Skip Skip MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. A message in writin was here received from the POTUS, by Hon. EDMUND Coornn, acting Private Secretary also a message that he had approved and signed bills and JtResolutions otpthe following titles, namely:. An act (H.R.No. 18) toauthorize the sale of marine hospitals and of revenue cutters; An act (H. It. No. 23) for the reliefofThomas Hurly;JtResolution (H.R.No. 88) expressive of the thanks of Congress to Major General Winfield S. HancockJtResolution (H.R.No. 102) for the relief of Alexander Thompson late U.S. consul at Maranham; andJtResolution (H.R.No. 108) up oiutinr managers for the National Asylum for Bisabled Volunteer Soldiers. BEORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY. The House resumed the consideration of the bill (H.R.No. 361) entitled “An act to reor ganize and establish the Army of the U.S. ” The following section was under consideration: $20.16. Abife: That the quartermasters Dept of the Army shall hereafter consistofone uarterMGen, with the rank, pay, and emo uments of a brigadier general; an: quartermasters, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of colonels of cavalry; ten quartspnasters, with the rank, pay, and emolumentsof lieutenant coloncls of cavalry; 15 quarterniasters, with the rank, pay, and cmoluments of majors of cavalry 44 quartermnsters.With the rank, pay, and emolumentsof captains of cavalry; and at least 2/3rds of all original vacancies in each of the gradesof lieutenant colonel or major, and all orizi nnl vacanciesin the grade of captain shall be filled byse lection frpm among those persons who have rendered meritorious service of volunteers in the Army of the U.S. in the late war. But ptlor the 1stlappointments made under the provisionsof this section, as vacancicsmay occur in the grudesof major and captain in this dept, no appmntments to fill the same shall be madeuntil the numberof majors shall be reducedto 12 and the number of captains to 30, and thereafterthenumber ofotiicersin ciicbofsuiil grades shall continue to conform to said reducednumbers. The following amendment had been moved by Mr. DAVIS: Strike out all after the enactingclauseof the section and insert the following: That the quartermasters Dept of the Army shall hersatter consist of one quarterMGen, gweitnhertahle: rank, pay, and emoluments of abriadier 4 asst quarterMGen with the rank pay, and emo uments of colonels of cav alry; 8 deputy quarterMGen, with the rank pay, and emoluments of licutenant colonels of cavalry; 16 quartermasters, with the rank, pa, and emoluments of majorsofcavalry; and 4cight asst quartermasters. with the rank. pay, and emoluments of captainsof cavalry, and the vacancies hereb createdin theirradeof asst quarterinaster shall be filled by soloction from among the persons who have rendered mentorious ssrvico as asst quartermastersof volunteersduring 2 yearsof the war. The pending question was upon the followmg amendment proposed by Mr. scanner: to the original section: Add to section 16the following]: But nothing in thissection shall cconstrued so as to affectthe commissionof any officernow commissioned.ci the r us acting quarterMGen or asdeputyquarterMGenor anasst nar terMGen, but only to change the title to quartermasterin the caseof those who rank as colonels.lieutenantcoloncls, majors.andeaptains, without nfiecting in on way their relative positions or the time from which they take such rank.