Recent report shows President has made 650 army appointments of all kinds since August 27, 1861, including 60 brigadier generals. Thirty-one officers have been honorably retired, and 215 promoted. New York Times, 21 December 1861; National Republican (Washington, DC), 21 December 1861, 2:4.

President sends to Congress committee report on industrial exhibition to be held in London in 1862. Abraham Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, 20 December 1861, CW, 5:77.