Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-11

the present time 265 pupils and all avail able room Is now in use. The demand for teachers properly trained is constantly in- creasing, and if the want is to be met it must be from the graduates or the Normal school. Of the 218 who have graduated of this State. Such reasonable demands as are made by the board for the extension of the work of the Normal school should re- ceive your cordial approval and considera- ton.
 JANITORIAL GUARD.
 The active militia of the State is composed of thirty-seven companies of infantry, two platoons of light artillery and four machine gun plsteons, organized into four regiments, one battalion and one battery, numbering 177 officers and 2,374 enlisted men, sn in crease in numbers of thirty eight during the past year. am pleased to report that in drill, discipline and general equipment the Connecticut brigade is not excelled by the troops of any other State. The maintenance of the brigade at it's present high standard involves a large expenditure, which is cheer fully borne by the people. The annual com mutation tax collected substantially meets the ordinary maintenance of this branch of the public service. The brigade has recent ly been provided with new uniforms, and armories are now owned by the State in all towns where two CT more companies are le- eated. No large expenditure will be re- quired for such purposes, unless provision is made, by proper appropriation, for increas. ing the brigade to it's maximum strength of forty companies. A special estimate with this end in view will accompany the annual report of the heads of the several military departments.
 Objections are taken by friends of de- ceased soldiers to certain provisions of the act relating to the s'burial of soldiers and -in ha roada for amendment thereto, which will relieve it from some of it's odious provisions.
 LABOR STATISTICS.
 The duties of the commissioner of labor statistics have been so faithfully performed that the department has required the respect and confidence of the industrial and busi- ness classes, for whose benefit and informa- ton tho bureau was organized. Through this confidence large amount Of statistical information has been secured, and the forth coming report will furnish broad founds- ton on which to harmonize and adjust many of the seeming differences between capital and lasor. The proper and extended distri- button of the reports of this department, in excess of the number now provided for, will, in the judgment of the commissioner, add greatly to it's usefulness, and should, ill my opinion, be willingly provided for. STATE CHARITIES.
 Connecticut has endeavored to provide with liberal hand in all matters of her charitable and humenitarian work, making ample provision for the insane, the imbe- cile, the deaf and dumb, and her patriotic, disabled war veterans.
 CONNECTICUT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. On the 30th of June last there were con- fined in ths hospital at Aiddletown 1, ,292 pa- tients The buildings and accommodations are taxed to their full capacity, and steps should be taken at an early day to provide additional room either at Middletown or l some other locality. The policy of inereas- | ing the numbers under one supervision is of | doubtful propriety. During the year the l trustees have been enabled to make some needed permanent improvement from the ! income of the institution, and all ordinary expenses of the hospital have been ~met out of moneys received for the support of pa tients, leaving considerable cash fund in ! the hands of the treasurer for like purposes, ! as the wants of the institution may require. FITCH's SOLDIERS HOME. Tho home at Noroton meets a legitimate want, in suitable provision by the State, l within her own boundaries, for her sick and | disabled veterans. Nearly two hundred are | now accommodated. The buildings and | grounds are being rapidly improved. Ap- | propriations already provided will, for the | present at least, furnish the means for such | necessary work. By recent enactment of Congress, an annual appropriation of one ! hundred dollars has been granted for each disabled soldier cared for by the State in 8 ! home of this character. This appropriation | will largely reduce the cost of maintenance | to the State, although not covering the le- | gitimate expense incurred. considerable ] number of patients heretofore treated and ! cared for in the various hospitals of the | GIL Iol ny,1 care here, with a large saving of expense to ! the State.
 STATE PRISON.
 l The improvements ordered by your prede-
 cessors upon the State prison at Wethersfeld have been substantially completed within ! the limit of the appropriation provided. | The prison accommodations for tke criminal 1 classes are modern in their character and 1 equal to the wants of the State for many l years. The directors believe, and will SC | advise you, that it is an almost absolute ne cessity that the present work shops be re placed. Erected more than fifty years ago l they are now inadequate and unftted for the | wants of the prison. An appropriation ot l about twenty-five thousand dollars will b. ] required for this purpose if the recommen- dation meets with your approval.
 1 Legislation was asked and granted two l years ago for the protection of the public l against the ineorrigible or habitual criminal
 classes by heightened or permanent terms oi imprisonment. Such amendment thereto af I may be desirable in the light of experience
 for the greater safety of the public should be
 enacted, and the request for such legislation ! will be renewed.
 l STATE REFORM SCHOOL.
 The report of the trustees of the Stat'
 Reform school presents an intelligent accoun of the work of that institution the past year The views of the gentlemen who supervise l rc.o,rnr,r1r1r1, o,r 1rn1rprH p AcE