The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15

al things belonging TO and tina, IN
any way pertain TO said Office or de-
par;mcnt
.tdJutunt-Gcncrn1 in Charge.
Beginning March nrst. nineteen
hundred and eleven, the .\dtutant-Gcn-
/ orAl OF Virginia shall assign one clerk.
Who shall Dc known ~ the Clerk OF
Virginia Military Records. whose salary
shall be eighteen hundred dollars per
. annum. TO he paid out of tho military
Z fund OF this state. ana whose duties
| shall be continue 10 collect Data. rolls
| and other Information pertaining to
I the service of soldiers. sailors and ma
( rircs or Virginia ~ aforesaid. and 10
complete the transcriblng iud record
I Ing into tho Aforesaid record books OF
hii such authentic history. rolls and
! ether data--n!l under the direction and
authority OF tive Adjutant- General. in
/ whosc department the aforementioned
4 department, or office Of Secretary OF
/ Nt:g!nlu Mi!,nr1 Records shall thus be
/ merged and become part inercoi.'
\ Acting under this mandate. Governor
Mann last March appointed Colonel
4 Joseph Y. Bidgool. oil Richmond ae
secretary. lie entered office on April i.
! aud since that time has been actively
4 prosecuting his task. W. sam Burn
I ley. Of Charlottesville. was appointed
assistant secretary. AS no provision Is
Z made for more than one otitccr after
March !. II Is supposed that the assist
ants position will cease.
/ colonel Bidgood served throUGhout
| me War between the States in tii..
| Ihir'y-second Virginia Infantry. being
! resimental adiutant during the latter
part Of the war.
Dctniis of Task.
| Extracts from his report, jus; made
1 10 the Governor. are as follows:
/ Iron assuming the duties Of This
/ Office proceeded to familinrizc myself
! With It's status and It's limitations as
| thcn existing. and 10 formulate II sys-
/ .t"matic method by Wine, 70 conduct
! the work. In compliance with the act
I ~ the General Assembly, of Virginia.
1 1910. Immediately CAUSED to he pre-
! pared number of durable and large
4 record hooks in which to accurately
ana leeihiy transcrihc all tho names OF
/ SUCH soldiers. sailors and marines and
4 al muster rolls. records ard other
! material matter. showing tho officers
! ana enlisted men Of the several COM
/ phnies' battaliops. regiments aud other
military organizations from Virginia
4 ~ the military, naval or marine SER
4 vice OF the Confederate states, whether
I regulars. volunteers. militia. reserves,
nome guards. or local troops
These books have been 50 pre-
pared that tho foregoing requirements
viii appear under the following head
iilSs and according to The following
1utline: Company, Regiment. brigade
.NHmf Date aud Place OF Enlistment.
hank. Remarks Under these the OH
| }ect IL 10 give Il concise synopsis OF
! the military history Of each soldier
| whose name appears, designating those
( Killed or wounded when and where.
/ captured, in what battle, transferred
/, 70 what command or department and
J Tor wha; service detailed: IL pcrn,a-
neni and upon what duty: deserted
when and where, and SUCH other data
! record.
so far in the progress Of this work
four 81 the 6o0-pagc registers have
7, hccn consumed embracing the enrol.
nont Of 10000 infantry, running from
! Inc First TO the Forty-tourth Resi.
rlentS of the regular service. some OF
The companies OF these regiments
F., nave not yet been able 10 secure. bu,
am Filling them in from time TO time
az fast as possible
Securing Mnny Rolls
/ No diligence Is being spared 10 Sc
/ cure the muster rolls still required b.
ms office. and there are many i,l, /,
| - gratifying 10 state that my efforts
have met with success far beyond my
cApectauohS. IN the month OF Sep
| temhcr alone secured from different
sources fifteen muster rolls in tho
short period OF twenty days.
! IL may be pertinent 10 call Your
i.Ncel!ency's attention 10 the fact that
there We're in the service OF the Con
iederatc States from Virginia sixty
TOUR regiments of regular infantry
besides the battaiions. local troops.
militia reserves. departmental organ
| ization. and other organizations, 70
say nothing of the artillery, cavalry
| and naval arms of the service, TO be
complied and recorded by this office.
| y have also in preparation card
| index Of the stan officers OF every
| branch of the service. including tho
surgical and engineering departments
! together with the officers OF the navy
! When this shalt have been completed
/ have in contemplation tho prepare
! ton of general index as Il means OF
/ ready reference to any name in any
| branch of the service
| your ENcclcncy can. therefore
| readily appreciate the magnitude Of
! the work stll TO be done tho complc.
| ton OF which will require several
! years of Intelligent an comprehensive
! labor. There arc many muster rolls
! especially Of those regiments between
| the Forty-fourth and the Sixty fourth
/ Us wcli as a largo number OF the
! cavalry. still TO be collected by this
] office 1t is matter of regret that
! there are some regiments Of which
| not single muster roll has as yet
| been secured
T, Tn TELL mr. NIcnnurrIro