The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-03
STATE TO BE REIMBURSED.
Indiana VIII Get Every Cent 1t Paid
the Soldiers.

The State of Indiana, it seems, will be re-
imbnrsed in full for the amount it paid the
volunteer soldiers for services between the
time the men were summoned here and I'M
til they were mustered into the federal serv-
ice. The auditor OF the War Department
first ruled that the States would be reim-
bursed only on the basis of pay for federal
soldiers. Indiana would have been the
loser on this order, as she paid her soldiers
81 a day each while they were waiting to
be mustered in, and would not have re-
ceived quite half this amount from the gov
eminent. Acting Controller Mitchell, of the
Treasury Department, however, has over
ruled this decision of the War Department,
and will reimburse the States in full for
the amount actually paid the soldiers.
In his opinion Mr.. Mitchell says:
If, upon the call of the President for vol
unteers. the Governor of any State or Ter
ritory, III aiding tne United States to raise
volunteer army, calisd out the militia,
or any part of it, of his State or Territory,
IN order that 1t might be enlisted as such
into the volunteer army, and, in pursuance
Of such call by the Governor, the members
Of any company, troop, battery, battalion
or regiment of the organized militia of such
state or Territory, enlisted as such organ
ICED militia into the volunteer army, and as
such were afterwaFd accepted into the vol
unteer army of theiUnited States, such Gov
ernor may be reimbursed under the act of
July g. 1898, for reasonable costs, charges
and expenses which he may have incurred
by making proper payments TO them for
service from the day they entered the serv-
ice such militia, in response to the call
Of 9th the S Govern9r, 70. the ne, day on which they
army, and the rate OF pay provided by the
laws of the various States for their militia
s must be held to be reasonable within the
meaning of said act.
For all payments made by the Governor
TO such militiamen as pay for service rem
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their names enrolled for service in the vol
unteer army and Joined for duty therein no
charges or deductions should be made by
the pay department of the United States
against their pay.
For all payments made by the Governor
to such militiamen for service rendered by
them between the day on which they had
their names enrolled for service in the vol
unteer army and Joined for duty therein,
which is the day their pay and allowances
shall be deemed to commence by the United
States under the act of July Z, and the
day they were afterward accepted by the
United states. deductions should be made
BY the pay department of the United States
from the pay that would be due the soldier.
except Tor such payments by the Governor.
the soldier. which the law does not con-
template.
III the Governor made payments to men
who had their names enrolled for service in
the volunteer army and joined for duty
therein. and who were afterward accepted
into the volunteer army but who did not
enter the service as part of militia organ
ization as above mentioned the amount for
which the Governor should be reimbursed
IN such case should not exceed in amount
Of pay allowed to a soldier by the laws Of
the United States. and in such case such re-
endorsement should only be for payments
Tor service from the time the soldier was so
enrolled and joined for duty to the time
when he was afterward accepted into the
service Of the United States.
The Governor, in no instance, is entitled.
under said act OF July g. 1885, to be reim-
bursed for any payments made by him TO
volunteers for service by them after their
acceptance into the service OF the United
States"