The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-09
The Way the Honey Goes.

| The Way t6e Honey GOeS.
As sample of the manner in which
the money obtained by taxation is use.
lessly squandered, we copy from the New
York Tribune a statement of the expense
of the military conrt now in session in
Philadelphia II should be promised
that this court was engaged one hundred
and foriy days in the trial of man
named CozzENs, who was, at the end of
that time, released by writ of habeas
corpus, and now occupies the same posi-
ton be would if the Major General and
Lieutenant Colonels had not "powwow-
ed" over him at all Not at all discOn
certed by the release of COzzENS, the
court is now proceeding with the trial of
another civilian, named NEAL, and will
probably spend the next three months in
the consideration of his case and in draw
ing their pay, unless he is sooner taken
from them by the civil law. The Hibnn
says:
"The members of the Court are-Ab-
uer Doubleday, Major-General, President;
G. c.. Cresson, Colonel, Sd
Pennsylvania Volunteers; G. b. Murray,
Lieutenant Colonel, l99th Pennsylvania
Volunteers P. p. Stillsou, Lieutenant
| Coloncl, l09th New York Volunteers; F.
8 Reese, Lieutenant Colonel; l25th New
| York Volunteers; Garrick Mallery, jr.,
| Lieutenant Colonel Veteran Reserve
| Corps: J. Fl. Piatt, Major. A. ID. c.; John
A. Foster. Colonel, l75th New York Vol
unteers, Judge-Advocate.
"In addition to this, Colonel Olcott is
an officer in charge of War Department
detective business, and j. j. McElhone,
an officer of the House of Representa-
tives, is reporter at $40 per day. This,
however, is only portion of the Court.
The Government allows to lhese officers
twenty servants, whose wages 1t pays
and whose persons it clothes, as well as
thirty four horses, each horse receiving
ii pounds hay and l2 pounds oats per
day, and 100 pounds of straw per month.
As if the officers, servants, photographer
and horses, did not get enough money,
the Government generously allows 81 20
per day to each officer additional, and an
extra 81 % to the Judge Advocate. In
addition to this further allowance, the
officers are given quarters and fuel. A
Major Geueral has six rooms, and Major
four; SO that this Court eats, sleeps,
smokes and otherwise lives in forty rooms
SIP so q month being allowed for the
rent of each room. Our readers must
| not suppose that the horses of the Court
get their oats, hay and straw. and the
Generals nothing to eat. No, indeed =
In military point OF view, MaJor-Gen-
eral receives nineteen rations per day, Il
Colonel eight, Lieutenant-Colonel sew
en-, and Major six Whether Major
General on Court duty eats three times
rs much as Major we do not know, but
the Government pays thirty cents day
for each ration, in good lawful money.
"This makes one branch of expenses.
These courts pay each witness 3 per
diem while in attendance-that is to say,
| from the day he is summoned to the day
he is dismissed as well as the actual
cost of transportation. 1t pays officers,
| ushers, detectives and train oi small
subordinates, as we'll as the rent OF the
rooms where the meetings are held The
reader may think that, this being good
| nav the Government must get vast deal
of work out of the nine officers, twenty
servants, one photographer, thirty-four
horses and train of subordinates called Il
court that they work so hard from
| morning to night that the officers and
horses can only keep life in them. ny duly
eating their rations, hay, oats and straw
| This is a mistake. No beings in the wo' I'll
have easier times than the men Lnd
horses composing this court. The hours
of meeting says our philadelphia cor
respondent are very irregnlat The
general hours are from eleven III the
morning to two in the afternoon Many
days, however, hey are in session bit a tew
n,inutss-but rarely if ever after two
o'clock So that, taking it at the best,
our court sits but three hours day
And thus it is all the country'6ver. For
easy work and good pay, commend MS to
the courts of military justice" :.
In order that our readers may see in
figures how much is paid these officers,
servants, photographer and horses, to
"try" man, we will take this case OF
Cozzens-who was ''tried" so patiently
sentenced so effectually by the Depart
ment of War, and released SO summarily
by Pennsylvania judge.
The trial of Cozzens began about
February l, 1856 sand ended June l9, 1865
in all about 149 days. Tho reader may
figure it up to suit himself butif he will
take our rough Aguring he will find it
something as follows: 90
The People Of the United States in account with
the Doubleday Court Martial for trial Of W
B. n Cozzens, citizen of Pennsylvania on the
charge Of not having put good duck canvas In
tents furnished bY contract, &c, the time oc-
cupied being l40 days.
To one Major General. ......,,.--. ,tt,08 ~
| To two COLONEL. tS8 %
| Two Ave Lieutenant Celonels .., ,s6s 90
1 To one Major, A. nc 372 80
| To twenty seryapM M..-... / 492 80
| To clothing for seryauts :. AZ. ~. Cos 90
Te no GAO rations (fnr men) ...- 1872 90
| To forty rooms At Sf2 so a month .... 2 333 50
| To fuef (about) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50 90
To Photographer (el0 per day)........ 100 90
| To additional pay g ofbce1. .... l. f50 90
To Mscellaneous, ,ipcluding witnesses