The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-01-18

posed A0OltlOnaI IapOt auV sIcsPous.esnty o.
u DON tho Executive department.. Ev>ry N
effort was made to securs z,
nroper attention to the wants Of our sick 4
and wounded soldiers, and, If any were d
reelected, IL was 10 most cases because
of their remote and isolated situation, or I
the misconduct Of U. S. Surgeons and b
other government officers entirely beyond t
our reach. OF tire $4,000 appropriated I
at the last session for extraordinary ex-
peuses of the Executive ofise and relief
of sick and wounded soldiers, up to the
close of the last fiscal term S26, 500 have
been expended, of which S. 500 were for ]
claims unpaid under the preceding appro.
priatiou, leaving the sum Of sl3,5O0
undrawn up to that date. -s
l desire to urge upon your attention
the necessity of msdistsly erecting
building for the safe keeping Of ordinance
stores belonging to the State, and tho
preservation Of our military records. The
last General Assembly appropriated 3D..
600 for the construction of an Arsenal
at Des Moines, and directed the Adjt.
! General to commence the building, pro.
! vided, the necessary grounds for that pur
pose could be procured without expense
to the State. The advance in prices SO
far increased the value of labor and ma
terisls beyoud tho estimate upon which
the appropriation was based, that the
} AdjutsDt General deemed it advisable to
defer the work for the farther considera.
; ton of the General Assembly.
We now have under our control about
Is, 900 stands Of arms aud several pieces
Of artillery, besides large amount Of ord.
! nance stores, which can only be 4reserv.
. cd from deterioration by having suita
=. bic building in which to place them. 10
? addition to this, the Importance Of safe
t depository for the records Of the Adjt.
, Generals Office must not be overlooked.
! These records contain the original rolls
and all the documents Of various kinds
, pertaining to the enlistment, service and
f discharge Of Iowa soldiers, the destruc.
e ton Of which would be an irretrievab'e
q loss to the State We now have none
e but rented buildings for this purpose,
o costing about 81 900 annually, and with
y out any adequate security against Ere. -
. A fire proof building Of sufficient capasi.
}. ty for all these purposes could be erected
n at moderate cost, and it should be done
Q without necessary delay.
Is MILITIA.
"a Early in the summer OF 1861, General
10 Orders were promu| gated as contemplated
by the law enacted at the last session
n for the organization Of the State militia
gc Hostile Indians on the plains and guer
al rilla bands 10 Missouri threatening ou
j. souther and northwestern borders ane
or the preparations Of REASONABLE order II
as the State to offer foscib'e resistance t
v the draft, necesstated the distribution
to a large quantity of arms and ammunition
to to the militia. In many localities con
a. spiracies were formed for securing tn
- 1900, -s -e.-pa.ies by e-ei. ding moi
y, of known loyalty, and having them com
ee manded by persons chosen from the tres
,rs sonable organization mentioned. there
nd fore appointed committees of promincn
asst gentlemen in nearly all the counties I
ate assist in the formation of companies til;
, a would be loyal and reliable. and I ais
csc directed that to such companies onl
are wero commissions aud arms to be issued
ON Notwithstanding the opposition interpo.
INT ed to these precautionary measures, the
'en were successful 10 preserving almost vi
WI interruptedly the tranquility Of the State
ed The only serious outrage was perps
We trated in Poweshick county, in Octobc
so 1864, by company styling thenselve
ng Democratic Rangers" Capt. John !
On. Bashore and Josiah NJ. Woodruff wer
IS, brutally murdered by members of thi
re. company, while engaged in the execu
IDS tion Of orders from the Provost Marsha
Tor of the Fourth, District. The facts con
he nected with this atroc;ous affair are full
set forth in the rpoft Of the Adjutau
in General for 1865, to which your atteu
no ton is respectfully invited
,ts, Having thus presented you with sue
nd matters US | deem most important TO
vas legislative consideration, l cannot clos
Of this communication without congratula
ice ing you upon the activity everywher
ed. displayed in recovering from alb feet
'ile Of the recent struggle for the preserv'
of ton Of the Union. Where in all histor
it. has any nation developed such wonderfu
aft energy and power? The foreigner VII
te, now visits our shores will hardly discove
81, in the general thrift'a and euistude of tn
'ly. country the traces Of that gigantic contel
* which SO amazed the civilized world
ma. With no intermssion in the exercise
vas its sovereign authority, either 90 land {
sea, except the brief usurpations of Il
to insurrectionary States, or any matcri
ave elimination in the vast measure OF i
in foreign commerce, our country has col
No. tinued to advance, in all the essenti
it'll elements Of national greatness, with
lily stcadiness and rapidity unsurpassed eve
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