Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-12-23


be no election, even by that body; should an
event of that kind take place, the Vice Presi.
deaf elect, acts as President for the next
four years.
From among the Documents which accom-
panied the Presidents Message, relating to the
War Department, we select the following par
ticnlars, which may be interestingto our rea
ders. The Secretary of War has furnished
statement, which afford very gratifying view
of the administration of the concerns of that
Department Of the Government. Congress. by
her acts, for enforcing the accountability OF
public officers, has had very beneficial effect
in as much, as every Department of the Co
vernment appear to have been managed with
the greatest ability and economy.
The whole number of n en- enlisted to re-
crut the army, for the year ending 30th Sept
1928, was 2,558.
The aggregate strength of our little army by
the latest return, was 5,779 The aggregate
permitted by law, if the ranks were full, is but
6,lS4
The Quartermaster General and Commissary
Generals Departments appear to have been adj
mir.shly managed, and, as to the Psymaster's
Department, the head of it says, IN the report,
that he is confident, that the whole of the troops
are now paid to the first of September, and
considerable portion to the first of November,
and that the Paymasters will render vouchers
before the close of the year, which viii fully &C
count for all sums advanced to them within the
three first quarters.
The annual expense of medical stores for
the army. it appears by the Surgeon Generals
Report has not been more than 81 SO per man.
The deaths in the army in the two first quarters
of the year were but So, and Is Of them were
from consumption.
The expense of educational Armory, nSoring-
field, Ms. for the year 1928, was iS5,e24 dol
lars; that of the Armory at Harpers.Ferr Va.
was 1874 5S dollars
In the year 1928, fifteen Thousand stand of
arms were distributed amongst the militia of the
several States and Territories under the act of
1908, ''for arming and equipping the whole
body Of the militia"
The number of Revolutionary Pensioners ;s
1884, that of Invalid Pensioners, 1856, and
that of half pay in lieu of bounty land, 202 of
the first class there died. in the three first quar-
tiers of 1924, AL; of the second class, 70; of
the Sd class, none. The annual amount of Pen.
sions to The first class is S 659,Sl6, to the Sc.
cond S298000, to the third, $3.50.
The number of Military Bounty Land War
rants issued, up TO the 22d OF November, 1924,
is 26,76i, covering 4,475,6 acres of land.
Oar advces fromIiichmond, are up to the 18th.
Nothing ofan important nature yet transpired
- y.
JOHN GAILLARD has been re cleo
ted SeDator of the United States
from the State Of South Carolina, for
six years from the third day of March
next, when his present term of service
will expire. Mr.. e. has been for some
years the Father Of the Senate-that
is, the Member who has been, for the
longest period, without interval a mem
Der Of that body He first entered it
IN January, 1905.
Mr.. NEWTON, it is well known to
most readers, is and has been for three
or four years, the Father of the House
OF Representatives. lie is the only
remaining Member who was Mem
Der at the time of the passage of the
celebrated Embargo Law.
There are several gentlemen, inCon
gress who were Members before Mr.
NEWTON was, of whom Mr.. Senator
KING, of New York, is the oil
dest, he having been a Senator from
Massachusetts in the first Congress
(l7S9). The next oldes: to him. pro.
badly, is Mr. Senator SMITH, of Ma
ryIand, or Mr.. Senator MACON, the
latter OF whom has never been out Of
Congress single session since enter
ed It thirty years ago. Had he not
hren transferable the Senate he would
OF course have been the oldest Mem
osi OF The House Of Representatives
.Aaf L.s.