Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-12-13
Report Of The secretary Of wa !

/ The Report of Secretary stanton brief
ly recapitulates the campaigns since the
capture of Vieksburg, and gives synopsis
of the Reports of the head of the various
bureaus of the War Department.
The military estimates for the pext
fiscal year amount to S33, ,Sl4, 46l SO. The
military force, May lst, 1865, numbered
/ 1000, SIG men. II is proposed to reduce
/ the military establishment to so. 600, and
500, ,963 have already been mustered cut.
The aggregate military force, of al
arms, on the lst- of May, 1864, was 9IO,-
10.
The Secretary recommends the adop-
ton by Congress of wellorganized mill
/ tia system, and also measures foe the re-
lief of disabled soldiers.
The appropriations at the last session OF
Congress were S516, ,240, l3l, 20; the esti-
mates for the fiscal year commencing June
80. 1865, are S33, ,Sl4, ,46l 49,
On the subject of the ability OF
the country to prepare for sudden
war, the Secretary states that latter
the disasters on the Peninsula in 1862
over 80, 900 troops were enlisted, organic
ed, armed, equipped and sent to the field
in less than month. Sixty thousand
troops have repeatedly gone to the field
within four weeks, and 10000 infantry
were sent to the armies from the five
States, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lows and
Wisconsin, within twenty days"
Recruiting for the regular army is pro
crossing satisfactorily. The present au-
| thorized strength of the regular regiments
is 952 officers and 41,S19 enlisted men.
1t is recommended in the Adjutant
Generals Report that law be passed for
the enlistment of meritorious disabled
soldiers, with the pay and allowances of
ordnance sergeants, as superintendents Of
the national cemeteries.
Some interesting figures are given rel
ative to the number of men enlisted and
drafted under the various calls for troops
Under the call for July, 1864, for 500, ,000
men, the total obtained was 2T2, ,463, of
which 54,709 were drafted or substitutes
Under the call of Dec. 1864, for 10000.
only 1914, ,635 were obtained, OF which p
$50 were drafted and substitutes The
aggregate quotas charged against the
States during the war was 2,T59, ,049 and
the total number obtained was 1850, 563
''This number does not embrace the
the emergency men put into the service
during the summer of 1868, by the State
of New York, New Jersey, and Penns,l-
vania nor those furnished by the States
of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, during the
Morgan raid amounting in all to over
10000 men who served periods of about
two or three weeks"
The total amount of eOmmutatioi.
money received under act of March, 1868
was S25. .902. .029 25. The whole sum dis
bursed by tine Pay Department during
the war was 81, ,029, ,239, 900 On the 29tIs
Of June last, whisky was discontinued r-
an article of the ration, and the amouas
on hand has been disposed of by sal,
The depOts of the Quartermaster' DE-
partment have, during the wag, furnish
ed I0I, 093 600 bushels of grain. 1900 .0nn
tons of hay and 20,000tons Of straw, j5U.
600 cords OF wood and 1000 600 tons OF
coal
About Is 900 miles military telegraph
has been constructed during the war, "a
cost of 1855, 500.
The total number of rebels surrendered
and paroled at the close Of the war was
174 ,223, of which q, ,905 were surrendered
by Lee, and 3l,243 by Johnston
Among the patriotic measures adopt
ed ny the Governors of the loyal States.
the aid furnished by Ohio and other
Western States in the opening Of the
campaign of 1864 is especially ackDowi-
edged, and the efforts of Governors
Brough, Morton. Yates, Stone and Lewis
highly commended. At that time Ohio
promised 10000 men, Indiana and III
nois 10000 each, Iowa 10000 and Wis
consin 900. The Secretary says: The
State of Ohio organized within four weeks.
and sent into the field, 80, 635 officers aEd
men, being 5.646 more than the stipulat
ed quota Other States, less able 20
meet the contingency, contributed w!ih
alacrity all that could be raised