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The Daily Dispatch: December 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Gov. Letcher's Message. (search)
ropriations for the purchase of arms were made, as before stated, in bonds, all of which, under the law of the State, had to be negotiated at par, before a dollar could be realized for purchases. This was a source of serious embarrassment, and nothing but the untiring zeal and indomitable energy of the military commission enabled us to overcome the difficulties, and to make many purchases which proved of immense value in the struggle in which we have been and are now engaged. The thirteen Parrott ritard cannon, and the five thousand muskets and the powder then purchased, furnish examples in point. It is a memorable fact in connexion with the purchase of the powder, that the military commission and the Executive were charged with wasting the public money in the purchase of more powder than the State was likely to consume in many years. The record which Virginia presents in her contributions to this war, is a proud one.--Her sons can look upon it with satisfaction and pleasure.