The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-27
SOME (. N. 6. FIGURES.
ADJUTAHT-GENERAL COLE SUB-
 MITS HIS ANNUAL REPORT.

What Reorganization Under National
 Law Has AccompIished-PensiOn
 Business Increased-Expenses for
 ear-some Criticisms.
 Hartford. Dec. 25.-The annual report of Adjutant-General George M Cole, which has just been submitted to Gov, ernor Chamberlain, is very compre- hensive document. It is in part as fol lows:
 In order to comply to the require ments of the national military law, the Connecticut National Guard has been reorganized, so that the military force of the state now consists of one brigadier-general and staff, one medi- cal corps, one hospital corps, one signal corps of one company, one troop caval- ", one battery of light artillery, one machine gun battery -four sections); two companies coast artillery, three regiments of infantry. headquarters at Hartford, New Haven and Stamford respectively; three battalions each, four companies to a battalion; one sep arate company (colored); one naval battalion consisting of commander, staff, petty staff, headquarters at New Haven, and three line divisions located at Hartford, New Haven and Bridge port respectively; also one company each of Governors foot and horse guard, located at Hartford and one company foot guard, located at New Je, e,.d sc,l7 ,.A of the organized militia.
 The strength of the Connecticut Ma tional Guard is as follows: Attached to general headquarters, 8; post ord nance sergeants, s; officers and enlisted men, l1S; Second Company Governors Foot Guard, 11s; First Company, Gov ernor's Horse Guard, 72; total, So8.
 MEDALS AND PENSIONS.
 There have been issued during the year ending September 30, 1904, long service medals as follows: Ten-year, 34; fifteen-year. 1; silver clasps, fifteen years, 6; gold clasps, twenty-years. 7; total AS. Number issued prior to Sep telnber, 1, 1903, 4eO.
 The business of the pension depart ment materially increased during the year. The total number of claims filed was 66l, and of this number 526 were allowed, making a total first payment of s2O,564s1. During the year the total amount drawn for pensions was $52,- 263.99. The increase is due to an order issued March 15, 1904. by the Pension Bureau at Washington, D. C., allowing pension for life to every veteran of the civil war who was mustered in and served ninety days or more. in the Uni ted States volunteers. and was honora- bly, discharged therefrorn.
 EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR.
 The expenses for the year were as sollows:
 Adjutant-generai for printing, sta tionery, general office expenses, $S,s6s.- ] 2S; quartermaster-gener bureau, $69,SS1.52; surgeon general s21S.12; bu- reau of pay, s41, ,10O.66; bureau of sub sistence, Sf,S04.46; comptroller for sala- ries, sundries, audit, etc, $lS,1S0.sS; to- tai. 12s,64SsS. N
 The following is a summary of the military enrolment returned to this office by the selectmer January, 1904: Total number enrolled, 115 ,401; total | number liable to military duty in case Of war, 1oS,S45; total number exempt for legal causes. 2SS.600: total number liable for communication tax. Ss,5S6.
 A FEW CRITICISMS.
 The reports of Brigadier General Frost, Assistant Surgeon General Will bur S. Watson and Inspector General William H. Clapp are also given. Tn his report Brigadier- General Frost de votes much space to the Manassas maneuvers. Assistant Surgeon General Watsorl,s report recommends that each hospital corps should have a mess of it's own. Where they mess with the band or company, they are never sure of getting their rations, for the band or company may be engaged miles away from where the corps have their duty, as was demonstrated at Manassas.
 The report of Colonel Clapp both criticises and commends. He speaks of struggling on the part of troops return ing from field work to camp, at Manas- sas; also of too much talking by the men composing the reliefs white being marched. He adds that the debit side of the account, however, is far more than balanced by the credit side.
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