Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-09-25

vigor and efficiency OF our pTesen'
forces, their condition, and the
skill and ability. which distinguish
their leaders, inspire the belief
thst no further enrolment will be
necessary; but a wise foresight
Requires that if q necessity should
| be suddenly developed during the
recess of Congress requiring IN.
Icreased forces for our defence,
means should exist for calling such
forces into the field, without wait
ing the reassembliag ef the iegis-
iative department Of the Govern
ment.
! In the election and appointment
of officers for the provisional army
it was to be anticipated that mis-
takes would he made, and incom-
petent officers of all grades intro
duced into the service. Inthe at
lsence Of experience, ard withno re-
liable guide for selection, executive
appointments, as we'll as elections,
have been sometimes unfortunate.
The good of the service, the inter
ests Ct oar country, require that
some means be devised tor with
drawing the commissions CT Of
ficers who are incompetent for the
duties required by the position,
and | trust that you will find
means for relieving tie army of
such officers by some mode more
prompt and less wounding TO their
sensibility than judgment Of a
courtmartial.
Within recent period, We have
Effected the Object SO long desired,
of an arrangencntfcr the exchange
I. of prisoners, which is now beng
executed by delivery st the points
agreed upon, and which viii, it IS
hUped, speedily restrore our brave
snd unfortunate countrymen to
their places in the RANKS of the
army, from which by TIE fortune
Of war, they have for a time been
separated. The details Of this
arrangement will be communica-
ted to you in special report when
further progress has been made III
their execution.
OF the ether rarticllers COR
cerning the operations Of the War
Department ycu viii Be informed
by tie Secretary in his report and
The accompanying documents.
The report Of The Secretary Of
the Navy embraces a statement
of The operations and present con
dit;on ct thiS brancli Of tie pub
lie service-botd aiioat end ashore;
tie construction o,,d equipment Of
ormtd rcseeis at hon,e esd o}road,
the manufacture Cf ordnance and
ordnance stores, tie establishment
of workshops, and the develop
ment Of oar resources Of coal and
iron. Some legislation seems es-
sential for * curing screws for ycs-
sells. The difficulties now exFe-
rienced on tliis point are fully sta
ted in the Sec;etary's report ard
/ invite your attention toTrovidirg
e remedy.
The report CT the Postmaster
General discloses the eulbarrass-
ments which resulted in the postal
service from tie occupation by the
nemy Of tie Mississippi river and
portions Of the territory of the
different States. The measures
taken by the department for re-
lieving these embarrassments, as
far as practicable, are detailed in
the report. 1t is a subject of con-
graduation that, during the ten
months which ended on the 3lst
of March last, the expenses Of
the department. were largely de-
creased, while its revenue was aug
mented as compared with CORES
pending period ending on the 30th
of June, 1861, when the postal
service for these States vas con-
Quoted under the authority of the
United States. Sufficient time
has not yet elapsed to determine
whether the measures, heretofore
devised by Congress, will accom-
plish the end of bringing the ex-I
pendituresof the department with
in the limits of its own revenues
by the. 1st of March next, IS re-
quired by Tie Constitution.
| am happy to inform you that,
in spite both Of Establishments and
threats, used in profusion by the