The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-01-15
2 cais-ops for 10 FOUNDER Prussian riaed

pahlsrren
z field carriages for ditto.
. small howlgztr guns. l2pounders,
with carriages. tools aud stores.
l i pour,icr rifed howitser, Dahl
greer.-
Il FOUNDER smooth bore, $50 lbs
Dahlsreem.
. field carriages for ditto.
= small II pounder howitzers. with car
risgeS. tools and stores.
1873 saddles.
l2I saddlcs with traces, breast strap,
6S saddles incomplete.
2.296 muskets and rifles.
20o pistols and l2l holsters.
I .g37 rounds Of shot and shell.
6i2,SS4 rounds mGsket aud rifle cart
ridges
The foregoing does not include the
arms and equipments that have been
issued 10 the several regiments Ut the
Home Guard and which are In their
,asscsSion.
For the details of military operations
and statistics, / refer you to the Reports
OF the Adjutant General, Quartermaster
General. .Uommissary General, Surgeon
General, and the Chief Of Transportation
which accompany this message
In regard 70 the election OF officers in
the Reserve Corps and the recruitment oi
the regiments OF that corps and OF our
either gallant regiments OF volunteers,
propose to send u special message IN
few days. as | desire to treat these sub
iccts somewhat at large. aud to submit to
the LEGISLATURE some documents relating
70 them.
Bv the thirteenth section of the act OF
May 18th, 1861, l was authorized to
draw NV warrants on the treasury for a
sum NOS exceeding twenty thousand dol
lars for compensation to such persons as
migl, be required TO serve the country In
military capacity. At the date OF NY
last annual message, ! had drawn ircnl
the treasury eight thousand five hundred
dollars. and pad out up to the lst day OF
December, 1861, six thousand four hum
d-ed dollars, when my account was set
tied. Since that time have drawn
two thousand dollars from the treasury,
part of which, with the balance IN my
hands, has been expended in the payment
of members of my personal staff IN service
when required assistance, and In procu-
ring information, and to persons employed
when the State was threatened with
invasion in September, 1862, and during
the raid in October last.
An account Of these expenditures will
be found on file in the office Of the Audit
or General.
Under .hs act Of 10th April, 1853, it
i; my intentions to take early measures for
L. fs,a
city Of Philadelphia The powder maya
zine at Harrisburg /. not judlciousiy
located A State powder magazine ought,
IN my judgment, TO be erected on s1it-
bic site in the vicinity Of this place, and
| recommend the attention Of the Legls-
i.turc 70 the subject
In September last two batteries of rlfied
cannon were presented TO the Common
wealth by committee of citizens of Phil
udelphia, through S. V. Merrick, Esq ,
which are now in the Arsenal in that city.
l recommend that provision be made for
procuring carriages, caissons and other
c1uipTacnts for them. The liberal donors
are entitled To the thanks of the Common
weal:h for their patriotic gilt.
Under the joint resolutions Of 18th OF
February, 1862, measures were promptly
taken for the relief Of our sick and wound
ed men in the field.
The wounded at Winchester, Strasburg,
Front Royal. Williamsburg aud Fair
Oaks, and those in the corps Of Maj, Gen
Banks were duly attended on the field or
in the vicinity 10y Surgeon General Smith
and corps Of surgeons under his dlrec-
ton and were brought into .his State
The Same system would have been con
timed, but III June last, | received q
letter from the Surgeon General Of the
United States. representing that 1t was
found iuconvcnient to the service, and
must create difficulties in the regular
identification of the soldiers for pay and
pensions
In compliance with his views, ! wa:
reluctantly obliged 20 discontinue the
systela, bat | have not ceased to urge OF
the War Department the propriety o.
sending our sick and wounded men intC
the State, where they can be nurscd anc
cared fol by their friends, aud have tC
say shat a. length such an arrangement
was made With the authorities at Wash
ington, witch it was hoped would be
effective, but there has been such tard
iness in putting it into practical opera
ton, that recommend the Legislature {,
invite tie attention of the War Depart
.aeat to the subject. Our suffering men
aaye right to the sympathy and aid OF
their State, to be SO rendered as not tt
iniurc the service. Ii the bringing them
Lo,,a IN be attended could pfo,.uaa even