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1330 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
hereby appropriated for this purpose out of any money in the Treasury not other- 
appropriated. 
And then, in section 2, line 1, after the word ‘‘sword,” insert the 
words ‘‘and medal;” so as to read: 
That said battle sword and medal be deposited in the National Museum at Wash- 
ington, ete. 
The Vicr-PREsIDENT (Mr. Levi P. Morton). The amendment will 
be stated from the desk. 
The Curer CLERK. In line’8 of section 1, it is proposed to strike 
out the words ‘‘be presented by Congress to his son, Sam C. Reid,” 
and insert ‘‘to cost;” so as to read: 
That a gold medal with suitable devices engraved thereon, to be approved by the 
Committee on the Library, to cost not to exceed the sum of $1,000, ete. 
The amendment was agreed to. - 
The Vick-PREsIDENT. The next amendment of the Senator from 
Nebraska will be stated. 
The Cuter CierK. In section 2, line 1, after the word ‘‘sword,” 
insert the words ‘‘and medal;” so as to read: 
That said battle sword and medal be deposited in the National Museum at Wash- 
ington, ete. 
The amendment was agreed to. 
Mr. Manperson. After the word ‘‘dollars,” in line 9 of section 1, 
I move to insert the words ‘‘ be struck.” 
The amendment was agreed to. 
Mr. Harris. Now, let the resolution be read as amended. 
The Chief Clerk read the joint resolution, as follows: 
Resolved, etc., That the battle sword of the late Capt. Samuel Chester Reid is 
hereby accepted in behalf of the United States, and, as a testimonial and acknowl- 
edgment for this valued relic and patriotic gift, that a gold medal with suitable 
devices engraved thereon, to be approved by the Committee on the Library, at a cost 
not to exceed the sum of $1,000, be struck (which is hereby appropriated for this 
purpose out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated ). 
Src. 2. That said battle sword and medal be deposited in the National Museum at 
Washington, and that a copy of these resolutions, signed by the President of the 
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, be transmitted to the donor. 
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Mr. H. L. Dawes. Mr. President, it seems to me that if this is a 
proper thing to be done at all, it is proper that it should be done in a 
proper manner. I do not see any particular propriety in making a 
medal and then hiding it away in the Navy Department or in the 
National Museum. I think that the proper thing to do, if we do any- 
thing, is to present the medal to the family of that distinguished indi- 
vidual whose sword we think it proper to receive at their hands. 
Mr. Manperson. I should like to ask the Senator which he thinks 
would be the more secret bie place, the pocket of Mr. Reid or the 
National Museum ? 
