New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-28

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| by purchase, I invited all persons to send to me
| such as they could spare from their own houses.
The response was immediate, and the supply
profuse Families stripped their own beds in the
| humane and patriotic effort to make the soldiers
| comfortable, and voluntary associations Of the
| wives and mothers and daughters of the State
were formed in every parish, which Wed with each
| other in industry aud skill and in the effort to
provide promptly for the soldiers wants. The
people are ready for any effort and every sacrifice
! in this, the holest of causes
twill be necessary to provide for the payment
| OF the loans already mentioned and for the eX
penses of Government for the ensuing year. The
| large deficit in the amount Of taxes paid in the
| Treasury warns US not to rely exclusively that
| mode of providing for the current expenses of the
State.
The appropriations for military pur-
| - poses by various acts of the Legis 4
lature amount to ..............s $4,000 90
| The uneXpended portion of these ap-
| preparations is. s....-..-.4a.. ls1 ,653 S5
| There has been drawn from the Treas
| nry the residue, viz. .......... 3 FS8,44 Is,
| | have borrowed from the banks in
New Orleans the sum of S670 060 "'.
OF which there has been ex- gl
,r pended NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. e46,7sl 66
Making a sum total Of expenditures
tor military purposes of 81, AIS ,207 81
| have on hand the sum of .s LOG, ,10I 3S
| 70 which add balance of unexpended ras
| appropriation as above. ........ l9l, ,a53 IS
Makes the sum Of .................s 297,655 1s
This amount is to meet the following liabilities
| lst. Amount due the banks 49,. s670,00O 90
I'd. Unpaid debts contracted by the
| Quartermaster .......,...:.. 1sl 500 90
| Sd. Amount of estimate for equipment
| and subsistence of 5000 men, for
thirty days. in the event of invasion 100, 900 90
Making the sum Of ................. -. 1851 500 90
| And to extingush which there will be
required new appropriation of, s653,944 80
1 Tn prIp tn ha fNro if,u uocin 7 how
directed the tluartermaster to provide the neces-
sary equipment and provisions for five thousand
men for thirty days, and have included the costs
| thereof in the above estimates.
For large portion Of these expenditures voueh-
ers have been transmitted to Richmond, under the
| act of Congress providing for the reimbursement
of expenditures for military purposes made by the
States. l have dispatched an agent to Richmond
| with these vouchers, and the accounts are now
being audited, not including, however, the Quar-
termasters accounts since 30th June, 1851 not yet
furnished me. confidently expect these accounts
will be audited in few days. and, as the Congress
is in session, that an appropriation will be made
| to refund to the State her expenses. l have the
satisfaction of knowing that our accounts are the
first presented to the Auditor, except those of
South Carolina, prepared under special act.
| 1t must be observed that the balance of appro-
priations for military purposes yet unexpended,
| viz sl9l053 S5, is not in the Treasury. The full
amount of those appropriations has never been
paid into the Treasury in consequence of the fail
ure and inability to collect the taxes.
The Confederate Government have imposed q
direct tax for its support. Our portion of this tax
on tho basis of the present assessment, will be
i about two millions of dollars. They have pro-
vided machinery for its collection, but have also
offered an invitation and inducement to the State
Governments to assume the payment OF the tax,
and have allowed ten per cent as remuneration
for its collection. A very small additional COM
Il pensaton, say one per cent, would satisfy the
State Tax Collectors for the additional trouble in
collecting the Confederate tax and would thus
save about $lS0,o00 to the State. 1t will be for
you to consider the propriety and expediency OF
assuming the payment of this tax, and of providing
by legislation for facilitating its collection.
l cannot too strongly recommend to your careful
attention the subject of roorganizing the militia
It's necessity has been apparent, and from the de-
fectiWe nature of the present law, it has been
found impossible to produce that efficiency SO es
sential in our present condition. have endeaVor
ed, through the medium of military orders, to es
tablish frequency of drill and enforce attendance
and those efforts have been attended with some
, success In my judgment, when the militia are
called out pending war, the rules and articles Of
war of the Confederate States should be the rule
of action for them well as for those actually en-
listed as volunteers and the Legislature should
: leave no doubt to remain whether no such is
their intention. | recommend a careful revision
of the whole Militia Law of the State, the repea
Of all exemptions, the compulsory mastering OF al
l. males between the ages OF eighteen and fifty, ant
t \ afhXing penalty for non-performance Of dut.
1 l other than pecuniary tine In prescribing thu
:, details of such bill it is manifest that dferen
0 populations. In the country parishes there arr
r. numerous sparsaly settled wards and beats whos
g compliance with regulations easy of performanc
in the city is. manifestly impossible
+ If this war should continue, necessity will exis
to organize department for our State Govern
: ment to which shall be committed special charg
y of military affairs. The want of such depart
, ment has devolved upon nae a wide range of labor
difficult of performance and severely taxing m.
e physical strength. Ii a department shall be or
d ganzed adapted to the special eXigencies OF tht
s times, its duration may be limited to the eXlsenc
l. of the war
J. The report of tho Supervisors of the State SEN
r. mary of Learning and Military Academy will b
II laid before you The events OF thls year nav
T. proved more than ever the wisdom OF fosterln
q. This institutions. 0ne-halt OF the Professors ar
is now in military service, and largo proportion
is the cadets resigned and have been useful in drill
j. inc the various companies where they are servin
l. as ,ieutenants. sergeaDtS COrpOralS, and some
of rSivates. The Legislature have never made an
le endowment of, or donation to the seminary Tw
ID loans have been made, each of thirty thousar
H. dollars, bat so far as your action is concerned, Il
n. funds of the Seminary, which are derived excl
Of svely from sales of her lands donated by the Gel
I'd eral Government, are still liable for the remburs
IL ment OF these loans. Your appropriation OF LIST
y is for the purpose of paying the expenses Of yol
own cadets, and you will perceive from the repo
Of the Board that when all of the State cadets al
or in attendance, the amount is insufficient lrecol
A mend to the Legislature judcious liberai
I'd towards this institution, the only military school
IS, i this State
Id have felt IL my duty not to omit providing pr
at per deteuces for New Orleans, and in order 70 e
in pedite the military authorities of the Confedera
be Government in this Department, | have availt
tn myself of loans rendered me by the Citizens Ban
be without Whose prompt and ready aid | should Il
ng have been able to have accomplished any nsei
0t result. Upon these detenses and other matters
ad a military nature, such as a supply of arms,
If not deem it prudent to be more explicit in
to public message. | shall cheerfuy impart to t
or members all information have on these subieo
er The lease OF the Penlten'iary Will expire ut
if spring In determining the matter in which il sh
nd be conducted in tnture, suggest the proprety
on making arrangements to secure an ample sup
st. OF wOollenS tor the use OF the Sae 70 De app
q to the clothing Of our volunteers during the pi
Ig, ent war. Without the supply obtained from
as looms should not have been able to clotha
ge troops.
ace The public attention hHS been very gener
er direr ted to the supposed necessity of enacu