LIST OF EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SPECIAL SESSION FORTIETH CONGRESS, 1867. Subject. MESSAGES OF The President of the United STATES, VIZ: Communicating correspondence relative to the exequatur of the consul of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, residing at New York.... Communicating information relative to prisoners of war taken by belligerents in the Mexican republic... Communicating information in relation to the absence of territorial officers from their post of duty.. Communicating report of the Secretary of State, relative to absence of Alexander Cumming from the Territory of Colorado since his appointment as governor. Communicating reports of heads of departments relative to opinions given by the Attorney General, the Solicitor of the Treasury, or other officer of government, on the interpretation of the "Act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices " REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, VIZ: Relative to the employment of an attorney before the Court of Claims...... REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, VIZ: Communicating report of government directors of the Union Pacific railroad.. Communicating information in relation to the Indian tribes of the United States Ex. Docs. 2 In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 2, 1867, a report of Major General Howard, Commissioner of Freedmen, &c., respecting extreme want and danger of starvation in several of the southern States. MARCH 8, 1867.-Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 8, 1867. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of this date by Major General Howard, Commissioner of Freedmen, &c., respecting "extreme want and danger of starvation in several of the southern States," called for by the Senate's resolution of March 2, 1867. Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, SIR: I have the honor to transmit the enclosed report, called for by resolution of the Senate of the United States, dated March 2, 1867. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, O. O. HOWARD, Major General, Commissioner. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS, SIR: In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the United States I have the honor to report as follows: From official sources, and confirmed by gentlemen from different sections of the south, my estimate is thirty-two thousand six hundred and sixty-two (32,662) whites, and twenty-four thousand two hundred and thirty-eight (24,238) colored people, making in all fifty-six thousand and nine hundred, (56,900,) whowill need food from some source before the next crop can relieve them. The number of rations for all per month, one million seven hundred and seven thousand, (1,707,000.) For five months, the probable time required, eight millions five hundred and thirty-five thousand (8,535,000) rations, at twenty-five cents per ration, the estimated cost, will be two million one hundred and thirty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, ($2,133,750.) Of this sum an appropriation has already been made for the five months to the amount of six hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, ($625,000,) leaving an additional sum required of one million five hundred and eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, ($1,508,750.) This sum I deem sufficient to meet the extreme want occasioned by failure of the crop, and other causes referred to in the resolution of inquiry. The present appropriation is ample, provided the issues be confined to the classes named in the Freedmen's Bureau act; but the additional sum named will be required, should the issue be extended as contemplated in the foregoing estimate. The following table affords the detail of the estimate for the several States where want is reported to exist. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, O. O. HOWARD, Major General, Commissioner Bureau of Refugees, &c. Hon. B. F. WADE, President of the Senate. P. S. Since my report was drawn up I received a joint estimate from the assistant commissioner and governor of Georgia greatly exceeding the amount in the table. I am, however, unwilling to recommend a larger appropriation for Georgia before another estimate shall be made based on a thorough inspection. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, LETTER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, COMMUNICATING, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 5, 1867, information in relation to an order issued by Lieutenant General Sherman in regard to the protection of trains on the overland route. MARCH 8, 1867.-Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 6, 1867. SIR: In further compliance with the Senate's resolution of February 5, 1867, asking to be informed "whether any order has been issued by Lieutenant General Sherman in regard to the protection of trains on the overland route, so called," I have now the honor to transmit herewith a copy of General Sherman's report of the 16th February, on the subject, which was not received in season for transmission to the Senate at its last past session. Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, EDWIN M. STANTON, Hon. B. F. WADE, President of the Senate. Secretary of War. HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, St. Louis, Mo., February 16, 1867. SIR: In compliance with the provisions of the resolution made in the Senate of the United States, under date of February 5, 1867, and transmitted from your headquarters, I have the honor to enclose herewith copies of my General Orders No. 2, of March 26, 1866, ratifying and approving those of Major General Pope, No. 27, of February 28, 1866, "regulating travel across the plains." These orders were in force during the past year, and, with some modifications, will be enforced for the present year, (1867.) Under the provisions of these orders a vast amount of merchandise and great numbers of people passed safely to their destinations in our remote and exposed Territories. For the general safety it is deemed best to define and limit the roads by which this overland commerce is carried on, as it enables us to collect our military forces along them. For the year 1867, I propose to apply the general rules laid down in General Pope's General Orders No. 27, to four principal routes: 1. From Minnesota to Montana, via Forts Abercrombie, Wadsworth, Rice, Berthold, Buford, and Judith and Sun rivers, with a couple of new stations between Wadsworth and Rice, |