Feehan. was a priest at St. Louis. Mo.. of foreign birth. and not naturalized lit the forepart of the year 1865. when he was admitted to citizenship. and took til oath of allegiance required on sucl. occasions. " It appears from the evidence that other church societies in Chattanooga. whose churches had been injured by being used by the Army. were paid by the Quartermasters Department the following sums to put them in as good eondition as before. namely: The Presbyterian church. $4.599.46. the Cumberland Presbyterian church. $2.450. the Protestant Episcopal ehureh. $3.640. But this claim of the Catholic church was rejected because the property had been taken through the orders of the Engineers Department. and did not. therefore. come within the law applicable to tie other churches. "Your committee are not disposed to deny this construction of the law. but upon sound principle they are unable to see why the latter ease does not conic within the principle calling for compensation as well as the former. and they are aware of no just or sound principle upon which such compensation should be refused. They therefore recommend the allowance of the claim to the amount of $18.729.09. as above stated. and that this amonunt be paid to the Catholic bishop of Nashville. in whose diocese the said church of St.
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