rate of eight dollars a 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.

GEORGE W. PARIS.

Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2413) granting a pension to George W. Paris; 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 George W. Paris, of Dayton, Ohio, at the rate of eight dollars a month, to take effect from and after January 12, 1870.

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.

ABIGAIL CHAPLIN.

Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2414) granting a pension to Mrs. Abigail Chaplin; 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 Abigail Chaplin, who was the widow of Joshua Snelling, jr., late a colonel in the United States Army, the pension to take effect from January 1, 1870.

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.

WILLIAM F. SIMMS.

Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2415) granting increase of pension to William F. Simms; which was read a first and second time.

The bill, which was read, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to increase the pension of William F. Simms, late first lieutenant eighty-second regiment New York volunteers, to thirty dollars per month from the passage of this act.

Mr. HOLMAN. I ask that the report be read.

Mr. PECK. It is a meritorious case in ref. erence to which the committee was unanimous.

The report, which was read, states that Mr. Simms was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness by a gunshot entering the left side of his head, back of his ear, cutting the facial nerve, drawing the face to one side, causing deafness of the left ear, and injuring the sight of the left eye, and partial paralysis of the right arm and leg, shortening the leg and drawing it to one side, constantly requiring great care to keep him decent as well as a large expenditure of money for medicine and attendance. He entered the Army as first lieutenant and was promoted to major. He has been compelled to abandon his profession of law.

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.

ANDREW RIENFORT.

Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2416) granting a pension to Andrew Rienfort; 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 Andrew Rienfort, late private of company B, fifty-eighth regiment 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.

ABRAHAM COOPER.

Mr. PECK, also from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2417) granting a pension to Abraham Cooper; 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 Abraham Cooper, late private company K, first United States cavalry, 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.

MRS. NANCY E. PUGH.

Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2418) granting a pension to Mrs. Nancy E. Pugh; 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 Mrs. Nancy E. Pugh, widow of David E. Pugh, late captain company B, twenty-seventh 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.

WILLIAM FRESHOWER.

Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2419) granting a pension to William Freshower; 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 Freshower, late captain company B, eighth Ohio cavalry, from the 12th of October, 1864, deducting the amount received on

Pension certificate now held by him, and this act to be in lieu of said certificate of pension.

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.

MARGARET A. RENSHAW.

Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2420) granting a pension to Margaret A. Renshaw; 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 Margaret A. Renshaw, mother of Alexander D. Renshaw, late assistant engineer of the United States revenue steamer

Wilderness, at the rate of ten dollars per month, 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.

ELEANOR K. FILLIS.

Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2421) granting a pension to Eleanor K. Fillis; 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 Eleanor K. Fillis, widow of George F. Fillis, late a private in company B, fifth regiment of New York heavy artillery, 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.

PHEBE ANN ELDERKIN.

Mr. PECK also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2422) granting a pension to Phebe Ann Alderkin; 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 Phebe Ann Alderkin, mother of Alfred Alderkin, late a private in company E, ninety-sixth regiment Illinois 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.

JAMES SUPPLE.

Mr. WALLACE, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2423) granting a pension to James Supple; 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 James Supple, late a private in company K, eighth regiment United States infantry, 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. WALLACE 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 B. LILLY.

Mr. WALLACE also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2424) granting a pension to William B. Lilly; 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 William B. Lilly, late a cap

alry, and that she be paid a pension from July 12, 1864.

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. McJUNKIN 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.

ANN C. BUTLER.

Mr. McJUNKIN also, from the same committee, reported back, with a recommendation that the same do pass, House bill No. 1235, granting a pension to Ann C. Butler.

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 pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limittions of the pension laws, the name of Ann C. Butler, of Unionville, Chester county, Pennsylvania, mother of Charles F. Butler, late a private in company F, forty-ninth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, and pay her a pension 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. McJUNKIN 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.

MOLLIE L. ROBERTS.

Mr. McJUNKIN also, from the same committee, reported back, with a favorable recommendation, bill (H. R. No. 2436) granting a pension to Mrs. Mollie L. Roberts.

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 Mollie L. Roberts, widow of John S. Roberts, late first lieutenant twenty-second regiment Indiana volunteers, the pension to be at the rate of fifteen dollars per month from the date of the death of her husband, who at the time of his death was receiving a pension as lieutenant, the pension to continue during her widowhood.

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. McJUNKIN 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.

MARTIN ZEEB.

Mr. McJUNKIN also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2437) granting a pension to Martin Zeeb; 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 Martin Zeeb, who was a private in company E, second regiment Colonel Small's Washington guards, afterward twenty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers, the pension to take effect from 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. McJUNKIN 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. MARY DAVIS.

Mr. McJUNKIN also, from the same committee, reported back, with a favorable recommendation, a bill (H. R. No. 2438) granting: pension to Mrs. Mary Davis, of Philadelphia. 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 Mary Davis, mother of Charles B. Davis, deceased, late captain of company F, sixth regiment Pennsylvania cavalry volunteers, the pension to be at the rate of twenty dollars a month from the passage of the act.

The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. McJUNKIN 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.

JANE D. MUMFORD.

Mr. WAKEMAN, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2439) granting a pension to Jane D. Mumford; 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 Jane D. Mumford, dependent mother of W. C. Mumford, late captain of company G, nineteenth regiment Massachusetts volunteers, the pension to take effect from 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. WAKEMAN 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.

CAROLINE H. MILLER.

Mr. WAKEMAN also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2440) increasing the pension of Caroline H. Miller; 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 Caroline H. Miller, widow of James F. Miller, late a commodore in the United States Navy, at the rate of fifty dollars fund, and to be in lieu of the pension now a month, to be paid from the naval pension enjoyed by her.

Mr. WAKEMAN. This is one of the four cases referred to by the chairman of the committee. Mr. Miller served over forty years, and the payment of this pension is made payable out of the naval pension fund, which I am told amounts to over thirteen million dollars, set apart for the payment of naval pensions. This is a widow in destitute circumstances. She is now, it is true, receiving thirty dollars a month. This naval fund is made up out of prize-money, and this is one of the cases where the committee think the pension ought to be increased, her husband having served so long a time.

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was acccordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. WAKEMAN 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.

AMY BAGLY.

Mr. WAKEMAN also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2441) granting a pension to Amy Bagly; 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 Amy Bagly, widow of Francis Bagly, late of company F, fifty-first regiment 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. WAKEMAN 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.

CHARLES B. FAIRCHILD.

Mr. WAKEMAN, also from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2442) granting a pension to Charles B. Fairchild; 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 Charles B. Fairchild, late a first lieutenant in company A, first regiment, New York veteran volunteer cavalry.

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. WAKEMAN 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.

WESLEY HENSLEY.

Mr. WAKEMAN also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2443) granting a pension to Wesley Hensley; 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 Wesley Hensley, late a private first regiment Tennessee cavalry, 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. WAKEMAN 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.

MARGARET 8. FAIN.

Mr. WAKEMAN also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2444) granting a pension to Mrs. Margaret S. Fain; 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 Margaret S. Fain, widow of William C. Fain, killed in April, 1864, while recruiting a regiment in Polk county, Tennessee, under authority of Major General Thomas, com. mander of the department of the Cumberland, and to pay him a pension of thirty dollars a month from 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. WAKEMAN 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 SCHOFIELD.

Mr. WAKEMAN, also from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2445) granting a pension to Susan Schofield; 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 Susan Schofield, widow of Alfred F. Schofield, late first lieutenant first regiment Kentucky cavalry volunteers, in lieu of pension now received by her and 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. WAKEMAN moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

CHILDREN OF FREDERICK F. DAYTON.

Mr. BIRD, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back, with the recommendation that it do pass, the bill (S. No. 894) granting a pension to the minor children of Frederick F. Dayton, deceased.

The question was on ordering the bill to be read a third 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 names of the minor children under sixteen years of age, of Frederick F. Dayton, late private in company F, eleventh regiment Indiana volunteers, as in the case of a widow unmarried.

The bill was ordered to be read a third time; and it was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. BIRD 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 ARMSTRONG.

Mr. BIRD also, from the same committee, reported back, with the recommendation that it do pass, the bill (S. No. 879) granting a pension to Mary Armstrong.

The question was on ordering the bill to a third reading.

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 Armstrong, widow of Thomas Armstrong, of the first battery of Vermont light artillery.

The bill was ordered to be read a third time; and it was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. BIRD 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.

CHILDREN OF AMANDA M. RITCHEY.

Mr. BIRD also, from the same committee, reported back, with the recommendation that it do pass, the bill (S. No. 878) granting a pension to the minor children of, Amanda M. Ritchey.

The question was on ordering the bill to a third reading.

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 names of the minor children under sixteen years of age of Amanda M. Ritchey, deceased, widow of Powers Ritchey, late a contract surgeon in the United States Army.

The bill was ordered to be read a third time; and it was accordingly read the third time, and passed.

Mr. BIRD 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.

BENJAMIN CLARK.

Mr. BIRD also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2446) granting a pension to Benjamin Clark; which was read a first and second time.

The bill, which was read, directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pensionroll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Benjamin Clark, of Beech Creek, in the county of Clin

ton, State of Pennsylvania, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to take effect from 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. BIRD 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 REYNOLDS.

Mr. BIRD also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2447) granting a pension to Sarah Reynolds; 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 Reynolds, widow of William Reynolds, unassigned drafted man, who died while in the service of the United States, at St. Louis, Missouri, the pension 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. BIRD 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.

IRA BUCKMAN.

Mr. BIRD also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2148) granting a pension to Ira Buckman; 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 pension roll the name of Ira Buckman, at the rate of sixty dollars a month from the 1st of January, 1872.

Mr. BIRD. I desire to mention the facts in this case, and in order that they may be more fully understood, I will ask that the Clerk read the report.

The Clerk read the report, from which it appears that the petitioner was appointed a measurer of vessels for the port of New York, and sworn into office as such measurer on the 1st of February, 1862, whose duty it was to report upon the sanitary condition of steamers and sailing vessels carrying passengers to and from the city of New York, and also to meas ure and ascertain the tonnage of all vessels; that he continued to discharge the duties required of him as a measurer until the 16th of May, 1863, when and while in discharge of his duties on board the ship Adriatic, through the misrepresentation of the chief mate of the vessel as to the condition thereof, the petitioner was precipitated down the fore hatch, receiving such injuries in his right arm as to render immediate amputation necessary, and such injuries to his body as rendered him helpless, probably for life. He is now not only incapable of labor, but without the means of support.

Mr. BIRD. It is due to the House that they should be fully apprised as to the merits of this case. Mr. Buckman was employed by the Government during the war in the service spoken of in the report. The ship Adriatic was in port in the harbor of New York. He was directed to make a measurement of the vessel. Depending, as he was obliged to do, upon the crew as to the proper condition of the vessel, he was misled, and approaching the fore hatch was precipitated twenty-five feet, falling upon iron screws and other portions of the vessel so heavily as to bruise his arm, breaking the bone, and requiring immediate amputation, besides bruising his body very severely on the right side, so that he is now almost completely paralyzed on the right side. His wounds were so severe that he was obliged

to remain, not only in the house, but in bed for a long period of time, having a family to provide for. He had some money, but all that was used, and he is now wholly dependent on the charity of the world and the benefaction of this Government for his support in his present affliction. It is indeed very severe. If I could present him to the House as he was presented to the Committee on Invalid Pensions I am convinced that there would be no objection to the passage of this bill.

Mr. STOUGHTON. You propose to grant him a pension of sixty dollars a month, being twice what a general officer receives. Can the gentleman inform us why civilians who happen by accident to be disabled are to receive twice as much pension as an officer wounded in battle?

Mr. BIRD. I presumed that that question would arise here; it struck my mind as it did the minds of other members of the committee. The only answer is that the case is so meritorious, as much so as a case can well be the individual is suffering as much as any one can well suffer and live, and this being an insolated case, one not likely to reappear in this Con. gress or in any other, the committee were desirous to be somewhat generous, knowing the House to be desirous to be generous, and believing that the House would pass this bill, giving this man sixty dollars a month. It is a very inadequate amount as we consider it. I know, sir, that the sum seems large when it is compared with relief afforded here to others. I know that when they make such comparisons, this case could not probably stand.

Mr. MAYNARD. Do I understand the gentleman to say that the claimant is at present suffering?

Mr. BIRD. He is actually suffering bodily, so that he is obliged to make applications of medicine both externally and internally. He cannot get a moment's rest without medicine.

Mr. FARNSWORTH. Do I understand that this man was not in the naval or military service of the Government?

Mr. BIRD. Strictly speaking he was not; he was sworn into office. In what service?

Mr. FARNSWORTH. The custom-house service? Mr. BIRD. I will state the services he rendered.

Mr. FARNSWORTH. In what was he sworn in?

Mr. BIRD. He took an oath as a measurer of vessels in order to ascertain the proper tonnage and amount of freight that a vessel was fitted to transport from one place to another.

Mr. FARNSWORTH. That is in connection with the collector's office at New York.

Mr. BIRD. I so understand it, and it was while on this duty that he met with the accident I have stated.

Mr. FARNSWORTH. Now, will the gentleman allow me a few minutes? Mr. BIRD. Certainly.

Mr. FARNSWORTH. It does seem to me that this is a dangerous precedent, far beyond anything I have seen in my experience in Congress.

Mr. MOORE. If the gentleman will wait and let me make a statement, for I know he is going to talk in the dark, I do not believe he will be inclined to make any opposition to

this bill.

friends as perhaps any other man among those by whom he was known. He was solicited by the Government to undertake this work of remeasuring all the vessels in the harbor of New York and ascertain their tonnage. By his acts he saved millions of dollars to the Government. For one whole year after this accident he laid in his bed unable to move, destitute of mind and consciousness. After he got so that he could get from his bed, for more than a year he could not make one single step forward.

The Committee on Invalid Pensions are aware that this case is not within the law, but they could not refuse to grant this man this relief, as he suffered these severe afflictions in the faithful service of the Government of the United States, and saved millions of money to this Government.

Mr. MAYNARD. During the war?

Mr. MOORE. During the war. He has saved to the Treasury of the United States millions of dollars, and there is nothing that he has received for it. He has not been able to follow his profession, or do anything else in the world for a livelihood.

Mr. FARNSWORTH. That is as far as I can yield to my colleague, unless he has a better reason. I understood him to say that if I would yield to him he would make a statement of the case that he knew would disarm me from making any objection. His statement is that this is a poor boy who educated himself and became a competent draughtsman, and was then appointed to an office in the custom-house or in some other capacity as a measurer.

Mr.MOORE. Employed by the Government. Mr. FARNSWORTH. At any rate he was in the civil service of the Government; and to cap the climax, my colleague states that he had been a member of the Legislature of the State of New York, and therefore we should pension him. Now, I will go as far as any body in pensioning men in the military and naval service of the Government where they are under such orders that they cannot evade accidents, cannot evade incurring sickness and disease, nor evade incurring wounds. But I cannot consent to go, even in special cases, to the pensioning of men who are on the civil list of the Government. If you set a precedent of that kind you never can stop. Every man who has become disabled in the civil serIvice of the Government will make the same plea. His life is as valuable to him as this man's life. Every man will at once become an accomplished scholar; his services will at once be magnified into services of very great importance to the Government; his loss to himself and family will be. irreparable; and we shall be obliged to pension every man's family if he dies in the civil service of the Government, or pension him if he incurs permanent wounds or sickness or death while in that service. We never have done this thing before; there is no precedent for it. We ought not to do it now. Frauds enough are now being committed under our pension laws.

Mr. MOORE. Does my friend from New Jersey [Mr. BIRD] hold the floor?

Mr. FARNSWORTH. I hold it now. The SPEAKER pro tempore, (Mr. NIBLACK.) The gentleman from New Jersey yielded to the gentleman from Illinois, [Mr. FARNSWORTH.]

Mr. HOLMAN. I hope the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. BIRD] will withdraw this bill. It is very clear that we cannot begin a civil penson list without a great deal of discussion. This is the first case proposed to the House for establishing a civil pension list under this Government. As my friend will remember, the proposition was made in the Convention which framed the Federal Constitution to prohibit the establishment of a civil pension list. It was objected to upon the ground that no such prohibition was necessary; that in a republican government the establishment of such a pension list was impossible. I

Mr. HOLMAN. If the previous question be not sustained, I shall move to recommit the bill. I believe that motion will be in order if the previous question should not be seconded. The SPEAKER pro tempore. It will. The question being taken on seconding the demand for the previous question, it was not agreed to.

Mr. HOLMAN. I now move to recommit the bill.

Mr. MOORE. I am satisfied that if members of this House had seen this man as he appeared before the committee-if they understood the case as we understand it, as the case of a man in the employ of the Government during the war, for the purpose of measuring vessels and to prevent frauds, and who in this capacity rendered invaluable service in time of war-if members generally could have seen this man and realized his terrible condition, I am satsfied that the House would not favor the motion to recommit the bill, but would be glad to render him the assistance which this bill proposes.

The gentleman

Mr. FARNSWORTH. speaks of this service being rendered "in time of war." What has that to do with the case?

Mr. W. R. ROBERTS. Perhaps the case is considered meritorious because the man did not go into the military service. [Laughter.]

Mr. FARNSWORTH. He was not engaged in the war; he had nothing to do with it.

Mr. MOORE. I am satisfied that this House is ready to do an act of justice in a case like this if it understands the facts. Time and again the Government has compensated men for extraordinary services and granted them relief when they have suffered at its hands. Mr. HOLMAN. Not by a pension.

Mr. MOORE. Grant this as a pension or grant it as relief. Whatever you may see fit to call it, the Government is indebted to this man, and it could not reject his claim without inflicting upon him the severest injustice.

I regret exceedingly that this House should manifest a disposition adverse to the passage of this bill. A more meritorious claim never came before Congress; and I am satisfied that every member in this House would take precisely the same view of the case that I do if he was familiar with all the facts. This man comes here supported by the recommendation and solicitation of the best men in the country. A better man never rendered service to the Government in any capacity. I regret exceedingly to see opposition to this bill. The Gov. ernment can never do wrong by granting relief to a man of such singular fidelity and ability-a man ruined in every respect by the service he rendered to the Government; a faithful, patriotic man, giving up every private interest to serve the Government in a time when it was almost impossible to get such talent and such fidelity for the examination and measurement of these vessels. As I have already said, millions of money were saved to the Treasury of the United States through the services of this man. How are you going to compensate him? Shall the people of this country derive such benefits from services rendered by a man at so much peril and loss to himself, and yet allow him no compensation?

Mr. HOLMAN. I call the previous question on the motion to recommit.

Mr. STOUGHTON. I would like to make a single suggestion.

Mr. HOLMAN. In order that the gentleman may do so, I withdraw for the present the demand for the previous question.

Mr. STOUGHTON. Í do not like to antagonize any bill giving a pension to any deserv

ing soldier or any other person who is entitled to it. But this is a remarkable case. Let us see how it stands. Here is a man to whom it is proposed to give sixty dollars a month as a pension. Now, if he had been a private soldier who enlisted for thirteen dollars a month and served for three years or during the war, if he had been wounded the day before his term of service ended, all the pension he could possibly have obtained, if he had received the same injury as this man, would be fifteen dollars a month, and probably he could not have obtained more than eight dollars a month.

What propriety is there in giving sixty dollars per month to a man in the civil service, who, instead of enlisting and serving during a perilous war, engaged in a business which was profitable and desired by all?

I should like to know, Mr. Speaker, if this Government is to be the insurer of the life of every man who holds civil service under it. Such never was the intention of the law, and is not authorized by any provision or any statute. It is a wrong and dangerous principle for us to now establish. If you pass this bill, all civil officers who happen to be disabled will come in and ask sixty dollars a month, while the highest military officers who were wounded in the military service of the country do not receive more than thirty dollars per month. The result will be the military pension system will be destroyed. I see no good reason why we should give a pension to a man in the civil service who happened to receive some injury by accident to which all men are liable.

Mr. HOLMAN. I can yield no further, but must demand the previous question on the motion to recommit the bill.

Mr. WAKEMAN. I hope the gentleman from Indiana will allow the matter to be postponed until to-morrow evening, when we shall have a fuller House.

Mr. HOLMAN. I cannot yield for any such motion.

Mr. WAKEMAN. It is always a correct principle to do what is right whenever we have an opportunity to do so. Mr. HOLMAN. the previous question.

I insist on the deraand for

The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered; and under the operation thereof the bill was recommitted.

Mr. HOLMAN moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was recommitted; and also moved that the motion to recommit be laid upon the table

The latter motion was agreed to.

MARY H. BARTLETT.

Mr. BIRD also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2449) granting a pension to Mary H. Bartlett; 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 H. Bartlett, widow of E. W. Bartlett, late acting steersman on the United States steam ram Monarch of the Mississippi marine brigade.

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. BIRD 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.

LUCRETIA B. GALLOWAY.

Mr. BIRD also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. No. 2450) granting a pension to Lucretia B. Galloway; 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