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TUESDA.T, •DECEMBER 4, 1166
PRESIDENT'S MESA E.
FeMao Cite:zee-9 of the Seen!
Pad House of PeprestAtalireA,
After a brief interval the of fhe I
United States resumes its annual legislative
labors. An all-wisettuttrnerciful f'rovitionfo
has abated the pestilence widen Visited our
shores; lesiving its caleleitoua traces upon
some porticats of our country. Pence,order,
tranouslifp and civil authority have been
formally declared to 'Alfa throughout the
whole of the United States. In all the
States civil authority has superseded theca.
orcion of arms, and the peoples by their vo ,
luntury action, are maintaining their govt
ernments In full activitflind complete ripe. I
ration. The enforcement of •the towels no
termer "obstructed In any State bycom hi
tut tiring too powerful to be au ppressed by the •
ordinary course oPjudicial pioecedings e,
mid the animositiea engendered by the war
are rapidly yielding to the benelicent loan
(mem of free institutions; and -to the kindly
effects of unmetricted social and PM-tuner
eial intercourse. ...1n entire restoration of
fraternal feeling must be Die earnest wish
of Mery patriotieheart ; and we will have
accomplished on r grendeet nationalachloVe- •
meat when, forgetting the sad eventa of the
,past, and remeinbeking Only their impres. -
tilve lessons we resume otir onward career
as a free, prospertintarid united people.
In lily message; of the 4th of Doemnber,
, I Co t Congress was informed of the measnres
ladbeen instituted by the Executive
with a view to the gradual restoration of the
,States in which the insurrection occurred
'to their relations !with the General Govern
, anent Provision'ul Governors had been op.
pointed. Conventions called, Governors
elected, Legislattires assembled, and Sena
tors and Redresentativee chosen to the Con
- gram of the United States. Courts had been
opened for the enforcement of thelawa long
in. abeyance. The .blockade haul been re
iimved, eaudom-houses reestablished, and
the internal revenue laws put in force, in
order that the people might contribute to,
the national income. , Foetal operations had
been renewed, and - efforts were being mane
to restore them to their former condition of
efficiency. The States themselves had been
naked to take part iu the high function of
amending the Constitution, and of thins
sanctioning die extinction aft:lrk:in slave
ry as one of the legitimate results ofour in
ternecine struggle. . . •
Having progressed thus far, the Exeea
ive Department found that it had aceom-
Vllshed nearly all that was within the
scope of its constitutional authority. One
thing, however, yet . remained to be - clone
before the work of restoration could be
completed, and Run - wits the admission to
Congress of loyal Senators and Represen
tatives from the 'States whose people had
rebelled ageinst the lawful authority of the
fleneral Government. This question de
volved upon the respective Rouses, which,
by the Constitutioh, mire made the judges of
the elections, returns, and qualitications'of
their own members; nisi its consideration
at once engaged the attention of Congress.
-In the meantime, the Executive Depart
ment—no other plan having been proposed.
by Congress—continued its efforts- to per-
Met, as far as was practicable, the .-restora
tion of the proper relations bet Ween the
citizens of the respective States, the States,
and the Federal Government, extending,
from time to tithe; as the public interests
mewed to „require, the judicial, revenue,
and postal systems of the country. .. .With
the advice and convent of the Senate, the
. necessary officers were appointed, and ap
propriations made by Congress for the pay.
meat of their.salaries. The proposition to
amend the Federal Constitution, so as to
prevent the existence of slavery within the
United States or any place subject, to their
jurisdiction, was ratified •by the requisite
number of States; and on tue Pah day of
December, 1865, it was offieially declared to
Moho become- valid as a part of the Con.
etitution of the United States. All of the
States in which the. insurrection had exist
ed promptly amended their•COllStitlltintlS,
so its to make them conform to the great
change tins effected in the organic law of
the laud; declared null and void MI ordin
11.111etW and laws of semi:slam repudiated all
pretended debts mill obligations ereitted for
the'reeolutiounry purposesof the insurrec
tion; and proCeeded, in good faith, to the
• enactment of measures for the protection
and amelioration of the coodltion of the
eolored race. Congress, however, yet heal
* tined to admit any of these States to-repre
sentation; and It was not until towards the
elem., of the eighth month of the session
that an exception was made in favor of
'rennet-se by the • admission of her . Semi
tors end Representatives. • .
deem it a subJett of profound regret that
Congress has thus far felled to admit to seats
. loyal Senators and Representatives from the
other States, whose inhabitants, with those
of Tennessee, and engaged in the rebellion.
Ten StatCs--01:1040 , 111.11 of the whole number—
remain wttnout representation; thq seats.of
fifty members in the House of Representa
tives and of twenty meMects in the Senate
are yet vacant—not byzieste own (=seat,. not'
by a feature of election, but by the retinal of
Congress to accept their credentials.. Their
wimisolon, it is believed, would have accent
'dished much towardo the renewal and
strengthening of oar relations as one people,
and removes serious cause for discantentent
on the part of the inhabitants of these states.
it would have accorded with the greet princi
plea enunciated An the Decin. - ation Ame--
ilean Independence, that no people ought to
bear the burden of taxation, and yet be duel , .
ed the right of representation. It would - have
been in consonance with the express precis
lon of the Constitutor that "each State shall
have at least ono Representative." and
"that no State, without its .consent, shall be
doomed of its equal suffrage in the. Senate."
These provisions were intended to seenre - to
every State, and to the people of every ;Cato
the right at representation In each house of
• c ong ress; and so important was it deemed by
bile framers of the Constitution, that the
. equality of the States in the Senate should be I
preserved, that not even by an amendment of
the Constitution can any State; without its
COnsent, be dented a voice in that branch of
ille.Nallontel Legislature.
• It Is true, it his been assumed that the
existence of the States was terminated by
the rebellious acts of theirinhabitunte, and
that the insurrection haiing been suppress
ed, they were thenceforth to- be considered
merely as conquered territories. The Leg
islative, Executive, and Judicial Depart
ments of - the government have, however,
..with great distinctness and unitorin Con
sisteucy, refused to sanction nn assumption
so incompatible with the nature of our re
publican system, and with the professed ,
' objects of the war. Throughout the recent
le"islatlon of Congress, the undeniable feet
Bakes itself apparent, that these ten politi
,eni communities aro nothing less than
'States of.this Union. At the very COM.
meneement of the rebellion, each. House
declared, with is unfinimity_us remarkable
as it was significapt, that the war was not
"waged, upon our part, In any spirit of op
pression, uor for any purpose et conquest
or subjugation, nor purpose of overth rote
ing or. interfering with the rights or estab
lished inatitutions of those States, but to tit
fend and maintain • the supremacy of the
Censtiriadonond all laws made .infpursu
tined thereor, and to
,preserve t - nion
the ilignity,equality.and rights of
the several States Impaired ; and that ..as
these objects" were "itecompllshed the war.
ought to cease."
• Insorneinstarices,Senatorswereperinitted
.tocontinue their legislative f anet tral9. Wlllilo
in ititicer. instances RepresantatiVes • were
- elected and admitted - to seats idler their
States hail formally declared, their right flo
withdraw from••t.lie Union, end Were endear
- • voring to maintain that right, by forte of
..arms.. AU of the States whose people Wens
in insurrection, es Suttee, were mcluilectin.
the apportionment of•theclireet tax of won,
t}• mlllton3of dollars annually laid upon
the united Steliss by the ant epproved
' August, I tOt I . 'Congr, b.y the net of 3lsreh
4, 1811; und by the apporlidinnent of repre
sentation thereunder, also recognired their
presoncein the Union; and th' have, fo
j ud i cial purposes. bean divided ey bite is
tricts, as States alone can h t divided. The
• same recognitiou appears in-the
'station in reference to Tennessee, which
evidently rests upon the fail that the trine
lions of the State were'-not• destroyed by
the rehollion, MU, merely suspended; and
that nrinciple is of course applicable to
those States which, like Tennessee. aUcmpl
.edto renounce their plecesill the Luton.
' 'fbe action of the Executive Department •
of the Government upon this subject leas'
been equally definite and unitorm, and the
purpose of the war was specifically stated .
cn the Proclamation issued by my predc
. essor on the 2241 day- of September, 102.
It was then solemnly proclaimed and, de
clared that :"hereafter as heretofore, the
war 'will be , prosecuted for the Objeet of
practitally restoring the cortailtutionalle.
lation between the United States MO anti'
• of the' Statesand the ;people 'thereof, in.
Whielt that relation IS or may he suspended
Or restored."
The venom:4l'on of,the States by the Ju ,
deist Departtnent of the Government has
„also leen clear end =conclusive in all pro
- ceedingiaffecting them as Staies,had In the
Supreme; Circia - and pistriet Courts.
in the admission of Senators and Repre
sentatlVes front. any and all of the States,
there can be no' just around of aprelten.
•
lion that persona who are disloyal will le
clothed with' the powers-of legislation; for
•
this could nut happen when GM Constitu.;
•
lion and laws are enforced by a vigilant
and faithful Congress. Each Rouse is made
the "judge of .the. elections,' returns, and
qualifications of its own -,merabers," and
• luny; "with the concorreoco of two-thirds,
expels member." When a E,enatoror Re
presentative presents WS certilicateef elec
tion, ho may at once be admitted or ieject
ed; or should there be any question as to
his eligibility, his credentials may be re
ferred toy investigation to the appropriate
committee. Ii admitted to a seat, it must ,
be upon evidence satisfactory to the Rouse
of which he thus becOlneS a member,
that Ito possesses the requisite Con
stitutional and legal qualifications. If
refused admission as a member fer
want of due allegiance, to the Government,
and returned to his constituents, they are
adnionished that none but persons loyal to
the 'Vatted Stabis will be !Wowed u voide
in the Legheative Councils oftite Nation,
and the pollUcal power and moral influ
ehoe of Congress are thus effectively ex
erted in the interests of toy alty'to the 0 ov
ernmentsnd fidelity to the Union. UPou
this question.; so vitally affecting the resto
ration of the Union and the permanency
or our • present form Of goyernineitt, m,y
convictions, hereteforeexpressed, have un
dergone no changsi Mit, on tho contrary,
theft. barred-nes-I has been confirmed 13Y
redaction and time. 'if the admission of I
loyal members to the seats in the respecti
Ito 'Muse of Congress , was wise and expel ,
dient now. ii this atiOnutlous condition is '
tight non , in the exact condition of
these Straes at the present time, it is law
ful to exclude them from representation,-
do not see than the onestion will be
changed by the efflux of time. Ten years
hence, if these States rennin an they arc;
the_ tight of representation , will be no
stronger—the right of exclusion will be no
weaker
The Constitution of the Tithed States
makes it the duty of tho President to retain
blend to the consideration of Congress
"such measures as he shall jinigenecessary
or expedient." I know of no ineasure more
imperatively demanded by every consider
ation of national interest, sound policy, and
equal Justice, then the admission of loyal
members' from the now unrepresented
States. This would constinunato tile work
of restoration, and exert a most salutary
influence in the re.eStablishnieut of peace.,
harmony, and fraternal feeling. It would
tend greatly to renew the confidence of the
American people In the vigor mid stability
of their Institutions. It w yid bind us more
closely together as a nation, and enable us
to show to the world the inherent and re
cimerative power of a Government founded
upon the wilt or the people, and
established, upon the principles of lib
erty, Justice, and intelligence. fou r
increased strength and enhanced pros
perity would irrefragably demonstrate
the fallacy of the argoineitts against free
institutions drawn front our recent nation
:A disorders by the enemies of republican
government. The admission of loyal mem
bers front the States now.eNclutled front
Congress, by allsytng doubt and apprehen
sion, would turn capital f now smuttiest nn
opportunity for investment, into the tdlttn
nets of tntae and industry. It would elle-.
viate the present troubled condition °alms°
States, and, by indneir ' - emigration, aid in
the settlement of fertilefi•gions now uncul
tivated, and lead to an increased produts
lion of those staples which have added so
greatly to the wealth of the notion and the
aommerce of the world: New ileitis of en
terprise would be opened to our progres
sive people, and soon the devastations of
war would be repaired, and all traN.a of our
domestic differences elnced from the minds
of our countrymen. .
In our efforts to preserve "the unity of
Government which constitutes us one peo-
ple," by restoring the States to, the condi
tion which they held priotto the rebellion,
we should be cautious, lest, haying rescued
our nation from perils of threatened disin
tegration, we resort to consolation. and in
the end absolute despotism, as a remedy
for the recurrence of similar troubles. The
war haying termined, and with it all occa
sion for the exercise of powers of tdoubdul
constitutionality, we should hasten to
bring legislatton within the boundaries
prescribed by the Constitution, and to re
turn to the ancient landmarks established
by our fAthers for the guidance of succeed.
ing generations. "The Constitution which
at any time exists; until changed by an ex
plicit and authentic act of the 'whole peo
ple, is sacredly obligatory upon all." "If,
in the opinion or the people, the distribu
tion or modification of the constitutional
powers be, in any particular, 'Wrong, let it
lie corrected by an amendment in the way
in which the Constitution designates. But
let there be no changa by usurpation; for"
"it is the customany weapon by which free
CiOyernmenta are destroyed." Washing-
ton spoke these words to his countrymen,
when, followed by their love and gratitude,
he voluntarily retired from the cares of pub
lic life. "To keep in all things within the
pale of Our constitutional powers, and cher
ish the Federal Union as the only rock of
safety," were - prescribed by,Jefferson as
rules of action to endear to his "country
men the true principles of their Constitu
tion, end promote a union of sentiment and
action equally auspicious to their happi
ness and safety." Jackson held that the
action of the General Government should
always be confined to the sphere of its ap
propriate duties, and justly and forcibly
urged that our ;Government is not to be
maintained nor' our Union preserved "by
invasions of the'rights and powersof the
' several States. In thus attempting to make
our. General Government strong, we make
it weak. • , -Its true strength consists in leav
ing individuals and States as much as pos
sible to themselves; in making itself felt,
not in. its power, but in its beneficence
not in its control, but in Its protection; not
in binding the States more closely to the
centre, but leaving each to move unob
structeil in its proper constitutional orbit."
These are the teachings of men whose
deeds and services have made them Illus
trious, and who, long - since withdrawn
front the scenes , of life, have left to their
country,the rich legacy of their example,
their-wisdom, and their patriotism. Draw
ing fresh inspiration from their lessons, - let
us emulate them in love of country and ro
wet for the - constitution and the laws.
THE TEE/LEERY
The report of the Secretary of the Treat
ury affords- g
much information respecting.
the revenue - and commerce of the country.
Ills views upon the currency, and with ref
erence to, a properadjustment of our reve
nue system. internal as well as impost, are
commended to the careful consideration of
Congress. In my last annual message I
expressed my general views upon these
subjects. I need now only call attention
to the necessity of carrying into every de-
partment of-the. Government a system of I
rigid accountability, thorough retrench-1
meat, and wise economy. With no excep
tional nor unusual expenditures, the op
preesive burdens of taxation can be lessen
ed by such a modificatirin of our revenue
laws as will be consistent with the public
faith, and Fite legitimate and necessary
wants of the Government.
The report presents a much more satis
factory condition of our finances than one
year ago the most sanguine could have an:
ticipated. During the fiscal year ending
the :10th Jane, 1845, the last year of the
War, the public debt was increased $941,-
902,537, and on the 31st of October; 1863,
it Amounted to
i 4 . 2,740,8f41 2 ,750. 'On- the
31st day of October, 1866,- t had been re
duced .to $2,551,310,096, the dbuinntion,
during a period of fourteen months, com
mencing September l i . • 1865, and ending
October 31, 1860, having , l been :00,379,-
195. In the last annual report ~m the state ,
of the finances, it was estimated that dur
ing the three quarters of the iscal yr ed
tug the 30th of :lune last, the f(
debt ea wou n ld
be Increased $110,104,047. During that
period however, it was reduced $31,196,-
387 the receipts of the year having been
$89,0 0 5,003 more, and the expenditures
$200,510,235 less than the estimates. Noth
ing could more clearly indicate than thesel
statements the extent and availability of
the national resources, and the rapidity
and, safety with which; under our form of
government, great military_ and naval es- ,
tabllsiunents can be disbanded, and expen
ses reduced from a war to a peace footing.
During the fiscal year mutter: the bill ot
Valk
June, the, receipts were erde,072,84..0, and
the expenditures Era 1,750,0113. Mayan: an avail
able surplus of 637.Vi,a40. It is estimated that
the receipts for the fiscal year ending the lath
Juno 1851. will be X175,061,3te, and that the ex
r enditures will reach the sum of 4316,4A07 8 ,
leaving in the Treasury a surplue of e153.6.13,-
li9. for the ttseal year ending June :n, 1566, it
is animated that the rteettas will amount to
5t3C1,000,000, and Unit the entienditures will be
4lso.ft7.6ll—Showing an excess of i 55,722,5 O in
-favor Of the Government. These estimated
e re x ceipt/ nd e im edim ui he ; bu y
aft; reduction o * f .
cise a part
may reduetlerui shall have been made, the rev
enue of the present andlollOwlng years will
dont:Mess-be sunielent to. cover all legitimate
c h arg es upon the Treasury. and leave a large
nuntial,Burrillts ui be applied to the payment of
this prlnelpal .of the debt. There seems ow
to be storied reason why taxes may not b e re
duced-Ms the 00Untry advances to p o p u l at io n
and Wealth. and yet the debt be extingtushed
within Um next quarter of a e.ntury.
' The , reportsg! the ;Sixretary of War fur
nishes valuable 'and important information ,
in r efeemeeto the operations of his Depart-
Mont during the paid. year. Few volun
teers now rattan ini to service, and they
aro being discharged as rapidly as they cau
be replaced by regular. tumpt , .. The army
bas been promptly paid,carefully. provided
with medical treatment; well sheltered and
sub,,,istedi end is to. ho furnished with
, brefsirloading small' arms. • The military
, .
Strength of the nation has been unimpaired
by the diseharge of volunteers; the disposi
tion of,,ttn.serviceable or porighablo stores,
and the retrenchment of ex?onditure. Suf
ficient war material to meet any emergency
has been retained, and, from the dislianilcd
volunteers - standing reedy to respond to
the rtatiolial Coll; large armies can be rap
idly orgrinized, eanipped and concentrated.
Fortifications on the ,roast and frontier have
received, or are being prepared for more
powerful armaments; lake surreys and
Ldfbnr and river improvements are in
course of energetic prosecution. Prepara
tions have been made for the payment of
the additional bounties authorized during
the recent session of Congress, under such
regulations as will protect the Governmeht
from fraud, and secure. to the honorably
discharged soldi.r the. tr retvard
ef.hts fuithfulnoss and gallantry. More
then six thousand maimed soldiers have
received artificial timba or other surgical
apparatus; and forty-one national ceme
teytes, contAitling the retuaiivi of 101,5ga
'Union soldiorsthavo already beeri estub
•lislied. The total estimate of military ap
propriations is t , 23 ,0 5
METE
It is stated in the report of the Secretary
of the- Navy that. the naval force at this
time consists of tWo hundred and seventy
eight vessels, armed with two thousand I
three hundred and flltYollif guns. Or
theme, one Inindred and fifteen vessels, car
rying
. ono thousand and twenty-nine guns,
are in commission, distributed chiefly
mining seven arradrons. {Pte •ullinber of
men in the service is thirteen t mustn't' six
hundred. Great activity and vigilance haVO
been displayed by all the squadrons, and
their movements havebeen judiciouslyand
efficiently arranged lh such manner nap
would best promote American eom
memo, and protect the rights and in
terests of our countrymen abroad.
Thti vessels unemployed• are undergoing
repairs, or are laid. up Until their Services,
new he required. Most-of the Iron-clad
tint is at League Island, in the' vicinity of
Philadelphia, n place which until. decisive
actipn should be taken by Cengresa.. was
seletted by the Secretary of the Navy as'
the, most eligible location for that class of
van.nels..„lt is important that a suitable
public stti.tion should be provided for the
iron-clad fleet. It is Intended that these
vessels shall be in proper condition for any
emergency. and it is desirable that the bill
accepting League Island for naval pur
poses, aldeh passed the House of Repro
sentati es at its last session, should receive
final etion ut an early period,
In order that there may be a
suitable - piddle station for this clans of
vmsels;.as well an a navy yard or area fair
tieient for the wants of the service, on the
Delaware river. The Naval Pension fund
amounts to Sit,7. - 4.000, having been inerens
ed
Sz,;. - ,o,irou during the year. The expen
ditures of • the Department for the fiseat
year efidlpg 311th June last were
and the estimatfs for the coming year
amount to : , ;!;I,3ifs,•ista,' Attention is Invited
to the conditions of our , seamen, and the
importance of legialativemeasures foutheir
relief alai iniprovement.- The sirgestion.
in I whllf - of this deserving class or our Rd
low citizens are earnestly reeommended to
the favorable attention of Congres;.
=!
The report of the Postmaster General pre
sents a most satisfactory condition of the pos
tal service, and submits recommendations
which deserve the considerations of Congress.
The revenues of the Department fort be year
ending Juae... 1.966, were gli,teet,9tO, and the
expenditures 615,4.11079 showing an excess of
the bat r of faCt,Otta. In anticipation of this
deliciency, however, u special appropriation
seas made by Congress in the act approved I
July 26; Ito , Including the standing appro. 1
priation of-6700,000 for- free mail matter, as a
legitimate portion of the revenues yet re.
mottling mtexpentled,the actual deficiency for
the past year is only 4b33,1X0—a sum within
$31,14l of the amount estimated In the annual
report of lad I. The decrease of revenue cons.
pared with the previous year was One and one.
fifth per cent., and the Increase of expendi
tures, owing principally to the enlargenlent
of the mall service In the South, was twelve
percent. On the 30th of Juno last there wera I
in operation six thousand nine hundred and
thirty mail routes. a ith an aggregate length
of one hundred and eighty thousand nine
hundred and twenty-en e mites, an aggregate
transportation of seventy-one million e.glit •
hundred anti thirty-seven thousand nine bun.
dred and foorteen miles, and an aggregate
annual cost, including all expenditures, of a3,-
1(0,186 The lehgth of railroad routes Is thir
ty-two thousand and ninety-two miles, and
the annual transportation thirty million sit
hundred and nine thousand four hundred and
aims-seven miles.' The length of steamboat
routes is fourteen thousand - three hundred
.
and forty-six miles, and the anneal transom ,
tattoo three million four hundred and eleven.
thousand nine hundred and sixty-two miles.
The mail service is. rapidly Increasing
throughout the whole cenntry, and is steady
extension In the 'Southern States indicates
their constantly improving condition. Tile
growing importanse of the' forelgo service
also merits attention: The Post Office De
partieent of Great Britain and our own have
agreed upon. a prolltriln basis for a
will
provetasurention, which it ary
is believed will
prove eminently benellelal to the commer
cial. interests of the United States, inasmuch
as it contemplates a reduction of the interna
tional letter postage to one-half the existing
rates; a reduction of vantage with all other
countries to and from which correspondence
Is transmitted in the British mall, Or In closed
mails through the tutted Kingdom; the es
tablishment of uniform and resawnotble
chargesfor the sea, and territorial transit of
correspondence in closed mail; and an allow
ance to each Post Office Department of the
right to use all. Mali coMmdelcation estab
lished under the authority of the other for
the dispatch of correspondence, either in
open or closed malls, on the came terms ns
those applicable to the inhabitants of the
country providing the means of transoils
sten.
rOBLIc Zoign. '
• The report of the lecretary of the Interior
exhibits the condition of..lJaoso branches of
the public scisice which are committed to his
supervision. During the last fiscal year. four
million six hundred and twenty-nine thous
and three hundred anti twelve acres of put,-
lie land were disposed of, one million eight
hundred anti ninety-two thousand tiro hun
dred and sixteen acres of which were entered
under the homestead act, The policy origin.
ally stiOntearenitiro to the public lands - has
undergone essentaa/ olOitincotions. Imme
diate revenue, and not their rapid settlement
wan the cardinal feature of our hind syntoin.
Lens experlenceand eariluot discussion have
resulted in the conviction that the early de
velopment of our aff•lcultural resources, and
the diffusion of an energetic , population over
our veal. territory, are objects et tar greater
Importance to the national growth and pros.
perm.= than the proceeds of the sale of the
land to the highest bidder to open market.
The pre-emption laws confer upon temple
neer who complies with the terms they im•
pose the privilege of purchasing a limited
portion of “unoffered lauds" at a minimum
price. The homestead enactments relieve the
settler from the payment Of purchase money,
and secure him a permanent home, upon the
condition of- residence fora term of years.
Thin liberal policy Invites emigration from
the old, and from the morn crowded portions
of the new world. Its propltionn results are
undoubted, and will he more signally mend
tested when time shall •have given te Ito
wider devetopmeot.
. metric am those.
Congress has made liberal grants of publle
laud to tvrptirations,ln aid of the tonstruution
of =Ponds and other Intermit unproyements.
Should this' policy hereafter prevail, mere
stringent provisions will be required to secure
a faithful application of the fund. Thu title to
the lands should not pass, by patent or other
•iyino, but remain in the Ilovernment and soh.'
jectto Its control until some portion of the
rond,bas been tietna.ly built. Portman of them
might then, from. time to time, be conveyed
to the corporation, but never In a greater
ratio to the whole quantity embraced by the
grant than toe'completed. parts bear to the
entire length of rho projected Improeement.
This restriction would not operate to the
prejudice of any undertaking conceived In
good filth and executed with reasonable en
ergy, es It is the settled praetice to withdraw
from market the lands falling within_ the oper
ation of such grants, and thus to elude the
inception of a subseritient adverse right. 21
breach of the conditions which Congress may
deem proper to num.(' shoitld work a forfeit
ure of claim to the lands so withdrawn but un
conved, and of Otto to the lands etulyeyed
welch retinal' unsold. •
Operations on the several lines of the red-
to Itailroad have been prosecuted with unex
ampled vigor anti success. Should - Ile miter
seen causes of delay occur, It IA 'eonfittently
anticipated that this great tberoughtare will
be completed before the expiration of the
period designated by Congress.
121311212
During the last iiseai year the amount. paid
to perisleners, including tile expenses ut
A m ity-nineboen thirteen mtlifeur four hundred
an thousand nine hundred and
ninety.elx dollars; and fifty thousand one
hundred and seventy-seven nausea were
added to the pension rolls • The en.
fire
ounompl;zurnAorfedponalortwerositt,J...uinxe ,
was'thousacl
seven hundred and and twenty-two. 'Thin fact
furnishes melancholy and Instirmg proof of
the sacrifices made to vindicate tile consti
tutional authority of tna Federal Government, '
and to maintain inviolate the integrity of the
Union. They itneanie upon us corresponding .
obligations.. It Is maturated that thirty-three
minims dollars wilt bo required to- meet the
exigencies of this branch of the service dur.
log the next decal year.
TllEariEs WITII TILE ISDIANH.
'Trestles have been 'eoneltuled with the
Indiana who, enticed into urtned opposition
to our government at the outbreak or the
rebellion, have unceuditionully Nut shitted
.to our aulthority, and manifested un earnest
desire for a renewal of. friendly abalone.'
TATEICTS FORII2SEIy.
Inning the year ending September 30,
IPAPIij - ' eight thousand Ift:VIM hundred and
'sixteen patentsJor.susiful inventions and
designs were issued, and at that date the
balance in the treasury to the credit of the
Patent Fnnd wantwo hundred und twen
ty-eight thouriand.tifolnatqlred and.ninety•
THr 3110115STP1'i-RtVrit,
.14 a sub ject upon which-depends an
menso amount of the•prOdUctiou and imn
memo of the country, recotnumull to eon
gross such legislation us may bo 13‘..1.*9.9ary
for the pteservution of the levees of the
the
Mississippi river. It is a matter*/ naliOn
ul importanee thatearly Steps these should ta.'
ken nut only to add to the
harriers against destrubrive inundations;
but for the removal cd, all 'obstructions to
the free and safe navigatim of that great
channel of trade and commerce.
ILLP.UP.J-LSTATLON or TIME , IntiTIIICT OP CO
,
LUMIII.I..
• •
The District of Columbia, under existing
imvs, is not entitled to titat represeuNinA
-- ,
in the . National Councils which, from our
earliest history, has been unifornsily nceard
ed to each Territory established; from Mono
ii
m
to time within our limits. It in ntainspe
ctfliar relations to Congress, to who the
l,;(' mist 'Union tins granted the in •er of exer
rising exelusite legislation overl the seat of
government. Our . fellow citizens residing
In the District, Whose interests Ire thuscon
tided tethespecial guardianship f Congress,
exceed in number the populate) of seveml
Of our WiritorieS, and no list reason is per
ceived Why a delegate of their choice should
not admitted to a seat lathe Ilonse of Rep
resentatives. No mode seems so appropri
ate and effectual , of enabling theta to make
N I
known Afeir peculiar c d Won and
*ants; mind of eeettring the owl legis
lion &hinted to them. 1 , Rieke. dtb, retain.
Wend the passage of a law nathbristne the
bleetors of the District of Columbia to choose
a delegate, to be allowed the same rights and
privileges as a delegate-representlng a Terri
tory. The increasing enterprise! and rapid .
progress of Improvement In the District are
highly gratifying, and 1 trust that the efforts
or the municipal tuthorities to mouton) the
prosperity of the national metropolis will re
ceive the egicient and generous co-operation
of Congress.
At3ILICULTOBE.
The report of the Cein miss loner of Agricad.
tine reviews the • operations of his thiparts
meat during the pest year, and asks the aid
of Congress In its efforts to encourage those
States which, scoot by war, aro now earn•
tmtlY engaged in the reorganitation of domes.
tic industry.
PRACY RD 0000 WILL 're ALL Nalr• .
It is u subject of congratulation that De tors
align combinations against our dOrneala peace,
And safety, or our legitimate influence muting
the nations have been formed or attempted.
While sentiments of reconciliation, loyalty.
and patriotism have increased at boa" a
roomiest wane leration of our national char.
actor, and rights has been manifested by for
sign nations,
ti Mint AL TOPICS.
The entire success of the Atlent to Telegraph
between the coast ot Ireland and the Province
of Newfoundland, Is an achievement which
lias been jflatly celebrated in both betas
pheres an the opening of an era In the pro
gress of civilization. There is reason to oz ,
poet that equal success will attend, and even
greater results follow, the enterprise for
neeting the turn ,Uon [Mesas through the Pa
cific Ocean by the projected line of telegraph
between - Kamschatka and the Russian posses
sions in America.
The resolution of Congress protesting
against pardons by foreign Cloveruments of
persons convicted of. Infamous offences, on
condition of emigration to our country, has
been counnunleated to the States with which
we maintain lidetcourse, and the toractiCO, CO
justly the cause Of complaint on our part, has
not been renewed.
The congratulations of Congress to the Em
peror of Russia, upon his escape from at
tempted assassination, have been presented
Seeped humane and enlightened ruler, and re- .
by him with expressions of grateful
appreciation.
Tho exeenlive, warned of an attempt by
Spanish-Anterican adventurers to Induce
the emigration of frtssinten of the United
States to neign co t ut ry ~p rot ested against
the prnieet as one which, tf consimilltated,
would reilitee them to a bondage even more
Opprt..sice than that from which they have
just been relieved. .. ssi int has Ikon rt
ceivc•d front the government of the State in
which the plan was mat tired. that the pro
eceding will meet neither its encourage
ment tun' approval. It is a i tie.lioll worthy
your eonalfieration, whether our laws
upon this subject un. mks - plate to the pre
vention or punishment of the crime thus
meditated. •
rice ItretCAN erg, toy..
lathe month of April lust, a, Congress is
aware, a friendly arrauggincnt was made be
tween the Emperor of k ranee and the Presi
dent of the United states for the withdrawal
from Mexico of the French expeditionary intl.
Scary forcer. This withdrawal was to be el
fected in. three sintachmenta, tee first of
which, tt wee understood, would leave Mexi
co In November. now past, the second In
March next, and the third - and last In Novem
ber, 1667.. Immediately noon the completion
of. the evacuation, the French Government
was to assume the same attitude of non.bster.
ventiou, In regard to Mexico, as Is held by
the Government of the United states. Ile
peeled assurances have been given by the
Emperor, since that, agreement, that ho
would complete the promised evacuation
within-the period =nits:mod, or sooner. .
It wits reinumalily'expeclesi tbnt the pro
csioilingsi thus cosittnip Weil 'would produce
a crisis of great political interest-in the Me
dittlilic of Mexico. The newly_uppeinted
. .
:I.Mittinter of the United Sham Mr. Camp.
its tI, W:l3 therefore sent forward, on the Oth
day of Novernher heft, to assume Ida proper
function, no Minister Plenipotentiary of
the United States to that Republic. It was
also thought expedient that he should ho
attended in the vicinity of .Mexico by - the
Lieutenant General of the ..rtviy of the
United States, with the view of obtaining
such locomotion as Wright iMportunt to
determine the mum tole pursued by the
nito_sd States in ro-cstahlisuing arid main.
mining num•ssary -and
_proper intercourse .
with the Republic of lilesico. In
terested In the enttse of liberty anti human
ity, it seemed an oh/ions duty on.our part
to everei whatever. in ti tienoOro possess
ed for the restoration and permanent estab
lishment In that country of a domestic and
republican form of govern tuent.
THE 13VANIelf OY C S3ADS.
•
, Knell Wee the Cerplitton of attain, in iegard
to Mexico, when, on the of Yovember last.
°Metal Information we. received from Paris
that the Eitiperor of France had some time
before decided not tow itlidraw a detachment
of hie foyers to the month of November past,
according to engagement, but that this deal
lon was wade with the purpose of withdraw.
tog the whole of those forces In the ensuing;
spring:. of this determination, however, the
tinitcal Suites had not received any notice or
Intlinatlon; and. so soon es the Information
;its recd....est .17v the Government, care was
taken to make known Its dissent to the Empe-
ror of France.
I cannot surt:go the hope that Franc* will
reconsider the subjert, end - adopt some res
olution in regard to the evacuation of Mex.
ieo 'wince W1110)1/f14111 an nearly ns pmetts
cable with the existing engegernent, and
thus meet the just expectations .of the
United Stares. The pupem relating to the
subject will be laid before you. It is be
lieved that, with the kvactuttlesi of Mexico
by the expeditionary forces, no subject for
serious dillereneessisetwevu France and the
United States would remain. The expres
sions of the Etttperer anal people of France
warrant a hope that the Inuit: ismary friehd
eltap between the two reentries might in i
,that nese lie renewed. and pa.srantuLentirre
stored .
chant Of a edam 'of the Vatted States
for indemnity for: pollutions conunittedun
the high Seas by the Frens.lt authentic:. in
the exercise of n belligeritnt power ngahmt
Mexico, hes town met. by the U svernment
of France with at proposition to defer settle
ment until a mutual Con Vent ion for the nal
itn
nstent of all Mamma - if citizens and sub -
Pees of both countries, twining out of the
recent wars on thee. Continent, shall be
agreml open by the two countries. Thu
ssugtetion not deemed reasonable, but
it belongs to Congress to• direct the manner
in which C111111'1,4 for 111de:inlay by foreign
-1,1, as well as by citizens of tite United
States,-arising out of the late civil war,
adjualleated and determinist. I
have no sionht that the shbjeet of all such
claltem will engage your attention tat a eon—
venissnt and proper time.
. •
" it is a 'mutter el regret that no eonsider
idsto naivetes, law been mnste;towerds on
seliteattanset of tile 1.4 anon the
Citihsl State. and I; rent Britain, a rbsing II
'out of the step:ad:Won% upon our nittiottel
asommerase and other t r espas ,, ,s4 commit ted during our civil war. by British sanblasstn,
in tiolat ion of international law end treaty
obligations. The delay, however, mite be
believed to have residue( in no smell do- .
gree from the drones iss situation of Creel
Britain. ..1n entire rI cage of ministrroe
correct Mat JOrmiry • _during the
lied set,sion earl inment. The
attention of tile Ill'W
called to the Nubject, at an early day, and
there is some reason to expect that lt, will
now. iseXonsicierest in obis:outing and friendly.
spirit. The importance of curly dispoeLtlon
of the Question cannot be exaggerated. What.,
ever might be the wlsneaof the two (tavern-
Tenets, it is manifest that good-will and
friendship between the two countries cannot
be established until a reciprocity, In (tic prac
tice of good-faith and neutrality, shall be re.
stored between the respective notions.
On that Gth of June lost, lst violation or our
neutrality laws, a ntll it ,ry expedition and en.
terpriso against the British North American
Commies ens projected and attempted to be
cervical on within the territory and Jurisdic
tion of the United States. In obedience to
the obligation imposed upon the Executive
by the Constitution, to see that the
laws are faithfully executed, all eltizeus
wane warned by proclamation against
taking part in •Or aiding such unlawful
proceedings, and the proper civil, mtlitnry
and naval officers were directed to take all
necessary measures for the enrorcement of
the laws. The expedition failed, but it has
not been without its painful consequences.
Some of our citizens who, it was alleged,
were engaged in the expedition, were cap •
lured, and have been - brought to trial, as
for a capital offence, in the Province of
Canada. Judgment and sentence of death
have been pronounced against some, while
others have been acquitted. Fully believ
ing in the maxim of government, that se
verity of civil punishment for Mis
guided persons who have engaged in rev
olutionary attempts, which have dis
astrously failed, is unsound and - ruiwise,
such representations have been made to the
British Uovernment, in behalf of the con
victed Persons, as, being sustained by an
enlightened and humane judgment, will,
it is hoped, induce in their cases an exer
cise of clemency, and a judicious amnesty
'to all Who were engaged the moiemout.
Counsel has been employed by_the govern
"meat tir defend citizens of the United States
on trial: for capital offences in Canada; and
"it distmatlnnenee of the prosecutionswhick
were instituted In the courts Of the United.
Stites againgt those who took part itethit:
expedition, has been directed.
t have regarded the expedition as nut only,
potmeatin Its eater°. buttes ehlev 1101104 " 1 ",_.:
mettetor ferelgrtfieM Me United Mates In Pa ,
(mean TlWnttwaAt
uncoodLobslnatlo.ll4.2l; 7 2 o4l3 7 4gita
atfy is Ireland, a ~.hy, a artg•
lassilas M part AIgiegYVIOACS on trii,S,QI7I4I,MIV
was designed to aid in obtaining redress for
rie "tical . pFe gli n fa cB il 'whic h ,ill7etr'"a assu med,
ehi
Of the untish D e ov n ecrim a ent during a period of
several centuries. 'rlip persons engaged in It
were chiefly natives of that Country, some or.
Tyburn had,.while ethers had not, e MD
:lens of the United States under our neeo g m eneral
Idws of. natural liaticn. Complaints -of
misgovernment in • Ireland contiuually
t o t t e n t o l i ci t n
au .
ag o i r t l atior in i e s
13nP4owatigsp7rieniltilihang7 nail
4 lrcland that the:Bridal'
Gdvernment Rave decirted it neceSsary to
suspend the writ of liabea3-forptm la that
country. These circumstances must ne.
Cessarilp modify the opinion wtch we
might otherwise have entertains 1 in re-
Jgard is an expressly p hibitcd I
by oat neutrality laWs. eo long s those
laws remain upon our statute•bot s, they
should be faithfully executed, and if they
operate harshly, unjustly, or oppr sively,
Congress alone can apply the re dy, by
their modification or repeal.
rulltiedi and comnierctal interns M of the
United Statesarertoe milli:€.l3,- ter lit directed
in some degree by events which a LI trait:i
nking in the eastern regions of Ent- pound
the threseems to have come when t ur gov
ernment ought to have a proper dii lomatic
representation in Greece.
This Government has claimed for all per
sons not convicted, or accused, or suspected
of crime, an absolute political right of self
expatriation, and a choice of new national al
legiance. Most of the European State have •
dissentedirom this principle, and have claim
ed a right to bold such of their subjects es
have Immigrated to and been naturalized in
the United States, land afterwards returned
transient visits to their dative counties, to the
performance of military service In like man
lier as resident subjects. Complaints arising
from the claim in this respect made
by foreign States, have hereteforn been
matters of controversy -between the United
Suites and some:of the Epropean Powers,
and the Irritation consequent upon the fail
ure to settle this question increased during
the war in which Prussia, Italy and Aus
tria were recently engaged. While (treat
'Britain has never acknowledged the right
of expatriation, she has not practically in
sisted upon it. France has been
equally forbearing; and Prussia lets
propose() • a compromise, which, al-
I though evincing increased libernlity, has
not, been accepted by the United
States. Peace Is now . provalling everyiehere
in Europe, and [MY - present seems to be a fa
vorable time tor an assertion by Congress of
the principle; Oolong maintained by-the Ex
ecutive Department, that naturalization by.
One State fully exempts the native-horn sub
leet of any other State from the performance
of military service under any foreign UoVern
went, so long as he does not voluntarily tfe
neunce its rights and benefits. .
ECEMEDE2
In the performances of a duty linoosed upon
mo by the Constitution, I have thus submit
ted to the Representatives of the States and of
the Pewit) such information of our domestie
and foreign affairs as the public interest scent
to require. Our Government 'snow undergoing
its most trying ordeal, and my earnest prayer
that the peril may be successfully and anal.
ly passed, without impairing Its original
strength and symmetry. The interests of the
nation are best to be promoted by the revival
of fraternal relations, the complete oblitera
tion otpur past differences, and the relnaugur
ation of all the pursuits of peace. Directing
our efforts to tile early accomplishment of
these great ends, let us endeaMor to preserve
harmony between the co-ordinate Depart
ments of the tiovernment, that each in Its
proper sphere may cordially co-operate N li lt
the other In securing the maintenance Cl the
Constitution, the preservation of the 1 . 111011,
and the perpetuity of our free I list Dm lons.
ANDREW Ji
Wasuisures, December 3,
REPORT OF THE SECRETOR* OE WAR.
WAR DEI•A ENT,
A,13 I 311 . 02 C CITV, November 11,1,6,f
Preshinel : Ill.bantlment of the volue
..... .. ... - .
trot forces In nor:vice at the time the rebel ar
mies surrendered; collecting the arms, ord
nance. and military etoreS scattered over the
vast theatre of war; the mile and disposition
of unearviceable material; eat:idea in arsenal.,
magarines and depots that Which might ho;
used; settling and adjusting . war elates; re-'
craning and organizing the regular army un
der the recent act; the establishment ofpcot .
and gurrleons on she frontier and In the 1 telt.
ad country; testing the various imp rowan ent e
of breech-loading small arms, and ;.,PPIY ,,, g
them to the army; practical experiments to
determine the destructive power of projectiles
and the comparative resisting qualities of ir.ii
tertale; completing seaboard defences and pro.
Tiding them with armaments: planning and
carryinon herbor and liter improvements;
these,,with th e samba{ itwitlon of t he [ laws re
lating to refugees, freedmen, and Mien dente]
lands, have oonatatuted the chief operetta:hi
of the War Departmeat der:meth° past year.
The entire number of volunteer troops to be
mustered out was. on May 1, lea% I,lal,oaf. and
doneannual report recounted the opera
disbanding this force until Noeember
15,1565, when 800,063 troops bad been transpor
ted :mastered out and paid. The work woo
actively continned ater that date and on
January 5:1, 1866, 019,122 volunteere iiari been
m red out; t ebruory 15, V 52,452: Strireli 10,
..T
VC 4 ; Mar 1.10)1 , 757; Jena itf, 1,010,6711; Novetn-
be 1, I,ol[',o.l —leaving In service 11,013 volun-
tee ot, white and colored. The aggrepate ra
de on of the colored troops during the year
h beett73,o2l, and at this date Otto regiment
of finery and thirteen of infant, nii elm,-
le about ten thousand officers i and enlisted
May ,m , K S,
remain in the service. Commenced In
, the work of il Pretense:hi and vet a re •
tug to their homes 1,034,0 a volunteer., would
lave been completed within three months bet
for, the necessity:of retaining le servien eta
:sal that force. Past experience i•howe that,
I should any ultional emergency reo afro a lar
ger force than e s provlitel by the peace estate
lishment, armis could be sir kitty ;erg:mired
to
t oot
least the full strength ef a million of
men.
The reduction of the army his been attend
, ed by a corresponding reduction of material
and retrenchment of expenditures. The ail
vastest depots of the qnartermatiter'e Depart
ment, which hail been established a.
bases. of operations, her. been bro
ken apt the Meter part of the ma
terial lipid at advantageous totes or
conoentested In five principal depots and at
tenets; and all unnecessary employees: dis
charged. Irma May 1, 1.3, to August 2, I , oi,
over 917,000 horses end tunics were Isola for
413 . 40.613 Si eb.int Mee barrack,, beopitab
and other buildings have been cold during the
year for $117,573 11. The sale of irregular and
amaged clothing In store prat acrd Ohl 1 . . a
fiscal year the sum of relel.l7o 43. The fleet of
503 ocean transports In service nn .1 alv 1. 1e.5,
at a daily expeneis of ril tee, gas reduced be
fore Jane 30, IeGG, to at vessels, costing. el.ore
er diem, and most of these have since been
dhrehargiet...ocean transportation being hog
111111014 entirely conducted Its estitllll.Med corn.
martial lines of steamers. Of VI ves,l*
which had been employed in Miami transpor
tation, at an expense of el,em rat re. none were
remaining an Ocrirlee on lumina t0'....., 9thi of
river transports. steamers and barges during
the year are reported as amounting to 41,151,-
nd 01. The rates of se neon transportation it,
the 1 Ohio country have alto been reduced ivy
which w e r e
Tlie military railroads.
which were operated during the war at total
expenditure of 115,412,719 15,anitsilifeh aro ob
delally reported to have reached en extent of
1.,;304,, m ales, arid to have pressessed AM ermines
anti '11 , ,60.5 ears: bane alt ' berm transferred to
companies or ' boards of public work's, upon
condition of the adorn°. of loyel organists+
Mons of direttins. Cavil sales of railroad
equlptnent to the amount of at.ria,ll9 liatra.r
ported,-and credit sales 01 47,414013 22; ami
the latter there bare been paid, principal boil
interest, $1:330,00.5 le, leaving due to the Mil._
ted etates, on June"o, hull, principal and inter.
e5t:55,520,071 03. The military telegraph, which
attained en extent of 15,30 toilet of linos eon-h structed during the period of hoiltilties,
a to: el expenditure of 47219 401 ilnring the a ar.
and eka.G32 during the lost decal year, hall Peen
discontinued, :the material sold end ills-
Posed ot, and the em Mayo. iel setter-
Keil, only a few Confidential operators
being still remitted for cipher, sme
' apontlence w lin onnmatitiers of . I iiiportant
district-
Seth soiledstenee stores as VLOII.I not be re
talned for supplying - the reduced IMO.) . love
for the moot part been sold at satisfactory
prices. ,-; ,
The Palo of unserviceable and am - pins stores
pertaining to the Islgnal corps has been effect
; ed; most of the onleern have been mustered
out; and the employeert discharged. all the
temporary ordnencedepots, elitabl.heil due;
leg the war, with the exceptlmforthat at Mil
; ton Mead, where the worlrls in progress bite
I not completed,. have been discontinued, and
the supplies have boon sent to arsenals Inc
storage, or, when not worth the cost of trans.
, portatlon, have been sold. ;The expenditures
' at arsenals have been greatly diminished, and
their operations limited,
General hospitale, hospital transports and
railroad trains, ambulance corps, and a num
ber of medical purveying depote have been
dlepensed with, and all perishable articles of
medicines and hospital supplies, :II excess of
the requireMenis of a peace establishment.
have been disposed of by reserved su pp lies vantageous rates, and the
concentrated at five depots. The proceeds of
Old or surplus medical and hospital property
amount to 111,01 4 , 91 • 59 . i .
Bat the sale and disposition of those large
amounts of unserviceable' and perishable
stores still leave on hand an adeqtutte supply
of war material to meet any emergent. that.
Can possibly arlse. Thu stoor of clothing,
my age.
o g
n e a r r oo r m e ;L o s
ro t e r ;
ar ir m u b4l . ligf m n e u e r , a &o n o -.
and field artillery hi euftleient for tlie Immedi
ate ttealpment of large armies. Thadisband
ad troops stand ready to respond to the natlen.'
al call, and, with our vast means of transpor
tation and rapid organization developed dur
ing the war, they can be organized, armed,
equipped, and concentrated at whatever
points military emergency may require.
lVtilloi, thsreo toot i n g r expenses have been
reduced tO t hi s of a moderate and
ecenotoleal peace eStablishment, the national.
military strength. reaming unlnt paired and in
contlitien to be promptly put forth.
While the reduction of LIM volunteer Dame
and the advantageous disposition or conceit
.tration of war material were thus success
fully accomplished without-diminishing the
military power of the country, recruiting and
reorganizing the:regular army Itivontlity pro
greened. In - consequence of the: difficulty in
procuring enlistments for the regular while
so many men wore required for the volunteer
service, 153 companies of theregulur army, us
thou authorized, were unorganized on 3lay.
31, ISA but an the middle of the :following
imaistaa j ui lii i' V aree e iti anitti tCy . how,:eicts . a- Itin t orn h zt4l l: i4catqv U rt i o ur tur n r ' l d , m :t e t,o c ly r th ' ten,e : 6o. .l .: P t i venioi: t iterb o ab rt n ap w gi l i adv e mner,. . B ,;roi c im s itt o e it m : t.b .st pl ievnrca ri o n i trewieutuer s eizi f e htt b i i: mt l e vi un o l ui.s: U m i nn l itrouvy rl airlin eg:4 7ll6: : ' .. l l
regiments, or GO companies, of :artillery.and .
43 regtments, or 4:0 companies oe,tuffintrYstif.
:which telfealty 4=14
Innis
leglettenii.l33l3
cOmneeed Of colored men, and 4 Infauterre,gie
Other regirlient.,:esafgned eteithe r cartsc, 1
iekerYinslirly..comoleted. 48 - 0( i ll if ea coin '
,alnglebottallons pr.tlick al ti threrfebattalion
:beitirctenedelteiliillid tent tot eleiregimenee.
Inn Veteran, aileiliMentelaiso Men
20 dta=alPliereelie.men tanyne
efilysiseelli-ittintarding-storelioneetr
OWN esi 4 o*_;tazollar outigio..: Tao-col ,
~,gtiohilol,gillia.h.V.O4,l4l
bred realmente And be reere ,
poselble, from the colored volt u lt"'l al far 45 I the eieulatiOns and prattle* of several
Mere still Me bertaes,.• neon the proper performance of
sery-lee. The law nethermost an
bon g t Mates eft a cam pari y as the max i l ment of
' "556 art
. t.
Mary labors depends •the die ,
bein the minimum; and ,1e ei mum, ze briesementsof nosily eighty meilentiordoellars •
strength of the ernoy is thus eieeei e r „? ewe. - among more than a Million Ofelatmants. Soon
e tont beard of of warier
rank and file. The eresent siren gi h tit sera = , i ant ' uto 241°Ttr t tatent of Congress 4 ef a e al9e.
ponies Is fix el at 1;1 privates for meal r •
prh.m 4, t r ee • :lms and regulatione for the paymtetari-tforge 1
tillers, and infantry, and Ms autheritedbounties. Diligent appliallem WaS
light, batteries of artillery, tnak leg en ... Re or
,r,e:re found to be in strietanfordance With law.
gate strength of Wee es enemas the ;sanfls- ' ,seen
to the work, end the regetlatlesteehaving
shall be well feted, it le designed to increase
the efficiency of tee military force by raising , reetZePracalatY appeared, published, anti (li
ttle standard of qualifications.. red the
be curried into effect. To the same
The troops in seestee were regularly pate, 1 tilers we lelehieet of boentlea fee colored sot(
and the demands of *those discharged ens
i any aoloitteee° referredetrilita view to,errovide
tiniest dseignees anti secure
Mastered out .promptly met. During' the i bounty fronialetehe'ltu that might Beard the
fiscal year ending J tine eh 16el,A1(1, Meier et 1 it to colored s r oide
.g. i ounti
were disbursed to the army and Military Ac- t against freed; e e a e rs ee e e tel Wetted the treasury
admits', 4218,913e:13 te to volunteers; and In the • reeved, poineereet the - bo a e th n e e ee re P e O e r s t ' ' tsu e .... ret e
disbursement. of millions of dollars in small is to the other chum (b bounties was e•e".
sums, and amid great dilliceltles and hazards, tee Genera: regards
nl l ,.. l l l .. ett i rros shall soybean
' telt% o aY mak in". e
the total coat to tile Government, In es- Payment until all a
verses of every character, is but a !motional received, and claims
portion of one per cent. ' by States anti organization : ; a re e re le tl e red
Every &Met has been made to - promote the liminary precess the ultimata b eies.— -
comfort and health of the army, and to give will. it Is believed, be greauy a V es ,,, ,_t e oF7ll
tile best medical . treatment to the wounded tempted otherwise, probably - 1,1,-........... AP
sick. Well greet:teed appreliensions •of never be telly aecomplished - 0 2 le b orie would
the appeerance of Asiatic cholera as an ere public records by which. the . vell4
t rertble
detnic, early in the present year, required bounty claims is to be tektoa,..there Ts In t &
prompt action for .t he protection of our archival of the government but one copy, el. '
troops. A rigid military quarantine was es. ready meth worn for eacb periled. Au elem.
tabilshort °elite southern Atlantic coast , and plat on for each individual case would noon
sanitary precautions enforced. Tee adoption reduce them•to illegible shreds.
of these measures availed to control or erten- The duty of the Government to the soldiers'
cab: the disease, at the recrulting depots and who have been maimed or fallen in its defence
forts' where it appeared;before It assumed its has not been neglected. Albeit care has been
usual alarming eptdeinie fermi nue official taken,by precautions and•practical tests, to
recognition has been given to the meritorious secure for the former the most durable, usetne
serylces of medical meters whose fidelity, Mid comfortable financial limbs. From July
energy, and skilful administration succeeded IG. hen, the datoof the act Of Congress author.
in merle:firer diminishing the horrors of wble. !zing artificial limbs to be furniehed, to July
spread pestilence. In other respects the gen- 2, beet, there have been supplied to disabled
ere' health of the troops has been good. soldiers 3,931 legs, 2,210 arms,9 feet, 33 •bandse
Among white troops the proportion of deaths, I:Metered apparatus, and It lit supposed that
from all causes, to cases treated, has been one not more than 100 limbs remain still to be
to every flity-two. Among colored troops the- supplied,• at an estimate, cost of $70,003 in
proportion of eases taken seek has been order to include' unfortunate cases in whieb e '
greater than with the white troops, and the from the nature of thelerury or operation zio
mitrality rate one death to every twenty-nine limb or other surgical appliance can bated
cases treated. There were reorsulning In gee- Vantageously adopted, the Surgeon General
erne hospitals, June 30. ISA and admitted der- lies recommended that, if the appropriation
Ing the year, 61.130 patients, of whom. on June for this purpose snail be continued, the money
30. 1004, only le remained under treatment. value of an artificial limb, in lieu of en order
The comfort and proper medical treatment of for the apparatus, be given to the maimed
the sick and wounded are secured in welt- soldier. lortyeme national military cemete
arranged post hospitals, of which there are rice have heenestabillffied, and into these had
at present 187/ with a total capacity of 1001 already been gathered. on June 50, the rt.
beds. • males of 101,5. e. t soldiers. The eites for
Meesnres have been adopted for the par- ten additionel cemeteries have been selected, .
'pose of preveling euliatee shelter for elm and the work upon them, for some time des
troops now stationed on the Oldies. arid for rayed by the climate and a threatened ePle
these which may be ordered thither ' and to demic , is now in course of vigorous pewees
prevent auger -leg during the sveltes. Tao Lion. Although limey not be desirable tore.
army has been well supplied' with, forage, move the remalne Of those now reposing in
about one-half the quantity having been sup• Other sellable burial grounds, it is estimated
piled from the stock remaining on hand at that our netional cemeteries will be required
the cessation Of hostilities; the consumption to receive and protect the remains of 249.74
' for the year hus been 3,tee,000 bushels of corn, patriotic soldiers whote•lives were sacrificed
•ffitreee tons of hay, 2,70; tons of straw. . in defence of oar national- existence. The
' Subsistence stores of good quality e „, : , average cost of the removals and reinter.
been 'Applied to the army, and though the meets already accomplished Is reported at
larger pert line been obtaleedat the prince 40 7':.1 amounting In the e4l g re r ° to 4111444.°11
-
pee inarketeentres of tile northern rotates, and tis believed that an add tlorusi expendt•
yet the general return of the citizens, north "Ire of sr,r4oMi well b° necessary.' it is pret
end south, to the productiveness of peace, Ow". I n st e ad ..of the wood e n ite 4l Thc l e rds
and the consequent reopen) ng of tile molts heretofore used, to erect at the graves small
mans eltumnels and sources oe trade, have en. monuments of • east iron,_ suitably protected
ableol a partial resumption of the course of by clue coating against rest. Six Isle of the
procuring sapid les at the points where they lead, containing Melee names, have been pub.
are to be coneurned. Eighty-nine (entracte Belied by the Quartermaster General, and
for fresh. hoof have•heen made In the southern others will be issued as rapidly as thous can be
Status, at a general average - price of 11.00 PrePared.' . ,
cent, per poem!, and in the Interior of these Decumenie submitted by the chiefs of bu.
Slaw, other articles to n email extent helve reams, and accompanying thls report, contain
been purchased. The market at Now Orleans detaped Information relative tat he operations
is now so well furnished, and has eo tar re- of the War Department and the reqnirements
semed a hemithful mercantile condition, as of Its respective branches.
to render it possible to procure there, at sat- The total estimate of :Military appropna
isfactory prices, most of the subsistence [lime for tile escal year cede:met epee; Pete is
stores required In the Department of the 4.2 " t.: e 45° 40 "
Gulf. On Pantie coast. for several years he Ad I nettle General's office has Immediate
Lefler - California was admitted to the Union •
supervision of recruiting for the regular array,
ail the stipples ler troops there etetionea and disbanding I Ile volunteer force, andelarge
were required to be steeped from Nee York, 'deo of the records and unfinished business of
bill an impel anti relleble market, compels- the Provost Marshal General's bureau, which,
leg the protects of California and Oregon tn accordance with ant of July `le Ituie, wasells.
and the lord gn countries bordering upon tliti continued on August ee. Arrangements have
same ocean, is now foetal lit San rerun. been made for the prompt settlement of the
elsco, and most of the sub:deb:nee stores undetermined questions formerly pertaining.
for troops ill the division of the pa. to that bureau, and for the removal to Wash.
elite- have been there °learned. it gen. legion of the records of its offices in the earl.
Prat the eubsistence supplies purchased ems Settee. The estimated upprepriatton re
(luring the year hare teen proeured,upou quire(' for the purposes of the Adjutant Gen
c.,ut raets, connate.' in pursusece of silver- era" °Mee Is 4 " ,°114-
tisements for Rented proposals, written pro- The officers of the Inspector General's de
posals, anti acceptances. partmeet are new those of the regular meal.
The Duper LalleC of speedily providing the dish meet, and they are ell engaged in their les
alley with breeeleleading smell arms of the althr.ate duties of stated and special Devoe
best pattern Pas been I.mo:relied trod acted trans. No appropriation is required for this
upon. By all leder .r January ::, lee 'a hated ecerte e .
of competent officers was convened' for the In the bureau of military Jnetice during the
Purpose of examining, testing, and report:mg Past year Sete records of courts marthe and
en the various mo.lein of orlxi oat breech-lead- military commissional have been received, re
eve. end Ito varlets plans ler the conversion viewu I and filed; 4,olmaispeelal reports made as
dote breech icemen of the arms heretofore to the regularity of judiciat proceedings, the
borne by our t wee, Tiiia bOll,lll Met' Oil Parton of military o ff enders, the remission
item li le, and continued In PeS4lOll until Jo n° or commutation of sentences, and upon the
•I. when its report eat submitted. and three- mismilaneens sublects and questions referred
teens have been f.,,,•en the ordinance depart- for the opinion of the bureau; including also
mem for the epeedy matelfacture of breech- letters of instruction upon military law and
loading arms. la view of [interest reamber of practice to Judge advocates and reviewing
on alb:terns on hand. It has been deemed advt. officers. The number of records of military
saute to convert Springfield rifie-muskets,at courts recelvei at thls bureau reicised a min
a compunetively email cost, IMO ellicient ,arum Boon alter the adoption of the recent
breech leaders. rather thati• incur the cost of army act, and since that time bee' Increased
the entire manufacture of new arms of that with the Military force. The other business
'description, at a time, too, when the Invention of the (Arcane an advisory branch of the War
star not have been perfected. This alteration Department, will also, It is believed, continue
of the ripest a t musket has berm Ported so to. ti t augmented until tile peace establ
euceestfully at to render lt an arm believed ment shall be completely orgenizee and Dee
so be better in all rmpects than the Prussian +taw army
fully recruited; =Utile het t that. In
needle-gun, whitens metallic ammunition Is a large number of importaut eases, command
regarded es superior to that of the latter. ers of department-sand armies arenot author-
The depertmeue lial already on band breech- heed to execute sentences In time of peace,
'molars of approvrel patterns adeqnate for and that such cases can no longer be summa.
the eupioly 01 the cavalry, and mounted and till' dis Posed of without a reference te the Ex
light infantry. . eeutive, will niter require from the bureau's
Besides the measures that have p e e n men- very considerable - number of reports which
tinned to provide for the coinfort.and promote neretefore have not been called for. lee e.g.
the efficieuey of the army, seated mutably in- eregete business with le is thought, not be roe
specttone have been male in every military traced in proportion tee reduction of the mill.
command tiering the year, with a view to tart force. -
bring to melee, and promptly remedy, any ir. - In •the Querfennester's Department the re.
regniarltles and detects; mil numerous spa. turns and accounts of officers responsible for
Mel inspections have else beau matte through. clothlue and evading° during the year have
oft the e hole country, for the purpose of cur- been examined anti izansmltted to the Treas.
rectieg abused, euggeolug improvements, and my for Sinai settlement. The erection of the
reveling retrenchment in the service. The fire-proof warehouse at Phliadelidea, for
esp.:eon service has nue been changed by 'thigh Congress made an appropriatien on
the return 'so hence; the system developed July se, will be commenced -o soon as the pro.
during the were meeting the requirements eus sees
now invite by imblie advertisement
needy air
sea is still continued. - ettell bare b ceived and comeared; Mad
TIIO present or of militarey de. authority ls desired for the purchase of a site
partments and divisions Is se follows: • and erection of a similar structure at Jeerer
.
sonville, Inatena. During the fiscal year ocean
Thstlepartnient of the mot, Major General transportation has been furnished for 131,591
George li. Meade to command, to embrace the men; inland transportation for 1,1/10 3XI per.
New England States, New York, New Jersey, , „...„ ~.e ee , „ „ ere ,
is, 1e,370 wheeled
Peensylvatoia, and' Fort DelaWill - C. Bead. "-"."'.. ••• ••"" , ^-•
'melees, and 120,000 tons of stores of all kinds. I
quarters at thiledelphia. - pa
anti the greater part of the bills for trans r-
Tim department of the lakes, Brigadier and mtion during the war havele - .
, can settled and
Brevet Major tiOllCllla Joseph Hooker to cam- --„,,, - „ 1a ,„..- _ al ,
mato'. too embrace time Suites of Ohio, .Ifielli. 3,,",.;„,..f2,..g.,ft„.p,„,:i filed. duri ng the act Of '
Ran, Indiana , Denote, and Wisconsin. llead. 0 7 , :e.,e4r uet u tl, 0 1 7,7 4 7. Par the year to
Leone upon wreck
quarters at Detroit. about $1,000.000. have been pal . No farther,-
The Department of %Washington Brigadier
and Brevet. Major Genera E. IL g. Canby to 411PreOrtat'unt° are req uireel for too regular
service of the Quartermaster's department, all
command, to embrace the District of Colurn- it Is believed that the balances now assailable'
lila, AillSlindria and Fairfax counties, Virgin. and the rens received and to be recelved. will
111, and the states et Maryland and Delaware, eetlice for the next rimer sear, For COntingen
except Fort Delaware. Ileadquartere at Wash- cies the sum of e 160,000 Is requested.
moon.
Time department of the Potomac. Brigadier The mibsitienCe deparrment Is engaged, under
anti llrevet Meier General John M. Schofield the : Joint resolution ot July 23, I,la payieg,
to command, to embrace the States of ter- mum certiacates given by the Commissary
gusto, except Alexandria and Fairfax comm. General or Prisoners, commutation of rations
ales and West Virgeria. .liestolomarters at to Dime Cnitml States soldiers who were held
elehmotel. as prlsonereof war. Tobacco Ls Maw furnished
' shine deat of the South, Major Galena loth° enlisted
Til e
se the army. under proper
li E. smelts to command, to euebratie the regulations. The settlement Of accounts of
'rens of North nest south Carollers. Head- officers vrho bee e per ormed duty whit the
quart or, at Charleston. - subeistence department lute rapidly progress-
Time department of the Tennessee, itla. ed. Claims nutter the act of.tnly .1.1,61, which
der General George It. Thomas to eons- hare been flint in the subsistence office,
011111.1. 10 embrace the States of Kentecky, amount in the aggregate •10,11.1,17.8,031.01, 011
renmtessee, tioorgia, Alattaitla,and Mississippi, which eSe,3lO have been allowed. Claims
Headquarter:l at Lettlevele. - amounting tO 41,0141.11.70 await final examl-
Tee oteeartment of the Gull, Major General nation and derision.. Tee total extment of Leo
Phillip il. 1,11111 . 1111111 to command, to embrace nay drawn* from the treasury and disbursed
lite States of Florida. Leuisana, anti Texas. w e als subsisteueedepartment dining the past ,
liVild , lllll.lterS at New Orleans. year was 117,515,872.51, Including payment
Thu department of Um Arkannes, Brigadier ofelaims under the act of July I. Mee The
and Brevet Major General E.O. C. Ord to coin- amount dlsbnrecel durtne tile Meal years of
mend, to embrace the elate of Arkansas 111111 Ohs war was,
Molten Territory went. liemlquarters at From July I,ISCI, to.lane el, Wee, 410,793,e21 14
Little Rock. From Jaly,l, ISM, tO J nne 3e.1.91;3, c0,537,5te 7EI
Ti,, department of llineete 1, Major General From Julyi, leg; to June 3e, leet, teleGteirlEr BO
Wnfield 5. Hancock to coal mend, to embrace From duly 1, DE4 to Jane Melee% 14 ,5 11:',S 41
the States of Mtesoute and Sanas, and tee From July 1,151 ' x, to Jane 33 , lre, 7,518,5 W 34
Terrttortes of Colorado and New Mexico. ---
ileadquartere at fort Leavenworth . • , Total amount - -
The department of the Platte, Brigadier •
and Brevet Meese General -rhitip St. George
Cooke to command. to embraeo the State el
lowa, the Territories of Nebraska and letali,
so leech of Dakota to Iles West of the leith
meridian, and so much of Montana ea Ilea con.
theme. lathe now roaol from Forilarimto to
vie:lea City.. Montana. headquarters at
_... _
media. -
The department of Dakota, Brigadier nod
ltrertt Major General A. 11. Terry to rum
trend, to embrace the State of Minnesota and
all the Territories of Dakota and Alontena not
calibrated In the I denartmene of tho Platte.
Ileadquarters at Fort Snelling.
The department of California, MU:oiler and
krevet Major General Irvin McDowell to corn.
mend to embracal the states of California and
Nevada, and the Territory of Arizona. Head
quarto fl at San Francisco.
The epartment of the Columbia, Major Gen
eral F derlck Steele to command, to embrace
the S to of Oregon and the Territories of
;Vestal gton and Idaho. Ileadottartei sat Port
land.
The principal movements of troops have
be-n II TUSELY. on tee Mexican frontier, and in
the Territories, the details of widen are given
In the .neeoanpanying report of Usu. tyrant,
commanding the armies of the United States,
and the reports of division and department.
commanders, to which reerelme is made.
General Grant reports that a militaryforce
,;.
has been kept Mall the Intel rebellions States
for the purpose of insurln the execution of
law, anal protecting Hie and property against
the acts of those_Who, as !yet, will acknowl
edge no law but force—a cis S , smaller, in his
opinion, titan could have been expected after
such a conflict us that thrOugh wraith we have
passed, but sudieiently formidable to justify
the course which has been', pursued. • Military
movements Mans also been directed with a
view to the protection of 'emigrants 'on their
way to the mountain Territories against, the
hostility and o pposltion of the Indians.
Besides lee operations thus recapitulated,
of reduction, concentration retrenchment,
and reorganization of the military establish.
mem., att.,l psynient, complete equipment,
and disposition of the army, other matters of
national 'lmportance. and interest bane re
ceived the careful attention of the War Do.
partment. • 1
The permanent defences of the - cOutt.
ghard been: . strengthened. Their
leiency has already been much increased'
by substituting cannon of larger calibre sad'
Improved model for lighter' guns, ,- anti .
wrought•lron for woOdea gun carriages. Thin;
work is still progress and will be. couthi.
ued. Diligent and careful efforts; hasedmpon
the designs and recommendatleing...efroompo.,
ten. hoards of engineers, halve been made to
adapt old works, us weir althOsehi'Vrocess
of constrnetlon, to moreporerf at armaments..
Gotstruction hes beetriuSfsended upon 1101110
woks, in Or4I3I.IOIIVILIVIMS nompletiosof
important 'ettirtdieht*.baving In clew the
ezbenetve ;scot hen islitetdsvir armor laix.tn°
protect - WM' or,nv.oxnet , srini.noro the 'omitl
s
al r eVir ititaWd throttle ipromisoot si Prim t
cal' and' It ighlv DeftoBllllll • !Willie:l,oOn of'Ute_
• knettleftgOobtaMeilbyitlenietrials. ..,,,,,,..,,(..,
' - Suryeyr , of- theinkes have. been 0ff.1.1.1 . ..5 . ..
, 4kikr.limpewat...
already be:7 l 6%."Z un try„ .
1 C ri A g rNittr,g l o l o l 4,k al Pr°Sete t tra
. ,44r„ths,ltbotta. aPpirOlbr-tips mule . a ... ,
.._ :
lass
sealskin of C01gr 44, _.,,,,,,, , ,,,•i0,4 I,,ltitt'be,eti la.
rotated
and s nate "I riy7padspeedlY carrYietr. .
stituted me success. o .. grbi n a t.... otr_uon.:
!Intoelloat , te_e il„"frVi, icSleing gold lord °r
ums lox 41,9 `""'" , iliiiima.; :ThpliindOoLet.the
, Alm tear-.. fur ,Llll/ wprios I , d i / ba l m: g el id:-
Po l : o • oo ', l ,,c lg r,, • pilyvt.O . : 4ISCULTVINI 0111COT8.-
dlets..l l nr,,. — ,,,jduous attention, The meant
. itlfg,, e ,,Wyng upon the tsar lia , eNitan i r t l l .,4l- ,
7,7.1.,,d of e . tb le ties !Of ' esamina T tien apilAsttie., " ,
44 . 4 ,a,1 0 wagoof ibis witzuv, , itaDosor a. oat,
, amaiw astu.oriaborould: wermlWit.twetbt ,
, ... tde o l oortotanitternoutoneteof (..greSti Son
. ~, ....,so:d, ,m,.., t .
No appropriation is required for the next
decal year. .
Arrangements willsoon be consummated by
the Medical ramarbucid for the permanent se
curity of its valuable mortuary records, in.
eluding t 6,000 folio volunfea of hospital rents.
tars, 47,000 burial records, 14000 hospital, mus
ter and pay rolls, alphabetical misters of the
load, containing 230,1:40 mantes of white and
neno of colored I.oldlers, and the pathological
collection constitudisg the army medical mu
seum. During the year odinial evidence, ob
tainable from no other source, of cause of
death, or of discharge for diSebilitv, has been
furnished 1e'40.1.12 cases, and 210,02; discharges
' upon certificates of disability have been ex
amined and classified. The, total number of
enrgical oases Mudded and recordtaris,
Wounds SLAPS!, and of operations The
preparation for publication of • the medical
and surgical history of the war has been pro
secuted with energy, much of the manuscript
and several of the Illustrations for the lint
routine being completed. The army medical
museum continues to Increase in value
11.11,1 usefulness, and the greater
security and, additional nceentmotfttions
of the building to which tt wit. D 6 shortly re
moved admit of the addition of a groat num
"her of interesting and instmnive specimens
not hitherto available for want of space. A
small noptopriation will be mitred to con.
tinue the work of class tication and preserve
tion of this national collection. The number
of casualties from the comroeneement of the
War to the prenent-time in the regular and
volunteer medical Oaf, is ascertained to be
Mb, including 'M killed in battle, Is killed by
accidett t, 10 died of wounds,4 died In rebel pet.
sons, 7 died ot yellow fever ,3 died of cholera.
2:0 filed of other diseases. During the drat
medical °dicers were wounded in battle. Tile
distribution of troops in smell bodies over so
large an extent of country nosessitstes the
employment of actingAsalsuant su.rgeonittem .
porarilY, bet the number of these has WS r -
duped fr om 1,037 on July 1. leoS,to tit ony,l4a
`l, lane, 'and , will be still farther dUn t ral,„.
when cantles vacancies In the sernto c :„..„,....
Of
=Melons created by Meisel o owi aa --
Of JtUy2o, Ifia, are afloat a c0rr421_,,, r .. for
cremate the number of hosPlll'd."7;il ad in
-general service; hak.n/ B° ,.„ be rtestint retloottoo
every brantill or t°° ;Woe rhddly enforced:.
androtremehment bey Tanta. •
A"egate Itrepartmerkt in iliMiStl•
Ar ea
by the, alit.. ot rem.
Orli., 014 111:1 'abedOnodiliands , which
f i ra l 'asliditf.e o .,..._ l 4 l° A•Jrar t ittion applies
k ending nucleic a deal•
bl o w she Departineati rid
sion,or from -subsequent appro.
loo m o,„„ w 74,,e,trus , treedmen's btizeau,no. era-
Cr.,... - 7: - Ment 'arose and no rtion,
The fends' at , the d POnel Of L I Z :
461 hal • demirtme during
m aLical and hoop
n 7
sun,
year coiling June 30,3804 were ea
. M 1
"elmeted( appropriations 11111111
. 4
' • testa thp tresSury,
i.monut ettreaseildrart SO."/
' 4 , an war warrant s,..ils,4sattsid May.
hafe,Vgwrit',Asillident
• ", aeon , sl". 'llD , Drinton; 'Oita m the-.
mail antilinlisegeetlytnfonded, 10,000 00
PrOceede Of idea Of old Or Surplus •
m olest and Ittuipitat prirpenS... 4,014,X1
AOurit„rertired .W.Ount.ipf „,„
suppllee'furnt tied lenthe bee uf, • .
:prisoners of war ZiJC,i4i
- Atricumt refunded by the antes. , -,,
mice' department, heti:Wirers:tr..
„tionionut,,Of ..agiOnnt „i
• Inlet* end ealeF istefek.
-" • "'M eon'
A j igtfu l gt=Yo. vet of " • '
- mire" tit !'14,105-911'
"Atilothit" recolfered• on account, of .
I. /Wel and Cletrittirre lasi= dim
iirod.inizazisportatton
approprtittap Tor:;
caro.autesillati.lll2clkhrgeol-E0.1c,,;_,
.1 14 0
dlera, being for board of disehm
wed soldiers, while baring RIK I
toial limbs Stoll
ved from all other sources..
Total
5, Seses4
Of this amount there was stisbursed dacha
the same period-- - ,
For medical and bcispltal •slipplzes,
pi part of this stun expended In
payment et debtor previois year), 0;7:s r.:: 55
For pay•, of private physicians 90,45; tti
For pay of nurses and other hospi
tal eusPlOYeos X 0,016 en
Forlutroliase of arUerial limbs'for
disabled soldiers 198,91.9 et&
For board of sick soldiers in private
8.1 75 '
ospi • • SS, • .
Fo h rezpe tals nses of hospitals for oflieent =459 M
Far etpenses of purveying 41.°F0tP,
laboratories, repairs, . 312,20 18
For misce ll aneous expenses 'of the
medical department
z.rs
Total iltsbarsertteats dirlag . the
fiscal year • • .r.:,saLsol .:
liatatme tr, Treasury, 7 one 30, 10/30.. 2,N5,t.t7 14
Iteranded or amount advanced by •
disbursing calkers during the pie-
view year •.
. TM:, ~-.".
45,329,054 31
tb r e he mp es l t le *M"d el de partment
Year hempen
al r.hautte. an con,,,n,
irpproi fo lon th red e :extract
local for
'The foudepartmod remains olthout mutest
b.re im PuoaduPon thts ue b n ran Ca
partmeut by recent Constresslonal enactment.
and ordnr to promptly pay ho large laano
of Treasury certificates, - Of
af id t a h " e l° W ma ar DI- -
retain temPoratily a ma i m '. be ' "4
S r
of mm l a jna o
partaLsters, The nnauelal summary exhibits :
A balance on hand. at the begin.
ming of r ages' Year 1 1 2n,103,9v V.
Itecolyed m Treasury al:Mother . - •
'motes during the year IC.SAM,4N 97
Total
Aeconnted as follows :
DLsoursoments to army
and military academy.sl o ,4.ll,ool42
Disbursements Lo cob
Unlastiedrequsitituut in .
treasury. 10,06,0:0 00
In haia.sot paymasters
Juno
. Vid,Xir.sta
• The total dtsbnrserments of each ohms dur
ing the fiscal year is as follows:
To troop* on master out
To troops In service
To referred claims _
To payment of treasury certifi
cates 16,16417 Co
. 23 , 4374117 n)
The estimated appropriations Of the'pay ue
pertinent amount to $17, 7 55,180 GO for pay of,
the army for the next aang year.
The coring,' engineer* at the close of the Ile
cal year consider.+ et ninete-tive officers, the
battalion of engineer troopsomdthe Unitary
Academy. Thirteen officers were oa detached
duty, serving in command of military depart
ments, on special service connected with the
levees of the Mississippi river, on the light
house Board with the Denartment oPthe In- '
terror upon duties relating to the Paola* rail
road. on military enrsars and dere of the
general-In-chief and commanding general or I
the mil Italy division of the Gulf; the remain- -
d er were dielgently engaged in the duties of
their profession, officers of desirable ezperi
' since and practice' havin' direct supervision
of the more Important Yorks, - The
trams were dtstrilmted between the 11
Academy and the two depots of engineer safe
plies located at Willetes Point, New York, and
at Jefferson Barracts,•lll.ssonzi. The condi
tion of the battalion with regard to Abel dine
-and instruction la reported as satisfactory.
At the two engineer depots, much valuable
war material lum been collected from points
where It had -re malmal otter the close of oper
ations in the delis, and it Is proposed to keep
on hand a complete outfit on a moderate scale
ot such engineer, bridge, and siege equipage
as would be most likely to come into requisi
tion to supply u nforiteen demands in the held.
The chief of engineers suggests a modifica
tion of the act of June m, -1, In respect to -
the manner of prorming labor and material '-
for Improvements of harbors and rivets. The
estimated appropriation required by the en
gineer bateau for the next ffseal year is
salio.o9o.
-The ordnance deem tment now limits the
operations at arsenals io the construction of
w
taught iron 005 coast carriages, and such
eminence supplies a. are needed for Mimed!.
ate vac; preservation of the Ordnance stores
left on Mind at the close of the war; breaking
np unserviceable =mum ition,and compler r g
unit:limed/ buildings. Fireproof workshops
nave been completed at Watervliet. Frank
ford and Allegheny 'arsenals; three maga
zines with a capacity for storing
13,f00 barrels of gunpowder. have been
built -at the St. louts arsenal, and
one of the same capacity at each of the ar
senals at Washington City and Beidels. A '
board of officers Is engaged In examining snit
ablesites for depositaries of- gunpowder, Pro
vided for by an appropriation at the lass ses
sion of Congress; and the erection of such
magazines as will famish secure and mita
hie storage for all our powder ammunition,
and . nitre will be commenoed early- next
spring. The arsenal at the south which were
seized by the rotas, haven been betaken, are
reoccupied, excepting the north Carolina Ju
bilant, which was destroyed the Harper , .
Ferry armory, the - workshops of which were
burned, and which. has been- used as an ord- .
mince depot, the arsenal in Florida, which has
been transferred temporarily to the freed
=Ws bureau, and the arsenal in Arkansas,
which is occupied by troops of the line. The
Chief of Ordnance Is of opinion that It 'is not.
- advisable to rebuilt the North Carolina ar
seed, or to recestatilish the armory at Bar- -
Plea Ferry, and the sale of both es recom
mended. All tee small arms and some of the
other supplies which were collected at Beton
Rouge,. San Antonio, Augusta, Charleston,
and Mount Vernon arsenals have been re
moved. and the only supplies which have
been sent to them were Such as were required
for immediate issue to troops. The commis
sion appointed under the act of April 19, 18e4,
to examine and report the value of property
on nook island taken by the United States,
by authority of that act, has entered upon its
duties: As soon as titles to the property
shall hare -been acquired.the construction of
the armory and arsenal, as required by the
law, will be hastened as fast as theappropria
lions will admit. It is important that this es.
intendment shoed be beet iip as rapidly as
Peasible, and a considerable aum has been
I estimated for that purpose during the next
1 decal year. It Is believed thatall of it is ne
,:casery and can bejudicicenlyand advantage
ously expended. 'lke operations at tne na
t_lerial armory at Spriogiseld, Massachusetts. '
eating tholasst year have been conneed to
cleaning and repairing arms used during the
war, and to making the .requisite prepara
tions for converting the Springfield muskets
Into breech-loaders. The power and endur
ance ot the 6-Incli and 12-bach cast-iron rifle
cannon have been subjected to practical tests,
and the experiment* will he continued. The
ordnance returns for three,consemitlve years,
including a period of active service and ordi
nary repairs, show an average duration of five
years for cavalry carbines, of four years for
cavalry pistols, sabres, and accoutrements, or
seven roan for infantry muskets, and of six
years for infantry accoutrements. Freer Jan.
Awry I, /NI, to Junen3.le96, the ordnance de
partment provided 7.8911 e .nn0n;11,7"7 artillery
carriages; 4„012,12.1 small arms; 2,Z.11°..50 com
plete sets of accoutrements for infantry and •
cevalry"s3o,lll complete sets of cavalry horse
equip:Daniel Mee set++ of, horse. artillery hat
nem, 1.e.N.1.3.174 outrhiges for small arms;
1aie,N.1.433-Perciasslen caps; 2,531,1 7 7 rounds of
fixed artillery ammunition .14 ,452 cannon
Prim and femme I.l"cet pounds of artil- .
'cry projectiles; 26,410,014. p..unds of gunpow
der; ee115,133 wends, sit nitre,. and 80,410,e20
pound* of lead. In addition to 'these, there
were immense quantities of parts provided
for repairing and staking good. ar dries dam- •
ages, lost or destroyed .nine, service. The
fiscal resources of the ordnance bureau
for the year amounted.: to 11.13.304-
4101.63, and the expenditures to 1116,531677.k1,
having si balance of 1113,M9 IS, or which
Sit! M.= M were Mu/Man balances in the
treasury and - $103,580 00 were to the credit of
disbursing officers In the government deposi
tortes' on June 30. Bed The estimated appro.. .
priation required by the ordnance office, in
cluding only such objects as require early ra
tion, Is .1.3a3,211. -
In the office+ of the Commissary of Friona's
a reduced force haa been engaged In reedy-
Init completing the records relating to
prisoners of war, in ; fernishbag Informal=
required by the various bursa" and to tbe
investigation of alarms for commutation of
rations to Gaited Stares Wailers while held
as prisoners at war._
The clerical force at the office of the shu_ ,
n.
corps la employed in arranging and Wang
In unrable form messages and reports which
paned through or emanated from the crepe
during the war. The expenditures for tee
signal service during the
tember .71,1tre, well:N.:Xi
', MOT:P i t:III tr u 3t, I Kee C l frOrs o3 37 . N° •M ,
propriation was requested of lad Canvass. .
2311"r ti: gretiniig amounttsr
ana none will be required ter the next fiscal
Year. cadets
At the laet exataindlati the corps of
at the Military Arsidemg
droll and tweet:rola
lit members. and Lary
cadet.. of the gradeetingeitaill completelitlit
numbered two hun
course of studies and were conimissien Its
tenants In Cha nt er:e s . tinder elle rrev?. I . .
of the setae( Con eeprove+ l ==.
July 13 and M, the n.d tt ' ar or answerers,
110palaiee Creel , jse..,taerniida prof._
which, " tolge eedets. ther -bad.. fore - consti
sem erli„„•-; -- -,„„ to ntieri . arid • the officers
toted- ...... ''' ---- ..a .1,461:i eSeltllnTe et1:,1431 ,
ra. 11111!?; 211 _,..". uia - • over it. .Itrevot Major,
vision en" '''''— sett:War Inspector Genera&
tienc fla t . t , o ,,,, i ' d o oesia naun ed d ' as Pm:odor ' , and Colonel
v. 0. fetcher, of the "US i trraig i i rd ntlr,i f
eepertntendase _ .The report o fe
Vamps for 1517 eta= ampletestlmoay to the
- esefelneee and exatilent . condition of the
academy, and re al the increase of the
naniber.Of MUM to Me.. - With the present. ,
number of calcite but, ene.greduate can bo '
eupplied"to each regiment ens"' second year,
after the ordintredeedinde of. the daft' corps
are met. Dialing the pat !resider+ of Congress i
ImpOrtalinneastires were adopted respecting '
tee luslidemy. ratslegthe standard of gratin
oetteee reeadmissionond.requiring thaaie
otrintmeatabetiensafter made - Me year in 'd
emote of the date ,of adiniasloa. The Itrpeo.
tot , iron_ personal. 4J:M.in, reports the
authorities. of the tastittitieria ea moat ankle
.ami Meilen errata to advance the interests of
the academy eta Mc eadets.'.l.te admintstra.
ties beediaracterited by economy, and habits
.oerrnselitTarlaincalitated.,...Ygteellent disci
pline ia4samtained and judiciously enforced. -
• , ene estimatedAtegeoprbiiipm ler the Military
A lt ca illuni h ielea till"6 ll eleZefitifeell.'
.'Atatightliedisentill. n theraffitel nor reParts
4 4 0
'A I I trril l Areti 4e ff ili i' E af arex iz ei ll i
Aneittetleeetthad by the law of Tne Jur
ildiethatteditindstetee o=.mtesbraers coincides
generally with dePartnant end district cora
trathilikketetwellstinet,ln, Maryland and the
..Dixtrieldelfell.Mbutibise , tinder. the — new law
Marylabd,and Mentrietity ake.embraced, and
these --States seem to require aid
MOM, :Ming: therein in promoting the
setereete _of , settee . and educetion,
'ln thereartierrel titaahrytitellt offices, ei
MUM extilaullet% reirt nt, awl not a
e l l*
wane eikyevenne, Seabee& eatabliahed with
a tdaittitaltalaltbtit sad 'Ulnae for deport-
Atlntikeecii:Strelleye crowded le
' Militias., Tee.= nee - 01 selsupport
has
'been nrged to , ite u,pou the labor-
Ing" lettesel. age{ liar' M - en determined
tdfittlybrdergedbereen Offielets, but by ell ,
cromstanfeledreillatilreeßentag the priee of
letter ifdierilltiocalities. .Tne Wriest:LAM
TreedlattitenV 2 , Mgefdl has been carried On
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