Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-24
Hate viii feel a personal interest IN their
preservation.

officers that have not been commissioner.
and as will be shown elsewhere. tne
ready response to orders and benaVior Vi
the men is exceedingly creditapie.
The uniforms worn out on ou'y' .ne
virginia State button instead OF the
Irn,fed s,ates button on uniform. unser-
viceab,e rifles TO be remiled and put in
good condition. issue Of new parts 10
rifles. and the issue of leggins, blanket
bags canteens, etc. as recommended Wy
the Inspector-General, VIII receive atteh-
tion out OF the supplies of the present
fiscal year. 10 be drawn from the United
States Government as far as they VIII
go.
The recommendation as 10 monthiy re-
ports from companies has already peeh
forestalled by the order or Generai fhh-
ms no bis brigade. providing for sys-
tenn of reports. and that regarding the
maintenance of "a supply of overcoats
and blankets to be kept in store In Rich-
moud and elsewhere has been in use mere
for some years. and has been found 10
be highly beneficial and less expensive
than 10 issue such property In directions
in which little or no care would be taken
OF II.
other recommendations will be given
due attention.
There are about twenty officers on the
roster who never complied with the law
ordering them to report within sixty
days for examination. Some of these
have been carried on previous reports
before my incumbency OF this office.
TEMPORARY EXAMINING BOARDS.
Lately. TO eimplify this condition OF
things. the nspector-Generai. with tenn
porary examining boards. has examined
nearly all of these officers. and their COM
missions have been made to date ninety
days previous to examination. the maxi
mum time allowed by law. 1t is loss OF
time In the service OF few or the num-
Der, but as this Office Is in no way re-
sponsible for their dereliction In not con-
forming to the law, 1t seems 10 be the
only proper solution.
Hereafter, as he's been the case OF late,
al, commissions will be revoked accord
ing TO law II the person elected does not
appear before the Examining Board.
In addition to the fact that nearly all
the vacancies have been filled in line and
staff departments. l have TO report that
the failure to elect a commanding officer
for the First Brigade, which was delayed
for more than year by the inability or
the field officers TO decide. and the va
cancy in the command of the Third Bat
TALON have both been filed. Lieutenant
Colonel A. l.. Phillips. First Regiment
Virginia Volunteers. having been elected
Brigadier- General to command the First
Brigade, and Captain X. y. Warren,
Company A. Third Battalion, TO COM
mand the Third Battalion.
The General Order. No. /. February
9th, assigning the First Regiment, the
Fourth Battalion Infantry. the First Bat
talon Artillery. and afterwards twhen II
was found that the act or Assembly
forming said battalion did not PREVENT
vv~l-t Ia( f1o1
an advantage, and will be more so when
the general benefits are better under
stood.
II was not a new suggestion. having
been advised by the writer. then field
or general officer. to Governors Cameron,
Lee, and Mckinney.
There is small balance TO the credit
of the military fund. which has beer
nearly all anticipated by pressing wants
The amount of the fiscal year closing
October LIST, and the amount Of stores
as shown by Lieutenant Knights re-
port, are all available. and will be dis
tributed as soon as the most urgent
needs of the volunteers are ascertained
These disbursements will 20 far toward:
remedying just causes OF complaint from
officers whose commands need better
equipment, and yet, as there was NJ
means of supplying these requirements
they will have TO be supplied gradually
as this department has the ability.
ROLL OF VIRGINIA SOLDIERS.
| An effort has been made by the Adju
| tant- General to formulate some plan by
which roll Of the Virginia soldiers WHIT
served in the Confederate army nigh
| be obtained and published as a perma
nent record. Several interviews Will
| prominent officials of the War Depart
| ment gave hope that. as starting point
| the rolls In the Bureau of Records ant
| Pensions might be copied, and which
| could be then edited with such correc
| lions and amendments as might be best
The Secretary OF War has ordered tina
| all such records. e., those or each an
every State-shall be copied only once
| and then only by clerks in the Burea
| of Records and Pensions.
| Upon application OF Colonel i. {
| Ainsworth, chief OF this bureau. this of
| fee has official information that said cos
would be forty-four thousand dollar
$4,000. This, OF course. precluded an
hope of any further action in the maj
| ter at present, but the Confederate 70
| of Virginia soldiers should be compile
and published. and every day 1t is de
| layed makes the task more difficult of az
complishment
The requests for information concern
ing ancestors in the Revolutionary an
other wars continue to reach this offlc
in great numbers and come from ever
State in the Union. The only answe
that can be given Is that the records {
this office were all burned I'm the fiji,
which partly destroyed Richmond
April, 1865. and they are referred to
gentleman who IA familiar with man
old records in the State Library, whic
may or may not give the desired inform;
tion as he IS able to discover.
CALLED INTO SERVICE.
The reports OF Captain Williams. Con
pany c, Fourth Regiment. of duty pc
formed near Newport News. of Maj,
Simons of duty done at Pocahontas;
Colonel Bakers command at Wnchest'
under orders; Captain Keller. at Berr!
Vile. and of Major Derbyshirc, on du'
at Lunenburg Courthouse, are embodIs
In this report, and careful attention
called 10 each OF them
The service at Pocahontas was ior
and severe, but demonstrated to ever
one that man may work or refuse
work in Virginia: but he shall not |
inundated in his preference by any pc
son or for any cause. The expedite
to guard alleged murderers and TO pr
tect them from also alleged mob violen,
at Lunenburg was In the summers hea
distressing TO the men. but endured Wit
out word And, except In one cas-
has there been any report made again
any man or men for any dereliction
duty or misbehayior. This is more r
markable. as the troops at Pocahont:
occupied the post for ninety days, we
changed frequently, and no charge or r
port made. except newspaper charg
found to be without foundation In faS
Can any State show better recor,
Can any State show that, during 4
years past. every man has been pr
tected to work free from molestatio
and. despite horrible crimes. no man
life has been taken. except by due proce
Of law.