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The Daily Dispatch: February 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Remarks of Mr. Woodson. In offering his resolutions in the House of Delegates favoring a reduction of the pay of army officers, (especially of the Quartermaster, Commissary and Surgical Departments,) and increasing the pay of privates, Mr. Woodson said: Mr. Speaker, I desire to call the attention of this House to some matters in my opinion seriously affecting the organization of our army and our success in the present struggle — I mean the inadequate pay of the private soldier, and the extravagant compensation given by the existing laws to the official corps of the army. No change in this regard can be affected by the General Assembly of Virginia, for the reason that, as soon as our men are called out from their homes to constitute a portion of the army, they pass at once into the service of the Confederate Government, which provides for the payment of the troops from all the States at the same rate. It can then only be effective by instructions to our Representative
The Daily Dispatch: February 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 15 (search)
etailed to perform by the officers of the Institute. Rejected. The bill was then ordered to its engrossment. On motion of Mr. Nerson, the vote ordering the bill to its engrossment was reconsidered. Mr. Garnett then moved to strike out the sixth section, providing for a per diem compensation to the Board. Agreed to. Mr. Collier moved to amend the bill so as to exempt the officers of the General Assembly from draft. Rejected. [The bill exempts the members and the Clerk of each House] Mr. Christian, of Augusta, moved to amend the bill so as to include the members of the Board of Public Works and the Secretary thereof. Rejected. Mr. Beannon moved to amend by striking out the provisions exempting officers of the two Houses of Congress, Agreed to. On motion of Mr. Johnson, a further amendment was adopted exempting the Clerk of each House of Congress. On motion of Mr. Lynch, the bill was further amended by striking out the provision exempting the Doorkeepe
The Daily Dispatch: February 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], Habeas corpus cases. (search)
The exemption bill. The bill respecting persons exempt from all military duties passed the Senate yesterday, and was sent to the House for concurrence. Among the amendments incorporated in the bill by the Senate are the exemption of the members of the General Assembly and the Clerk of each House; and of one physician for every two thousand population. The bill requires the organization of a board in each county and corporation, to consist of the magistrates, who are to have cognizance of all questions of exemption, and to adjudge the sufficiency of the excuse given by any person, who, by reason of his failure to report for enrollment, may have been enrolled among the drafted levies.