Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-01-07


department pefusal of this report will
fully demonstrate the necessity OF On efficient
head, and competent corps OF assistants and
clerks, In this department. The State has rea.
son to be proud Of the gentlemen who now co.
cupy these positions.
u OF all the departments of the service, there
Ia none that requires more vigilance, caro- aud
kindness, than the one having charge Of the siok
and wounded soldiers. Thank God, we oaA
claim, for this department Of the army of Ohio,
a most faithful performance Of duty. With the
efficient aid of the GOOD women of Ohio, and
the generous and benevolent surgeons and hu-
mane nurses found all over the State, Surgeon
Generals Weber and Smith have been able,
most successfully, to minister to the sanitary
wants and necessities OF our gallant army.
The Reports of Surgeon. Generals Weber
and Smith, herewith submitted, contain q full
statement of the operations of this department;
and while they show that there has been great
suffering In our army, they also exhibit the
gratifying fact that everything that could be
done, TO alleviate the dstresses 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 sOliiors' prayer, for
Code richest blessings upon theheads OF all
who have thus minlstefed to their wants, will
be answered.
Large and generous as your appropriation
was, Tor this noble work, you will Gee, from the
aceounta herewith presented, that it was no
more than sufficient.
When you learn, however, that your liberal
ity has saved the lives Of thousands Of the gal
liant sons Of Ohio, and that every dollar of the
money has been iudiciously expended, you will
not' am sure, regret your generosity. This
account' with notes Of explanation from Judge
honman, frVate Secretary, is herewith pre-.
) sented; from which II will appear, that there
4 has been paid for the removal of the sick and
wounded, by steamboats, S4l, ,O09 Sc; TO the
4 several railroad ompanies, for trspspot tation
oil soldiers and their nurses, and volunteer sur
D geons ana nurses, up to the ffst day of Noyem.
/ Der u. 1862, the sum Of $50. .352 2O-oi
4 which there has been collected and paid back
4 the sum OF $24, ,992.72. and yet due and unset-
tied to the roads, $lO, ,934 50--lesving, as paid
Tor transportation from the contingent fund,
the sum OF $50 ,5M SO. or this sum VIZ have
CLAIM ior part against the soldiers TRANSPORT
, Cd; now much will be realized from this claim,
II 10 Impossible now to estimate with any de.
gree OF accuracy. For telegraphinR for the
several military departments, sill SID 29: for
State asaisant-surgeons, $7,522 Rs: for nav
agente, services and expenses, $2,954 81; for
pay and expenses of volunteer surgeons and
nurses, sanitary agents and stores, the sum Of
1858 %; and for medical board of examiners:
military printing, advertising and postage;
"Soldiers' Home" at Cincinnati; expenses OF
laboratory and arsenal; clerk hire, pay of mes
seDgers and travelling expenses, etc., S25, 1862 90
making, together, the total cum of SI27.-
0l:47, up to the 18Th day of December, A. d.
1862.
These several aums will be charged uu
against the Federal Government, and they will,
ills presumed, be allowed. ''.'.'.'' ',.'''
}, It is difisult at this date to fix, With apy de-
gree OF accuracy, upon sum sufficient for che
Military contingent fund for the ensuing year
conference with the Military and Finance
committees of your respective bodies, toward
the close OF tho session, 10 invited for that pur
pose. 10 the meantime, however, / ask az
early appropriation Of an amount sufficient "a
meet current wants. -- - f..... r''s'
! The allowance of en- extra Surgeon to each
regiment, by an act of Congress, has enabled
: me to dismiss from the State service, the as
sistsnt surgeons whose appointment you au
D thorizsd at your last session,
. The operation Of the system of pay agent:
was not as successful as was anticipated. The
! total amount paid into the. State Treasury
through this agency, is $500, GAS 81, at q cost
, to the State of 81. .S54 81. There 10 now buI
! one pay agent In the service. A necessity
: however, may arise for the employment of ad.
ditlonal agents; hence, recommend that the
law, authorizing the appointments OF these
I agents, be suffered to romain as It 10.
Copies Of tho several proclamations and or.
D ders, relating TO the military service, Issued
A since your adjournment, are herewith submit
Q ted in communication from Col. Young, my
! Aid-de-camp, to which your attention is re
spectfully invited,
The necessity of thorough organization o.
. the militia Of the State, must now be apparent
|; to all, and your attention 10 earnestly invited
T to the subject, A plan, embracing my view
D and opinions on this important subject, will b.
presented for the consideration Of the Militar,
: committee Of the House., in a foW days.
have given the matter much consideration, anC
hope that my labors may prove of service t.
the committee,
: In this connection, allow me 10 call your at
: tention to the propriety of fostering, by Stat,
aid, School for instruction in military science
,, Although We can point, with pride and pleas
ure, to hundreds of our accomplished Oficeri
now in the service, who had never enjoyed the
benefit of military education bsfore buokline
on their swords, still, this does nos prove thai
, such schools are net necessary. These gallant
oficora will tell us that their first duty was tc
study the art OF war, and that without thil
r study they could not have discharged their ar
duous and intricate duties with credit TO tbs
State or themselves Assuming that you viii
agree with me on this subject, | beg leave Il
call your attention to the Act OF Congress, pass
ed on the "a day of April last, entitled, "AI
act donating public lands to the several State
and Territories which may provide colleges fo
the benefit of agriculture and the mechani,
, arts"
BY the provisions of this oct, 630. 900 acre
of land 10 granted to the State, for ',the endow
( ment, support and maintenance of at least on.
) college, Where the leading object shall be-
without excluding other scientific and classical
atndies, and including military tactics, to teach
such branches of learning as are related to ag.
. riculture and the mechanic arts, in such man
: ner az the Legislatures of tho States may re-
0 epectively prescribe"
/ The act further providea that all tho ayailt
!, arising from the grant shall be invested In ssf.
stocks, yielding not less than FIVE per cent: ant
1 that the money ahall constitute O perpetual
4 fund for the maintenance of the college. 4
0 Respectfully urge upon you the acceptance
: of the provisions OF this law, upon the terma
. and conditions prescribed in this act.
Z Agriculture, mechanic arts and military tao
tics can be taught In harmony; and IN TIM
y Of war, like the present, 10 is difficult to de
. termine which of the three branches of stud,
y is the most important ~
q The acceptance of the grant will involve Al
| expenditure of money sufficient to eakabIial