Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-02-04
STATE SERVICE
COMMISSION
Report OnIu Two Persons from
Wdune County Entitled
to Pau.

''The claimants from Wayne
County who appear to have been
entitled to pay, have been fully
paid with the exceptions named
hereafter by vouchers and amount
set out In the foregoing list of
claims:
Captains George w. Murray,
VIM. T. Caldwell, VIM. Shannon,
David Bartram, Calvin Fuller, Ira
q. Copley, VIM. Bartram, VIM r
Spaulding, Benz. R. Haley and
Thomas Damron, all made out
and certified payrolls and full re-
ports of service rendered. No
officers could have done more to
fully protect themselves aud their
men in the matter of pay for ser
vices rendered. This fact will be
more readily appreciated when it
is understood that the records of
tins Office show that out of one
appropriation made by the Legis-
lature in 1865, of $l42, $50 80 to
pay Home Guards and Militia of
the State, Wayne County received
$50, ,03S 50.
We are of the opinion that these
officers credited their men with
all the time they were in active
service, and they were fully paid
for same after the closs of the
war, with the exceptions above
referred to, The time of service
claimed varies quite good deal,
and we note many Inconsistencies.
A claimant admits having receiv-
ed 1929 80, when in fact the re-
cords show he received $10S4.5O
Another says he received 1929 80
when In fact he received S949 80
ADother admits having received
1929. 80, when in fact be only re-
ceIved Sl7S 80. Another SAYS he
received 1929. so when he received
only SIS, for amount of time
credited to hIiD on payroll. Aid
still another, making like ad-
mission, only received $4,000.
We mention few of these simply
to show that claimants, or at
least many of them, owing nc
doubt to the long period of time
elapsed since the service was
rendered, and they were paid of
are unable to recall with any de-
gree Of accuracy, the facts, and
history of said organizations. 1t
is not clear TO us how they esti-
mate or arrive at the time OF
active service claimed by them
which is invariably in excess of
time credited to them by their
officers on the payrolls. 1t is like
| ly, however, that it Is estimated
upon the supposed time the com
pany was in existence, az dis.
tInguished from the time the men
were out from home in active
service.
1t will he remem bered that
many of the Home Guard Com
panies of the State did not put in
continuous, solid time for term of
their enlistment. As a matter of
fact they were not required TO do
so when such companies were
organized the commanders were
Instructed that "the men need not
be kept on duty all the time un.
less actually necessary, and that
officers and men were to be paid
for the time they are in actual
service, actually on duty, of which
time the commander was TO keep
an account and from frequent
and careful inspection Of all the
payrolls of such organizations
filed in this office, we are led TO
believe that the instructions were
strictly followed, and that mon
who we're not present at roll call
were not credited with time of
actual service. All of which sp.
plies as we'll to other companies in
other counties of the State as TO
Wayne County, and, where an.
! plicable is to DO so applied.
Many of these claimants claim
for clothing and subsistence. On
this point we find that the amount
paid them included clothIug and
subsistence, as they received
$3.50 per month for time credited.
instead Of $500 per month, and
commissioned and non. com.
missiOned officers in same pro-
portion.
The claims, and each of them,
which appear from SAID list to