, 1874-01-08

Leonard Wl!fG, UnftA1nt 1nfch Id lblt.
| benjamin Whiteaidc, Captain, March u, 1919.
a% wa L. wssss Sst' 2sRie Ss @ Ssst
| 1al2
aaron Whitnay, seresant; ;slajor selt u, ,s 1872
Jarles Wilson, Surgeons Matte Sept ~, lel1
I1nrrison Wi'aop, Ensign, sort. q, lsla
paoy Wi;n'ans, Tiii'a, qMapt;n a Ct. @ r. ~ 1Si3 ;s,
s9n 4 @ Mas Ts.t knasg MaT' sag. a l?s a12
lpl.ra!,n Wood, Firlt Lloutcnant March II, 1879.
Aiatn wolrtck, Ensfgn, Sept. D ial2.
1t Ia beloved TINT tlis roster has mover before
boon published, and Adjt..acn: Higgina do
ion to which II had boon consigned.
Among the records found
4 COMMISSION IaaUED DURING THE WAN OF 1872,
. wiiGh .i, s wo plesoryed eopy l. to show tlat
N1s1xN EDWARDS,
GOVERNOR AND 0oLNANona-Is.c1tIEr or TIE MILITIA
OF THE IL.LINoIB TERRITORY,
10 al rh0 ah1N ste thess presents, grectIng:
y s s 5 1ss ia 81 rfa
md diligently to discharge the duty ot Lleennnt
unto belonging and 10 strictly rcaurs al ollleers
and soldiers ulldcr his command to bo obedicht to
da ess efsI' a e to s
celve from the Con,nlanarr.!n-Chiuf or his superior
officers. THIS communication to cont'n,,e IN force dur
lii testimony whereof, hhro caused the seal OF tho
year Of our Lord 1872 and Of tho Independence Of
tic United States tho shirty-sizth.
NAT. ropE, Secretary.
Evidence Ia given of tho care with which tho
troops, or rather tho commanding o1ficers,
ACCOUNTED Fon PROPERTY
which WAS taken for tho use Of tho soldiers or
their horses, by returns made to tho Governor,
as follows:
Dushefs Pecks. Quarts.
Each man's namo WAS given, opposito which,
In the form above, tho uutnbor of bushels, pacAs,
aud quarts OF corn takon from him was stated; !;
and on one report which Aaw the total footed
up 513 bushola pecks, aud quart. :.
Tho following il tho form of q number OF re-
ccipts Which found on the hlea:
DO certify that Alexander Robertson furnishcd d
wngon, tcam, aud driver fron tho 23d day Of March
With was attached ts the so1npany under ny com.
mana and employed in haullng timber to bntla fort
b4ock'housc cc ro. LEoS1nn 1a,S ,W1TE m;E;,
1t is little curious TINT. while these ancient
Documents aro 30 woll preserved, and the lis
tory 10 full, with reference 10
THE nLACK-HAwK wAH,
the Office is almost blank blt 1t IL thought
that records of tho ottice Of tho Secretury Of
State, II examined. could bo made to fill up this
blank. Tho Mexican War and tho War Of the
Rebellion aro too recent to demand any special
Tho Adjutant- General, in Lis report Of this
dato to the Governor, Inns selected such topics
as he doomed Of interest, aud oxtraet from it,
not literally, but the substance Of liH statistics
and suggestions Tho number Of our Illinois
soldiers who perished i'll ,s
THE DEN OF ASDEnsoNv11LE
has mover before been accurately given. 4 COM
parison Of tho Roll OF Honor published by the
Government with the company and regnlontal
reports Of Illinois revealed many inaccuracies,
and it Was not IL little difficult to reconcile and
correct thom ill. but it Ia now belieyod that
the list as given BY tho Adjutant-G General is as
near correct as it can 1e made. Ho Inns OK
Rmincd nil sources Of information, and tho
beticai order is 853,-C3 less than tho Roll Of
Honor contains, whom 10 waa unable to idoutify
~ Illinois aoldiera.
/. He recommends that tho
sTATE cLA1M-AnENCY
be revived for the collection Of claims Of citi-
xenB Of the State against tho General Govern
ment; aud suggests that several OF the States
have designated their Acknowledgement, and
ths course s commended by Z. D. Townsend,
'thaa. $500, 600 oh'uupuid claims which need tho
a;senton OF some ono authorized to mike proof
OF their geuuineness, and secure their payment.
THE MILITIA FORCE
of tho Stato consists OF 1924 officers and mon
GAO aye uniformed, ut u cost Of $10,G56; amount
paid for arsol,alB &c., q, ,32445 total H. $50 49,
This amount ib paid by tie members of the COM
panies. In consequence OF the cost OF maintain
ing tho organization, seyen companies hayo dis
beeu organized. Ho recommends tho passage
Of a general militn law, aud that appropriation
DO made from tho State Treasury to dofray tile
expense.
There havs been issued from the Arsenal since
the War ZOO stand of arms; aud an endeayor
was made this year to collect them, which WAS
partially succcBstnl. Tl,ero are still out nearly
200 ntnnd, which will probably be total loss to
the State OF II, 746.0G.
Tho duties OF Ordnance Oficcr hoing in
compatible with the dutea Of Adjutant-Gonoral.
Col. Higgins asks to DO relieved from serving AZ
the latter.
While in tho Arsenal,
BIT or HISTORY
which has never boen told WIS disclosed to me.
A private Union soldier, a prisoner, on the
morning that Richmond was evacuated, and
while tho Rebe!s were still leaving. and before
our troops lad possession. displayed from ono OF
he had by chance found slowed away in tue
prison; and thero it was floating over
Libby when our troops entered. subsequently
the soldior, who VAS from Massachusetts, took
1ticl,mopd after ts fall, and delivered 1t to Gov
Andrew. Upon examination, tho tlag proved to
have belonged to tho Thirteenth Illinois, aud
Gov: Andrew notified Gov. Oglosby, in 1865, Of
the facts above given, and Aaid le held tho flag
| subject to tho orders of GOV. Oglesby.
IIo added, In substance, that 1t would
be well to possess 1t as a memeu-
to that an Illinois flag first noatel over Rich
nloud aud thu: 1t was displayed by Nlassachu-
Hetts solder. Tho flag was duly received lore,
| and now las prominent pIaco among tho 3l8
others which testify to tho yalor and patriotism
| OF the sonB Of Illinois. Taey haye boon found
worthy to ,naintain tue early martial glory OF tho
State; and may it ever bo preserved by them
| who como after them. .,
|
A Pcn-Knlfc Coml{iCntiorl-E1ae Cons
missioner of Patsonts SllA.s Down
ON tlau lkOyHs
1 Ff0M The Washington Star.
For years puBt it has been tho custom in the
dincrcnt bureaus OF the Interior Department
for tho head OF ouch bureau on Christmas to
present to each employo oithor knifo OF
| gold pen or both, those presouts being purclas-
cd with money from tho Contingent Fund.
! Quito sensation was created amoug tlo quill
drivers Of tho patent- Ohico this morning BY tho
appearance Of the following circular, signed