Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-01-18

lS3U nave been thus distributed. L hav'
also addressed letter to the commission
ers of all the border counties, offering
arms to them as soon as military orgauiza'
tlons shall be formed to receive them
Besides thus. complying with the require
ments OF the 9th section of the Act of 5tf
May last, L have deemed it prudent to of,
fer five thousand arms to such military or
ganlzations as may be found in Philadel-
phia on a plan to be offered by me as
Commander in Chief. Muskets and rifles
to considerable extent have been fur.
nished to the Pennsylvania volunteers from
he State arsenal Others have been sent
Thy the United States authorities to arm
them before leaving the State.
In some cases regiments have gone with
out arms under assurance of the War De-
partment that they would be armed at
Washington or other near designated
points, and that their immediate departure
was required. 1t was thought wise in
these cases not to insist on the arms being
sent before the regiments marched, as this
would have imposed on the government an
unnecessary expense in freight, and would
have been productive of delays which
might have been seriously detrimental to
the public service Forty one pieces of
artillery with limbers, caissons, forges,
ammunition wagons, harness and all the
necessary impliments and equipments were
furnished by the State to the artillery reg.
iment of the Reserve Corps. Ten of these
were purchased by the State, and their
cost have been refunded by the United
States. Diligence has been used in COL
Letting arms throughout the State and re
pairing and altering them in the most ap.
proved manner.
The State has now
62 pices of artillery, Of which II
need repairs. 26,753 muskets and rifles,
some of which are in the hands of
mechanics, being repaired 1910
are in the hands of volunteer corps
throughout the State ; 1890 in the
possession of County Commission.
ers, and 100 with the reserve
corps of Philadelphia.
In addition to this the city of Philadel.
phia has pieces of rhed rrtillery, and
4,976 muskets aud rifles.
The State has also in the arsenal at
Harrisburg
Il ,966 sabres and swords, and
1857 pistols, and the city of Phil1dcl-
pha has
440 sabers, and
S26 pistols with the necessary accoutre
ments.
There is also in the Arsenal at Harris
burg a large amount of aceoutrements and
ammunition for artillery and small arms.
The Adjutant General is successfully
engaged in collecting arms throughout the
State, and it is expected that the number
above stated will be largely increased
Probably 5000 mu,kets and rifles and
several pieces of artillery will still be co.,
lected.
The care which has been bestowed uNon
the comfort of the volunteers, and the
goodness and sutliciency of their supplies
Of all kinds, and the excellent arrange
ments of the Medical Department, under
the control of Surgeon General HeEry II.
Smith, are proved by the fact that more
than 60 900 men have been for various,
G nerally short, periods at Camp Curtin
since the 10Th of April last, and that
down to the lst January inst, there died
but forty-nine men at that camp, viz:
from sickness, two (bclonging to
regiments from other etates) who had
been injured on railroads, two Academia
ki led in Camp Curtin, and one shot in
H rrisburg.
70 facilitate the making of allotments
Of their pay by our volunteers in the field,
for the support of their families at home,
j appointed Hon. Edgar Corwan, Thomas
L. Franklin, L, Q. Ilumes, E,qs., COM
missioners to visit the camps of our men
on and south OF the Potomac, and also
james Park and NJ. w. Beltzhoover, Esqs.,
commissioners to visit those in Kentucky
and elsewhere in the western country, 10
call the attention of the troops to the sys-
TEN of allotment and to encourage them
in adopting a practical plan for carrying it
into effect.
The several reports of these commission
crs are highly satisfactory.
For details on the several subjects con-
nected with the military operations of this
State, | refer to the reports of the Adj ju-
tant General, Su 'geon General, Quarter
Master General, Commissary General and
Paymastcr General, which accompany this
Message.
The duties mposedon me were so oner-
Gus that found it necessary to invite the
temporary assistance of gentlemen on my
staff to aid me to perform them.
In this capacity, Colonels Thomas A.
Scott, Gideon j. Ball and John A, Wright
contributed their valuable services, from
the middle of April until they were cal
led away by other duties. Col. Scott re-
until he became connected with
the War Department, Co. Ball until the
lst of June, and Col. Wright until the 23d
of Ju'y; for the time thus devoted to the
service of the State they have refused to
receive any compensation.
Coils Joseph ID, Potts, A. i Russell, j,
Brown Parker and Craig Biddle were in
service up to the Goth OF December The
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