Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-01-01
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were RENTED to officers of the Quar-
lee Masters department, and 343 ,4a9 |
dollars were discussed, leaving bal
laece ef26 GOA dollars excess ct re
ral,tances beyond the disbursement
la consequence ofthe short appropIia
tiens of 1924, there were scarce any
lands in tEae bands of the officers al
The ciesc of that year taken into view
ia this statement.
Ia the three first quarters Of the pre-
sent year PSI asa d3iiurs W re rcceiv
ID rs the officers orthc Qsalter Mas
ter's department; 222 ,69I dollars dis
barscd, leaving balance of 81 .59S
carried 10 the service OF the succeed
ing quarter.
Thc report Of the Corfmissary
General of subsistence, states. that III
the year 1922, $284,76t u cents,
were RENTED TO, and charged TO thai
department;,hc amount disharsed, and
accounted Tor var, is S270, $50 46
cents, leaving balance of $l3,9l3
SIS cents, from which he contends the
following sums ought still to be de
Quoted; S73 SO in he bands Of the
Assistant Conmissary at Fost Usage;
S650G reunited 10 the Assistant Cual
missary at New Orleans; and ,S86,
1863 amount of provisions actually pur-
chased, ali of which have been ac
ceunted Eof; ba, in the latter case the
vouchers were lost. which, leave bu
a hailaace OF YGi7s Is, to be account
ed for.
me Paynas'er reports, tat in the
year 1922, $9l8,275 were drawn
from the treasury ia favor OF Psymas
rcrs, the whole of which was cxpend
ed in paying the troops, adad has since
been accounted Tor
From the statement exhibited By
the officers OF the three first quarters
Of the present yer, it appears, that
the sum OF $3.50 900 has beea drawn;
The amount expended and to be de
dseted for the tairth quarter, is stated
at $23f3l5 20, leaving balance re
niainlug to be accounted for, of iS2t,
l52 q Ofthis remaining sum, ,S965
remained in the hands of an Officer
now dead, which it is believed Will
be paid without suit; 5000 81 cents
reserved for the payment of the com
paay at Sulpher Fork, and $2703 for
the payment OF five companies station
cd at Fort Smith, Arkansas, who re-
ceise two payments in the year
s4326 90 cents, have been paid to
Inc companies at Saguniy, up to No
venibcr 1923, the accounts OF which
have not yet come OH.
From the Surgeon Generals &C.
count, it appears that the sum of SIS
CSC have been drawn from the treasu
~, and has all been accounted for to
the United States, and but $500 have
been advanced daring the present
quarter We rejoice to hear, that the
hnspitiis are we'll furnished with every
thing necessary for the comfort of the
sick; thsS supplies have been forward
ed To the various posts; that they were
ofan excellent quality, and abundant
in qaantiiy. With the exception of
the troops stationed at Baton Rouge,
the troops have enjoyed excellent
heal;h--the number Of deaths reported
from all the other posts, was hut as,
We learn from the report Of the
Ordinance Department, that in the
year 1922, 600 were drawn for
the several forticatlors, and for the
military Academy, $l3, $40, all of
which have been expended on the cb-
iects to which they have been applied
all accounted for and settled at the
treasury department. ALI of the ac-
counts drawn for the three first quar-
tiers of the present year, will be sa
accounted for, when small
per ion of tie accounts not yet receiv-
ed, but daily expected, shall have
arrived. There has been no dclalca-
tiar ia any ofthe agei4ts OF this depart.
mcrA. For Delaware will be com.
plcteA Cor reception of its garrison. in
he cosuiog Sp:iug-Fort iVashIn. ton
is coupleted-tic N!0ngoc fortress
presents formidable appearance, the
exterior wsll is ten feet thick at the
base--2 battery is constructed on the
covered way, capable of sustaining
forty two pieces, and enclosures are
constructed on the sea side, for eighty
four guns, so, that in case of necess5 |
iy, battery OF one hundred and twcu |
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