Show I 1 tilie the presidents Preside nth ale biage I 1 concluded from roni vc till THE WAT UI the leport x of the secretary Seere tAry of war furnishes valuable alti able and important information in reference to the operations operation of his department during the past ear rew few N volunteers now romain remain in in the aenice and they ire are being discharged ch argell as rapidly as they can be le ie placed by regular lar troops the army has been promptly P paid carefully provided aided vided with nith medical treatment well uell sheltered and subsisted osted ind and is to bo pro provided aided with matli breech loading small mall arms thu the military strength of the nation has been unimpaired by tile the of volunteers the disposition of unsen or perishable stoics and tho the retrenchment of expenditure sufficient N ar material to mett meet any emergency has been retA retsu neu unea the disbanded volunteers standing leady beady to respond to othe ho national call large armies can be rapidly organized equi equipped ped and ana concentrated fortifications on ne the coast and h frontier fion contier tier ila haie 0 i cheh ell or ale aio be being prepared for more pou powerful erful ar taint madenis ma menis jakc lake suneva and harbor and river alro improvements amenth I 1 arc in fit course of ell prosecution pro preparations havo have been made for t the pa payment t of additional bounties authorized it thor zed d during lri the recent session of Con congress Congi giess under such as will mill protect the government from fiand and secure to the honorably discharged baldier the well earned rev ai d of his and gallantry mole moi 0 than tail manned maimed soldiery Kol sol diers had received ill ai I 1 limbs or other surgical apparatus and 11 national cemeteries containing tho the remains of union soldiers have air already call been established the total estimate of nu military appropriations is TUB THE iary T it is stated in the report of tho the of the navy that the naval force at this time consists zif of i vessels armed 1351 g guns un of these essec are arc divided chiefly a among en squadrons the number of men in in tho the benice ben ice is 13 COO cicat activity and vigilance la have been displaced bv al all I 1 tho the squadrons and theia movements lime have been judiciously and efficiently arranged in such inai manner is m best pi alitto te I 1 commil cc and it id protect tile the rights and of oln conn tra tr men abi oad the i es chels els ell ed tire iro undergoing repaid or ate are laid up until thir th ir sen ices may be requited most of the ironclad fleet is tit at league Is island landin in the vicinio vici Nici nit of philadelphia a place ellich until action shall be taun talen by Con giess gless was selected by the Sec of the na y as af tile tho most cli eligible gible location kor for that clas class s of essela it is important that a suitable public station be for the ironclad fleet it is intended that the assels shall hall be kept in proper condition for my illy emergenci emergence and it is desirable de that eliat tile the bill accepting the inland for naval purl purposes oses winch inch passed tile the house at its last session on should hould receive e final action nt at tit an carly nenod in fit order that there may inay be it a suitable station for this class of nessa Ness vessels 6 ay as veil A ell as a n nav a 1 yard ard of area sufficient for the B m ants ant of the le sen ice on the are m ei thermal the nav al pension lund fund amounts to having been increased during the expenditure of the for the disc fiscal 11 N ear I 1 r ending june lust last m vero ere and tho the for the coil coming i bear ear amount to is invited to abe condition of our seamen beaman and the importance of legi legislative slathe measures measure for then belief and the su suggestions g c in behalf of una desen ing class olour of our fellow citizens are arc enin eaines esth th to the faNo favorable rable attention of |