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st and proper in regard to the officers named in his amendment. Their duties were equally important, and he thought it unjust in this body to institute a system of favoritism and discrimination between them in the legislation of Congress. Mr. Jones did not arise for the purpose of opposing the amendment, but to offer another. He moved to insert before the words "Commissary General," the words "Surgeon General" Mr. Foote opposed any amendment. The newspapers of the morning would show that a similar amendment proposed in the Senate was defeated by a decisive majority. The amendment of Mr. Jones to the amendment of Mr. Barksdale was agreed to, and the question coming up on the amendment as amended, the ayes and noes were called, and it was rejected by the following vote: Ayes 30, noes 49. The bill was then engrossed, read a third time, and passed, as follows: Ayes 45, noes 34. Mr. Lyons, of Va., moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed, and,