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EXPEDITION TO THE YELLOW STONE.
Report of the committee on military affairs,
in relation to the expenditures which have
been, and are likely to be, incurred, in fitting
out and prosecuting the expedition to the
yellow Stone river, and other objects con-
nected with the said expedition; together
with a statement of the distribution of the
army of the United States, its total strength
OF garrisons, &c. &c.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
January 8.
The Committee on Military Affairs
have, according to order, inquired into
the expenditures which have been and
are likely to be incurred in fitting out
and prosecuting the expedition ordered
to the mouth of the Yellow Stone river,
on the Missouri, and concerning the OBJ
jects intended to be accomplished by the
expedition. The movement of the
troops, made and intended to be made,
and the incurred and estimated expense,
appear by the letter of the Quarter
master General to the Secretary of War
(marked A and the statements number
ed /, 2, 8, and d; the objects of the ex-
petition are fully explained by the letter
Of the Secretary of War to the Chairman
of the Military Committee, (marked B.
The committee have also obtained a
statement of the distribution of the army
Of the United States, its total strength,
and the strength of the garrisons and
posts, 0narked c.
All ofwhich is respectfully submitted.
a.
Leftey.from the Quarter Master Gene
ratio the Secretary Of War.
QuAaTER-MAsrER GENEnAl's OFFIcE,1
December %, 1919. s |
SIR-In obedience to your order, re-
quiring statement of the expense incur
red by the movements on the Missouri,
and an estimate of the sums which will
be required for the ensuing three years,
/ have the honor to report, that several
OF the accounts connected with those
movements have not yet been received, |
particularly that of Colonel James John
son, who was employed as transporter
of troops, provisions, and stores. But,
on the most liberal estimate, am con-
WINGED that the whole expense of the
movement for represent year, including
all the supplies furnished by the Quarter
Masters Department, cannot exceed
one hundred and sixty-three thousand
dollars. From that sum should be de-
Quoted the expense which would have
accrued had the troops remained at their
former stations, as we'll as the entire
value of the barges, batteaux, and other
means of transportation (the property of
the government attached to the expcdl-
ton; and the remainder will be the
amount of expense actually incurred.
As the establishments on the MISSISSIPPI
pi are included in the plan of defence for
the western frontier, it is thought that a
statement of the movements made, of
the works established, and of the expense
incurred, might not be unsatisfactory.
BY reference to the accompanying
statements, it will be seen that the ex
penses of the establishments, both on the
Missouri and the Mississippi, will di-
minish every year. Those statements
are predicated upon arrangements al
ready made for the supply of a part of
the provisions, all.the forage, fuel, and
quarters, and, after the next year, the
greater part ofthe transportation, by the
troops, and at but trifling expense to the
public.
No. shows the movements, and the
works established by the troops, on both
rivers.
No. 9 is statement of the ertense
Aacurred by the movement on the Mis-
souri, and an estimate of the probable
expense for the ensuing three years.
You will perceive that the two regiments
have cost sixty-four thousand two hun
dre1 and twenty-six dollars more than
the, would nave cost had they renamed
1t their original stations. With that adj
ditional expense one of the regiments
has been moved nearly three thousand
miles; barracks have been erected tor
thousand men, and an important work
has been established, which will enable
us to hold in check five foye5ul and
xyarHke nations Of Lndians.
No. 8 is a statement of the expense
incurred in making the establishment on
the Mississippi, with an estimate OF the
.,,,ovnt reouired for the next three years.