Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-04-11
An adiutant general receives

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twelve farms, each worth So
900, and labor included.
A commissary general receives $3.50
A sum equal to the proceeds Of
twelve farms, each worth $751;
OOO labor included.
A surgeon general receives $3,628
A sum equal TO the proceeds
oftwrlve farms, each worth
$4,000, labor included.
A paymaster general receives 1888 /
sum equal to the proceeds of
twelve farms, each worth S.
600, and labor included.
A colonel receives 1926
A sum equal TO the proceeds
of thirteen farms, each worth
$4,000, and labor inclnded.
A lieutenant colonel receives $2,874
A sum equal to the proceeds
of nine farms, worth each So
600, and labor included.
A maj or receives $2,397
sum equal to the proceeds
of eight farms, each worth
$4,000, labor included.
captain receives $2,le
sum equal to the proceeds
Of seven farms, worth each
$4,000, and labor included.
| And. sir, astonishing to say, even lopslded,
single-epaulated lieutenant devours each year
the entire proceeds of five farms worth SIS, 900
each. and labor.
have not made myself acquainted with
the amount of the salaries in other States than
nv own. The ma or general receives an an
nual salary seven times greater than the gov
ernor of Ohio. who is the chief executive off
Ger Of one of the largest and most opulent
States in the confederation. The major gem
eral receives salary seven times greater than
one of our supreme Judges, whose duties are
more responsible, and whose labors is four
fold. The ma or general receives salary ten
times greater than the salary of one Of our cir
cult president jud ges, whose responsibility
+ involving IS it does Justice and patriotism, the
, sevprest exercise of the mind, and the most
arduous toll Of the body-exceeds by far that
Of the duties and the responsibility Of the ma
ior general Sir, have no time to illustrate
the disparity in the salaries of the officers OF
the army as compared with the salaries OF our
, civil list in this sliding scale from the highest
J.. 20 the lowest, which have named my read
# ers can do that at their leisure. have giver
e the salary of the major general, and compared
n it with our governors salary. l have giver
= the salary Of a Lieutenant in the army; small
e and significant as is his position, his salary is
;. two hundred and ffty-three dollars greater
t than the salary of the governor of Ohio.
p have said that thought there were toe
many offit ers in our army and navy for the
e duti' they have TO perform, and the numhe
i of men they have to command | have beer
e brought 10 this conclusion from the appropri
d atoms being out of all proportion as compared
J. with the number Of cur army, and the size 0
e our navy, and from the fact that this city /
e crowded at all times with officers who seen
Of to have nothing to do but attend levees, balls
II ronts, and assemblies, where each oCcupie
I'd the space of two better men. Almost ever
e other man you meet on our avenues is liver
n, ed drone. 1t will be remembered that the Ut
n fortunate victims of the Princeton explosio
is " ere buried with the honors of war. In tha
lie service there seemed to be more officers, NOR
St plumes, more epauets, and more tinsel, tina
II, accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte to the cor
We quest of Russia. Where did they come from
H. They seemed to spring up like Roderic
he Dhu's men, or like Macbeth's witches, out
III the ground. Where, | ask, did they com
I'd from! They did not come from Florida, M
to from the lake End border frontier, nor frol
n Oregon, at all Of which places they shouI
is have been. and where there was service f
IT. them to do. 1t is provoking to the faithfl
$ representative Of his constituents interests
a. see every path he attempts to travel literall
blocked up with lveried drones, knowing: {
ad he does, that their idleness, extravaganza, ar
OF debauchery. must be kept up by the sweat
es his constituents. say debauchery for i'd
es ness and undue privileges are the parents
7t- vice and debauchery. The latter are as su
es as the former. | speak with exceptions, al
he mean not those who are necessarily empIoye
at here, nor of those who come here to make r.
iii ports to the War Department, Or to recelN
Or, orders from the same. l speak of sucker
drones, and loafers-those who were the e
. ternal paraphernaia Of coxcombs and dandie
n more than that of gentlemen, who dignity Il
es army. / speak of those who adorn their S
SO perior organs Of speech with moustaches, al
their inferior organs of speech with the imp
rial spot-those who carry more whiskers
round g. below their face than brains under tn
seal ps-!oad-eaters & boot-licks TO their supe
ors, but are naughty & disdainful to those who
they consider their inferiors-and they are
,l2 who do not wear epaulets and yellow button
1t is such, repeat, of who | speak, and I
snch as have duties to do, and do their du
These respect and will maintain.
While on the subject of useless and pro
gate expenditures. permit me 10 inquire h
many officers of the navy are there who spe
years and years on land, without doing
hours service on sea, receiving quarterly hi
salaries Is there no service for them to d
Then strike them from the rolls as useless
cumbrances and as vampires upon the bose
of society. Again permit me to inquire W
appropriations are made year after year to tt
worse than worthless insttutIon-WestP 70
Academy perfect system of profigacy a
extravaganza, nursery of popinjay aristoc
CIV. Its inmates are too frequently compos
e OF the sons of rich men, who receive their
Sc ucation at the public expense, and when
country wants their service. or when dan!
faces them. they throw up their commissi
and turn their education 10 their own PRIV
GOO use. Now, sir, have presented these abus