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BY MYIDOVIK.
RECEIPTS IYD IlPiWtfCUi!
S)f tie Pear rarf Ifcuse af Ertsbftuni of I
Bri ford Cowofy, jß>r tit gtsr tw'iV /**-
I, A. D. 1862,
GEO. BLY.URE, Treasurer.
1869, Dr.
To halansa &a January
i. isi, . * >
Awwt rseeivec Src-a t_o.ie?t ; *u
As. sat. §5. 391 62
Baiaace iu* Ttetaare? S9S, v 2 j
|5 7-9 64
CJL y*. :
its * i-j-at oat oa **
,c=, va:
Wseal aI f ;r * >3
t' i< -j &■" 1
StcTa ,i C*-i&£s TW
i ;t:uri of Ba'Jr <9. Ax< Hvsss So ! -0
I'W.fl fcf H3S!il|'oS to. -is 31 u3
Jttfea HuKf. Attorney 's fv 10 6*o
Ac !e ftws-rr an i fraii 1-0 6*
' •>*:. i L*f '• 3" i 10
Canaed SI 91
I. 1.91* SI
F/ki ;sg 13* s*'
J. Vii>ra tMttKt for taildni ITS 10
Jkif ni ftfo a 412 7S
£tt9 ui lumber .6 19
*• 21 "u 14© 06
lid a.-**'*l of Pop—r* 16 67
S.afc-"rt ef cut door p*apcre 300 00
V, a. Lea.*?, -rewird, and Mis. Lc.
rj, Matron, ill 43
Drs. Htrr; ni RitmiT, m.i/j s&i
Bit'iii.st 146 5.
J S- Bros* bangs. fof s|o 60 00
i :ctor t-f Prmciiifi to A ast Route 23 47
tiHuZ'itd. :S CvlltllMl 53 51
Making e j ffiu* 20 00
Jasriee* fe*e IS o5
.-j. sits Secw, Ame, K<r£rv,
Brambangn *i.-i Gettys, salary 164 00
ML. ,*c ous checks 175 12
let eiect oa ehe-ck* I 5& 43
fiatEtr'i ttlirj 40 00
Ctiii-.iinj 10 00
As-it u and c.: a- s-isry -) 0o
FtiMr Ugf ** " 141 61
$5 559 64
We the Utdrmi|S*(l, Aadrere cf Bedford
c -L t;*, do cer'.tf, that e b*ve examined the
foreg'.af ae-roaai of George ifoj mire, Treaawr
r o-r the Foot tea Hjbc of Emflcymtbt of
tko.cro ecoLtj, *rd Sad rb sects to be cor
rect see true a, above staieo, and that there
j* a be.act* doe said Treasurer of §193-62
M hues* oar udt atd sc. Is this B<h d* f
Jan. A. 1>- 1862.
DAMEL FLETCHER.
GEORGE BACGHMAN.
Attest, damel l defibacgh.
THOMAS R. G*TTT3, Citric
List cf paupers admitted, discharged, d*d.
At., A, J>a, ; t g eaeb toon to: *td the Bomber
reestmtag at tae eud of each m- utbj also the
average Mater (titled iotfee U. u ; " datiog
sha 3ear, together sita the comber of oa: door
paspeia supported by the lost roticu, fhta she
trit of Jacuaary 1361. till the £m> of Jtcaar?
1362.
• |(t lit!' 14
•■I I'! I I' -
w.asarr, 2 1 S2 Si
Febraary, 2 11 32 20
March, 4 3 36 19
April, 7 2 3S 22
May, 2 3 ZZ 15
awe, 2 2 2 17 16
€ 1 I 11 16
AssuM, 7 2 2 13 17
S^!*-sober, 2 41 17
October, 2 *lll 40 17
Moerffioer, 2 2 1 40 IS
iecenoer, 8 S 2 6 1 I 40 19!
Hit.eg an arerage of 52 per mot' b, of
akoßi , areeolored, 2 are blind, 19 are insane,
aad 4 are conSticd to bed—a!k> 581 aay.'acir.g
faiaecgetc were provided wnh hoard as j iodg
iog. There are also 2 out-door pauper* who ;
•re cct included ia the above. Bills to the
of §513 25 were also paid for 23 per
*-.i 4-who were furnished with bearding, medi
dttendance, Ac., wbo were unable to be
6rnught to the Poor House.
Produce of Farm and Garden.
25 Tons of Hay
5 Loads of Corn fodder
341 bushels of care of corn
67 Lushele of rye
24 tusbels of buckwheat
600 tuehele of potatoes
7 bnelele of beaca
12 bosbeis large onions
14 OU'bilj small oDicDi
20 bus be e t<: matoee
12 buehcia bee:a
8 bashe.s turnips
10 bushes pirecipe
2100 beads of cabbage
6 barrels eoor kroul
4 barrels eaeutnber piokiee
4 ioade tweet pumpkins
114 barrele eoft , W p
60 pound* hard a*at
pounds tallow
6,5 pounds lard
315 f-oacds battov
2953 penuds beef
3800 poucda pork
•">SS j"uride veal j
I
A Weekly Pa pet Devoted to Literature, Politics, ike Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, Ac., Ac—Terms: One, Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance.
1 330 rownis mutton
7 beef bide#
!. 7 calf fkins
14 sheep skao#
205 pounds wool
Stock on the Farm.
2 fc*d of horso*
6 eew
1 bull
20 tags
56 sheep
Articles Hanuiactnred by Matron
50 pairs puwka
7 r *'
50 -LLri*
27 efcewsieee
25 aadkeseb"efe
30 apron*
3 ehtldrcns tkiia
23 woaeew'a dresaet
3 cSildrvo's ehirts
20 pair pitlaw e ipa
5 ebad'tteks
2"' UMIFi shsrt*
■8 6ole*er*
6 tan
4 pillows
11 vrmY e*pe '
12 w tL-eii's it
2 round jackets
5 children's draeaca
30 pair cues'* aodka
14 pair *0 tueu'e e'tckicg#
13 iow**
5 pair drawers
4 cost*
17 comforts
20 sheets
3 qaiitej skirts
2 Irene' skirts
5 abroad*
We the ucJerstgned, I'ireeters zt the Por.r
ecd H.-uee of Empioyaseut of Bedford e:acty,
do certify that we have examined the above
ueouu, itetiMsi! ari rep.rts of Wiiiun,
Lear? tad Wide!, Srewtris ©f ibe •,<!
Poor eua Bouse of Emp.ejmeai ir? the fir
A*j of Jaoucj. A. D. 1861, tic first ji
J tnusrj, A. I* 1562, mad find ise ituj t" be
e- rreer.
Wiiuean >-ar a and* ac-d te*,* ii>e Ist d*v ef
Jan. A. D 1662-
JOHN kEMERY,
A EK>LPf4'6 AKB
J. S BRC MBAUGH
At:est—
T&uxas R. Gstits, Cierk.
Statement mi rrpoit of Wn. Stew
ard of the Po.r and House tf Etopic-y
--a: of Bedford county, f. m .he let cf Jan.
1891. ii;i the Ist of April 1661.
1861, Dr.
J :U. Is?, To e*B received fr saa v*ecus
pcrsoce §i7 U6
Apri; Ist, Tresssry draft for balance of
account 16 73
§33 79
1861 Cr.
Apiil Ist, Bj au*>uat from sauiry per
**a* §33 79
Statement *ad Report of Geo. Wtiei, Stw
tia of •& Poor sud H&u*e of Eaploymat
wf Bedford eoouty, frrm the Ist day of April,
1861. till the Is: day cf Jacaary, A. D.
162.
1662. Dr.
January I, To aacuat received from
ftuu.iry person* §35 854
Baiauoe due Steward oa settiemsst 36 65i
1662 Cr.
Jan, 1, By cash fro® sundry persons §72 51
Statement of Poor Howe Mill,
From J*caar? 1, 1861, till Jan. 1, 186*2.
l K j *? j ? I 55 1 ?
To aioouut of j ; j • [ 2 j w
grain brought in j Jt j |~ j 5
as per monthly I j j jS J •
reports 420 256 584 §7 60 4
R kistd on Ferm 63 34
<3* 420 319 584 121 604
i By am't of Grain
us? d in Poor
House and sold
te sundry per
; son* for cash k
on accounts As
. Used in P. House 42*4 5 5 60
Horse feed 135
Hog feed 133 30 48
Beef feed 2 8
, For seed 3
, Soid ißDo'j per's 364 31 7 6 7
465 304 44 69 63
The fecial Train.
Secretary Bracton ; wbo has been nstiriog ia
b;e t Sorts to ecotb the grief of Mrs. Lander,
•j and to pay high honors to the memory of her
; brave hoeband, informed her friends that the
' tody would be seat home by Govcrnziest on j
a special train. It was, however ascertained!
| that Adjutant-General Thomas thought tbst it
■ would be sufficient to eacort the body to 'he
depot, and a .Massachusetts geoUemsn called
;on the Secretary of War to stat* the feeU.
| Gn. Thome* wa* a-nt for, questioned, and
• * ! * ted that "to send the body borne at the ex
pense of Government, on a special train, will
I be without a precedent!**
"Without a precedent!** exclaimed Seereta
j rj S an tod: "weJi, we will establish a prece
dent!*
| Taking hie pea, he wrote the requisite order,
. *od thus paid a deterred and marked tribute
uf rcepeet tea brave nraa.
BEDFORD. PA. FRDAY. MARCH 21.1862
!.Far<k<iafurr.
A SOLDIERS SOLILOQY
BT - VEACIt,
OF
COMA JAY D, WIST ££ L IMEXT. P V.
i Whea . sster was swraed by out toes.
Wdo the fiur Spang .eo Ba&owr
Aad the cloud of rebeifco arc-?
Te bwdazheu oar occe app; t .es
Every trae s>a of ueeao.o a a she j
Eie.-y nea r. :hz wa, loy&i aod brae,
Ustcimiofti to * uihe a gxi stroke,
la defease at the red, vis .e av u &•:_*.
We waited our io the ctstte.
A.-ivi M* yooths of she iaao gatbeted r >a-d
We nsoiTd that the home of the tree.
fihocid retaci! ail its .onr, c ressowi*;
As thecal? ot the and r.e a.'ura
i:o -ants 01 a-y swrr.oss flew.
And resolved since the ev u had come,
fbey tigiit tor she red. and biee.
Oa ihe 9 Spang?ea Banner we gazed,
VV a tear o: n>g-et ia she eye,
AaU retortiod io s;sj heavea '.he praise.
For past Ue.-iuigs tweetved from oa high,
\Ve >mp!ored that i; mere res rest,
0:i each"y) that ;> ;oyat a:.<* :*e,
iuai .u. vtc ty :_ey might be t.esL
la deft-ul.-rtg -i.e :e. *;.! sua tin©,
L.*e the ithr* w_o gave - tae cwjo.
Vl9 veutared a, s c*.t.
At*J sa. r.iiced toseuiW ar w ate.
Detetus: or taU,
We took mr ftsd ixiun.la by the Sir. J
And w.-a sonaw we baue
As we nuckeJ wits "tie b*ave d e*.-ed band,
l .der banners OS re •, wn e Uotr
Now <. w lu-e .n.e -o .crc.i ii*-.
te 9iitsyaK:>n and .Itrri at aouie.
Who are prayer:...j u Lacii.
Ami i .i:ig ibai i.-ar to i.icr:
We wi.: go waeo rebe oo i crnea'd
WLea tnc tia .>£> :e.te the r ;ait
When we ve teunie.
By die-.i..g ine red, * arte and hue.
Hu.t, (oer W'asbiagtoe,}
Marcs sjs".
RE^Tn&S
Of Hoa. Edwari McJhevsoa, in iie Uvtae of Kep
reeesutives, Mares •>. lewd, ca tiv BJ. pcovid
tag for Us? orga&izatloa cf ure etaS atuikel to
division* er Uia Ar j el toe t . 8., tefVist sa.i
Tolnatee r.
Mr. MiPHfiRSON Mr. Speuktr, Lst
Mosday, 1 uiverpoaed au cLj'etion to tbe pis
sage oif tn:s biJl, bee-use it wa* wadded?
brought before the House, aad 1 desired to ex
amine and ccasider it. In th iutei vsl, I have
given i; cea-idenkle atteutioo, and 1 *m eon
snaei m toy opinion tiut it ought u>t to pas*.
If it is to p.-, there are some points on
which it is biehly imp??:act it should be
amended. Bet I thick a ea m c< nsideration
wui bring the House so tbe c celusion that it
ought no* to beecme a law.
A* it tuandt, it proposes to increase tbe
s.aff of uearij every division commander of
tbe Army. It ado* three officers, and if the
am-oameut of the gentleman from Missouri
[Mr. B.air] for a division quartermaster and
a division coßimAsary of aub-istenee be adopt
ed, it will add five, each with a rank above
any member of the present ettff, and it will
increase the rank of tbe former staff positioo*
a corresponding grade, and, of oourae, with
'1 be rank there will be an increase of pay. 1
will speak more part.eolarly of this *gaio'.
Ihe member from M.souii commends (his
bill to the House upon the score of necessity,
*nd be name* one or two officers who ate ptr
; uoulariy auxioos for the passage of this bill.
Mr. Speaker, 1 should hesitate very much be
j i r iTt 1 would make soy obstacle to tbe passige
; of a measure easentivl to a vigorous and fffi
cient organization of the Army; bu: it ippears
| to tne tnat the objections to tbe present rneih
iod by which these division commanders—it
h:s mil be tbe result of ibeir recommendation
—eeek their purpose is open to so many ob
jections that it ought not to be adopted by tbe
House.
The gen fomac refers to the opinion of Geo
j erai Bucuside, who, bt informs tbe House, has
. written to tbe Department, insutiog upon the
I psasige of some law by which hi* staff may
he mereaed. Well, eir, there may be io*r.-in
ces io wuteh it may be desirable to enlarge tbe
staff cf a general io command of a depart
ment; ahi the gentleman, in the reference he
made to the course pursued ia tbe case of Geo.
Lane, has ahowu that it ia already wtihia the
power of the Pieaitfent of the United States,
when an emergency exists, requiring an in
creased ,uff for tbe o&ma*nder of a division,
to give that increase. But the fact that Gen.
Burneide require* additional members of his
tuff, it strikes me, is no vattd argument for
tbe passage of a wholesale bill like this. The
! neroeaiitf the esse 0/ Gee. Bwreetdr, will !
b® *ffif to ecmmatder* of diftuM ia tfce
Amy generally, fvr lb* reason that fee i* ic
| command of as independent io-i separate corps;
j fee is is eew-aand of aa iuiep?a dent, separate
1 department, whereas ia tie case of a Large
| majority of division eomtaaniers, saeh, fr us
•taoee, as those io tbe artnf of tfes Potomac,
bo saefa caereanis tmnwy, feeuatue thet are
immediately cocseeted w<th the cotLmaadieg
Pwit whaae sta& baa been created trith ref
erence to all the probable emergencies of the
j Hence, tbere is cot Use mom neces
{eity for a large cuff for commanding gtor
al ef a division ia ibis army aa tbere would be
for a geacral e ommaadiog a separata tad inde
pee 'eat ctvwioa or department.
But Mr. Speaker, this is the first inUi- I
lion 1 bits beard, of a formal character. that
ties, iiurta.ie did requite as inerea-'t of bis
•uff. I dti bear fb-.t, bef.ro be started epoo
tu txpeuuioa, be two rxpmeed the desire to
t*t# at additional %'if, aiu bat cf£ era she -Id
- e <lttailed for tbrt purpose; t-al I do c:t iiiak
be bar pat io tsr tIB -is! shp the piukss that
ats Optra'h* at flcvoke Eland were at all
Oi sppisd by tbo wact of stiff (Smiw. I am
'■rj ara we have bal tot G.; siat frsn GEO. ;
Suerawo tbat Its efttiwsi at Kayal
•••' by rei-.-c rf a kke m.sj, cr
from Geo Qrsot tbr be -sfferei iureaven eu:e \
at Fort Dooer>ea. Yet, ir it *rj trw ia
a< partteolar e *?*, tfcnas *diit; iou a
ter of staff t'fi -e are lequiro J, tfcit moi.J
i ,rn.-a 2to argt. •:nt ta fvar at a gesera l la
crosse ef sroff for ever? division general ID
tbe Army, Bo ailitr whit may be tbe •ir:aui t
eit-ces at fcre ccwojic f
Now, sir, in the (bird line ef tie bill ten
wJ. Sad rbat i s writs apply to every general
commanding a division of tie Army which
"eeoaiate of two ot more brigades. n Now, if (
this bill passes, every general commanding a
division, which lot lades two or more brigade*,
no matter what at ay bo tbe ciro-uotsuocea ef ■
his command, wfcesner in catnp or SeM, will
be entitled to this enlarged staff; to that tnooe
generals commanding separate departments, or ,
these generals cemmtndiee divisi a active
ly engrged, acquired tke> staff, officer#, it i
would not avail in favor o? the adoption of •
that particular feature ef this bill; audi! toe 1
wil : to be passed, I think it highly important
'bit this word "two 1 * abould be tnsru. IVe
shcuid stand to our legislation of July laat,
•hub required that oach diti-.00 shou.4 eoo
ss*t' of three brigades or bring it op to tk "
standard which has t-eeo practioallv eciab.iehed '
and make it apiply only to those gemrale who
save four brigades Sudti thtir t aisni.
la the nvit piace, I Bed that the ss:*tt !
adyuunt general spin the st-ff of each goeor- ,
ai eumaiaacmg a in this entire Artsy
is to be raised io the rank of major. His de
sire ere not increased io the least by thiibtli.
,He remains substantially assistant adjutant '
general vf precisely as many brigade* as be
uoea at present. His duties are cct increased
n the leaet, and yet jou propose to taise his
nnk fcy one grade and his pay corresponding
ly. Now, why? There ra no other reas o for
tt, except that ia fiabeequeat portions of this
bill jc-u bring into the geuerai's an as
sistant inspector general and a medical direc
tor, whs ha vt the tank of major, ao-j it is ne
cessary, ia ordfr to make this crganisstion
complete, that yen ahonld rata# this assistant
aiijutact general—generally called the, chief f
of staff—to the same tattk as the two officers '
J" iDtrcdoce. But if, is I hope, toe boose
will vote out of the bill these two pertieolais
features, then there will be no necessity for ibe !
adoption of this, since tbey all hang togsth- I
tr.
Again, there is to be an assistant inspector
genera), rank tag a- major, to he introduced
into every staff. Now, that is, as I under- 1
stand it, an increase of officers. The gentle- '
mac from Miisouri says tbat these assistant in
spectors general are merely to be detailed, and i
that mere will be no iucrease in the number of
i ffioers. Well, sir, if an assistant inspectors
general is detailed to a *uS he most be de- j
tailed from some other position, and either the !
dutiee of the poaition which he formerly filled
will not be performed, or yon will be obiiged
to increase toe oumoer of assistant insfector
general, ot eiae to detail from some other part
of your Army urganizatiooa to perform their
duties; and i toink that praoticahy it will be
impossible to carry on: this bill without mak
a very large increase in lb* number of i£&- •
eer*.
Bat what is the necessity of thia assistant I
ias pec tor general? I confess that I approach ,
the uiseuasiun of a point of that aort with
aotn# degree of diffidence; bat, so far as my
ot serration goas, and so far aa ordinary reas
oning indicates, 1 cannot see tbat thera is any •
neceaaiij for the addition to the atff of evvry
division general of this iffioa of aa assistant
| inspector general. 1 can understand wby yon
require aa assists ot inspector gcaaral for every
dayarloieut of the Army, but I canoot sec
aoy necessity for the addition of au assistant
inspector general to the staff of every general
commanding a division ibroughcot tbe Army, t
As every one knows, tbe Army regulation* :
i provide lor a regular system of company and J
regimental inspection; and whether the Army j
is in the camp or the field, every regiment asd !
every company is obliged to undergo inspeo- j
tivn. Now, if oar company and rrgimentai
officers axe wottb anything—and I presume
thty arc, for they have been five or six mouths
learning—they ean perform this duty; and
while it way be accessary and perfectly proper
for tbe commanding general of a department,
or ef the Army, to have one or more inspec
tors genetal on hie staff to detail, with a view
to a general inspection of the Army at partic
ular intervals, there ia no necesai'y, aa I be*
lieve, for the creation of these offices.
I have conversed with some miiitarj gentle
i-iss who, hearing ef tny epposision to thia
bill, were scxioas to remove the growods of
my ohjertt.c, hot 1 coo fees that I have not
yat seen eoe who oould grim any -o son, valid
cr invalid, for the creation of tbeoo vfSoe* ex
cept that it is desirable to make cor army or*
gasMition aa complete aa possible, and that
it would ibo wall to srnk* a head in every di
vision to every department ef the divi*oa.—
If yen piceeed open that base, yon will cre
ate office upca office, serving no nsefnl pur
pose except ta make things a little Utter
rounded tiff. I confess that yo would have,
in theory, a acre eomplet* organisation ef
the dintseoj of joar Army, bat 1 believe tbat
cot one division would be nacre effective in
consequence of it than it u new
Mr. Spe.ker, the next poiwt epeo to eriii
| ?l?m ia this: there is a creation of in* office
iof medieiti director. Here, again, 1 aaas; iif
fer from mj friend from Miaaoars, who i&ti
ms' s the mere detailing cf a trigaaa
tßfftot if voiatlee.-e cr of a Sirgxon o; aa
ai-Uiii tbirghoa ot k rag. tar Army t do da-'
ty • tt'tlt.'al dircetr r, niil not create a vac at. -.
ey ia the pos : tkc which he now fill*, and wilt i
not bean as aetwai ereiiioa of au , ffi -e.—
: Now, take ta is iLmtritioa any ose r-f your
divisicae. Yea hive a diridsa wiia tbr.c
fc* gd*s, eveb trigaie having a surgeon. —
tp'-u tbe passage of this t-ni ereat : -og aat It-■
j e.j dtmifor, the U idieal de K *rt.aeot ef the j
A my aril;; detail fiem the veiwateer cor: , rr;
tie regular Army, • gtculemau "o a r a, u,.d 1
;eai dtroctwr. Seppuee a brifij, of)
ih* vo!'JH>e-r arp in Jat*ti-a for lit* pur
pose, e in* won d,be tf aoa ■ , that wilt take ;
• iiioj away from biigace, a&d yon snaat then
allow ibet hi g,da to be vitLcat a br.-vJe aur
gicn, or else ta* detaii.-cg oi a brigade ur- ;
g-<wi as iteOicai director does e:?sare au offiae
Yob bavo i Oelirva cow one hundred aad tliir
t ty or eati hundred and forty brigade surgeon*,
and yoa have about tairtj-five prraona who
have paitrad your ocdicai toarJ, and have
■ cetti recommended for appomimeot as crigvde
surscoua. Every one of your brigada snr
geons ia to-day span datj, and if yon pass
; i-.se bill creating the office ef medical dirvc. r
i for caeh ot the divisions c-f the Army, yua'
wiii require, be,ides your prsisu: foree, the
i serviees of mtj maa wba b,s ptts-d your
meaicai board and been reeommenicii tor ap
• poißimea tas a brigade surge.-o. You cana .u '
; **od it. iaa have neari; forty dtrwives io ;
yonr Army, and if yon detail forty brigade
i&rg*(H)i u, act aa medmal directors, yoa must i
•apply their piarea bj forty more who have
and racvimmcnded fot
or wrlow forty brigades to be without fcrigaae
turgeoai.
Now, Mr, Spssker, what is tbe state of the
sase at present? Erery diviaion of your Ar
my has t-Jay a medical director. Tte me
aicai dcimrtmeot f every division to-day is
under the superiatetidence of one medi.*ai mis,
i&d just as <ffic>eut!y usaer the supcrio.ca
dence of one md;c*t man as it will be it yoa
fas* tliiii bill. How is it done? iha seoier
surgeon ef a divisiua it, by Ttrtac of his eeoi
oruy ef ccxamiastoo, brigade argeoa of the
civiiioß. Every diviaon to-day has a mcuical
dirteior in effect in tbe senior brigade aurrcoo
Thia biu proposes to traak op that system and
ervate a mtdical directot, by which you wilt
increase the number of meaicai D ®t
.ess thao forty, or at least one for evert _ivi- r
•ten io the Army.
1 Mr. Sj>e*ker, there a another feature a.ch i
' I find to. tne fifteenth and sixteenth lines of j
ibis bill, which appears to me to Lave less
merit than any of taem, and which is more I
L.afly a fancy arrangement than aov ptovuics
of any Army bill I have seen io "the Home
this winter. I find that it is proposed to au
thorixe the general commandiog each division
to detail from tbe line a captain, or autboriae*
the Fresident to oetail a iieutenant, wlo for
; the limit ahall be a captattr, to act as judge- '
advocate of the divieiou, aa if the Army were i
to real constantly and indefinitely upon th '
lanka ci tbe Fatomae and to want* their time
:n holding couru-martial. i hope that tfce
j day is near, and from seme ind'cationa 1 am |
: inclined to believe tbat the day is near, when |
inaction abaii a&ali give place to activity, and
when there shall be substituted for this period •
of prepiirauon, of glowing, determined
action; and io view of the possible advance of
the Army and ita coping with tbe eoamy, what
. reason in tbere for the cnaotment of a perma
nent provision by which there is to be created
:or each division of the Army a judge-advo
c*te ?
Mr. Speaker, 1 have a sixth objection to this
Jfid it is quite as serious as any ot tbe
j cthcrf. I find ihat, in tbe ninth line of tfce
bill, it ia provided that tbete shall be appoinl
ed three aids-de-eamp, to bear tie rank of
captain, to be appointed by the President, on
the recommendation of the commander c-f the
division. As th* law now stands, generals
commanding divisions are entitled to tine as
sistant adj iiaot general, ranking as a captain,
and to two aid#, with tbe reak and py of
lieutenant. Tbe fenrth section of the act of
j doly last, provides that the side, authorised
j by the preceding sestion, shall b selected by
the respective generals Jromthe officers of the
| jJrmy w vc!u*uter corps. This bill reverses
| that principle, it provides that the thrse
: aida, who aie to have the rank of captaio, are
\ to be appointed by the President; on the fe- j
commendation of tbe oommiader of tbe divi
sion, without any limitation whatever at to
whether they shall be taken from the officers of i
the Army or from civil life. Now I think 1
that omission is a vary eignifioant and a very .
objectionable one.
Mr. UUTCHINB. Will tb# gentleman,'
who has investigated this matter, allow me to j
inquire how rnneh will thia bill add to the an- 1
nual ei;DFa of tbe Armjf
Mr. DicPJHBiiSON. I will come to tbat (
directly. Now, Mr. Speaker, wby is it tbat
while both Houses of Congress dcetnrft in ?
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jJaiyUst that tba aids for ganeral aS^ers
should fc uk*a from the regain Army or
voJaoteax corps, tkera is an iiuopi now ni
to leave out that .imitation* 1 will not go
iota motives m purpose* but 1 efejret to tint
feature. IdoJO eo the wrj highest grossi,
because if this Ik* fee ecaetsd, it will bo k
discrimination br the Cocgrass of the United
States against tbo officers who e sow to tbo
SH, aed be * positive isvitstim to your com
manding generals to celeet their aids from
sisil iife. i venture the predswriea that if
this biii become a law is its present shape—as
I hope it will sot—and if tu3 appesntmecto
art to be made Baler it, • Urge proportion of
them will be made from mil itfe; std the aids
will consist prutespally of vodrg men vbo for
tiDt reason or other lure so: entered the vol
unteer serTtr?, bat who may Lore held Asm,
selves alo-.-f fscm volaoteeriajt is anticipation
of an epp.>. tatity fjr promotion*? this soit
irrega'sr and io'orcft-r as it ootid be.
La , Mr. Speaker, not only est j it b? a
r iUeriisttWt agam-A . Seers of ibe regular
( Army at.3 Vv'.aal jvt Wfpj, I-it it would be a
i;.T •: r..*ria'ati'<c agai- st those into :o tae
t.-ks *bv * •*.. i natural •: e tleeieJ to'ffii
the vacancies ean<d b; detailing Hoe nfSorn
to uff feddee*. Yoa ooasd tknlf, as I
t be.! v*, icS eta ternt4a Uuw cn the tijyrti de
j ttr/i of ibe Arm*, asd yon would do —what
I hope &■> Aaif will do—pat it
; OH of the paw rof reep*ct*blw, inte'ligect,
1 aati <ie< r viag su.-q in iht r,ks—sergeants,
j e rperala, and privates —toobtain comau.-s;.>a?
I aave, as i believe, no more than a proper
':l.Dg oo ibs tutjtct. I tare 2aJ v aie opor
taa :y • * etadjutg ibe aharactrr sad •jjaune*-
ttvOs of the iurs abo fcOtnpos* tie rsnk and
h.e of the aruar c-f the Potomac. Tirere aro
is the rank* a large pioportioc of sec genets,
crporais, tad privates fit to be lieufs. and cap
taius of c.uipanie*. and many or tbem are as
•ouipetent for t..ese posuioat as uiany of jour
ingadter generals are to be brigadi*rs. I hope
tait if this bill is t" pass, there will be insert*
rd la this seetioit of it an aojt&dareet which 1
propose to if*r, rsqariag these staff ethcers to
. be appointed frcia tie privates, osr^waiea
s.oasd cffcers. a&J v£rer of the regul.r Aruir
I or.voiuateer corps.
fhese, Mr. >pesker, arc my particular objec
tiosi to ta;s bil; but 1 have a rae,
wbiah was partially indicated Ufore. Uis that
: *■ ate orguaixtag. by ms.u of this toil, a
■ staff svtteaj far msre exteosive than there is
any necessity for, I coofess that it might be
very agfeeas.de for the comoiaaitsg gcuerals of
divisiowa to have a sutf wgratod oo thu ba
il?. If we were oa a peace estabhsbm-st. or
if we had an orditarj war esUbliebaieot, and
if toe coodiucu of ibe Treassry were such a
to usska proper, I would be stm>ag tis§ last
to do anything whirb, by any peeversioo, could
b eosstrued snto to attempt either to wound
:b# honorst-U pride or cripple the ambition of
soy of our e. maiar ding tffi-rsrs. But I do
cot believe that tats is uecrssary. Ido be*
iteTe that this proposed stsff orgaoicatioD is
more t xlcnsive than is required. Tba evideoee
of that is written in the history of our army
operations. On that 1 will stand or fail.
Besides that, Nr. Spanker, this toil is Urga
ly cxptiisive; and cow I com# to the qaesnoo
suggested a moment ago by the gentleman from
| Ohio. [Mr. Hctchiss ] The preaeat staff or
i gatiiz?ii<>B of your generals commanding divts
toos consists of an assistant adjutant general
j and two aids. The expenses of these effiaeys
re
a law, you will, m lien of that, hare tfcajtfbi
lowiog organixation; one assistant adjutant
general, ranking as major, with pay 0 f $ 197
per moot b, cue medical uirectoi, racking as
major, with the same pay, one assistant ins rec
tor general with the same rank and pay, and
three aids, ranking as captains, with an aggre
gate pay of #463 50 per month. If °the
j amendment offered by the gentle man from Mis
s be adopted, it will add to these staff c&-
eers a division -quarrer-msstcr and a division
i commissary of subsistence, eneh raokina as
major, and each receiving f 197 per month
But the bill as it stands leaving oat for the
present the amendment effsred by the gentle
man frcm Missouri, will increase the staff ex
penses of each general cotnunodiog a division
ft oca #429 50 per month to #1.054 50 per
month, an increase for each division of the
Aroiy Of #636 per wnonth or #7,500 per veer.
; This, on aa estimate of there being fortv di
visions in the Araij, wflf increase the staff ex
penses ?300,000 a year, and if the amendment
of the genu.o>*n from Missouri shall prevail,
the increased expenditure wili fee, undet tba
operations of this bill,about #489,120 a yer.
As I understand it, there will be -"created fey
ibis hill an out forty brigade sorgeooe, fertv
assistant inspector generals, scd fortv aid, and
as proposed to be amended by rbc "gentieman
from Missouri, forty qnarteimss-crs and forty
couiaissarisc of subsistence. Ido not pretend
to saj scat there are exactly forty divisions in
the Army, but I lute, in an official shape, an
intimation that such u the fact, ddo not pre
tend to say that soma means mav not be de
vised by which certain subaltern ' fll-ers may
be detailed to perform the dntiej of souii of
those *ho may be detailed for tor vise on the
division staff. Bat Ido s*j that, a a gener
al thing, that i impraotroibie, and it cmoot
be done without thereby weakening the com
pany and regimental organiiattou of the Army
Sin other respects.
1 do not feel that wo are in a position to
authorize us to tske any such stops, with all
j I°°* fccl,c " <* friendly regard for the
offisera of divisions of tbe Army, many of whom
I pttseosllj know, and *ll of whom I respect.
'■ *id ttotu is every prayer way, I will be
| diaposed to go with him who goes to the iairth
j est txtcxii consistent with the high obligations
,we owe the country. But the present
i 'nvolre so tuasb injustice and wastefolnrss, and