INDEX

A.

Abandoned property-s
-see Frauds.

Accounts, bill (S. No. 356) to provide for the set-
tlement of the, of Isaac R. Diller, late consul
at Bremen
...170, 691
joint resolution (No. 140) authorizing the Navy
Department to allow to Paymaster Gilbert E.
Thornton $4,500 in the settlement of his, 750,
762, 1121, 1236, 1275, 1361

(See Claims.)
Admiral P. Tordenskiold, bill for the relief of the
owners of the...........170, 246, 894, 952, 973
Alexander, John, resolution to pay the expenses

of, in furnishing material for decorating and
placing the painting known as the "Storm-
ing of Chapultepec" in the gallery of the
Senate........
..........973

Allotments-see Army.
Anderson, Alexander D., joint resolution (S. No.
122) to confirm adverse decision of the Court
of Claims in the case of, administrator of John
Anderson.....
...302, 773, 868
Anderson, Charles, bill for the relief of......118,
139, 205
Anderson, Charles F., resolution relating to the
claim of..........
.........185, 894, 1042
Anthony, Henry B., a Senator from Rhode Isl-
and....
.5, 14, 16, 25, 51,
52, 82, 100, 102, 106, 138, 172, 214, 246,
291, 321, 350, 393, 413, 438, 466, 491, 499,
505, 546, 608, 665, 690, 772, 805, 942, 951,
1018, 1019, 1028, 1041, 1042, 1178, 1302,
1323, 1324, 1330, 1360, 1426, 1428, 1429,
1454, 1457, 1458, 1499, 1501, 1513, 1531
resolutions by....
........1,

14, 51, 60, 100, 393, 438, 466,
608, 772, 1018, 1324, 1454, 1531
remarks on the death of Hon/John R. Thom-
son.....

remarks on the resolutions relating to cotton
duties........
..60

remarks on the internal revenue bill... 107, 110
remarks on the bankrupt bill.....................................................174
remarks on the bill providing for the discharge

of State prisoners.........234, 235, 1205, 1207
remarks on the consular and diplomatic bill, 566,
567, 640
remarks on the legislative appropriation bill,646,
667, 668, 669, 670, 673, 675, 676, 677, 1095
remarks on the bill for the relief of Almond D.
Fisk......
.924, 925
remarks on the bill relating to Naval Academy
appointments........
...974, 975
remarks on the conscription bill. ....979,
985, 986, 1384
remarks on the bill for the relief of O. B. & 0.
S. Latham......
..1361, 1362
remarks on the bill to indemnify the President,
1437, 1494
remarks on the bill relating to the engineer
corps
.....1439, 1440, 1442
remarks on the civil bill........1514, 1516, 1521
Appeals, bill (S. No. 516) to allow the United
States to prosecute, and writs of error, with-
out giving security..
.837,
867, 1121, 1155, 1181
Appropriations, for the support of the Military
Academy for the year ending June 30, 1864,
106, 111, 291, 324, 438, 526

SENATE.

Appropriations-Continued.

for the support of the Army for the year ending
June 30, 1864, and for deficiencies for the sig
nal service for the year ending June 30, 1863,
155, 393, 561, 667, 695, 773, 837
for the payment of invalid and other pensions
of the United States for the year ending June
30, 1864...........155, 466, 561, 640, 667, 703
to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for
the service of the fiscal year ending June 30,
1863
......171,

291, 323, 350, 727, 750, 762, 837, 867, 1042
for the legislative, executive, and judicial ex-
penses of the Government for the year ending
June 30, 1864, and for the year ending June
30, 1863..........269, 270, 413, 640, 667, 702,

750, 1095, 1121, 1178, 1179, 1275, 1361
for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the
Government for the year ending June 30, 1864,

269, 270, 491, 560, 565, 640, 667, 690, 837
for the service of the Post Office Department
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1864,
526, 690, 773, 837
for the construction, preservation, and repairs
of certain fortifications and other works of
defense for the year ending June 30, 1864,
924, 1017, 1044, 1097, 1179
for the naval service for the year ending June
30, 1864......
.952,

1017, 1097, 1235, 1362, 1426, 1454, 1524
for the current and contingent expenses of the
Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty
stipulations with various Indian tribes, for
the year ending June 30, 1864............1042

1121, 1238, 1278, 1361, 1454, 1524
for sundry civil expenses of the Government
for the year ending June 30, 1864.......1509,
1510, 1514, 1517, 1525, 1526, 1528, 1530
(See Navy Department.)
Arbitration-see Intervention.
Arizona-see Territory.
Armory and foundery, select committee on a na-

tional, discharged from the subject.......1523
Army: bill (S. No. 402) to repeal the proviso of
the first section of the act approved July 5,
1862......
......14, 837
bill (S. No. 408) to abolish the rank and grade
of medical officers in the.............16, 25, 83
bill to facilitate the medical examination of in-
valid soldiers in the hospitals and convales-
cent camps......
.........60
bill (S. No. 415) to promote the efficiency of
the subsistence department............100, 302
bill (S. No. 419) to improve the organization of
the cavalry forces, 100, 106, 124,184, 197, 215
bill (S. No. 420) to facilitate the discharge of
disabled soldiers from the, and the inspec-
tion of convalescent camps and hospitals, 106,
118, 155, 171, 184
joint resolution (No. 121) for the prompt pay-
ment of the soldiers of the, and the seamen
and marines of the Navy...171, 199, 245, 270
(See Notes.)

bill authorizing the President to call into the
field two hundred regiments of infantry com-
posed of persons of African descent, to aid
in suppressing the present rebellion.......171
bill (S. No. 441) to promote the efficiency of
the artillery arm of the service.....185

joint resolution (No. 124) relating to the trans-
portation of sick, wounded, and deceased sol-
diers.......
.....197, 269

bill (S. No. 447) to promote the comfort of the
sick and wounded soldiers, and to promote
the efficiency of the medical department of
the.........
.197
joint resolution (H. R. No. 125) to grant the
use of a portion of Judiciary square for a free
library and reading-room for soldiers....215,
221, 413

bill (S. No. 421) to forfeit the pay of absent
officers of the....... ..........106, 215, 221
bill (S. No. 462) to authorize the consolidation
of regiments and companies.................269,
292, 302, 334, 357
bill to facilitate the return to the, of absent sol-
diers, and to prevent desertion..... .269
bill (S. No. 463) to increase the clerical force
of the Quartermaster General's office...302,
358, 476, 499, 726, 773
joint resolution (H. R. No. 133) to provide for
the immediate payment of the, and Navy, 302,
303, 323, 350, 413
bill (S. No. 469) to provide for the organization
of the signal department of the.............348
bill (S. No. 470) to provide for the greater com-
fort of sick and wounded soldiers, and to pro-
mote the efficiency of the medical department
of the........
.......370, 427, 446, 468
bill (S. No. 474) for the prompt and uniform
administration of justice and the better gov
ernment of the military forces of the United
States......

..393

bill (H. R. No. 523) to promote the efficiency
of the corps of engineers and of the ordnance
and quartermaster's departments..........413,
924, 1438, 1446, 1459, 1490, 1524
bill (S. No. 485) for the organization of a vol-
unteer militia force, to be called the National
Guard of the United States..................505
bill (S. No. 489) supplementary to an act pro-
viding for the better organization of the mili-
tary establishment.......
...........526

bill (S. No. 490) to authorize contracts to be
made with such States as may advance the
pay
and allotments of volunteers and militia
in the service of the United States...526, 1017
bill (S. No. 493) for the encouragement of re-
enlistments and for enrolling and drafting the
militia.......
....558, 639, 695, 705, 728
bill (S. No. 499) providing for stopping the pay
of unemployed military officers.... .....666,
690, 923
bill (No. 675) to raise additional soldiers for the
service of Government....690, 695, 924, 1309
bill (S. No. 500) for the relief of the officers and
soldiers of the, who sustained loss by the dis
asters to the steamships Winfield Scott and
San Francisco......
.702
bill (H. R. No. 658) to promote the efficiency
of the commissary department............726,
773, 817, 837
bill (No. 719) in relation to military hospitals,
and to organize an ambulance corps......726,
1235