. HL R. 6205. A bill g1·anting an increase of pension to Ricirrnond The motion was agreed to. M . Curti from $12 to $30 per month (title amended); The committee accordingly rose; and the Speaker having re­ H. R. 5600. A bill granting an increase of pension to J'ohn G. sumed the chair, Mr. CAPRO~, Chairman of the Committee of Sanders;. the Whole, reported that that committee had had under consid­ R. R. 965'4. A bill granting a pension to JohnS. James;. eration sundry bills on the Private Calendar, and had reported H . .R. 3899. A bill granting an increase of pension. to Thomas B. the same back, some with amendment and some without amend­ Wilson; ment, with the recommendation that the bill& without amend­ H. R. 10494. A bill granting an increase of pension to .Tonathan. ment, and those with amer..dment as amended, do pass. H. Slocum; Silli'DRY CIVIL APPROPRIA.TIO~ BILL. H. R. 7766. A bill gTanting an increase of pension to John Huffman; Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, by direction. of the C0mmittee H. R. 5711. A bill granting an increase of pension to James R. on Appropriations, I report the. bill (H. R. 13123) making appro­ priati-ons for sundry civil expen.ses of the Government for the Brockett (title amended); fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and for other purposes. And I H. R. 7986. A bill granting a pension. to Clara C. Hawks; desire to give notice that I will call it up for consideration on H. R. 11211. A bill granting a pension to Louisa Gregg; Monday next. H. R. 1709. A bill g1·anting an. increase. of pension to Edwin J. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from illinois, chairman af the Godfrey; Committee on Appropriations, and by direction of. the committee, H. R. 2316. A biH to correct the military record of Albert reports the sundJ.-y civil appropriation bill, and at the same time Baker; giv-es notice that he will call the- same up for consideration on H. R. 1453. A bill granting an increase of pension to Thomas Monday next. Kirwan; Mr. LLOYD. Mr. Speaker, I want to reserve all points of order H. R. 2286. A bill granting a pension to M'ary E. Poole (title upon the bill amended); The SPEAKER. The gen-tleman from .Missouri reserves all H .. R. 4103. .A bill gran-ting a pension to William. C. Hickox.· points of order on the bill. The bill will be referred to the Com­ H. R. 7560. A bill g1·anting a pension to George W. Butler mittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered (title amended); to be printed. H. R. 3653. A bill granting a pension to James W. Poor (title PENSIO}f BILLS PASSED. .amended); The following House bills, reported from the Committee of the H. R. 6686. A bill granting an mcrease or pension to Elbridge Whole without amendments, were severally considered, ordered Franklin; to be eng1·ossed and read a third time, read the third time, and H. R. 7109. A. bill granting an. increase of. pension to Stanton passed: . L. Brabham; H r R. 3379. A bill to correct the military-record of Calvin A. H. R. 6823. A bill granting a pension to Allen W. Merrill (title Rice; amended); H. R. 3442. A bill to correct the record of John O'Brien.; H. Rr 8009. A bill granting. a.. pension to Sarah B. Clingerman; H. R. 9415. A bill granting an increase of pension to James H. R. 8134. A bill g.ranting a pension to James H. Dunn (title Matthews: amended); H. R. 11578. A bill granting -an increase of pension to John H. R. 9140. A bill granting an increase of pension to Mary Ann Gaston; K. Sperry; 1902'. CO G-RESSION.AL RE.()ORD-ROUSE. · ~

H. R. 9656~ A.. bill granting a pensioiLto·Lnnsf<:rrd Y. Bailey, of H. R. 5-111. A. bill granting a :Qension to James G. Bowland Monmouth, Oreg. (title amended); (title amended); H. R. 9717. A. bill. granting. a pension. to Isaac M. Eangle: (titre­ H. R. 83ali. A bill granting a pension to Robert C. Ballard: amended); H. R. 7982. A bil1 granting an incre~se of pension to William H. R. 1012a A bill granting a pension to JohnS. Burket, of T. Peterson; Blakeman, Kans. (title amended)~ H. R: 11!12. A bill granting a pension to S. Agnes-Young (title H. R. 10114. A bill granting an increase of pension to Charles amended)· H. Furger.son (title amended)~ · H. R. 9658. A bill granting an increase of pension to Robert H. R. 10179. A bill granting an increase of pensiOn to Theron Stewart; R. Mack; H. R. 9883. A bill granting an increase of penSion to William H. R. 10230. A bill granting an increase of pension to H. C. Kelley; Vore (title amended); · H. R. 106,9. A bill granting_an. in£rease of' pension to Charlotte H. R. 10255. A bill granting a pension to Margaret Bartlett E. Baird; Tisdale (title amended) ;:- II: R. 1292'. .A bill!or the relief of J.P. OtBrien (title amended); H. R. 10925. A bill granting an increase of pension to William H. R. 11890. A bill granting an increase of pension to .fames Paul· Brown· H.~R.11075. A bill granting an increase of pension to A. J. H. ~ 4238 .. A bill granting a pension to Emsley Kfusauls-; ilarl (title amended); H~ R. 8003. A bW granting an incl'ease of pension to Louisa. M. H. R. 11493. A bill granting a pension to Mary A. Lfpps; McFarlane (title ame-nded}; H. R. 11976. A bill granting_ a pension to Lncy M. Ferman, II: R. 12012. A bill granting an increase ofpension to Walter. who served as a.. matron and. nurse in.. military hospitals during c. Tuttle; civil war (title amended); H. R. 12697. A bill granting a pension to 1\f: C. Rogers; H. R. 12116. A bill granting a pension toW. A. Hop:pru: (title H. R. 12395. A bill granting a pension to Ruth Bartlett; amended); H. R. 12774. A bilr granting an increase of pension to .Tolin. AL H. R. 6441. A bill granting an increase of- pension to William. Brown; · H. Wood; R. R. 8341. A bill granting a pension to Hannah C. Chase; H. R. 4183. A bill granting a pension to Gottlieb Kafer ( tftie H. R. 5695~ A bill granting. anincl'ease of pension to J'olin M. amended); Seydel; ffi R. 12275. A bill granting a pension to Amelia. A. Rnssell;. H. R 6721.. A. bill granting an increase of pension tQ Andrew H. R. 5328. A bill granting an increase of pension to S. Bortle­ Ray; (title amended); H R. 9290~ A bill granting a pension to Francis L. Ackley ·H. R. 12284. A bill granting an increase of pension to George­ (title amended); W.Shaw; H. R. 8794.. A. bill granting a :Q_ension to Henry I. Smith {title H. R~ 12o""S0r A bill granting_ an increase oi pension to J'ames E. amended); . Horton; H.. R~ 1685. A bill granting an increasa of pension to Augustus H. R. 2599. A bill granting an fucrease of pension to Jolin Hall, E.. Hodges; of Bradley County, Tenn. (title amended); H. R. 5551. A bill granting an increase of pension to Charles H. R: 10496. A bill granting a pension to James T; Steele: Edward Price Lance (title amended); H. R. 9308. A bill granting an-increase of pension tu Edwin P .. H. R. 6890. A bill.granting-an.increaseof pension to Robert.G. Johnson; Scrogga;. H. R . 5560. A bill granting a pension to Annie L. Evens (title H. R. 7994.. A. hill granting an increase of pension to Margaret amended); M. Grant; H. R. 1486. A bill granting an increase af-:Qension to Charles A. H. R. 11180. A bill granting an increase of pension to Henry Perkins; W. Ga kill; H. R. 9592. A bill granting a pension to Emily Briggs; H. R. 10545. A bill gJ:anting an increase of pension to Solomon_ H. R. 10010. A bill granting-a pension to Mina Weirauch; P. Brockway; • H. R. 9187. A_bil1granting an increase of pension to Caroline A. H. R . 3519. A bill granting an increase of pension to J'ohn. Hammond (title amended); 1\fa.rble· H. R. 11737. A bill granting a pension. to Irena Hill (title H. R: 11314. A bill granting an increase of pension to MaryEL amended); Pettit: H. R. 11924. A bill granting an increase of pension to LewiN H. H. R. 5453. A bill granting an increase of pension to Thomas: Delong (title amended) ; Wilkinson; H. R. 12356.. A bill granting a pension to Washington Ojers-; H. R. 5870~ A. hill granting an increase of- pension. to Oscar W. H. R. 12418. A bill gTanting a pension to Matilda- E. Clarke~ LowTey (title amended); H~ R. 9847. A bill granting. an. increase. of Jtension to Zachariah R. Sanders (title amended); H. R. 7512. A bill granting an increase of pension to Neil Gil~ H. R. 10090. A bill granting an increase of pension to James lespy; F. P. Johnson (title amended) y · H. R. 4184. A bill granting an increase- of pension to John H. R. 10173. A bill granting- an increase of pension to Richard Glenn (title amended); Trist, late of Company A., Fir1lt WlSconsin Volunteer Infantry H. R. 0150 . .A bill granting a pension to Mary C. Trask; (title amended); H. R. 4261. A bill granting an increase of pension to Sanders: H. R. 11638. A bill granting an increase of pension to Samuel R. ee~ond£;, Hyman; H..._R. 4426.. A bill granting a pension to Daniel Sims (title­ H. R. 11894. A bill granting a pension to Hannah A. Timmons; amended); H. R. 11798. A bill granting an increase of pension to Ole H. R. 5961. A bill granting an increase of pension to Charles Oleson; F. Cole k H. R. 6645. A bill granting an. increase of :Qension to Ann :E. H R. 9366. A billforthereliefofPeterT. Norris (title amended); Austin; H. R. 954. A bill granting- an increase of pension to Rachel H. R. 12129. A bill granting a pension to 1\finnia M. Rice;, Brown; H. R. 2857. A bill granting an increase of pension toF:ranceS:J. H. R. 639. A bill granting an increase of pension. to Justus Haughton (title amended); Canfield; . H. R. 8721. A bill granting an increase of pension tu Joseph H. R. 1422. A bill granting- a pension to Mrs. C. M. Merritt Westbrook; (title amended)· H. R. 9370. A bill granting a pension to JOlin J. Wolfe. (title­ • H. R. 3486. A bill granting a pension to James S. Peery- (title amended); amended); H. R. 5170. A bill granting a pension to Frederick Wright (title H. R. 3755. A bill granting a ~ension to Lawson Williams (title- amended); amended); · H. R. 9458. A bill granting an increa-se or pension to. Adolph H. R. 2994. A bill granting a pension to Eliza J. Noble (title Becker; amended); H. R. 9378. A bill granting a pension to Ciarr~ B. Townsend; H. R. 12504. A bill granting a pension to J. B. Hashbarger (title H. R. 10782. A bill granting a pension to Ole Steens1and; amended); H. R. 11496. A bill granting a pension to HenryS. Foster; H. R. 12409. A bill granting an increase of pension to J. M. H.. R. 11662. A bill granting anincrease of J.>ensiou to Albion P. Peck (title amended); Stiles; H. R. 12408'. A bill granting an increase of pension to John A.. H. R. 1455. A. hilL granting an increase of vension to Aa... on. S. E_v.eland~ Gatliff; H. R. 12312. A bill granting a pension to Susan Walkeri 3400 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 28,

H. R. 12549. A bill granting an increase of pension to Ransom S. 3577. An act granting an increase of pension to Mary V. Simmons; Walker; H. R. 11534. A bill for the relief of Hugh McGuckin (title S. 3187. An act granting an increase of pension to Leroy S. amended); Smith; H. R. 3292. A bill granting an increase of pension to Arthur H. S. 3660. An act granting a pension to Mary Sweeney; Perkins; S. 3910. An act granting an increase of pension to Robert S. ~ H. R. 9219. A bill granting an increase of pension to C. L. New­ Woodbury; man (title amended); S. 2379. An act granting an increase of pension to George H. H. R. 10710. A bill granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Evans; Frances E. Scott, Jemison, Ala. (title amended); S. 1924. An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Fen­ H. R. 9952. A bill granting a pension to William P. Feather­ eran; stone, of Owen County, Ky. (title amended); S. 2046. An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas E. H. R. 9777. A bill for the relief of Helen F. Lasher (title Sauls; amended); S. 1982. An act granting an increase of pension to Eugene J. H. R. 6699. A bill granting an increase of pension to Esther A. C. Oulman: Hardee (title amended); S. 3696.. An act granting an increase of pension to Edward H. H. R. 11168. A bill granting an increase of pension to Isaac Armstrong; Phipps; S. 1681. An act granting an increase of pension to Maria Louisa H. R. 9018. A bill granting a pension to Ida M. Green (title Michie; amended); S. 3072. An act granting a pension to Oliver Gisborne; H. R. 11249. A bill granting a pension to Katharine Rains Paul S. 4304. An act granting a pension to JohnS. Nelson; (title amended); S. 4413. An act granting an increase of pension to Martha A. H. R. 1012. A bill granting an increa-se of pension to Patrick Greenleaf; Moran (title amended); . . S. 2006. An act granting an increase of pension to James . H. R. 12552. A bill granting a pension to Erwin A. Burke, alias Lehew; B. A. Erwin; S. 1289. An act granting an increase of pension to Julius W. H. R. 12490. A bill granting an increase of pension to Joseph Clark; · Culbreath, late second lieutenant Company L, Palmetto Regi­ S. 3518. An act granting a pension to Nadine A. Turchin; ment South Carolina Volunteers, in war with Mexico (title S. 4486. An act granting an increase of pension to Myra 'W. amended); · Robinson; H. R. 12028. A bill granting an increaase of pension to Henry C. S. 1967. An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Helphinstine, a veteran of the Mexican war (title amended); Freeman; H. R. 12101. A bill granting a pension to William E. Gray; S. 965. An act granting a pension to Eliza B. Gamble; and S. 3213. An act granting a pension to Anna J. Thoma,q; and H. R. 11550. A bill granting an increase of pension to William S. 1942. An act granting an increase of pension to Kate H. G. Gray, of Burnsville, Miss., a veteran of the Indian war (title Clements. amended). The following Senate bills with amendments reported favorably · The following Senate bills without amendment, favorably re­ from the Committee of the Whole were severally considered, the ported from the Committee of the Whole, were severally consid­ amendments recommended by the Committee of the Whole agreed ered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed: to, the bills ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and S. 4214. An act granting an increase of pension to John Mc­ passed. Donald; S. 2371. An act granting a pension to Andrew J. Felt; S. 3650. An act granting a pension to Sarah A. Carter; s. 4071. An act granting an increase of pension to George C. S. 3216. An act granting an increase of pe~ion to Henry M. Tillman; Taylor; . • s. 2976. An act granting an increase of pension to Edward S. 1630. An act granting an increase of pension to Ella R. Thompson; Graham; S. 1172. An act granting an increase of pension to Catharine F. S. 3481. An act granting an increase of pension to James E. Edmunds; and Dexter; s. 3743. An act granting an increase of pension to Frances Gur· S. 2768. An act granting an increase of pension to John G. ley Elderkin. . . . · Hutchinson; On motion of Mr. SULLOWAY, a motion to reconsider the S. 2262. An act granting an increase of pension to George Farne; vote whet:eby the several bills were passed was, upon his mo­ S. 2398. An act granting an increa-se of pension to George W. tion, laid upon the table. Myers; S. 3299. An act granting an increase of pension to Isaiah Tuf­ ~"JffiOLLED BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ford; STATES, S. 4095. An act granting an increase of pension to Charles C. Dudley; Mr. WACHTER, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, re­ S. 2625. An act granting an increase of pension to Carlin Ham­ ported that they had presented this day to the President of the lin· United States for his approval bills of the following titles: S. 2938. An act granting an increase of pension to Margaret H. R. 10411. An act granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Dunn· Singley· " S. 1264. An act granting an increase of pension to Torgus Har­ H R.'11619. An act granting an increase of pension to David A. aldson; Frier · · S. 880. An act granting an increase of pension to Emory S. H. R. 8269. An act granting an increase of pension to James R. Foster; McClellan; S. 1979. An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel M. H. R. 7683. An act granting an increase of pension to Almond Howard; Delamater; . s: 2505. An act granting an increase of pension to John Barnard; H. R. 669. An act granting an increase of pension to Richard S. 4021. An act granting a pension to Sarah Frances Taft; C. Smith; S. 4086. An a-ct granting an increase of pension to Charles W. H. R. 366. An act granting an increase of pension to Edward Foster; M. Kanouse; · S. 4346. An a-ct granting a pension to Augusta Turner; • H. R. 2240. An act granting an increase of pension to Aquilla S. 3514. An act granting an increase of pension to Leander Wiley; Parmelee; H. R. 1378. An act granting an increase of pension to Bessie H.· S. 1 72. An act granting an increase of pension to Abbie George; Lester- · · · S. 1095. An act granting an increase o~ pension to Mary Mor- H. R. 2093. An act granting an increase of pension to Anna B. McCurley: gan;S. 1039. An act granting· an mcrease· of pens10n· to N a tharne · 1 C . H. R. 2781. An act granting an increase of pension to Patrick Goodwin; · Loo· · S. 13. An act granting an increase of pension to George Dan­ H'. R. 7998. An act granting an increase of pension to William iels; H. Allen; · S. 6. An act granting an increase of pension to Charles H. H. R. 6873. An act granting an increa-se of pension to Sarah Stone; Maley; S. 2287. An act granting an increase of pension to Georgie Jo- H. R. 5862. An act granting an increase of pension to Rollin sephine waloott; · · Tyler; 1902. 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H. R. 1694. An act granting an increase of pension to Henry ADVERSE REPORTS. Ball; Under clause 2, Rule XIII, Mr. RAY of New York, from the H. R. 9178. An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the resolution Howe; of the House (H. Res. 177) directing the Attorney-General to in­ H. R. 5714. An act granting an increase of pension to Lucy B. stitute proceedings against the Commercial Cable Company for Bevis; vioiation of the act of July 2, 1895, known as the "anti-trust H. R. 11011. An act granting an increase of pension to Emily law," reported the same adversely, accompanied by a report J. Tallman: (No. 1255); which said resolution was ordered to lie on the table. H. R. 5261. An act granting an increase of pension to John H: Coates; . CHANGE OF REFERENCE. H. R. 10924. An act granting an increase of pension to Elias M. Haight; Under clause 2 of Rule XXII, committees were discharged from H. R. 7755. An act granting a pension to Laura G. Weisen­ the consideration of the following bills; which were thereupon burger; referred as follows: H. R. 2417. An act granting an increase of pension to James B. A bill (H. R. 6059) granting a pension to Frank Klein-Com­ Harris; mittee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the Com- H. R. 8212. An act granting an increase of pension to Alice mittee on Pensions. • Angel; A bill (H. R. 12883) granting a pension to William Edington- tfl; H. R. 9659. An act granting an increase of pension to Laura A. Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the :~ ~ - Van Wye; Committee on Pensions. ~ H. R.10906. An act granting an increase of pension to John W. A bill (H. R. 12644) to authorize the Secretary of War to fur­ ]feade; · nish an artificial leg to Allan P. Dace-Committee on Invalid Pen­ H. R. 7341. An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth sions discharged, and referred_to the Committee on Military ..;; · W. Simmons; Affairs. H. R. 10404. An act granting an increase of pension to John Y. A bill (H. R. 12952) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior Corey; to issue patent to the Rockford Cemetery Association to certain H. R. 3136. An act for a public building for a marine hospital lands for cemetery purposes-Committee on Patents discharged, at Pittsburg, Pa.; and and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. H. J. -Res. 171. Joint resolution for appointment of members of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS. Soldiers. Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials LEA. VE OF ABSENCE. of the following titles were introduced and severally referred as By nnanimoUB consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. follows: SALMON for four days, on account of important business. By Mr. CASSEL: A bill (H. R. 13113) to authorize the Secre­ .A.DJOURNME...'iT. tary of War to loan tents for the use of the Spanish war veterans'­ On motion of Mr. SULLOWAY (at 4 o'clock and 50 minutes encampment at Indianapolis-to the Committee on Military Af­ fairs. p.m.), the House adjourned until to-morrow at 12 o'cl~k noon. By Mr. SHAFROTH: A bill (H. R. 13114) to increase the number of Congressional Records to be furnished to Senators and REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RepTesentatives-to the Committee on Printing. RESOLUTIONS. By Mr. GARDNER of New Jersey: A bill (H. R. 13115) pro­ Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, bills and resolutions of the follow­ viding for the appointment of chaplains and a superintendent of ing titles were severally reported from committees, delivered to chaplains in the Life-Saving Seryice of the United States-to the the Clerk, and referred to the several Calendars therein named, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. as follows: By Mr. BABCOCK: A bill (H. R. 13116) to amend an act en­ Mr. BINGHAM, from the Committee on the Post-Office and titled-''An act to create revenue in the District of Columbia by Post-Roads, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. levying a tax upon all dogs therein, to make such dogs personal 12868) authorizing the Postmaster-General tO provide for the property, and for other purposes," approved June 19, 1~78-to the transportation of the mails by pneumatic tubes, or other similar Committee on the District of Columbia. devices, reported the same with amendments, accompanied by a By Mr. SHAFROTH: A bill (H. R.13117) prescribing the size report (No. 1256); which said bill and report were referred to the of the field and for rearrangement of the stars in the field of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. flag of the United States of America-to the Committee on the Mr. STEVENS of Minnesota, from the Committee on Military Judiciary. Affairs, to which was referred the joint resolution of the House By Mr. BABCOCK: A bill (H. R. 13118) relating to the office (H. J. Res. 113) authorizing the use and improvement of Gov­ of secretary of the District of Columbia-to the Committee on ernors Island, Boston Harbor, reported the same without amend­ the District of Columbia. ment, accompanied by a report (No. 1258); which said joint reso­ By Mr. GIBSON: A bill (H. R. 13119) to authorize the con­ lution and report were referred to the Committee of the Whole struction of a bridge across the Emory River, in the State of Ten­ House on the state of the Union. nessee by the Tennessee Central Railway or its successors-to . Mr. ESCH, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 3129) for the authorization By Mr. GAINES of Tennessee: A bill (H. R. 13120) to author­ of the erection of buildings by the International Committee of the ize the Nashville Terminal Company to construct a bridge across Young Men's Christian Associations on military reservations of the Cumberland River in Davidson County, Tenn.-to the Com~ the United States, reported the same without amendment, ac­ mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. . companied by a report (No. 1259); which said bill and report By Mr. CUMMINGS: A bill (H. R. 13121) for the purchase of we:oo referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state a portrait of the late President William McKinley-to the Com-­ of the Union. mittee on the Library. By Mr. STEELE: .A bill (H. R. 13122) to purchase the manu­ REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS AND script of a book entitled Congr&Ssional Biographies-to the Com­ RESOLUTIONS. mittee on .Appropriations. Under clause 2 of Rule XIII private bills and resolutions of the By Mr. CANNON, from the Committee on Appropriations: A following titles were severally reported from committees, deliv­ bill (H. R. 13123) making appropriations for sundry civil expenses ered to the Clerk. and referred to the Committee of the Whole of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and­ House, as follows: · for other purposes-to the Union Calendar. Mr. STEVENS of Minnesota, from the Committee on Military By Mr. THOMPSON: A bill (H. R. 13163) for the erection of Affairs, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 10819) a public building at Tallassee, Ala.-to the Committee on Publio for the relief of George T. Winston, president of North Carolina Buildings and Grounds. College of .Agriculture and Mechanic .Arts, and W.· 8. Primrose, By Mr. ROBINSON of Nebraska: .A bill (H. R. 13164) provid­ chairman board of trustees, reported the same Without amend­ ing for the payment of $100,000 to the Omaha tribe of Indians of ment accompanied by a report (No. 1257); which said bill and Nebraska-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. report were referred to the Private Calendar. By Mr. RYAN: A resolution (H. Res. 181) to asc~rtain salaries Mr. BUTLER of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Claims, paid by the municipal government of the District of Columbia-­ to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 11522) for the to the Committee on the District of Columbia. relief of Eliza Ellen Ehle, reported the same without amendment, By Mr. GOLDFOGLE: A resolution (H. Res. 183) requesting - accompanied by a report (No. 1261); which said bill and report the Secretary of State to furnish information to this House were referred to the Private Calendar. whether the Government of Russia has excluded or discriminated CONGRESSIONAL. RE€JORD-· HOUSE. MARCH 28,.

against American citizens of Jewish religious denominations en­ pension to George F . White-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ tering Russia or restricting_ their entrance. into Russian territory, sions. although provided with American pa sports-to the Committee Also, a bilL (H: ~ 13156) granting. n.n. increase of pension to on FOT-eign Affairs. .fohn Monahan-to the Committee on Invalid Pension . By Mr. SCARBOROUGH: A. bill (H. R. 13157) granting an increase of pension to Martha S. Harliee, widow of W. W . Harl PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. lee'" a soldier in the Florida war-to the Committee on Pensions. Under clause 1 of Ruie XXII, nrivate bills and resolutions of By Mr. HENRY C. SMITH: A bill (H. R. 13158) granting an the following titles were introduced and severallyreferred as fol- increase of pension to Nathan C. Aldrich-to the Committee on lows: ~ Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BISHOP: A bill (H. R. 13124) to correct the military By Mr. SHAFROTH~ A. bill (H. R.13159) granting an increase record of John P. Weber.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. of pension to Angeline E. Wright-to the Committee on Invalid By Mr. BOREING: A bill (H. R. 13125) granting a :oension to Pensions. Angeline Harlan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensi011 . :Cy Mr. SHATTUG: A bill (H: R. 13160) granting an increa e By Mr. BOWERSOCK: A bill (H. R. 13126) granting an in­ of pension to Esley :Pa.tch-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. crease of pension to Thomas Ellmaker-to the Committee on By Mr. SYARKMAN: A bill (H. R. 13161) releasing unto Invalid Pensions. W. J. Cosgrove, Mary Cosgrove Mary EllenAylward (bmn Co­ By Mr. CANNON: A bill (H. R. 13127) granting a pension to grove), and others any rights the United States may have in Nancy Works-to the Committee Oil Invalid Pensions. certain lands in Pensacola, Fla~-to the Committee on the Eublic By Mr. COONEY: A bill (H. R. 13128) granting. a-pension to Lands. Martha J. Derring+-.u0n-to the Committee on. Invalid Pensions. By Mr. McLACHLAN~ A bill (H.. R. 13162) granting 3-n in­ .AJsn, a bill (H. R. 13129) granting a. pension to August Pois­ crease of pension to Augustin M: Adams-to the Committse on tei~-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Invalid Pensionsr By Mr. CUMMINGS: A bill (H. R. 13130) for the relief at By Mr. BISHOP: A resolution (H. Res. 18,.resolution of Painter&' lJnion·No. 242., of Orange,.N~J..,. ment grotmill 8-h13,. Also, resolutions of TypographicallJnion ~. 6 of New York,. granting an increase of pension to Thomas H: Ballard:__to the- favoring the passage of House bill to increase- the l}ay of letter Committee on Invalid Pensions.. .. cam:iers-to the Committee OTh t:ne Post-Office and Post-Roadsor By :Mr~ JACK: Petition. of members of Polish National .A.lli- Also, resolutions of Cru;penters-' Union. NO. 836 andWood.work- anc.e of :Mount Pleasant, Pa., m·ging the pa.ssage of Honse bill ers' Union No. 175, of Janesville, Wis., favoring an educationar1 No. 16, providing for the erection of a statue to tlie memory of qualification for immigrants-ta the Cemmittee on Immigration Count J?u:laskiatWashington-to the-Committee on the Library. and Naturalization. By Mr. JACKSON of Kansas.:.. Papers toraccomiJRnyHouse bill Also, resolutions of Bricklayers and Plasterers Union No.6, of granting a pension to Mrs. A. C Constant-to the Committee on Racine, Wis., favoring legislation to exclude Chinese laborers Invalid Pension&. . from the United States and insular possessions-to the Committee By :M:u. JOHNSON:- Papers to.accompany House· bill 7792, for on Foreign AffaiTs. the relief of John L. Young---'-to the Committee on Claims .. Also, resolution of the Milwaukee Chamber 0f Commerce-and By Mr~ KETCHAM: PetitionofGa:rrisonBrancli,.Granite Cut- WlBConsin Retail L11IIibe-r Deale-rs~ · &so-ciati-orr,. fuvolli:ng H-0use ters-' National Union.,.. Ga.nisan, N. Y., in. favor of tlie extensfon bill 8337 and Senate. bill 3075;.. amending: the: interstate-commerce of the Chinese-exclusion law-to the Committee· ou Foreign act-to the Committee on Interstate. and Foreign Commm:ce. Affairs. By :Mr. CRO:MER: Petitibnef the Knights of Fidelity, urging ALs.o,. resolutions oi the same favoring the building of war the enactment of House bills 178 and 179, known as tlie Joy bilLs, ships-iill the navy-yards-to the Committee on Naval Affairs .. for reduction of the tax on whisky-to the Committee on Ways By. Mr. LACEY~ PetitionofCo.opers.,.UnionofOttumwa,.Iowa, and Means. favoring the passage of the Hoar-Grosvenor anti-injunction bill- By Mr. . D~t\LZELL: Res0Intions of Order of Railway Cond'uct- to. the-Committee on the Ju.dicia:cy~ ors of Readfug·, Seranton,andPiiiiadelpi:rfm, and Railroad Train-- By. Mr.. LAMB: Petition of Journeymen. Bakers of Richmond,. men of McKeesport, Pa., in regard to·the Hoa1:-Grosvenor-anti~ Va., favm.'ing:restrictive immigration--to the Committee on 1m- injunction bill-to the- Committee on the Judiciary. migration. and N at:uralization. By Mr. DINSMORE: Petition to accompany House biD grant- By-Mr: LINDSAY:.. Resolutions of Lighting Fixture .Assocfa- ing- an fu~rease of pension to '.Pfu:>maa .r. Daniels·, of· Newton tion of New York, urging the , of Rah~y, of .Me11den, Conn. ., favonng the erection of a statue to tlie late. N . .T., m oppos1tio~ to ffouse bill 5777" amendmg the copynght Bngadier-General Count Pulaski at Washington-to the COmmit- law-to the CoiDmlttee- on Patents. tee 01t. the Library~ Also, resolutions of Bricklayers andl Masons' umon-sNe. 1'4, of By Mr. S-TEELE: PetitionofBrotherhoodorRailroadFiremen Plainfield., and No.3~, of'Westfield, N.J.., f~voring an e~nsion ~abash- 1 IruL, :Qr.ayin.g for the- further: l'estriction of. immigxa: of. the- Chinese-exelUSlon. law-tQ!the