Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-02-14
ROCKS POSTED.

1--WE are permltted oy tue h'J"
Jnspectcr General to lay before our rea-
ders this week one Of the most important
and interesting documents it has ever
been our fortune to publish-the state
ment of expenditures ofthc State # YER
mort and It's several towns and cities, on
account of the war for the preservation OF
the Union aud the suppression of the re.
bellion, The statistics given were called
for by the select committee of the house
on the war debts of the loyal states, OF
which Mr.. Blaine of Maine is chairman.
The aggregate is astounding. considering
our small population. and the very mode
rate wealth of which as mass the peo-
pie of the state are possessed. The man
would have been pronounced insane. who
in 1860 or 1861, should have suggested
such an outlay as probable or misgivings
of our people when called upon to fur
nish Vermont's quota Of the Presidents
first call for 10000 men, The task was
actually considered difficult one but
when the first call for 100000 came the
limit of endurance and the capacity of
the state for furnishing men and money
was by by many believer to have been
reached. Intelligent citizens in consider
ing the number of men which the state
might be liable to furnish and keep in
the field for great length of time, could
hardly be induced to name higher fig
ure than FIVE thousand. for whom the out
lay of money was estimated in tens or
or hundreds of thousands, instead Of mil
lions
AS the conflict proceeded. however, and
call succeeded call, requiring not only more
men, but increased appropriations of mon
ey with which to mike of them soldiers
aud place them in the field, it was found
that the patriotism and ability of YER
mont were equal to any demand render
ed necessary by the emergency. The
brave Green Mountain Boys stepped for
ward with alacrity to gil the places made
vacant by the ravages of war, while their
brethren, who remained at home, with
equal fervor of patriotism. devoted them
selves and their money to sustaining them
in their trials and in minstratons to
their families. On the part of our Legis-
lature and State officials there has been
no hesitation where the path cf duty was
made clear; no blocking of the wheel Of
government by course of opposition to
the measures of the executive. such as was
followed in scme states, and which worked
incalculable injury to the Federal cause.
We may proudly congratulate ourselves
that Vermont has responded with such
promptness, in almost every instance ex-
ceeding the demands made upon her. to
all appeals for men and money with
which to preserve to posterity the Union
restored and purified. And amid all there
is no greater source of pride to her citi-
zens iiiss2 is found in the qualities of the
soldiers she svat forth to &c battle for her
at such great cost. who have noOiy sus-
tanned the high reputation of the historic
Green Mountain Boys for heroic daring,
bravery and patriotism al
ways fervent and unqualified.
The record of the state is about com
plete Nearly thirty-fve thousand, or,
reduced to three years standard, more
than twenty. nine thousand men furnish
ed, and nearly nine millions of money
cxpcnded--one in four of her arms bear.
ing population, and a tax per capita of
the entire population Of about twenty
eight dollars. 1t only remains for US to
know the exact or approximate loss in
men and the disabling wounds to foot up
the grand column for history. This in
the Adjutant and Inspector
General is now engaged in obtaining and
The cost in blood and treas
ure has been fearful, but country saved
and regenerated more than compensatcs
for the sacrifice - Woodstock Standard.
Statement of Amount of Expences incur.
red by the State of Vermont in support
of the late War for the preservation of
the Union.
Aggregate amount
Of State bounty of 81 ..
per month paid Vt.
soldiers during the
time Of service in the
army of the U. s, $3,336,766 80
2.-Aggregate amount
Of State bounty of 81 f..
per month accrued and
now due to Vermont
soldiers not yet
drawn from the Treas
ury, but subject to call I..
at any time, 7O,4O6 Al
3,-Aggregate amount ..
paid from the State
Treasury, under the
Statute law Of the
State, for aid to the A
families Of soldiers in
in the service Of the
q "a a