Mr. GARFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I regard it as one of the greatest evils that the Army of the U.S., even in the revolutionary war, the war of 1812, or in the late war, has ever been eblied to encounter, that is, these short terms of enlistment. It almost ruined us in the revolutionary war. It was almost equally damaging to the interests of the country in the war of 1812. Every one knows how terrible was the result in making the terms of enlistment so short during the late war. Ohio, when the 1st call was made for troops, had 82000 men offered to the Government, and they would have been offered for 5 years or during the war as well as for 3 months if calle for that time, but we were only authorized to receive them for 3 months. The consequence was that by the time we fairly got the troops into the field they had to be mustered out. We raised 12 months troops, and 9 months troops, and we were even guilty of the fell at one time of raising hundred days men. know they did good service. It was a mere accident in the war that they did good service. It was the merest accident it was not 25 millions of money thrown away. As a matter of fact I acknowledge they did good service. New, sir, we have the best material for an arm ever offered to any Government in the word out of which to make an army. We have men who have had military experience crowding to get places in the Army. Let us now get an army that will last 5 years at least, and not after we have consolidated and crystallized it and made it an efficient body of men have it go out of service to get other men in again. My amendment may be advocated on the score of economy. There is always some extra pay when men are mustered out at the exiration of their term of enlistment. It will e a great saving to give this extra pay at the end of a 5 years enlistment instead of at the end of a 3 years enlistment. You will adopt the amendment, then, from motives of economy, but more than all other reasons for the purpose of having awell disciplined and permanent army. Ighope we will make the term of enlistment 5 years instead of 3.