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December 18, 1860 - Clerk J.J. Combs to Secretary John Floyd

Click for full-sized scanned image Union Correspondence, etc. COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS, December [18], 1860. Honorable J.B. FLOYD: SIR: You will oblige me very much by furnishing me the information asked for in the inclosed resolution. I should think myself derelict in my duty to the House and the country if I did not, in the present perilous condition of the country, obtain all the information in my power in relation to its military defenses. The House may call on me any day, as the organ of the Military Committee, for information, and I feel very anxious to be put in possession of reliable information on the subject. Very respectfully, yours, &c., B. STANTON. [Inclosure.] December 18, 1860 - Resolution adopted by the Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives Click for full-sized scanned image Union Correspondence, etc. Resolution adopted by the Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives, December 18, 1860. Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to furnish the Committed on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives with a statement of the condition of the defenses at Fort Moultrie, Castle Pinckney, and Fort Sumter, the number of men, and the quantity and description of ordnance and arms in each; also, the number and description of arms in the Charleston Arsenal, and what officer has charge of the custody and control of said arsenal, and what force he has under his control to enable him to protect and defend it; also, what number and description of arms has been distributed since the 1st day of January, A. D. 1860, and to whom, and at what price, so far as in his judgment may be compatible with the public welfare. A true copy from the journal of the committee. J.J. COMBS, Clerk. (To view this page in its Source Category, click HERE) (To view this page in its Source Category, click HERE)