Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-01-11

organized eleven years ago upon the
family system adopted In some Re
ltOrmatOries for youth In Continental
Europe, and was the first attempt to
| introduce the plan into this country.
/ A large proportion of the youth sent
/ there have been convicted Of peniten-
/ tiary crimes, some Of them of the
/ gravest character. The great aim Of
the Commissioner IN charge, and the
Elder Brothers, (as the officers and
teachers are called, has been to re-
Vige in these boys a respect for the
right and love for truth and virtue.
/ All the discipline aud instruction has
| been directed to this end. While the
/ fact of their deserving punishment
/ has not been ignored, they have been
made to feel that their crimes have
made the discipline of the school a
/ necessity for the community's prOtee-
! ton. Records have been kept of the
youth discharged and their history
traced as far as it has peen possible to
/ do so, and the results have been such
/ as to justify the assertion that hun
I dreds of boys have been made useful
and honest members of society, who
would otherwise have filled the pris-
/ Ons of the land and belonged to the
/ class of professional criminals.
The success of this system In our
own State has caused Its adoption In
several of the other States of the Uni
on, and may be said to have changed
| the treatment of youthful convicts In
/ the country.
The Governor recommends that the
institution be provided with new
buildings, urgently needed, and that
| the boys be afforded greater variety
/ of labor. He thinks a similar insti-
tuition for girls is necessary, and hopes
It will be established as early as prac-
| ticable
He next recommends the esta blish-
ment Of a Board of State Charities, y
similar to that of the State of Massa-
ehusetts, whose duty it shall be to in
/ Yestlgate and supervise the whole sys-
| TEN of the public Charitable and Cor
recttoDaI Institutions Of the State, and
/ recommend such changes and addition
al pToElslons as they may deem neeos-
sary for their economical and efficient
administration.
MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.
In, accordance with a statute of last
| winter the care of the arsenal and
State arms has been transferred from
the Quartermaster General to the Ad-
/ jutant General the arms belonging to
the National Guard have been collect
ed, and those ordered to be sold have
been disposed Of
The medals of honor to the veteran
| volunteers have, for some months past,
been distributed at the rate Of 100 per
day, and those not yet distributed are
kept awaiting the Individual claims
which may be made.
The record Of Ohio soldiers enlist
ed during the war has been completed
and its publication is recommended.
BUREAU OF SOLDIERS CLAIMS, AND
WASHINGTON AGENCY.
The Commissioner of Soldiers
Claims in Ohio (Mr. TaylOr) reports
:, ,SSS claims passing through his hands
during the year past, which, together
with unsettled claims transferred form
other offices, make a total of BIZ.
He has collected $538, 1913 81, of which
S29, ,202.9 was on hand at date of re-
port, ready for delivery.
The Washington agency (Mr Wet
more) reports the settlement of 2,9Z4
claims, and total number passing
Through his hands of 5,078. upon
| which the sum of SIG, ,873. 10 has been
I collected aud RENTED to soldiers and
/ their families in Ohio
/ In spite of liberal advertising and
other efforts to make the public under
stand that these agents of the State
| are collecting the claims of discharged
| soldiers and of their families, free of
all charge, it is fonnd that this fact is
very imperfectly known, and that the
State Is probably doing by far the
smaller portion of this work of collec-
! tiOn, private attorneys and claim
| agents being employed to a greater ex-
tent than the public commissioners.
! This state of facts raises the inquiry
/ how far it is best to continue the com
petition with private parties, as a mat
! ter of public policy.
Somewhat different opinions are en-
/ tertained by the two officers who have
4 been in charge of this business, and
/ their reports contain the facts and ar
/ gumebts likely to assist you In deter
mining the question. Should it be
/ deemed wise to continue the agencies,
! I would recommend that one of the
/ county officers in each county, be re-
quired to keep on hand the necessary
I blanks, and instructions for making
/ applications for pensions, back pay,
! &C., and authorized to charge a small
/ fee, fixed by law, for filing up such
/ applications and administering the
/ necessary oaths. Intelligent assistance
would thus be given the applicant at
home in preparing his papers. and a
1 much larger number would doubtless
| pass into the hands Of the State Off
GERS.
MILITARY CLAIMS OF THE STATE
AGAINST THE GENERAL GOVERN
MENT.
The military claims of the State
against the General Government are
| Of several classes, and including thC
amounts collected during the year
may be stated as follows
Claims for clothing. equfppng and feed
] ing troops they raised from
time 10 time, aud which have properly
1 periained 70 the Quartermaster's De-
parim mt or the tJc..... ........ g552.S35 q
Claims f't militia sarviao during '.sIqr-
gn ra, -, y ,, ;. @s$ 'sSI 5 :
Claims tor expenses Of carolling militia 2s 25g 81
Claims i'm various classes allowed b.
state Board Of Military Claims. i7j 924 q
o,a'.............................I ,o53, $50 4
Add Morgan raid claims collected 81 ,35s q
LII COS 2
Besides these existing claims, tht
sum OF 81 sol, 865 Il had been pre-
sented and paid during the war, max
ing a total of S3, 3,012, ,873 81 of claim
presented and prepared for presenta
tion to the United States Treasury De
partment up to this time. Other claim
are frcm time to time audited by thl
State Board, and the above amoun-
will be somewhat increased.
! 1t will, be of course, understood tina
this statement only includes claims 70