and all action taken under the above act; and he shall accompany said report with a statement of the amount and date of all former appropriations for each work, and a full estimate for its entire and permanent completion with the amount that can be profitably expended in the next fiscal year; and he shall also state in what collection district each work is located, and at what or near what port of entry, light-house, or fort; what amount of revenue was collected at the nearest port of entry for the last fiscal year, and as far as practicable what amount of commerce each particular work. and navigation would be benefited by the completion of

A report of the plans and estimates to be prepared by the engineer department for completing the defensive works on the south side of the Potomac, near the city; and also to report upon the expediency of constructing similar works of defence on the northern side of this city, (with estimates for the same,) so as to reduce to a minimum the number of troops required for the protection and defence of the capital.

House Journal.

1862, Jan.

13

A report relative to the authority, and by whom, the army supplies and other property held for the military purposes of the United States in the Territory of Utah, and especially at Camp Crittenden and Fort Bridger, were sold, with a statement of the property, its cost and value to the United States, and the amount realized from the sale thereof; and if the sale was made by his authority, that he furnish a сору of the order, and inform the House what notice was given of the sale; and if any of the military supplies in said Territory were destroyed, that he inform the House of the character of such supplies, the value thereof, and the reason of the destruction.

House Journal.

A report relative to the military force of fourteen hundred House Journal.
volunteers recently organized in the Territory of Colorado,
by what authority organized, for what purpose, and what
disposition has been made of said force, and at what time
organized and equipped, and in what manner; and what
amount of demands have been credited against the United
States on account of said military force, so far as the War
Department has been informed, and to what extent such
demands have been liquidated by drafts on the treasury;
what arms have been purchased by the governor of said
Territory, at what cost, and by what authority; and whether
it is the intention of the War Department to recognize and
liquidate the debts created in said military operations,
including the purchase of arms.

A report of what arrangements can be made, and the terms of House Journal.
the same, with the railroad corporations on the line between
Washington and New York, by the way of Baltimore and
Philadelphia, for the construction of a side track between
Bristol and Chester, in Pennsylvania, through west Phila-

181

No time specified.

1862, April

28

House Journal.

617

A report relative to the prisoners taken on the sloop Velma, and whether released by the United States commissioner at Baltimore with the knowledge and consent of the military authorities of the department of Maryland; also, by what authority Colonel Gunter, of Virginia, who refused to take the oath of allegiance, was released on a conditional parole, which bound him only not to take up arms against the government while the Eastern Shore counties of Virginia remained under United States authority; also, by what authority the said Gunter was allowed to visit the camp of the 6th Maryland regiment at Lafayette square, Baltimore, to search for runaway negroes.

No time specified

A report of the authority conferred upon the provisional Senate Journal. governor or other authorities of Missouri to enrol, organize, arm, equip, support, and pay the volunteer militia of that State; when and by whom was such authority conferred; how militia were thus authorized to be raised; many how to be organized and officered; when, where, and how to be employed, and in what manner to be paid.

A report of the number of cavalry regiments authorized, the number mustered into the service, where stationed, the condition of their equipment, and whether the public service would be promoted by converting the cavalry regiments authorized but not mustered into the service into infantry regiments

Senate Journal.

77

No time specified.

A report of whether any contract has been made, or any steps have been taken looking to a contract, for the construction of any railroad by or under the authority of the War Department; and if so, what is the nature and charac- | ter of said contract, with whom made, and under what authority or law was it made.

Senate Journal.

237

No time specified.

A report of the present condition of Harper's Ferry armory, Jefferson county, Virginia; what damage has been done thereto during the existing rebellion, by whom so done, and by what authority; the value of the United States property there in its present condition; the amount of money necessary to repair said damage; and whether it is employed as heretofore. expedient to repair and restore the said armory, to be

Senate Journal.

430

No time specified.

A report of Henry E. Maynadier, captain of the 10th infantry, Senate Journal. of his operations in conducting an escort for emigrants to the Pacific coast in the year 1861, from Omaha City to

430

No time specified.

Fort Walla-Walla.