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guard will be detailed to prevent any such control, 

 and keep the peace. 



6. District and all subordinate commanders will 

 strictly and carefully enforce this order at the ap- 

 proaching elections, and use all diligence to bring to 

 speedy and condign punishment all civilians, officers, 

 or soldiers who violate any of its provisions. 



7. The commanding General earnestly invokes the 

 zealous and active aid of all law-abiding citizens, on 

 the day of the said election, in preserving the peace 

 at the polls, and preventing illegal voting ; and he 

 hopes that every newspaper in this State will see 

 proper to publish this order continuously in every 

 issue until the day of the next elecion. 



By command of Major-General ROSECRAXS. 

 FRANK ENO, Assistant Adjutant General. 



The vote given by the people for President, 

 was as follows: Lincoln, 71,676; Me Clellan, 

 31,626. Majority for Mr. Lincoln, 40,050. 



The Radical or unconditional Union candidate 

 for Governor, Thomas 0. Fletcher, was elected 

 by ainajority of about 41,125 over Thos. L. Price. 



The total vote relative to a State Convention, 

 was 89,215 ; of which the majority in favor of 

 a convention, was 37,793. Of the members 

 chosen to the convention, three-fourths belong- 

 ed to the Eadical party. The entire Radical 

 ticket for State officers was elected, also a large 

 Radical majority of the members of the Senate, 

 and three-fourths of the Assembly; eight out 

 of nine Radical candidates were elected to Con- 

 gress. The Radical ticket was also elected in 

 eighty of the one hundred and fourteen counties 

 in the State. 



This was the first election for State officers 

 which had been held in Missouri since the be- 

 ginning of the war. The acting Governor, after 

 Gov. Jackson and Lieut. -Governor Reynolds 

 withdrew from the State, had been chosen by 

 the convention (Gamble), and also the Lieut.- 

 Governor Hall who succeeded on the decease 

 of the former. 



The Legislature assembled on December 26th. 

 Governor Hall in his message stated that on 

 July 1st, 1864, the State had furnished by vol- 

 unteer enlistments ten thousand more soldiers 

 for the Federal army than her quota. Since 

 that time eleven new regiments had been re- 

 cruited and organized. 



The whole number of men furnished by Missouri un- 

 der different calls of the President prior to Febru- 

 ary 1st, 1864, is. 59,676 



Number of men furnished since February 1st, 1864, as 

 shown by the reports of the Commissary of Musters, 

 Department of the Missouri, and Assistant Acting 

 Provost Marshal General for Missouri, 18,503 



Veteran Musters to April 28, 1864 1,409 



The Enrolled Missouri Militia that have served six 

 months and longer reduced to three years stand- 

 ard, by report of Adjutant-General of Missouri of 

 April IS, 1864, 2,174 



Total number furnished to 30th November, 1864. 81,767 



In addition there has been in the field since 

 July 31st, 1861, more than sixty thousand militia, 

 in payment of which more than four millions 

 of dollars have been expended. On January 

 1st, 1864, there was due the militia $989,579.05, 

 to provide for which the Governor recommended 

 an issue of bonds. The services of this militia 

 have been of great importance to the welfare of 

 the State. 



The revenue of the State for the two yeara 

 ending September 30th, 18G4, was $2,040,567. 

 The balance in the treasury on October 1st, 

 1862, was $700,101. The amount subject to 

 appropriation, after adding balances transferred 

 from the road and canal funds, was $2,751,899. 

 The expenditures in the two fiscal years, includ- 

 ing ordinary and special appropriations, were 

 $961,830; adding the several sums chargeab. e 

 on the revenue fund, and the expenditures were 

 $2,358,207; balance October 1st, 1864, $393,- 

 691. The revenue of the State in 1863 and 

 1864 exceeded that of the years 1861 and 1862. 



The bonds and interest due up to January 1st, 

 1865, by the State, including old debt, revenue 

 bonds, and interest due on railroad bonds, issued 

 by the State to the various, railroads is as fol- 

 lows: 



There was also contracted a military debt by 

 the State. The Missouri Convention, at its 

 October session, 1861, passed an ordinance ap- 

 propriating one million of dollars in defence 

 warrants, redeemable and payable into the State 

 treasury for taxes, to enable her authorities to 

 protect the State by organizing and putting into 

 service the loyal militia. These warrants, to the 

 amount of one million three hundred and sev- 

 enty thousand four hundred and eighty dollars, 

 have been paid out in the State for the organ- 

 ization, support, and maintenance of the State 

 militia. The General Assembly at its last ses- 

 sion, by an act to provide means for the pay- 

 ment and support of the enrolled militia, ap- 

 proved March 9th, 1863, appropriated the sum 

 of three millions of dollars, and authorized the 

 issue of three millions of Union military bonds 

 for that purpose. The sum of three millions of 

 these bonds have been issued, and delivered to 

 the paymasters of the State, and by them paid 

 out to the enrolled militia, making a military 

 debt of the State of four million three hundred 

 and seventy thousand four hundred and eighty- 

 dollars. Defence warrants were made receiva- 

 ble for all taxes due the State; Union military 

 bonds were made receivable for 50 per cent, of 



* The Iron Mountain Railroad Company have paid into th 

 treasury $60,000 011 their interest account. 



