Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1875 — The Adjutant-General's Report. [ARTICLE]

The Adjutant-General's Report.

The Adjutant-General of the State has submitted his annual report. He reports a total of 1,539 Springfield, Enfield and Spencer rifles on hand Jan. 1 of last year, and 180 returned during the year, making the present total 1,619, sixty having been given to the State Guards, of Indianapolis, and forty to the Noblesville Guards. He calls for a more improved fire-arm for the Indiana military, and recommends that the sum now due from Congress—s29,4o6.7B—be used inputting the citizen soldiery on a good footing. The militia of the State is entirely organized, yet there is not a single company in the State upon whom the Governor could authoritatively call for assistance in an emergency. He recommends the passage of a proper military law. The cost during the year to the State of the Clay County troubles was $36; Clarke County, $167.80; Cass County, $1,687.15; Wayne County, $3; Porter County, $1,255; total, $2,668.45. The expense incurred in Clay County was from the miners’ strike, and the Porter County trouble was the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad war.