The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-22

Annual Report of Acknowledgement
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Annuas Report of Acknowledgement
Richardson.
The annual report of Adiutant- G eneral
Richardson has been prepared and printed
and Will be forwarded 10 the General Assem-,
bly,. From this report it is ascertaiped tina;
the militia of the State is composed of 1876
regiments Of the line, though not enrolled
and not less than 66 Of these regiments are
| without fcld officers, none having been com.
miSsioncd under the act Of March 90, 1871
one regiment Of infantry volunteers in the
city of Richmond, eight companies, with a
company Of artillery attached. Total oil
Infantry. officers. non.commissioned officers,
musicians. and privateS, 4o4.
Two fine companies Ofurtillery, one in the
city of Norfolk and one in the city of Rich
n,ond. armed and equipped each with bat
tery of four thrce-inch wrought-iron rified
ticld-guns. with carriages and equipments
complete.
Additional companies of light infantry
uniformed and armed: At Norfolk, one
company, part Of Eighty.second regiment of
the line; Williamsburg one company, part
Of SiXty-Second regiment of the line; Pc
terSburg, one company, part of Seventy
first regiment of the line; Danrillc, two
companies. part of Ninety-sccond regiment
of the line; Lynchburg, one company, part
of SiXty-ciChth regiment Of the line !;
Charlottesville, one company, part of the
Third regiment of the line and the fol-
towing companies, composed of men Of
color, also uniformed and armed: At Rich
mond, two companies, part OF the One Hun
dred and Second regiment of the line; Man.
chester, one company, part OF the THIRTEEN
regiment Of the line; Petersburg, one COM
mny, part of the Ninety.tirSt regiment of
The line.
So fur rs known to this Department, these
companies have deportcd themselves with
Sodicrlikc propriety, and upon the occasion
Of riotouS proceedings at the city of Peters
burg, about the Sd or 4th of November. in
which number of colorcd persons partici-
pated. ono Of them, commanded by Captain
J. II. Hill, promptly volunteered its SER
vices and aided in preserving tue peace of
tae city.
Having received but few company returns,
the actual strength of the volunteer corps
not belonging to the First regiment cannot
be stated but estimating each of the 13 COM
panieS at 60. Officers, non-commiSsioned Off
cer>, musicians, and priyateS-the aggregate
is 7S0, which, with the First regiment, 4S4,
and two companies of artillery. 100, shows
the entire volunteer force of the State to be
1864. Some organization Of the militia of
| the line is 4 necessity.
There have been received during the year
from the United States on account OF quotas
Of arms due to the State Eight three.inch
wrought-iron rifled field guns, with carriages
and implements complete: one thousand
springfield breech-loading rifle muskets. with
appendages four hundred and eighty sets
Of infantry accoutrementS ; five thousand
contemplating metallic cartridges for the
muSkets.
BY order of the Governor the Springfield
rifie-mu>kets which had been issued to the
volunteers prior to the present year have
been nearly all called in, and replaced by the
breech-loading muskets, which are more
complicated and far more costly.
There remains to the credit OF the State in
account with the Ordnance Department of
The United States about S32, ,557.77, payable
in arms and ordnance stores.
There have been issued during the year
1873 To the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues
and TO the Richmond HowitZers, rcSpec-
lively, one battery, composed of four
three-inch wrought-iron rifed feld-guns,
with carriages and implements complete,
and one hundred cartridges for salutes; 10
the First Virginia Regiment Infantry vol
unteers, and to the several companies In
other regiments, S95 stands Of Springfield
breech.lOadng rife muSkets, 440 sets Of ac-
coutrements, and 3,040 ceutre-prming me-
taiic cartridges; to the Virginia Agricultural
and Mechanical College, at Blacksburg, Mont.
gomery county, $50 stand of Springfield muz-
Zle.loadin1 rile-mlsketS aud 1G0 sets of accou-
trements; to the Virginia Military Institute,
at Lexington, 20 stand of the same muskets.
In depot at Richmond: los Springfield
breech- loading rife muskets, calibre 81,
model of 1870, and 40 sets Of accoutrements ;
1 $50 centre-priming metallic cartridges; 3'2
Springfield ritc-musketS returned by yo'un.
tccrs and deficient in bayonets; 80 horse.
artillery sabres.
The zeal and efficiency of the volunteer
CORPS of the State are above all praise, and
they are now her sole defence; but the Ad-
jutant. G enerill regrets to have to report that
The arms which have been issued to them,
and lately returned for exchange, were re-
caiycd ia majority of cases in bad oder, III
dicatiny neglect, and in some instances gross
abuse. This can only bc prevented by more
frequent and more rigid inspection by COM
mandants of companies. 1t is an honorable
service. which seems to him to appeal to
every young Virginan to give it some of bis
earliest, best days whenever it can possibly
be done. But it Is not Just or reasonaDle
that. in addition to their services, they should
have to bear the whole expense which it i'm
poses and it is scarcely possible to sustain
that now more than ever indispensable force
without one dollar Of aid from the State.
The corporate authority Of the city OF
Richmond has recognized the importance OF
giving all aid which can be afforded by the
CITY, in an annual appropriation Oh some
81 800, in providing an armory for the In
tilIery. The Adjutant-G General says be is
not informed what has been done Dy the
city of Norfolk. In Richmond, however,
the company Of Howitzers, very superior
corps, has been subjected to unavoidable. eX-
pense in fitting its battery for the field
which, with ali respect. he besss leave to say
;nst;re should be accorded to the Norfolk
Light Artillery Blues.
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