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Annual Report of the Quartermaster- General of the State of New Jersey m>xvm Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive in 2009 witii funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofqu1862offi Q ANNUAL EEPORT OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OP THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, FOR THE YEAR 1863. * I ^ < < TRENTON, N. J.: PRINTED BY DAVID NAAR, "TRUE AMKKICAN" OFFICE. 1863. QUAETEHMASTER GENERALS REPORT. Quarter Master General's Office, \ Trentox, January 1863. 13, j To His Excellency ' Charles S. Olden, Governor, Commander-in-Chief, ^'c., tf-c; I have the honor to submit herewith mj report of the transactions of this department for the past year, which has been one of great labor and responsibility, in the details of providing and issuing sup- plies of every kind pertaining to the recruiting, subsisting, clothing, arming, e(|uipping, and transporting sixteen full regiments of in- fantry, mustered into the service of the United States. In addition to the duties properly of Quarter Master General, have devolved upon me those of commissary and ordnance officer, and the responsibility of auditing and the preparation in triplicate of all bills, with the proper certificates for all expenses on Avar account, before being presented to your Excellency for payment. An accurate account of the entire expenditure has been kept by the assistants in this office, and also a credit and debit account with the United States Government, for all bills presented and paid. The supplies for these regiments have been drawn principally from the United States officers of the Quarter Master, Medical and Ord- nance Departments, upon requisitions, to as great an extent as it was possible to obtain them under the circumstances. The sudden and un- expected call of the President for six hundred thousand men, in the months of July and August last, found the different bureaus of the Fed- eral Government unprepared to supply the articles required, without considerably delay, for so great a number of troops. To avoid this delay and hasten the equipment of the troops, we were obliged to pro- vide, at the expense of this State, such articles as were most required for immediate use. A detailed statement of the articles obtained by contract and purchase, and the number of each, together with the name of the contractor furnishing the same, will be found under the head of statement I. It has been found from experience that it is highly important to clothe recruits as fast as they are reported to camps. A uniform enables the officers in command to enforce better order and discipline. 4 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL's REPORT. It enables them to distinguish the soldier from the citizen. It encour- ages the recruiting sei'vice. A great majority of recruits, upon their arrival at rendezvous, are in immediate Avant of clothing—some from absolute want, others from the fact of providing themselves with only sufficient to last for a few days, expecting to receive their first allow- ance immediately. We have endeavored to clothe recruits as promptly as possible, upon their being sworn into service. It has, however, frequently resulted in a loss to the Government. In the first out- break of patriotic ardor, our young men, ambitious to enter the ser- vice, frequently concealed some permanent disability, which would, if known or discovered by the examining surgeons, have disqualified them from the arduous duties of the soldier, and after a service of a few weeks, to their great mortification and disappointment, the concealed malady is exposed by their inability longer to perform duty, and are dismissed without pay ; others have got into the service by reason of the large bounties oiFered by municipalities for volunteers for the nine months service, who wers soon discharged as entirely unfit for service. Recruits for the three years service were mustered and sworn by lieutenants appointed and mustered into the United States service for that purpose ; recruits for the nine months service by the com- mandants of rendezvous, and by them assigned to their respective companies and regiments, company officers being mustered and sworn into companies and clothed as privates. Upon the completion of their organization by companies and regiments, they Avere again mus- tered by the United States mustering officer, when a great number who had been received, sworn and assigned to companies and clothed, were dismissed, and their names stricken from the rolls as unfit for service. This will explain any discrepancy in the accounts of clothing betAA^een that charged to the quartermasters of regiments and commandants of rendezvous, and that which is receipted for by cap- tains of companies, and charged in our statement as issues to regi- ments, and which embraces only the number of men mustered into service as priA-ates at regimental muster. Captains of companies are charged Avith the account of clothing issued to the men of their respec- tive companies, and are responsible to the Federal Government for it, and ought not in justice be charged Avith clothing issued to the men who are dismissed for disability, or to those who desert before muster. In the year past very little clothing has been furnished by this State to our troops in the field—only such articles as were absolutely required for immediate use, and could not be obtained from the Gov- ernment without great delay. It has been the policy of this State, in equipping her troops, to furnish the best articles, with a liberality and a proper regard to the health and comfort of the soldier. It is believed that no state troops have taken the field better provided than those of this State. To your liberality and kindness the Ncav Jersey soldier is indebted for many articles necessary to his comfort, which have been furnished, : : QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT. 5 not strictly in accordance with the army regulations. Men called sud- denly into military life from comfortable homes, volunteers for the maintenance of the Government, could not be expected to be limited to such articles only as "were allowed by regulations. I take great pleasure in acknowledging in this general way the re- ceipt of a large number of packages of hospital stores, clothing and delicacies, as presents from patriotic and benevolent persons and ladies' aid societies in diiFerent parts of this State, for transportation to troops in the field, which were forwarded as promptly as the means of transportation to our regiments would permit, free of expense, in accordance with the wishes of the donors. These donations have been gratefully and thankfully received, and have contributed much to the comfort of our sick and wounded soldiers, reminding them of thoughtful and kind friends at home. The call of the President of the eighth of July last, upon this State, for five regiments of infantry of ten companies each, to be mus- tered for three years service, provided that the recruiting, organizing, clothing and subsistinfr should be exclusivelv under the control of your excellency the Governor of this State, and that where desired, the United States ofiicers of the Quartermaster, Medical and Ordnance Departments were autborized to turn over stores to the State authori- ties, to be issued by them in accordance with the regulations, and accounted for to the proper bureau of the War Department, and con- tracts for subsistence would, if approved by your excellency, be allowed and paid. Immediately upon the receipt of this call, five camps were, by your excellency's order, " located at the following places. These regiments were severally numbered and rendezvoused as follows Eleventh Regiment, Camp Perrine, at Trenton. Twelfth Regiment, Camp Stockton, at Woodbury. Thirteenth Regiment, Camp Frelinghuysen, at Newark. Fourteenth Regiment, Camp Vredenburgh, at Freehold. Fifteenth Regiment, Camp Fair Oaks, at Flemington. Suitable grounds were rented, camp and garrison equipage was immediately forwarded to these points, and every preparation com- pleted for the quartering and subsisting recruits. General Order No. 74, of the War Department, to encourage enlistments in the vol- unteer forces, provided for the payment of one month's pay in advance, and a premium of two dollars to any citizen, non-commissioned ofiicer or soldier, for each accepted recruit that he may bring to the ren- dezvous. By special order, this State was required to advance the pay, as required by order No. 74, to recruits, as soon as they were inspected and mustered into service. These several camps were placed under the charge of the following persons, appointed by your excellency disbursing ofiicers and quarter- masters, as follows : 6 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL's REPORT. Major Charles M. Herbert, for the Eleventh Regiment. Major Benjamin Acton, for the Twelfth Regiment. Colonel Cornelius Van Yorst, for the Thirteenth Regiment. Major William S. Stryker, for the Fourteenth Regiment. Colonel Charles Scranton, for the Fifteenth Regiment. They reported immediately at this office for duty, and each rendez- vous was opened simultaneously on July 22d. They were required, under instructions from this office, to receive and issue, in accordance with the regulations, stores to the troops forAvarded from this depot; to make contracts for fresh beef, fuel, straw and stationery, which, after due publication, were awarded by these officers in all cases to the lowest bidder ; to furnish transportation for recruits from place of recruitment to camp, and as an inducement for enlistment, to pay every recruit one month's pay in advance, and a premium of two dollars to every person presenting a recruit. Funds for this purpose were furnished by your Excellency upon monthly estimates, approved by me, for disbursement under these several heads. These gentlemen had little or no experience in these duties. Their accounts have been found accurate, their purchases reasonable, and the issues of supplies, in quantity and kind, strictly in accordance with the rules and regulations of the service.
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