...ts purposes; and even the conclusions reached are rarely borne out by the printed reports of the committee itself. The committee was composed in March, 1864, of Senator Benjamin F. Wade, of Ohio, Chairman , and Senators Zachariah Chandler, of Michigan, Benjamin F. Harding, of Oregon; Representatives Daniel W. Gooch, of Massachusetts, George W. Julian, of Indiana, Moses F. Odell, of New York, Benjamin F...