The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-19
REPORT ON THE C. N. 6.
ADJUTANT- GENERA SAYS GOOD
 WORK IS BLING DONE.
Total Strength sore on the Closing Day of the Year Ending September 30, 19Oe-In Case of War State Could Put 116,OOO Men in the Field.

Put 116,OOO Men in the Field.
 Adjutant-General George M. Cole has made his report for the year end- ed September 30. 1906, in which he calls eht governors attention to the satis- factory manner in which the organized militia of the state are taking hold of their work under the new conditions, "as evidenced by reports of command ing and other officers on the tour of duty at Camp Cole, Fort H. Wright, and later at Camp Roosevelt"
 The adjutant-general shows that the National Guard of this state is organ ized in accordance with the require ments of the national militia law. The strength of the militia and Governors s Guards on the closing day of the year is reported as follows:
 Attached to general headquar- Officers and enlisted men..........3,O7S
 Total strength, c, N. .3,076
 Figures as to pension and bounty claims are given as follows:
 Number of pension and bounty claims filed during the fiscal year and- ing September 30, 1906:
 Original claim, soldiers. ..........,.-71 Original claim, widows, .......... 72 Original claim, minor children.... 5 Original claim, helpless child. ..... 1 Increase claims .s.............,,.....2 295 Accrued ....,.......,....l..... 61 Reimbursement .,..,... ........... 12 Bounty ...." ....................... 5
 lotal .'.... ..,................,.. ,ol8
 Number of claims allowed 36S, with a total first payment of $9,94O.44.
 Number of vouchers executed quar- terly during the fiscal year with cash amounts were:
 December A. vouchers, ASA, .$14,391 74 March 4, vouchers, 465....... 1869 90 June 4, vouchers, 469........ 14,41S 5S September f. vouchers, 457.... 1S,567 S2
 Total amount .............. $56,O59 04
 Total number of vouchers, 1876.
 Total amount collected on vouchers executed in this department since June, 1871, s1,3S2, ,5S473.
 The quartermaster-gen bureau received on orders of the comptroller on the state treasurer $S1, ,149.52, and had left, after disbursements, $1,522.65.
 If another war with Spain should be declared, Connecticut could send one hundred and sixteen thousand into the field, or could have done so year ago, according to the summary of the mili- tary enrolment returned In January last to the adjutant-general by the se- lectmen
 Total number enrolled. .......... 123 9S7 Total number liable to military
 duty in case of war. 116,735 Total number of exempt for le-
 gal causes ........,............. 34,333 Total number liable for commu-
 tation tax ..................,...s S9,654
 The report of the adjutant-genera includes the reports made to him by medical and other officers of the mili- tia, which ably supplement his own report Included are also reports to the adjutant- general of the annual ri- fie and pistol match at the state range, New Haven, and the national match at Sea Girt, N J., with copy of letter (not message) from Pres ident Roosevelt to Private E. c. Simp- son, of Company F, Second Infantry, c. N. G., who won the medal as the champion rifle shot of Che United States