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428 Series III Volume III- Serial 124 - Union Letters, Orders, Reports

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III. The provost-marshal shall make out, within the first Monday of every week, an abstract of persons to whom exemptions from military service shall have been granted by the Board during the week previous. (Form 41.) All receipts or cerfiticates of deposit delivered to the Board by persons claiming exemption on account of having paid the required sum of money shall accompany the abstract.

JAMES B. FRY,

Provost-Marshal-General.

Ordnance, arms, ammunition, and other ordnance stores procured and supplied to the Army since the beginning of the rebellion, and the quantity remaining on hand in the arsenals June 30, 1863.


Numbers 1. - CANNON AND MORTARS.

Field Siege Sea-coast Total.

guns. guns. guns and

mortars.

On hand at the 231 544 1,508 2,283

beginning of the

rebellion

Purchased since 2,734 546 418 3,698

Total stock 2,965 1,090 1,926 5,981

Issued from the 2,481 841 1,247 4,569

arsenals during

the same period

Remaining on hand 484 249 679 1,412

at the arsenals

June 30, 1863.


Numbers 2. - CANNON BALLS, SHELLS, AND OTHER PROJECTILES.

Field Siege Sea-coast Total

On hand at the 90,199 131 036 142,356 363,591

beginning of the

rebellion

Purchased since 1,912,894 242,155 407,695 2,562,744

up to June 30,

1863

Total stock 2,003,093 373,191 550,051 2,926,335

Issued from the 1,528,578 138,298 78,710 1,745,586

arsenals during

the same period

Remaining on hand 474,515 234,893 471,341 1,

at the arsenals 180,749

June 30, 1863


Numbers 3. - ARTILLERY CARRIAGES.

Field. Siege. Sea-coast Mortar

beds

On hand beginning 266 104 1,787 106

of the rebellion

Purchased since 1,948 154 45 97

up to June 30,

1863

Fabricated at the 637 484 509 234

arsenals

Total stock 2,851 742 2,341 437

Issued from the 2,492 698 1,719 207

arsenals during

the same period

Remaining on hand 359 44 622 230

June 30, 1863

Continuation:

Caissons Traveling Battery Total

forges wagons

On hand beginning 213 117 60 2,653

of the rebellion

Purchased since 2,063 348 226 4,881

up to June 30,

1863

Fabricated at the 223 58 64 2,209

arsenals

Total stock 2,499 523 350 9,743

Issued from the 2,139 431 285 7,971

arsenals during

the same period

Remaining on hand 360 92 65 1,772

June 30, 1863


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