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EXECUTIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS,

AND

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

PRINTED BY ORDER OF

THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

AT THE

FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS,

1861..

ALL CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.

For alphabetical index to executive documents, see page
For table of contents of executive documents, see page
For alphabetical index to miscellaneous documents, see page....
For alphabetical index to reports of committees, see page..

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1861.

1

NOTH

Academy at West Point. Views of the Secretary of War in rela
tion to the large disaffection of military officers who were
educated at the national Military.

Academy at West Point. Report of the board of visitors to the
Military

Academy at West Point, by J. G. Blaine, of Maine, Alexander
Cummings, of Pennsylvania, and Fitz Henry Warren, of Iowa.
Supplementary report in relation to the Military..
Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, to Newport Rhode Island, and
the necessity of legislative action thereon. Statement by the
Secretary of the Navy of the causes which led to the removal
of the Naval....

Appropriations made for the service of the government and those
required to be made. Statement of..

"Armed neutrality" proposed by certain States. Views of the Presi-
dent of the United States in relation to the policy of....
Armistice alluded to in the message of the President of the United
States of the 4th instant, by reason of which the commander
of the frigate Sabine refused to transfer the United States
troops into Fort Pickens in obedience to his orders, &c. Answer
of the Secretary of the Navy to the resolution of the 19th July
instant, requesting information concerning the quasi.....
Arms among the militia of the States and Territories. Recom-
mendation by the Secretary of War of a further distribution
of improved.....

Arms, munitions of war, &c., destined for persons or places in
rebellion against the federal government. Circular of the
Secretary of the Treasury to officers of the customs, direct-
ing the interception of.......

Subject.

Arms obtained from private manufactures and from foreign coun-
tries for the use of the army. Report by the Secretary of War
of the purchase of.....
Army to supply vacancies by desertions, &c. Statement by the
Secretary of War of the necessity of an increase of the regular..
Army of northeastern Virginia, under command of Brigadier Gen-
eral McDowell, for the month of June, 1861. Return of the
department of the....

Army of southeastern Virginia, under command of Major General
Butler. Returns from the department of the.

Army of Utah, commanded by Colonel Cooke, of the second dra-
goons. Return of the department of the....
Army of the Pacific, commanded by Brigadier General Sumner, of
the United States army. Return of the department of the....
Army of New Mexico, commanded by Colonel Loring, of the
mounted rifles. Return of department of the....

Return of the department of the...

Army of the west. Return of the department of the-
Army of Florida, commanded by Colonel Brown, of the second
artillery.

Army of the east, commanded by Brevet Major General Wool. Re-
turn of the department of the....
Army of Pennsylvania, commanded by Major General Patterson.
Return of the department of the...

Army of the city of Washington and its vicinity, commanded by
Brigadier General Mansfield, of the United States army, June
27, 1861. Return or consolidated morning report of troops
serving in the department of the....
Arsenals at Baton Rouge, Little Rock, Mount Vernon, Apalachicola,
Augusta, Charleston, and Fayetteville, the ordnance depot at
San Antonio, and all the other government works in Texas.
Information from the Secretary of War of the surrender by
commanders, or the seizure by disloyal persons, of the....
Assistant Secretary of War. (See War.)

B.

Barks Cora and Mary Kimball, as slavers. Report of the capture of
the

Beer and ale. A tax recommended by the Secretary of the Trea-
sury upon..

Blockade of the ports in the rebel States.

Measures adopted by

of the...

the Navy Department to enforce a ...
Board of visitors of the Military Academy at West Point. Report

Bonita and other vessels engaged in the slave trade. Report of
the capture of the brig..

Bridge across the Potomac, as a military necessity.

Recommenda-

tion by the Secretary of War for the reconstruction of the Long-
Brigs Bonita and Tuccoa, as slavers. Report of the capture of the..
British minister relative to the appointment of a joint commission
to inquire concerning practices destructive of the fisheries adja-
cent to the northeastern coast and islands of North America.
Correspondence with the...

Bureau of Yards and Docks, with estimates. Report of the.
Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, with estimates. Report of
the.....

Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs, with estimates.
Report of the...

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, with estimates. Report of the-
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, with estimates. Report of the...

Subject.

C.

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Cadets who have been reinstated or reappointed within the last year,
with the date of his discharge or resignation, his academic
record, and the effect of such reinstatement upon the discipline
of the academy. Resolution communicated by the secretary
of the board of visitors to the Superintendent of the Military
Academy at West Point, requesting him to communicate to
said board the names of the
Cadets at the Military Academy at West Point who have been re-
instated or reappointed within the last year, with the time such
cadet was discharged or resigned, and the causes therefor,
together with his full academic record, and the effect of such
reinstatement upon the discipline of the academy.

Report of

Colonel Bowman, Superintendent of the Military Academy,
with a statement of the names of all the
Cadets of the United States Military Academy who, at the examina-
tion in June, 1860, were pronounced "not proficient." Pro-
ceedings of the Secretary of War on the report of the.....
Cadets of the United States Military Academy who, at the examina-
tion in January, 1861, were pronounced not proficient. Pro-
ceedings of the Secretary of War on the report of the....
Cadet Blocker, found deficient in mathematics and French at the
June examination, be turned back one year. Order of the
Secretary of War that.....

Cadets found deficient and reinstated. Letter from the professor of
mathematics at the United States Military Academy to the
president of the board of visitors in reference to-

Charlotte, Dahlonega, and New Orleans.

Information by the Sec-
retary of War of the unlawful seizure, by State authorities, of
the United States mints at......
Circulars to collectors, surveyors of ports, and other officers of the
customs, directing them to intercept the transit of arms, mu-
nitions of war, provisions, &c., to persons in States in open
rebellion against the government. Copy of.......

Clerical force in the Navy Department, &c.

an increase of the...

Collections of Customs. (See Circular.)

Recommendation of

Coast of Newfoundland, Labrador, and Nova Scotia. (See Fisheries.)
Coffee, tea, sugar, and molasses. Recommendation of the Secretary
of the Treasury to impose additional duties on......
Commissariat to enable it to furnish a greater variety of food to the
army. Recommendation by the Secretary of War of the expe-
diency of enlarging the powers of the....
Commodores McCauley and Paulding, in relation to the navy yard
and government property at Norfolk, Virginia. Instructions
of the Secretary of the Navy to..

"Confederate States." Information by the President of an alliance
formed by certain States, in opposition to the general govern-
ment, under the name of the...

Congress to place at the control of the government four hundred
thousand men and four hundred millions of dollars for the sup-
pression of the rebellion in certain States against the general
government. Recommendation by the President of the United
States for....

Construction, Equipment, and Repairs, with estimates. Report of
the Bureau of.

Cora and Mary Kimball, and other vessels engaged in the slave
trade. Report of the capture of the barks...