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tiSes, it is believed, would not meet the sanction of the
People, unless in the emergency of a war with s.nne great
4)aritime nation, exposing our commerce to great hazard,
‘llcl greatly reducing the revenue from duties on imports.
theonly remaining means for supplying this deficit within
'ut required period is by loans or treasury notes; and I would
accordingly recornmerd, with a view to the most vigorous
prosecuting of the existing war with Mexico, so as to bring
t to a speedy and honourable termination, that a contingent
authority should be vested in this department, with your
ram, to issue Treasury notes, or a loan of a ium in
.fe, aggregate not exceeding the last above-mentioned deficit
"" '2,586,406
I think it would be most advantageous to the Government
gat a portion of this money should be raised by Treasury
111,0°tes, , and the remainder by loans, limiting the interest in
~t,u cases to a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum,
v'ia forbidding the negotiation in either case below the par
4°`ae- If the authority were limited so as to cover this
aeacit, and the power given to resort to loans, or Treasury
might
or both, as the emergency might require, the money
Zight be raised at a much lower rate of interest, than if the
710Partrnent were confined either to loans alone, or to Treasury
At". The experience of the Government has demonstrated
that there are periods when loans are most available, and that
ere are oecasions when treasury notes are much better
-4apted to meet the emrgec the powr to select both,
!either, from time toe timen,y would rendere the negotiation
14°13 certain, and probably save a very large amount of lute-
4't to the Government. If the war should be speedily
Zhinated, it is possible that a resort to loans or Treasury
Zzs might not be requiredif so, for an Inconsiderable
The same power that is now given by law to
i.'„111 the loan, even before its maturity, whenever the
1,-;48 of the Government will. permit, so as to liquidate
7pablic debt as speedily as possible, should be continued,
4120 the authority for the re-issue of the Treasury notes as
heretofore provided by law, as well as for their receipt in re-
leTillike payments.
The additional duties designated in schedule A are re-
mkitended as a war measure, and to terminate with the
!Notation of peace, or as soon thereafter as the state of the
Ilk finances will permit their discontinuance.
,bectihave the honour to be, Sir, most respectfully, your
ant servant,
R. J. WALKER, Secretary of Treasury.
To the President.
The schedule A, referred to in the .1 we letter, is made out
4141 intricate tabular form ; and in consequence it is not
t,;Micable for us to lay it before our readers this evening.
° AV do so at some future day.]

PORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department, Washington, June 13, 1846.
ellirrsl have the honour herewith to submit to you the
esZates which have been made at this department, to
You to answer the resolution of the Senate, of the 3d
requestiPg to be furnished with an estimate of the
unt ot money required during the present and next
Year for such a prosecution of the existing war with
tee„-len as will most likely result in its speedy and honourable-galatio
n.
euese estimates are made upon the. assumption that the
vitt ar army will soon be filled up to its
,maximum, which
f
20, amount to 15 500 men, and that a •volunteer force. o
hn'"PO foot and 5,C0) mounted men is to be at once organised,
Leaf fig into service, and kept therein until the end of the
mates see
year, to wit, to the 30th of June, 1847. The esti-
lee' are made for an Army of over 40,000 men, mostly °pe-
st, lag in the field, iu art enemy's country, deriving their
es principally from the United States.
11 lc lung it wilt be betere the regular army can be filled
110 the extent authorised by law will depend upon success
174acruiting. Its numbers as yet do not much exceed one-
-41;1)1s maximum. It is hoped that in a few months the
them will be nearly filled ; its average total number through
text fiscal year will not probably exceed 12,500,
fleretnt.n,amber of volunteers actually called for immediate
by virtue of your orders, under the Act of 13th of
44113111),t‘rst, will amount to about 18,000, and-whether, a greater
Carinot '4III or will not be required for the ensuing campaign
tefe Ilthede folir‘l7e detrmined. SLuld the number alread
e,onlber tibeeemede sufficient for the succeesful prosecutiony
That,nWar, the estimate being made on a basis exceeding
by 7,000, will be found proportionably too Wee.
uld these vieera as to the extent of the regular and
sien'iuteer force be realised, the army will not exceed 30,000
taigi'ita,nd all or nearly all the estimates presented herewith
be reduced one-fourth in amount, yet it is impossible
full the exigencies of the service. It may require the
amount of the force on which the estimates have been
..
a
ts and even more ; and I have not, therefore, felt at liberty
all7isrl'e. any reductions of the estimates presented by the
I A branches of this department.
e the liberty to direct your particular attention to the
tiiii",ales of the Quartermaster-General. You will perceive
the trey are large—very large—and I hope much exceed
the'aPeuditures which may be required. They are made on
kterfulVasition that our army will penetrate far into the
Ni,o.r of the enemy's country, and that all supplies, and
ile'thins of war, will necessarily be transported on long
the' and those far from being easily traceried, Should
141e,„„enemy's country abound in forage, the expepsa of
toy'rtation will be greatly reduced ; but the uncertainty
teethe country to be invaded, and the still greater un-
tZtY as to its resources, do not warrant deductions to
'eon the estimated items for aupplieo, and the trans-
,' of them to the places where they may he needed.
44„ I:,the nax 'gallon of the )11.0 Grande be found pm.--
mov; for steam-boats of light dragOt to Camargo, or
tte.„„"nuch will be saved probably by the use of that river,
t n'tiderable sums must be expended in tbs purchase of
ik
It•c.
If t° further to be observed that no inconsiderable anoint
14%0 ti,•4lß3enses which will fall op tips quartermaster's depart-
zee— In the nature of an outfit, and would not be required
4esai'elleated should the war be protracted beyond the next
44.. leli2r• The est'matesiu the quartertnaster's department
dash
without Much regard to the chances favowable to
is-Ced expenses. Provision had not been made (for OA
AZlket(ll.,aPPropriations in past years would not permit it)
iilgoiseen augmentation of our force to four times its usual
Orteß The necessity of making such a provision on the
ire k.,,totice will generally increase the cost of it, and this
on ti:e quartermaster's department. ft iz hoped
17ttiaLle actual expenses of this branch of the servic4 Will
dm'D: two or three millions shart of the full estimates
ktitisenred yet this is not so certain as to authorise the
eat to cut them down in that amount.
I am, with great respect,
ITO the
President.
oliFe
xu
incdos f rr9e qnui itre
Your obedient servant,
W. L. MARCY.
'gains[ and from July for the Prosecution of the War
13th of May to the 30th of June,
above the I, 1846, to June 80, 1847, over and
st,m___ce sum estimated for by this Department, at the
'um Meat of the Present Session of Congress.
lstJuly,lB46,
Adiuta
t 1441-31t-General's Estimate To 30th to 30th
toFtuasimaterr- June, 1846. June, 1847.
'reve:erms_ter-General.'s ditto 8300,000 $38,780
eneral's ditto
720,000 5,776,577
stiei„,
e3'-General's subsistence
~ere sa
..
eetle.Ge ... ..........
neral s Estimate . 10,000
,bpo bureau's
Oree,„atthical ditto ditto ... 80,000
ditto ditto ........ 20,000
............ 603,030 248,030

t ote $2,805,000
0:4,,.---This estimate does not include the appropriations
$17,166,472
4141 t. t„'Viencies already made ; but it includes the estimates
IT tii t.he Committee since the commencement of this session
tllle„" Increase of the army and new regiment of mounted
•geti.

IL/ t,
-4.' QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S REPORT.
Quartermaster-General's Office,
~ fi Washington Cty, June 15, 1846.
'Otik"'ln obedience to your order, ands under a resolution of
k nate of the 6th instant, I have the honour to present
tilt.o,ltilaate of the probable amount required to be expended_
tlie,tll this department during the next fiscal year, should
tvllol",ll4r4riVith Mexico continue throughout that year. Also
141ctsupposed to be required for all expenses of the
itttr service during the present fiscal year. Nothin is
'ltof In addition for the regular army during the present
'NI Year, as the existing appropriations are considered
t,:tqtelt• or nearly so, to meet the expenditures of the war.
q ~
military operations in a coun-
,,ze Pot
tt,te; buatt accustomed to
idestitute of resources, this estimate may seem
t4,144ch, n a department where the expenditures depend
.144110... Pon the accidents and contingencies of service, esti-
-IZl4;tinseessarily in some measure h • othetical. 1 have
toklthe ~it to be due to the importancep of the subject to
ao14). %resent estimate upon the resources of our own
~,7a t,,ell,e•leaving out of view entirely any ed re-
suppl this
lityhe ti" ne derived from the enemy's country. n
.11 INtireserit estimate is believed to be as near an 9-
Nttlt4ZlL-u truth as such an estimate, under existing
susceptible of being made,
I have the honour to be, Sir,
b The Your obedientTsHer.vant,
S. JESLTP,
.:,stirn_ oti. w
4te h. L ~. Quar: ermaster-General
-.eat i. ft, • ..Larcy, Secretary of War.
;,000' far the 'Nis required by the Quartermaster's depart-
lag thinalint.,l2ext fiscal year, for a t.'oree of 20,000 foot and
411(1e ine,r" volunteers in an active campaign includ-
Nrresot:Catdii expense for the transportation,onaforage,
state of
f;,. e regular army consequent .
14 20nnhar. ' the volunteer force employed in the present
For hignWagg
For 2 ' h -°11s• at average of $l2O 5240,000
400 "tBs and
F 4". sets of , mules for waggons, at $75. 750,000
80,000
For I 'on tail 6 narness, at $4O •-- .. •
1,4* 430 pack keislor Packing. at $4O 160,000
'Or br No '4ddles atll; 15 60,000
tie -of 0- ~,.
Forblatjttflith,„ 4,11, at -0 .
b;"4181. ' and other tools, iron and other
dater" i'r au aro-. of 25 000 men
-044 r tilarttrein_ayertatiYon, including the purchase
151,1043' of 11 steamers and other vessels 1,500,000
and Uterso:ents• superiatendents, teamsters,
at I‘)rapc,"4ehanics artificers, clerks, waggon
J 1407 trlaaters, 'eit expresses, &c., say 4,000,
tor-84IT exinelading subsistencep and other ne-
stora4ePense2,l9o,6oo
l'attikshop: drYage, building storehouses and
for°ragoio'relLPease of depots, &c 600,000
tor %ila llor_
gu:ristoe: and other
into and
4 -114111e8' InaleA and oxen e trains ... 3,009,000
I4tthe 'equipge forunteers
--
13,840,000
4 oe- htinvalanteers Cm the fiscal year
genciaa of the presen
War Department ......

1,
dragoons and
NOTES.
tr,.•• The us.
heed
for the •
icgis il,„ --va expense for forage .
ilei4`44e c• gular army are included in d
all the ex-
-tilitliersi and in that estimate is iticlude
, 2, Afl dePOts.
sufficle
• nt
'sl' th e Irtily of
consideredonse
the estimate for
'3f th:Pteaent appropriations3•e._
litt,f‘sltar for the remainder of the n
ear.y
The
volunteers.'
ii i
tbi
oe i n
iga
.8. irk; estimated for the present year, is for
less
than the
%kik he sUrn estimated for contingencies is is as low
it, ttF•pr.iations during the war wit England, and '
in
evhole sum,
%%let circumstances a war, upon even the most
tile,
Warrant.
%II
Quartermaster-General.
TH S. JESUP Quarterraas
Ile,— . • • ,
xp'Lus.ster General a Office moderate
"ashington, June 15, 1846.
ittt,„
'lt'r OF TIIE SECRETARY OF
nth.
Navy Department, June. 9,
1846.
States of
THE NAVY.
~,t 4-716 resolution of the Senate of the Unitedst..
'44ts illatant, requesting the President to furnish "an eenit
44,4 of the amount of mone • required during the present
Ity -e?t fiscal year, f r lia prosecution 10 With At calico as'
„mostwoille likely result in its speedy and
With
termination havin been
d to this depart-
s
of the existing
the
11,1,0,0'41re the. honour to submit a report, so far ail -
.4,
wh_ ice is concerned.
stin °l4 amount of the regular appropri-
-4lts for the naval service, for the year
IL, g 30th June, 1847, for the support of
kl,, Peace establi6liment, according to the
arii recce
by the Counnittee of Ways
irkketeaus, including the amendments
q vebeen suggested by this de-

$ J,690,000