ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, MADE TO T3EI3E3 GOVEHNOR, OCTOBER 31, 1862. BOUGHTON, NISBET & BARNES, State Printers milledgeville, ga. 1862. J state of georgia, ) Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, > Milledgeyille, October 26th, 1862, ) To Ills Excellency JoSEpil E- BrOWN, Governor of Georgia: Your Excellency i—Jt have the honor to report upon the dutiep of this Office during the past year as follows: state troops. These troops, called into existence previous to and during the last session of the General Assembly, having been turned over to the Confederate Government by you on the i6th of April last, the Office has been engaged m arranging, recording and indexing the Muster Rolls, Discharges and other papefs connected with them in a durable manner and with a view to ready reference, that in future time the State may be protected in claims for Bervice, or other com¬ pensation incident to the organization, This work is still jn progress and nearly completed, and with the Originals should be carefully preserved. 2. TROOPS IN CONFEDERATE SERVICE, The Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate Army having addressed a commuoication to this Office re«- •questing a comparison of records, of the Regiments, Bat¬ talions and Companies from Georgia in the Confederate service, a correspondence ensued, the result of which will be seen in the two lists herewith, from the Office in Rich¬ mond and from this—-marked J. and 2. By these lists it will be seen that Georgia has in the Confederate Provisional Army ffty-nine Regiments of In¬ fantry, three Regiments of Cavalry, three Battalions of Cav¬ alry, fourteen Independent Battaliohs of Artillery, Infantry and Rangers, four Independent Companies of Artillery, and two Legions being mixed commands of Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery. These lists, however, I am satisfied do not exhibit all of the troops from Georgia in the Confederate service, as there are corps of Partizan Rangers and Sharp¬ shooters not put down in General Cooper's list, but which I know to exist and of which I have no record, as the com¬ missions for them were issued from Richmond and not from this Office. There are also to my knowledge many Geor¬ gians in Regiments from other States of whom we cannot, 4 of course, have account. It may he assumed, therefore, I think, without material error, tnat Georgia has in the field to the extent, about, of seventy-four Regiments; and that not far from seventy-five thousand Georgians have been enrolled nationally for the War. Taking the number of the free inhabitants of the State as given by the census of June, 1SG0, at 596,998, and allowing one-half of that number, 298,499, to be males, and applying the usual rules of proportion for ages, it will not be unsafe to say that by -extending the period for mili¬ tary service beyond 45 years,"the State can furnish twenty- five thousand more able bodied men should necessity de¬ mand their, services. 3. ARSENALS. The two Arsenals in the State are at this place and at Savannah. «Tlie arms of the State in.fhe hands of the State Troops and in the ^Arsenal at Savannah having been turned oyer with the troops to the Confederate Govern¬ ment, the Arsenal at Savannah was, undeif your instruc¬ tions, also tendered to the Confederate Greneral in command there. The tender having been accepted, jtfie keys of the building were delivered to the Confederate authorities, (to be returned whenever required to do so by the State), and the ^Military Storekeeper of the State discharged. The State, consequently, lias now in her service but the one Arsenal and the Military Storekeeper at this placet By his report herewith, marked 3, you will see the Arms, Ord¬ nance and Ordnance Stores yet at command of the State, In this portioii of my report I nfust call your attention to the Arsenal building at Milledgeville. It is insufficient for the purposes of the State, inconvenient and. unsuitable for the proper tare and arrangement of Ordnance, Ordnance Stores and Small Arms, and in some respects unsafe. I therefore respectfully recommend the construction of an¬ other larger and more appropriate building* 4. AKMOIiY. From the reports of Major R. II. Mcintosh, Ordnance Officer, marked 4, and of Mr. Peter Jones* Master Armorer, marked 5, yon will gee the expenditures made and the work accomplished in the effort to establish a State Armory in connexion with the Penitentiary. The success of the at¬ tempt is decided, though from causes beyond control it lias not completely fulfilled my calculations pud expectations when the subject was brought before the General Assembly at its last session. The rains of the early spring, the de¬ mand for machinery by the Government and by contractors with it, the rigidness of the blockade, tl?e increased demand for, and difficulty in consequence, of procuring materials, the scarcity of proper workmen, machinists, the sudden 5 and unlooked for inflation of prices, and the unexpected Calls, necessarily, upon the convicts for other labor, with sickness among them, produced a combination of difficulties that taxed to the utmost the energy and skill of the Master Armorer and the activity of the Ordnance Officer. They both, though, proved equal to the calls upon their patience and vigor, and the result is the germ of an Armory second in power, workmanship, and work actually done, only to the riational establishments. An inspection of the workshops will satisfy you, I think, that if our people really desire a State Armory, they have now the means of founding one wherever, and on any scale that may be desired, as the ma¬ chinery can be moved to any point, and will be useful however large the capacity required. 5. MILITIA. . As many communications have been addressed to me, and interviews had in relation to the re-organization of the militia, and the increase in it of the age for military service, it will not be out of place for me to express here my views on both. By the Constitution of the Confederate States that fede- ral government alone has the power to organize a national militia. That grant of power on the part of the States is absolute and unconditional* If Congress had not legislated on the subject, the General Assembly might do so. But Congress having adopted all the laws of the United States in force on the first day of November, 1860, not inconsistent with our Constitution* we find ourselves controlled by the Acts of May 8, 1792, March 2, 1803, April 14, 1814, April 20, 1816, &c., " to more effectually provide for the national defence by establishing an tinifbrm militia throughout the States." Subordinate to these laws and for their execution within the limits of Georgia, the General Assembly of our S.tate in 1792, 3,818, and subsequently* legislated on the subject and provided for a national militia in Georgia^ This legislation we are nhw acting under- NovV, by the Act of May 8, 1792* it is declared thgt every able bodied white male citizen of thel age of 18 and under 4& years, (except as excepted by Congress) shall severally and re" Spectively be enrolled in the militia, and the. only powers given to the States by the same Act tire* that the Legisla¬ ture of each shall arrange the militia of it' into Divisions? Brigades, Regiments, Battalions and Companies, According to a suggested organization i and that the militia shall be officered by each State in a specified manner as to grades. With this federal legislation already provided for us, the question, us to an extension of the military age, arises, as to the right of the General Assembly^ to alter the federal law and enlarge it. My own opinion on this point is that it cannot be done. 6 With respect to a re-arrangement of Divisions, Brigades, &c.f the General Assembly has that duty confided to it by the federal law, and if the militia is to be continued, I would respectfully call your attention to it, much of the existing legislation of the State on that subject being for a passed time and condition, behind the present military ad-r vancement, and in some cases incongruous. I do not present to your Excellency a system of re-ar* rangement, as I understand that one (which X hfive not yet had an opportunity of examining,) is offered in the " New Code," and as I am not assured positively in my own jnind that, under the circumstances, of the war, of recent national legislation, and of the control Congress has over the sub¬ ject, that any system of re-arrangement now would be advisable or beneficial. I am rather inclined to recommend to your Excellency the consideration of the right reserved by the State of keeping troops in time of war, and under that right the organization of a State force or tState militia, of all able bodied men of 45 and under CO years of age, to be organized and officered in such manner as the General Assembly may direct. Such a body, properly legislated for, could be made more amenable to discipline, more ac* tive, and more efficient than the federal militia under its present defective laws, In making this recommendation X confine myself to what may (in all probability will) be the military necessities of the State within her borders should the war continue for a time longer, and be waged in the atrocious spirit recently proclaimed by the United States Government. (k CURRENT BUSINESS. During the past year thete have been issued and record¬ ed four thousand eight hundred and forty-eight military commissions, several of which it has been fteces^ry to du-1 plicate owing to failures by mail. The records of the two Regular Regiments and of the Navy Georgia had in her service before the organization of the Confederate Govern¬ ment, have been completed* And the current "examination of election returns, military reports, orders, and the corre$ spondenCe, (which has been very heavy) have been carried on, recorded, and, as completed, filed. It has also been the pleasant duty of the Office to furnish to the War Depart¬ ment in Richmond, Muster Rolls of some of our Georgia Regiments requested by the Adjutant General of the Army. For the prompt and efficient discharge of these duties I am indebted to the fidelity and ability of the temporary clerks, Messrs. deGraffenreid, Briscoe, Williams and Cagle, as- Signed to my aid by your Excellency 7 7. CONCLUSION. As national legislation materially limits now the duties of this Office in connexion with the National Government, I desire to present to your Excellency, frankly, the question of its longer continuance, should the General Assembly neither take action in regard to the re-arrangement of the militia, nor the creation of a State force or militia. I came to my native State, the home of my family for, now, three generations, and" the State of my affections, to give her in her need my best services—not to burden her—and I there¬ fore request your Excellency to consider the question of the necessity of the Office, without individual regard to myself, and without any sense of obligation connected with its creation, or tender to me. In referring this matter to you, I can truthfully say, that I only hope my services have been as beneficial to the State, as the support given to me by yourself, by the Gen¬ eral Assembly, by the Volunteers and Militia, and by the people of the State at large, has been cordial, acceptable and agreeable. All of which is respectfully submitted. HENRY C. WAYNE, Adji. and Ins. General. 8 No. 1. Adj*t and Insp. General's Office, Richmqnd. List of Georgia Regiments, 4^m from the Records of that Office* list of georgia infantry regiments. No. 1st* Col.Wm. J. MaGill, 2d 3d 4th 5 th 6th 7th 8th 9 th 10 th 11th 12 th 13th 14th 15 th 16 th 17 th 18 th 19 th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th E. M. Butt, reorg., A. R. Wright, " George Doles, Wm„ T. Black, A. II. Colquitt^ Win. T. Wilson reor. L. M. Lamar, Rj A. Turnipseed, Alfred (gumming, Geo. T. Anderson, Z. T. Conner, Marcellus Douglass, Felix Price, W. M. Mcintosh, Goode Bryan, H. L. Benning, W. T. Wofford, W.W. Boyd, J. B. Cumming, Jno. T. Mercer, Robert H. Jones, Thos. Hutchinson, Robert McMillan, C. C. Wilson, C. W. Styles, Levi B. Smith, James G Cain, Wm. T.Young, reor. No. 30th Col. 31st " 32d " 33d 34th " 35th " 36th " 37th 38th " 39th " 10 th list " 42d " 43d " 44 th " 45th " 46th " 47th " 48th " 49th " 50 th " 51st " 52d " 53d " 54th " 55 th " 56th " 57 th •' !. Cobb. David it. Bailey, Clejnant.A. Evans, Geo. P. Harrison, jr. J. A* W. Johnston, E. L, Thomas, Jesse A, Glenn, George \V. Ree* J. T. McCooneli, Chas. A. McDaniel, R. J. Henderson, Skid mo re Harris, Robert A. Smith, Thos. Hardeman, P. H. Colquitt, G. W. Williams, Wm. Gibson, A. J. Lane, W. R. Manning, W. M. Slaughter, Wier. Boyd, L. T. Doyal, C. H. Way, C. B. Harkie, E. P. Watkins, Wm. Barkecloo. Cobb's Georgia Legion, Co Phillips' Legion, Col. Wm, Phillips. cavalry. 1st Col. J. J. Morrison, 3d Col. M. J. Crawford, 2d Col. W. J. Lawton, 1st Confederate Regiment, formerly commanded by Col. John B. Yillipigue. The terms of several of the companies expired prior to the passage of the Conscript act, and they were mustered out of service. The command is now known as the 1st Confederate Battalion, but the department is not advised as to the companies composing it. * J st Regiment Infantry, Col. Ramsay, disbanded. 0 battalions. 1st Infantry Battalion (changed into 1st Con. Reg't.) 2d " " Major G. W. Ross. 3d " ; ** Lieut. Col, J. B. Stovall. 4th Infantry Battalion, Lieut. Col. W. H. Stiles. 5th " " Never organized. Companies were with Gen. Wise. 6th Infantry Battalion, 7th " " Lt. Col. J. H. Lamar. Sth " * " A. Littlefield was Lt. Col. 9th Artillery " Major A. Leyden. 10th " " J. E. Rylander. 11th " 4 " A. S. Cutts. 12th " " " IL D. Capers. 13th "■ " " G. A. Gordon. 14th " " J. T. Montgomery. 15th Partisan RrangetS, Major J. R. Griffin. 16th " " " S. J. Smith. also, 1st Battalion of Cavalry, Lt. Col. Spalding. 2d u " Major M. Cummings. 3d f " D. L. Clinch. To Itattr C, Watne;, Adj't and Inspector Gen'l, Milledgeville, Ga. 10 fice. > 12. > No. commanders. 1 Col. Wm. J, Magill, 1 Col. Chas. II. Olmstead, No. 2. STATE OF GEORGIA, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office. Millcdgeville, July 24, 1862. List of Regiments, Battalions, &fc.t from Georgia in the Confed¬ erate Service compiled from the records of this Office. remarks. Regulars. 1st. Vol. Reg't. of Ga. State Organization. The relation of this Reg't in the Confederate service not understood. Its existence in the State is. anomalous, due to Special legislation. The Col. and four Compa¬ nies, are prisoners of War, taken at Fort Pulaski. Oth¬ er companies are in service as Independent Battalions, to-wit: the Phoenix Rifle Battalion, Maj. George A. Gordon, the Savannah Vol¬ unteer Guards, Maj. John Screven. Again, other companies are in service independently to-wit: the "Republican Blues," Cap¬ tain John W. Anderson, the Irish Jasper Greens, Captain 0. Conner and oth¬ ers. Confederate Regiment. The composition of this Reg't. not understood, it being a mixed Command of Geor¬ gia and Mississippi Compa¬ nies. Volunteers, Disbanded. Vol'teers, formerly Semmes* Regiment. Volunteers, formerly A. R. Wright. Volunteers, Reorganized. Volunteers, formerly John K. Jackson's. Volunteers, formerly A. H. Colquitt's. Volunteers Reorganized, for¬ merly L. J. Gartrell's. 1 Col. J. B. Villepigue, 1 Col. J. N. Ramsay, 2 Col. E. M. Butt, 3 Not Known, 4 Col. Geo. P. Doles, 5 Col. Wm. T. Rlack, 6 Not Known, 7 Col. Wm. T. Wilson, IX List of Regiments, Bat No. COMMANDERS. 8 Col. L. M. Lamar, 9 Col. R. A. Turnipseed, 10 Col Alfred Cummirig, 11 Col. Geo. T. Anderson, 12 Col. Z. T. Connef, 1-3 Col. Marcellus Douglass, 14 Colt Felix Price, 15 Not Known, 16 Col. Goode Bryan, 17 Col. H. L. Benning* 18 Col. W. T. Wofford, 19 Col. \V. W. Boyd, 20 CoL J. B. Cumming, 21 Col. John T. Mercer, 22 CoL Robert II. Jones, 23 CoL Thomas Hutchinson, 24 Gol. Robt. McMillan, 25 CoL C. C. Wilson, 26 CoL W, H. Atkinson, 27 CoL Levi B* Smith, 28 CoL J. G. Cain, 29 CoL Wm, T* Young, 30 CoL David J. Bailey, 31 CoL Clemant A. Evans, 32 Coi. C. A. L, Lamar, 33 CoL A. Littlefield., 34 CoL J. A. W. Johnston, 35 CoL E. L. Thomas, 36 CoL Jesse A, Glenn, 37 Not Known, 38 Col. Geo. W. Lee, 39 Col Jos. T. McConnelt, 40 CoL Abda Johnson, 41 Col. Chas. A. McDaniel, 42 CoL Robt, Henderson, 43 CqL Skidmore Harris, 44 Not Known, 45 CoL Thos. Hardeman, ilions, SjC.—Continued. REMARKS. Volunteers Provisional Ar¬ my. Volunteers, fprmerly E. R. Goulding's. Provisional Army. Volunteers. Provisional Army, Provisional Army. Volunteers, formerly A. V. Brumby's. Volunteers, formerly Thos. W. Thomas's. Provisional Army. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Provisional Army, Provisional Army. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers, Reorganized For¬ merly C. W. Styles' Volunteers. Volunteers, formerly J. T. Warthen's. Volunteers, formerly Ran¬ dolph Spalding's. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers reduced to aBat- tallion. Volunteers reduced to a Bat- tallion, Volunteers. Provisional Army. Provisional Army. Provisional Army, Provisional Army. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Voluhteers. Volunteers. Volunteers formerly Robt. A. Smith's. Volunteers. 12 List of Regiments, Battalions, Sfc.,—Continued. No. COMMANDERS. 46 Col. Peyton EL Colquitt, 47 Col. G. W. M. Williams, 48 Col. Wm. Gibson, 49 Col. A. J. Lane, 50 Col. Wm. R. Manning, 51 Col. W. M. Slaughter, 52 Col. Weir Boyd, 53 Col. L. T. Doyal, 54 Col. Charlton II. Way, 55 Col. C. B. Harkie, REMARKS. Volunteers, V olunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Army Volunteers and Con¬ scripts. Army Volunteers and Con¬ scripts. 56 Col. Geo. P. Harrison, Jr<, Army Volunteers and Con-i 57 Col. Wm. Barkeloo, 58 Col. E. P. Watkins, 59 Col. Jack Browp, 1 Col. J. J. Morrison, 2 Col. W. J. Lawton, 3 Col. M. J. Crawford, 1 Col. T, R, R. Cobb, 2 Col. Wm. jPhillips, 1 Major G* W. Ross, 2 Lt. Col. J. B. Stovall, 3 Lt. Col. Wm. H. Styles, 4 Not Known, 5 Not Known, 6 Not Known, 7 Lt. Col, Lamar, 8 Lt. Col. A. Littlefied,, 9 Not Known, 10 Majof J. E. Rylander, 11 Not Known, scripts. Volunteers, Army Volunteers and Con¬ scripts. Army Volunteers and Com scripts. cavalry. Army Volunteers and Cop- scripts. Army Volunteers and Con¬ scripts. Army Volunteers and Con¬ scripts. .Legion. Provisional Army, Inft,, Oav., Artillery. Volunteers, Jnft*, Cavalry, Artillery. battalions Volunteers. Volunteers. Provisional Army Provisional Army Provisional Army Provisional Army Volunteers, formerly 0, A. L. Lamar's Reg't. 32d. Volunteers, formerly 33rd Regiment, Provisional Army, (by your list Leyden's Artillery.) Volunteers. Provisional Army, (by your list, Cutt's Artillery.) 13 No. List of Regiments, Bat.tta.lion, fyc.,— Continued. commanders. remarks. Provisional Army, (by your list, Caper's Artillery.) Provisional Army, by your list, Geo. A. Gordon's—see remarks to 1st Vol, Reg't. of Georgia. Provisional Army, (by your list, Montgomery's Art'ly) Provisional Army, by your list, (Griffin's Partisan Ran¬ gers.) Provisional Army, by your list, S. J. Smith's Partisan RangerS. cavalrx. Lt. Col. Clias. Spalding, Proyisional Army. Major W. Cumming, Provisional Army. Major D. L. Clinch, Provisional Arn^y. companies. 12 Not Known, 13 Not Known, 14 Not Known, 15 Not Khown, 16 Not Known, Capt. L. P. Girardy, Capt, John H. Tiller, Capt. Geo. A. Dure, Capt, H. N. Ells, Volunteers, Artillery. Volunteers, Artillery. Provisional Army* Provisional Army. The Regiments, Battalions, &c., noted '•Volunteers" un¬ der the head of remarks, were organized under State author¬ ity and Commissioned from this Office. The others were Commissioned erectly from the War Department at Rich¬ mond, and organized by its authority. „ HENRY C. WAYNE, Adj't and Ins. General. 14 No. 3. REPORT OF THE MILITARY STOREKEEPER. Inventory of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores in the State Arsenal and Magazine at Milledgeville, October 26, 1862 : arsenal, 680 muskets. 210 Miss, rifles. 13 new country rifles. 30 English Enfield muskets, with belts, bayonet Scab¬ bards, &c. 74 cavalry sabres. 66 do do (old). 156 do belts,' 4 do per, pistols. 180 do flintlock pistols, 18 do do do (defective.) 80 do holsters. 350 eagl^and U. S. belt plates, 150 waist do 70 sabre bayonet belts, 47 do do scabbards, 4 express portmanteaus. 2,271 gun slings* 39 pistol pouches. 12 sets new artillery harness. 1,424 cartridge boxes. Fck'din boxes(in good order.) 2,415 bayonet scabbards. 600 waist belts. 513 cap boxes. 5,871 pikes. 3,857 knives with scabbards. 3,681 belts for do at the penitentiary. 1 howitzer. 4 sets artillery harness. , 2 ammunition trains, 3 wagons each, with cassions, &c., for artillery. 1 traveling forge. 1 old 4 lb. cannon, spiked and mounted, magazine. 620 kegs rifle powder. 226 £-kegs rifle powder. 400 i-kegs do 21 barrels do 2,125 pounds do in J-kegs and canisters. 227 kegs coarse musket powder. 318 kegs cannon powder. IS 6 kegs mining powder. 78,000 ball cartridges, calibre 1842. 12,000 do do do 1853. 23,000 ball and buck cartridges, calibre 1842. 1,100 Sharp1* carbine do 2,000 Maynard do do 5,000 do cartridge cases. 1,000 musket caps. 8,000 pistol and rifle caps. 17,000 Sharps primers. 5,800 lbs. lead* 1 box powder (penitentiary). 1 lot musket balls (penitentiary)* T, M. BRADFORD, M. S. K. To Col. Henry C, Wayne, Adj't and Ins. General. 16 No. 4. REPORT OF MAJ. LACHLAN II. MclNTOSII, ORD¬ NANCE OFFICER. STATE OF GEORGIA, ) Adj't and Inst'r Gen.'s Office, Ordnance Bureau, > Milledgeville, 20th October, 1SG2. ) Colonel Hctiry C. Wayne, Adjutant and Inspector General State of Georgia: Colonel :—I have the honor herewith to report the ope¬ rations of this Bureau from the date of my appointment to the performance of its duties on the 27th of November, 1861, to the present time, which ends the fiscal year. The disbursements made will, in their classification, as shown in the following tables, give a correct idea of what has been done in this Department: Disbursements under " Military appropriation of Five Millions." class. nature of articles. 1 Cannon, &c., $17,512 47 III Artillery harness, 9,874 75 IY & Y ArtTy projectiles and ammunition, 16,155 08 VI & VII Infantry accoutrements, &c., 16,165 60 VIII Bowie knives and pikes, 60,109 12 X Labor, repairs and material, 14,6S0 27 XI Transportation, &c., 1,581 58 Total, $136,078 S7 The articles described in the above table, with many oth" ers purchased by the State previous to my appointment, have, for the most part, been turned over to the Confeder¬ ate Government. Of the $136,078 S7-100 disbursed, as shown in said table, I have received from the Ordnance Department of the Confederacy $58,000 00, which I have paid back into the Treasury of the State, and the same is credited to the " Military appropriation of Five Millions." Disbursements under " appropriation of $350,000 for Georgia Armory.'''' class. nature of articles. I r Materials, $16,767 06 II Labor, 13,250 94 III Machinery and tools, 20,351 43 mi Transp'tion, fr'ght, advrertising,&c., 2,057 74 Total, $52,427 17 17 A portion of the materials have already been worked up in the repairs, alteration and re-stocking of 2,519 old guns, and in making parts for the new. Of these latter, we have 104 complete, while many others are being completed, the limbs or parts having been finished, ready for putting the guns together in a complete condition. I am happy in be¬ ing able to say that but a small portion of the material is thus far used, while our stock of files and other tools is good. The great drawback to efficient action and success has been the, want of machinery which we have tried in vain to get. "With this there has been great delay in getting out our tilt hammers, in consequence of the wet spriug, the timber being of large size and to tbe found only in the swamps of the neighborhood. Notwithstanding these and other checks, I think we can safely claim success in having shown the fact that an Armory, even under the most ad¬ verse circumstances, can be established in Georgia. That there should be one, and that too upon an extensive scale, I think no one will doubt, who remembers the helpless con¬ dition of our State as to arms in the beginning of and for many months after the commencement of this war. In¬ deed, there is evidence all around us now of this great need, and not a day passes scarcely that I am not applied to for gitns. An application is now before me from a Confeder¬ ate officer for shot guns. It is to be borne in mind in review¬ ing the expenditures of the Armory, that not only great ex¬ pense has been incurred from the delay occasioned by the want of facilities in the present distressed condition of our country, but that the inflated prices of all articles has in¬ creased the expense enormously. It is but just here to say, that under all these adverse circumstances, it is to Mr.Peter Jones, the Master Armorer, whose energy and devotion, skill and economy, that we may mainly attribute the success of the enterprise, and the mod¬ erate expenditures tipon the work. In the matter of labor, I beg leave to suggest, that the apprenticeship system be at once established, that our armories may become schools for the training up of practical mechanics. Surely there is reason in this, and certainly we have been made to see and feel the necessity of such a course. It needs no argument for its support. Machinery at different points in this State, and in South Carolina, are in course of construction, which I am assured will be soon finished and I trust in our posses¬ sion. With this we may accomplish*a great deal in a short time, as will afford us greater facilities for work, while the original causes of delay have been done away with. I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, LACHLAN H. McINTOSH, Chief of Ordnance State of Georgia, 9 18 No. 5. MASTER ARMORER'S OFFICE,) Georgia State Armory, > Milledgeville, Nov. 4, 1862. ) Major L. H. McIntosh, Ordnance Office, Sir—Agreeably to your order I herewith submit a report of the number and cost of Tools fabricated in this Armory —number of machines finished, and in course of contrac¬ tion—number of new arms made complete—old arms re¬ paired, restocked, and altered from flint to percussion. Whilst we have manufactured a large quantity of tools and machinery, there has been insurmountable difficulties in our progress towards the completion of the armory for manufacturing arms by machinery. The demands of the Confederate States hpon the individual shops has been so great, as to prevent me from making contracts for such ma¬ chinery as I deemed necessary, to expedite, the work on the Guns. The heavy oak timber for the tilt Hammers was laying in a swamp at the time of the constant rains of last Winter which so inundated the country as to delay me six weeks in these machines, which was necessary for our Barrel forging, p &c. After overcoming this, a difficulty occurred between two of our forgers and the keepers, which resulted in the discharge of the forgers; thus throwing us back for nearly one more month. The Engine we are using now is inadequate to drive the machinery as required; and the one purchased over six months since, has not as yet been placed in position. This was owing to the extension of the enclosure which consumed all the Brick on hand. The prospect of making Guns by convict labor is not very flattering under existing circumstances. There are few of them that can do more than a third of a day's work at forging. Some improvement in the organization of the armory, may improve their disposition to work. The charge of $1.25 per day for the labor of the con¬ victs, ignores the object for which the armory was placed in this Institution. If a charge 6f this kind is to be made for men who with but very few exceptions are totally unskilled in mechanism. I think the introduction of piece w ork, the apprentice sys¬ tem, and hired labor will be much cheaper. You will see by turning to Table giving the number and cost of new arms made, that the number of Guns made are 104, and the amount chargeable is $1,558.11, thus you will see the gun does not cost quite $15.00. This does not in¬ clude convict labor, but when added will not I think exceed $18.00. The system of keeping the time of the convicts employed in the armory will have to be improved, or the definite cost of the Tools, machinery and Gun cannot be pbtained. Respectfully your Ob't Serv't. PETER JONES, Master Armorer. 19 REPORT" Of the number and cost of t-oolsfabricated in the Georgia State Armory, including labor and material up to 30th September, 1862. NAMES OF TOOLS. NO COST. forging, Tools heading—Smith, Mandrils " Tongs, " " Punches, " " Sledges, " " Chisels, " " Swedges, " " Swedges—fuller " " Hammers, " " Swedges, jumpers cutting " Stake Forging lock plates, " " band Springs, " " hammers, Swedges—jumper forging hammers, Cold chisels, Stake forging Sabre hilt, Swedges jumper forging Sabre, " " Sears, Stake for do " " Sabre hilt Springs, Stake for Sabre hilt catch, " a front sight stud, Swedges jumper forging patch box Spring, " " " Screw drivers, Stake for Swedges jumper «< Stake Swedges jumper Stakes " Swedges juniper " Stake Swedges jumper (1 Trimmers %i Stake Swedges jumper " Stake for " . , . Swedges jumper for forgmg triggers do tumbler Screws, guard " tong " Butt plate " band springs, • do Swivel vice, Swivels, bridles & trimmer, do do wipers,