Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-12-07

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other supplies. as heretofore IN this CON.
nection, I transmit copies Of oommunica'
ton from DR.. F. p Porcher, Surgeon in
charge of South Carolina Hospital, tempo
rarily removed to Dan9ille, Virginia, re.
questing me to bring to your notice the con.
ditionn Of our prisoners at Point Lookout. I
recommend that the State appropriate .
fund, to be expended either by Col. Jones
or the Central Association, in the purchase
and shipment through the War Department
at Richmond, to our prisoners, Of such ar.
tioles of,clothing, shoes, blankets and other
supplies as they may need. .@ q
& There cannot be made from the State
records, or from those of the Confederate
Government, or from both together, any.
thing like complete roll Of those who have
gone into the military service Of the coun.
try from this State. o recommend the pas
sage of an. Act authorizing the Governor to
appoint a comPetentiperson as superinten.
dent, with an assistant in each District in
the State, with adequate salaries, whose
duty it shall be to obtain the name Of each
person who has gone from each militia beat
in this State, with 3 description Of the per:
son, the name ofhis company and regiment,
and his fate, and anything Of special inter
est connected with him. These records
should be made in substantial volumes, and
when completed, the books forseach Dis.
triot deposited ip the Office of the Secretary
of State. Such q record is due to our de-.
ceased and living soldiers and their fami-
lies; It should be made the duty of the
District officer to visit every house in his
District, so that none shall be omitted. In
no other way can a complete record ever be
made; and it should be done atpnce, as the
means of obtaining accurate information are
rapidly passing away. If it is postponed
until the end of the wars the names and
fate of many gallant men who have perilled
their lives in defence of the country, will
be lost sight of forever. The value of such
q record depends, Of course, upon the COM
pleteness and accuracy with which it is
done; and to this end such inducements
should be held out ss will secure the SER
vices of efficient and intelligent men, selec-
ted with view'to their; fitness for the work
without reference to other considerations.
In the hands of persons fully alive to the
importance of making the record complete,
it may be confidently expected the work
will be done in manner oreditable to the
State. If this recommendation be adopted,
I earnestly urge its speedy commencement
A large number of our soldiers have CIV
'en up their lives in defence of the country,
leaving families of helpless orphans, many
of them females The State cannot do too
much for them. Isubmit whether it would
not be we'll for the State also to establish an
asylum for the destitute female orphan chill
dren of all soldiers from this State who have
fallen in battle or died of disease in the line
Of their duty.
1t is my sad Office to communicate to you
the death, since the last session, Of Lieuten
ant Governor Plowden c. J. Weston, Two
years ago, he was called to that Office from
his command in the field and, although
relieved from all military duty, after his
election he rendered his services to the State,
in whatever capacity he might be useful
Among the many costly sacrifices the coun-
try has been called upon to make. South
Caroliaa has lost no truer patriot, the Con-
federacy no more devoted friend.
I ask your most favorable consideration
of the wants of the Lunatic. Asylum, and of
the institution for the education of the deaf
and dumb and Of the blind. The present
high prices Of provisions induce me to re-
commend q large increase of the appropria-
tion for the support Of these institutions
The claims Of humanity Should not'be lost
sight Of, even in the midst Of our reyolu-
talen.
The State Military Academy claims your
most earnest attention. 1t is now In very
fourishing condition, and will afford the
nucleus for the formation of one good regi-
ment, and can supply drill officers for the
raw troops called into the field. 1t is fur
nishing yearly the material for officers in our
army, and being now the only undisturbed
State Military Institution in the Confedera-
cy, and the only educational institution in
full operation in the State, I recommend
that the number of cadets now allowed by
law be at least doubled and that provisions
be made for their accommodation, either by
additions tothepresent buildings, or by the
purchase of others in the vicinity. In the
present insecure condition of the Citadel Of
Charleston, the Board of Visitors have been
to remove the cadets from that
place. reconhend4hat an appropriation
be made and placed at the disposal Of, the
Board, to enable them, as soon as practica.
BILE, to enlarge the buildings at the arsenal
in this city, 80 as to accommodate perma-
ncntly all the classes at this central position.
The public arms are all removed at present
from Charleston, and there is no good rea-
Jon why this city should not be the perma-
neut depot for them. -. .-,.
Since the last session, ! have received
pertain resolutions Of the Legislatures Of
Georgia aud of'LouisianA, in relation: to the
'urthsr prosecution Of the war; aud,of the
Legislature Of Alabama, in relation to the
currency. They are herewith transmitted.