Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-01-10

COMPANIES PREPARING FOR SERVICE,
! company Of cavalry, ,.,.... l09
4 companies OF artillery, ..... GA
73s
l6 O38
In service, Observation-Disclosures. 93,577
Preparing for service, ce,.............. l6,03S
Pennsylvania contribution, ...... los, ,6l5
Exclusive of 20 l75 three months men now dis.
banded
The regiments preparing for service are in
complete Those that may not be filled by the
10Th instant will be consolidated and sent for
ward. OF the regiments in service, the llth
and 10Th regiments of Infantry are at An
| napolis; the 2Sth, 18th, 2lst, Goth, 69lh,
| 7lst lind and l06th regiments and one compl-
| ny OF Infantry are in the command of Major
| General Banks the 45th, Doth, 55th 10th and
| Tooth regiments OF Infantry are in South Caro-
| lima; the 48th Infantry are at Hatteras Inlet :;
the l09th Infantry and llth Cavalry are at
Fortress Monroe; the I7th, 18th and 18th In
tantry, the 7th and 9th cavalry. one troop of
horse, one squadron of cavalry two battall ,ns
of artillery are in Kentucky; the S4th and 10th
| Infantry are in Western Virginia, as are also
| three companies of Infantry, Iour companies OF
| cavalry, five companies OF light artillery the
S7th Infantry are at Cockeysyllie, III Maryland; /;
| one company of artillery Is at Fort Delaware !;
| all the remainder of the volunteers are at or
| near Washington. Upwards of 800 volunteers
| from Pennsylvania are now prisoners, but as
arrangements have been made for the exchange
| Of prisoners it may be expected that they will
soon be released
In compliance with the Joint resolutions of
| the 10th of May last, L have procured regimen
| tai flags for the Pennsylvania volunteers, and
have presented them in person to most of the
regiments. In other cases, the regiments being
| on or near the Potomac, have requested Mr.
| Cowan, Senator, and Messrs. Grow and Wright
| members of the House of Representatives, from
| Pennsylvania, to present them in the name of
| the Commonwealth.
| The General Government requested that the
States would abstain from purchasing arms
| as their competition was found injurious in the
| market, and in view of the large expenditures
| OF money inarming and equipping the volunteer
| force OF the State, provided for the defence of
| the National Government, did not purchase
any as authorized by the 28th section of the act
of the 18th of May, 1851 The State has now
quite as many arms as are necessary to arm all
| her volunteer organizations in existence but,
influenced by the threatening aspect of our rela-
1 tlons with foreign governments, have directed
| the AdJutant General to procure arms as soon as
| it can be done on reasonable terms and without
| injurious competition with the National Gov
| erment Arms have been distributed among
| the border counties to all the organizations that
have been formed TO receive them. 1880 arms
| have been thus distributed l have also ad-
dressed a letter to the commissioners of all the
| border counties, Offering arms to them as soon
as military organizations shall be formed to
| receive them. Besides thus complying with
| the requirements of the 9th section of the Act
/ OF 10th May last, l have deemed it prudent to
offer five thousand arms to such military organ
| izations as may be formed in Philadelphia on a
| plan to be approved by me as Commander-in-
Chief. Muskets and rifles To a considerable
| extent have been furnished to the Pennsyl-
vania volunteers from the State arsenal
Others have been sent by the United States
| authorities to arm them before leaving the
State. In some cases regiments have gone
without arms under assurances from the War
| Department that they would be armed at
Washington or other near designated points,
| and that their immediate departure was requir-
| ed. 1t was thought wise in these cases not to
| insist on the arms being sent before the Tegi-
| ments marched, as this would have imposed on
the government an unnecessary expense in
| freight, and would have been productive of de-
| lays which might have been seriously detrimen-
tai to the public service. Forty-two pieces OF
artillery with limbers caissons forges, ammuni-
ton wagons harness and all the necessary i'm
plements and equipments were furnished by
| the State to the artillery regiment O. the Re-
serve Corps. Ten of these were purchased by
the State, and their cost has been refunded by the
United States Diligence has been used in col
lecting arms throughout the State and rep III
ing and altering them in the most approved
manner.
The State has now
81 pieces of artillery, of which II need
repairs.
70, 75S muskets and rifles, some of which are in
the hands of mechanics being repaired,
1910 are in the hands of volunteer
corps throughout the State; 1880 in the
possession of County Commissioners,
and l 1000 with the reserve corps of
Philadelphia.
In addition to this the city of Philadelphia
has
pieces Of rifed artillery, and
4,SI6 muskets and rifles
The State has also in the arsenal at Harris
burg
1886 zabres and swords, and
1857 pistols, and the city Of Philadelphia has
44O sabres, and
326 pisto4s with the necessary accoutrements.
There is also in the Arsenal at Harrisburg
large amount of accoutrements and anmuni-
ton for artillery and small arms.
The Adjutant General is successfully engaged
in collecting arms throughout the State, and it
Is expected that the number above stated will
be largely increased Probably, at least, 5000
muskets and rifles and several pieces of artil
lery will still be collected.
The care which has been bestowed upon the
comfort of the volunteers, and the goodness
and sufhcieney of their supplies of all kinds
and the excellent arrangements of the Medical
Department under the control of Surgeon Gen
eral Henry n. Smith, are proved by the fact
that more than 10000 men have been for vari
ous generally short periods at Camp Curtin
since the leth of April last, and that down
to the lstJanuary inst. there died but forty-nine