regiment, Colonel Harvey; the Eleventh regiment, Colonel Gallagher; the Tenth regiment, Colonel McCalmont; the Sixth regiment, Colonel Ricketts, and the Twelfth regiment Colonel Taggart. The Fourth regiment, Colonel March, and the Ninth regiment, Colonel Jackson, were on picket duty. The Second regiment, Colonel Mann, and the Thirteenth regiment, Colonel Biddle, were in General Banks' army.

The color companies were formed in line in front, with the colonel of each regiment at the head of the company. The parade ground was surrounded by a line of guards to exclude the vast multitude of soldiers and civilians, that had collected to witness the presentation. At eleven o'clock, President Lincoln, accompanied by Honorable Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, drove into the enclosure; a few minutes later General McClellan arrived, escorted by the McClellan Rifle Guards of Chicago, and accompanied by Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas, General Butler, and General Mansfield. Half an hour later, the sound of artillery, firing the appropriate salute, announced the arrival of His Excellency, the Governor of Pennsylvania. Governor Curtin, accompanied by the members of his staff, SurgeonGeneral Henry H. Smith, Judge Maxwell, paymaster-general, and many distinguished citizens, soon appeared on the parade ground. Colonel Simmons, Fifth regiment, which had marched to Washington to escort the Governor to Tenallytown, moved into position at the right of the line, and General McCall reported his command in readiness to receive the colors. After receiving most cordial greetings from the President, the Secretary of War, the General-in-Chief, and the General Commanding, His Excellency, the Governor, proceeded to formally present the colors to the colonels of the several regiments, at the head of their color companies. Attended by his staff and General McCall, he commenced at the right of the line and placed in the hands of each colonel, the beautiful flag provided by the State of Pennsylvania, saying at the same time, that he was authorized to do so by a recent Act of the

Legislature. After having received the colors, the companies wheeled by platoons and marched around the right and left of the line to the rear, and took their places in the line with their new colors unfurled to the breeze. The flags were made of blue silk, fringed with yellow; in the centre was embroidered the coat of arms of the State of Pennsylvania, surrounded by thirteen golden stars; the number of each regiment also, appeared on the flag it received. Having passed along the entire line and delivered the badges of honor to the regiments, Governor Curtin returned to his carriage, and, standing upon the seat, thus addressed the soldiers:

GENERAL MCCALL AND MEN OF PENNSYLVANIA :-Were it not for the surroundings, one might be struck by the novelty of this scene. Large assemblages of the people of Pennsylvania, on any occasion which calls them together for deliberation on subjects touching the general welfare and the public good, are always attended with a charm that fascinates. But when I look over the thousands of Pennsylvanians away from the soil of their State, in arms, there is inspiration in the occasion.

I came here to-day on a duty enjoined by the Legislature of Pennsylvania. The remnant of the descendants of the heroes and sages of the Revolution, in the Keystone State, known as the Cincinnati Society, presented me with a sum of money to arm and equip the volunteers of Pennsylvania, who might go into public service in the present exigency.

I referred the subject to the Legislature. They instructed me to make these flags, and to pay for them with the money of the Cincinnati Society. I have placed in the centre of the azure field the coat-ofarms of your great and glorious State, and around it a bright galaxy of stars. I give these flags to you to-day, and I know you will carry · them wherever you appear, in honor, and that the credit of the State will never suffer in your hands.

Our peaceful pursuits in Pennsylvania have been broken. Many of our people have abandoned those arts of industry which lead to development and progress, and have been forced to bear arms. They have responded to the call of the National Government, and while you are here in obedience to that call, your fellow-citizens at home are occupying the camps you have lately vacated. All our material wealth, and the life of every man in Pennsylvania, stands pledged to vindicate the right, to sustain the Government, and to restore the ascendancy of law and order. You are here for that purpose, with no hope of acquisition or vengeance, nor from any desire to be enriched by the shedding of blood. God forbid! Our people are for peace.

But if men lay violent hands on the sacred fabric of the Government, unjustly spill the blood of their brethren, and tear the sacred constitution to pieces, Pennsylvania is for war-war to the death!

How is it, my friends, that we of Pennsylvania are interrupted in our progress and development? How is it that workshops are closed, and that our mechanical and agricultural pursuits do not secure their merited reward? It is because folly, fanaticism, rebellion, murder, piracy, and treason prevail over a portion of this land; and we are here to-day to vindicate the right, to sustain the Government, to defend the Constitution, and to shed the blood of Pennsylvanians, if it need be, to produce this result.

It will do no harm to repeat here, in the presence of so many Pennsylvanians in arms, that in our State the true principles of human liberty were first promulgated to the world; and there also the Convention met that framed the Constitution; and Pennsylvania, loyal in the Revolution, now stands solidly and defiantly to arrest the treason and rebellion that would tear into pieces the sacred instrument of our Union of States.

My friends, one might regret to see so many men of Pennsylvania here in arms to-day. But there is a pleasure in the recollection that you have been willing to volunteer your services in the defence of the great principle of human liberty. Should the wrong prevail, should treason and rebellion succeed, we have no government. Progress is stopped, civilization stands still, and Christianity in the world, for the time, must cease-cease forever. Liberty, Civilization and Christianity hang upon the result of this great contest.

God is for the truth and the right. Stand by your colors, my friends, this day delivered to you, and the right will prevail. I present to you, to-day, as the representative of the people of Pennsylvania, these beautiful colors. I place in your hands the honor of your State. Thousands of your fellow-citizens at home, look to you to vindicate the honor of your great State. If you fail, hearts and homes will be made desolate. If you succeed, thousands of Pennsylvanians will rejoice over your success, and on your return, you will be hailed as heroes who have gone forth to battle for the right.

They follow you with their prayers. They look to you to vindicate a great Government, to sustain legitimate power, and to crush out rebellion. Thousands of your friends in Pennsylvania know of the presentation of these flags to-day; and I am sure, that I am authorized to say that their blessing is upon you.

May the God of Battles in His wisdom protect your lives, and may Right, Truth and Justice prevail.

General McCall responded:

GOVERNOR CURTIN :-Permit me, in the name of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, to return, through your Excellency, to the State of our

birth, the thanks with which we receive the splendid banners that, in accordance with an Act of the State Legislature, you have this day presented.

The bestowal of these noble banners devolves upon the regiments of this division, a responsibility they cheerfully accept; and they trust, with the aid of the God of Battles, to bear these Stars and Stripes proudly in the conflict, and to place the banner of our State amongst the foremost in the cause of the Constitution and the Union of our common country.

At the close of the ceremonies, the distinguished visitors repaired to General McCall's tent and partook of a bounteous collation, prepared for them by the commanding general.

In compliance with instructions received from the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, the regiments of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, were on the 16th of September organized into three brigades, and the brigades into a division, to be known as "McCall's Division." The First brigade was composed of the regiment of cavalry, and the Fifth, First, Second and Eighth regiments of infantry, commanded by Brigadier-General John F. Reynolds. The second brigade was composed of the Thirteenth, Fourth, Third, Seventh and Eleventh regiments, and was commanded by Brigadier-General George G. Meade. The Third brigade was composed of the Tenth, Sixth, Ninth and Twelfth regiments; Colonel McCalmont of the Tenth regiment was assigned to the command of this brigade until the arrival of the general who should be appointed to that position.

To complete the organization of the departments, General McCall appointed Captain Chandler Hall, division quartermaster; Captain James B. Clow, commissary of subsistence; Lieutenant Estruries Beatty, ordnance officer, and Dr. Anthony E. Stocker, surgeon at division headquarters.

General Reynolds appointed on the staff of the First brigade, Charles Kingsberry, assistant adjutant-general; Charles B. Lamborne, and Henry S. Spear, aides-de-camp; Captain Chandler Hall, who acted as division quartermaster, was quartermaster of the First brigade, and James B. Clow, though discharging the duties of commissary for the divi

sion, had been appointed, and continued the commissary on Reynold's staff; Dr. James B. King was appointed brigade surgeon.

General Meade commanding the Second brigade, appointed Edward C. Baird, assistant adjutant-general; J. Hamilton Kuhn, and William W. Watmough, aides-decamp; Captain Samuel Ringwalt, quartermaster; James P. Fredericks, commissary of subsistence, and Anthony E. Stocker, surgeon.

In November, Brigadier-General Edward O. C. Ord, reported for duty in McCall's division, and was assigned to the command of the Third brigade. He appointed on his staff, Captain Placidus Ord, assistant adjutant-general; Samuel S. Seward, and A. Brady Sharp, aides-de-camp; Captain William Painter, quartermaster; Captain James M. Tillapaugh, commissary of subsistence, and Dr. W. G. Lowman, surgeon. Before moving from Tenallytown, the command was reported by General McCall to be in the following condition: "Seven companies of cavalry numbering seven hundred and sixteen men, are in camp; they are well-mounted, and I have high hopes for the efficiency of the regiment. Captain Bayard of the regular army has been elected colonel; the other three companies are in Pennsylvania, not yet fully recruited.

"Of the eight artillery companies belonging to this corps, as organized by the State of Pennsylvania, three are still in the city of Washington; Captain Barr is with BrigadierGeneral Smith, beyond chain bridge; Captain Matthews is with the column commanded by Major-General Banks, and Captain Cooper is at Great Falls with two sections of his battery. Captain Barr and Captain Matthews, have been transferred since the date of my last report, leaving in this camp but two batteries and one section; Captain Easton's battery of four guns, Captain West's battery of four guns, and a section of Captain Cooper's battery of two guns, in all, ten guns, of which two are twenty-fourpounders, two twelve-pounders, and six are six-pounders.