The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-24
BY THE LEGISLATURE
WILL THE QUESTION OF SOME OF
THE WAR EXPENSES BE SETTLED.
Executive Committee of the Board of
Agriculture Will Look Over
the Grounds To-day.

Some of the claims against the State
| growing out of the mobilization of the Indi-
ana National Guard will be sent to the Leg
| islature for adjustment, according to Gov.
Mount. There has been consultation among
the state officials as to the equitable way to
deal with members of the militia who came
here on the call, but did not enlist in the
United States service, some returning home
of their own voliticn and others being re-
| jected 1t has been decided that men who
| returned home voluntarily for various
causes shall be allowed one days pay COM
ing to indianapolis. one day in camp and
one day for the return trip, in addition to
their transportation. 1t is not thought that
the State should pay more than this to men
who came here not expecting to enlist in the
United States service, the purpose for which
they were called out The men who really
were anxious to enlist. but were rejected for
physical defects by the United States re-
cruiting officials, will be paid full time
There yet other classes, among them
men who came here and were mustered in
the state service voluntarily, but refused
| afterward to be mustered into the United
States service. This class will not be al
lowed anything Those who voluntarily were
mustered into the state service, but were re-
jected, will be paid what is justly due them.
Men who simply came to Indianapolis for a
few days outing, expecting to take brief
junket at the States expense. and be paid
full time beside, and who never intended to
enlist will be disappointed.
| OF course every man is demanding full
pay for all the time after he left home until
he returned. After paying what the State
believes to be equitable the remainder of
the various claims, none of them very large,
will be sent to the Legislature.
81 do not believe" said Governor Mount,
that the Legislature will care to pay more
than we have decided is fair Some of the
| men came here with their companies but
after arriving, concluded they could not en-
list in the United States service. some of
them because they could not leave their
business, others because they had depend
ent families and for reasons of that kind
They assert that because of conditions pre-
venting them from enlisting they ought to
be paid full time. We believe three days
pay for this class is all that they can, in
justice, expect. Where men were rejected
who were anxious to enlist it seems it would
be but equitable to pay them for all the
time they were here" The Governor re-
called that in 1861 men who were rejected
returned home and never thought of getting
paid.
Governor Mount said that he did know
now many men were yet to be settled with
in the various classes nor what the aggre-
gate amount due them is. He imagined that
| it would take some time to get all the claims
adjusted.
Adjutant General Gore has force at
work endeavoring to get the various pay
rolls adjusted. The rolls of those who were
paid were signed yesterday. There is diff
| Guilty to be met in paying the men who went
home voluntarily or who were rejected. I'm
der the regulations of the Office the men
| Gle fI1A lie
ers of attorney, authorizing some one in In
dianapolis to collect and receipt for the
money, have been printed. These will be
sent to the men for execution and return to
Indianapolis. All this will take a great deal
of time, but unless this plan were adopted
the men would be compelled to come here
for their money at an expense in some
cases, exceeding what they would receive.
1t is. of course, out of the question to send
the roll about from place to place for sig
The military officials feel that an injustice
was done them by publications in which
parture of Colonel Studebaker's regiment at
Camp Mount by the delay in getting the
none money there re- to pay the soldiers General
rolls, there were eight of them for each COM
pany, did not get to his office until SatW-
day noon. Sixteen clerks were at once put
to work auditing them. They worked all
night. Then General Gore himself had to go
| over everything that had been done to see
| that the footings were correct. All this took
| time.
1.-The officers Of the National Guard will
| bear me out in the statement that, in ordi-
nary times, when there was no such pres
| sure as that of the last few weeks the pay
| rolls of the men attending the state encamp-
ments were not prepared and the militia
men paid short of six weeks to two months.
People not here to see what is being done
could not understand the difficulties before
| us and the immense amount of labor that
had to be DONE
General Gore said that it would be good
while before the tags of the mobilization
could be cleaned up"