The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-01-10

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F. Jordan, Military Agent Of the State.
at Washington; of Col. II. II. Gregg.
Chief Of Transportation of S. =. Bates.
on military history of our volunteers: of
trustees Of the Soldiers Gettysburg Ma
tionaI cemetry; of the proceedings and
ceremony OF the return OF the flags, on
the 4th Of July, in the city Of Philadel-
phia, and of Col. James Worrell. COM
missioner appointed under an act relating
to the passage of fish in the Susouehan.
ma, and invite your attention to them
and the reports OF the Surveyor General
and Adjutant General
The Agency at Washington, should.
In my judgment be continued 1t has
proved very useful In all respects, and
especially to or volunteers and their
families.
-Four thousand six hundred and ninety
claims have passed through the Agency
during the past year, and three hundred
and eleven thousand seven hundred and
/ three dollars have been collected from
the Government and transmitted TO tho
claimant free of charge.
1t will be necessary to continue the
office of Chief Of Transportation, as there
are unsettled accounts with railroad
companies and the National Govern.
mcnt, and duties to be performed in the
removal and care of bodies of the dead.
which require 1t. An additional appro-
prlatlon will be required for this Depart.
ment.
L earnestly recommend, in Justice to
the living and the dead, that cur militia
ry history be pushed forward vigorously.
anu that money for that purpose be ap-
propriated.
The trustees Of the State Lunatic
hospital represent that It is impossible
ior them to accommodate and care tor
the number of patients committed. to
them under the laws regulating ad,nis-
sions into the hospital, and earnestly rec.
ommend that provision Le ma lie for in
creased accommodation.
/ need not say that the institution ia
carefully and economically mana ged. or
to refer to the great gooG : Las produ-
ced and that cordially uaite iu the
statement and recommendations of the
memorial herewith presented.
invite your attention to the coadi.
ton of the Arsenal.
1t is too small-unsafe as q depository
for the large amount of valuable military
material to be kept in it and is, iu all
respects, inconvenient and not adapted
to its purposes.
Much Inconvenience was experienced
during the war for want Of sufficient
room and safety; and recommend that
ground be procured and a new and CON-
modlous arsenal be erected in or near
the Capital Of the State.
Since the adjournment of the Legis,
iature | drew my warrant on the Treas
ury for i've thousand dollars, appropriat.
ed to the National Cematry at hutietam,
and appointed Maj. Gen. j. r. Brooke
trustee to represent the State. Before
the warrant was drawn I appointed Col.
" IL. Blair and Capt. j. VI. Linn. who
examined the ground and made a full
investigation. their report of which ac.
companies this message. 1t will be
seen that they report seven hundred
and ninety seven bodies of Pcnnsvlvan.
lans that will be removed into the Gem.
etry, and recommend au additional ap-
preparation, in which most cordially
unite.
l cannot close my last Annual Mes
sage without renewing the expression of
my gratitude to the freemen of the
Commonwealth for the hearty approval
with which they have cheered the labors
OF the Executive Office. To have earn
ed such approval by my official conduct,
during the last six years, must always be
a source OF pride to myself and children.
w lthout the consciousness that | was
cndeavoring to deserve their approval.
and wlthou the hope that | should sue.
ceed IN attaining it, | must have sunk
under the responsibilities of my position.
1t was only reliance on Divine Provi>
dence, and the active. resolute, hearty
support and zeal of the people, and
their representatives, that encouraged
me during the dark and terrible crisis
through which the country has passed.
tried to do my duty to my country, aud
| know | was at least faithful to her in
ner deep distress, and I conceived that
duty not to be limited to the merely
putting of men into the field to sup
press treason and rebellion. l felt also
bound to protect and promote the rights
u our volunteers after they had left the
state, to care for the transmission, to
heir families the bodies of the slain.
To have been the Chief Magistrate Of
his great Commonwealth, during the
'erlod through which we have passed;
md to have earned and maintained Gf
indeed | have done SOY the confidence
md affection ofher people and their rep.
eSsntatlves, are quite enough to satisfy
he highest ambition, and in my retire,
neut from tho hiob trust ,,;,on ,,o