Mr. Odell was correct, when the Secretary informed me that no difference whatever would be made in relation to the pay of that regiment, either as regarded regular pay or bounty. Upon that the ComMilAffrs declined to recommend any further action, believing it to be entirely unnecessary. Now, sir, the' order or disatch from the War Dept accepting this regiment, I have in my hand, and it reads as follows: Wu: Darna'rnsnr. Wasnmo'ros CITY. August11, 1862. Sm: In reply to years of 4thinstant. proposingto raise a regiment of men of 45 years of age. but "active and vigorous." for garrison duty, I am directedto saythat such a regimentwill beaccepted. By order of the SecyWar: BrigCa.die.rBUCKINGHAM. GeneralandA. A. G. His Excellency SAMUELJ. Ktnkwoon, governor of Iowa. Davenport. Under that order the regiment was raised. It was ordered into camp on October 10, 1862. It was mustered into the service on the 15th of December, 1862. It remained in the service until the 24th day of May, 1865, being a period of 2 years and 5 months and some days. I have here a statement of the service performed by this regiment; and let it be remembered that itwas eed that the regiment should be received fort e performance of gar rison duty alone. That was the order issued to the Governor of Iowa accepting the service of the regiment. Now, as I have stated. on the 15th December, 1862, the regiment was mustered into the service of the U.S. by Captain H. B. Hendershott. On the 29th of the same month they left Camp Strong for StLouis, Missouri, where on the 5th January, 1863, the regiment was placed on duty guarding military prisons, rovost duty, and escorting troops to the front. they served at StLouis, Missouri, till the last of May; on the Pacific railroad, in missouri, guarding the same, from the last of may to the last of July, 1868; at Alton, Illinois, guardin the Alton military prison, from the last of July, 1863, to the 18th January, 1864; at RockIsland, Illinois, guarding the military rison there, from the 22d January to the 6th une, 1864; at Mem his, Tennessee, on picket duty, from the 9th gone to the 27th August, 1864. From Memphis, Tennessee, the regiment was ordered to Indianapolis, where it remained a short time, when 5 companies were ordered to Cincinnati, Ohio, under command of Colonel Kincaid; 3 companies to Columbus, Ohio. under command of Lien tenant Colonel West; and 2 companies to Gallipolis, Ohio, under command of Major Allen. The duty performed by Colonel Kin caid‘s command at Cincinnati was guarding Lytle & Kelton's transportation barracks, guardin" Government store houses, and provest and transportation duty. The duty performed by Lieutenant Colonel West’s command was guarding Camp Chase and escorting troops and prisoners to the front. The duty performed by Major Allen’s command was guarding Government stores, scouting, and transportation. The regiment continued on duty as above stated until May 13. 1865, when the commands of Lieutenant Colonel West and Major Allen were ordered to join that of Colonel Kincaid at Cincinnati, Ohio, and on the 20th the regiment left Cincinnati, Ohio, enroute to Davenport, Iowa, where on the 24th May, 1865, it was mustered out of service, in accordance with orders from the War Dept, dated May 13, 1865. Now, before the regiment was mustered out a part of the men had been honorably (lis charged, and those thus honorably discharged received bounty. But nearly all, if not all, of them had received 25 dollars of bounty when the regiment was originally mustered in, and when the regiment was mustered out as a regiment all those who had received 25 dollars only had it deducted from their pay, although the SecyWar had at one time given assurances that the regiment would be treated just as other regiments raised at the same time. Now, if it had been under stood at the time that the regiment was not to receive bounty for performing garrison duty, yet after the Government used them for purposes and different services, they are just as much entitled to bounty as the members of any other regiment. And let it be remembered that we have already provided bounties for regiments not strictly provided for by law, for all the colored troops and all the white troops but this regiment, which stands alone in the refusal of bounty. Now, all we ask is that this regiment shall be placed upon an equal footing with other regiments. hey served as well as other revi ments and discharged their duties faithful y, and I hope the motion to reconsider will prevail and that the bill will be passed. I introduced this bill early in the session, and had hoped for favorable action on it soon after its introduction. I trust it will not be delayed longer, but that justice will now be done to these patriotic men.