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Show TELEGRAPHIC forty -FouRTu uoNGRKas. M N A l i:. WitHliinton, 'J;l. Luiin iircm-nttd tt pt'tiliou ul iliMitliled bDlilifrs ankin 1I11H tho provisions of llm act of June tfiili 1.S74, ho I'xlnulinl to incliulu nil who Kyi uti nnn bt'luw tliu ellmw or u l K In: lit iv thy kneo, uml Hint they be iillotwd a it'iisit.ii of jJJ-t per nionth. Minton prrHcntrtl tt prtiiion aini'il ly nvor ir,000 womt n of Iinlnma ami nearly 1 1 ,1 KK volt-is of that slate, on Iho uuhject of tfinpcrunt'i', iifikin CtniRrrss to appoint a eoiiniiioftiomir to iiivcitiato and report as to tho i-lli-cl ot thy uleoholie, liquor Ira Hie; secondly, sec-ondly, to prohibit tho iniportation oi aleohoht! )i(iinr from lorriu eoiin-t eoiin-t n -s; thirdly, to prohibit the maim-fiu'ture maim-fiu'ture and nale of alcoholic liquor in thu dtHtriut of Columbia and tinito ries ot tlio I'nited Stutui, and fi-nrlhly to roqtiiro total aletiuenco from alcoholic alco-holic hqmnn of all civil, inilitniy and naval -Hi errs in tho Ciiittd Statcn. Morton said as hix petition wai;:i-d liy voterH, niolliers aud wivi-u of Indiana, Indi-ana, lu would ii.sk to hiivo it rt-iul, printed in llie U'ecoid anil rtfiTn d to tho coiniuitlcft on fin mice. So or-dcrcil. or-dcrcil. Morton presented a prtiiion of Hubert Hub-ert Small of Cnarleotun, asking cciiii peuaiilion lur the dipt u ro of the trampr l'lu,tT at Ohi.rWst.m in May 1oL, refeind. Morton in predi-mini; the pftiiiuii 5-iid Snull eaplurt-d tiiu -trutiirr iu Ch.irlLnton harbor an 1 de-.iver-.-tl her to the otlieer eommandin Iho I'uitid Slated equudrnn rnil.s:di: the ImrU'r. It was a L;allnnt acluL-ve-nit'iil, and had he bi-t. n an ollieer oi the navy he would hare reci-ivt-d a largtt amount of pri.o money. Anil was he received but ft very small sum. lie hoped the committee on naval ilhiirs would i;ive Ititi petition attention. atten-tion. Morton presnted a petition of 2,000 citin'iis of Indian. anil Kentucky, in favor of aid to the Texas lV'ific. r.iil-m.nl r.iil-m.nl company. Shiartn:iu fnm Hip corniniltee on linance. reported ft bill nmendatory nfactn of .Inly Mth 1S70 and January -'it 11 1.71 nnthorizmn the refunding re-funding of tho inilional debt. I '1. iet.-J 0:1 tlio calendar. Tne hill ifl fc.liuw: 'l'iiat the acts to authorize the refunding of the national na-tional dibt apprttviil July Mth, 1.70, and of Januaiy -Olh, 1&74, bo t-o amended that the amount of 1-onde loariii-!J per cent, iim-n st, authnr- T to be liued, be inercist d to i",-iVO.tn i",-iVO.tn ), and that thty be payable at the pleasure of t'nc L'uilcd Lites alter thirty years from tho dale of their issue insdead of alter fifteen years; second, this act shall not be construed to authorize any increase o: the total amoimt of bonds provided for by the acts to winch this act is an amendment, amend-ment, nor to authorize any increaeo whatever of the bonded debt of the United Suite-', and ail provisions of acts to which tliis net ia amendaton' m t inconsistent with tlio provisions of thid act are hereby continued in force and effect. HOIKF. Sjieaker Kerr was in tho chair to-:day to-:day apprviu!y much improved in ' healtn, and was warmly welcomed by the mem bore and otlicers ot the hou.-.c. Banning introduced a bill to pro-mole pro-mole the efficiency of ti-.e army, and to provide for the gradual reduction and consolidation of certain of its staff departments. Referred. It reduces the number of cavalry regiments to eight, and of infantry regiments to iwenty-three, and provides that there shall not be any new enlistments till the number of enlisted men shall be reduced to 20,000; that regimental orcnizationa of artillery shall be abolished, and that the artillery shall be hereafter known as corps ot artillery, artil-lery, and shall consist of five batteries of light artillery and sixty batteries of heavy artillery. The otlicers of artillery artil-lery are to consist of one chief of artillery, with the rank of brigadier general, four colonels, six lieutenant colonels, twelve majors, and sixty captains, one hundred and twenty liret lieutenants, ad sixty-five second lieutenants. It provides for an officers' school for cavalry and infantry, and provides aides-de-camp fur the general officers as follows : The general three, lieutenant lieu-tenant general two, major generals two each, and brigadier generals one each. There are to bo no new appointments ap-pointments and no promotions in the bureau ot military justice or among the judge advocates. It mergeDquar-matter mergeDquar-matter and subsistence departments into one organization, to bo known as the department of supplies, which is to consist of one chief with the rank of brigadier general, bix colonels, ten lieutenant colonols, twenty-four majors and forty-two captains. The medical department is to consist of one Burgeon general with the rank of brigadier general, one assistant eur geon general with the rank of colonel, two medical purveyors with the rank of lieutenant colonels, five surgeons with the rank of lieutenant colonels, forty surgeons with the rank of : majors, and 12-5 assistant surgeons . with the rank of first lieu ten- j ant, mounted for the first five years, and with the rank of captain, mounted after five years' service. The number num-ber of contract Burgeons ia to be limited limi-ted to fifty. The office of medical storekeeper is abolished. Tho paymaster pay-master general is to have, the rank of brigadier general and there are to be no new appointments to the grade of major in the pay department until the number of majors shall have been reduced below twenty, at which number num-ber they are to remain fixed. It provides pro-vides for a board for mustering out of service of officers reported unfit for the proper discharge of their duties from any cause except injuries incurred in-curred or disease contracted in the discharge of their duties. It confines the appointment to the grade of second lieutenant to graduates of the militiry academy to first sergeants of artillery cavalry and infantry, fixes the monthly pay of first sergeants of artillery, cavalry and infantry at forty dollars por month. It repeals the law that allows women to accompany accom-pany the troops as laundresses. |