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ORDNANCE, &c.

REPORT OF THE QUARTER MASTER GENERAL.

SIR:

QUARTERMASTER General's Department, Į
Shoreham, September 30, 1839. S

Since my report to you of Sept. 29, 1838, I have received of the U. States and deposited in the Arsenal in Vergennes, six hundred and eighty two, (682) common rifles complete, and in good order, being the amount due from the U. States at the close of the year 1837, under an act of Congress for arming the militia of the several States, passed April 1508. Besides these, the State has sixty-five rifles, making the whole number, seven hundred and forty seven. (747)

Since the date of that report, I have completed the cleaning and repairing of the arms at Vergennes belonging to the State. The number of muskets, cleaned is fifty seven hundred and three, (5703) and of rifles sixty-five (65)—at an expense of twenty-one hundred sixty-five dollars and ninety cents. Four hundred and five of the muskets repaired, were those collected last year by Mr. Slade. The balance, being fifty-six, I believed not worth repairing, and have sold them for ninety-five (95) doilars.

Of the arms collected on the east side of the mountain by General Phelps, seven hundred and seventy-two, (772) he caused to be repaired and put them into the possession of Mr. W. E. Trask. of Windsor. These, and the 5708 repaired at Vergennes, are all the muskets belonging to the state of which I have any knowledge, making sixty-four hundred and seventy-five (6475.)

I have loaned to Capt. Partridge, as reported to you last year, and distributed to the militia of the State, in obedience to your several orders, six hundred and sixty (660) rifles, and thirteen hundred and seventy (1370) muskets.

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5104 muskets,

and eighty-seven (87) rifles, also at Vergennes. There is likewise at the Arsenal at Vergennes, three pieces 6 ponn der iron cannon, 61 powder-horns, aud 60 cartouch boxes and belts. I am unable to make any return of the Ordnance and other military property of the State heretofore distributed to the militia; nor the amount of monies received for fines or otherwise, or how it has been disposed of, no`returns having been made to me.

I am, Sir,

Very respectfully,

To His Excellency, S. H. JENISON,

Your obedient servant,
DAVIS RICH, Qr. Master Gen.

Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Vermont.

10 the House of Representatives, now in session :

Your committee on Military Affairs, to whom the report of the Quartermaster General was referred, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report, that they find nothing in said report but what is strictly correct, and in accordance with the duties of said Quartermaster General, and in their opinion, ought to be accepted.

J. C. SAWYER, for Commttce.

BANKS.

REPORT OF THE BANK COMMISSIONER.

To His Excellency, Silas H. Jenison:

The undersigned, Bank Commissioner of the State of Vermont, respectfully reports, that he has inspected the banks of this State, subject to the provisions of the act regulating the chartering of banks, and finds the condition of those banks to be as follows:

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