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

GOVERNORS MESSAGE
To the Eleventh General Assembly Of the
r. yge, Il State Of Iowa.
.E STATE OF Iowa, EXECUTIVE OFFICE
! s DEs MONIES, Jan. Sth, 1866. !
GENTLEMEN or THE SENATE AND
"'= House. or REPRESENTATIVES,:
j.. AS the chosen representatives, Of the
people, you are convened 10 obedience to
tho requirements Of the Constitutions, to
discharge the important duties which
devolve upon the Legislative branch Of
the State Government, and l heartily
onEratuiate you upon the encouraging
suspices under which NC meet. From q
condition Of disastrous and protracted
war, existing at tho close of your last
session, the country has triumphuntly
passed to = periad of rsPo.. 1~h ict', thro'
wise counseis and she continued blessing
of Providence, we fondly hop. may be.
come perpetual. u '.s .'5. IF
Id communicating to you tho condition
of the State, as required BY the Consti-
tuition, / deem i. expedient for your in.
formation to present, in connection with
thu financial statement, an exhibit Of our
military expenditures from the beginning
Of the war to the present time. Aud l
may be allowed to anticipate this exhibit
with the remark that, considering the
sparsencss Of our settlements, the absence
0: steam boat and railroad facilities, large.
ly supplied by wagon transportation, aud
that, in proportion to our population, We
have furnished larger nun Der of troops
than any other State, promptly filing all
our quotas, our record presents through
the enrirc per iod an economy of expeu
diture equa!!cd by no other State 10 the
Union. There was expended for military
purposes from .."'.. 1'. ..s ".n
May l, 1861, to Nova. 1861, s2s3 5es.43
Nov. a. 1851, to Nov.2, 1868, r. 80" G39, ,l63. IS
Nov. 2, lsc3, to Nov. 4; 1865, l69,23l0o
Nov. H. 1865, to Jan. 4, 1856, 4.0471l
These dates express the periods within
which the above sums were paid, but not
when they were actually Incurred. The
amount incurred from Jan. IA, 1864, to
Jan. l, 1866, is s44 93l 80. Total mil.
itary expenditures for all purposes up to
January l, 1866, are 81 O46, 1876 SO.
1t will be observed that most of these
expenditures we're incurred during the
period beginning with the war aud clos.
ing with the fiscal year 1868 This was
caused by our being compelled. in order
to facilitate the military operations Of the
General Government, to defray large
listing, transporting, subsisting, quarter
ing aud paying the volunteer forces
organized 10 this State. The sums thus
expended We're regarded merely as money
advanced to the United States, for which,
under the Acts Of Congress approved re.
spec,ively July 18th aud 9th, 1861, We
are entitled to imbursement.
Although we have filled four several
requisisions of the President for troops,
and organized four regiments aud one
battalion, during tho last two years, yet
the entire cost to the State will not ex.
coed one thousand dollars. While was
anxious that our State should promptly
discharge its entire duty in contributing
to the national defense, in the way Of
furnishing men, | refused to defray the
expense involved in recruiting and for.
warding our quotas from the State treas
ury and accordingly the expenditures
thus made, were paid by disbursiug off
GERS assigned by the War Department.
The residue Of the expenditure Of these
two years was incurred in orgauizsng the
State militia, under Act Of the General
Assembly approved March 26, 1864
transporting arms and ammunition, ex-
pense Of the Adjutant Generals Office
detail of men for protecting Southern
border counties from threatened raids ir
the fall of 1864 and the winter Of 1865
and for all other military purposes ex
cept the Sanitary Department.
CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES
f I desire in this connection, as brief,
as can, to present the condition Of ou
claims against the United States for re
REIN mbursement uuder the Acts Of Con
gross above referred to. The sums EN-
braced 10 these claims we're mostly ex
pended during the first aud second year
! Of the war from the War aud Dcfens
. Fund appropriated by Act Of the Specie
! Session, May 1861. The history Of ou
!. military transactions during this perio
B is too we'll known to the members of you
: honorable body to require cxplanatio
here. The evidence is perfectly cles
that these claims are for money ubavoid
; ably expended for Legitimate miiitar
. purposes; and also tha, they were ALLOW
}. ed, audited and paid by the accountip
d aud dsbursing officers of the State,
:, strict conformity with the laws Of til
t. General Assembly. Upon this poil
g there has never been any room for col
= troversy. a. the accounting officers Of tt
United States Treasury freely eonced
But the real difficulty between US sris'
: from tho fact, that, after large share
these claims had been paid BY the Sta
:. in the utmost good faith, the Secrsta'