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FIRST ANNUA. L MESSAGE
OP
ANDREW G. CURTIN,
Xloveinor of I'eiwsylo.mia, lo both Ho'MS of
the Legistilurc, )cal January 8, 18C2.
In the Honorable the Scn'tte and Home of Rcji.
icsenlatices uf the Commonive till of Pcnmyl
iMi'it :
Uknti.kmkn : II lias plensed Divine Prov
i.li'iictj, iltir'iiu the last (.ciu-mi Id g'wa us
it'Miir.l.r.l ctnis, ntibrokoii penco uilliin otir
liurilttr-4, Jtiuiiuni'.y amoim our people, am!
iIiii.h In oimtilt; tins Coininonweallli lo do
lierlull duly in llio country, lo hersell and
lo posioriiy For iheso blursins we hae
cause lo bo "fateful.
'J'lio balance in tho
Treceury on ilio
30ih Nov., 1860,
wus 8081,433.03
The receipts du
ring tho fl'Cal
year ending Nov.
311, 1861, were as
(ollows :
TVomordin .try sour
ces. SSjOlTjOto.fiT
From temporary
loan under Act
nf April 12, 1861,
at 6 percent, in
and ne"0-
liated at par.
6I7.VO0O 00
J-ruin 6 per cent
loin under Act of
M ly 15. lBiil.nl
HD negotiated at
par. $:
Frimi Socicly ol
Cii ciiitiattis.
I'm m United Slr.los
tin ae'l nuliur)
Kiineuserv
: 012.1J0 00
600.00
60G 000.00
From I'aymaslers
and ct.'ierj leiuii
de.l. 22,220.15
ti.743 525 02
Total in Treasury
for lical year
t-i'.ditijj Nor. 30,
1461.
7,424,958 10
And the payments as follows:
Fur ordinary iut-
poses. ' $3,111180.34
Fur military ex
penses, u u d e r
Acts April 12,
1861. and May
16 and 16 1MJI:
471,873.8a
1,708 402.GS
J70.535 51
2,353 872.01
For am'l loan un
der Act ol Aptil
12, l8UI,ri'paid.
375,000 00
5 873 352 38
Leaving balance in Treasury,
Nov. 30, 186"t. SI 551.605.72
Public !)c I Funded and Unfunded.
Received from
temporary loan
niider Act April
12, 1861. 6475,060.00
Repaid as above. 375,000 00
Outstanding Nov.
30, 1861 5100,000 00
Received from loan
under Act May 15,'
1861. 2,G12,150.00
Amount of public
debt, funded and
unfunded, Nov.
30, 18C0. S37,969(847.50
Paid during fiscal .
ear. 101.331.42
S37,8G8,51C.U8
R e m a i n i nu un
paid, (e.vclu
ivo of miliiary
loans abve men
lioued,) Nov. 30
1861. - S37,808,51G08
Jicccipts and Expendilmcs oj iWtiUny Loans.
Ileceipls from Mil
' iiaiy loan under
. AclApnl 12,1861. 3475,000.00
Act May 15,1861.2,612,150.00
From Pay Masters
and other refund
., nil. 32,229.45
fr3,l 19,379.15
Paid lor military
' expenses as it
bove 2,353,872 01
Paid for redeem-
itig loan. Act
, April 12. 375,000 00
7-152.728,872 D4
yUnexpended of military loans. 1390,507 4 1
tjteceipts and Expenditures if Oidi'naiy Revenue,
Jialunce iu Treas
ury from ordi-
nary cuurces,
" Nov. 30, I860. 8681,433,03
Received from or
I' dinary tources
f- during fifcal y'r. 3 017,545.57
S3,69'),07865
Puid for ojd'ry ex
peiibett,aabove. 3,144,480 31
'Unoxpended o ord'fy rovoniie. S551.598.3
'Received Irom U,
J7 Status Govern
'inent on account
J military oxpeu- ,
-wdllura" 60(3 000 00
Recelved from So, '
i piety of Ciiiciii.
i nalus. eoo oo
Balance in Troasu- ,
ryaabovo, ei,5b,(J05 72
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.,
I ?t will bu observed that tho fiscal year
ends on tho JBth of November, and tho
sinking fund year on tho first Monday in
September, which accounts for tho appar-
pit I n inmitjit, m , .a -c .1.11 -
, .T. ' "'7 ....luuutoi uuui paiu
" T" usurers report, ana
bythcUmniis.Monersoftho Sinking Fund,
ihcbtatolias on hand a surplus of uui-
I0, cauipincr.t which cost about
v.u,UU) ui iuu uuueu oiaics navo , lor mo purpose ot forming a njw conipauy, theso operations amounted, as far as as
agreed to take and pay for at cost. Ar-1 of which tho capital stock shall be one mil- ecrtaiuedt, to S744 20, aud I recommend
railffClllGntS linrn lipnn mmln with 1in Hnn. linn nF.lnll 1 ... .1 - .1.. 1'...!. 1 l.
, p "
I nrnl I 1 s. n ..... a . i IV... 1 1 . - . ? .. 1 .. .
vi. n uutuimuuiH ur uiu ruuiiuurscmciH oi
s, tho imlitary expends of tho State sineo
1110 iilll OI JUIV last. 'J 10 bl S n 1V1 tl
and partial
-
repayments liavo already been made
It will bo observed that tho receipts from
ordinary sources of revenuo for the year
18(11 have decreased, but as payments
have been made on some of them sineo
the settlement at the end of the fiscal year
on tho first of December, and inoro may
reasonably be expected in addition to the
payments to bo made by tho iNational Gov
ernment as hereinafter stated, tho balance
available in the treasury will be largely
increased.
It will alsi be observed that it has not
yet been found necessary to call in all of
the loan effected under tho act of the 18th
of May la t.
In some items the ordinary revenue of
1801 was in excess of that of I8G0.
Tho loan authorized by tho act of May
loth, 1801, was taken at par. This oc
euricnce, most gratifying under all the
then existing circumstances of embarrass
ment, affords triumphant cvidenco of the
confidence of the people iu tho stability
and integrity of tho Commonwealth and
of their determination to support the Gov
ernment. The operations of the Sinking Fund
during the last year have been, as shown
by my Prod- mation of 5th September
,lnst, as follow-:
Dolt redeemed from lih S. p-
tumber, 1-0.1, to 1st S. p
timber, 101, :)00 SOI 01
Of stock loans, ?:J00.()o0 00
Wf iiiterc.-t on
coitilicatcs, :l,:j:i0 01
Of relief note., 41 00
S:fl!),P01 01
I nfer to tho reports of the State Trea
urer and Auditor (Jeiii rai for tho details
of the financial affairs of the Common
wealth. Tho reports of tho Surveyor
General and State Libratian will exhibit
the state of the Departments under their
caro.
The ComiuWiiouers of tho Sinking Fund
during the last spring received from tho
Philadelphia and Erie (late Suubury and
Erie) Railroad Company forty bonds of
that Company for 8100,000 endt, and a
mortgage to secure tho samo executed iu
conformity with tho third section of theact
of March tho 7th, 1801. That couip ny
has abo deposited in the State Treasury
its bonds to tho amount of five milliouj of
dollars, in accordance with the 0th suction
of tho samo act. On tho 0th of May last
I granted my war. ant authorizing tho
Stato Trca-uror to deliver to tho said coni
pauy one thousand of said bonds, being to
the amount of one million of dollars.
This warrant was is-ued iu conformity
th the law, tho five per cent, bonds men-
tied in thu fifth section of tins act f except
ose belonging to tho Stato and now in
with tho law
tioucd
those nciouoing to the state aim now iu
the Sinking Fund) having been previously
burrcudercdand caiiccl'cl, and eati.-factiou
entered on tho Itecord of the Mortgage
mentioned iu said fifth section. Hazing
received notieo from tho company Uio
bouds so delivered to tho company or their
proceeds had been appropriated iu accord
ance wi h tho provisions of tjielaw ; on tho
21st of June last, I appointed John A
right as Commissioner to examine and fir.-t military aid from tho loyal States
to roporttoina whether said bonds or their -.-Inch iho Government received at Wa-.li-procecds
had been appropriated to the ingtou, was a Pennsylvania corps which
purposes required by the act. His report arrived there prior to the 19th of April.
has not yet been received by mo. Or that day tha passrgo of other corps
It is understood that arrangement havo from this and other States through Balti
at last been made under which tho direct more was impeded by force, aud during
railroad councction between Philadelplria . nearly two weeks afterwards the eom
and Erio will be completed within a. short 'munioaticn between Washington and tho
timo. It is impossible to cstimato too ! bval States was almost mitimlv cni nff
highly the importance of this great work
to tho Commonwealth, aud especially to
Philadelphia and Erie, and tho hitherto
neglectod counties near its routo west of
fjio Su-quchauna.
By tho act of tho 2lst April, 1859, for
tho salo of the State canals to tho Suubury
aud Erie railroad compauy, it was provid
ed that if that company should sell said
canal for a greater sum in the aggrcgato
than three and a half millions of dollars,
seventy-five per centum of such excess
should be paid to tho Comiuoiiwiiilth, by
a transfer of so much bonds and securities
a3 said company shoulp receive for tho
san.o, and payable in lik? manner.
Tho company sold tho canals and re
ported that the share of the profit on sueh
salo, duo to the Commonwealth, was $281,
250, of which 250 was paid in cash and
for tho remaining 8281,000, tho Common
wealth received coupon bonds of tho Wyo
iniug canal oompany to that amount, be
ing a portion of bouds for 8900,000 issued
by that company and neourcd by a mor
tgage of the Wyoming ouual, formerly
calod tho Lower North Branch canal.
Thoso bonds bear au interest of six per
cent, per annum, payable BJini-auiiually
on tho l'tu day of January aud July,
and tho interest was paid by tho co tupany
to January last iuo!uivo. Tho interest
duo in July last has not been paid, Judg
ments having been obtalnod ngainst tho
compauy ou somo of tho coupons for tho
unpaid July intorcst, a bill of equity was
filed iu tho Supremo Court by a bond aud
Btoekholder in which such nroccndiims
were had that by a doorco made on tho
second of September last tho property and
affairs of tho company wcro placed in tho
, . c
nanus oi a receiver.
a plan tias been suggested tor tho as-
sent of tho stock and bondholders which
contemplates a salo of tho canal under
, lawful process, and a purchase of il.o. same
v. v.viinia, uiviuvu i.uu meniy UIOU-
, . , i ... ...
; sanu snares ot lilty dollars oac1, of which
each assenting holder of mortgage bond
lor nili- t mi. anml , Inline;, cl.nll l. .:.l...l
. b.iwuuiwiu J 11 It 1 a UU UUUIIUU
ao eighteen shares, and each assenting
iniuor ot titty shares of s ock of tho Wyo
ming C!.,n1 i n. .......... t... li l i:ii..i
nnng L-anal Lompany shall bo entitled to
nine shares. Of course no oflicGr of tho rictl and hungry soldiers, deserve remem
CommonwoaUh had authority to assont to brancc and gratitude,
thc proposalj or iu any way to affect her ( At the special session of the Lsg'ulature,
pojition. It is bo'ivol also tiiat tho plan which commenced on tho 30th of April
is not ono tliat ought to bo assented to by
iuu vjuiiiouweaun, ana mat, uuuor ail tlio
circumstances, it tho conv nionca of indi-
vidual parties requires a change such as
proposed, tho debt due to tho Common-
wealth ought to bo firit paid or fully so-
nnivfl.
cured.
I suggest that tho Act
passed 8th of
April, labl, entitled. "An Act concern- to defray the c.penscs of that and other
ing tho sale of railroads, canals, &c, ' preparations military. Men moro than
"should be modified so that in all ceases sufficient in number to foini some ton rcg
in which a debt may be due to tiro Com- iincnts of tho Kcservo Corps had, previous
monwcalth by tho company, as whoao to the 10th of May been accepted by me
property a public work may bo sold, tho iu pursuance of a call on mo (afterwards
purchasers thereof shall not bo entitled to rescinded, for twenty-five regiments, and
the benefits and privileges conferred by ' were then already assembled and subject
the Act, unless they shall have first paid to my control.
the debt duo to tho State, or secured tho ' Most of these men volunteered for the
same by their bonds to the Commonwealth Itosorvo Corps, and were immediately or
securcd by a first mortgage on the work ' ganized. The remaining reoimcnts were
itself.
I commend flic subject to tho immediate
consid ration of -he Legislature, as an ef
fort may bo made rt an early day to en-
I force a sale of the canal, and some provis-
i... i... . ,....i ... . 1 . .,
"J mil iu pruiuut me llliorcsis o U1C
State would in that case bo necessary
The wicked and monstrous rebellion
j Which broke ou' many months ago, hi s
, not yet been quelled. Every sentiment of
' loyalty and patriotism demands its effect-
I ual suppression,
In my messages of the 9th and 30th of
-pni last, i set:ortli at length my views
of the character and objects of tlu contcit
which is still pending. Subsequent reflec
tion has c nlinned nic W the correctness
of the opirions then expressed and to
which I refer. In additiou, it ought to bo
understood that looking to tho variety aud
character of her products and industry,
her material interest alone would render
! the preservation of the Uni n from the pre
sent assault upon it, nidispensablo to Pen-
usyivaiiia. one cannot aitorcl to have a
foreign power below or above or boutidiug
her on the Delaware, tho Choanpaako or equipped, and in all respects ready forac
thc Mississppi, and she will never acqui- tivo norviec,) were in Washington. Tho
es co in ,-uch a result, whatever mav be regiments aud companies from Western
tho cost in men and money of
her resis-
tanco to it.
On tha 9.h of April last I directed the
attention of tho Legislature to the necess
ity which existed for an improved military
organization, and on tho 12th of the samo
month tlio Act entitled "An Act for tho
bettor organization of tho niilitir y of ibis
; Commonwealth" pa-sod, appropriating the
jsum of So0l),0U0 for tlm purpose of organ-
iniug, equipping and arming the mifitia. j
' On Iho 15th of April the President, bv
proclamation, called for a
military force
of
5,000 men, ol which the quota as-igu-
fi.J. to Pennsylvania was at first sixteen
(aftenvafds reduced to fourteen) regiments
to servo rs infantry or riflemen, lor the
term of three mouths, unless sooner dis
charged. This call was enthusiastically responded
to by'tho people of Pennsylvania, Tho
On tho 19th, I received a request from tho
War Department that tho troops preparing
iu this State should bo clothed, armed,
equipped, subsisted and transported by
the States, in conscquoneo of tho then in
ability of tho Uniteu States.
This request was, of courso, complied
with, and twentyiivo regiments, (being
eleven regiments beyond our quota,) com
prising 20,175 mon from Pensylvauia
served for tho term of threo months under
tho President's proclamation abovo referr
to. As thu furnishing thoso volunteors
with supplies was necessarily, uudcr tho
circumstances, a huriied operation, aud as
complaints wcro mado in regard to them,
and frauds were alleged to hdve boon per
petrated, I appoii'ted a Board of Comiuis
sions to investigate tho whole subject. A
copy of their report, with tho cvidonco
taken by them, has been already laid be
fore tho public. It is tho intention of tho
Auditor Gcnoral to open tho accounts of
such partios as appear by tho testimony to
havo been overpaid, and this courso has
already been taken in two of those oases.
On tho expiration of tho term of tho
threo months mon in July last, somo eight
or ten thousand discharged Pennsylvania
Volunteers wcro thrown into Ilarrisburg
without notice and detained hero, waiting
to be paid, for an avcrao timo of somo
ten days. Their tonts camp equipage and
cooking utcusils had been taken from thorn
at Wllliamsporb, Md., and thoy arrived
hero destituto of all moaus of shelter and
of preparing their food.
I The Cnminiss.nrw nf ti, Vt..:,i
' furnished uncookoJ ratioLa, and under
tho circumstances of emergency. I deemed
it necessary to make arrangement's for
, . . . - a
aiding m the cooking and bakiu for tho
i rations, and also for furiiishinir meals to
such of tho rcgimculs as arrived during
tho night or under circumstances rcquiriuc
, infant roliot. Tho expenses attcndiiw
mab mu JUCUlSiaiUlO lllaKO
..
an annronria
tion to pay them. It ought to bo stated
that theso expenses would have been much
larger, but for the liberal aud patriotic cf
forts of tho citizens, and especially the
ladies of llarrisbui-L' : their frnn.lmt,d,.il
nospitality and generous aid to our won.
lat, 1 rcccomuicudcd tite organization of
a reserve corpse, to bo armed, equipped,
clothed, subsided and paid by tho State,
and drilled in camps of instruction, in an-
ticipation of the exigencies of the country;
and by tho Act of the 10th of May last,
such a corpso was directed to be raised.
and a loan of 83,(JOO,000 was authorised
rapidly recruited, and the Corps was thus
completed, and George A. MeOall, of
Chester county, was commissioned as Maj
or-Gcneral, and assigned to tho command
of all tho forces raised or to be raised un
der the provisions of tho last niontiohcd
act. Tha regimeuts composing tho Re
serve Corps were instructed in four camps
in different parts of the State, until they
were taken into the .-rrvice of tho United
States. Two of those regiments, under
I the commands of Colonels Charles J. Bid-
dlo aud beneca G. Simmons, aud two com-
panics of artillery under tho command of
Col. Charles I. Campbell, at the pressing
instance of tho War Departuiict, Wvro senf,
on the aid of Juuo last, to tho relief of
Col. Wallace, at Cumberland, and remain
ed for about six weeks there and iu Wes
tern Virginia engaged iu active operations.
Towards tho close of July the whole
corps was cajled for under requisition, and
and taken into tho service of the United
St.'tes. Within four days after tho disas-
ter at Hull's Hun, cloven regiments of this
line body of men armed, drilled, c'othcd,i
trgina aud the remaining two regiments,
I uiuiwu tut: nuuiu uuuiuuf Ul UllCCU, SOOll
joined them there, and they aro all now
in the service under the command of Gen.
! Moduli, who has been commissioned as a
B igadicr General by the United States.
These fiftccu regiments contain fifteen
. !.: It. ...t.,.1.. I-r. ".. .
uiousuuu eigne uunurcu auu hity-six men,
an constitute a division compiioing t
brigades, a regiment nf artillery and
of cavalry. The whole expenso of rai:
clothing, equipping, subsisting aud pa
three
clothing, equipping, subsisting and paying
tho iiestrve Uorp-e (including tho expense
of establishing and fitting the cambs of in
struction., of iccruiting, and supplying rcg
imciit.il flags, and companies iu Maryland
and Western Virginia, which were all de
frayed by the State) has amouutcd to
8S55.4 11,87.
This does not includo tho transportation
on Railroads, as tho separation of that ac
count would have been a work of groat la
bor, nor does it inoltidi the pay of tho two
regiments during tho campaign, but it does
include all the expanses, whicli were heavy,
of teams and transportation, not on Rail
roads, for tlio two regimen's on tho cam
paign abovo mentioned. Twelve regiments
of tho Resorvo Corpso wore paid, subsisted
Ac., by tho Stato to tho nvcrago dato of
22d July. The two regiments iu Vctorn
Virginia wcro paid by tho Stato to tho
date of their depaiturc from Harrisburg on
that expedition. Tho Cavalry reginicut
was not paid by tho State. It will bo
perceived that the whole average cxponso
por man was 853 05.
Previous to tho 31st of April last, a
regiment had been enlisted iu tho c'ty of
Erio from Northwestern Pennsylvania.
When the call was made on mo that day,
for 25 additional regiments, tho Erio reg
iment was ordered to march to Harris
burg. Tho call waa rescinded, however,
before the regiment roachod Pittsburg, and
i ordered it to encamp at that city, where
it icuiained until tho 30th of Juno.
Tho National Government decliucd to
muster the regimout into servico -as a'l
existing requisitions made on tho State
were moro than filled.
Much apprehension cxiitcd in the west
ern anil southwestern borders of the
Stato, ano it was deemed prudent
to retain tho regiment nt Pittsburg
to meet an cinoigonoy that might
arise. After tho passago of tho Act of
15th May, ISU1, it was expected that thu
regiuictit would form part of tho Kocrvo
dorps; but as tho men had been a long
timo from ho.no, and remained inactive iu
oamp, thoy deoliucd outeritig tho sorvico,
and wcro subsisted and paid up to tho 30th
of Juuo by tho Stato, Two regiments
havo sineo Wen enlisted from tho samo
nart of Pennsylvania at tho oitv of Erin.
ouo of which has been nt Washington in
Bcryico eiuco September, aud tho other is
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1802.
now ready for inarching ordors and it is
duo to tho first Erio regiment to say that
most of the men aro now in service.
Further requisitions for sixteen regi
ments of Infantry and two regiments of
Cavalry were shortly afterwards made by
the War Department. Of these, sixteen
have already boon raised and aro in tho
sorvicc of thh United States, and tho re
maining two aro in the course of organiza
tion and nearly ready to march.
In addition to tho requisitions on the
State, the War Dopaitmcnt had given
authority to numerous individuals to raise
volunteers in 1'uiinsylvania, but as the
system was found to create much embar
rassmcnt, a general order was issued by
the War Department, on the 25th of Sep
tember last, placing all such organizations
under the control of tho Governor, aud
shortly ufterwai ds a requisition waa made
on tho State lo increase her quota to 75,
000 men. Those independent organiza
tions, as they arc called, thus becamo
Pennsylvania regiments, and, so comple
ted and sent lorward, from
part of
tho
qucti ot the btato.
The Stato regiments have been num
bered, and the last to this dato is num
bered 115. Those of tho three months
regiments have continued in servico under
the later requisition, and retain their or
iginal numbers. Deducting tho remain
ing twenty threo months regiments, there
arc ninety-two regiments iu sorvicc and
preparing for it. We havo also in service
and preparing twenty-four companies.
The following table of the existing
Pennsylvania volunteer force is given for
information :
RKUIMUNTS IN 8EUVICF.
GO regiments of infantry, of which
0 wore rifle regiments, 71,189
II regiments of cavalry, 12,G00
1 regiment of artillery, 1,077
81,950
COMPANIES IN SEKVICE.
7 conipauios of infantry,
G " " cavalry,
0 " " artillery,
707
578
030
2 'ii
87,177
Enlistments in other than Penn
sylvania organizations, estima
ted, (the officers of which aro in
course of beiug commissioned.) G,.100
Total in service, 97,577
llEaiMEN'TSl'lUU'AUtNO VOIt SEaVICE.
11 regiments of infantry, 13,00'3
1 " cavalry, 1,130
1 11 artillery, 1,077
15,305
COMPANIES I'tlEI'AUINn Foil SERVICE.
I company of cavalry,
1 compauios of artillery,
109
021
733
10,038
93,577
10,033
in service,
Preparing for service,
Pennsylvania's contribution,
109.G15
.Exclusive ot 20,170 three mouths men,
now disbanded.
Tho regiments preparing for service aro
incomplete. Those that may not bo filled
by tho 10th instant will be consolidated
and sent forward. Of tho regiments in
sorvico, tho 11th and 15th regiments of
infantry are at Annapolis ; the 2Sth, 29th
3lst, 00th, 09th, 71st, 72nd and 105 reg
iments and one company of Infantry are
iu the command of Major Gen. iJanks ;
tho 45th, 50th, 53th, 70th, and 100th
regiments of Infantry arc iu South Caro
lina; the 'Ib'th Infantry are at Hattoras
Inlet; tho 103 Infantry and 11th Caval
ry aro at Fortress Monroe ; the 77th,
75th and 70th Infantry, the 7ih and 9th
cavalry, one troop of horse, one .-quadrou
of cavalry, two battalions of troops aro in
Kentucky; tho 8 1th and 110th Infantry
are in Western Virginia, as aro also three
conipauios of infantry, four companies of
cavalry, five companies of light artillery ;
tho 8th inlantry niu at Coekeysvillo, in
Maryland ; ono compauy of artillery is
at Fort Dolaware ; all tho rcmaiudor of
tho volunteers are at or near Washington.
Upwards of 3J0 volunteers from Pennsyl
vania aro now prisoners, but as arrange
ments havo been made for tho exchaugo of
pri-ouers it majbc expected that they
will soon be released.
Iu compliance with tho joint resolutions
of tho lflth of May la-t, I have procured
regimental flags for tho Pennsylvania Vol
uuteers, and have prosontcd ihem in per
son to most of the regiments. Iu other
cases tho regiments being ou or near tho
Potomac, I havo requested Mr. Cowan,
Senator, aud Messrs. Grow and Wright,
members of the llouso of Representatives
from Pennsylvania, to present thorn in tho
namo of tho Commonwealth.
Tho Gouoral Government requested that
tho States should abstain from purcha-ing
arms, as their co'iioetition was found in
jurious in tho market, aud in viow of tho
larrro exncnditures ot monov in armin?
and equipping tho volunteer forco of tho
Stato, provided for tho National Govern
ment, I did not purchaso any ns author
ized by tho 28th section of tho 15th of
May, 1801, The Stato his now quito as
many arms as aio nrcssary to arm all
tho volunteer organizations in existence :
but, iutluonccd by iho threatening aspect
oi our rciauons wiiu lorcigu govcrnmeuis,
I havo directed tha Adjutant General to
procuro arms as soon as it can bo dono on
roasonablo terms and without injurious
competition with tho National Govern
ment,
Arms havo been distributed among tho
1 border counties to all tho
organizations
that havo been formed to receive them.
1030 have been thus distributed. I have
also addressed a letter to tho commission
ers of all tho border .counties, offering
arms to them as soon as military organiza
tions shall bo formed to receivo them.
Uosides tlius4complying with tho require
meiits of tho U7th section of the Act of 15th
May last, I have deemed it prudent to of
fer five tuousand arms to such military or
ganizations as may bo found in Philadcl-
puia on a plan to be ottered by mo as
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to a considerable extent havo been fur
nished to the Pennsylvania volunteers from
ho Stato arsenal. Others have been scut
coy tno u tilted states authorities to arm
them before leaving the Stato.
In somo cases regiments havo gone with
out arms under assurance of the War Do
partment that thoy would bo armed at
Washington or other near designated
points, and that their immediate departure
was required. It was thought wise in
those eases not to insist on the arms being
sent before the regiments marched, as this
would havo imposed on the government an
unnecessary cxponso iu freight, and would
have been productive of delays which
might havo been seriously detrimental to
the public service. Forty ono pieces of
artillery with limbers, caissons, forges,
ammunition wagons, harness and all the
necessary implimouts and equipments wcro
furnished by tho State to the artillery reg
iment of tho Reserve Corps. Ten of theso
were purchased by tho Stato, and their
cost have been refunded by the United
States. Dilligcnco has been used in col
lecting arms throughout tho Stato and re
pairing and altering them in the most ap
proved manner.
The State has' now
02 pices of artillery, of' which 17
need repairs. 20,753 muskets and rifles,
gome of which are in the hands of
mechanics, being repaired; 1910
arc in tho hands of volunteer corps
throughout tho Stato ; 1930 in the
possession of County Commission
ers, and 100 with tho reserve
corps of Philadelphia.
In addition to this the city of Philadel
phia has 9 pieces of rifled rrtillcry, and
1,070 muskets aud rifles.
Tho State has also in the arsenal at
IIarriburg
,900 snbrcs and swords, and
1957 pistols, and the city of Phil idcl
phia has
44.0 sabers, and
820 pistols with tho necessary accoutre
ments. There is also in the Arsenal at Ilarris
burg a largo amount of accoutrements and
ammunition for artillery and small arm.".
Tho Adjutant General is successfully
engaged in collecting arms throughout the
State, and it is expected that the number
above stated will bo largely increased.
Probably 5,000 mu-kets and rifles aud
several pieces of artillery will itill be col
lected. The caro which has been bestowed u-ion
the comfort of tho volunteers, and the
goodness and sufficiency of their supplies
ot all kinds, and the excellent arrange
ments of the Medical Department, under
tho control ot burgeon General llep.ry 11.
Smith, aro proved by the fact that moro
than 00,000 mon havo been for various,
g nerally short, periods at Camp Curtin
since tho 19th of April last, and that
down to the 1st January iust., there died
but forty-nine mcu at that camp, viz :
fort -four from sickucss, two (belonging to
regiments from other fctatcs) who hud
been injured ou railroads, two accidenta 1
ki led in Camp Curtin. aud one shot in
II iriisburg.
To faeiiitato tho making of allotments
of their pay by our volunteers iu tho field,
for the support of their families at home,
I appointed Hon. Edgar Corwan, Thomas
E. Franklin, E.G. Humes. E.-qs., com
missioners to visit tho camps ot our men
ion and south ot the Potomac, and also
James Park and M. W. Beltzhoovcr, Esqs.,
commissioners to visit thoso iu Kentucky
aud elsewhere in tlio western country, to
call tho attcntiou of the troop to tho sys
tem of allotment and to encourage them
iu adopting a practical plan for carrying it
into effect.
Tho several reports of theso commission
ers arc highly satisfactory.
For details on the several subjects con
nected with tho military operations of this
State, I refer to the reports of tho Adju
tant General, Su'gcon General, Quarter
Master General, Commissary General and
Paymaster General, which accompany this
Message
The duties imposcdon mo wero so oner
ous that I found it necessary to invito tho
temporary assistance of gentlemen on my
staft to aid mo to perform them.
In this capacity. Colonels Thomas A.
Scott, Gideon .1. Hall and John A. Wright
contributed their valuable services, from
tho middle Ot Apill Ulltll thoy wero 0:ll-
led away by other duties. Col. Scott re
maining until ho bcoamo connected with
tho War Department, Co1. Ball until tho
1st of Juno, aud Col. Wright until tho 23d
of Ju'y ; for tho timo thus devoted to tho
sorvico of tho Stato they liavo refused to
receivo any compensation.
Cols. Joseph D. Potts, A. L Russell, J.
Brown Parker and Craig Biddlo wcro iu
sorvico up to tho 2Uth of Djccinb-'r
Tho
Donartmeut of Tclograph nn 1 Trauspor-
tition was uudor tho cxelusivo coutiol of
Col. Potts. The system and coonomy of
its nianogemnit show how faithful'y and
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It is but just to all these gentlemen Mint
T should lionr testimt nv to tho untiring
l si ouuiptar icsunv ny to uw uuuiiub
zeal aud fidelity With Y WOll their duties
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wcro performed.
Tho quota of tho Stato having been
moro than filled, and her military force"
org.it.izcd, I was enabled on tho twentieth
( of December last, to dispenso with a per
, soual staff, and tho temporary arrange
nicnt which had boon made for its employ
ment was then closed.
15y tho 13th section of tho Act of tho
15th of May, 18Gl,Iwa3 authorized to
draw my warrants on tho Treasury for a
sum not exceeding 820,000, for comnonsa-
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..wii duvu j;uiauua us lllliJUI. Lru retlUirCU
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to servo tho couutry iu a military capaci
ty, &c.
Of this fund I have drawn from the
Treasury 58,500, out of which I paid the
compensation of my personal staff, also
ether exponsos of the military department
and the actual expenses of penons em
ployed on temporary service, none of whom
received any further compensation, and
expenses, of tho commissions appointed to
investigate alleged frauds, &o., and tho
expenses of establishing military patrols
on tho Marylaud line, and five hundred
dollars on secret scrv'co. My account is
settled in tho office of the Auditor General
up to the first of December. On that day
I had expended 0,400, and except somo
inconsiderable payments made since, tho
balance remains in m' hands.
The report of the Auditor General will
exhibit the items of the account.
Au account of military expenditures by
the Stato on behalf of tho United States,
as far as tho samo had then been ascertain
ed aud settled by the accounting depart
ments here, was made up to tho 1st dav
of September, 1801, and presented on tho
12th ot that month at the Treasury De
partment of tho United States for settle
ment and allowance. 1 he sum 8000,000
has been received from the Treasury De
partment on that account.
Tho repayment by the General Govern
ment of tho expenses attending the organ
ization aud support of the llescrvo Corps
may not be provided lor by and existing
act of Congress. As theso expenses wcro
incurred by the State for tho benefit of tho
General Government, and havo been pro
ductive of results most important to the
welfare and oven safety of tho country, it
would bo right that an act of Congress
should be passed providing expressly for
their repayment. It lies with tho Legis
lature to adopt tho proper means for di
recting the attention of Congress to this
subject
Assurances have been received from the
Treasury Department that the examination
of tho military accounts of the Stato will
bo proceeded in without delay, so that tho
S'ate may receivo a credit for the balaucu
due, in time to apply the same towards the
payment of her quota of the direct tax
Assuming the completion of this'arrango-
mout, if iho Stato sha'l assume the direct
tax for this year, a saving of fifteen per
cent, will accrue to her, and no present
increase of her taxation will bo necessary.
Whether this credit will be given or not,
I recommend that the payment of the di
rect tax bo assumed by tho Slate.
In case the State assumes tho payment
of this tax there should be such revision of
the tax laws as will hereafter equitably
appTtiou the burden among tho various
interests now subject, or that can properly
be made subject to taxation. The saving
of fifteen per cent, to tho people of the
Stato, by tho assumption, is a matter
woi thy of thought, but a more important
consideration is, that it will enable you,
vho represent all the varied interests of
tho Commonwealth, to apportion the tax
in such manner a; to bear equally upon
all. Our revenue laws had imposed cn
real and personal property, at its full pro
portion, but little moro ihan one-third of
tho taxes needed for the ordinary expendi
tures of tho government.
Hy the act of 15th May laLt, tho tax on
this species of property lias already been
increased one-sixth, Should the Stato
refuse to assume tho United States tax tho
whole burden of it will fall upon theso
interests, iutercsts too, mo-t unfavorably
affected by tho war, whilst other kiuds of
property and ether sources of revenue,
judged by our laws able to pay nearly
two-thirds of tho present revenues of tho
Stato, would not be called onto contribute
one dollar of additional tax.
The militia system of the Commonwealth
is very imperfect. I recommend the estab
lishment of a commission to framo and
report a system moro adequate to tho exi
gency of the times.
I oarucstly recommend to tho Legisla
ture that provision bo made for the mili
tary instruction of youth. Tho appoint
ment of a military instructor iu tho normal
schools, would in a short poriod give
teachers to the common schools who would
bo competent to train tho boys in attend
ance ou them.
It wnulil In my opinion ha will alto to provide Cot
tlm piirrlinii! or Iruilni; liy the Uoniiitoiiurnlth of a
liililtliiig fur a military vcliuul, anil for iuiloying conii.
the niipiln to Ui-ftav thoniliProviciic. No tiuiil Bhould
Ii-ni iniuucior ui mo cipt-nio i inn piaio, requiring
IIV Utllll.U. U Hli BlllUilll u.. 1.1, ,"K l-M-1
tlmrmiijti xiitui nation u in illinuintirt and all fitting
l0
iiMrrU i f iiikttuctlnn iirc-pl thu military art proper.
I reipectfully urge tlii iilj-Mon your yearly coniiile
rntiim, a mm of msn rial ptrhapa vital importance.
'1 ll'ivn tali i-ii nienmiici lo illii'il Ilia viflcient attention
oftliu OeiH-ral (invi-fiimcnt to I lio forllllrallon oftha
irntHr approaches on tlio crabnanl anil the lakie, anil
uiraiist'im-nlj aro in the toiitto of belli j rll'.icleil nlilch
it li hopoil iH ho atifaclory in Ihulr remit
1 mid Willi tliW mei.ati. a copy of a communication
from (ioneralTvllen. Chief nt ilio Military r iifineer
Ik-p.irlmenl at nihlncton. I have uUo r-praentetl
to ttui Hccrclary of lliu Nnvy ttm nccemity (or lljtlu
iltfuii'in on the Ik-la" are. uii'l lint till imurunce thai
they ahall he prepareil nttliv.irlirM moment.
I I have hail a rorrcaiiouilriit llhtln nulliorltie and
(oiiio of the ciliiin of f'.rio pu the mihject of tho defense.
Iea cuuiltlloii oflliat city, aiultlm pun nf tin- Btali) bor
dering mi the Lake (In examination it li found that
the ordnance at the thy of Erie wai uilln'ranu by the
National Uovrrmni nt In tho lummer i f 1SU1,
Tlw i- "letory of the Navy on li rriiint m.. lo, direct
Jan Yhouid not bo dl banded, ... I.aa keen 1. aM
timt vcn mii r muimn the iiaibor of ui .luring tin
winter H.ould Iho Natr iul fcm Miinii'iil uucipetted-
(y M (n llu(y f ,,tovir aute iief u at
our a. ailable vtnu. El uud Wct. t cann-liy
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eil that the trew of the I'niled (Slat l un-r Mlrh.