...TUESDAY, JAHUABT 3, 1832. THE ARMY. Mr. WARD, of New York, submitted the following resolution: Itaolccd, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency, first, of enlisting into the army minors from the ages of sixteen to seventeen, by and with the consent...

...consideration of the fol Ion-- ing resolution, offered by Mr. MACOS, on the 20th ah. " ¡I, solved. That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of limiting the number of Cadets at the Militar}- Academy at West Point, to the number of Members in...

...progress. TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1828. MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS. Mr. DUNCAN submitted the following : Ketolvedj That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of attaching to the Army of the United States, eight companies of mounted volunteer gun-men, to be...

...fund for the maintenance of public schools within Much Stute or Territory. On motion of Mr. Spragne, Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law that spirituous liquors shall not hereafter be furnished by the Goveniment to the...

...continuing the Military Road from Mars Hill to the mouth of the Madawascow, in the State of Maine. Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the propriety and expediency of abolishing the orfice of Major General in the Army of the United States....

...rnd report be printed. The following motion, submitted by Mr. Eenton, was considered and agreed to : Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for mounting and equipping a part of the Infantry of the army of the Uniled...

...thereof was postponed until Monday next, the ii7th day of the present month. On motion of Mr. Semmes, Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the propriety of paying to the heirs at law of William Dudley Digges a fair valuation for the land taken...

...affirmative, by yeas and nays — 120 to 27. SUPERNUMERARY OFFICERS AND CADETS. Mr. WICKL1FFE submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee...Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of dismissing from the army tiie supernumerary lieutenants by brevet commission. That the committee...

...resolution: The question being put, the first paragraph of the resolution was agreed to, as follows: "Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of dismissing from the army the supernumerary lieutenants by brevet commission." The question was then...

...equality with officers ef the same rank in the Army of the United States. By Mr. Wickliffe— Reiolvid, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire Into the expediency of vacating all present, and prohibiting all future appointments in the staff of the army from the...