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-he earth has been
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the injury suffered
s
of soino of_oue bOrder
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pnfilrof fitikton e Ta tnent: — The kear
ofos'ea:w)th-a - train of brilliant success
op obtained by the armies of the Uni
ted States, inspiring hope in every loy
al mind that the accursed rebellion
yeill'soon be crushed, and peace be re
ltored,tO Our country.
•
•
/lhe!balance in the 'Treasury,
N'S'o o l 1863, Wns .$2,147,331 70
Ilectiffs ddring fiscal yearend
- -ins, 14'ne. 30, 1864,
. . ..
Total In Treasury far fiscal year
4... Swill*. Nov. 30, 1864, $8,880,64 472
' ;,,"The payntenta for the same pe
riod hare been 4,938,441 09
Balance in Treasury, Nov. 30,
1864 - $1,042,203 63
The 'operations of the sinking fund during
tbOael,/ear'have been shown by_ my preela-
MittiOn-ef the 27th 'day of September last, as
fldloyfts
'Ail olll o,.of debt of
iro inmonwealth, •-• •
• ridnced
Att fullevre, viz:
,filte per cent. loan
. nEsttfe ,Cosiunon
wealth, . $268,308 03
Trititeet
,certificates
- 1- „Aideenied, - 261 47
r= - 268,569 60
6o . '6iscil year - accounted fur in the state
ment of the Treasury Department, embraces
theitinto from flits' Ist of December, 1863, to
Abe. 30th` of November, 1864. The sinking
'fend... year commenced the first ',lllonday in
Beptemb'er,lB62, andclosed the first Tuesday
in September,' Iliti4.--=_Thie will explain the
7 Alitcrepaney, between the statement of the
:.41kitgairepartruerit as to the reduction of
0 0 - ,il,fre debt of the State, ring- the emte
- odied In,the proclamation relative
king AMA,
Amt of public • '
,d't of Penn
.... , sylvanis, as •
:it. stood' on
tbe first day
of Dec., '63
Deduct ain't, - •
redeemedat
the State
tre,tuse rjr du
Fring the fie
* -1411l yr. end
mg NOT 30,
1864, 11Z
'kiie , sper cent. \
stocks $10\722 73
four t n half
a Tr. stoke 10,010 00
Interest .
fteates,
2,276, 11 116.092 84
YOH° debt,
..LlSee. 1, 'G4,
. ,
:ritided- debt,
1:. pee dent
loans ordi- .
nary, 400,630 00
}lee per cent;
loans, ordi-
_nary, 35,605,26'3 72
Four t a half
' per cantons
r—lawns, ordi
nary,
257,200 00
truftirk!!l debt,
r tie -
RelteEnotes in
eiretdation,
ntereet certi
'ficates out
rntereit
carti
fientee
Itoineslie ere
ditore'. cer
tifieites,
97,251 00
13,08052
4,448 38
724 32 115,510
Military loan
par not 15th
. May,-1801,'
:Total .public
;debt Dec. 1,
- 1864.
• The Commonwealth holds bonds received
?rot the gale of public works, amounting to
ten three hundred thousand dollars,
($10,300,000 00) as follows.
-...rennaylvania Railroad Cora
- nany bonds,- 0,800,000 00
1 - 1 •Iolin & Erie Railroad
bonds,
-
These bonds are in the Sinking Fund,
tinitreduce the public debt to U9,479,-
463;94.. •
The tax bn tonnage imposed by the
:',nets of 30th - April and 25th August,
1.664 i 4as_yielded something less than
~s2oo,ooo—a much less Burn than was
anticipated.-, I recommend a revision
-lof these - acts for the purpose of
ren
;'!'ering-thiss source of revenue more
,piodOetive, and amending other do
' in-those bills.
•
The revenue derived from the tax on
„tithing the year amounts to
I:s7,'lptit under the . enabling
- so many of. our banks
lionat banks under the
act ot uoti - ires's, that this source of
revenue may be considered as substan:
tially extinguished, and it will be nec
essary in-some way to make up the de
ficiency from other sources.
The act of Congress authorizes the
taxation by the State of the stock in
'the National banks in the bands of the
laolders, not exceeding the Tato. of tax
-ation 'on other similar property, and
• lied of the della ieu ey may be this pr°-
z vided for.
4930Ametintordiatat extinguished by
Ile Sinking Fund during , the year is
unusually email, which Is to be ac-
BIM
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WILLIAM LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XX.
counted for by the extraordinary ex
penses which have been incurred.
Seven hundred and thirteen thotisand
dollars ($713,000) have been paid to
refund to the banks the money ad
vaneed by them to pay the volunteers
in service during the invasion-of the
State in 1863. One llundred thousand
dollars (6100,000)thitve been distribu
ted amongTtlitOnhabitants of Chain•
bereburg,knffering by the rebel destruc
tiorOV:theirlown:: -:About two hub
dri4hotitend dollars_(62oo,ooo)_have
beefil:.:expended under the acts provi.
:*ng'for the payment of extra military
Claims, and in addition to these extra
ordinary 'outlays, the amount appro
priated to charities was last year:lar
ger than usual. -
In my opinion this matter of dona
tions to charities is fast running into a
great abuse. Houses of Refuge and
insane, Blind and Deaf and •Dnnib
Asylums,
appear to be proper subjects
of State bounty, because their objects
are of public importance and, to be
useful,and well and economically Mana
ged, it [gems to be necessary that they
should be more extensive than would
bo required for the wants of a particu
lar county. But in on; system ' ordi.
nary local charities are left to the care
of the respective localities, and to give
the public money for their suppsrt is
really to tax the inhabitants of all the
counties- for the benefit of one.
4,733,313 02
The national taxation is heavy and
must probably be. made heavier, and
the local taxes authorized by unwise
legislation:and paid by our people aro
excessive. In view of these circum
stances, we. should endeavor to avoid
increasing their burdens by making
undue appropriations for any purpose.
It being alleged that the Atlantic
and Great Western Railroad Company
has not in various particulars obeyed
the law by whieh it was incorporated,
the Attorney General (on the sugges•
Lion of parties claiming to be thereby
injured) has filed an information in
equity against that company, seeking
an injunction to prevent a continuance
of its peat, and the persistence in its
intended illegal course. •
Since my last annual message on the
rnnnrh of John A. Wright, Esq., that
tbo Sunbury
an -
•ished, I ordered the bonds remaining
in the treasury to be delivered to the
company.
It is a subject of just pride to the
people of this Commonwealth, that
this great work is completed, and whilst
it opens a largo and wealthy part of
the State to the commerce of the sea
board, and unites capital and enter
prise within our borders, it secures to
the Commonwealth the payMent of
the sums due her from the company:
$258,569 50
$39,406,59G 78
In my special message of 30th April
last, to which I refer•, 1 communicated
to the Legislature, in some detail, the
circumstances connected with.the ad•
vance by banks and other corporations
of the funds to pay the volunteer mi
litia of 1863.
. It is not necessary here to recapitit ;
late them at length. The case was pc
euliar, and it is believed none quite like
it has occurred. The call for volun
teers was made by the authorities of
the United States but it being found
that moo could not bo got under that
call, the form of a call by-the State au
thorities for the defence of the State
was, with the assent of the President,
tubstituted. The United States agreed
to tarnish the arms, subsistence and
blWies but it. Was alleged that Con
geal bad made no appropriation cov
ering The pay. In this state of things,
the er.oNeney being great, the Seere•
retary or War telegraphed me, thus :
WA:MIINGTON, July 22,1863.
To His Exceittcy, Gov. A. G. Curtin :
Your telegrams respecting the pay
of militia, called out under your proc
lamation of the 27th of June, have
been referred to the President for in
structions, and have been under his
consideratiou. Ho directs me to say,
that while no laW orappropriation au
thorizes the payment, by the General
Government, of troops that have not
been mustered into the service of the
United States, he will recommend to
Congress to make an appropriation for
the payment of troops called into State
service to repel an actual invasion, in
cluding those of the State of Pennsyl
vania. If, Mile meenthno, you can
raise the necessary amount, as has
been, done in other States, the appro.
priation will be applied to refund the
advance to those who made it. Meas.
urea have been taken for the payment
of troops mustered into the United
States Berviee, as Boon as the muster
and pay rolls are made out. The an
swer of this department, to you as
Governor of the State, will be given
directly to yourself, whenever the de
partment is prepared to make answer.
(Signed) EDWINM. STANTON.
Secretary of War.
.U 9,379,603 94
3et,26 ,OD3
$36,379,603
3,000,000
$39,379,603
3,500,000 00
$10,300,000 00
The banks and other: corporations
refused to-advance the money; unless
I would pledge myself to ask an ap
propriation from the Legislature to
refund it. It will be noticed that the
pledge of . the -President is clear and
distinct, but, notwithstanding the mon
ey was paid and the accounts settled
and placed in the bands of the Presi
dent before the meeting of Congress,
no such recommendation as promised
me was made, and for that reason the
bill introduced for that, purpose failed.
The men were raised and placed under
the command of Major s General Couch
and tbe . Other officers in this De
partment. The troops Were held in
service longer than the emergency for
which they were called out required.
Several of the reghnepts were march
ed imneediate4 , 47 . i l lta distant parts of
the I State, by order of .the - ofileeri3 01
the army stationed in Pennsylvania,
against- my rapeated• reinonetrances.
They, were retail e l, as leas alleged, to
preserve the peace and enforce the
draft. Nearly, if not quite, one half
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1865.
the money was paid to troops. thus
held, and after the emergency had ex
pired. Finding that the appropriation
was likely to fail in Congress, I laid
the matter before the Legislature, just
prior to their adjournment, in May
!sat, and an act of Assembly was im
mediately passed to refund the money
out of the State Treasury, which, as
above stated, has been done. I ought
to say that the appropriation by Con
gross was vigorously supported by all
the member; from this State, in both
branches. 'laving done everything in
my power to procure the payment of
this just claim of the State, I now roe
' oinmend that the Legislature take the
subject - into eonsidoration with a view
to induce proper action by the Presi
dent and Congress.
By the act of22d August, 1861, I
was authorized to cause an immediate
enrolment of the militia to be made,
unless that recently made by the Uni
ted States slwuld be found sufficient,
and to raise by volunteerine• °
or draft
a corps of fifteen thousand men for
the defence of ,our Southern border.
The United States enrolment being
found very defectiveiT directed an en
rolment to be made, which is now in
progress under the charge of Colonel
Lemuel Todd, whom I appointed In
spector General. A draft by the Uni
ted States was then in progress, and it
, was not thought advisable to harass
'our people by a contemporaneous State
draft, even if a draft had been practi
cable under the present law. Volun
teers could not be obtained, there be
ing no bounties, and the men not being
exempted by their enlistment in that
corps from draft by the United States.
Fortunately the United States placed
an army, under General Sheridan, be
tween us and the enemy, and thus pro
vided:effectually for our defence.. With I
such adequate protection as proved by
the brilliant campaign of that army,
I did not think it right to incur the
expense to the State of an independent
army, and the withdrawal of so many
of our people from their homes and
pursuits. Meanwhile arrangements
have been made with the authorlins
at Washington for arming, clothing,
subsisting and supplying the corps ut
ease of the United States, and
113211
ities of the United — Stateigi
such volunteers in the corps as may
be drafted by the United States. The
corps so privileged not to exceed 5,000
men. It is my intention to raise 5,000
men during the winter, and I have al
ready adopted. measures, to, that end.
there may occur irruptions of irregu
lar bodies of the rebels, and it is well
to be provided against them. The
number proposed to be so raised and
put_ into actual service, will in my
judgment be aufficient, and a regard to
due economy requires that no more
than are sufficient should be placed on
pay. The remaining 10,000 will be
organized, and ready for service in case
of necessity. I invite your immediate
attention to the very able report of the
Inspector General, which sets forth the
defects in the law which he has discov
ered in his preparation for carrying it
into practical effect.
The State agencies at Washington
and in the South-west, are in active
and successful operation. I eptnmuni
cute herewith the reports.of Col. Jor
dan,-at Washington, and Col. Cham
berlain, agent for the South-west.—
The provisions of the law requiring
the agents to collect moneys duo by
the United States to soldiers, have
been beneficent. A. reference to their
reports will show the magnitude and
usefulness of this branch of their ser
vice. I desire to invite the attention
of all our volunteers, officers, soldiers
and their families to the fact that the
State agents will collect all their
claims on the Governwient, gratuitous
ly, as I have reason to believe that
many are. still ignorant of that fact,
and are greatly imposed upon by the
exhorbitant commissions charged by
private claim agents.
Under the act of the 6th of May,
1804, I appointed lion. Thomas H.
Burrowes to take charge of the ar
rangements for the education of the
orphans of soldiers. 1 communicate
herewith a copy of this report on the
subject. Ile has discharged his duties
with commendable zeal, fidelity and
efficiency. I earnestly recommend
that a permanent and liberal appropri
ation be. made to support this just and
worthy scheme of beneficence.
• I recommend that an appropriation'
be made for pensions to the, volunteer
militia men, (or their families,) who
wore killed or hurt in service in the''
years 1862 .and - 063. As soldiers I
sometimes arrive here who aro insane,
and who should be protected and car
ed for, I recommend that, provision be
made for their being placed in the
State Asylum for the Insane, at this
place, and kept until notice can be
given to the authorities of their red
pectivo
counties, who shOuld be re—
quired to remove and care for them.
.1 feel it to be my duty to invite year
serious attention to the evils growing
out of the system of passing nets of
incorporation, for purposes which are
provided for by general laws. We
have passed acts authoriling charters
to bo obtained without special legisla
tion. Those acts have been generally
prepared with some care, and contain
the provisions which the Legislature
thought necessary to protect the Com
monwealth and her citizens. If these
general laws arc not found to answer
such purposes, they should be amen
ded and perfected. If any company
desires to be incorporated with great
er privileges than are conferred, or to
be relieved from any of the conditions
imposed by these acts, it appears to
ins that it should be required first to
cihtain Is charter tinder the general
talus,
gs and then apply to the Legisla
ture for an act' making the changes
which are' desired. The attentiOrl of
-PERSEVERE.-
the Legislature will thus .be drawn to
the specific object, and a judgmentean
'be formed of its propriety. I would
also observe that great evil results
from the habit of granting privileges
to a corporation by a Mere reference
to some former private act relating to
other corporations, sometimes without
even giving the date of theee
All these practices aro bad ; and al
though they may sometimes be pursu
ed by parties having no bad intention,
yet they eertainly originated in the
design of surprising the Commonwealth
into grants of .privileges which it was
known could not be obtained if their
extent were understood, as they are
often followed,now,foklie same fraud
ulent purpose
I strongly.recommend the repeal of
the act passed the 18th day of July,
A. n. 1863, entitled "4.n act relating
to corporations for mechanical, manu-'
facturing, mining, and quarrying pur
poses."
Its provisions aro found to be prac
tically eo inconsistent with the due
protection of the citizens and with the
just policy of the Commonwealth, that
it ought not to be allowed to stand
longer on our statute, book. I approv
ed the act in question with great re
luctance, and subsequent reflection
and observation have satisfied me of
its mischievous character.
I also recommend the repeal of an
act passed the 22d day of July, ♦- D.
1863, entitled "A .furtber supplement
to an act to enable joint tenants and
tenants in common, and adjoining
owners of minernl.landv in this Gem
monwealth, to, marnige and develop
the same." .- '
This act allows foreign corporations
to hold three hundred acres of land in
this State for mining : .purposes. It
was passed, it is helieted, for the ptir
pose of enabling, companies near our
border engaged - in the manufacture of
iron, to bold land as ore banks. But
under the idea that the sinking of an
oil well is. mining, it is believed that
companieg have already been organ
ized under the laws• of other States,
and that more will be, for the purpose
of holding lands and carrying on the
oil business in this: State. It would
be better to remove' all doubt on this
zinestion by ropealing.tho net. These
companiesMding W - giro. • • . ,
are not within the control of our laWs
to the oxtent that they ought to be
for the purposes of taxation and roe,
The immense development of wealth
in some of our western counties by
the discovery of oil, has added vastly
to the resources of the Commonwealth.
I have made efforts to ascertain the
value of this product during the last
year, but have failed .in procuring in
formation sufficiently accurate to jus
tify me in e'stimating its amount. It
is already i eat, and is rapidly increas•
The • productions and mai.ufactares
of the State have become so diversifi
ed. and abundant that some measure
should be taken for an accurate ascor•
tainmont of them, so that their extent
may be generally known, and also that
the necessary taxation may be intelli
gently imposed. Irecommend for these
purposes the creation •of a Bureau, of
which the Auditor General and State
Treasurer shall be made members, and
the head of which shall be it now offi
cer, to be styled Commissioners of Sta
tistics, or designated by any other rp
propriate title.
Tho act'of Angust.;lB6l, pro
viding for the votingof soldiers, should
be carefullyexamiued, with a • view to
its amendment, and, indeed, a revis
ion of our whole election laws would
seem to be desirable with a view to
the two.essential objects of, 1. The
admission of legal and exclusion of il
legal votetrat•the polls; and, 2. Faith
ful and correct returns of the votes
actually polled: I communicate here
with the opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral on the conflicting returns for the
16th Congressional District., which
will show some of the practical diffi
culties which arise under the existing
system. Without undertaking to re
commend the adoption of any particu
lar plan, I submit, the whole subject
to your careful and earnest consider
ation, in the hope that in your wisdom
you will be able to devise some meas•
ure which will produce, the result. so
essential to the existence of ,a free goV
ernment; that, votes shall be fairly ta
ken in the first instance, and fairly
counted and returned afterwards
1 have endeavored since I came in
to office to exercise as ,cautiously as
possible the powers confided to the
Executive, and avoid usurping any:_.
I shall endeavor to persist in this course
to the end
A now call has been made by the
President for 300,000 man. , This ren
ders, it proper that .1 should invite your
attention to the ev i ils which have re,
ulted from abuses of the system of
local bounties which Was begun, in an
emergency, by the voluntary and gen
erous loyalty of our citizens, before
the passage by Congress of the en'rol
moot act, and' has since been eolith'''.
ued by sundry nets of Assembly. The
result has been to the last degree op
pressive to our citizen's,. and unproduc
tive of - corresponding benefit to the
Gevernment. In some counties and
townships,it'iebelieVed i that the boun
ty tax during tho, last year exceeded
the average income derived from the
land, The large'iums Oland iu some
places in - the competition' for men,
have demoralizetlinany, of oar people,
and the most atrocious frauds" connee
.ted with the system haVe beetime o°m
m". Th e men of some of thii poorer
counties have been nearly' exhausted
by their volunteers being -credited to
richer localities puyiyig heavier. boun- .
ties. The system as ',practiced-lowers
the morale of 'the army ltsolf
hy . put
ting into the rank - S men actuated
'
merely moue ler.) , motives, and ivtlo
,
.. . ,
1 , .
C
.
nro tempted to desert by tho facility
of escaping detection, and the prospect
of now gains by, :re•enlistment, a pro
cess which they expect to be able to
ropeat,nn indefinite number of times.
Of the number of pion for Whom boun
ties have been paid, it is believed that
not one fourth have been actually plac
ed in the ranks of the army, and even
those who htive joined it, have proba
bly not on an average received for
their own use ono•half of the bounty
paid for them. Immense sums have
thus been appropriated by cheats and
swindlers, in many cases believedto be
acting in complicity with agencioi of
the Government. •
An effort was• made - to prosecute
seine of 'the parties concerned in such
frauds under the act; of Assembly of
14th August last, and they wore bound
over by the Mayor of this City, but
after the witnesses had come hero on
the meeting of the court, they disap
peared from the public eye. I recom
mond the whole subject to youre•tre—
flit consideration, that the system . may
be purged of these evihi.
I am officially informed that the
quota of this State, under the recent
call, is 66,999, but I am not informed
of the principal on which the; draft is
to be made.
It appears from the President's
proclamation that it is made chiefly
to supply an alleged defiCiency in for—
nor calls. I am surprised at the
amount of this large" deficiency, and
can only account for the difference
between the number of men furnished
by the State and the deficiency alleged
to exist in the assignment of 'the pros—
ont quota by the assumption that the
men never reached the army, although
enlisted and mustered after the pay
ment of bounties by the localities to
which they were supposed to be cred
ited. It is probable that there are
very few counties in the State which
have not paid large bounties for a
number of mon sufficient to fill their
former quotas.
Taking the local bounties at the low
average of four hundred dollars, it is
believed that it can be demonstrated
that the people of Pennsylvania have
thus been robbed of more than twelve
millions of dollars during the past
year•. This estimate does not i •
. • '. taint - 0 .- My taken
.from
men who have actually gone into thU
service.
The continuance of these monstrous
and unparalleled abuses cannot bo
tolerated. •
Certainly more men are required to
aid . our .gallant soldiers in the - field in
crushing this rebellion, and every
consideration of patriotism and of re.
gard for our brothers who are now in
the face of the enemy, obliges us to
spare no effort to raise the necessary
force.
In June last I gave letters to a com
mittee of the prison society of Phila
delphia, requesting that the members
of the committee might be allowed to
visit and examine the prisoners and
poorhouses throughout the Conimon—
wealth. I transmit with this commu
nication a copy of tbe report made to
me by the society of the results of their
labors, and commend the same to
your attention with a view to the
adoption of proper measures to reform
the abusos which have boon found to
exist.
In connection with this subject,
again stall your attention to the expo
dincy of providing for the reception
!n the :penitentiaries, of persons con
victed of murder in the first degree,
and who may be pardoned on condition
of serving a limited term therein. It
has become a custom that an incoming
Governor should not" issue a warrant
of execution in cases left unacted on
by his predeoessor i and it not unfre—
quently happens that even in eases
which are recent, while some punish
ment should be inflicted, that of death
may appear to the Executive to be too
severe. The result is that there aro a;
this time, in the various prisons, some
eighteen or twenty persona under
senter.ce of death, and who may lie
there for an indefinite period of time.
The vast eh - if:hint of additional labor
which has been I,Mposed upon - the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth by the
existing state of affairs renders it ab
solutely necessary that Abe clerical
force of his department should be in
creased: The making out of commis-
sions for our large army of volunteers
in the field, and the preparations of
eleetion blanks required by law to be
sent to the army—the receipt,
filing and recording the returns
of the soldiers' votes—the enrol
ment of the yearly increasing number
of acts of Assembly, and of charters
obtained under general laws and the
Making out of letters patent for them
those, together with the previous
heavy duties of the office—form an ag
gregate, the weight of which must ul
timately break down his few Subordin
ates, diligent, faithful and enduring as
they are. I recommend, therefore, that
provision bo promptly made to meet
the necessities of this ease.
It is a subject of just congratulation
that notwithsanding the distractiad
condition of the country, our system
of common schools continues toflourisb.
The report .of the Superintendent,
Whichl herewith transrait i showe that
there has been an increase of scholars
during the past year. It is important
to secure as teachers a 'sufficient num
ber of men of Suitable education and
ability, and with a view to this object,
I suggest for your consideration the ex
pediency of making out of the School
fund itself. some provision for the'suP
port of suoh teachers as shall after a
given term of service become superan
nuated or diiablcd while in - the perfor
mance of then' duties.`
Of the fund placed in 1 . 9; hands' by
the ants of the 16th lifq, MAIO
the 4th of May 1864;' and to' be
iris ted in to pdgnaelit in
TERMS, $2,00 a year in advance.
service,l have expended in the lastyear
86,124 68 in support of the agoacy at
Washington—up until the 30th of
May last, for personal staff and other
military service, an account of which
is settled in the office of the Auditor
General.
No similar approyriatiou will be re
quirecl at this session.
A bill was introduced and passed the
House at the last session of the Legis
lature providing for the appointinent
of a commission, to ascertain the dam
ages dono in the connties of Bedfot'd,.
Fulton, Franklin, Cumberland, York
and Adams, by the rebel army in 1863,
which failed in
. the Senate for want of
time. , • • -
I commend to your consideration
the propriety of the passage of such
a bill during the present. session. It
is just to the people of these counties
who have suffered, as well as to the
Government that these damages should
be fairly ascertained and the evidence
perpetuated, whatever may be the view
to be taken on future consideration by
the United States or State Government
as to the propriety of paying such
claims.
Major General Hancock bap been
authorized by the War Department to
raise a corps of veterans, to be called
hie First Corps. One of the regula
tions is that on application by the Gov
ernor of any State, recruiting officers
will be designated for such State,. I
have been requested by Getieral Han
cock to make such application, but
have hitherto declined to comply with
the request. It appears to me that
the families of 11011 raised on the plan
adopted by the War Department 'would
probably not be entitled to the relief
provided by our own laws for the
fatnilies of volunteers. I have inquir
ed of Gen. Hancock whether the pro—
posed corps is to form part of the reg—
ular army or of the volunteer force,
and if . the latter, under what act of
Congress it is to be raised. tio has re
ferred that communication to the War
Department, from which I haveas yet
received no answer to it.
, The following letters have passed
between General Hancock and myself
on this subject:
PEN NSILy,ANIA EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
TX.N.E.N.MURG Vit.. Dec. 29th, 1864.
GENERAL received your letter
at the moment of my departure for
Philadelphia on Monday las. I return
ed this morning and hasten to reply.
Having no knowledge of the organi
zation of the corps you are to corn.
mand than what appears in the news
papers and orders, I will be obliged if
you will inform mo if it is to be regar
ded as a part of-the regular army of
the United States or as part of the vol
unteer service. * .•
If it is part of the army of the Uni
ted States, I certainly have no con
nection with it, as 6-a Vernor of tho
State. If it is organized as volunteers,
bo pleased. to inform, me under what
act df Congress?
I need not say. General, that I would
be most happy to do all in my power
personally and officially to raise a force
to be commanded by you. Can we
not raise you two or three regiments
in Pennsylvania, in the usual manner
and according to the act of Congress,
for your corps ? Of course, I would
consult you in the selection of officers
and only commission where you ap
proved. .
I cannot understand the importance
of my aslting that person be sent to
Pennsylvania to induce veterans to go
to the District of Columbia to enlist.
I certainly will do nothing to embar
rass the plan proposed.
We have benefits, by general and
special legislation in Pennsylvania,
which' attach to the volunteer and his
family. While I will do nothing to
deter the veterans of the State from
entering your corps, I hositate to con
nect myself with a mode of enlistment
which may deprive them of such ben
efits, unless it is my duty under the
law.
I am ; General, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
A. G. CURTIN.
Major General WirlYinrai 11A.Neoc1
Headquarters First 'Corps,
Washington D.C.,Dec. 31,1801.
M His Excellency Hon. A. G. Curtin,
Governor of Pennsylvania :
Sin:—l have the honor to,acknowl
edge the receipt of your communica
tion of the 29th inst., and have refer
red the same to the war Department.
I thank you for your kind' expression
of personal good will, and regret that
there should be any occasion . for ,hesi
tation on • your part to lend your offi
cial influence, as Governor, to the rais- .
ing of the corps as proposed by the War
Department. •
It is not within my provinee, per
haps, to dismiss the plan of organiza
tion, as.l ant acting under the direct
orders of the War Department, and
my own views, therefore, ere of no
particular moment. I may say, how
ever, that I have. no knowledge of the
organization other than what I have
derived froin the orders and circulars
of which I mailed • you , official copies
December sth. .
I cannot see how volunteers for
this corps from your State lose any
of the advantages attaching to those
for other 'organizations.
They are credited to the localities
"where they or their families are domi
ciled, and count oh the quota of your.,
State. •
It should be born irt mindo that this
is an effort to get men into service
who are pot subject to a draft.
.1 have the honor to remain, very
respectfnlly, yonr obedient eervent.
WiIiFIELD S. RANCOCK,
Major General U. S. Volunteers,• eom
rnanding FsrstXctrps. . . .
The only net, of. Congress fbr rais
ing volunteers that I san aware of, re
quireiS that the' fleld and line; offLgette .
shall be emtnissioned by the
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cam A.ND eaawaa ISTECUISXISpI ROMS,
AT LIMO' DOOR, STATIOSEST,S SOHO BTORS
nors of the several States. 'he Men in
thi s corp s are not to•be fbrmed into
organizations of- theTespective States
and it is proposed thatits officers shall
be appointed by the general; govorn
ment. I know of no act of l.longrenei
or of Assembly under whiCh men iv ,
raised will be entitled to pensions or
their families to be benefits front the
United States or State Government;
In addition, I will observe that 'with
out any feeling °flea/Way, I am still
not ready to participate actively in'
transferring to the. United States Me
gaily the right to appointment vested
in the State, and which the State au
thorities can exercise _with more_ did—
eritaiiiation by reason of - -having
greater familiarity with the 'merits of
the citizens of their own State, than
the United States authorities can pos
sibly have. I will transmit any fah. -
tber communication that I may re-'
rceive on this subject. It will be . ,per . "
eeived by reference to the coriespen
deuce, that I have offered to raise, lit
the manner provided by law, two or
three regiments:of vetearns for REM.
cock's Corp. htydissiro is to aural
the' Government in every legal modein raising mon, and especially - to
tate an officer a native Perinsylviniari-i
-so distinguished as *C4enbral
cock, in his efforts to organiz.e nem: -
corps. , .
• . •
I shall throw no obstacles in hic
way on the present occasion, but I
cannot, certainly, be ek...peeted to vio. : •
lation of law in carrying oat a.plan.
which sacraficos the rights of the State.
under existing laws,_ and would leave
the men unprotected by thein, so far
as concerns future provisiim for their.
comfort and. that of their- fztthilies:
I will further observe that it ap•
-
pears by the report of the Adjutant.
General, herewith transmitted, that
the State, under the system eatablisti
ed by law, has put into the military
service of the" United States since the
commencement of the war, the follow
ing number of men, viz:
Troops sent into service during 184.;
Organizations fur three years'
term,
Organizations for one hundred
days' term,
Organizations for one year
term,
Volunteer recruits,
Drafted men and substitutes,
Recruits for regular army,
Re-enlistments of Pennsyl
vania Volunteers.
Infantry,
Cavalry,
Artillery, -
Accredited to other States,
91,704
Troops sent into the service ofthe MUM
States since the commencement of th'e•
rebellion, including the ninety days'
militia in the departments of the Mpn•
ongahela and Susquehanna, in 1863 :.
During the year 1861, 130,594
do do 1862,
do do 1863, 43,046,
do do 1864, 741326
Re-enlistment of Pennsylvania volan
teem, 17,876
The twenty-fire thousand. militia. of
1862 are not included in this. Btlt,to , -
moot.
I call the attention of the logien,.
titre to the Report of the Surveyqi ,
General, herewith presented, and cent:
mend the suggestions made by that
officer to your conElideration,
This message_ is accompanied, by full
reports of all the military departments.
They exhibit the amount of. Service
performed during the past year, and
contain a full history of all that:milita
ry operations of the State ; Many
valuahle recommendations are made
in theca,: t'o POraote the efficiency of
our volunteers, andtbe comfort of the
sick and wounded, which I commend
toy our earnest and in - mediate Atlyee
tion. It affords me, e t reat Satififfiatitm
to hear my testimony to, the ability;
diligence and fidelity of all the or t.
c'ere in these sevefal departmeiite.
Before closing this message I desire ;
to advert to the delay which bas tieniett
times occurred in the paassge of the
general'appropriation bill..lt is neciiii
sary that this bill should becomes:l4 l / 2 ;i,
as otherwise the action of Goiariamen;t
would be stopped. - To delay its; pres r
entation to the Executive as wae:ciehe
at the last regular session---4141ii tatei
Ithur of the night before the morning
fixed for the final idjeurnment, 'is to
deprive the people of, their right tot
have all bills submitted to therevision.
of the Legislature before, bechiniiyo
laws, in case tlie Exeoutive Weald:not,
approve therm If there had' hheri -
I sholld probably;have, returned ,ifies.
aPProprition 9,fles't year for finch
revision, es when I had the oppori4.
Jolty of deliberately examining it;
found provisione - *bleb I Could ,
have approved 'but that'. opPertu=
nity was denied me hefora
had become a
. 110; and in Pia
the Legislature Was On 'the "liitAnt•at
adjournment, the only qu'eritiott re
seated to me was whethei -. ,,tfa4
should become a law without aniers:l
meat or th 9 ufmseities of `;the
moat remain unprovided for. ,
The gallantry &our soldiers in tTie
field still sheds lustre cm, I,to 'co,
wealth, and that tlfeit•merit rs qipift
ciateltby a genermistit' Sh9wo r
by the continued mid eheerffil libeol l
ity with which the men and WoMen 451 1
the State contribute ,of their means.
.May
thetheir comfort and welfare. I latkr
the bleesing of God be on those brave
men who have steed by the:
through the dark hours of ,her
the eio2m}4.
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DILI, 11E04
9,867
MEI
16,094
26,567
10,651
2,834
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