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Senate debates color enlistment and army staffing
Washington reports an early 1860s Senate session discussing Burnside's bill to remove color designations from enlistment terms, allow colored soldiers in all branches, and keep regiments above minimum strength. The House addressed election contest papers, air ventilation plans for the chamber, and various appropriations measures.
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Washington
Burnside
United States
United States Army
Ninth
Tenth Cavalry
Gordon
Congress
Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company
Ingalls
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
HOUSE
Butler
Wood
Committee On Ways and
Committee On Appropriations
Committee On
Ewing
Currency Committee
Fort
Secretary of the Treasury
U. S
Garfield
Conger
Yeas
Banking and Currency Committee
Treasury Department
Pridemore
Secretary of War
District of Columbia
Atkins
Cox
Banning
Hubbell
Hale
Goode
Hanna