Mr. GARFIELD. I offer then the following amendment to the 5th section: Strike out the following clause: eVeteriin reserve corps shall be omceredby appointment from any of nce rsand soldiers of volun teemor oftho regular Arm. whohave beenwounded in the linc of their duty while serving in the Army of the U.S. in the latp war, or have been disabled by diseasecontracted in such service and mayffet be competent for garrison or other duty. to wine that cors has heretofore beenassigned. The officersselect to fill original vacancies in the regiments of coloredtroops shall be on from among those who have served as officersof colored troops in the Army of the U.S. in the late war and all appointmentsof officersin the Veteran Reserve corps and in regimentsof colored troops shall made on examination as hereinafter provided, hpving referenceto capacity, good conduct and ellicientHYTlLlin everycase and insert in lieu thereof the following: In u iaking up, the Army list.iii pursuance of the provisions of this act. there shall ben?polhfetl.llll accordancewith the provisions of the t iird section of this act, from any officersand soldierspf volupteers or regular: who have been woundedin the ling of their duty while serving in the Arm of the U.S. in the Into war, or boys been isablod by disease contractedin such service, and may yet be compotentfor 88"l SOHor other duty. not less than ton ooloncls, ton lieutenant coluncls. ten majors. the n adiutants.ten regimental quartorinastors, [ten regimentaloommiasarical 100 captains. 100 1st lieutenants, and 100 2ndlieu tv nants;and from any officers who have served as officemof colored troops in the Army of the U.S. in the late war, 8colouels, 8 lieutenant ooloncls, 8 more. 8 udiutants. 8 regi mental quaricrmasters, [right regimental commissn riesJ 80 captains, 8 1st lieutenants and 80 2nd lieuteniiiits: rooided, Thutallofficers appointedor retained in the Anny, in pursuance of itnhue ipnrorveifseiroennse oeftothpiasya.crte.lsahtaivllehreanokn, athnedsparmomeofutifoitn within the stuff, corps or arm of the service in which they may be appointed or retained. Mr. Speaker, I desire to explain, in s. few words, what this amendment is designed to accomplish. During the discussion of this bill thus far there has been developed in the House a decided purpose to follow the lead of the Mil itary Committee in this: that those who have been wounded in the service and also a certain portion of the colored soldiers shall constitute a part of the Army. Now, what we want is to realize the wish of the House in such a way as shall come as nearly as possible to making our Army a harmonious unit. The objection which I have to the mode in which this bill proposes to effect its purpose is that it gives as 3 kinds of Army: 1st, the Army proper, that will be known as par excel lence the regular Army; 2nd, a portion of the Army known as the Veteran Reserve corps, made up ina special and peculiar way, officered in a specia and peculiar way, and kept distinct from the other branches of the Army and 3rd, an Arm known as the colo troops of the U.S., officered in a pe culiar way, and kept entirely distinct from the other 2 classes. Now, Mr. Speaker, I believe that nothing can be worse or the efficiency and success of our Army than discordant elements in its organizntion especially in its list of oficers walls of partition built up po that of one man it shall be said, “He is an officer in the regular Ariny;” of another, “ He is an officer of the Veteran Reserve corps;” and of another, “He is an officer of the colored troops.” I believe we can have all these elements, if the House so determines, and yet not have so nomine these distinctions, which, I am very sure, will, if adopted, be a source of infinite difficulty, dissension, and heart burnings in the practical workings of the Army. We have seen, during the late war, how that spirit has been manifested between the volunteers and reulars. We have seen how much difficultyt ese distinctions have caused in every de urtment of our Army. Vhat I desire is that we shall have one har monious Army, so that between officers of the same rank there shall be no distinction in consequence of their belonging to different branches of the Army to which they belong. I desire that all officers, whether assigned to the command of colored troops or to the command of regu lnr forces or to the command of soldiers of the Veteran Reserve corps, shall be equally eligibleto promotion in anyiof the different Depts of the Army. his is the object of my amendment. I believe we can carry out substantially all the ideas of the military committee, and still realize moreeffectually the unity of the Army, by not describing aVeterau Reserve corps, with its special class of officers; the colored troops, with their special class of officers; and the Regular Army, with its special classes of ofli ccrs: but by simply declaring that there shall be so many colonels, so many lieutenant colonels. so many majors, so many officers of other grades, commissioned as a art of the official roster from among men who have been wounded or otherwise partially disabled, and that they may be assigned wherever the General in Chief pleases to assign them.