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Statement C sliews the number and description of arms and ac- 
coutrements procured, and of the expenditures made, under the act 
for arming and equippinc^ the militia^ during the first, second, and 
third qtiarters of the present year. 
The arms procured under the act are as follows, viz. 
Muskets, - - 9240 
Rifles, - - - 1542 
Pistols, - - - 3400 
Total, 14,182 
The amount drawn from the Treasury, on this 
account, is - „ _ - . gin, 845 92 
Amount collected on account of advances, - 13,682 00 
Sl85,527 92 
The amount collected on account of advances is a reimbursement 
of a part of the sums advanced to contractors several years past. No 
advances have been made upf)n any contracts, made by this Depart- 
ment, jiince the year eighteen hundred and nineteen. 
In July last, an apportionment was made of the arms due to the 
several states and territories, under the above mentioned act, up to 
the close of the year eighteen hundred and twenty two. The arms 
apportioned, wore those procured during the last seven years, and 
amounted to ninety four thousand stands. After deducting the 
partial deliveries which had been made on account, there remain- 
ed due to the several states and territories, about sixty six thou- 
sand right hundred stands, of which, about thirty six thousand 
stands have been transported and delivered. The remainder have 
either been delivered, oi- are in a due course of transmission, the re- 
ports of which have not yet been received. A doubt has arisen, 
whethei' tl<e terms of the act authorized a distribution to the militia 
of the District of Columbia. The tiiird section provides, that the 
arms shall be transmitted to the several states and territories, in 
proportions corresponding with the number of effective militia in 
each respectively, and that they shall be distributed under such rules 
and regulations as shall be prescribed by their respective legislatures. 
No such regulations ha\e been established for the distribution of 
arms to the militia of the District, nor is there any executive officer, 
designated by law, to whom this Department can deliver them. 
Under tiicse circumstances, tlse delivery has been suspended; and I 
take the liberty respectfully to suggest, that provision may be made 
by law, for fuinisliing, to the militia of the District the , quota of 
arms which shiili Lc (iiic tiieieto. 
Stat'.nient D exhibits an account of the work done, and supplies 
jnociJ! cil, at the seveial armories and arsenals, from the first of Oc- 
tober, 1822, to the thi:iielh of September, 1823. 
In addition to ti:c particulars shown in this statement, much other 
business has been done, wh'cb cannot be exhibited in a tabular form : 
sucli as the repairs a-jd ;)''eservation of the arsenals, workshops, and 
wharves; the enclosures and improvements of the public grounds, and 
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