Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1867-01-09
WHOLE NUMBER 1928.
reports Of the Surveyor General and Ad-

reports of the Surveyor General and Ad.
jutant General.
The Agency at Washington should, in
ny judgment, be continued 1t has prov
ed very useful in all respects, and especi-
ally to our volunteers and tEeir families.
-Four thousand six hundred and ninety
claims have passed the agency during the
past year, and three hun and eleven
thousand seven hundred and three dollars
has been collected from the Government.
and Transmitted to the claimants free of
charge.
| 1t Will be necessary 10 continue the Of
fee Of Chief Of Transportation, as there
arc unsettled accounts with railroad COM
panies and the National Government, and
duties be performed in the removal and
care Of the bodies Of the dead, which re-
quire it. An additional appropriation
will be required for this Department.
/ earnestly recommend, III Justice to
the living and the dead, that our military
history be pushed forward vigorously, and
that money tos that purpose be aPpropri-
ated ,
The trustees Of the State Luuatic Hos
pitalrepresent that it is impossible for thin
to accommodate aud care for the number
of patients committed to them under the
laws regulating admissions into the hos
pital, and earnestly recommend that pro-
vision be made for increased accommoda-
ton.
[ mead not say that the institution is
carefully and economically managed, or to
refer to the great good it has produced; I;
AID that [ cordially unite in the state.
ment and recommendations Of the memo
risl herewith presented.
| invite your attention to the condition
of the Arsenal.
1t is too small--unsafo as depository
for the large amount Of valuable military
material to be kept IN i, and is, in all re.
spccts, inconvenient and not adapted to
its purpose.
Auch inconvenience was experienced
during tie war for want Of sufficient room
and safety, and l recommend that ground
be procured and new and comm0dious
arsenal be erected in CT near the Capital
Of the State.
Since the adjournment Of the Legisla-
ture l Grew my warrant on the Treasury
for i've thousand dollars, appropriated to
he National Cemetery at Antie.am, and
appointed Major General Jno. x. Brooke,
trustee TO represent the State. Before
the warrant vas drawn appointed Col.
Wm. Ii. Blair and CaItain j. Merrill
Linn, gho examined the ground and made
a full investigation, their report Of which
accompanies this message. IL viii be no.
ticed that they report seven hundred and
ninety-seven bodies Of Pennsylvania that
will be removed into the cemetery, and
recommend an additional appropriation,
in which | m0st cordially unite.
canrot close my last Annual Message
without renewing the expression Of my
gratitude TO the freencn CT tie Common
wealth, for the hearty approval with
which they nave cheered TIE labOrs Of the
Executive Office. TO have earned such
approval By M Official conduct, during
. The last SIX years, must always be source
of pride to myself and children. With
cut the consciousness that was cndeav-
ing to deserve their approval, aad Without
the hope that l should succeed in attain
in- It, 7 must have sunk under the re-
spousibi!ities Of my position Itwas only
a reliance on Divine Providence, and the
active, resoIute, hearty support and zeal
, OF the people, and their representatives,
that encouraged ne during the dark end
terrible crisis through which the country
has passed. | tried to DO my duty to ny
country, and know ! was at least faithful
to her in her deep distress, and | con-
ceivea that duty not to be limited 10 the
merely putting of man into the field 10
suppress treason and rebellion, and maiu-
tain the rational life, and doing of every
thing in my power to sustain the jus: war
forced upon u.s. l felt also bound, SO far
as I could, to protect and promote the
rights and comforts Of our volunteers,
after they had left the State, TO aid and
relieve the sick and wounded, and to care
for the Transmission, TO their bereaved
families, of the precious bodies of the
slain, and the maintenance and education
of their orphans as honored children Of
the country.
To have been the Chief Magistrate Of
this great Commonwealth, during the Pc
Rod through which We have passed, and
to have earned and maintained CIT indeed
I have done SOY the confidence and afec-
tio2 Of her people and their representa-
tives, arc quite enough to satisfy the
high trust given NE, pray God that the
State may continue to grow in power and
strength, and her people in prosperity and
happiness.
A. G.. CURTIN.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
Harrisburg, January 2, 1867.