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hye and nifty thousand dollars.
The action Of the State authorities, under tn
provisions Of the Act entitled An Act relating
to the organization, regulation, and government
of the Militia Of this State, " approved Dec 2d
/ 1862, will fully appear in the Annual Report o
the Adjutant and Inspector General, TO which
Report reference is respectfully made
Agreeably to the provisions OF the Act entitled
an Act to provide for enrolling the Militia IL
the several cores and unorganzed towns in thi:
State, " approved Dec. ,, 1862, appointed per-
sons to make the required enrOllments in such
cores and unorganized towns.
The agents appointed by the Act entitled IAN
Act providing Tor the appointment Of agents to
receive and dispose Of the Land Scrip to which
this State may be entitled under the act Of Con-
gress, approved July >, 1862" approved Dec.
l, 1862, executed their respective bonds in full
compliance with the requirements Of said Act ;
and the bonds were proved by me and deposited
with the Secretary Of State. Section ., OF said
Act authorises the Governor to receive proposals
for donations of land, buildings and funds from
any part of the State, or from any person or
persons, for the purpOs Of establishing college
according to the provisions Of the act Of Con-
gress heretofore mentioned but no such propO-
sails have been received.
In compliance with the Act entitled can Act
autoriszing the Governor TO appoint Listers and
Collectors of taxes for the several CORES in this
State" approved Dec. l, 1852, appointed a
Commissioner and Collector for every County
in which there are any CORES or unorganzed
towns.
In obediance to the Act entitled ''An Act to
authorize repairs Of the roofof the State House,
approved Nov. ~ 1862, appointed Mr.. Eras-
tus Hubbard, Of Montpelier, to provide for, and
superintend the necessary repairs Of said roof
\ report Of his dOings will doubtless be made to
my successor
AgreeIbly TO the Act entitled An Act au-
thorizing the Governor 10 loan arms, &c, to
Norwich University approved Nov. %, 1867,
eighty muskets and eight sets Of equipments were
procured by the Quartermaster General, by re-
QUESTION upon the Unitei States, and loaned 10
that University.
In compliance with the Act entitled can Act
t0 authorize the Governor 10 furnish TOurniquets
for the use Of the soldiers approved Nov. D,
lsj2, | directed the Quartermaster General 10
purAiase twenty-five hundred tourniquets and
distribute them in just proportions to the YER
mont regiments, which duty he accordingly per
formed. Five hundred tourniQuets were d0nat-
Ell by the inventor. Dr. Lambert, AMI were dis
tributei along with those purchased
The Joint Resolutions passed by the General
Assembly NJ its last session, relating 10 the ap
pontmcnt Of Commissioners 10 visit sick soldiers
from Vermont, in the United States service, to
minister TO their comfort and recovery, and TO
procure, at the expense of the State, the remOy-
al OF such Of them TO Vermont, on furlough, as
might thereby. in the estimation Of the Commiss-
toners, De more speedily restored TO health, could
not De fully carried out in practice, inasmuch rs
they contictel IN some respects with the rules
and regulations covering the service. The sys-
TEN of granting furloughs had been extensively
practiccl. until the War Department, finding
by experience that large numbers Of the men
thus Indulged did not return 10 the service, and
that the army WIS being depleted ata rapid and
alarming rate, felt compelled 20 issue stringent
orders jiscouiuuinE the practice. The author
iries at Washington therefore declined % allow
our men 20 be sent % Vermont ON furlough, but
expressed a willingness 70 I'll the Hospitals then
in the Sate-keepug the Hospitals anl men,
however, strictly under the control Of the Gov
erument. and subject To the army rules.
After considering the matter in its various
hearings ! came o. the conclusion that the best
thing practicable 10 be done for the benefit Of
our sick ami wounded soldiers, was TO arrange
for their transfer TO Hospitals in Vermont
There were then two Hospitals in
the Stlte-One at Burlington, superior
elihce. capable of accommodating about one
lAElls anu NN AZ tANANiHAAN ga AANNA
viual capacity. But these aoooInuo-iatious
not sufficient for the treatment Of all soldiers
who would be proper subjects for transfer % the
State An effort was therefore made 10 induce
the authorities al Washington 70 order the en-
lar-cmcut Of these two Hospitals TO the requisite
capacity; hut this was declined, on the ground
that the Government had already incurred the
expense Of providing nearer the seat Of war, all
the hospital accommodations which the army re-
quirol
Il was then proposed TO the Secretary Of War,
that with his permission, and as the cheapest
available means TO the State for increasing its
hospital accommodations, the State authorities
would connect a sufficient number Of the Gov
crument harrack buildings at Brattleb0ro with
the United States Hospital already there, 10
make the establishment, as a whole, large enough
for the treatment Of from four TO i've hundred
men, and fit the buildings up suitably for hos
ptal purposes, at the expense Of the State,
provided the authorities at Washington would
order the transfer of the sick and wounded
Vermont soldiers to the STATE, for fur
thcr hospital treatment; adding the remark
that it was thought that the change TO our pure
mountain air and water would alone contribute
o. the cure Of enough more Of our men, and the
restoration Of all durable cases enough sooner 70
the service, than could be accomplished in more
southern ATTITUDES. 10 warrant the Government
expense Of Transporting them TO and from the
State To this proposition the Secretary Of War
assented. with the stipulations, however, that
the Hospitals and men must be strictly under
the control and management Of the Government,
and subject TO the rules Of the Army; that only
such soldiers a. had already been placed in Gen
eral Hospitals should be taken; that COmmis-
,i0ners Of the State might visit the United States
General Hospitals, to find our men and report
them to the Surgeon General, who would there
upon order the transfer of all thus reported who
were judged to be proper cases to be sent to the
State for further treatment; but that men so far
attached to their commands in the field, as not
yet 10 have been sent to General Hospitals, must
not be taken, as the requirements Of the ser
vice would not permit the interference Of State
agents with the army in the field.
The Quartermaster General of the State was
directed 10 make these enlargements and i'm
provements, and pay the expense thereof out Of
the funds that had accrued 10 the State in his
Department, from the subsisting of troops while
in regimental rendezvous in the State last year.
The buildings were accordingly removed to the
Hospital, and fitted up in cheap. but neat and
comfortable style, at an expense Of about seven
thousand dollars, the details of which may be
found in the Annual Report Of the Quartermas
ter General, to which Report reference is res-
pectfully made.
The ladies' OF Vermont very promptly and lib
orally supplied the hospital outfit for the addi-
tional wards thus provided.
Hon. ID. L. Lyman and Mr.. F. F. HolbroOk
were appointed Commissioners to visit the va
rious United States General Hospitals in and
near Washington, in Virginia, Maryland, Penn
sylyania and New York, TO look up Vermont
soldiers therein, report them at the Surgeon
Generals office in Washington, and procure
their transfer, with the previous understanding
that the men thus reported would be trans
ferred, excepting only such as, in the opin-
ion of the Surgeons in charge Of these Hospit-
ais could not bear the journey to Vermont, and
such as would get well in two or three weeks re
naming where they were. About one thousand
sick and wounded soldiers, scattered through a
large number of Hospitals, have thus been trans
ferred to Vermont. to ENJOY the benefits of the
change TO our mountain climate and their ma
tive air, of the best of medical treatment, and
Of being near, and visited by. relatives and
friends. The expenses Of transportation are
born by the General Government. The expenses
and services Of the Commissioners, up TO the
present time, amount to about three thousand