Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-06-30


made by the State of South Carolina, for
The use of the Regiment, has been disburs.
ed have performed the duty assigned
them.
The accounts was laid before Them and
vouchers produced 10 sustain each item.
Upon careful comparison, they fnd The
account perfectly correct.
Before The Regiment left the State, the
Field Officers found it necessary to place
the fund in the hands Of Paymasler, and
appointed as their Attorney, Maj. N. R..
Eaves, a gentleman well known in South
Carolina, and who had with great spirit
left his home 10 serve in the ranks. II is
due to him 10 say that he has managed
with great prudence and fidelity the State
bounty placed in his hands, and acting
soithout remuneration, has earned for him
self the thanks Of the whole Regiment. d
A consolidated account is herewith pre-
sented, which exhibits at one view, The
nature of the disbursements which have
been made and the total amount of the
various items. The fuhd has all been
under the direct control Of the Field OIL
GERS, and no payment has been made in
| any case except upon their written orders.
Every voucher produced. bears on its
face the approval Of those officers and an
order for payment. The amount appro-
priaed for the sick has not been in any
one case large, but judging from the YOU.
chers, have been bestowed imparllally.
and in numerous cases of individual me-
cessity and suffering. 1t will be remem-
bered that the first march was through
Georgia and Alabama in an unusually
cold and wet season. The result was
considerable number Of sick, and they
were left onlhe road in charge Of officers,
in private hospitals. In all such cases
money was left or sent back for their
relief. Music has been one OF The most
extensive items charged TO this fund; next
to arms and uniform nothing contributes
so material to th> discipline and eff
cheney of al. -giment as an organized band
of music.
Under this belief strenuous cxertions
were made before the Regiment. left the
Stale, TO supply this important want, bul
most Of the military musicians there being
colored persons who were unwilling TO-
leave the Stale, great difficulty was found
in procuring it, White musicians We're at
length procured but they would not serve
Il became necessary thento advance this
additional pay and purchase. instruments
from the State fund.
In organizing the Regiment in Char
lesion music was Indispensable, and was
procured at the usual prices paid then, as
the vouchers show.
The next item is for camp equipage and
utensils. This expenditure is accounted
for by the fac, that the various companies
composing the Regiment began 10 move
from their homes to rendezvous carly in
December, and they received none Of those
articles from the Government till the last
January, al Mobile, when upon the point
of embarking. In this interval of Two
months, to supply the necessities of 900
men living in camp, the only fund TO look
10 in the emergency, was the liberal do.
nation of the State, and your committee
think it was properly SO applied. 1t will
be remembered that the South Carolina
Regiment was called on at short notice
to organize and march to the point Of en-
barcation. 1t was distinctly announced
to them that upon their promptness in re-
pairing to Mobile depended their chances
for active service. The alternative then
presented, was 10 garrison the towns on
The Rio Grande, an event above all
things 10 be avoided, and service which
has proved fatal 10 hundreds of our SOL
ders. The Stale honor Too, seemed, in
some sort, involved in the active move
menl Of The Regiment. Each State was
striving 20 put its troops foremost, and
South Carolina bad already been honored
by the promptness Of her response TO the
call of the President. To secure the high
reputation and 10 place the Regiment in a
position where it might gain some distinc-
iiou for itself and for the State which had
so literally supplied it, officers were dis
patched ahead TO incite by urgent appli-
cation to the Quartermasser aud sabsis-
tence departments TO obtain means for
instant departure. By these exertions
mainly was the Regiment enabled 10
reach the Island of Lobos in time TO join
The army under Gen Scott, and 10 share
in a campaign highly honorable 10 the
American arms. 1t is important TO slate
that ofrhe amounts which have been paid
for relief OF the sick, and for transportation
of officers on duty, it is confidently expect
ed that considerable part will be refund
ed by the United Stales In these cases
no United States paymaster being at hand
the money was necessarily from this fund,
10 be replaced at future day. Besides,
au Act of Congress, passed a. its last
session, has directed the preliminary ex-
penses incurred by the Estates, in bringing
! their Regiments into service, 10 be paid
upon their being correct and properly
vouched, There are other iloms Of this
account which will fall within the pfoyi-
sions of this ACT, and form the subject of
settlement wilhlbe United States.
The committee would therefore recon-
mend that application bo made as soon as
practicable TO The proper United States
officers, for the refunding such amonls as