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Annual Report of the Quartermaster- General of the State of New Jersey, for the Year 1863 Digitized by tine Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation- http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofqu1863offi ANNUAL REPORT OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JEESE 1, - of tu FOR THE YEAR 1863. - » A«S»M » -^t- TRENTON, N. J. :. PRINTED AT THE " TEUE AMEEICAN " OFFICE. 1864. : REPORT Office of the Quartermaster General, Trenton, November 30, 1863, } To His Excellency Joel Parker, Governor of the State of New Jersey: Sir : —I have the honor to transmit the following report of the operations of the Quartermaster's Department of this State for the past year It has devolved upon the State to provide and issue the clothing, camp and garrison equipage, ordnance and ordnance stores to all new organizations of troops mustered into the United States service, as well as to recruits for old regiments ; to provide for the trans- portation of troops from the place of recruitment to the place of muster, and subsistence of new regiments until the completion of the regimental organization and muster into the United States service. The operations of the past Vear, up to July, were confined to clothing and equipping recruits for old regiments. On the 10th day of June last authority was granted to your excellency by the Presi- dent to raise five regiments of infantry and two of cavalry by volun- tary enlistments in lieu of drafted men, under the provision of Gen- eral Order No. 75. This order provides for the turning over stores for clothing, equipping and subsisting volunteers by the different de- partments of the Federal Government to the State authorities, when it was desired by the Governors of States, for issue to troops agree- ably with the regulations, and accounted for to the proper bureau of the War Department. Stores were thus obtained for recruits for old regiments in the field, and for the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, and in part for the Second Cavalry. In order to encourage the recruiting service in July last, when the business was almost at a stand for want of proper en- couragement, a uniform was adopted different from that furnished by the United States Quartermaster's Department, for the Thirty-third Regiment, recruited under the management of Col. Mindil, late of the Twenty-seventh Regiment. This regiment was recruited to the maximum and mustered into the United States service at less expense compared with that of other regiments previously recruited, and in about four weeks, an incredible : : 4 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT. short time considering the difficulties and discouragements interposed bj the advocates for the enforcement of the conscription law. The Thirty-fourth and the Thirty-second, or Second Cavalry, were clothed with the regulation uniform, the Thirty-fifth with what is known as Hawkins' Zouave uniform, drawn from the United States clothing department at New York. Rendezvous were opened simultaneously at Trenton, Beverly, Newark, Freehold and Flemington, Post Quartermasters appointed at each to facilitate the clothing and equipment of the regiments, and to pay the premium of two dollars to the recruits themselves on arri- val at rendezvous, or to the person who should bring the recruit into rendezvous. Clothing, camp and garrison equipage were turned over to these officers in bulk upon their requisitions and receipts, who issued the clothing to the recruits as fast as they were mustered into service upon clothing receipt rolls, and camp and garrison equipage to the officers upon their requisitions and receipts. These vouchers are returned to the arsenal as sub-vouchers to the accounts of the Quartermaster to account for the issues. Funds were placed in their hands for the payment of premiums. Premiums were paid upon company receipt rolls, signed by the recruit himself, or the person receiving the premium, and witnessed by an officer. This receipt roll is the voucher for the payment in the set- tlement with the United States. The following officers were appoint- ed Quartermasters and disbursing officers at the several rendezvous, with the rank of Captain Joseph Sterling, at Trenton. Benjamin F. Carter, at Beverly. A. B. Baldwin, at Newark. James A. Perrine, at Freehold. Israel "Wells, at Flemington. Garret D. Van Reipen, at Hudson City. The Second Cavalry and Battery D were rendezvoued at Trenton, the Thirty-fourth at Beverly, the Thirty-third Regiment, except Co.'s G and F, at Newark, the Thirty-sixth at Freehold, the Thirty-fifth at Flemington, and Batteries C and E, and Companies G and F of the Thirty-third Regiment, at Hudson City. Atter the departure of the Second Cavalry for the seat of war the Thirty-fourth Regiment was removed to Trenton. The Thirty-sixth Regiment was consolidated with the Thirty-fifth Regiment, and trans- ferred to Fleminfjton. The several rendezvous were opened and closed up as follows Eendezvous. QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT. 5 The amonnts paid on account of pi-cmlums for enlistment, and amount of disbursement of contingencies at the several rendezvous, by the different Quartermasters and Disbursing Officers are as follows : Premium. Contingencies. Joseph Sterling, $3,148 00 — A- B. Raldwin, 1,870 00 $384 61 Benjamin F. Carter, 1,174 00 171 52 James A. Perrine, 204 00 138 70 Israel Wells, 1,744 00 276 84 Garret D. Van Reipen, 920 00 1,332 53 The premiums advancedbj the State will be re-imbursed bj the dis- bursing officer of the United States, so soon as he has been able to com- plete his examination of the premium rolls by a comparison with the muster rolls of the companies returned to the Adjutant General's Office, in order to ascertain the amount due the State from the U. S. for the num- ber of men mustered into service at regimental muster. The provisions of General Order No. 74 which regulate the payment of premiums, direct that it shall be paid either to the person bringing the recruit, or to the recruit m person, in case he presents himself, as soon as the recruit has been inspected by the surgeon and mustered into service. General Order No. 75 provides for the appointment by the Governor of the State to facilitate the organization of new regiments of volun- teers, in addition to the staff officers, "owe second lieutenant for each comi^nny tvlio shall he mustered into the service at the commencement of the organization ivho shall have authority to muster in recruits as they are enlisted." Under this authority, second lieutenants of muster were appointed and mustered into service for this purpose, and the payment of the two dollars premium was made to the recruit or the person bringing the recruit into rendezvous immediatel^y upon the inspection and ac- ceptance of the examining surgeon, and the enlistment and muster of the recruit into service by the second lieutenants. By a recent decision of the accounting officers of the War Depart- ment, the premiums were not intended to be paid until the completion of the organization and inspection and muster of the regiment. The effect of this decision is to make the payments made to re- cruits before regimental muster, unauthorized ; and the State must therefore lose the amounts paid to those who desert, die, or are pro- moted between the original muster and the completion of the regi- mental organization. Immediately upon this decision being made known, an order was issued from this office to stop the further pay- ment of premiums. The amount paid by the State to this class of persons has not been as yet ascertained, but it is believed that it can- not exceed one thousand dollars. The State advanced the premiums to the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Four- teenth, and Fifteenth regiments recruited in 1862, under the order above referred to, and she was reimbursed for the entire amount with- 6 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT. out deducting from the pay rolls for those persons that had died, de- serted, or been promoted before muster. There has been no "change in the orders under -which the payments were made, but simply a change in the War Department of the audit- ing officers who entertain different views upon tlie proper interpre- tation of the language of the order from his predecessor. Under the circumstances it is believed that upon a proper representation of the facts of this case, the "War Department will allow the entire amount advanced by the State. In the recruitment of the Second Regiment of Cavalry, it was thought that if the regiment could be mounted by companies as soon as they were recruited and mustered into service, it would encourage the recruiting service, and the expenditure of so large an amount would necessarily benefit the people of the State by making a market for horses, hay and grain. With a view to these advantages, by your excellency's directions, I asked authority of the Quartermaster-Gen- eral of the United States, to purchase the necessary number of horses to mount the regiment, which was promptly granted by him and upon certain conditions the State would be re-imburscd for the advance. For the particulars of this correspondence, you are referred to State- ment A. of the appendix to this report. Under the authority granted, I purchased one thousand one hun- dred and eighty-four horses, with the seventy-four previously pur- chased for Chapin's Battery, for service in Pennsjdvania, referred to in the correspondence. The regiment being required for active service in the Avest, it was ordered to take the field unexpectedly, before it had been recruited to the maximum number, and therefore did not require this number of horses.
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