The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-06-12


utory salary to take effect from January 9th
! 1862, according to a verbal understanding be
tween Governor Harvey and that officer lii
is allowed to employ one clerk, and the Stat
Armorer continues to be employed under hi
direction ~.
The salary of the Quartermaster General ha!
been reduced to 81 200 per annum, and his force
Of employees has been reduced to two clerks
whom he is permitted to employ until his &C
counts shall have been placed i'll proper condi
ito for settlement with the General Government
which, as | am assured by that officer, will oc
cupy but short time, and by the first OF uiy
| it is hoped that one clerk will be suthcIent 1ol
that department.
The salary Of the military Secretary has been
reduced to $500 per annum, since the sixth OF
February last ...-
Is being difficult to determine in advance to
what extent the services of the Surgeon Gen
eral would be needed, an order has been made
that his compensation, shall be fixed by future
order, and to cover the time since the 9th day
Of January last.
The salary of the Paymaster General has been
reduced to 81 200 per annum he has no clerk
or assistant
The Office ofAdjutant General and that of the
Military Secretary, will continue to involve con-
siderable labor owing to the large military force
i'll the field from our State. and the recruiting
service The services of a Quatermasse r-Gen-
eral will also, probably, have 10 be retained, but
those of the Paymaster General can soon be
dispensed with, if proper provisions are made
by law for the winding up of his department.
| would recommend that a law be passd au-
thorizing the discontinuance, at proper time,
of the active duties of Paymaster General,
Quartermaster General, and Commissary Gems
era and that their duties, so far as they are au-
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Of State, and so far as they are dish ursing du-
ties, upon the State Treasurer. The books, pa
pers, and records of those offices should De de-
posted in the office of the Secretary of State.
1t has besn source of very great embar %
rassment to the Executive Department that us
provisions had been made for the contigencle-
which have arisen since your adjournment, con
corning the sick and wounded soldiers from
our state. Wisconsin has sent into the field
"a 900 men, and new regiment IS now being
organized. As our army has advanced, great
many of our brave soldiers have become SICK,
and many have become wounded upon the bat
tic field. Especially has this been the case IN
the army of the Mississippi. Alter the battle
Of Pittsburg Landing, my lamented predecessor
went to the battle field to aid and assist the
the wounded What he had so nobly c0mmen-
ced, did not hesitate to carry out, so lar as
having those soldiers transported to their homes
who had by him been sent up the Mississippi
river.
Subsequently, when reliable and continued
accounts reached ME of the helpless condition
of our sick soldiers along the Tennessee River,
of the inadequate relief granted by the United
States authorities when q battle was hourly
expected, aud when was actmally and cred i
bly, informed that great battle near Connthe
had commenced, sent another commission un-
der the charge of the Commissary Gea eral, b.
II. Wads orth, and the Surgeon Gene raj, Dr..
Z. 3. Wolcott, TO Pittsburg Landing and al
though no battle occurred then the commission,
consisting OF gentlemen who vOlunte cred their
services, saved the lives of many brave Wiscon-
lin soldiers who were lying sio4l from the effects
of the climate, and who who would have died
had they not been removed. Since III ~, all
State aid has been excluded by the military
authorities, until after a battle But in that
event aid ought again to be granted to those
who fall wounded upon the field.
trust that you will sanxion what has been
done, and will speedily make provision for tu-
ture emergencies.
The great and noble State Of Wisconsin ought
not to let her brave sons who fight the battles
of our Union, die for want Of attention. The
people, the poor, sick and wounded soldiers,
look to the Executive for aid in such emergen-
cies but his hands are tied unless you will
place the necessary means at his disposal
transmit to yoP herewith, for your information,
copies of the reports, in detail. of the two expe-
ditons Sent to Keokuk and to Pittsburg Land
ing, and also the report by the Surgeon Gen
eral, Of the operations ofthe last named eXpedi-
ton.
Aside from such expeditions, in case Of emer-
gency there are constantly claims made upon
me i'll individual cases 1t is but very recently
that the General Government has made
provision for the transportation of such SICK
and wounded soldiers as have money due them
from the Government.
Those who have no pay due them will not be
furnished with Interpretations, but must shift
for themselves. In The cities of New 7 ork Gin
cinnati, St. Louis, and other places there are
constantly arriving some ofour sick and woun-
ded soldiers, anxiouslY expecting to find some
agency from our State that will aid them to get
to their homes. Something should be done TO
relieve these poor, suffering men many life
may be saved, and many heart made glad
l am confident that the proud State Of Wis
cousin will not remain behind her sister States
in that respect. Accompanying this lay be-
tore you copies of few Of the many communi-
ga tions l have receive concerning the neces-
sitv of appointing State agents to look after the
sick and wounded soldiers from Wisconsin.
Observation and reflection on my part, in re-
gard to the Labor devolved upon the Supreme
Court for the past two or thre years have in
duced me to urge upon you the necessity OF ia
king, at this session. initiatory steps lowards
amending our Constitution, in order 10 provide
for an icrease OF the member Of Judges of that
Court for the future.
For the three terms of conrt held in the years
1855 and 1857, there were in the average ar
gued aad decided, sixty calender causes and
twelve motions, at each term.-Since then the
business of the court has increased rapidly, aud
since the June term, 1859, there have been at
each term, in the avarage, argued and decided
in that Court 1870 calaBder causes and fourteen
motions Thus, the labor of the Judges for the
last three years has been more than double
what it was in 1856 and 1851.
Since the june term 1889 the judges Of the
Supreme Court have been in session, simply
hearing arguments for one hundred and thirty
seven days, III the average, in each year, SIT
ting seven hours day. But the hearing of ar
cuments of causes brought before them, is the
Smallest portion of their labors studying and
deciding the cases, and writing the opinions, Is
by far the greatest part
This labor is L am we'll cOnvinced,tO much for
three Judges, and would therefore urgently
recommend that the nnmbeI II the Supreme
Cont be increased hY so, so hat the labor Of
the court may be divided b, i've. When the
Constitution was made, this State had pop
uatIon of about 10000 INHABITANTS, while now
it is not far short of 900. In justice to the
Judges Of that court, and the interests confined
to them, the change l have recommended
seems to be imperitively called for, and l hope
it Will meet with your appreciation aud imme-
date action.
The President Of the United States has re-
Gently called upon our state for another regi-
ment of infantry which is i'll process Of organ
ization. An act passed at the present session,
limits the extra pay which the state gives to
the families of volunteers to regiments, which
would exclude the goth regiment from the ben
eGts of the state bounty. It would be but JUS
tee to all volunteers from our state Shout: be
placed on an equal footing, and that the state
should not discriminate ii Its generosity. !
would recommend therefore, that the benefits
of chapter 6, ofthe general laws Of the Extra
session of 1861, as modified by chapter ~ OF
the present session, be extended to the Goth
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