Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-02

T l the mighty struggle for the Union that must and slall be preserved" countenancing no cessation of hostiljties, no propositions for Epeace till the flag of the Republic sbali float lover all the forIresses and cifadelsin allof the thirty-f four States of the Federal Union. MT. Eaton moved to lay upon the table. He, was not ready to vote upon the resolutions. It was full of sentiments with some of which he could not agree. < Motion lost. x s 6fs Nr. Cowes moved to table for printing. I Mr. Gallagher did not want it printed as an act of courtesy, merely, to that side of the house. He should vote against it, and was as fready to vote now as at any time.
 Mr. Gallup thought printing unnecessary on account of stse expense. He would treat the Ereso!ution.as those concerning Vallandigham were treated. H s,, ,5.sss 9
 Motion carried, and the resolution was ta- bled for printing 'aa On nation of Mr. Wright, the Militia Bill was taken up. He stated that the total num- Der of men liable to enrollmsnt between the ages of 20 and 35 is about 35, 900. Emhent surgeons have been consulted by the commit tse, and their opinion is that nearly one-half of this number will be found incompetent to do military duty on account of physical disability. This must seem a large number, but it must be remembered that this Stats has already sent 28,000 able-bodied men to the war Other es- inmates place the proportion of those physi- cally dis abled much lower. Taking it at three sevenths of all the enrolled men, between the ages of 20 and B, and we have left . militia force of 10000 If the general Government i should call for 600.000 men. the quota of Con- necticut would be about l4,000, which would leave 5000 subject to the provisions of this | L,It f, .lI tl,. lzi necessities of the State. and certainly large enough to answer until the Legislature could be called together to provide for an enler gency. If BUG, ,OOO are called for we should l have 3,000 men left, and ii the call should be 1 for 100000. we should have militia force of I 10, ,000 able bodied men. In ths latter case, the entire expense of launching this scheme will be between four and five hundred thousand dollars for 10,0 900 men, and the annual exp.nse ! thereafter will not exceed sSI0JO0O If a greater number than l00 900 are organized, the i only additional expense will be for arms and uniforms. The annual expense from l547 to 1854 of the militia system, ill time of peace, was from 64 to $o0,00 s The salaries provided for by this bull have been the8 subject of much criticism in the ii .wspapers fheonly ysadditional suarproyided for salaries over the old system wilLb less than $l,s00 Tbe only new offices created are fthose of major-general and military secretary. lMr. Wright said we have 2S.000 men ill the field, among them from HOO to l20o comms- stoned officers. besides large number of lrleri- torious privates. The changesnnd promotions I in this force involves an enormous amount of correspondence. Not one cent of these sala- ries comes out of the State Treasury. They are paid by the United States. s ] An act de courts, providing that the wife or widow uf volunteers may sue in her own name for bounty from State and husband shall not collect the same without consent of wife j. re- l ferred. l Aresolution amending the constitution of ! the State referred. pss# zEs aap' r. Adjourned to Thursday. ssss5a3gss4
 THURSDAY. June 25. , SENArE.--Co Convened at 10 o'clock. a & l Various matters from tine House coneurred l in. 8
 Tho military committee reported that the accounts of the late Qaaiternaster General l Hathaway are all corfeet, but thlnk hls ac- counts have been kept in a hunglng manner. l Resolution directing the State Treasurer to l borrow money from the School Fund before ] disposing of the bonds ofithe State.to meet current: expeasess and pay 6 perrcent. interest l therefor passed. l An act to provide for the Organization of a volunteer militia, qua to proytte for tue public defense passed.
 I Adjournea to Friday. ' l HOUSE. P Convened at l 0 o'clock
 l The House resumed consideration of the res olntion appropriatipg S5 900 to the State Nor maj School annually. This was amended by the Senate.s making 1t okly an appropriation l for this year. flie House had concurre,l.- 1 Mr. Gilbert, of Danbury, moved to reconsider the concurring vote, which made the appr opri- consider was.lost. The resolution passed I04 to 96.
 Adjourned to Friday. ss ]. sssssS g ERIDAY. June 26. I SENATE-- Resolution appointing A. N. I Clark and George A. Washbnrne auditors of .l the Quartermaster Generals accounts passed. Adjourned to Monday afternoon. l HoUsE.- .--Met at 10 0 o'clock. s Resolution incorporating an experimental farm school for the benefit of orphans of sol ldiers, to be located near New Haven. and un- fdersthe control of Yale College; referred. The new militia bill, tho special order of the Iday. was taken up and 3 long discussion gone I through with. {
 . Adjourned to Saturday. sa
 SATURDAY, June 27. I HousE Met at g A.s N. lssais ss ga.gss I Only about sxty members present. # ss E The celebrated -EloWage Bill was contin- ued to the next session of the Legislature.
 Mir. Adams of Norwich offered the following resolutions
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 profonnd sorrow, received inteliisence of the
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