The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-01-10
Established 1926.

vi 1fuFt Oi tDe bbbcfal asyluins. OF
citizens of high character and benev0-
lcDce who serve without compensation
for their time and labor. The law au ]
thorizing the appointment of the Board
declares that they shall investigate,
and supervise the whole system Of The
/ Pablic Charitable and Correctional In
Stitutions Of the Commonwealth. and
shall recommend such changes and ad.
diti0naI provisions as they may deem
necessary for their economical and Of
fcient administration Such board
would Of course have no power over
the administration Of the separate In
stitutions, but would be the Intelligent
advisers Of the Legislature in all the
minutie of system and OF practical de-
tail. and the collectors Of all the infor-
nation and experience which would
bear upon the larger interests and gen
eral welfare and improvement of the
public charities and prisons Believ-
ing that such board would prove Of
real service n your body be is ihves.
legations and reports, | recommend
the adoption Of the plan in relation
thereto. which exists in our sister
State.
The usual report of pardons grant
ed and refused. reprievcs and commu-
tations of sentences Of convicts, is
transmitted herewith.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT..
By the provisions Of the statute
passed last winter, the care Of the ar
senal and State arms was transferred
from the Qnartermaster General to
the Adiutant General. The latter Of,
ficer's report shows that due diligence
has been used in the collection and
care OF those arms which had been is
sued TO the National Guard. and in the
sale Of such us were ordered to be dis
posed Of.
The distribution of the medals Of
honor TO the veteran volunteers has
been q 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 remitted
, the postage upon them, and the Adju-
tart General hopes short time will
finish all that can be done in this man.
ner The remainder of the medals
will have to be kept awaiting the in
dividual claims which may be made.
, The record of Ohio soldiers enlisted
} during the war has been completed,
and your "a is again called 10
the proprietys. hg the example
} of nearly all the otuer. States, in pub.
lishing and making available to the
world the only complete and authen-
tic evidence Of the patriotic efforts OF
, the State in the great national struggle
! BUREAU OF SOLDIERS CLAIMS AND WASH
! IyGToN AGENCY. h-
, The Commissioner of SoIdiers' Claims
t in Ohio (Mr. Tayior) reports 2S8e
2 claims passing through his hands dur
ing the year past, which, together
i with unsettled claims transferred from
t other offices, make q total of Bill
0 He has collected s53s.s2s 81, of which
. s29. .202 96 was on hand at date Of re
0 port, ready for delivery.
: The Washington agency (Mr. Wet
more) reports the settlement Of 2,924
b claims, and total number passing
$ through his hands of 5O7S. upon which
}, the sum of s470073 10 has boen col
0 lected and remitted to soldiers anC
It their families in Ohio.
In spite of liberal advertising ant
d other efforts to make the public under
Q stand that these agents Of tho Stat
y are collecting the claims of discharged
soldiers and OF their families, free 0
If all charge, it is found that this fact
n very imperiectly known, and that Tn
J. State,.is probably doing By far tn
ID smaller portion of this work of collec
n ton, private attorneys and CLAIM
agents being employed to greater ex
e tent than the public commissioners
l. This state of facts raises the inquir.
10 how far It is best to continue the com
II petition with private parties, as mat
1T ter of public policy.
J. Somewhat different opinions are en-
'r tertaned by the two officers who hav
n been in charge of this business, an
n, their reports contain the facts and ar
H. guments likely to assist you in deter
st mining the question. Should it b
le deemed wise to continue the. agencies
+ | would recommend that one OF th
a county officers in each county, be re
Il quired to keep on hand the neeessar
G. blanks, and instructions for maxim
1 applications for pensions, back pay
IN &c.. and be authorized to charge
a small fee, fixed by law, for filling u
ID such applications and administerin
at the necessary oaths. Intelligent a
es sistance would thus bc given tho al
n plicans ut home in preparing his pi
Sc pers, and much larger number woul
doubtless pass into the hands OF tn
a State officers.
MILITARY CLAIMS OF THE STATE AoAlSs
THE. GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
The military claims OF the Sta'
c. against the General Government are
le several classes, and including II
ii amounts collected during the yea
g. may be stated as follows:
Claims for clothing, equippng and feeding
al troops as thel were raised nom time " A
tune, and which have properly pertalned
~ to the Quarternaster's Department oi tue -.
re- State. ......,s..' .'.'' S'0A'0~
= |for aorv durinQ ssMOruau