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MASSACHUSETTS. 



ations of gold during the summer of 1864, and 

 the high premiums which it commanded, the 

 treasurer found it impossible to dispose of the 

 scrip to advantage, and in accordance with an 

 act passed in 1863, negotiated call loans to the 

 amount immediately needed. The interest on 

 these loans was hy law limited to five per cent., 

 but money being worth more, loans were ad- 

 vertised for at six per cent., in the expectation 

 that the additional interest would be legalized 

 by the Legislature of 1865. By the report of 

 the paymasters appointed under an act of the 

 Legislature of 1863, to disburse the state boun- 

 ties to volunteers, it appears that up to Novem- 

 ber 30, 1864, the disbursements amounted to 

 $8,235,882.53, and were paid to 28,775 volun- 

 teers enlisted in the army, and to 745 enlisted 

 in the navy. Bounties amounting to $417,700 

 were also paid to 1,295 men recruited in the rebel 

 States, and there was an unpaid balance, upon 

 the rolls in the hands of the paymasters, of 

 $217,824.60. Besides the above there were 

 3,560 one year volunteers recruited in 1864, 

 who elected to take $20 per month additional 

 pay in lieu of advance bounty, as provided by 

 an act passed at a special session of the Legis- 

 lature in 1863. The whole number of volun- 

 teers who received the monthly pay of $20 was 

 13,043, and the sum disbursed to them amount- 

 ed to $996,360.03. At the close of 1864 there 

 remained in the State treasury to the credit of 

 Massachusetts soldiers, $436,130.37. 



The number of men which, according to the 

 computation of the War Department, Massa- 

 chusetts was called upon to furnish to the mili- 

 tary service, from the commencement of the 

 rebellion until the call of December 19, 1864, 

 was 117,624. The number actually furnished 

 by her up to December 22, 1864 (reckoning the 

 nine months' men at one-fourth of then 1 actual 

 number, and reducing the number enlisted into 

 the navy to the same term of three years), was 

 125,487, making a surplus over all calls, previ- 

 ous to the last, of 7,813 men. During 1864 the 

 Commonwealth contributed to the army alone 

 nine new regiments, one battalion, three bat- 

 teries, and eight companies, amounting to 

 10,900 men, besides recruits, reenlisted men, 

 veteran reserves, men enlisted in the regular 

 army, conscripts and substitutes, amounting, 

 according to the estimate of the State authori- 

 ties, to 34,546 more, or 45,446 in all. In addi- 

 tion, she furnished in the course of the year 

 1,209 men for ninety days, and 5,461 for one 

 hundred days' military service, who have not 

 been credited to the quota of the State by the 

 General Government. The number of men, 

 reckoned as individuals, furnished by the 

 Commonwealth for military or naval service, 

 whether for terms of years, months, or days, 

 amounted at the close of 1864 to 153,486. Up 

 to December 22, 1864, the whole number of 

 colored troops credited to Massachusetts was 

 4,731. Complaints having been made that the 

 requisitions upon the people of the Common- 

 wealth had been largely met by importing re- 



cruits from abroad, it was shown that the whole 

 number thus obtained was only 907, divided 

 among four regiments. The proportional con- 

 tribution of Massachusetts to the war is shown 

 by a comparison of the number of men actually 

 furnished by her, with the number enrolled in 

 the militia of the State for the year 1864, which 

 is as follows : 



Number between ages of 18 and 45, enrolled by As- 

 sessors " 151,929 



Number between ages of 18 and 45, returned by As- 

 sessors as liable to duty 133,767 



Number between ages of 18 and 24, returned by As- 

 sessors 23.873 



From which it appears that, without allowing 

 for the number of reenlistments, which it is 

 impossible exactly to reckon, Massachusetts 

 has sent more men into the service than are 

 n-ow to be found in the State between the ages 

 of eighteen and forty-five, and 20,000 more 

 than are now in the State liable to perform 

 military duty. The absorption of men by the 

 military and naval service has caused a very 

 considerable increase in the number of women 

 in the Commonwealth, who are now estimated 

 to exceed the men by 100,000. Owing to the 

 excess of enlistments over previous calls, the 

 quota of the State under the call of December 

 19, 1864, was reduced to 805 men, who were 

 directed to be raised in the eighth and ninth 

 Congressional districts. In response to an ap- 

 plication to the Secretary of War, United States 

 general hospitals have been established at Wor- 

 cester and Eeadville, with ample accommo- 

 dations for sick and wounded soldiers. 



In accordance with the Act of Congress of 

 July, 1864, Gov. Andrew and Hon. John H. 

 Clifford were appointed a commission to ascer- 

 tain what credits the State and its several sub- 

 divisions were entitled to for recruits entering 

 the naval service. In September they furnish- 

 ed a report, of which the following presents a 

 tabular recapitulation : 



A proposition to amend the Constitution so as 

 to enable citizens of the State absent in the 

 military service to vote, was adopted by the 

 Legislature of 1864. If readopted by the Le- 

 gisla^are of 1865, it goes to the people for rati- 

 fication. 



The returns from the various cities and 

 towns, as compiled by the secretary of the 

 Commonwealth, show a decrease of $18,915,420 

 in the total amount of personal property as 

 compared with the valuation of 1863. This is 

 accounted for by the fact, that by an act of 

 1864 the assessors are required to return the 

 value of all corporate stocks to the treasurer 

 of the Commonwealth, and that these stocka 



