Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-03-02

Noretuin was made by the board OF the officers OF
the Navy, or Of Col. Crockeus regiment. The boa d
assigning as the reason, that there were no officers
there from the Navy or the Western regimen; TO rive
the requisite information.
On the 18Th OF April 1882, board OF officers was
convened in Louisville 10 ascertain what officers of the
Illinois regiment entitled to the half pay 70. lie
Ttey report:
" The officers Of that regiment are entitled TO the
nan pay; as II appears they have been in service since
The aising OF the regiment, and continued i'm servce
until derangcd or reduced hy OF Assembly, and b.
havsd while III servce gord officers and gentlemen
On III 16'h OF December, 1888, and on the 18th OF
May, 1874, boards convened IN Richmond 10 =
certain the right OF the officers of C1cketPs re gie mt
and the NAVY 10 the half paw. Favorable reports
were returned by both boards. This completed the in
yesisation into the right of the officers Of the military
State establishment OF Virginia, to halfpay The whole
number OF officers reported by the several boards as
entitled TO the compensation, were one hundred and
HpfY fhfee-and the a-rettdined 10 b. du.. NV
The State 10 those officers 60 2lS per anrum.
Mr. Faulkner asked, could INV ina ENABLE reason be
assigned tor The organization of hose several Lossds
IL The right OF The merofi1us officers Of those reei.
NETS TO The half pay was not admitted and recnr
nised! What other construction he given IN ,ho.c
facts Was il intended as lille mockery?-as pomyous
dispa!dsa sound to ca CHI he ear and dsaopoiut the
hop -
But we have been told by the Committee n Revolu-
uonafy Claims, nat it was the ordinary blf pay s. not
ball pay for lie which the act OF Assembly the several
boards convened in pursuance that act had in coem.
plaion-Thi' ida had he~B rnurh relied upon nv gem
temen opposed 70 him. lie begged leave to examine il
Win some lie thought the the Com
nlttec could be very easily exposed 1t will, in the
FIRST place, be perceived to be contradcod by the his
tory oil the act before given and by the resolutions from
which thu act was framed. The first Resolution de-
clarcs: That the officers Of the State battaons are
entitled 10 hGD pay during life" and with view of
procuring correct list of those officers the second Re-
solution prcscribes-" That return of all the State OIL
GERS ought 10 be made 10 the next Assembly discrin-
mate such officers as be thought unfit 10 consider
ed as entitled to half pay" What half pay! The
nan pay unquesiionaby referred to in the first resolu-
fna half II
Again, he hall pay promised by the act Of 1870 il
the o"y half pav, (appcable least 10 the Officers OF
The general stats line establishment to be found in any
part OF tbs statute law of Virginia The half nav pro-
missed ny the act OF 1879, is the half pay for e-to /,
alone therefore could the oct have referred
Again, il the ordinary half pay Of supe rn1merarie,
as II is called without any precedent for the term.
tbs compensation only alluded 10, why did the board
wi ch assembled under the immediate inspection and
sUpcln'endance OF the constituted authorities o, Viz.
GINA, eport the officers in scr0ice. well "a tbos
who - ie0dcred, supernumerary? We're they igno
rant Of the legitimate extent indeed Of thu very 0b
ject Of t'eir organization? Was The Government ig
moran! Aud yet tweuty-tlree officers, then in SER
Vice. were reported entitled TO the compensation!
But lastly the most conclusive reutation of The s,i--
gcsiion Of the Committee, is found in the follow ing
acts-That IN May and June 1888. most il not all the
officers oi the Stale line, had received what the Com.
miree term q cir ordinary pav-Ths officers Of Croc-
kers regiment, il appears from the Auditors book, had
received h.-And yet in December 1883, and in April
1874, boards convened at the solicitation of those
sdcers, to decide upon the right Of the officers OF
Crockeus regiment aud Of the NAVY. to The eompen.
saon Of hGD pay. Could those boa. lave lie III cen.
yened 10 December 1888, and in Anil 1884 10 decide
the right OF the officers TO that pay which they had
already received some months before!The suggestion
| is Incredible.
But, it is by the Committee, IL il reasonable 10
suppose lha' this board which in Feb 1882 could
have been convened 10 decide upon claim, which
were not due until the cdr ended, that Is, not until A.
| pril 1898.
Tits salient conclusion Of he Committee. fbe nigh
III. lg bp fv1f be
upol very ons 'Yror oil ftt and rca tning-it wal
what the ogician' call Petite principh That il :
sumed to b. irnc one Of lhe points In coarovsrsy
reasoned coneeq eniily from its sUpposed admission
When DID ihe cla m become ted' In his op MON.
soon as The officer engaged in actual service Tor the
war IL true The compensation could not be dep md
ed until The war ended-or thc right thus vested wa
lyne condition OF The contract liable 10 be diyesed
lciciled by subsequent unworthy Conduct The right