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

roster who never complied with the law
! ordering them 10 report within sixty
days for examination. Some of these
have been carried on previous reports be-
| fore my incumbency Of this Office.
TEMPORARY EXAMINING BOARDS.
Lately. TO simplify this condition of
things. the nspectOr-iencral, with tenn
pOrary examining boards, has examined
nearly all of these officers, and their com
missions have been made 10 date ninety
days previous TO examination, the maxi
muin time allowed by law. II Is a loss OF
time In the service Of a few of the num-
ber but as this Office is in no way re-
sponsiblo for their dereliction i'm not con-
forming TO the law, IL seems 10 be inc
only proper solution.
Hereafter. as has been the case Of late,
all commissions will be- revoked accord
ing TO law If 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. | have 10 report that
the failure TO elect a commanding Oflcer
for the First Brigade. which was delayed
for more than year by the inability OF
the field officers 10 decide. and the va
cancy in the command OF the Third Bat
talon have both been filed. Lieutenant
Colonel \. l.. Phillips. First Reg ment
Virginia Volunteers. having been elected
Brlgddier-Generdl to command the FIRST
Brigade. and Captain Il. T.. Warren, Com
pany A. Third Battalion, 10 command the
Third battalion.
J.
assigning the First Regiment. the Fourth
Battalion Infantry. the First Battalion
Artillery, and afterwards when 4 was
found that the act Of Assembly formI <
SAL battalion did not prevenD the Third
Battalion Infantry. has proved az adj
vantage, and Will be more so when the
general benefits are better understood.
IL was not a new suggestion. having
been advised by the writer then a field or
general officer, 10 Governors Cameron,
Lee. and Mckinney
THE MILITARY FUND.
There is a small balance to the credit
OF the military Iund, which has been
nearly all anticipated by pressing wants
The amount OF the fiscal year. closing
OctoDCr lst and the an cunt of stores,
as shown by Lieutenant hn.g gifts re-
port, are all available. and will be dis
trlDuted as soon as the most urgent needs
OF the volunteers are ascertaincd.
Ihese dlsburscme hts Will go FAR towards
remedying just causes OF complaint from
officers whose commands need better
equipment, and yet, as there was no
means or supplying these requirements,
they Will have TO be supplied gradually
as this department has me ability.
CONFEDERATE RECORDS.
An cHort has been made by the AdJu-
tant-ieneral 10 formulate some plan by
which a roll OF the Virginia soldiers who
served in the Confederate army might DO
obtained ana published as a permanent
record. several interviews with proml-
nent OfhcidlS OF the War Department
gave hope that. as "A starting point, the
rolls in the Bureau of Records and Pen
siOns might be copied, ana which could
be then edited with such corrections and
amendments as might be best
The Secretary OF War has ordered that
all such records, /. g., those of each
and every State. shall be copied only
once, and then only by clerks in the
Bureau of Records and Pensions
Upon application of Colonel +. G. AIMS
worth. chief of this bureau, this office
has official information that said cost
would be forty-four thousand dollars
$4,000. This, of course, precluded any
hope of any further action in the matter
AZ present, but the Confederate roll OF
Virginia soldiers should be compiled and
makes the task more difficult or ACCOM-
plishment.
The requests for information concern
ing ancestors in the Revolutionary anu
other wars continue 10 reach TINS ONCE IN
treat numbers. and come from every stale
In the Union.
The only answer that can be given is
that the records OF this Office were All
burned In the fire which partly destroyed
Richmond In April. 1850, and tney are
referred to gentleman who Is iaihiiiar
With many old records. in the s' s ~. ~
)rary, which may or may not give the
iesiret information as he Is able TO
discover. .,
CALLED INTO ACTIVE SERVICE.
Inc reports of Captain Williams. COM
oany &. Fourth Regiment. of duty per-
formed near Newport News: Of Major
;imons. OF duty done at Pocahontss; OF
'olonel Bakers command at Winchester
lnder orders. Captain Keller. At Berry, |