Mr. DAVIS. He gets what he agrees to receive, and has his rations and quarters besides. Most privates, I believe, have no families. During the late war probably 3/4ths of all the men who enlisted were sincle, and I have no doubt that is the case today with non-commissioned officers and privdtes. They are ncarl all young men, and the government fumis as them With everything in the way of food, uarters, and clothing. We are told, as another reason why this bill is introduced, that it will prevent fraud and the demoralization of officers. I have too much confidence in the integrity and honor of any officer who has fun ht or who proposes to fight under the flag of the republic to believe that for a few dollars or more e would make a false return to his Government which would expose him to be cashiered or summarily dismissed. Sir, the War Dept under the law does take the word of an officer instead of his oath. presents his account for payment? I will read it: “I hereby certif that the foregoing account is accurateandiust: that I have not been nbsent without leaveduring any part of the time charged for; that I havenot receivedpay. nor drawn rations, for age, or clothing, in kind, or received moncy in lieu of anytpnrt thereof, for any part of the time therein charge; thatI actually owned and kept in service.tho horses and employed the private'sorvants for which I charge for the whole of the time charged, and that Idid not, during the term so ohurg or And to what does an officer certify when he' any part.thereof.keep or employasoldier asnwaitor or servant: that the annexed is an accuratedescription ofinyservnnt; that for the whole periodcharged for my staff apporntment. I actually andlegally held the n ipointinent, and did duty in the dept; that was the actual and only commanding officer at the double ration post chargedfor; and that no officer, within my knowledge.has a right to claim, or does claim, for said serviccs for any mrt of the period charged; that for the whole time revet pay is claimed I had the command stated; that I was actual! in the command of a companyfor the whole time additional pay is charged: that 1 have not bepn in the performance of any staff duty forwhich I or claim have receivedextra compensationduring the time an additional ration is charged for; that I have been in the U.S. Army as a commissioned officer froart iothnes: that number of years stated in the charge for ontra I am not in arrearswith the U.S.on any account whatsoever." That is the certificate of honor of an officer of the Army, and during all the time this system has existed, from 1705 to this time, there have been but 2 or 3 instances of malfeasance or misrepresentation in the returns of regular officers of the Army. And although but yesterday we heard upon this floor from the honorable Gentfrom Indiana, [Mia Dearest] who claimed that he had seen sev/ eral years of military service, that he had been in the volunteer service of the country, that these returns were made, as he knew, falsely and fraudulently ythat he himself had certified to returns that as to the truth of which inmll things he was not certain; although we heard that, I will not accept that as an impeachment of the officers of the regular Army.