The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-01-10
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education, and unobsruced BY discordant interests NAV
the manner they most approve, make such contributions
efforts for the purpose; Us will entite them proportions
able share of the income of the fund Donations and be-
quests to the state appear to have been anticipated by
trainers OF the act and in this they have been
But sneh contributions in favor of the districts would doubt
be frequently supernduced by the strength of local at
tachmens and personal predictions 1t will remain for the
Legislature TO fix the terms upon which the public bounty
shall be bestowed and although my purpose to ente
into details upon subject, relation to which so many
clashng opinions have existed yet may be permitted ex-
press the hope that effort reconcile them may be
successful Any plan that be devised by which the
of improving the education and morals of our people
shall be reduced to permanent system throughout the
will be public blessing We have been long without any,
that who advocates of the appropriation OF
the fund for the establishment Of Schools in despair of
arriving at successful system, have been willing divert
from its legitimate purposes and those who have observed
growing diversity Of opinion in regard its destiny may
mate the danger OF its eventual application
other favorte measure unless seasonabe part-peror-
nance Of what has been long promised be nteposed
prevent it.
In obedience to the twenty -nnth section of the act
to establish uniform militia throughout the State
lay before you the report of the Adutant General on
the state of the militia The duty assigned me OF COM
missioning the officers has been discharged as well as
my limited information would permit 1t will be found
by reference to the act which passed on the 9th
day of February, 1927, that it contemplated com
plete organization of the whole body of the militia Dy
the first Tuesday in April succeeding its enacunent-
As the only means of accomplishing this within the
very limited period allowed the field officers of the re-
spectlve brgades and regiments first appointed
and directed to elections of company officers to
be held in the several districts within the boundaries
OF each battalion. In few instances no elections
were held, and commissions issued upon the re.
commentator of the field officers. Hta furnished me
with such Information and assistance ie fig within
their power. Commissions have been issue gfaeaby
TO the choice of company officers made ny ti. ,eone
themselves, wherever their could BE- asrert,no L
unless the selections for sufficient reasons is M
proved by the field officers. Yet it has happened in
several cases, that recommendations OF such officers
were not made within the limited time, and that al the
expiration Of it, in the absence of the information re-
qulse to enable the executive to act some companies
remained without officers. In many instances also
three hundred and fifty military commissions were is.
sued within period of two months, it became inpos
sibe to execute the act to effect a complete or
ganization of every company of militia by the day APP
pointed. The companies not ofcered on that day
have therefore not been cassed agreeaby to the dlec
tons of the law. 1t will be perceived ALSO that in
consequence of liberal construction Of the act in "a
Of volunteer companies the number of troops of
that description is much greater than has existed un-
der any previous organization of militia One of
the effects of this construction will be found in the fact
that by the return of the Adutan General for the year
eighteen hundred and twenty-seven the total number
OF the militia is nine thousand, two hundred and twen-
lynne, and the number Of complete suits of uniform
Is estimated at fourteen hundred and ninety whereas
1t appears by the return OF tic Adntant General for
the year eighteen hundred and twelve, when the ex-