Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-18
HaB pay Officers ofthe Y;roioia linz

Half pay Officers ofthe Pirsiiia Line
Early IN the session OF the present General Assent
bly, Mr. Garland of Amherst submitted resolution to
the H. OF Delegates which was passed by that body.
calling on the Auditor of Public Accounts for state
ent, in reference to half pay officers of the Virginia
line exhibiting the name, Rank and yearly half paw
oyesch of the SAID Officers; the total amount of the
Judgments aforesaid; the Names of Executors or
Administrators the dates of their several hetters
o. Administrations and the Names and Amount of
Security given in each case, and the Courts by
which such Letters have been granted; also the
Nature OF the Evidence upon which Judgments have
been rendered and the Names and Places of Resi-
dence Of the Heirs, Representatives, or other Per-
sons claiming the benefit Of the Judgments with
the Names of the Counsel, Assignees, Agents. or
"ttornIes in fact, prosecuting the same"
That statement has been exhibited by the Auditor,
accompanied by letter ofCommentary on the claims
ofthe half pay Officers, the amount for which the
Treasury is liable under the principle established by
the court of Appeals in the of Markham and Lii
iy, and the best mode of satisfying the claims with
out resort to increased taxes. That letter oFSlle
Auditor, and one Of the Documents he sent TO tho
HoUse, containing the names of the officers who
nave not prosecuted their Claims and who may there
19fe be presumed ignorant of them, are requested
~ PUNISH lot the information OF the Public and
those officers their heirs. This latter docu
ment the newspapers in Virginia and Kentucky.
generally, might do benevolent thing by publishing
There are few we imagine, who will no, OMEN
their eyes wide, at the amount of these claims Fine
hi7ldTed nnt forty-one thousand DoHnrs-aln,ost o.
quail to the whole revenue Of the Commonwealth for
any two years! But the beauty of the thing is that
these half pay officers rendered no service for thu,
huge paymcnt--they were only Hable to have been
called into actual service Another absurd conse.
quence follows--if these claims are Inundated. the
half pay officers who only liable TO be called into
service, are paid much more than the officers who
actually were in service. Other Documents were
reported by the Auditor but they are not Of gucb
interest rs to require publication.
AUD1ToR's OFFICE, 4th January, 1881.
Sir have performed the duty required of me- bv
The resolutions of the House of Dclepates. of the
goth uIt. respecting the revolutionary claims with
due sense OF tie Importance and responsibility of the
task.
The accompanying documents marked A. B. and
Z, embrace the Information required, except what
Wul be contained IN this communication. The paper
marked Il, IS statement Of the judgments rendered
nj the last superior court for the county Of Henrico
upon appeals from the Auditors decisions, and will
exhibit, IN DETAIL the particular facts called for by 7e
FIRST resolution Of the House Of Delegates Phe
document - IS n statement Of the claims for which
suits pending, and responsive to the second res
olution. That marked G., is a list of tho officers
reported by The Board of 1882, and bv tho Nav
Board, which sat in 1885, as well Of the reoan;,oC
officers Of C:ocketts regiment, who have not vet
prosecuted their cuims, by the institution of a,,v
regular proceeding Efqrn tfrrsc statements it vii