Mr. FESSENDEN. I do not propose, as this matter is understood, to say anything about it in the way of argument. I have in timated my opinions in regard to it and what my vote will be. All I ask is that we may take the question by yeas&nays, as I desire to record my vote against the proposition. The ycas&nays were ordered. was up before I cast my vote for it. but under the instructions now proposed to be given to this committee of conigrence ten regiments of troops in my State will receive no bounty under it; men wh0 did as valuable service as any men who enlisted during the war; men who enlisted in the State service in the sprin of 1861, and in the fall of that year enliste for 3 years or during the war, and served as U.S. troops up to the summer of 1865. In the spring of 1862 when I came here, supposing, as our military men there supposed, that there was some defect in the muster in, I secured the adoption of an amendment on a bill which was passed by Congress, legalizing the muster in of pthose troops. Still, under a decision of the Solicitor of the War Dept they have been deprived of any bounty. At an early part of this session I introduced a measure to remedy that injustice, and had it referred to the Military Committee. They kept that bill until a few days ago when they reported it here along with the general bill increasing the bounties, or, as it is called, equalizing the bounties, thereby forcing me to vote for the proposition to give additional bounties to all other troops in order to get even a single bounty for those ten regiments of soldiers who, I repeat, did as valuable service as any men in this war, and who have never received any bounty. There are here certificates as to their conduct on the battle field from every military commander in Missouri and in Arkansas under whom they served. Only about 500 men of those regiments received any bounty, and the War Dept say that was paid to them under a mistake, alleging imroperly that they were State troops and not U.S. troops, although they were recognized as U.S. troops by not of Congress. Under the proposed instructions the committee of conerence can only allow bounty to those soldiers who have heretofore received a bounty of $100, or are authorized to receive it by law. Under the construction of the War Dept these men are not authorized to receive bounty and therefore I am now required to vote to increase the bouut to other troops $100 and to give nothing wmtever to these ten regiments raised in my own State, who are just as much entitled to it as any troops that served during the war.