...and straits, and also for the protection of our extensive commerce on the North Pacific Ocean. “2. Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing an exploring expedition by land, to examine the various passes in the Rocky Mountains,...

...Morton desires to know when this can be done. LS in DNA, 1, M-154. Resolution by the Senate, 1/27. "Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of passing a law for the liquidation of the accounts of [former] Col. William Duane, and for allowing...

...by Ebenezer M. Chamberlain, but apparently never considered. [House Journal, Twentieth Session, 6$.] Resolved, That the committee on military affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing by law the calling of a convention of delegates chosen by the people to assemble at...

...General. CORRICSI?ONDE3«rCK, ETC. Resolution adopted by the Confederate Congress February 20, 1861. Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of appointing at the earliest practicable period a competent officer to proceed to the State of Texas...

...Some unfavorable reports from the committee on private claims were made. On motion of Mr. Preston, Resolved, That the committee on military affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorising experiments to be made upoii the application of steam vessels to harbor defence. 170...

...second times, and Ordered to be laid upon the table, Mr. Palmer introduced the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so altering the militia law, as not to require those persons who are enrolled, under the age of...

...underwritten report, to the following resolutions, referred to them by the order of this ffotise. 1st. " Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of dismissing from the army the supernumerary second lieutenants hy brevet commission." 2d. " That...

...grade in the medical department of the army; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of prohibiting by law any officer of the army from assuming or exercising within the limits of the...

...Ordered, That it pass to the second reading. Mr. Bledsoe submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, That the committee on military affairs, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing by law an additional number of mill* tary academies. The bill, entitled " An act for...

...beacon on the White Oyster Beds in Savannah river. Mr. Wickliffe moved the following resolutions, viz: Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of dismissing from the Army the supernumerary second Lieutenants by brevet commission. Resolved, That...