Mr. FARQUHAR. I will. Mr. Speaker, having served under the or ders of the Provost Elarshal General in the discharge of the duties of a mastering and disbursing officer in the State of Indiana, and having had personal opportunities to know the importance of that system, I feel I should not have discharged in duty to myself, to my State, nor to this House if I should remain silent until this vote was taken without saying a word in regard to the manner in which the duties of the Provost Marshal General have been discharged in respect to that State. I desire to so that in the administration of the Officer in ciarge of that Dept. I never did hear any charge made against the efficiency against the promptness, against the success of the officer m charge oft at Dept, but, on the contrary, an I sayit with pleasure, the duties of that office were performed with evidence of the highest ability and the greatest satisfaction. During the time I had an opportunity of serving under that officer, a large amount of recruits were raised, both to till up old regiments and to create new regiments, With a success which did not attend the service when another officer was in charge of that Dept. I take pleasure, without entering into the controversy, ifI may so call it, regarding that system in this House and in regard to the duties and services of that high officer, to say to dny that I bear testimon to the highest ability of that officer in the fol discharge of these duties. I will take up but a moment more. What will be the effect of striking out the section of the bill which proposes to continue that office as it is now? t will be nothing more than to turn the duties of that office back to the Adju tant Generals Dept. We did nothing more in the creation of that bureau than to detai an Officer from the War Dept to perform its duty. By striking out that from the bill you will turn it back to the Adjutant Generals Dept. What will then be done? The War dept will detail the same Officer, hearing the same rank, receiving the same pay, with the same assts, for that purpose. cannot, therefore, see much economy in taking the bureau from the position it now occupies. I renew the demand for the previous question.