Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-01-09

the pldu INTO lniS country. y ldEEt
. proportion of the youth sent there have
been convicted of penitentiary crimes
some of them of the gravest character
= The great aim of the Commissioner in
charge. and of the Elder Brothers, las
the officers and teachers a. called) ,
has been to revive in these boys a res
pect for the right and a love for truth
! and virtue. All the discipline and in
J structiOn has been directed to this end.
While the fact of their deserving pun
ishment has not been ignored, they
have been made 10 feel that their
crimes have made the discipline of the
school a necessity to them for their
own good, and a necessity for the com
munity's protection. Records have
been kept Of the youth discharged and
their history traced as far as it has been
possible to do so, and the results have
been such as to justify the assertion
that hundreds of boys have been made
useful and honest members Of society,
who would otherwise have filled the
] prisons of the land and belonged to
the class of professional criminals.
The Farm is in a billy country, the
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| fruit and horticulture. There are both
advantages and disadvantages in this;
but my own opinion after visiting the
School is that a greater variety OF Ia
Dor is needed, and that since it is rea-
sonably certain that a portion of the
boys will live in cities or towns after
their discharge, mechanical trades
should be taught to those who have
natural sptness for them. A similar
Institution for girls is 4 necessity.
MILITARY.
The distribution Of the medals Of honor
to the veteran volunteers has been more
laborious task than was anticipated, but
for some months past about one hundred
per day have been mailed to the claimants
the United States Government having re
mitted the postage upOn them, and the
Adjutant General hopes short time will
finish all that can be done in that manner.
The remainder ofthe medals will have to
be kept awaiting the individual claims
which may be made.
The record Of Ohio soldiers enlisted du-
ring the war has been completed, and
your attention is again called to the pro-
priety of following the example of nearly
all the other States, in publishing and
making ayallable-tO the world the only
complete and authentic evidence of the
patriotic efforts of the State in the great
national struggle.
The Commissioner of Soldiers Claims |
in Ohio, (Mr. Taylor reports 2,sSS claims !
passing through his hands during the year |
past, which, together with unsettled claims
transferred from other offices, make a
total of 9, III. He has collected S53S, ,S28.- |
81, of which $50, 202, 90 was on hano at
da:e of reDort, ready for delivey.
The Washington agency (Mr. Wet |
more) reports the settlement of 1924
claims, and q total number through his
hands of 8, 078, upon which the sum Of
$40, ,ST3, 10 has been collected and re
mitted to soldiers and their families in
Ohio.
The military claims of the State against
the General Government are of several
classes, and including the amounts col
lected during the year, may be stated at
SI,111, ,0O8.26. Besides these the sum Of
1901 ,857,71, had been presented and paid |
during the war, making total Of s., ,Ol2- |
1923 trife compared with the total
OF the OLalS uuIihS Tue w al Il
for local bounties, ect', of which the
grand total is shown to be more than six
ty-fve millions of dollars.
OF the claims presented to the United /
States Government, the sum of S5T 1868, "a 1
was paid on account of the Morgan raid |
claims.
SURGEON GENERALS REPORT.
The Surgeon General has embodied /
in his report, the necessity of sanitary |
precautions IN regard TO the Asiatic /
cholera. The admitted danger of q |
renewal of the rayages of this epidemic /
during the coming year. makes it prop /
er to provide for the enforcement of
those regulations in regard tn cleanli-
ness of cities and towns, salCs of I'M
wholesome food, care of the sick, poor,
&c, which experience has proven OF
service in fighting the pestilence. The
Governor recommends legislation
the creation of boards of
health in cities and villages; the law to
expire at the end of year By its own
soLDIERs' HONE.