Year: 1861

m the service If the order by Mae had been executed

 oul have transferred without the loss o man. II the

 by Burrow, before the men turned 'ell aceS oe

 wool have declined.

 of Gen. Peae w his army to Usage NS the

 board fearing an entire disbandmen of the troops dispatched ~ b directing him to suspend all acton Tn reference n m rs unt he further directions upon the subject q q Ten member of the board repaired hastily po M 10 Peas camp The dispatches it said were received the dav following The arrival of Judge Ion served % the waste of public property in all directions The army had been turned discharged for not solitary paper o the kind given within my knowledge

 Within short time shall ask ubmita further upon military affairs which be talned additional information touching military board thlS and other subjects The delay in troops has been oasoned by the inability 6 inc to manufacture bonds, rapidly they required for ue The authority the military board to draw for and pay them out but had nothing do with their sale ppala ton.

 The militia is conesed in doganzed and usa ;torv con ton which, in present attitude of things mpos- sibIe to remedy regulated mlahe buwalk Of free govern menis all times important and Tn time o war; ought to oe we" dsned emergencies The lack o success m past ots to organize and make efficient is attributable to various causes First the duty of officers performed without remuneration unless called into active thing purely accidental and Of rare occur renee Secondly volunteer system cuts off all hope ot pomoon and indeed sap va ote whole thing Who will undergo the a Dor an the duties of militia officer for the non nal honor of having title and putting uniform significant of Thirdly, another presents itself in the creation the home guard provided by the convention.

 The latter practically supecedes the former home guard to be organized township each being at liberty to join it who subject to militia duty This institution is sort of congomeae military and authority, and only sue from mill tin and volunteer Colonel orders his regiment to parade his belong to the home guard which ends the muster

 Again: organization the militia and the preservation of that organization duty involving much abor much to render that the executive attend unless the proper officers were employed and paid to do work To sure there auan general compensation wo hundred and fifty dollars per annum allowed him. stationery necessary for Ills office.

 complete preserve organization of the militia of this state

 require competent qualfca

 the adutant generals office. An of militia like any

 n.y. efficient requires attention, labor and expen-

 money guard abolhed,-a competent salary paid

 ~ geneIalwih necessary amendments to the cote the

 be organized and relied on for emergencies otherwise

 comparatively vaueless $ a of defence

 LADS .aAYTED

 on granted con!onaIy to the State of Arkansas

 known under above designation, which respectfully

 a.te.tion, IL my message the last session. The

 lands from sale operates incubus upon the country ug dement, and keeping money om its treasury M sections States by ordinance of the market Those given the road however, still

 presenting question of disputed t between the Cro and ryircad company, and the state.

 presented the convnton signed by the directors of assumed to be sad the entire grant advertisement in the public prints title by proposing to sell lands along the entire

 ay their memorial that they have undipne title 343 6S 100 land granted for the purpose rung the roa, while equally clear my mind that they a and that those who may be induced buy, will spend their money useessy against which proper that the shonl enter its protest.

 The of Congress- above referred granted the of Arkansas disposed by legislature admitted exposition of that law that quantity of land exceeding hupe and twenty sections and included within length twenty miles of said road may be so whether lick struck upon road The liberal cnstructons however, conended that the entire grant could be disposed of under such stances

 By act of the legislature approved 26h November 1856 such rights the state had in said lands granted coonay the said Cairo and Fulton which conditions that the charter should be limited time five hundred years and that the said company should within yeas grade twenty miles, complete until bond filed with approved by the gove conditioned for the faithful perfoance of all the and require imposed by the act.

 The constitutional modification of the charter, has far have been able discover been made That the road has neither been graded built requires proof establish that bond given and approved presume finding such paper file the is there suit pending the know ledge for the collection of the forfeited by nce with the conditions and imposed by the granting the lands from the to the company.

 If these premises correct follows company has If the lands ought to be market by the early The subject merits investigation.