New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-07

reader than reliable Tor service Thsy anderas
extreme proN, 70 tsst them thoroughly. -
The mannActre Of at the National Armory -
reduced The conclusion Of hstes yspdly q M
be done With economy, and at present no Few nuksSs
being made there. With view 70 change The ma
Of small arms from leaders breech saders ~
snSiye experiments have been made but they have ~
yet resulted Ia the selection Of model Of such ds.ided
excellence 70 render ~ adoption for the service advs
ble IL IL hoped that such model may BE- es1uS
plan for altering the musket d the presen pattern ~
efficient brech leaders has beeu devised and i've hosn
II them being altered for issue 10 troops for prz
cal test There nearly million o( good apragSsI
m1skets hand Ard upwards Of half million q swen
and captured umskets The latter viii Do sold wheaevSr
suitable prices be obtained for them, and also oAe
ordnance II pershabe nature, which are exoss
q the wants of the service.
The necessity Of providing suitable depository sor I'm.
powder with proper magazines fr s storage and presse
yatsoa, which stated IN the AS, annual report A;n
mentioned, and the requisite legislation Is urged.
partial provision for this object as FAR as respeeu
supply for the Mississippi valley, has been made IL
military reserve at jefferson barracks.
The goyenm,n t has noe yet acquired title % the pro
perty oa Rock stand taken possession under the act Il
July IL, 1851 II g important that TINS De done with q
little delay profitable The importance u having fqu
possession and control u Rock isnd, Ecudng the AHA
cent Stands and the right way. stated n the report
Of the Chief VI ordnance, and aftlona legislation there
for If necessary, Il recommended
Several of thu southern lrsenas have been reoocrpe1
ard IL intended TO reoccupy them ALL erceps that At Pay
ettsye " c. whsch ha been destroyed. The necessary
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DOW Ter mill at Augusta. and the laboratory and 1Ddnzhel
armory Macon, Georgia, whicr have ben captured
The number Of srmaneot United Stass arsenss And n.
uories u twenty eight The command and 81 srvisea Il
these tcgashor with he sp>ctloa services required ~
.e1as q.dres the powder mil and ether private
tlolshents gas.d in work for The GovernmeEt rarnh
constant Employment for the whole number OF ortnncs
oacsrs sixty foor) author zed BY law rhs PROPER
shage Of these essential duss requires that THAI
Der should b. co-t.a1ed A. part cf tn military peace
Enlistment q the county
The armies ia the ieh have been simply and veil supp,id
"a arm and ordinance ores and the forncatons
IA. hei- arnamens kept n order ana strengthened and
increased By Additoni guns or heavy caibre and great
,ifciency.
IN Signal Cors-Ou the Lat 81 November 1854 thu sg-
nal corr bered officers and $50 enlisted men, dz-
trbuted in detachmens among toe armies N The fed and
the military departments. All that portion u the signal
Corps % duty east q the pps river has been
tered out service The &C! % Congress under which he
corps wIs Organized hAv nz limited Is organization 70 he
duration OF toe rebellion. There nov remain Ulcers and
81 enlisted the military division Of The lisstssppt,
and Is officers and 20 enlisted the military DIVISION
q the Guf, These detlhmsnts are operating with tbs
troops the pains IN TsxS and along the Soatbsesern
The expenditures nom appropriations for ths signal serv-
ice auOGnti 3 81 o. during the year ending Sep
tember 30, 1855. TIE balance lnexpended amounts Y,
S2&S 062.
HIlary EEpsp4 The telegraph has continued IN be q
mott Efficient AID important Instr1nsn; n military opera
tous tt oEcsrs have shown tie devotion and ncei
iy which have znalxrt their erts during former years
There have been constructed during the year A miles II
military telegraph s323 miles have been N operation dur
nz The year and at termination rs niles we're stif
a Use The expenditure upn the Military telegraph during
the fscai year 81 80 since the beginning q ne var
81 as so There have been Constructed and oprated
all dur NJ The war Is 90 miles u military Telegraph Con
trol has ben ale Of the teegraphs * the ate reoel
l.0Is DISTRICTS last they fell nto our hlncs sni ~
ranceueuis are TOW made BY which the Ines are kspt N
repar BY The s,oeshod The Unite, ''
k,I,lIrg pri.os1 and pr Ms mar The report q No
ComnLssoaer Of EHchsnze exnoi- the s1 -n-ass s
formation respecting the condition and treatment o. prh'a
rrrs each srie.
Eresaen nspectons Of military visions have been n's
from time time and all military prisoners lave oeen y
eat excsp. such Under sentence or awaiting I'D
zoe murder Arson other grave ocness cenlrney af
been extended literally, va da.r1ei cnu 2at.oi- IA
azaiust he dra avs have been reen ed, and al iers
from The 1nLeer since the surrender u Lers
army The danger the nA.oca SAFETY from eoclDn<S9
and couxptraes - All the reoeloo OF resist the AIS
h sar- GOT declared TO be lnsgrgent has passed axly
II y therefore sned that The p oclAnltioo sspsk
nx the writ u hyuS ooyy- IN .hrc states &c revoked
he CorraisAry General Il Prisoners reports ihAi ~
een he lst 4 January ard the 2osh q October As
were N oar custody ninety %. thousand eSns a-n.rsi
and two pStoners q q these nineteen hundred mi
afy I've enlisted tn Untf states service SKY tnrs
,h,.aud sur hrn.red and forty released Ier
the CESSATION q hostts and thirty three nousaci oco
hundred and t~enIy ssvsu were delivered N ercaa.se-
B.Sie= these hundred and .yerIy four Thousand tho
hanire< and twenty three prisoners surrencerei 10
different rebel armies and were easel parole, VI
ersl R. z Lee Sys
Army q Teucesse and others, commanded by Gen
era j. p JOnf-stac ~l-$e
General JED Thoupsons army Of Missouri ..... Is,s
ui.ceIIare ,us paroles department q virginia sg,2
parolei A, Cumberland Nd. AMI other stAlions s3;,
ParoIed by General NcooS Alabama Florida ca
Army q the department. q Alabama, Lieutenant
General Z. ray ........-............ Il "
Army % the rlns Mississippi department, General
p a Sn-u A..Vc~
Paroled N the department Of Washington. 81
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LOUIS Loasaaa and re.as /, %.
se..'' - - sos
Total. -
Jsd,, ad.sds 6;,n>r1l in the Bureau q Military Jx