The Secretary read the following report made by Mr. Baows on the 15th of February: The ComMilAffairs and the Militia, having had under consideration a bill “ to reimburse the State of MissouriIor moneys expended for the U.S. ricnesetnoroalildinig n.seuqpupirpepsisnign. gathned rperboevlliisoionn, " hcg leave to rgport the sameback with a unanimous recommendation in favor of its passage., This is a bill designed.as its title expresses.to reimburse the State of Missouri for moneys expended in equipping. subsisting, and paying militia troops called into serviceto act in concert with the U.S. forces and under the authority of U.S. officers. in maintaininq1the peace against guerrilla bands, and 10.11!cllinu estiloinvasion. The amount appropriated is i, 715.08965, and it is provided thata commission shall 1st examine and approveall the vouchers for the outlay of the State of Missouribo foro any paymentshall be made. The bill prescribos likewise that the amount of the direct tax no to the U.S. being $761, 127 33 shall be deducted from the aggregate indebtedness. Your committee have hnd before them tho evidencu establishing the general correctness of this claim. evideices embracing the sworn returns of the officersof the Siato as to the amounts paid out by them; also abstractsshowing the regiments number of men furnished by such and the augr ate of days actually eneaged.v criliedby aflidavit of the adjutant general of lisaouri; also the proclamations calling them out for “9Dur osesnamed and placing them under the control of U.S. officers; also numerous orders ferhoimpfd, Dept headquartersJrom the General in and from the SecyWar. reeuznizin their service and makingdispositionof thesame.an attesting the fact of relief thus furnished at critical deoisipiJuosnar btluer.es, or volunteer troops thore rendered who were sent to points O imminent danger. All these taken togethersuliieicntlyconfirm the right of the State to reimbursement.upongrounds established By many precedentsnot necessary to be heIGIOVlBWL I. Your committee further submit that those advances of money and paymentsof troops by the State of Missouri have been made under the most adversecir cuinstances. at ruine us sacrifice, and With signal loyalty. Forced to an issue of bondsto meet such a drain upon finances already almost overwhelmed with debt. They could only besold ntagreat discount. while their availability for tax purposes made them in the past, and still continues to make them, agroat embarrassment in the way of collecting any revenue. This almost paralyzcs the industrial recuperation of the State. has made nocessa a sale unreservedly of its great unfinished works O internal improvement, and necessitated the imposing of such ine rpasedtaxos on a community torn by the ravages of invasion as its coplo are little able to bear. nder such conditions it is believed that the raini bursement of these advances cannot with any Justice be longer postponed.as the ya repart and parcel of those immediate war liabi itios in the my, compment and provisioning of troops which the policy of the Government has already established as buying the 1st claim iipon the treasury of the U.S. All of which is respectfully submitted.