The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-24

OF the Virginia Volunteers have been re-
! ported so often-in every report and In
! SO many ways-that there is little that is
| new TO be said in the matter.
| When the troops took the field at Po-
! cahOntas in May. and at other places.
! their uniforms and Overcoats, in some
cases of companies. were personal proper
J ~. and had IL not been for the oyercoats
| kept in store here, and additional blankets
| bought from your personal contingent
| fund, there would have been actual suffer
| ing.
The state amount is about S210 for in
| fantry and $40 for cavalry and artillery
| per man per year, which is used by COM
| panies for rent of arm0rics and other
actual expenses.
The annual amount would not paw a
! squad of police.
1t is not as much as the salaries I'm
some of the Adjutant-Generals depart
ments in different States.
it is getting more difficult TO induce
! men TO enlist. claiming truthfully as they
do that there is no inducemcnt except
hard service at times, which has to he
rendered at their own expense Of time
and money
II has been demonstrated several times
that. with one or more minor exceptions,
Virginia does less for her volunteer troops
than any other State.
During the incumbency of General VIII
liam II. Richardson as Adjutant-General
the salary was S2,V0 and a clerk at $500
There was no organized force and com
y
pages constituted the entire annual re-
port
The work has steadily increased
through General McDonald's term of Of
nee until now, and the entire business
and conduct OF the Office has TO be done
without any clerical or messenger assist
ance. a clerk in the Office would there
fore, help not only the Adjutant-General.
Dul the army officer in much clerical
work and in many other ways.
LIEUT.. KNIGHTS ASSISTANCE.
in this connection IL gives me great
edSure To tcsufy to the able assistance
rendered by Lieutenant John 7. Knight.
lind cavalry, U. 5, A. on duty with the
&oNciHOr OF virginia, and 10 whom has
been assigned the charge of requisitions
AND issue 81 Quartermaster and ordnance
stores Of the United States Government,
whose Gr.ta CCmes TO Virginia ana TO
whose ltrort, on another page, your at
tehtlon is Invited.
Ey reason # his Familiarity with such
oEties. ho has been able to induce officers
I. be wore prompt and accurate with
their returns OF property.
III the General Assembly would pass an
az requiring bonds of all officers re-
c,ivins yt'Derty, they could be held aC-
coLnlanle mere readily, and in case of
CareleSSncss or dereliction In such duty
as the preservation of the State properly
could be proceeded against without the
SLOW process. which is now a part OF the
general law and 10 enforce which the
state pioNioes no pecuniary means 10
| confidently hope that by the next an
nual report all quartermaster and ord
nauce stores Will be in such shane that
everv o.Nccr in the State will feel a ner-
sonal i,.teIest in their preservation.
Your attention is called TO the report of |
Ito lnspec;or-Gencral and 10 the recom- |
mefdarons therein made.
The condition of the force Is far better |
than AT the last report: there are 10 .
unsciNlceatle companies with probably
on. or two cycepti0ns): there are fewer
cfi,ccis tn@t have not been commissioned
ana as WI be shown elsewhere the
rc"fy response 10 orders and behavior OF
the meu is exceedingly creditable
Tie 'nifOrinS worn out on duty the Nir-
ginia State button instead of the United
; tatcs button on uniform. unserviceable
fes 10 he remilled and put in good con-
dition. issue OF new parts to rifles. and
the Issue CT leggins. blanket bags, cam
teens. Ac- az recommended by the In J
spec;Or-O cn' raj. VIII receive attention ont |
Al the supplies OF the present nscaI wear. !
TO be Trswr from the United States Gov |
aramcn( as far as they will 20.
4 W Recommendation as To monthly re- |
Forts frcin companies has already been |
4 r. ctaled by the order OF General Phil |
lip, tr his brigade providing for a sys- |
ten Of rtrorts, and that regarding the /
ann blankets 10 be kept in store I'm Rich |
fer some years. and has been found To /
10 highly beneficial and less expensive
han TO issue such property In directions
OF II.
other recommendation will be given
due attention.
There are about twenty officers on the