Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-01-07

1862.
These several sums will be charged VI
J against the Federal Government, and they
J will, il is presumed, be allowed.
: It is difficult at this date, to fix, witt
: any degree Ofaccuracy, upon the sun suf
: icient for the military contingent fund fol
the ensuing year. A conference with the
J Military and Finance Committees of your
respective bodies, toward the close of the
: session, is invited for that purpose. In
the meantime, however, 1 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 ne to dismiss from the State SER
vice the assistant surgeons whose appoint
ment you authorized at your last session.
The operation of the system of pay
agents was not as successful as was antic-
ipated. The total amount paid into the
State Treasury, through this agency, is
Gee0, so Fl, at cost to the State Of 81
954 81. There Is now but one pay agent
in the service. A necessity, however, may
artsv rUr rnv emPTUyHIvnJ uuottIUudr
agents; hence, l recommend that the law
authorizing the appointment Of these
agents be suffered to remain as is.
Copies Of the several proclamations and
orders relating to the military service, is
sued since your adjournment, are here
with submitted in communication from
Colonel Young, my Aid-de-Cam to which
your attention is respectfully invited.
The necessity Of thorough organiEa-
tion of the militia Of the State must now
be apparent to all, and your attention is
earnestly invited to the subject. A plan,
embracing my views and opinions on this
/ important subject will be presented for
the consideration Of the Military Commit
tee of the House in few days. have
4 given the matter much consideration, and
| hope that my labors may prove Of service
! to the Committee.
] In this connection allow me to call your
attention to the propriety of fostering, by
! State aid, school for instruction in mill
tary science Although we can point, with
/ pride and pleasure, to hundreds of our ac-
complished officers now in the service who
had never enjoyed the benefit of military
| education before buckling on their swords,
still this does not prove that such schools
are not necessary. These gallant officers
will all tell US that their first duty was to
study the art of war, and that without this
study they could not have discharged their
srduous and intricate duties with credit to
the State or themselves. Assuming that
you will agree with me upon this subject,
| beg leave to call your attention to the
Act of Congress passed on the I'd day Of
April last, entitled " An act donating pub
lie lands to the several States and Terri
tories which may provide colleges for the
benefit of agriculture and the mechanic
arts"
By the provisions of this act, $4,000
acres Of land is granted to the State for the
endowment, support and maintenance of
at least one college, where the leading OBJ
ject shall be, without excluding other sci
entife and classical studies, and including
military tactics, to teach such branches of
learning rs are related to agriculture and
the mechanic arts, in such manner as the
Legislatures of the States may respectively
prescribe"
The act further provides that all the
avails arising from the grant shall be in
vested in safe stocks yielding not less than
five per cent, and that the money shall
constitute a perpetual fund for the main
tenance Of the college.
respectfully urge upon you the accept
ance of the provisions of this law, upon
the terms and conditions prescribed in the
act.
Agriculture, mechanic arts and military
tactics can be taught in harmony, and in
q time Of war, like the present, it is diff
cult TO determine which of the three
branches Of study is the most important.
The acceptance Of the grant will involve
an expenditure Of money sufficient to es-
tablish the college. It is impossible to tx
with certainty upon the sum necessary for
that purpose; it is believed, however, that
SCI, 600 will be ample.
Deeming this matter to be one Of vital
importance TO the State, invited confer
enee with the State Board of Agriculture,
and am happy to be able to announce that
the project meets their hearty concurrence
commend the whole subject to your de-
hberate consideration.
The large number Of sick and disabled
soldiers found about the principal railroad
depots of the State, seeking their homes
unattended by friends, made it an act of
humanity TO establish agencies at these
points for their care and assistance and
such agencies were established at Cincin-
natl, Columbus, Cleveland, Crestline and
Bellair. The expense of these agencies,
together with the cost Of subsistence fur
nished the thousands thus relieved, amounts
to 81, ,9S7 So.
To promote the prompt settlement Of the
accounts Of soldiers discharged at this
point, and at the same time TO protect them
from frauds likely to be praetised by un-
serupUlous agents, l directed the Quarter
master General, in July last, to establish
bureau in his Office for this especial pur-
pose. A copy of my order to Quartermas-
ter General Wright and also Of my letter
to james E. Lewis, ESQ., designating him
as the clerk to take charge Of the business,
are herewith presented.
The report Of Mr.. Lewis to Gen. Wright,
and attached to this report, will demon
strate the wisdom Of this measure. twill
be seen that Mr. Lewis, at December 18th,
1852, has settled the accounts Of soldiers
to the number Of 656, whose aggregate pay
amounted to S53, Iii 67; that accounts to
the number of 6S9 have been adjusted and
are now ready for payment as soon as the
paymaster shall be in funds, amounting to
about $50, 1000; and that 685 claims are in
process of adjustment to an amount of
nearly S78, 600. These claims, of Sl93, 600,
have been attended to at cost to the State,
Of 81 ,25O, without any cost to the soldier.
The great success attending the lsbors of
Mr.. Lewis, induced me quite recently, to
establish similar agencies at Cincinnati
and Louisville The agency at Cincinnati
I have placed in charge of A. B. Lyon, Esq,
of Trumbull county; that at Louisville, in
charge of Royal Taylor, Esq, of Cuyahoga
county. Both Of these gentlemen are well
known to be men of high character for in
tegrity and superior qualifications for the
duties of these positions. The expense Of
these agencies will be betrayed from the
military contingent fund for the time being
and I doubt not will meet with your ap-
proval.