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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 8: (search)
of the Commonwealth for his personal expenses, which amount is included in the $2,500 allowed to him by the order of the Governor and Council of Sept. 17, 1862; and it is not intended on the part of the Governor to admit, by any thing herein contained, that any valid claim existed against the Commonwealth in favor of the agent for time and services. On that point, for the purpose of the inquiries of the honorable House, it is not necessary here to express an opinion. On the twenty-fourth day of February, the Governor transmitted with a message to the House the Annual Report of the Adjutant-General, Quartermaster-General, Master of Ordnance, and the Surgeon-General. Of these reports he says,— It has been the aim of the Adjutant-General to present in full detail, not only the formal returns, but, so far as possible, the main features, of the military history of each of the Massachusetts volunteer and militia corps organized and serving during the past year. He speaks of
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 11: (search)
cities and towns in the Commonwealth. None of the men were entitled to the State bounty, although their families were to receive the State aid. On the 11th of April, 1864, the Legislature passed a law allowing a bounty of $100 to men who should enlist for three years in the navy after that date, and be credited to this State; to men who enlisted for two years, $66.66; and to one year's men, $33.33: and imposed upon the Adjutant-General the duty of making out the bounty-rolls. From Feb. 24 to Dec. 1, 1864, 3,808 men enlisted in the navy, and were placed to the credit of the Commonwealth; making the total number of men who had enlisted in the navy from Massachusetts, up to that date (Dec. 1, 1864), 26,168, which completed a contingent of every town in the State upon all the calls made by the President, and left a surplus of 13,083 men. The law passed Nov. 18, 1863, by the Massachusetts Legislature, provided that residents of any town, or ward of a city, in this Commonwealth