The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08
CONNECTICUT SOLDIERS.
Some Interesting Statements From the
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Some Interesting Statements From the Ad-
 jutant Generals Report.
 There is q good deal in the adjutant gen erals report for the year ending September 90 1887, that Is dry reading outside of mill tary circles, yet there are some things of more or less puUie interest.
 This annual report of our military estab- lishments has grown to be bulky volume of over 300 pages, containing many features which do not appear to be worthy of print ing, at least in such detail as they are given. There are dozen or more half tone illustrations, some of them, such as the re- view of the brigade at Mantle, having some value as representing. the military movements, and others of little use, suen as full page illustrations of men walking or drawn up fin line by the roadside.
 On the 30th of September last, the Con necticut National Guard was composed of 203 officers and 2,735 enlisted men, n total force of 2,93s and gain of 55 for the year. the Third 54l and the Fourth 567, the Sepa- rate company New Haven) 63, Battery A of the artillery S0, the Signal corps 40, the Machine Gun battery 41, and the Naval
 To the 2,o3s of the National Guard may be added, in computing the military force of the state by the, Governors Guards, Haven Company Foot Guard l65 the Hart ford Company Horse Guard 6S, the New Haven Company Horse Guard s5, making a grand total of about 3,360 officers and men In active service. The opening pages of the report contain typographical map of the state map at Mantle, and General Haven devotes several pages to reviewing the camp work last the signal corps were able, with the hello. graph system, to transmit messages between the camp and Block Island, thirty five and one-half miles distant in a straight line, us- ing intermediate stations at Fishers and Plum Islands
 The report shows that while the Naval battalion is becoming valuable arm of the service. it needs for practice work some thing better than t.ie old monitor Wan dotte, now noored at New Haven harbor, It is recommended that the vessel be re turned to the government, thus saving the state the expense of its maintenance
 During the year the National Guard has discarded its old Peabody rifles and has been re-armed with the latest pattern of the United States Springfield rifles of A. calibre. The government has also furnished | forage caps free of cost to the state. 9i The gratuitous pension work of the depart ment included 311 claims filed during the year, and the quarterly execution of voucll- CTS for pensioners; Under the unpaid 1 bounty act of the legislature, large mum Der of certificates have been Issued show towns they were credited. These have been taken out by attorneys who. however have l made little progress In collecting claims against the towns.
 as liable to military duty was 2,152, but | there were 26,648 exemptions, leaving SJ,- | 504 gain of 3,620 for the year The com. mutation tax 0ess 10 per cent. uncollectfble) amounted to S153,908. The disbursements l for military expenses during the year aggre. | gated S152. .S19.
 The report says that the two companies of the Governors Foot Guards are in good condition" and that the companies of Horse | Guards are fin their ordinary state of eff ciency." wha tever that may mean
 | On September 30 last, there were in the | Soldiers Home at Noroton and In various hospitals, 467 veterans supported by the state at an average cost of S15933. The | total cost was s69, 800, but the state was | reimbursed by the United States to the l amount of $S9. .650