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United States Fnud.
The Congress oa the United States now
makes an annual q proI,rfatton O on g
million dollars for r the purpose OF pro-
vidtng arms. ordinances stores, quarter
master stores, and camp sedutpage for Is
sue to me. troops Of the States and Ter
ritories. This appropriation is appor-
toned among the several States and Ter
ritories, under the direction of the Sec.
Rotary of War. according TO the number
Of Senators and Representatives which
each State is entitled IN Congress: out
III is provided that no State Shall en-.
titled To the benefits of tho appropria-
tlpn apportioned toSit unless the number
Of its regularly enlisted, organized and
uniformed active rni..la Shall be at least
or . hundred men for each Senator and
Representative to which such State Is
entitled IN Congress- y he SUM -11nuariy
allotted ID the State OF virginia lro-- this
appropria tonsiss at present S25 5000.
No. nart Of this sum Is paid to the State
In money. but It is furnished In clothing,
arrns and euuipments which remain the
nronsrty Of the United States. and are
yeri,ired TO be accounted for. under the
Same regulations which govern accounta-
bility for public property in the army. Z
When Government property becomes un-
eervicpable it lis requires. --..s. 1t shall be,
crarnincd " q ooa-d OF officers appoint.
81 by the Governor. and if such property
is then condemned and the report Of
the board of survey is approved by the
Governor, such report Is then forwarded
to the Secretary of War for his orders
rs to the disposition OF the property II
It. is ordered 20 be solo, the proceeds OF
the sale must be covered INTO the Treas:
4urv of the United States.
The law and regulations regarding the
accountability for public property are now
strictly observed =,
The stations OF all troops are easily
accessible by railroad and many by wa
ter. and all can easily pe communicated
with by telegraph, and could be concen-
5trated at any railroad point in tie State
in a very short time. The laws Of the
State require that the several railroad
and other transportation companies in this
State shall furnish transportation for
troops called or ordered out to aid the
civil authorities. and for stores munitions
and equipments upon the application OF
tho officer in actual command. acco1npa-
MED by a certificate from him OF the
number OF men to be carried, and their.
destination. and q copy Of the order call
ing them out.
Duties OF Adjutant- General.
1 The duties. belonging to the -Adjutant-
Generals Office embrace everything re-
lating to the effective state OF the mill
tarys establishment Of the State: tnclud-
ing organization, instruction, discipline
armament, equipment, maintenance. ana
all orders, returns, reports and cores
pondence relating to these various mat
tiers. For a number Of years prior to the
war with Spain this Office had the bene-
fit of the; services of an army officer, who
was detailed for duty with the Virginia
Volunteers, and who under the direction
Of the Acknowledgement, performed the
duties relating to the quaEtern1asteHs s and
ordnance departments, but since SoOn az
ter the beginning of that war there mas
oeen no such officer on duty IN. thls---tate,
or so far as it is KNOWN IN any state.
the war and the Largely increased SER
vice required of the army since that time
having necessitated the Withdrawal of AL
army officers from duty with State tro1ps.
In many other States there are quarter
uasters-generaI who perform the uudes
pertaining to the quarternlaster' s and ord
nance departments.
!, In this State the Adjutant-General per
forms not only the duties which properly
pertain to the Adjutant-Gener tt $ depart
ment. but also those which belong to all
of the other departments OF the military
service. ;sys5 afG go,
The claims and the accounts OF the
State against the General Government.
tbs. replacing by the General Government
of all the ordnance and quarteGEaasteE
stores when were carried into tie army
/ by our troops in 1888. ana the very large
increase of the national appropriation.
making the quantities of military STOKES
issued to the State much more than dou-
BILE the amount prior to such increase,
have contributed to greatly augment the
work of this o.lce. 1t is believed that a
decided Improvement has been made and
rs now in use in the Office in the netting
of keeping the accounts of all ordnance
and uuarrermaSter'S stores with lne ora
nance and quarterna sters department. OF
the army, from which. departments such
stores are drawn. and also with tEe o.
eanizations or officers OF the otate ~
whom such supplies Ire ISSUED. All ae-
counts and claims against the military
fund are sent to the Adjutant-General.
and all disbursements from that iund are
made through his Office, where the &C,
counts are all kept.
Adiutant>GeneraPs Report.
The report Of the Acknowledgement ex-
hibits fully and in comprehensive detail
the. transactions of his department, and
ffords full information as TO the organl-
cation armament, equipment, tstrengtn,
location and condition OF efhclency OF
the various different commands through
out the State. and further shows the num-
Der, kinds. and values OF all military
stores in the possession OF the state;
shows Ell disbursements from the mill
tary fund, contains the report OF the AS
sistant Inspector-General, the State ros'
ter, the rolls of the .iCginta volunteers,
and copies Of all general orders ano cir
culars issued since the date OIL me iast
report.
While our military force is now wels
organized, composed Of excellent material
and is armed. equipped, and IN every way
more apundantly supplied than 1t mas "
been before, yet in the interestsSef als
cipline and of more thorough and adFanc-
cd instruction, it is believed that there
should be an encampment each year OF
the entire force of the STAT, ana is
arnestly recommended that the subject
of making suitable provision for such an
encampnent be given serious considers
, tor.
{ Agricultural Department.
Too much cannot be said of the great
benefit the farmers Of the state have de-
rived from the Department of Agricul-