The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-01-15

most successfully, to minister TO the
sanitary wants and necessities of our
/ gallant army. III
The reports of Surgeon Generals
Weber and Smith, herewith submitted,
contain a full statement Of the opera
} tions Of this departmentj and while they
, show that there has been great suffering
in our army, they also exhibit the graf,
flying fact that every thing that could
be done, to alleviate the distresses of
our soldiers, has been DONE The noble
, women of our State have toiled day and
, night in this good work; the kind and
, pure men of the State have also done
their duty. The soldiers prayer, for
Gods richest blessings upon the heads
, of all who have thus ministered to their
wants, will be answered.
Large and generous as your appro
priation was for this noble work, you
, will see, from the accounts herewith
. presented, that it was no moro than suf
, 6cient, .............
, When you learn, however, THAT your
: iberality has saved the lives Of thous-
ands Of the gallant sons Of Ohio, and
that every dollar Of the money has been
T judiciousIy expended you will not, am
sure, regret your generosity. This ac-
count, with notes of explanation from
Judge Hoffman, Private Secretary, is
= herewith presented; from which it will
6 appear that there has been paid for the
o removal Of the sick and wounded, by
C stea mboats, S41 ,009 56; to the several
: railroad companies, for transportation
of soldiers Gnd their nurses and volun-
u teer surgeons and nurses, up to the 1st
8 day of November, A, D., 1862, the sum
II Of S66, 352 20-of which there has been
IS collected and paid back the sum Of S24,
992 II, and yet due and unsettled to the
/ roads, $40, 935 5O--leaving, as paid for
d transportation from the contingent fund i,
II the sum of 1924 90. Ofthis sum we
J. have a claim for part against the sol
IS diers transported; how much will be re-
allied from this claim. it is impossible
a now to estimate with any degree of ac
u curaoy. For telegraphing for the sew
" eral military departments, Sll ,9l4 20;
for State assistant surgeons, 81 1922 %;
for pay agents, services and expenses,
: So 954 81; for pay and expenses of vol
U unteor surgeons and nurses, sanitary
= agents aud stores, the sum Of 81, ,683 85;
e and for medical board of examiners,
military printing, advertising and post
S tage, Soldiers Home" at Cincinnati,
S expenses oflahoratory and arsenal, clerk
J hire, pay ofmessengers and travelling e&-
e penses, &C., S25, ,262 23-making, to
e gether, the total sum of 1927 ,671 AZ,
g up to the 19th day of December, A. D.
1862.
The several sums will be charged up
: against the Federal Government, aud
9 they will, it is presumed, be allowed
: 1t is difficult at this date to fix, with
any degree of accuracy. upon sum
sufficient for the Military contingent
fund for the ensuing year. A confer
enco with the Military aud Finance
Committees of your respective bodies,
'" toward the close Of the session, is invi.
ted for that purpose. Iu the meantime,
: Phowever, ask an early appropriation
" of an amount sufficient to meet current
wants.
The allowance Of an extra Surgeon to
each Regiment, by an act of Congress
has enabled me to dismiss IraWt the State
9 service, the assistant surg CONS whose
appointment you authorized at your last
session. ., ...r . ag.g
4 The operation efthe system of pay
! agents was not as successful as was an.
ticipated. The total amount paid into
). the State Treasury, through this agen
r. cy, is $500, ,945 p, at cost to the State
A ofS2, ,954 Al There is now but one
pay agent in the service. A necessity
Il however, may arise for the employment
ofadditional agents, hence recommcnC
Al that the law, authorizing the appoint
,e ment of these agents, DO suffered to re
j, main aa,it7is. ...h. h.-E-y Z
n Copies the several proclamation
II and orders, reading to the military ser
" vice., issued since your Adjournment
.I are herewith submitted in communica
e ton from Col Young, my Aid de cam
j. towhieh your attention is respectful
,e invited.
ID The necessity Of a thorough organi
Or cation Of the militia oftho State, mus
a now be apparent to all, aud your atten
- tion is earnestly invited to the subject
o. A plan, embracing my views and opin
e. ions on this important subject, win b
es presented for the Military Committee O