Mr. WILSON. I do not know precisely what it is. I understand that it costs more to correct the stereotyped plates than it did to make them originally. If anything is to be done in this matter, the Register should be made correct by examining, not only the records in the ofices here, but those in the offices of the respective States, so that a correct list may be published, in order that we may have the names of all the officers who have served in the volunteer forces of the U.S. during the war in one publication with everythingin regard to their services, showing whether they were dismissed or discharged or honorably mustered out, or whether they were killed or wounded. By having these facts all in one publication, they can be ascertained for the whole country in an part of the country. It seems to me that the object, which was what I have just stated, was an excellent one; and if it should be correctly carried out, and at a reasonable expense, the publication would be of great value to the country. Then in Mnssachuse ts we should be able to learn all these facts with regard to the officers of an State, Iowa included, and the same would be the case in every part of the country. It was previded that nce rtain number of copies might be sold ntonc dollar a volume, which won d defray a part of the expense. plan has been adopted at the War Dept contra to the plan recommended by Mr. Defrees is plan, I think, would bring the whole publication within 3 or 4 volumes; theirs will be at. least 8, and will involve an exeuse of more than 200,000 dol ars. The expense of his lan, of course, if he brings the work within tirce volumes, will be but little more than 1/3rd of the cost of the present plan. what I wish to do is to cancel what has been done, for it is utterly worthless, and to begin arrain upon the plan prepared by Mr. Defrees, which is an economical plan. one under which a page will contain as much as 2 or 3 pages under the present plan, and then to go on and complete the work. The work ought to be perfect and complete, or else it is worthless. The object of this JtResolution is in the 1st place to get a correct Register, and in the next place to get it at about 1/3rd of the expense which this incorrect one will cost us. It is worse than nothing, because an official publication that is not correct is of no account to the country; it misleads men rather than gives information.