BY DAY© OYER. FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE OF ANDREW 0. CURTIN, GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, To Both Houses of (he" Legislature. HEAD JAX. 8, 1862. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania— GENTLEMEN : It has pleased Divine Provi* deuce, during the lost season, to give us abun dant orops, unbroken peace within our borders, unanimity among our people, and thus to ena ble this Commonwealth to do her full duty to the country, to herself, and to posterity. For these blessings we have cause to be grateful. The balance in the Treasury on the 80th Nov., 1860, was $681,433.08 The receipts during the fiscal year end ing Nov. 30, 1801, were as follows: From ord'y sources, 3,017,645,67 From temporary loan under Act of April 12, 185!, at C per cent interest and negotiated at par 476,000 From 6 pt . cent, loan under Act of May 15,1861 also negotiated at par. 2,612,150 From society ofCin. cmnatus 500 From United Siates on acount military expenses 606,000 From Pay Masters and others, re funded 32,229.45 Total into Treasury for fiscal vear end ing Nov. 30, 1861 7,424,958,10 And the payments as follows : Forord'ry put poses $3,144,480.34 For military expen ses, Under Acts April 12 met, ..<I MAY, I 5 and 16, 1861. 474.873.85 1,7(8.482.68 170,535.51 For Am't loan un der Act April 12, 1861, repaid 376,000 6,873,352.38 ; Leaving balance in Treasury, Nov 30, 1861 $1,551,605.72 "PUBLIC DEBT, FUNDED AND UNFUNDED. Received from tem porary loan, un der act April 12, 1861 475,000 Repaid as ai ove 375,000 Outstanding Nov 30 1861 100,000 Ree d from loan un der act May 16, 1861 2,612,150 Am't of public debt funded and un funded, Nov. 30, 1860 37,969,847.50 Paid during the fiscal rear 101,331.42 37,868,616.08 Remaining unpaid, (exclusive of mil itary loans above mentioned,) Nov. 80, 1861 37,868,516.08 RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF MILITARY LOANS. Receipts from mili tary loan undr act" Apr. 12, 1861 475,000 ' May 15 2,612,150 From Pay Masters and others refund ed 32,229.45 P'd mPt'y expenses as above, 2.353,872.04 P'd for redeeming 'oan, act Apr. 12 375.000 Unexpended of mil- iriwv loans $ 390,507.41 I RECEIPTS ANO EXPENDITURES OF ORDINARY REVENUE. Balance in Tre"ury, from ordinary sources, Nov. 30, 1860 681,433.08 Received from ordi nary sources dur ing fiscal year 3,017,645.57 3,699.078-65 Paid for ord'ry ex penses, as above 3,144,480,34 Unexpended of or dinary revenue- $54,598.31 Rec'd trum United S. Gov. on aot military expend. 606,000 Rec'd from Society Cincinnatue 500 Balance is Treasury, . as above $1,651,605.72 1$ will be observed tbat the fiscal year ends oo'the 3&b of November, and the linking fond year on the first Monday in September, which accounts for the apparent deficiency in tbi amount of debt paid as stated is tbe Trea surer's report, and by tbe Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. The State his on band a surplus of uniforms and equipments wbiob oogt about $190,000, which tbe United States bive agreed to take and pay for at cost. — A rangements have been made wi h the Gen- i cml Government for tbo reimbursement of the tuiliury expenses of the State siooe the 27th of July is#t. The bills as paid are forwarded to W -shrogtou and partial repayments have already been made. It will be unsolved tbat tbe receipts from A Weekly Papei Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms: One, Dollar ind Fifty Cents in Advance. ordinary sources of revenue for the year 1861 have decreased, but as payments have been made ou some of them since the settlement at the end of the fiscal year on tbe first of De cember, unJ more may reasonably be expected in addition to the payments to bo made by the National Government as hereinafter stated, the balance available ia the treasury will be largely iuoreaaed. It will also be observed that it has not yet been found necessary to call io all of tbe loan effected under the aot of the 18th of May last. In some items the ordinary revenue of 1861 was in excess of that 1880. The loan authorized by the aot of May 15, 1881, was taken at par. This occurrence, most gratifying under all the tbea existing circumstances of embarrassment, affords triurn* pliant evidence of the confidence of the peo* pie ia the stability and integrity of the Com monwealth, and of the determination to nap* port tbe Government. Tbe operations of the Stoking Fund during the lakt year have beeu as shown by my Pro clamation of sth of September last, as fol lows : Debt redeemed frem 4tb'of September, 1860, to Ist of September, 1861 $300,801 01 Of stock loans $300,050 00 Of interest on certificates 3,830 01 Ot relief notes 421 00 1 refer to the reports of the State Treasurer and Auditor General for the details of the fi nancial affairs of tbo Commonwealth. The reports of the Surveyor General and State Li brarian will exhibit the stato of the Depart ments under their care. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fond during the last spring received frcrn the Phil adelphia and Erie (late Suabury and Erie) 'Railroad Company forty bouds of that Compa ny for SIOO,OOO each, and a mortgsge to se cure the same executed ia oomforaiity with tbo tbir.l section of the act of Match the 7th, ! 1861. Th'O company has also deposited in : the Stato Treasury its bonds to the amount of j five millicas of dollars, in accordance with tbe 6th section of tbe same aot. On tbe 9lb ot 1 May ?it 1 granted my warrant authorizing I the State Treasurer to deliver to the said company one thousand of said bonds, being to j the amount of one million of dollars. This warrant was issued in conformity with the law, the five per cent bonds mentioned in the | fifth section of the act (except those bolorgtng to the State and now iu the Sinking Fund) baviDg been previously surrendered and oau eelled, and eatit-factioa entered on the Record of the Mortgage mentioned in said fifth sec tion. Having received notice from the com pany that the bonds so delivered to the com pany or their proceeds have been appropriated in accordance with the provisions of the law, : ou the 21st of June last, I appointed John A. Wright as Commissioner to examine and to report to mo whether said bonds or their proa oecds had been appropriated to tho purposes required by the act. His report has not yet been received by me. It is understood that arrangements have at last been made under which tho direet rail road connection between Philadelphia and Erie will be completed withiu a short time.— It is impossible to estimate too highly tho lift* j portance of this great woik to tho Common wealth, and especially to Philadelphia ami Erie and the hitherto neglected counties near j its route west of the Susquehanna. By the aot of the 2lst April, 1858, for the j sale of the State canals to tho Ounbury and Erie Railroad Company it was provided that j if that company should sell said can ..is for a greater sum in the aggregate than three and j a half millions of dollars, seventy fivo per j centum of excess should be paid to the Com- ! mouweaith by a transfer of so much of such ; bonds and securities as said company should . receive for the same and payable in like man- . nor. The company sold the canals and reported that the share of the profit on such sale, due to the Commonwealth was $281,250, of which $250 was paid in cash, and for the reuikimug $281,0C0 the Commonwealth received cuupuu bonds of the Wyoming Canal Company, to ■ b<t amount, being a portion of bunds for $900,(K)() issued by that company and secured by a mortgage of tho Wyoming canal, former ly called the Lower North Branch canai.— These bouds bear an interest of six per ecut per annum, payable semi-annually ,oa the 15th of Jauuary and July, and the interest was paid by the company to January last inclusive. The interest due on July last has not beco paid. Judgments Laving been obtained against the company ou some of the ooapons (or the upaid Jaly interest, a bill in equity wasfilod in tbe Supreme Court by a bond and stock bolder, in wbtoh such proceedings wero had that by a decree made on the 2d, of Septem ber last, the property and affairs of the com pany wire placed io the hands of a receive or. A plan has been suggested for the assent of tba stook and bond holders, which contem plates a sale of the oaual, under lawful pto oess, and a purchase of the auine for the pur pose oi forming a new company, of which the capital stock shall be ooe million of dollars, divided into twenty thousand shares of fifty dollars each, of which each assenting h"luir of a mortgage bond, for one thousand dollars, shall be entitled to eighteen shares, and each assenting holder of fitly shares of stock of the Wyoming Canal Company, shall be eoiU tied to uine sht.es. Of course no officer of the Commonwtaitb bad authority to asseut to the proposal, or in any way to affect her posi tion. It ia believed, also, that the plan is not one that ought to be assented to by tbe Common wealth, and that under all the circum stances, if tbe convenience of individual par- BEDFORD, PA. FRIDAY. JAN. 17- i 862. ties requites a change as proposed, tie debt due to the Commonwealth ought to e first paid or fully secured. I suggest that the Act paesel Bth of April, 1861, entitled, "Au Act concerning the sule of railroads, canals, &o," sbaiid tie modified so that iu all cases ia which * debt may be due to the Commonwealth by tbi com pany a# whose property a public work uny be sold, tbo purchasers thereof shall not b en titled to tbe benefits and privileges conferred by the Act unless they abail have first paid the debt due to the State, or secured the same by th- ir bouds to the Commonwealth smured by a first mortgage on the work itself. 1 commend the subject to tbe immediate consideration of the Legislature, as an fFurt may be made at an eatiy day to enforce a sale of tho canal, aud some provision by hw to protect the interests of tua Slate wotld in that case be necessary. The wicked and monstrous rebellion which broke out many months ago, has not yet been quelled. Every scutiment of loyalty aid pa triotism demands its effectual suppression. In my messages of ihe 9th and 30ih of April last, last forth at length views of tbe,char acter and objects of the contest which is still pending. Subsequent reflection has continued me in the correctness of the opinions theu ex pressed and to which I refer. Iu Addition it ought to bo understood, that looking to tbe variety and character of her products aud in dustry, her material interest alone would ren der the preservation of the Union from the present assault upon it, indispensable to Peuu syiyauia. She cannot afford to have a foreign power below or above or bounding her on tho Delaware, Ihe Chesapeake or the Mississippi, and she will never acquiesce iu auoh a reatlt, whatever may he the cost in men aud money of her resistance to it. Ou the 9rb of April of last I directed tho atteutiou of tho Legislature to the necessity which existod for an improved military or ganization, aud oa tho 12ih of the samo urorth tho act entitled -'Aii Act for the better organ ization of the militia of this Common wealth" pas-ed, appropriating the sum of S6OO,QuQ for th psrpsis of orgsuizing, equipping and arming tbe militia. On the 12th of April the President, by proclamation, called for a a military force of 75,000 men, of which tbe quota assigned to Pennsylvania was at first sixteen (afterward reduced to fourteen) regiments to serve as infantry or riflemen for tbe teirn of three mouths unless soouer dis charged. This cali was enthusiastically res* poudod to by the people of Pennsylvania.— The first military -id from the loyal States, which the Government received ut YY ushiugton, was a Pennsyivaaia corps which arrived there prior to the 19th of April. Ou thai day the passage of other corps from this and other States through Baltimore was impeded by force, and duriog nearly two weeks afterwards the communication between Washington and tha loyal Sates was almost entirely cut off.— Ou tho 19th 1 received a request from the War Department tbat the troops preparing in tuis State snoaid be clothed, armed, equipped, subsisted aod transported by the State in con sequence of the thea inability of the United States. This request was, of course, complied with, #.d twenty five regiments, (betug elev en reirimeiita beyond our quota,) comprising 20,175 men from Pennsylvania served for the term of t'ureo months uuder the President's proclamation above referred to. As tba tur uisbiug those volunteers with supplier was, ne cessarily, under the circumstauces, a hurried operation, and as complaints were made in re gard to them, aud frauds were alleged to have been perpetrated, I appointed a board of coui missruuers to investigate the whole subject.— A copy of their report with the evidence ta keu by them has beeu already laid before the publio. It is the intention of the Auditor General to open tho accounts of such parties as appear by the testiuieuy to have been over paid, and this course has already been taken tn two of those cases. Ou tbe expiration of.the term of the three months men, in Juiy last, some eight or ten thouaaud disohargeJ Pennsylvania volunteers where into ii&rrisburg without notice and detained here, waitiog to bo paid, for an average time of some tou days. Tfioir touts, camp equipage and (looking utensils bad been taken from them at YViliiaaisport, Md., and tuey arrived here destitute of all means of shelt er and of preparing their food. The Commis sary of the United States furnished uncooked rations, and under tha circumstances of ouier genoy 1 deemed it necessary to make arrange* mcuts for aiding in the cooking aud bakiug of the rations, and also for furnishing moais to such of the regiments as arrived during the Right, or under circuursUnoes requiring instant rehef. The expenses attending these opera tions amounted, so far as ascertained, to $744- 20, uud I recoommeud that the Legislature make an appropriation to pay thorn* It ought to be stated that these expenses would have been much larger, but for the liberal and pa triotic efforts of the citizens, and especially ihu ladies of Hatrisburg; their free-handed hospitality and generous aid to our wearied hungry soldiers deserve reuitiuberauoe aud grat itude. At the special session of the L<visiaiuri) which commenced on the 30th of April list, I recommended the oigunizttiou of a reserve corps, to be kraied, equipped, clothed, subsis ted and paid by the Bute, and drilled iu camps of instruction, iu anticipation of tho exigen cies of the country, and by tbe act of the 15th of May last, such a corps was directed to bo raised, and a loan of $3,000,000 was author ized to defray tbe expenses of that end other military preparations. Men more than suffi cient in number to form some teu regiments of the Reserve Corps had previous to the 15tb of May been accepted by mc in pursuance of a call on me (afterwards resoinded), for twenty* five regiments, and were then already Assem bled and subject to my control. Most of these men volunteered for the Reserve Corps, aud were immediately organized. The remaining regiments were rapidly recruited and the corps j was thus completed, and Geo. A. McCall, of Chester county was commissioned as Major General, aud assigned to tbe oumuiand of all the forces raised or to be raised under the provisions of the last mentioned act. The regiments composing the Reserve Corps wero instructed in four camps iu different parts of the State, until they were taken into the ser vice of the United States. Two of these regi ments, under the commands of Colonels Ohas. : J. Biddis and Seneca G. Simuions, and two companies of artillery, under the command of Col. Cbae. T. Campbell, at tho pressing in stance of the War Department, ware snot to the relief of C6l. Wallace, at Cumberland, aud remained for about six weeks there and in Western Virginia, engaged in active opera tions. Towards tbe close of July the whole Corps was called for under requisition, and taken in to the service of the United States. Withiu four days after the disaster at Bull's Run, eleven regiments of this fine body of men (armed, drilled, clothed, equipped, aud tu ail respects ready for active service), were in Washington. The regiments and companies from Western Virginia aud the remaining two regiments, niakiug the whole number of fifteeu. sooo joined them there, and they are all now in service under tbe commaud of Geo. MoCeli who has been cowmissi-juod as a Brigadier General by the United States. These fifteen regiment* eontiin fifteen thou sand eight hundred and fifty-six men, aud con stitute a division comprising three brigades, a regiment of artillery and one of cavalry. The whole expense of raising, clothing, equipping, subsisting and paying tho Reserve Corps, (ia eluding the expense of estaolisiuog and fitting the camp of instruction, of recruiting, and supplying regimental flags, and the expense* of the campaign of the two regiments and companies iu Maryland and Western Virginia, wbioh were ',i defrayed by tbo Stele) has a oaunuted to $855,444,87. This does not in clude tbo transportation on railroads, as the separation of that account would have been a work of great labor, nor does it include the pay of the two regiments during theoampaign. but it does not include all the expenses, which wero heavy, of teams and transportation, not oo railroads, for the two regiments on the cam paign above mentioned. Twelve regiments of the Reserve Coips were paid, subsisted, &0., by tba State to the average date of 224 July. The two regiments iu Western Virginia were paid by the State to the data of their depar ture from Harrisburg an that expedition. The cavalry regiment was not paid by the State it will he perceived that th whole average ex pense per man w .s $53,95. Previous to the 31st of April last, a regi ment had been enlisted in the city of Eric from Northwestern Pennsylvania. When the call was made ou mo on that day for 25 addi tional regiments, the Erie regiment was order ed to march to Harrisburg. The call was re soinded, however, before tbe regiment reached Pittsburg, ad 1 ordered it o cue* cap at that city, where it remained until the 30th of June. The National Government deelineo to muster the regiment into servioe—as ail existing re quisitions mad* on the State wcie more than filled. Much apprehenoion existed io tbe Western and Southwestern borders of the State, and it was deemed prudent to retain the regimont at Pittsburg to meet any emergency thai might arise. After the passage of the Act of the 15th May, 1861, it was expected that the regi ment would form part of the Reserve Volun teer Corps, but as tbe men bad been a long time from home and remained inactive in camp, they declined entering the aerviee, and were substituted and paid up to the 30th of June by the State. Two regiments have since been enlisted from the same gpart of Pennsylvania at tbe city of Erie, ooe of which has been at Washington in service siuce September, and the other is now ready for marching orders — and it is due to tbe first Erie regiment to say that, most of tbe men are now in servioe. Further requisitions for sixteen regiments of Infantry and two regiments of Cavalry ! were shortly afterwards made by the War Department. Of these, sixteen havo already beeu raised and are in the service of tbe Uni ted States, aud the remaining two are io the course of organisation aud nearly ready to march. „ ; In addition to tbe requisitions ou the State, the War Department had given author ities to numerous individuals to raise volun teers in Pennsylvania, but as tbat system was fouad to create much embarrassment, a general ; erder WJB issued by the War Department on the 2o;h of September last, placing all sueh grgauiauiioris under the control of tbe Gover nor, and shortly after a requisition w.is made on the Statu to iuereasc her quota to 75.000 j men. Those independent organizations, as they were called, thos beoarna Pennsylvania regiments, aud as completed arid sent forward, foim part of the quota of the State, The State regiments have been uumbored, and the last to this date is numbered 115.- i Two of the three months regiments have con tinued in service under the late requisitions, and rctaiu their Original numbers. Deducting ; the remaining twenty-three three months regi ments, there are ninety-two regiments in ser- i vice and preparing for it. We have also in i service and preparing twtnty-f'our companies, j The following table of the existiug Peausyl- " vauia volunteer force is givdn for iuforma tion; REGIMENTS IN SERVICE. 66 regiments of infantry of which 6 were rifle regiments, 71.189 11 regiments of cavalry. 12,690 1 regiment of artillery. 1 077 84,956 COMPANIES IN SERVICE. 7 companies of infi.utry, 707 6 • " cavalry, 578 6 artillery, 936 2,221 87,177 Euligtments in other than Pennsylva nia organizations, estimated, (the officers of which are iu course of be ing commiesioaeo,) 6,400 Total in service, 93.577 REGIMENTS PREPARING FOR SERVICE. 12 regiments of infantry, 13.092 1 " " cavalry, 1,138 1 " " artillery, 1,077 if % 15,305 COMPANIES PREPARING FOR SERVICE. 1 company of savuiry, 109 4 companies of artillery, 024 733 16,038 In service, 93,577 Pre paring for service., lei,ooß Pennsylvania's contribution, 109,615 Exclusive of 20,175 three months meu now disbanded* ■ . The regiments preparing for servioe are iu ocmplete. Those rtm may nut be filled by the iG.fa inst. will t>c consolidated and sent fur ward. Ot the legitu-uts iu service, tha lltn aud 15th regiments of Infantry are at Anoap oris; toe 28 n, 29 b, 2Lr, 66.h, 69t0, 71st. 72ad, and 106 th, regiment* and uuu company of infantry arc iu the command oi Msjor bii-L. Bank-; the-lo b, 50d, 55th, 76.ir aoc 100.h regiiujnu ot infantry are iu South Uaroitua; the 48th iufantry are at ilatteras iuiet; tbe 108iu Infantry and llib Cavalry are at Fort ress Monroe) the 77tu, 78th aud 79,a Infautry, the 7th uud 9tu eavaity. one troop of home, oue squadron of cavalry, two batialiiuns of artillery are in Kentucky; the 84'.ii aud 110;tj iufantry are in Western Virginia, as are also three companies of lufantry, four companies ol cavalry, five companies oi light artillery; the 87 ' io.autiy are at Cuokoysviiie, in Maryland; one ' Company of ..rtiiiery is at Fort Delaware; uli tne remainder of the volunteers arc JI or near VV asuiugt en. Upwards of 300 volunteers from Pennsylvania are now prisoners, but as artaug meuts have hovAr made lor the txjuauge of prist.utis it cii*y be expected that they will soon be released. Iu compliance with the joint resolutions of the 16.u of May last, 1 h,.ve procured regi mental flags for tt.e Peuuiyivauia voiuoteers, and have presented them in person to m >st of the regiments. Iu oilier cases, the regitu, uts being ou or near the Potomac, r have n quest* ed Mr. Gowau, Senator, and Messrs. Grow and YV ngi.t members of the House of Represen tatives, from Pennsylvania, to preseut them in the name oi the Common Wealth. The General GotutiUHiatrtquetted that the States thuuid abstain trorn purchasing arms, as their competition Mas found injurious iu the market, aud iu view of the large expenditures of money in arming aud equipping the volun teer force of the State, providad~for the de fence of the Rational Government, I did not purchase any as authorized by tae. ilSth sec tion of the aat of the Isth of May, 1801. The Statu has now quite as many arms as are nes ccssary to arm all her volunteer organizations in existeaoe; hut, influenced by the threateu iug aspect of our relations with foreign gov ernments, 1 have directed the Adjutant Gener al to procure arms as soou as it can be done ! on reasonable terms and without injurious com petition with the National Government. Arms have beeu distiibuted auiuug tku border coun ties to all the organizations that have been formed to receive theui. 1930 arms have beeu thus distributed, i have also addressed a let ter to the commissioners of ail the border couuties, offering arms to them as soon as tail, itary orgaizatiotis shall be formed to receive them. Besides thus complying with the re quirements of the 27 th seoiiou of the Act ot loth May last, 1 have deemed it prudent to off-r five thousand arms to such military or" gauizatious as may be formed in Philadelphia on a pliio to be appro ved by me as Commander in-Chief. Muskets and rifles to a considerable extent have been furnished to the Pennsylva nia volunteers Ironi the State arsenal. Others have beeu sent by the United Stales authori ties to arm them before leaving the State. In some cases regiments have gone without arms under assurances from the War department that they wou.d he urrned at Washing tun or other uoar designated poiuts, and tut their immediate departure was required, it was thought wise in these cases not to iusist on the arms beiug .-eot before the regiments marched, as this woulu have imposed on the government an unutceasary expense iu freight, and would have been productive ot dciays which ought have been seriously detrimental to ilie punite service, ijorty-two pieces of artillery with limbers, caissons, forges, ammunition wagous, haruess aud ml the ueces.-aty iuipluiueuts and equipments were furaiahad t>y the State to the aruliery regiment of ibu litaerve Corps. Ten of these wero furnished by the State,and their cost has beeu refuuded ly the United States. Diligence lus been used iu collecting aims throughout the State and repairiug uud alter ing them in the most unproved uuoutr. VQL. 35. M 3. 'J be Stite has now 62 pui.-cs of artillery, of which 17 need repairs, 26,753 muskets and rifle*, somo of which are in the hands of mechanics being re paired, 1910 are in the hands of vol uo e*r corps throughout the State; 1930 in the possession of County Com missioners, and 1,000 with tha reserve corps of Philadelphia. • In addition to this tha city of Philadelphia 9 pieces of rifled artillery, and 4.976 muskets ami rifles. 1 he citttte has also in the arsenal at Harris* burg 1 966 sabres and swords, and 1,957 pistols; and the city of Phil*, has 440 sabres, and 026 pistols with the necessary accoutre ments. 1 here is also in the Arsenal at Harrisburg a large amount of accoutrements and ammuni tion tor artillery and small arms. rile Adjutant General is successfully en gaged in collecting arms throughout the State, and it is expected that the number above stat ed wiil bo largely increased. Probably, at •a .st, 5, £ 00 muskets and rifles and several pieces of artillery will s ill be ooilected. Ine one vwiiuh has beea bestowed upon the comfort of the volunteers, and the goodness and siilficieuey of tbeir supplies Of ail kinds, and ma excellent arrangements of the Medical Deym tuieut under the control of Surgeon Gen eral Henry 11. Smith, are proved by the fact tDtt more than 6U,000 men have been for va* nous, geuerdly short peri- .Is at Gamp Curtiu since toe 19th of April last, and that down to ihe Ist -January iust. taere died but fortv-ni> i meu at thai camp, viz., forty-four from ,fck ueoa, two (belonging to regiments horn oth r iiatee,) who had been injured ou railroads, two accidentally killed in Camp Curiin and on* shot in llai i isourg. To iaeiiiuie the making of allotments of their puy by our voiuntcors in the held for the support tu ♦tour families at home,! appointed *l°"' %wau, Xaouias JB. Franklin and U. HuioaaTpLl ti,., commissioners tD'Vwii the camps ot oar men on and south of th§_ Poto mac, and also James Park and M. VV.Beltz h'jovei, iu-qs., - comaiis-ioners to vi*it tbo camps of our men iu Kentucky and elsewhere in the western country, to calf the attention of the troops io the system of allot meat and to encourage them iu adopting a practical piaa for carrying it into efLct. Abe several reports of these commissioners are highly satisfactory. For details oa the several subjects connec* ed with the military operations of th ; s StHte, ; 1 refer to the reports of the A -jutant General, Surgeon General, Quarter Masier General, Commissary General and Paymaster General which accompany ibis .Message. The duties imposed oa tue wero so onerous that I touni it necessary to invite the temporary assistance of gentlemen oa my staff to aid ma lo perfo-m them. In this oup'.oily, Cols. Tboma* A. Soott, Gideoo J Sail, and John A Wright contrbuted thtir valuable services from the middle of April until *bey were called away by other duties. Go). Scott remained until he became oonnect ed wish the War Department, Col- Ball ntitil the Ist of June and Col. Wright uuiil the 23d of July; for the time thus devoted to tbe ecr vieo of the Stare they have iefused to receive any compensation. Cols. Joseph D. Potts, A. L. Russell, J. Brown Parker and Craig Biddle were in ser vice op to the 20th of December. Tbe De partment of Telegraph aud Transportation waa under the exolusive control of Col. Potts. The system and economy of its mangement show how faithfully and well he fulfilled his office. It is but just to all these gentlemen that I should bear testimony to ibe untiring zeal and fidelity with which their duties were perform ed. The quota of the State having been more tbau filled, and her military foroe organized, I was enabled on the 20tb of Deo. last, to dis pense with a persoual staff, aud the tempora ry arrangement which had been made for its employment was then closed. By the 13'b section of the Act of the 15th of May, 1361,1 was authorized to draw my warrants on the Treasury for a sum not ex ccecdiug $20,000 for compensation to such persona as might be required to servo the coun try in a military capacity, &o. Or this fund 1 have drawn from the Treasury $8,500, out of which I paid tbe compensation of my per sonal staff, also other expenses of the military departmeut, and tbe actual expenses of persons employed on temporary lervioe, neoe of whom received any further compensation, and expen ses of the eommissioos appointed to investi gate alleged frauds, &e , and the expenses of establishing military patrols on the Maryland line *nd five hundred dollars on secret service. My account is settled in the iffioa of the Au ditor Gen -ral up to tbe Ist of December. On that day 1 had expended $6,400, and except seme inconsiderable payments made since, she balance remains in my hands. 1 he report of the Auditor General will ex hibit the '.turns of the account. An account ot military expenditures by tho Siate un behalf of ihe United States, as far as the same bad then Leeu aseeitaiuod uud settled by the accounting department here, w.,8 nr.do up to the first day of Sepiember, 1861, aud presented on the 12th of that month ut the Tita,.ury Dep-aituieut of the Unite#! States for settlement and allowance. The sum of $006,000, has bctu received from the Treasury lbpuitmrnt on that account. The repayment by iho General Government of the' expenses attending the organization ami sup poit of the Reserve Corps, may not be piu ttded tor by suy of Congress.
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