The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-30
FHOu THE LDJUIANT GENERAL.
He Quickly Disposes Of the Manifold n"'''
u.ss Before Him.

adh,tant-G General Charles j. Anderson
was a busy man yesterday. ana "he"
called on him early in the afternoon "V
had just disposed of his mail, anu a ,.'.'re
a dozen letters answered by MN W.
the resIlt Among these communications
VAS one to Captain NaDe, actihS ID
dl, r-GenefaI, replying 10 num-. 'bt,d
questions IN regard 10 pu't"is ~ .nnI,aI
regiment In good CONDITION 30 ~ ~isfauf
insDectiDn 10 BE- held ny the tSHl 49,,
Jns.,ector- General, Colonel 10 Lane see' -
I'm another letter the commdh1ah,.1is ' "a
the respective regiments W ,ha rsstp-
that The Governor nas dccep'cu .ne
Tamnanv r.. second regiment, anu Va
Second Lieutenant Richard +. Mo'f''' Va
Company {, First regiment ,,,,,a,t.
Pet,Iles we're also sent by the Ad)ataht+
General 10 Colonel DAVID CardWs"i %
cni,,n,hia : c.. an old Richmond bo!'
"a tneqnber OF Breathead's battery, VINO
0fTered to send the roster or me Hoi
Artfiery Association. ana 70 luIisI hn,l
by Camp. OF Winchester, va VII" ~ '"
:, nj a COPY OF a resolution setting io:'h
80, tbe canp Was wiling to render any
assistance In their power In getting w
roster OF the Confederate army. sIhildr
nf,ers have been received from other Or
ranizations. M well as from indlWlauais'
and they viii all be made use OF 1T "'e
proper time. =, ,o,,~,-
ntes A and T., OF the First regiment ana
Company +, Of the Third regiment, ~
be signed By the men VINO teVe"t3 49,
10 Rossiyn under Colonei Jones, ny oruer
of the Governor to drive the CoHeyIlea
ont of Virginia. After having been duly
signed by the men, the pay-rons WIZ De
returned 10 the Adiutant-Genera 10 De
approved by the Governor II is etPect-
ID that the men will receive pay Tor TWO
days. ~ ,ai,,-
tant-General has received quite mum
Der of communications from persons ~
aU conditions Of life. and residing al
over the Union, from Maine TO CaIlior-
MIA, asking for the records OF rne'p Me a-
can and civil wars. The object OF me
writer's has been invariably to connect
themselves with the Sons and Daugnters
Of the Revolution, or other ORGANIZATIONS
emanating from these wars.
In 1866 the War Department or me
Confectionery was established in the Me-
chanics' Institute which then $1,000 OH
Ninth street. almost opposite BANK street
That building did not eaten IRE untn iate
In the dav OF the big confagration, ana III
is 10 be presumed that the remaining
records. which had MOI been removed TO
Danviiie by the Confederate Government,
were subsequently seized by the Federal
commanders. .-
the office Of the Adjutant-GeneraI where
most of the military accounts were stored,
stood at that time at the Franklin-street
entrance TO the Capitol Square. near the
present new State Library building. That
structure was alsO burned down on the
same day, and It is to be supposed mat
most of its contents were destroyed by
fire.
1t thus happened, by the fortunes and
misfOrtunes Of war. that very few Of Viz
gina's records, in the shape Of continuous
accounts of her soldiers deeds and lives,
are I'm existence. except what may have
been preserved in county court-hOuses and
In captured archives Of the War Depart
ment. or In several prominent historical
societies in the North and in New Eng
land.