widow of Thomas Smith, late a private in the Kentucky home guards, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars a month from the passage of this act. Mr MOORE. I will make a brief explanation. This is the case of the widow of a member of the home guard. The man was captured armed, and was a long time in rebel prisons, and was regularly exchanged at the parole camp in Annapolis. He was under the command of United States troops, and altogether the case is a very strong one, although a little irregular. Mr. BUCKLEY. I would ask the gentleman from Illinois if this man was ever mustered into the United States service? Mr. MOORE. I believe he was not mustered into the service of the United States, but I should hardly expect that when it is proposed to pension a man who was captured by the rebels with arms in his hands in defense of the Union, and suffered intolerably in rebel pris ons, and was regularly exchanged by the United States authorities, any gentleman would want to ask any questions as to whether it is proper to grant him relief or relief to his widow. Mr. CONGER. I would like to inquire whether these Kentucky home guards were organized to preserve the neutrality of Kentucky? Mr. MOORE. I have no answer to give to any question of that kind. I have stated here he served the Government of the United States in the defense of the Union. Mr. CONGER. The gentleman stated that he was captured by the rebels? Mr. MOORE. Well, I am not making any buncombe statements here, and I do not want to answer such questions. Mr. CONGER. The gentleman, of course, is at liberty to answer or not, as he chooses. As the matter stands at present, I know of no power that i have to compel him to answer. Mr. MOORE. I thought I had stated the case sufficiently for my honorable friend, for whom I have high regard, but it seems to me he asked a question that he did not expect me to answer. If he is in earnest I will take any amount of pains to answer him. Mr. CONGER. Then I will ask whether it is the rule of the committee to report favorably in the case of any of these volunteer organizations at home, and not in the United States service? Mr. MOORE. No, it is not a rule. We should not do it in all cases, but these home guards were organized with an understanding in the department of Kentucky by order of the War Department. These home guards relieved our troops, and did very effective service, and coöperated frequently in battle with those troops. Now, here is the point in reference to this case: had the man been killed in battle, the pension laws make provision for a pension to his widow. But he was rot killed in battle; he was captured in battle and held as a prisoner of war. He was brought to the parole camp at Annapolis, and there regularly paroled, and his pay settled by the Second Auditor of the Treasury, thereby recognizing the obliga tion of the Government to this soldier. We could not say that his widow should not have a pension. Mr. CONGER. Did he subsequently die No; he was paroled and in the service? Mr. MOORE. afterward died. Mr. CONGER. Of disease contracted while in service? Mr. MOORE. Yes, of chronic diarrhea. I am informed by the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs [Mr. COBURN] that his committee last week granted this woman bounty, in view of the service rendered by her husband. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. JUSTICE F. JONES. Mr. MOORE also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2492) granting a pension to Justice F. Jones; which was read a first and second time. The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Justice F. Jones, late a private in company C, seventh regiment of Iowa cavalry volunteers, to take effect from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. VIRGINIA M F CUSACK. Mr. MOORE also, from the same committee, reported back, with a recommendation that the same do pass, House bill No. 2493, granting a pension to Virginia M. F. Cusack. The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the limitations and pro visions of the pension laws, the name of Virginia M. F. Cusack, widow of John Cusack, late captain of company D, first United States cavalry. Mr. MOORE. As this case is a little peculiar, I prefer to make an explanation to the House in reference to it. The applicant for this pension, the widow of this soldier, appeared before the Pension Bureau, and her case was rejected for the reason that opposite the name of the soldier was placed the entry, "died of delirium tremens." Now, the testimony of a number of the best Army officers and others is strongly to the contrary. He was well known at the War Department and elsewhere as one of the most efficient quartermasters who served during the late war, and never failed to faithfully discharge his duty. He was only a day or two in hospital. The evidence is so overwhelming that that record could not have been a correct representation of the facts in this case, that we felt compelled to report a bill for the relief of this widow. Mr. HIBBARD. I would inquire why the words "to commence from the passage of this act' are put in some of these bills and omitted from others? Mr. MOORE. It is a mere matter of form. These bills are all found subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws; and the Pension Bureau will only pay from and after the passage of the acts. Mr. HIBBARD. Those words are in most of the bills. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and accordingly read the third time, and passed. read a third time; and being engrossed, it was Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. NANCY OSBORN. Mr. MOORE also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2494) granting a pension to Nancy Osborn; which was read a first and second time. The question was on ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Nancy Osborn, mother of Horace M. Osborn, late a private in company G, twenty-third regiment Massachusetts volun teers, to take effect from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. Mr. MOORE also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2496) granting a pension to Almon P. Graves; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Almon P. Graves, late a private in the third United States artillery, the pension to take effect from February 29, 1867. Mr. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, this bill provides that the pension shall take effect from a date anterior to the passage of the act. When this application first came before us, the five years' limitation had not expired. If it is asked why this man did not obtain his pension at the Pension Bureau, I will state that he was on detached duty at a post on the frontier, separated from his commissioned regimental officers, being I believe at that time under the command of a sergeant. He is now here in the Soldiers' Home. His case is a perfectly clear one. We report in its favor on the ground that when the application was made the five years from the date when his right to the pension accrued had not expired. I leave the case with the House to make such disposition of it as may be deemed proper. If any gentleman can show any reason why this pension should not be granted, I am ready to hear it. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. ARMSTIVE GOODLOW. Mr. MOORE also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2497) granting a pension to Armstive Goodlow; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. the name of Armstive Goodlow, late a private in company E, twenty-third regiment United States colored troops. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. " Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. AMELIA S. PARSONS. Mr. MOORE also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2498) granting a pension to Amelia S. Parsons, widow of Nathan A. Parsons; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Amelia S. Parsons, widow of Nathan A. Parsons, and pay her a pension as the widow of a private from the date of the passage of the act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. MARY A. MILLER. Mr. MOORE also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2499) granting a pension to Mary A. Miller; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary A. Miller, mother of Moses G. Miller, late a private in company F, eighty-seventh New York volunteers. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. MARY A. L. LOOMIS. Mr. MOORE also, from the same committee, reported back a bill (H. R. No. 2500) granting a pension to Mary A. L. Loomis, widow of Colonel Gustavus A. Loomis, with the recommendation that it do pass. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provis ions and limitatious of the pension laws, the name of Mary A. L. Loomis, widow of Colonel Gustavus A. Loomis, late of the United States Army, deceased, and pay her a pension from the date of the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. SARAH ANN WHARTON. Mr. MOORE also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2501) granting a pension to Sarah Ann Wharton; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah Ann Wharton, mother of Ransom Wharton, late a corporal in company I, second regiment Maine volunteers. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. JULIET E. HALL. Mr. MOORE, also from the same committee, reported back a bill (H. R. No. 2502) granting a pension to Juliet E. Hall, daughter of William Hall, late colonel eleventh Iowa infantry, with the recommendation that it do pass. The bill authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Juliet E. Hall, daughter of William Hall, late colonel eleventh regiment Iowa infantry, commencing the 11th of November, 1869, the date of the remarriage of the widow. Mr. MOORE. The widow was granted a pension by special act. The pension laws allow to the children of the deceased soldier the pension the soldier himself would have been entitled to according to his rank. As this was granted to the widow by special act, on her remarriage it would not be continued to any of the children without special act in their behalf. It is now proposed, as the widow has since remarried, that the pension by special act shall be continued to the daughter until she reaches sixteen years of age. That is the nature of the case, and I wish the House to understand it. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. RICHARD B. CRAWFORD. Mr. MOORE also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2503) granting a pension to Richard B. Crawford; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of Richard B. Crawford, late second lieutenant of the thirteenth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act; this pension to be in lieu of the pension he is now receiving of eight dollars per month. Mr. MOORE. This is the bill vetoed by the President of the United States. The veto message was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. On examining the original bill the committee are of the belief that the President was misled by reason of the manner in which the original bill was drawn. It was supposed to grant an additional pension, but it was really intended to be in lieu of the pension the soldier was then receiving. Another point made in the message of the President was that this soldier was a private when he was wounded. There is the most complete testimony that could be gotten up that when he was wounded he had the commission of lieutenant and was filling a vacancy, and was in the uniform of a lieutenant. The pension laws recognize that a pension shall be granted of the rauk, provided there is a vacancy answering to the commission. And there was that vacancy; there is not the shadow of a doubt in reference to this man being a lieutenant when he was wounded. The same evidence which was before us was before the Senate committee when the bill went over to the Senate, and they recognized the force of the testimony, and changed our bill only in this respect, that they proposed the relief should take effect from the passage of the act. The Pension Bureau had pensioned this man as a private, in some way misapprehending || the force of the testimony. The committees of the House and Senate concurred in regard ing the testimony as clear and beyond controversy that he was a lieutenant when wounded. The bill is now so altered as to read that this pension shall be in lieu of the pension he was heretofore drawing at eight dollars a month. It is reported as a new bill, and I ask that it be put upon its passage as a new bill. We are not proposing to pass it over the President's veto. Mr. STOUGHTON. I would ask the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. MOORE] whether there was anything in the bill vetoed by the President to show that this was in lieu of the other pension? Mr. MOORE. There was not. Mr. BUCKLEY. I desire also to ask the gentleman a question. Was this soldier actually mustered in as lieutenant when he was wounded? Mr. MOORE. Not at all. The pension laws do not require a man to be actually mustered in. The possession by a man of a commission gives rank, provided the muster was not delayed by some fault of his own. In this case the muster was delayed for the reason that a superior officer of the regiment stood in this man's way, preventing him from being mustered. He went into battle, and while commanding a company in this way was wounded, and behaved so gallantly that the jealousy of that officer was withdrawn, and three days afterward he was mustered. Mr. HOLMAN. I ask that the veto message of the President be read. Mr. MOORE. This is not an attempt to pass the bill over the President's veto, because it is a different bill. Mr. ARCHER. I think the gentleman had better allow the reading of the message, so that we may understand the matter clearly. I suppose the gentleman from Illinois would not like to pass it over the veto, because that would look as if he were going to Cincinnati. [Laughter.] Mr. VOORHEES. The only objection to the reading of the message is a question of time, and I hope no gentleman will call for it, inasmuch as the chairman of the Pension Committee states that this is not a case of passing a bill over the President's veto. There is a great deal of business still to be done to-night, and I hope we shall be allowed to proceed with it. Mr. ARCHER. The message is very short, and I think it had better be read. Mr. VOORHEES. If it requires unanimous consent to have the message read, I object. Mr. HOLMAN. I would suggest to my colleague [Mr. VOORHEES] that he should not raise an objection to interfere with the gen-. eral sense of the House. Mr. VOORHEES. I think no member of this House raises so many objections as my colleague. If any useful purpose were to be served by reading the message I would withdraw my objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. MOORE] desire the message to be read as a part of his remarks? Mr. MOORE. I do not. Mr. HOLMAN. I again ask that the message be read. Mr. MOORE. It has already been read to the House, and appears in the Globe of to-day. Every gentleman can see it there if he chooses. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. Mr. MOORE. I ask that the report I have sent up with the bill be printed. There was no objection, and it was so ordered. The question was on the passage of the bill. Mr. HOLMAN. I must insist upon the reading of the message of the President. I am not at all captious in the matter, but I think it is only right that the message be read. Mr. AMBLER. If the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. MOORE] will allow me, I will make a short statement. This man Crawford resides in my district, and I presented his petition. The proof, I Sumner under the provisions of the general Mr. HOLMAN. It will be observed that this bill is out of the usual course. Mr. PETERS. It is like one we passed last night. think, shows very clearly what the facts are; and it was a mere misprint arising from a mis-pension laws. take in the drafting of the bill which was the occasion of the veto. Mr. Crawford was authorized by appointment from the Governor of Ohio to raise a number of soldiers and received an appointment as a lieutenant, conditioned on his raising a certain number. was mustered, as the custom was then, with perhaps an understanding that that muster was not to be valid unless he raised the men. He raised the men, and joined the regiment with his company. He Mr. MOORE. I would inform the gentleman from Ohio that the House is anxious to pass this bill, and has had all the explanation in regard to it before he came in. Mr. AMBLER. I did not understand that there has been any explanation, and I do not desire to occupy time. Mr. HOLMAN. The message of the President, I understand, can be read in a moment, and I ask for its reading. The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the gentleman is entitled to the floor on the passage of the bill, if he desires to have the message read, he can have it read. Mr. VOORHEES. I understand that that message has been read three times already. The SPEAKER pro tempore. But the gen'tleman from Indiana [Mr. HOLMAN] is entitled to the floor on the passage of the bill, and can have it read again. Mr. MOORE. I do not see any propriety in it. Mr. VOORHEES. I see the propriety of everything my colleague does generally, as he knows, but I do not see the propriety of this. The bill was passed. Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. WILLIAM P. CALVERT. Mr. MOORE also, from the same commit tee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2504) granting a pension to William P. Calvert; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William P. Calvert, late a private in the twenty-first regiment Illinois volunteers, now an insane person, at the rate of eight dollars a month from the passage of this act, to be paid to his committee trustee, guardian, or conservator. The bill further directs the Secretary of War to graut an honorable discharge from the military service to the said William P. Calvert. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. MRS. HANNAH W. SUMNER Mr. MOORE also, from the same committee, reported back, with the recommendation that it do pass, the bill (H. R. No. 2505) to increase the pension of Mrs. Hannah W. Sumner, widow of Major General Edwin V. Sumner, who died March 21, 1863, while in command of the department of the West. The bill was read. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll the name of Mrs. Hannah W. Sumner, widow of Major General Edwin V. Sumner, who died March 21, 1863, while in command of the department of the West, at the rate of fifty dollars per month, to commence from the passage of this act, and to continue during her widowhood, and to be in lieu of the pension heretofore granted to the said Hannah W. Mr. HOLMAN. We passed two bills last evening of a like character, one granting a pension to Mrs. Morris, widow of a brigadier general, I believe, at the rate of fifty dollars a month, and another granting a similar pension to Mrs. Miller, widow of Commodore Miller. I stated last evening that the practiceno rule of law, but the practice of Congress had been to grant a pension of fifty dollars a month to the widow of any general who fell in battle. I think there may be cases where discrimination should be made. Whether there are such cases or not cannot well be considered at this time, for the practice of the House has already been entered on. I do not believe, sir, that as between the widows of soldiers who have fallen in the service of the country there should be any discrimination. We can all see why there is a discrimination between the pay of an officer and the pay of a soldier in the ranks. It grows out of the supposed expenses to be incurred by the one class, expenses which are not required of those in the ranks. I suppose that that is the only ground; it is a fancy which we have taken up from the country from which we sprung-a little monarchical in its character. But when we come to the subject of pensions I do not believe a single argument could be offered why a discrimination should be made between the widow and orphan children of the soldier who fell in the ranks and the widow and orphan children of the officer who suffers in the same way. Mr. MOORE. I cannot yield to the gentleman any longer. Mr. HOLMAN. I am not asking my friend to yield to me. I have the floor. I am stating a simple proposition. The gentleman from Illinois, who is so fond of talking himself, ought not to deprive anybody else of that privilege. While I cannot oppose this bill, I desire to call the attention of the gentleman from Illinois to a fact which I wish to present to the consideration of the House, and I shall this. The recent death of Major General Robhave no better opportunity of doing it than ert Anderson, whose name is so honorably connected with a great event of the late war, renders it manifestly proper that the claims of his widow and orphan children upon the magnanimity of the country should be considered. I think a bill should also pass granting her the same pension we are granting other widows of major generals of our Army. Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. I rise to a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore, (Mr. NIBLACK. ) The gentleman will state his point of order. Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. My point of order is that the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. HOLMAN] is not confining himself to the subject before the House. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Indiana will proceed in order. Mr. MOORE. I have a great regard for the gentleman from Indiana; but I would be glad if he would have some compassion on these poor pensioners. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Indiana is entitled to the floor. Mr. HOLMAN. A moment only. It is a matter of history that from the time General Anderson left Fort Sumter he declined in health, both physically and mentally, in consequence of the fearful struggle through which he passed in the first hours of the war and the fearful responsibilities thrown upon him while in command of Fort Sumter. Mr. PETERS. What do you want? Do you want to pass a bill for Mrs. Anderson? Mr. HOLMAN. I do. Mr. MOORE. Then bring it in and we will attend to it for you. Mr. HOLMAN. I will yield to the gentleman from Illinois. Mr. MOORE. I want to assume the floor in my own right. If the gentleman had his bill ready and desired it, I would withdraw mine until his was passed. Mr. HOLMAN. ↑ I have it ready, but I will wait until this one is acted on. Mr. MOORE. As everybody here knows, General Sumner was one of the most brilliant and useful officers who ever served his country. Were he now living he would be on the retired list, at the pay of $5,000 a year. So far as money is concerned it is a saving to the Government that he has passed away. We can very well afford to give to his widow, who is poor and dependent upon this pension, fifty dollars a month. I now call for a vote on the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. HOLMAN. I desire to offer the following bill for the relief of Mrs. Anderson. Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. I rise to a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore, (Mr. NIBLACK.) The Chair cannot entertain the proposition of the gentleman from Indiana, as this evening is set apart exclusively for reports from the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. HOLMAN. I trust there will be no objection to this bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. It may be offered as an amendment to some other bill, but not presented as an original bill for the action of the House. Mr. HOLMAN. I ask that the bill may be read, and then I will move to reconsider the vote passing the last bill in order to move this as an amendment. Mr. MOORE. I hope that will not be done. We will take care of the gentleman's bill in due time. Mr. HOLMAN. Very well. JOANNA L. SHAW. Mr. MOORE also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2506) repealing an act entitled "An act granting a pension to Joanna L. Shaw;" which was read a first and second time. The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill, which was read, repeals the act, approved July 27, 1868, granting a pension to Joanna L. Shaw. Mr. PETERS. For what reason? Mr. MOORE. Information has come to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and also to the Pension Bureau, that satisfies the com. mittee and the Commissioner of Pensions that this person is unworthy of this special favor at the hands of this Government. In addition to this, we have evidence that the bill, in the first place, ought never to have been passed. Those who favored it at the time have since discovered their mistake. This woman was drawing a pension as the widow of a private, and her husband never was any. thing more than a private at any time; but, by some adroit maneuver, the passage of the bill was secured. I do not wish to make any further statement in reference to the character of this person; it is not necessary to do so. But I could easily satisfy the whole House that it is very equitable to repeal this special act; and the repeal is recommended in order to stop to this extent at least frauds upon the Government. Mr. MAYNARD. The gentleman from Illinois [Mr. MOORE] makes a very remarkable statement. It is possible that the husband of this woman may never have been technically or legally anything but a private; but was it not a case where the man was promoted to an office and died before being mustered in? Mr. MOORE. No, sir. This man was a private, who was detailed to do duty for a few days in the absence of a surgeon; and in consequence of that fact his widow succeeded by some means or other in getting a pension as the widow of an assistant surgeon. Mr. MAYNARD. I will ask the chairman of the committee whether he has examined the original papers upon which the bill sought to be repealed was passed? Mr. MOORE. This bill reduces her pension to eight dollars. She is entitled to no more. Mr. MAYNARD. I do not make myself understood. I ask whether the gentleman has examined the original papers on which the former bill was passed? Mr. MOORE. Oh, yes, sir. Mr. McCORMICK, of Missouri. Does this bill leave the woman in possession of her pension as the widow of a private ? Mr. MOORE. Yes, sir. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. MOORE moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed. WIDOW OF MAJOR GENERAL ANDERSON. Mr. MOORE. I now yield to my colleague on the committee, the gentleman from Ohio, [Mr. PECK.] Mr. HOLMAN. Before any further reports are presented, I trust the gentleman from Illinois will allow an amendment to come in for the relief of Mrs. Anderson. Mr. MOORE. It can not come in under the order of the House. Mr. HOLMAN. It can as an amendment. Mr. COGHLAN. The House has acted very generously toward the committee in reference to these bills, and I think the committee ought not to object to a measure of justice like this. Mr. HOLMAN. I ask the House to reconsider the vote by which the bill for the relief of Mrs. Sumner was passed. Mr. MOORE. I rise to a question of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the order of the House it is competent for the House to consider to-night nothing but reports from the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. MOORE. The members of the com mittee will not, I presume, make any objection to their chairman introducing as a report from the committee a bill providing for the case of the widow of General Anderson. Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. I object. Mr. COGHLAN. I move to reconsider the vote by which the bill granting a pension to Mrs. Sumner was passed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. If there be objection to the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. MOORE] reporting the bill, the question as to its reception depends upon the vote of the House. The Chair will submit to the House whether the bill shall be received as the report of the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. COGHLAN. I think that such a bill for the relief of the widow of General Anderson ought not to be objected to. Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. ask May I Mr. MOORE. If any member of the com. mittee objects, I shall not press the report. Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. I object, because the bill has never been before the committee, and we know nothing of the evidence on which it may rest. Mr. HOLMAN. There has been extraordinary liberality shown by the House in reference to these bills; and I insist that the widow of so gallant an officer as General Anderson should not go without a pension. This case is an historical one. Mr. COGHLAN. By simply reconsidering || the vote passing the bill for the relief of Mrs. Summer and attaching this proposition as an amendment, the object can be acccomplished. Mr. MOORE. There are other men who will want to amend bills in the same way. Mr. RANDALL. I think the gentleman, by consenting to this proposition, will facilitate the business of his committee. Mr. MOORE. I do not make the objection. The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. RANDALL] should get his colleague [Mr. SPEER] to withdraw his objection. The SPEAKER. The pending question is on the motion to lay upon the table the motion to reconsider. Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. My objection is from no opposition to the measure itself. I am going to withdraw the objection. It was made originally because of the course pursued by the gentleman from Indiana, who introduced it. I now withdraw the objection. Mr. BUCKLEY. Let me ask the gentleman from Indiana whether the last Congress did not make ample provision for the widow of General Anderson? Mr. HOLMAN. General Clinch had a claim of $30,000. Mr. BUCKLEY. Was not that claim paid? Mr. HOLMAN. For the purpose of making some provision for General Anderson's family to Mrs. Anderson, who was the daughter of General Clinch, Congress appropriated a sum which, instead of inuring to her benefit, gave to her children a mere bagatelle of $15,000, which was only half of the claim. Mr. MOORE. My motion is to reconsider and lay upon the table all the votes by which the various bills were passed. The motion was agreed to. Mr. SPEER, of Pennsylvania. I withdraw my objection to the other bill. Mr. PETERS. The gentleman from Illinois cannot report the bill, because he cannot see that any such case has been considered by the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and therefore cannot report any such case. MARY C. PETRIE. Mr. PECK, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2507) granting a pension to Mary C. Petrie; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the_name of Mary C. Petrie, widow of George C. Petrie, late private company D, seventeenth regiment Michigan volunteers, commencing the 1st of January, 1871. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. ELIZA J. FRACKER. Mr. PECK, from the same committee, also reported a bill (H. R. No. 2508) granting a pension to Eliza J. Fracker; which was read first and second time. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza J. Fracker, who adopted James A. Markland when sixteen months old, and who died from disease contracted in the service as second lieutenant second regiment Ohio infantry, at sixteen dollars per month from the passage of this act. Mr. CONGER. Read the report. The report, which was read, states that Mrs. Eliza J. Fracker adopted James A. Markland when sixteen months old as her own child, and from that time took care of him as her own. Mr. CONGER. I do not see anything in this case which gives good ground for relief. Mr. MAYNARD. If she were the natural mother instead of the adopted mother, she would have gotten the pension before under the statute. MARY E. SNIVLEY AND MAVILLA SNIVLEY. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2509) granting a pension to Mary E. Snivley and Mavilla Snivley; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the names of Mary E. Snivley and Mavilla Snivley, only minor children of Abraham Snivley, late private company F, fourteenth regiment Michigan infantry volunteers. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. AMOS FARLING. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2510) granting a pension to Amos Farling; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read. authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Amos Farling, late private company H, twentysecond regiment United States infantry. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PEČK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. GARRETT FLEMING. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2511) granting a pension to Garrett Fleming; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Garrett Fleming, late a private in the fortythird regiment Ohio volunteers, to take effect from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. SUSAN W. MECHEM. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported back, with the recommendation that it do pass, the bill (H. R. No. 2512) granting a pension to Susan W. Mechem. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Susan W. Mechem, widow of Abel F. Mechem, late a surgeon in the United States Army, to take effect from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2513) granting a pension to Mary O'Donald; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary O'Donald, widow of Walter O'Donald, late a private in company A, eightyfifth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, to take effect from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. ROSA HOON. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2514) granting a pension to Rosa Hoon; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Rosa Hoon, widow of William A. Hoon, late assistant engineer on the steamer Champion No. 3, which was in the service and under the control of the Government, to take effect from the passage of this act. What Mr. HOLMAN. Should not the bill define the amount of pension in such a case? would be the amount of pension in the case of an assistant engineer? Mr. PECK. Ten dollars, I believe. Mr. HOLMAN. Let the bill be again reported. The bill was again read. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. CATHARINE ROSS. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2515) granting a pension to Catharine Ross; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Catharine Ross, mother of John Ross, late a private in the twenty third regiment Illinois infantry volunteers, to take effect from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PEČK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. IVORY F. SNOW. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2516) granting a pension to Ivory F. Snow; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provis ions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ivory F. Snow, late a private in company B, seventeenth regiment Maine volun teers. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, is was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. CLARINDA BUTCHER. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2517) granting a pension to Clarinda Butcher; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Clarinda Butcher, widow of Ebeneezer Butcher, late a private in company F, twenty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. GEORGE W. SWARTZ. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported back, with the recommendation that it do pass, a bill (H. R. No. 2518) granting a pension to George W. Swartz; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension. roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of George W. Swartz, late a private in company I, one hundred and fifty-sixth Ohio national guards, at the rate of eight dollars per month, from and after the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. FRANCES W. EVANS. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2519) granting a pension to Frances W. Evans; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frances W. Evans, mother of William Evans, late a private in company E, fifth regiment United States colored troops. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. THOMAS LUNNEY. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2520) granting a pension to Thomas Lunney; which was read a first and second time. The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas Lunney, late a private in com. pany G, one hundred and twenty-eighth Indiana volunteers. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. JOHN GREENAULT. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2521) granting a pension to John Greenault; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Greenault, late a private in company F, twelfth regiment Illinois volun teers. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. JUDITH DUNHAM. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2522) granting a pension to Judith Dunham; which was read a first and second time. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension-roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of Judith Dunham, widow of George L. Dunham, late a private in the sev enth regiment Massachusetts volunteers, and afterward transferred to the United States gunboat Cincinnati, at the rate of eight dollars per month from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. HENRY REIMAN. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2523) granting a pension to Henry Reiman; which was read a first and second time. The question was on ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry Reiman, late a private in the twelfth regiment Maine volunteers, to take effect from March 4, 1869. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. FLORA D. M'KAY. Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2524) granting a pension to Flora D. McKay; which was read a first and second time. The question was on ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to place upon the pen. sion-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Flora D. McKay, widow of John McKay, late a sergeant in company G, seventy-fourth New York volunteers, from the passage of this act. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. PECK moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved |