Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1891-01-08
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SHOWING THE CONDITION OF THREE
STATE DEPARTMENTS.
The Acknowledgement State Board OF
Equalization and State Printer
Render their Reports.

Three more reports-thcse of the State
Board of Equalization, State Printer and
Adjutant. General-have been issued from
the State Printing Office and distributed
throughout the State.
Adju.ant- General r. II. Orion issues a
biennial report concerning the military
branch of the State Government for the
fortieth and forty-frst fiscal years. II
shows that the National Guard at present
consists of forty-six companies of infantry
eleven companies of artillery armed,
equipped and drilled as infantry, two light
batteries of artillery, one company OF
cavalry, and one cade. compsny-sixty
full companies and one cadet company, Or
ganized into eight regiments, two bsttai-
ions and one unattached company. The
force is also organized in six brigsdes by
counties, the wnoIe constituting one d.
vision.
Since the issuance Of his last report,
companies have been organized in San
Diego, Ventura. MarysvilIe, Red Bluff,
Redding. Arcata, Pasadena, Riverside,
Santa Ana and San Francisco, and they
were assigned TO different regiments.
General Orion recommends that one
more company be organized and sta
toned IN O.CYille. 10 be attached to the
Eighth Battalion OF infantry, thus raising
it to full regiment. He also advises that
$4,000 be appropriated by the Legislature
for the purchase of overcoats for the
militia. In his remarks concerning the
benefits derived BIZ The national guardsmen
from the annual encampments. and espec-
tally wben the camp grounds are near
those of the regular army, General orion
quotes the following from an address de-
hvered by Colonel Turner before the Hi
nois National Guard Association:
The officers CT the regular army can teach US
how to rapidly construct out OF scanC materials
effective cover in the open field. We can teach
them how TO support. on scant appropriations,
undiscouraged oattalions OF earnest men. They
can teach us how 10 bear the privations Of cam
paignlpg how to put up with discomfort and
often with distress. We can teach them how to
bear patiently the lack of appreciation on the
part of the public of our earnest etfJrts Tor the
national good, how TO bear Sights and ridicule
without complaint, and without loss OF self
respect, or any diminution OF our enthusiasm
for the service They can give us many yalu-
BILE suggestion in the mnltitudinous minute of
military instruction. We can give to them
something of the freedom and broadness which
comes TO the citizen soldier through the un-
trammeled roominess of civil life 1t would
Deueut the regular army 1uftner, in mat It's en-
listed men might mingle for time with the
higher grade OF soldiers in the National Guard
catch something OF their enthusiasm and their
spirit OF self sacrifice their devotion to the State
They (the Tegulars) can teach us much that
will be OF value as to the duties and course of
action which an officer should pursue under the
varying, often difficult, circumstances of mill
tary life. We can give to them knowledge of
the value of strong personal interest ana SYM
patty with the men who come under our COM
mand. And each could help the other to a
fuller realization o. the fact that the officer is
power in his position tor either good or evil,
over the lives and character of the men he
commands; that it is his prime and highest
duty to be mcclellan example Tor his COM
mand in all that pertains TO the life of the SOL
der, the gentleman, the citizen, the patriot
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
The report of this body contains some
valuable statistics and also review of the
work done in the last two fiscal wears. The
debt of the State has excited attention on
account of its immensely, yet the danger
over the Indebtedness is more apparent
than real. The report says:
1t is true that in 1890 we have a mortgaged
debt of a hundred and sixty-eight millions,
and that in 1880 there was only a fraction less
than ninety-seven millions. But it must be re-
membered that the assessed value of the real
estate in 1850 was $500 69i 27 while in 1890 it is
SSs0,6l40e9. In other words, the percentage of
mortgages TO the assessed value of the whole
land and Improvements assessed in 1850 was
2l0l, while in 1890 it is 1887, showing much
more healthy financial condition. We believe
the loans made to day maintain a less ratio to
the value OF the land than they did in 1880 In
1880 there was sudden bound into full cash
value which, in some localities, exceeded the
true cash value Values have settled down per.
Inanently, and the assessment of 1890 is below
the true value OF the property. Within the
past decade California has made wonderful
strides in rural industries. She has seen the
rise and progress of the fruit industry 20 such
an extent as to excite the marvel OF her most
sands of acres have been planted to fruit trees
and vines; extensive and costly improvements
have been made, the extent OF which will be
exceeded in magnitude in the next decade.
In concluding lis report, the Board says
that at no time in the history of the State
is the necessity more paramount for an in
telligible, precise ard authentic presenta-
ton of the industrial resources of the State.
Private enterprise has done much towards
attracting immigration to the State but we
are deficient in the literature of the subject
of the resources of the State presented IN
der authority.
STATE PRINTERS REPORT.
State Printer Youngs biennial report is
made up mostly of statements showing the
amount of work done for the different State
departments for the past two fiscal years,
and also the number and value of the
school books turned out of the office.
In the two years over $3.50 900 was ex-
pended for work done for the State depart
ments. Mr.. Young states that the ma
chinery in the office is in good condition
and capable of performing any work that
may be demanded of it. The book and
job rooms have been supplied with new
type in Liberal quantities. .
T. al. L
built on the storehouse, that the barn be
remodeled and that new smoke-stack be
purchased. A recapitulstion of all the ex-
penditures OF the various departments
during the two fiscal years shows
Textbook fund, 10th year s26. 06l Go
Textbook fund, fist year.. So 800 "a
s69,56i SO