The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-16
ADJUTANT GENERALS REPORT.
GEN. HEADQUARTERS, STATE OF MINI
Adjutant Generals Office. =
st. Paul, August Z, 1861.


To alexander Ramsey, COMMANDMENTS
Chief &c:
SIR Il have the honor to report, that
pursuant to directions contained in your
communication of the 25th ultimo, l did
proceed to the seat of war and the camp
of the First Regiment of Minnesota Vol
unteers, and on Monday, the 29th ultimo,
and on the two succeeding days, had con-
situations with Colonel German and his
officers, and made personal examinations of
the men composing his command, with the
view of ascertaiDing, as near as possible,
the condition and treatment of the men gen.
orally.
found that two days previous to my
arrival at the camp, new clothing, consist
ing of pants, blOuses and coats, had been
furnished and distributed among the men,
and that SHOES and caps had been furnished
some time previously; so that found the
Regiment fully provided with all needful
clothing and apparel. The Government
was about furnishing them with genuine
duck tents in lieu of those furnished here
and had provided for the use of the Regi-
ment thirty-four horse baggage teams and
several ambulances, AID the Regiment
seemed to be furnished with everything that
the army regulations allow to troops in the
regular service of the United States. l do
not therefore see that the State can do any.
thing to ameliOrate the condition of those
brave men unless it should choose to adopt
standard of its own as to the quality and
amount of clothing and equipage to he fur.
nished exceeding that allowed by the army
regulations.
1t appears that the main ground of CON-
plant on the part of the men composing
this regiment, is the delay on the part of
the General Government to furnish the
clothing that had been ordered previous to
leaving the State, which they at that time
expected to receive at Harrisburg, while on
their way to Washington. 1t was the de
sign of the Quartermaster General to fur.
nish this clothing at that point. But it
seems that the clothing ordered by the party
here who had contracted to furnish it, did
not pas inspection, and it was thus found
impossible to get the clothing ready for
them at that point, and the Quartermaster
General then ordered the clothing to be
forwarded to arlington, where it arrived
few days after the regiment. But the
Military Store-keeper, who receives in the
first instance all the army clothing sent to
Washington, not understanding that this
lot was for any particular regiment, deliv-
cred it to the Quartermaster OF the regi>
ment. who first appeared with an approved re.
requisition for it. This same occurrence was
repeated, and it was not until the Quarter
master General ordered the parties forward
ing the clothing to direct 10 to the Military
Store keeper for the use of the First regi-
ment OF Minnesota Volunteers, that it was
saved. Thus the delay was Occasioned.
l was assured by the officers in the Quar-
termaster Generals Department that that
Department had and would gill any requis-
ton upon them for our regiment with all
possible promptness and dispatch. The
Colonel stated that he bad approved every
requisition made by his Qaartermaster, and
they each affirmed it and stated that they
had made a requisition for all that the COM
pany officers bad required of them, aud
there seemed to be no evidence to contra
dict their statements, land can but conclude