Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1827-12-15
abstracts OF DOCUMENTS ACCOM-


Brevct MAJOR General Gaines has ACCOMPLISH
ca tour OF Inspection within the last year com
Psehchdins the remote posts occupied by the III,
Regiments OF Infantry, at Tampa Bay, Pensacola.
ana the interior OF Florida. Also, the posts OF
tetitcs Coluillcs, st. Philip, New-Orlcans. Can
comment Jesnp, Baton Rouge, Fort Sncllmg, Fort
Crawford, Fort Armstrong and the Jefferson Bar
racks /
Brevet Malor General Scott has inspcctc, the
posts OF Fortress Monroe, Bcllona Arsenal, Fort
severn, Fort Columbus Fort Trumbu Fort Vol
ro', ort independence, Fort Constitution Fort
treble, Fort Brady, Fort Mackinaw, aad Fort
Howard Also, West Point and the Arsenals NJ
Waterfowl and Watcrvliet
Drevct Brigadicr General Wool has inspected
an the military posts on the Atlantic from Old
ioint Comfort TO PASSPORT including the Arsenals
at Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia ,Watcrtown
tomc aud Detroit. Also, the 4irnlory at Harpcr's
tcriy, and tho posts of Plttsburg Slckctt's Hair
boz and Niagara.
During the Summer and Autumn of 1876. Col
Croghan made an inspection of the following
posts, the report of which having been received
since my last annual communication on this sub
ject they arc here re capitulatcd -
=, Fort Atkinson at the Council Bluffs Fort Brady.
roft Mackinaw Fort Howard. Fort Smelling Bort
Armstrong, Fort Crawford, and the troops then
stationed at St. Louis During the current vc,r
Colonel Croghan has also INSPECTED the pos,s of
New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Cantonrncnt Jcsur
oantonncntI owson, CanonmcntGih4on .FortSnel
iihg, ort Armstrong, and the Jefferson Barracks
Inc Yield Olli;crs OF tho Artillery Regiments
arc now generally engaged in the inspections of
their companies: No reports have yct bcrn r,
ccivcd from them ~
Inc Major General adds that hi, own iuspcc
non exhibits the Instruction, Police Dsciplino
ana Adr1iniSt; uon of the Militart Establish
'In' III as 'a'or'Nicu von1i,iun unn be sx-
cotcd IN It's present organization. There is
however a la'ncntlblc deficiency of Artillery
Material at the Forts ana Sea Batteries Aim ,St
ai, the Atlantic posts require new supplies of it
he schools OF Practice exhibit allthc ADVANTAGES
expected from the concentration of the P,rsonne/
oil the Army The late movement against the
NhnHoagocs was an illustration of these and
Inc moral effect on the indians is likely to be last
ln9. Descrt!pns continue in like numbers as du
I'm? inc preceding year; they arc always greater
AT the sckiHy stations of the South An midrr
inont OF the term of service there and that GER
tur, Is the best mode of curing this evil The
a'ct''oh OF Congress IS required t. the measures
heretofore proposed of improving the con.,ion
o, the non-comnissioncd grades of the army. and
Offering additional Inducements for rc-,nstmcnt
Heporf from the Engineer DeDay1n,cnt
Table annexed to this Report shows the
sums available Tor Qualifications Internal Improve
ihcnt ana tn" Military Academy another, the
Notifications which have been planned bat not
commenced. A Ilin for the defence of Pcnsa
cora mas been prepared; Others Tor that of Charles
ton and Savannah, will be completed during the
winter, Tue following Qualifications haze been in
7sp%%'aa I.hn H"tia.y at 4aysu B:cnrea., o4.A
tnc seVcrai lo.t:lcDtIons on the Gulf of Mexico
the MISSISSIPPI, and Lake pontchartrain The for
ncr VIII be iin!shc; by the Ist of january F,ort
Adz'as an Nsr2ot Harbour, of which the inspec-
ion was highly satisfactory. Fart UAmiHon at
wee CtrrcH Point; the work equally gratifying.
ana advancing with great rapiity. Fortress
iDonror, at OM Point COMfort where a very con-
siderable am ,int of work has been done Some
Inconvenience AID delay have arisen, hero from
the failure o. Il contractor to deliver bricks Fort
Tnlfo"n, III tie RIP Rap Saoai; considerable. pro-
gress made. Fart -Hac0a at EOgHc Point " G.
where tho operations were 1T first mnch retarded
by tie want OF mechanics, (who had to be pro-
cured iroE the Northern cities, and also OF labor
cTs. The principal loss. however, has arisen
from the violent storm of August last Fort at
OAK !sfand; considerable progress in the bitches
and masonry. n Serious obs taclc to the work is
anticipated. Fort at Cicf T,ntcu,. will be ready
Tor the garrison on the lst of January Fort Jack
son at TIC f'ta2ucminc Bend The operations of
the most satisfactory kind and advancing rapidly;
and the same is reported of the Fort at IHOdiic
he Sea var far the protrctton of Geoyge's Isl
cn1, Boston Uur5oMr has been nearly completed
In the most substantial manner ana the repair OF
fort CONSTITUTION, Nco hampshire, has been ac-
compiIshcd. 1t is suggested that it would much
forward these works, could the appropriations be
made early iii tho session
The Board OF Internal Improvement haze been
occupied during the past year, on the following
o';ects:
report mail route to connect tho cities
8lltimorc and Philadelphia, with an estimate
- nap aT7ncxcd to the same.
a report, plan, and estimate, of Canal to con-
13NH Poatchartraln with the Mississippi, at
= Orleans.
n cX .nination of sc Peninsula of Florida,
".tA d WOW ~ ascertain thc~ practicablitv of a
ANAL to connect the waters Of the Atlantic and
tAo Gall ot exico across the said Peninsula
An examination of the country between the
Fays ct Gso5ilc and Pensacola, for tho purpose o!
"acertaimng the gactcability of connecting them
by Canal
reconnaissance Of tho country from New Or.
leans to Knoxville, by way Of Baton Rouge, with
view to ascertain the relative advantages of
route for a National Road from Washington CITY tC
New Orleans, through West Tennessee.
An examination of the contemplated cofimuni
cniinn hctNncu 81 Mnru,s IInrl,nr l.c, .,,,L g.