Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-18


morning upon thc admirable arrangement
Of the Adjuta3. Generals office which we
heartily endorse. Few even Of the citizens
of Davenport, appreciate the importance and
value Of the oace. and the amount of labor
performed in il The oficeNis divided into
three departing {nts: the Add ant General )
Office proper, With Adjutant q eneral and As
sistan. AdjutAnt General, Sere the heavy
military correspondence is 81 jperyisei; the
questions COPING from evert part Of the
State, and f|om the field, fi1m wives. sis
ters, broth@s, from otficert and soldiers,
are always carefully and fully attended TO
here Her are made up als&t the records OF
Iowa troop} in neat and n mancnt form.
the GazcfteF Fwcll says:
Here il kept up the hisfry of the sixty
thousand Ibya boys who have gwen our
young St4c reputation Or prowess and
Loyalty, adt the home of a vi porous, so!dierly
race, whi(h will cntitle fer to no second
place whq p the records Of the great rebel
lion are II ade up.
1t is batter Of inteI3t and importance
to every }ilizen of the s ate that the evcel-
lent systjrn Of General Baker fox procuring
the militjr history ofcur troops be kept
up. In hany States Ave find tho Adjutant
General| in their ppblisheds report ignore
the men| who carry huskets and fight for
thirteeJ dollars month. our Adjutant
General considers . private as important as
a Majo1 General, snd therefore requires a
monthly report from every regiment in the
field, 4howing thcpromotions, the dischar-
ges, atd the deaths bf Iowa soldiers. He
also fequires froms pfficers succint state
menE of the decls, t4c suifcrngs and hard
shipf Of the troops. All this precious in.
fornlatIon is placed upon record. The
hubble farmer $ boy who went down to the
can4on's mouth bad here his history as
prominently sla.sa. - .4Astvfvne General If
Z division"
The pay Department superin.cnds the
payment Of Iowa trodrs, for services prior to
musteY The busindss Of this department
has zen large, but we are Informed that
the>unYed States haF been f"yiYg for some
time, f1om date Of enlistment; thus relieve
ing tho State from the a.ivance of large
TO troopst The Northern and
southfrn Border Brigades fwere paid
nonp,lyiby this J tpartmcE, ,yr to the
tim<TrAheir t'isba1 dment ~ ct Of last
sessi2h Of the Legis laturc.
The Quartermast@r's Department has the
oil the State arms, and other
war material for he equipment of militia |
companies In yify Of the acE of the last |
'esAon q the asse ehbly, organising all the
militia Of the Statdinto companies and reg
ncnts, the business Of the Office will be |
arge. The number Of militia companies |
100 in the statei lis said to be about one
'undYcd. Thenqnber of arms about 49,,
100 HaA.
Thes} depa,,..p cats are maint{ Ii at a COM
'arasivfly small expense Tho Adjutant
'enrd acts a Quartcrmaster General,
Sommissary Ceferal and Inspector Gene
al; the assistaf ft Adjutant Geserai IS also
Pay Master Ge3c-al There is chief clerk
II tpe Pay and fQuartermastcr' DEPARTMENTS
n t'ne chief clerk Of the Roll;and Com
MISSION Department, with two deputies
The remaining Clerks in the office are fe-
na'est five in En. No State Military depart
aent in the lPyal States is s0n1ucted wi.h
S small an q tpense, considerin the import