Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-14
A SOLDIERS COMPLAINT.

Yesterday an officer of the Nevada Terri
tory Volunteers called at our Office on bust
ness. and, while here, stated to us grier-
ance under which the officers and enlisted
men of the Territory are suffering and OF
which they bitterly and IF the understand
ing OF the officer was correct most justly
complain. The last Legislature passed an
Act providing for the payment OF an extra
FIVE dollars per month to the volunteers, and
an allowance Of ten dollars to the Captains
for each enlistment in their respective COM
panies. The extra price paid BY the soldiers
here FIR all those articles which they need
and are not supplied by the Government, and
the deprecated currency in which they re-
ceiye their regular pay, makes the additional
paw voted BY the Legislature an act of simple
Justice. The payment to the Captains OF the
ten dollars for each enlistment, is equally
proper and Just for the like reason. Much
unremuneratsd time and very considerable
amount OF money are unnecessarily eNpend-
ed in raising full company Of men, and
even the paw voted BY the bill is inadequate.
We suppose that in voting upon the measure,
the Legislature did so in good faith, and not
as a mere matter Of buncombe and frothy
pretense Of patriotism. We believe that in
voting the appropriation they expressed the
sentiment and received the appreciation OF
the taxpayers OF the Territory. The people
Of Nevada have never, thus far, been back
ward in contributing to the cause of the Gov
eminent, and if there was any objection to
the law We never heard of it. At all events
it is the law, and the execution Of it is du'
" which devolyes upon tho officers Of the
Territory. According to the information re-
eeiyed from the officer aforementioned, that
duty is entirely neglected. The law provides
for the procuring of bonds by the Territorial
Treasurer, and their issuance in the manner
and for the purposes prescribed in the law.
We are informed that that officer has, thus
far, taken no steps whatever in the matter.
The consequence is that affairs stand in the
same position as they would have done had
no such Act been passed. The officers and
soldiers are suffering for the want Of those
comforts which the people through their rep
resentatiyes have expressed their wish and
will should be furnished the volunteers. The
latter now demand it as legal right, and
protest against the non-action OF Treasurer
Kinkead as a wrong. Ii the premises as
stated to us are correct, the soldiers are de-
frauded Of their just dues, and Mr.. kinkead
deserves eensure. If we have been in any
wise misinformed, and have attributed blame
where it is unmerited, we shall be glad to be
set right in the matter and pointed to the
quarter where the fault does actually lie. We
have been appealed to to call the attention of
those concerned to the matter, and have done
so, as we shall ever do when called upon to
notice any official delinquency whereby the
interests Of the public or Of individuals is
made to suffer. The life OF soldier is not
an enviable one in its best phase, and those
who have had the patriotism to volunteer in
the cause of the country should have to the
fullest extent the rights which the laws Of the
land guarantee to them. Our columns are
ever open for the ventilation of their COM
plants and for the defense of those who may
be unjustly eensured.