Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-01-14

SlOncu Dy our own troops are one hundred
and fiftytwo thousand dollars The pay
proper for the militia, is provided for by
appropriation made at the last session and
the sum of about two hundred thousand.
dollars has already been audited aud paid.
II will further be observed, by reference to
Document No 4, that this payment was
made upon the recommendation Of the Sec
retary of War, and is considered by him as
simply an advance by the State to the Gen
cral Government. The subsistence of our
militia, called out in said service, was at
once assumed by the General Government.
and much, j, not all of it, has already been
paid. The transportation Of the troops was
also directly assumed by the General Gov
ernment.
No provision, however, has been made for
the adjustment and liquidation Of the sew
eral claims for damages occasioned hy the
enemy, or incident to the movement of our
own troops, Prompt measures were taken
! by me, through the several Military Com
mlttces of the counties interested, to ascer-
! tain and have reported to Inc, these several
claims; and bureau was inaugurated. at the
head of which placed Henry $. Babbitt,
Esq, highly competent person for the pur-
pose OF arranging and preserving the evi-
dence of the same. To adjust and degree
! of accuracy and safety to the State, the
amount of these several claims, it is neces-
sary that special commission be created for
that purpose. / therefore recommend that
you adopt the necessarylegislatio to create
and regulate this commission giving it full
| authority in the premises, and directing it
to report to you at future session of the
Legislature. The reports of the several
Military Committees, made to me, should
be referred to this commission
| must not omit to inform you how great
! ly the people of the State are indebted to
the several Military Committees appointed
by me. They have ever cheerfully respon-
ded to the numerous calls made upon them,
with degree of aacrity and generosity un-
bounded without their efficient aid, the
best interests of the State would at times
have materially suffered, / shall ever feel
grateful to these gentlemen for their kind
ness to me, personally as well as officially.
That everything of interest, relating to
the gallant men who have been or may be
engaged III the military service of our coun-
try. may be collected and perpecuated. |
! recommed for that purpose the establish
ment OF bureau. to be known as the Bur
eau Of Military Statistics. These statistics
should contain the name, age and place of
residence of overy officer and private who
was III diiy way CISu0Cu Ill tUc StlNlct, tIC
date Of his enlistment; the Company and
t Regiment to which he belonged the term
/ of service; the time and reason of his dis
5 charge; whether killed or wounded i'll bat.
4 tie; and the time and place of death and bur
: ial of shose who may die in service, Thi,
duty can well be performed by the Surgeon
f General Of the State; and, as much Of tht
. information will have to be gathered from
the records Of the several hospitals, can
' perhaps, better be performed by him THAI
: by any other officer. Should this duty b,
. thrown upon aim, however, the salary ut
} tached to that Office should be material,
increased, a faithiul discharge of the du
ty would command all of his time.
Isubmit, herewith, communications from
E Secretary Hoffman, giving in detail the
items Of expenditure from the Civil and Mil.
tary Contingent Funds, from the 18th day
Of December, \. ID. 1862, date of last year,
f report, to the 18th day Of December, a. d.
1868; 1t will be seen that from the Civil
t Fund there has been expended 1920 66, and
from the Military Fund 500, ,9Sl 80. | ask
for the appointment at an early day of a
committee of your body, to examine these
, expenditures. Large as the expenditure is,
| doubt not it will meet your approval, and
urgently recommend that you place at the
disposal of my successor like liberal con
tingent fund, that he may be able to meet
= all contingencies likely to arise. Our gal
liant boys in the field, and in hospitals, and
: en- route for their respective homes, must
have the fostering care of the State Govern
: ment. In this connection, allow me to rec
ommend that you keep upon your statute
, book the several laws now in force providing
r for the appointment Of pay agents, and tn,
, agencies for the care of soldiers. The amount
: received by the several pay agents from sol
f diers in the field and deposited in the STATE
Treasury for distribution to their families
, for the past year, is 1861 ,S24. ST. at a cos
e to the State Of 81, 753, 50, and without am.
cost to the soldiers or their friends. | alsC
e recommend that the levy, for the support o
, the families of soldiers, be increased iron
a one mill to two mills on the dollar; and tina
= the act for distributing the same be so amen
Y ded as to include the families of colored sol
= diers who have volunteered since the pass
+ age of the law. The number of families j
Y the State requiring relief will vary but littl
Il ded will give to each about 500; this, wit
n the assistance voluntarily rendered by til
II generous in every ncighborhood, it is hope
l. will make every family comfortable, and thu
stimulate the patriotic soldier to duty.
$ The sum appropriated for suitable restin
d places at Cincinnati and Columbus, for OF
a soldiers who may fall in the service of on
% country, wit ~, 900 for the torruor an
Il $500 for the latter, have been expended. :
, Beautiful and eligible grounds, al, Sprin
G Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, and Greer
: Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, have been sc
= lected The remains of SOS brave boys hav
n already been deposited in the Cemetery a
: Cincinnati, and 81 at Columbus. Withou
: this express authority, joined the Execu
e tives Of other States in securing suitable
resting place for our noble dead who fell a
# Gettysburg in the great battle Of July last
: The sacred ground thus secured was du.
d consecrated, with most imposing ceremo
+ nies, on the 10th day of November last
Is Accompanied by my Staff, and quite larg
e number of State officials, participated, o
is behalf of the State, in these solemn ceremo
,e nes; the entire cost to the State, of this Wis
= it, was 50, 6l4.25, which has been charge
to the Military Contingent Fund, The pa
IS pers herewith presented, in Document Nc
r, II, contain full statement of the action {
If this Department inrelatlon to its mclanchol
" duty of caring for our dead.
,r 1t can hardly be necessary that call you
# attention to, or speak of, the bravery an
g. gallantry of our soldiers in the field. The
N many noble deeds are familiar to us all; tn
IS soil of every battlefield has become sacre
3 with the blood of Ohio's heroes. Our chi
Is dren should be taught to venerate the men
v ory of those who have fallen; and to love an
4 ,aenoot those who may he SHARED bv an al