Mr. PAINE. The Gentfrom Illinois seems to suppose that these 3battalion reiments already have a colonel for each bation. Now, in these 9 3battalion iments there are only 9 colonels, and this bill, by providing for changing each but talion into a rementby the addition of 2 companies, maing a regiment of ten companies of each battalion, will provide 18 new colouclcics to be filled by appointment. Those 18, with 4 for the new regiments of cavalry that are to be composed of white troops, will make at least 22 coloneleies to be filled by appointment from among persons other than those persons in the Veteran Reserve corps, or the colored regi merits. But they are not all. There may be other vacancies in the artillery regiments, in the old regiments of cavalry, or in the colouelcies of the 93 battalion regiments; and if there should be such vacancies, then any vol unteer officer will be eligible to appointment to fill any such vacancy. [here is no clause in this bill, from beginnina to end, which renders a volunteer officer ineligible to any such position in our artillery, cavalry or infantry regiments. Now, I was inclined, as the Gentfrom Illinois is inclined, to throw Open these commissions in the colored regiments to wounded officers and soldiers of volunteers and the regular Army, and to graduates of WestPoint and I voted for his proposition to that effect. But this proposition seems to me to be the same which he presented before and which the House has alread decided in the negative and I think it is iardly proper to call upon the House again to pass upon the same preposition. But there is one consideration which on ht not to be overlooked in this case; that its, at the officers of the colored regiments are included among the volunteers in the general distribution of offices in the Army. That consideration would be a reason in favor of the proposition of the Gentfrom Illinois, and it was the main reason which influenced my Vote in favor of the proposition he submitted on yesterday. I admit its weightand if the proposition should come up anew fshould vote or it, as I did this morning. But at the same time, I cannot agree with the gentleman in an posing that without his amendment these volunteers would be cut off to the extent he imagines. On the contrary, I think the provisions of the bill are broader than he supposes. I shall therefore vote against his amendment now pending.