2 Iron Safes. 7 Stoves. 1 Shovel 1 Counter Scale. 2 Bench Vises. 1 Warehouse Truck. There is also in store at the Dearborn Arsenal, subject to the orders of this Department: 1,000 Springfield Muskets, new, rifled. 10,000 Ball Cartridges. 1,000 Sets Infantry Accoutrements, new. 60 Artillery Sabres, old, and unserviceable. 100 Rounds Blank Cartridge, 3-inch. 1 Packing Box. *24 Sets Artillery Harness. *22 Whips, Artillery, drivers'. 6 Sponge buckets, iron. 6 Prolongues. 12 Tar buckets, iron. 18 Water Buckets, gutta percha. 18 Gunners' Haversacks. 18 Tube pouches. 6 Fuze wrenches. 6 Gunners' pincers. 12 Tow hooks. 12 Thumb stalls. 12 Priming wires. 12 Lanyards. 6 Gunners' gimlets. 12 Tarpaulins, 12x15. 6 Felling Axes. 6 Long-handle Shovels. 6 Pick Axes and Handles. 6 Vent Punches. 13 Boxes, Packing. *Note. 24 setts artillery harness, 22 whips and 40 artillery halters and straps transferred from Coldwater to Detroit. Cannon on hand are distributed as follows: Brass 6-pounders, at Jackson.... The muskets are distributed as follows: On hand in Armory at Detroit.... Agricultural College, at Lansing. 942 60 60 The arms, cannon, and ordnance stores, are nearly all in serviceable condition, but the Department is much in want of a suitable building for the purpose of safely storing the military property of the State. At present a great portion is necessarily at the Government Arsenal, Dearborn, and that under my more immediate care suffers for want of room. I would most respectfully suggest, that if you deem it expedient, you urge upon the Legislature, at the proper time, the necessity for an appropriation for the purpose of building a State Arsenal, adequate to the wants of the Department. The following articles, mentioned as "on hand," in my last report, being worn out, used up, and totally unserviceable, (having been in use 2 to 5 years at Detroit Barracks and elsewhere), are dropped from the property accounts, viz: 160 Old Muskets.. |