The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-12-31


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The expenses of the adjutant- general ;
department. not including those OF the
quartermaster-g general, for the year end
ing September 30, 1888. aggregate
3,354 81. This of course does
not include the war expenses
of the previous year by the tact
chat there was no Cucampm"nt OF state
troops the past year, which III 1891
amounted TO S41 1890 for the payment
of troops in camp
AdJt.-Gcn. Boardman recommends q re-
organization of the Wisconsin National
guard to make it conform as nearly a.
possible to the organization of the United
States army. He says:
The number of companies ana hatal-
lions and the number and grade Of all Of
fcers in each regiment should conform
TO the provisions for the same III tn"
laws governing the organization of the
army when war exists. In Wisconsin
there have been some eight and some
twelvc-cOmpany regiments. tn" state law
allowing but forty companies of Intan-
try.
Il believe if the National guard syS-
TEN is to be maintained. as ! think IL
should be, not for state service alone,
but as part Of our national defense,
that the state should strive 10 have the
instruction and organization placed more
eminent. This it would seem, might hc
done without interfering with the states
authority over the troops in the follow
ing manner: Let the United States gov
eminent increase the annual appropriate
ton which it now makes for the support
of the National guard of the various
states from S4UO. To S1.ODDoOn or s..
Uoc,ooo, and apportion this amount
among the several states, as it now does.
according to population. The sum that
each state would thus he entitled 10 re-
cciye would be sufficiently large to make
1t an object, as matter of economy if
for no other reason. for each To strive TO
obtain its share. Then let the govern
meut establish certain conditions. CON
formity to which viii be necessary
on the part of each state, before its
appropriation can he available. These
ton, equipment and instruction of the
guard of every state drawing any Of the
appropriation should conform rs far as
practicable to the organization. equip
ment and instruction Of the United
States army when war exists"
The report gives 4 table unofficial and
incomplete, as the mustcr-out rolls of The
regiments have 10 been received. stat
lng that the number Of men furnished by
Wisconsin i'll the war with Spain ami
deaths from all Cau>cS to December l.
1888. The total number was H4f9. a. fol-
lows. i lf>t infantry. t-I.bi. second. II -.
Third. 1903; Fourth. 1901: Battery y
1913. Two from the Third regiment were,
killed i'll action, or died Of wounds: Il of
the First regiment died from disease. I
i'll the Second, 81 in the Thilr ana IL in
the Fourth Unofficial information ha~
been received of the death of seventeen
soldiers from Wisconsin who served in
the regular army or with the volunteers
from other states.
The report of the pension division shows
Il notable increase in the business of this
branch of the adiutan generals office
During the first full biennial period a1tr!
this division was created. from September
30. 1892 t. October |. 1881. tiirl" were
filed -, new claims. In tho nnAt tvr
years. September 30 1891. L. Drfohrr !
1896, Jl3 new claims were filed, and IN
the period covered 10y the present report.
from September 80. 1906. To Octohcr /
1898. 12t4 new claims have been entered
upon the files In the last two years 81
claims have been settled. of which 3tt
were allowed and 243 rejected; 123 Of the
rejected claims were for increase In q
recent report by the commissioner Of pen
Sons it is shown that of all the claims
adjuGiCatcd during the years 1S.i-!il-:6
IL per cent. We're rejected and ~ ngI
cent. allowed. while the records show tllnt
of the claims settled by the pension div>-
ION Of this office during the past Two
years. - per cent. have been allowed and
~ per cent. rejected. During the past
four years over Is per cent. of all claims
settled through this Office hay" been nj
lowed.