In Fort Jackson two 10-inch columbiads, two 6 1/4-inch rifled guns, in place of the present guns, and one 8-inch columbiad.

In Battery Lee two 7-inch rifled guns, in place of the 32 and 42-pounders, smooth-bore.

In Fort Boggs two 10-inch columbiads, one 8-inch columbiad, two 7-inch rifled guns, two 6 1/4-inch rifled guns.

There should be-

On Fig Island two 10-inch columbiads, one 7-inch rifled gun.

On Hutchinson Island two 10-inch columbiads, two 7-inch rifled guns.

On Screven's Ferry two 10-inch columbiads, two 7-inch rifled guns.

Bay Batteries, on Savannah Bluff, four 32-pounder rifled guns, four 42-pounder rifled guns, four 8-inch columbiads, two 10-inch mortars.

I think there should be at least 500 men in Fort Boggs, of whom half should be heavy artillerists and half infantry.

In Fort Bartow there should be 500 heavy artillerists and 1,000 infantry.

For the guns upon the city lines there should be 2,000 heavy artillerists, exclusive of movable field-battery artillerists. In addition to the artillery there should be a minimum force of 15,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry for the permanent garrison of Savannah and its defense, and a movable column of 20,000 men to be kept in the immediate neighborhood of Savannah.

The board then considered a report of Lieutenant William D. Harden, ordnance officer, being "List of ordnance in position in the Military District of Georgia," which is hereunto annexed as Appendix A.

The board adjourned to meet again at 10 a. m. 19th instant.

OGLETHORPE BARRACKS,

Savannah, March 19, 1863-10.30 a. m.

The board met pursuant to adjournment.

Present: Brigadier-General Mercer, commanding District of Georgia; Brigadier-General Taliaferro, Provisional Army of the Confederate States; Brigadier-General Walker, Provisional Army of the Confederate States; Captain W. W. Gordon, recorder.

The proceedings of yesterday were read over.

In connection with the second point submitted the board then considered the official correspondence at district headquarters, by which it appeared that Brigadier-General Mercer, commanding District of Georgia, made the following applications, viz:

To Secretary of War, July 7, 1862, for two 42-pounder rifled guns for Genesis Point.

To Secretary of War, August 3, 1862, for three 10-inch columbiads for Carston's Bluff and Beaulieu.

to Secretary of War, August 6, 1862, for one additional heavy rifled gun for Genesis Point.

To Colonel Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, September 15, 1862, for three 32-pounder rifled guns lying at Wilmington, N. C.

To Colonel Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, February 12, 1863, for two whitworth guns at the arsenal at Augusta, Ga.

The board then considered the official correspondence of Lieutenant W. D. Harden, ordnance officer, by which it appeared that Brigadier-General Mercer, commanding District of Georgia, through his ordnance officer, Lieutenant Harden, represented to Colonel Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance at Richmond, by letter under date of 21st August, 1862, the condition of the guns upon the city lines, and stated that thirty-five additional heavy guns would be necessary for the defense of said lines.

It was then stated to the board by Brigadier-General Mercer that General Beauregard, soon after assuming command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, made a personal examination of the defenses of Savannah, and in consequence thereof mad requisition upon the authorities at Richmond for five 10-inch columbiads, five 8-inch columbiads, five 42-pounder rifled guns, fire 32-pounder