Mr. MYERS. I decline to yield except for aquestion. Mr. Chairman, how does this matter come before us? The Secy War has addressed a letter to the chairman of the comAppropriat of this House stating that the Dept had received returns of the amounts required for the payment of the militia called outto repel the invasion of the rebel forces under the command of General Lee. The SecyWar states in his latter of January 4, 1864, just read: "There bein no appropriation out of which these paymentse oul be madeat the time they were required. patriotic citizens of Philadelphia advanced the money; and it is properthat they should be reimbnrsed Without delay.; Then there is another letter addressed to those in Philadelphia who were raising some of these troops, and embodying the contract made with them by the Government at the That letter is, as follows: WASHINGTOX.July 21.1863. time. J. Mr. FRY. 8cm: All that is necessariis that the Governor of Pennsylvania should see that the company payfrolls are properly made out and certified. This being dorm. the amount due is readily ascertained and can it: paid, and the payrolls wi lfuriiish the properofiici voucher of the payment. This Dept will lay Infore(, nngrcu, at the commencemeonft the union. an estimateto cover the amount, and requesttheappropriation. The matter has been arranged in this way in other States and has beenproductive of no delay or complaint where the Governors have given their at tention to it and seen that tho muster rolls are rop EDWIN M. STANTO. I SecyWar. I call the attention of gentlemen who may not have examined this case to the fact that the SecyWar thus telegraphed 11]this dire emergency that if the men were raised he would, at the earliest possible moment, request congress to make the appropriation, and that he aithfully carried out the promise. More than 2 years ago, in pursuance of the agreement stated by the Secretary, and his request, this House did pass the appropriation. Governor Curtin, in his special message of April 30, 1864, says: “The U.S. clothed. equipped and subsisted the men thus called into service, but declined to pay them. there bo1118no appropriation for the purpose." and again, in his annual message of January 4, 1865“They were retained. as was alleged. to vrneryo the pleat oand enforcethe draflz. Nearl. if no!mute one "If the moneywaapaid to Iroopa I he!, an qfler theomeraem huad emu d.” erly made out. After this statement I think no one will question that these men were in the serVice oi the U.S. In the last Congress an amendnientwasadded, not like this of my friendfrom Maine, but members from other States, so posing they might have similar claims, (thong it has since been ascertained thatthey havea 1been 111d, m) oved their amendments to the bill. n this shape it passed this House, went to the Senate, and, I clieve, because of the inappropriate additions, was not reached for favorable action. The bill now under consideration, substantially the same as I introduced it earl in the session, is virtually the same bill passe hy the House during the last Congress. The chairman of the ComAppropriat [Mr. STEVENS] has stated fully the reason why this claim was not before paid. The act of July 27, 1861, provided: " That the SecyTreasury be and he is hereby. directed. out of an money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriatet. to pay to the Governor of any State or to is duly authorized agent, the costs, charges and expensesproperly incurred bysuch State for enrolling, subsisting, clothing, supp ying. arming.equipping, payingmmd transporting its troops employed in mdina to suppress the present insurrection against the U.S.n.to he settled upon propervouchers.to be filed and passed upon by the proper accounting officersof the reusury." In the appropriation bill of February, 1862, there was a clause appropriating $15,000,000 to refund to the States the expenses incurred on account of the volunteers called into the serum of the U.S. This appropriation ran out, as has been stated, an having been expended in the bill passed March 3, 1863 COngress being about to adjourn another appropriation was made to cover similar expenses, as follows: " To defray expenses incurred in raising. equipping. transportation and subsistenceof minutemen and volunteers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio. Indiana, and Kentucky, to repel rebel raids SGMLM. to be settled upon propervouehors, tobe filedand passed upon by the proor accounting officersof the [roasury: Provided, hat in determining the claims to be allowed under this act thesameprinciples. rules and regulntions shall he observedby the accounting officers in auditing said expensesas have been applied to the claims allowed to States under the act approved July 27, 1861, entitled An act to indemnify the by atesfor expensesincurred by them in defense of th U.S. An this sum also ran out before the propervouche for the jiresent claim could be presented nd passe. upon satisfactorily, as the Secon Auditor, in his letter, states they subsequetly were. Ha Congress been in session at the time, it would have done exactly what it did do in another case and I call the especial attention of the Gentfrom Ohio [Mr. DELANO]. to that case. In the year 1864 the gentlemans colleague [Mr. GARFIELD] asked unanimous consent to introduce the following JtResolution: “Reoqlcerl. me"That the sumof $25,000, 00boe and hereby is, appropriatedput of any moneyin the public Treasury not qthermse appropriated, for arming equipping. clothing, subsisting, transporting, and pay involunteerswho may be received the Pros ident or any term not lessthan 100 days." No objection being made, the following communication from the SecyWar was read: Wan Darinrnnsr. WASHINGTONCirv. April 25.1864. din: The GovernorsofOhiO, Indiana. Illinoislowa, 2a3ndd Wiseonsin havetenderedto the President, on the instant a large number of volunteers from their rpeasigpne.ctive States for serviceduring the presentcam The are xpocted to nuui erfrorn 80 to 100,000 men; their termof service 100 daysfrom muster in. It is believedtheycan render wqful service. They areto be paid no bounty and are notto diminish or delay the draft for 3 years men in States where the quota of pending draft is notf illed up. The quota is filled up in Indiana, Illinois. Iowa and Wisconsin, and loss than 10,000 are due from Ohio. The expense of these tofore not provided for in the war estimalcahere meet thsuebemositttoefdo. nIetis 100,000 of the extra volunteers. I respectfully recommend a special appropriation for that purpose, and submit a JtResolution for that purpose. Be impending operations render it expedient that thereshould be early action tbioyned Congress upon the RPQDOEIUOIsIo, that, if sanc all needful provisions may be mule in due season. respectfully, your obo WIR M. STANTON. SecyWar. Homltonnnr C. Sensson, Chairman of the Military (bmnultaeof the HoRep and although you. Mr.Chairman, [Mr.Wasrb scans, of Illinois] objected to it and asked its reference to the ComWays&Meansto be examined and reported upon, that was refused, and the House proceede at once to its consideration, promptly and without discussion passing it. Now, if Congress had been in session when these special appropriations were exhausted I have no doubt they would have passed a bill to supply the deficiency as promptly as they did for the 100 days meu.