The Army Before Washington – 2-3
President’s Message – 3-7
Report of the Secretary of War – 7-9
Report of the Secretary of the Navy – 9-13
Synopsis of the Report of the Postmaster-General – 13
Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office – 13-14
The Charter Election: George Opdyke, Mayor – 14
The Telegraph and the Message – 14
News from Washington: Reception and Reading of the President’s Message – 16-17
The Wheeling Convention – 17
The Sanitary Commission-What it has and what it has not Done – 17-18
Editorial: The President’s Message – 18
Editorial: The Slavery Question-Some Practical Work For the Government – 18-19
Editorial: Report of the Secretary of the Navy-The Stars and Stripes on Sea – 19
Military Preparations in Canada – 19-20
Editorial: More Light from the South – 20
Editorial: Camp Inspection and the Sanitary Commission – 20