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

COMPANIES PREPARING FOR sERYIcs.
| company Of cavalry, .... I09
companies OF artillery, ... 624
78s
l6 038
In service, Observation-Disclosures. 80, ,577
Preparing for service, e,........,...... 10 038
Pennsylvania 5 contribution, ........ l09 OILS
Exclusive of 20, l75 three months men now dis.
banded.
The regiments preparing for service are in
complete. Those that may not be filled 10y the
10Th instant will be consolidated and sent for
ward. OF the regiments in service, the 18th
and l5tn regiments of Infantry are at An
napolis; the 2Sth, 18th, 2Ist, 66th 69Ih,
list, lind and lO6th regiments and one comp4-
ny of Infantry are in the command of Major
General Banks the 45th, 50th, 55th 10th and
Tooth regiments of Infantry are in South Caro-
lima; the 18th Infantry are at Hatteras Inlet ;;
the lO8th Infantry and 1lth Cavalry are at
Fortress Monroe the 77Ih 18th and 18th In
fantry, the 7th and 9th cavalry. one troop of
horse, one squadron of cavalry, two battall ,ns
of artillery are in Kentucky; the Saith and lI0th
Infantry are in Western Virginia, as are also
three companies of Infantry, TOUR companies OF
cavalry, five companies of light artillery the
87th infantry are at Cockeysyilie, 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 a.
arrangements have been made for the exchange
OF prisoners 1T may be expected that they will
sOou 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, l have requested Mr.
Cowan, Senator, and Messrs. Grow and Wright
members of the House of Representatives, from
Pennsy lvania, 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 equippiug 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 10Th Of May, 1861. 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-
tions with foreign governments, have directed
the Adjutant General to procure arms as soon as
1t can be done on reasonable terms and wthC ut
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. / have also ad-
dressed 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 18th May last, l have deemed it prudent to
offer five thousand arms to such military organ
Zations as may be formed in Philadelphia on a
plan to be approved by me as Commander-in-
Chief. Muskets and rifles to 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-
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 liz
ing and altering them In the most approved
manner.
The State has now
81 pieces of artillery, of which II need
repairs.
26,75S muskets and rifles, someof 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 1000 with the reserve corps of
Philadelphia
In addition to this the city of Philadelphia
has
8 pieces of rifed artillery, and
9,S76 muskets and rifles.
The State has also in the arsenal at Harris
burg
1885 sabres and swords, and
1857 pistols, and the city Of Philadelphia has
440 sabres, and
326 pistoas 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 Adlutant 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 suffieiency of their supplies of all kinds
and the excellent arrangements of the Medical
Department under the control of Surgeon Gen
eral Henry II. Smith, are proved by the fact
that more than &C, 900 men have been for vari
ous generally short periods at Camp Curtin
since the 10th of April last, and that down
to the 1stJanuary inst. there died but forty-nine