The national Republican., 1861-07-09

| Total force now at command OF Gov
| ernment 10000
Dsduc. the three months volunteers, 10000
Force for service after the with.
drawal of the three months men 100000
1t will be thus perceived that, after the dis.
charge Of the three months troops, there will
be still an available force Of volunteers,
amounting to $4,000, which, added to the reg.
ular army, will constitute total force Of
| 100000 officers and men. 1t will be for Con.
gress to determine whether this army shall, at
this time, be Increased by the addition Of
still larger volunteer force. .,..,,.o.,r,I
The regular army has also been increased.
This increase consists Of one regiment Of cav.
airy, Of twelve companies, numbering, in the
| maximum aggregate, 1889 officers and men {;
one regiment of artillery of twelve batteries,
Of six pieces each, numbering, in the maxi
mum aggregate, 1909 officers and men; nine
| regiments Of infantry, each regiment contain.
ing three battalions Of eight companies each,
numbering, in the maximum aggregate, 2,452
officers and men, making maximum increase
Of infantry Of 22,068 officers and men. ,.
In the enlistment Of men to ELL the additional
regiments of the regular army it is recon.
mended that the term of enlistment be made
three years, to correspond with the call of May
ceive an honorable discharge at the close of
their term Of service, bounty Of one hundred
dollars shall be given. ,...- .-'.-r
The mounted troops Of the old army consist
Of five regiments, with maximum aggregate
of four thousand four hundred men. Not more
than one'fourth Of these troops are available
for service at the seat Of war. At least two
regiments of artillery are unavailable, being
stationed on the western coast and in the Flor.
ida forts. .' ....
The appointment of civilians to important
positions In the army having occasioned some
remarks Of dissstslaction, the Secretary re.
marks, that Of the civilians appointed as regi-
mental commanders, all, except one, are either
graduates Of West Point or have before served
with distinction in the feld ; and Of the lieuten.
ant colonies, majors, captains, and frst lieuten.
ants, a large proportion have been taken from
the regular army and the volunteers now in
service, while the second lieutenants have been
mainly created by the promotion Of meritorious
sergeants from the regular service.
The reports of the chiefs of the different bu-
reaus of this Department present the estimates
Of the probable amount Of appropriations re.
quired, IN addition to those already made, for
the year ending June 80, 1861, for the force
now in the field, or which has been accepted
and will be in service within the next twenty,
days, show an aggregate sum of $ls5, ,39i,
the items making up this sum being as follows:
Quartermaster's department $40, ,20O.2l
Subsistence department 27,279,78l.5O
Ordnance department 7,468,l72.OO
pay department 6S,402,6OO.4s
Adjutant generals department 4Os,OO0O0
Engineer department 6s5,00OOO
Typographical engineer depart
ment 100000
Surgeon generals department l,27l,sil,OO
Due States which have made
advances for troops 10000, 100000
Total $ls5,296,3s7ls
The Secretary recommends an appropriation
to be made by Congress, to be applied, when
the public exigencies demand, to the recon.
struction and equipment of railroads, and for
the expense OF maintenance and operating
them, and also for the construction, as the
army advances, of additional telegraph lines
and their appurtenances, and also a special
appropriation for the reconstruction of the
Long Bridge across the Potomac, which is now
a military necessity.
The rest OF the Secretary's report consists of
statement of the number and condition of
the arms in the possession of the Government,
and the means employed for obtaining fur
ther supply, the document concluding with e
recommendation of the appointment Of an As
sistant Secretary of War, Crowded for by one
of Mr.. Wilson's bills,) and general increase
OF the clerical force of the Department.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
The report of the Hon. Gideon Welles, the
Secretary of the Navy, is confined principally
to statement of the condition of that branch
of the service at the commencement of the rev.
olution at the South, and its operations since.
When the present Administration came into
power, the Navy Department was organized on
o peace establishment, and most of the vessels
were on distant stations.
The total number of vessels in the navy of
all classes, on the 4th of March, was ninety,
carrying, or designed to carry, about 2,4i5
guns. Excluding vessels on the stocks, those
unfinished, those used as stationary storeships
and receiving ships, and those considered in
| expedient to repair, the available force mum.
| bered So, carrying l,346 guns. OF this force,
there were in commission ~ vessels, carrying
555 guns, the rest being in ordinary, disman.
| tied, &c. These vessels had complement
exclusive of officers and marines, Of about
1900 men, and nearly all of them were on for.
| eign stations. The home squadron consisted
Of twelve vessels, carrying 1877 gnns and about
1000 men. OF this squadron, only four small
vessels, carrying twenty-five guns and about
ESQ men, were in Northern ports
The Secretary proceeds to recount the move
ments of the navy since the inauguration of the
war, and first mentions the Norfolk navy.yard
and the necessity that forced the Government
TO its destruction.
The proclamation of blockade and the active
and extraordinary measures adopted to collect
the forces necessary to its enforcement are
briefly alluded to. The Secretary says that the
questions presented by this extraordinary juno
ture Of affairs of blockading our ports is so
novel, and not having been in all their extent
anticipated by our laws, some further penal
forfeiture, may be needed to meet the exigency