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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 3, 1864.— Laid 
 on the table, and ordered to be printed. 
 
 DecatuRj Georgia, January 27, 186i. 
 To the Hon. Speaker of the House of Represtntatives : 
 
 At a meeting of the non-commissioned oflicers and privates uf com- 
 pany B, twentieth artillery battalion, Alabama volunteert», called for 
 the purpose of considering the subject of re-enlisting for the war, tiie 
 following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted : 
 
 Whereas, the present perilous condition of our country demauds 
 that every true patriot should be found at his post, fronting tho 
 enemy ; and that as soldiers of nearly three years experience, Mhooo 
 term of enlistment will soon expire, we feel that a failure to promptly 
 tender our services, for such period as may be required, to free our 
 beloved land from the presence of a merciless invader, or iill a sol- 
 dier's grave, would exhibit a want of patriotism and personal courage 
 not to found, we hope, in any army in the Confederate States ; there- 
 fore, be it 
 
 Resolved^ That we re-enlist for the war. 
 
 Resolved, That, appealing to Heaven, with a firm reliance in the 
 justice of our cause, we will never lay down our arms until the last 
 invader shall have been expelled, and the battle cross of the South 
 float triumphantly over every foot of southern soil. 
 
 Resolved, That the efficiency of our army, in our opinion, would be 
 materially promoted by the passage of an act of Congress granting to 
 all three years' men the privilege of a re-election of field and com- 
 pany officers upon their re-enlisting for the war. 
 
 Resolved, That our thanks be, and are hereby, tendered to Captain 
 Bellamy and the rest of our commissioned officers, for the courtesy 
 they have manifested towards us, in offering to submit to a re-election 
 of officers, should such be ordered by Congress, and we, by re-enlist- 
 ing at this time, be debarred that privilege. 
 
 Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to each of the 
 daily papers at Columbus, Georgia, with a request that they publish 
 the same ; and also a copy to the President of the Senate, and one to 
 the House of Representatives of the Confederate States. 
 
 T. J. FLAKE, President. 
 
 E. M. HoRREL, Secretary. 
 
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