Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-01-01
RrSrs sts Morning Chronicle.
ANALYSIS
OF tie Docnaents accompanying
Gkt P,xadsatiai .NeSsGse.

Such = poaiers9s asass oil docu.
merts s,as,lseen laid before Congress
ri tlsrir present session, and they are
st;N poured upea the table with SO
usach arofssien, that Republication
aa IN rx+erss is cat Of the question:
u,.sa.ll thcreforc eadezger to give
occasisnaily. sa Analysis. Ihe BE
crxfary ofjhe Navy inf9reas tn Fresl
tess taat tNe sssst rigld economy has
i,eea observed ia ais department.
tt,at Of al the ,neuey drawn from the
tr.,s,ry IA 1922, Tor sRliary service
iarl, lag asasieus a~aocHtKsg Ia io1r
rui3ijn,s 6ve iaandred and seVentyone
thaasaaa niae haadsed aad sixty one
dollars, nincTy-eonr cents, aitaUugh
p.ssrar through the haEas Of two han
decd and axicty efsc distressing
aes,.s. there has 40. been the loss OF Q
c4ns 10 he gepera sleut The expense
81 abe samiIastraSoa Of Indian AFFAIRS
hcs s,sen rcaaced one bali The con
.s;ssu al tao arny is pronounced high
IY reautabie, gi,f, the exception CT the
d;se;ef.ac OF the artillery, aad dis
nrysed as thai l,sdy IS, in single con
r.snxs. It is impossible 20 render that
ss;scs,aive perfect A. concentration
vii sake place sse,t year @itheut "a
disist4ej eNpense1o tse pn1iic- Ihe
r,il;t,tx academy is declared Inferior
4, ooac IN xsse wer3d-Tse forts
yYesiaiaciou. aud the enc ar algolets
ysi;s ne cer,pletcd, aud whcn appro-
s1rsstpons are granted, Utri.cil, eetn-
nssnaiag The asFro@s At New York,
ard tlsase al Rrenston's point fer the
dcccasc at Narragansct Bay. ID as
estimated that ala anaaal appropriation
al ,anc tsssars d tIs1lssRd dollars, will
Ia ten years, eraisls q saiEc;ee3 nam
her Of works ser lae deIence OF the
coast
Gen. gcswn' report ofthe organi-
xsti1u Of the sssy, gives SIX thousand
cs,e hundred ami eighty three wen,
Eve hundred aat forty one OF whom
are cora nissioned, as,d foer thou sand
f,r.r sxsnared aad fifty two privat es-
fare Hundred and fisfy four sessetts,
aad four lmadred and twenty fan
cnrporals. T'we theasa9G four han
s,ce,l and irgeuty of tt1esc men under
toe caa aaaud Of NJ nor General Scott,
are Distributed III various garrssons,
froa Fort Sullivan, in the state o
Maioc, SO G,een Bay; IA the Mchl
gas sexnorg---twat isoasaud 2,ree nan
desd and faitv seven under &ie con-
rnsr.ss oil Sd pcr Gcacra3 Gaines, are
placed ia g&Frisoas ,roa ST. Marks,
lu Esst Florida, 10 the Council Blni!s,
in Misssuri -Tw:rky feuv thou
.and sesesAykiasiacs, have, since The
Ert OF JSnsagy, 1923, heets advaoced
to GERS CA account eli recruiting sec
VICE, and the accounts rendered for
settlement sisace tast tigRc, agncaut to
sixteen thcnsand, fopr lsundrel AID
six1eca dollars, eseecu cetas.
Eccsnmy 2ad fidelity ia expcndi-
fare OF public appropriations, begin
to be the order of the dag TIE guar
terasastsr states ia hrs report, that the
asie difference TO he foand in the set
Neme1as OF ais Office, ard in that of
Che lrea sary. viii ne these suspended
or dssa'iaWed at The tgcasnry-that
comparing the expenditures OF the pre-
Sets vear, with those for the eanne OBJ
jocts Isl enrFcspoading periods Of pre-
cediag wears, the result viii be found
usgcaa ia favor OF the present Re
reitcraies a statcmetls made by the
Secretary o. War, that every cent
p,ac & at the disposal efthe officers of
the D:raitcncft, caring tl'e whole
pcriod embraced by his stateweat,
has been disisarseA, or is actually Ia
their hands. apphc,,tEe TO the public
ssvice. and uiii a. accounted ior
siuriug the year Esc Suggests soa>e
amendments in the existing ia@. The
last act reduces The t2uarter Masters
Assistants from 10 to 10, and out OF
81 officers, - only are retsiCcd ia
service, having a d0abic duty ia per.
ioTiD, and Re niakeS ibis striking re
marx, "f,iat 10 eaaWe strict accounta-
biiisy, IS 10 couaDe officers 80 the d.
ties Of their owa branches of service.
The Quarter Mater Gonerai con
Guides nis rrpcf+, by proposing that
three QuaTter Masters and eight AS.
s;sants, be added and taken trom the
line Of the army The concluding
ohsrvveti0ns we are absolutely com
pciied 20 trans erihe. at r0ay tse said