Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-10

cy, be called into the field. In this re
Spect the present law is entirely want
ing, and in many others is so detective
as to make 1t a matter of surprise thai
the organization of the Legion should
have been 80 Efficient aud well main
tanned as 1t has therefore call your
] attention to the necessity of so amend.
/ ing the law as to create . military or
gsnization that viii be efficient and
suited to the circumstances hv which
We are surrounded.
The very able report of Major Gen
eral Mansfield of the general operations
and condition of the Legion for the las,
iva years is interesting and important.
QIartsrmaster Report
The report of the Quartermaster and
Commisssry General ia herewith laid
before you, and yosr attention especially
called to its contents. The administrs
ton Of this DEF artment BY Gen Stone
has been highly successful and sstisfse-
tory
Expenditures Of the Paymastar.
The State Paymaster, Major Stearns
Fisher, has disbursed for all purposes
the sum Of two hundred and fifty-eight
thousand six hundred aud ten and 10
loo dollars. OF this amount advanced
to him one hundred aud seYenty-one
thousand six hundred and s;xty-one dol
lars and eighty-eight cents, of which be
repaid to me the sum OF fifty thousand
dollars. He drew By nv order from the
special military fund, created BY the Law
OF 1861, the sum Of seventy.fve thous.
and dollars. When this latter sum was
refunded to me by the Government upon
filling with it the receipted pay rolls,
paid the money into the State Treasury
to the credit of the appropriation from
which il was drawn, aud from which be
has drawn again, the sum of sixty-nine
thousand eight hundred and forty two
collars and nine cents. According 10
his report, which is herewith submitted,
the whole amount of liabilities incurred
70 the Indiana Legion and minute men,
for military services, is four hundred
aud nineteen thousand seven hundred
and forty-twe dollars aud eight cents, of
which amount the sum Of two hundred
and thirty.6ve thousand seven hundred
sud sixty. eight dollars and forty-six
cents has been paid, leaving unpaid the
sum of one hundred and eighty-three
thousand nine hundred and seyenty. three
dollars and sixty-two cents. But the
has still in his hands the sum
Of twenty-seven thousand four hundred
and seventythree dollars and seventy
seven cents in cash, leaving the balance
10 be provided for.
Damages BY tie Morgan Raid
In the month Of July. 1868, the State
was invaded BY the rebel General John
Morgan and the sorces under his com.
mand In response to a call which
issued for military forces for the pur-
pose of capturing and Furnishing this
robber horde, our people few to arms in
numbers and with an alaerity before un-
known in the history of the wsr. In
few short hours the invasion vas con
verted into fight, and the invaders,
being all mounted, we're enabled to
effect their escape over our eastern bor-
der into Ohio, where they we're finally
captured During their brief presenes
in the State, hawsver, they Inflicted
much damage by the destruction Of
property, the plundering Of stores, the
stealing Of horses and provisions, snd
robberies of various kinds. The true
theory Of our government Is that il shall
protect the people in their persons and
property against invasion aud loss from
the public enemy, or injury BY domestic
insurrsction. Where losses in property
have been thus sustained il is much
easier for the people Of the State TO bear
them in their eollsctive capacity than IL
is for the particular individuals upon
whom they have fallen. Ia many in.
stances, persons who lost their property
in the Morgan raid were Ia humble oiF-
eumstances, and we're put to great in.
convenience thereby, and in some cases
reduced even TO destitution. therefore
recommend that q commission be Gre
atei, clothed with such powers as will
enable them 10 make full and oarefal
appraisement Of the damages sustained,
and that an appropriation be made 20
delray them out Of the Treasury, when
they have been legGlly assessed. As
there is a natural tendency TO exagger-
ate damages when they are 70 be paid
for by the public, such safeguards should
be adopted by the commission as will
prevent imposition upon the State
Arsendl
When our fret regiments were ready
to take the held, they were unprovided
with ammunition, and as none could be
readily procured, il became necessary 10
have it prepared Colonel Sturm :hen
was engaged for that purpose. He hAd
studied the art in Europe, and wal
thoroughly instructed in al its details
He succeeded well in the enterprise from
the beginning, and his ammunition Wal
pronounced the very best in use. Thu
was the Arsenal established, and as tbs
demand for ammunition daily increased
and the necessity so far as passing awal
became constantly greater as the wa
progressed, what was frst intended as /
temporary convenience, became a largl
and permanent establishment Colone
sturm continued At the head ef the estab
Iishment, managing it With great succes
and ability, preparing ammunition 0
every description for artillery and small
arms, not only supplying our own troopl
when going to the field, but sending lsrg'
quantities to the armies in the Wes
and South. In several emergencies, Ia
armies in the West and South were sup
Piled from here, when they could not prc
cured it in time from other arsenalI, an
serious disasters thereby avoided.
Shortly after the Arsenal was fully 81
tabIisbed. it was brought TO the attentio
Of the War Departmental the amnuu
ton having been thoroughly tested, tn
: Government agreed TO pay for what ha
already been issued, and to receive an
pay for Wnat should be prepared thsr,
after, at prices which we're mutually sal
|, isfsctory 70 both parties These price
we're generally below what the GeYorE