Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-12-16

NECESSARY ekpanations as 10 What Proposed, Will
b. toundto accompany the application ss5 I'll
reference othe r,tt ui' the cief OF the Ord
nancs VIII showtlie particular details OF operation IN
that brunch cfsthe service; it merits attention. II
mas oceh frequently observed that tho best way TO
avoid war rs TO be IN preparation. In this point of
view 1t Is desirable that the appropriate be made
Tor clothing our fortifcaiois, should correspond with
tho probable periods of their completion. II would
indeed be moriiyng result If after the labour aud
Cost Wi'ch has been encountered tor their conlpet
u should rest III the power of enemy, at tic onset
0f war To seize destroy them, because the means
had not been placed III readiness for their defence.
From the report It will be perceived that, the
present snnualrac OF appropriation, to wit. 100000,
sAt' EN- or twenty years will have passed before a
proper supply oi Tor those Qualifications in
progress can be obtained for their defence As
CARDS tins >blcct, tine caurse most advisable DC
I pursued wouid be. that the armament preparation
should progress correspOndenlly with the works
thcmsccs not that they should be mounted, and BY
exposure to the weather become 9cuyed ind useless
On' That the guns beng ~ their positiuns, aud hc
carriages In readiness. the app ehenson of war
suitable preparation for resistance might ali Dc
sblc points appear, meeting the objects Tor which
those Notifications were designed, and Welding pro-
lection 10 the asSanble parts of the Union, H. in the
SLOW and gradual preparation for necessary and ad-
eIuate armament at present pursued, sixteen years
sinai! be found requisite, aud within that period
take place. Consequence would be- that some of oi,I
iortS, but at great expense, would be destroy cd
because incapable OF self defence; else being retain
cd and armed, be used BY the enemy annoyanc,
aud injury 20 ourselves. 4 measure involving sucl
important considerations, should not be n-otrac ed IN
us execute ii carries whit in fa.ebodng anjic
PATTON too much probable eyil consequences. This
suiurct dctvcS additional interest from the conside-
ration that guns and carriages require time ia prcpa
IA oi thcy are hgs that cannot he hastily
Ct, and which 20 defer mig ht prove preiuiicla.
~ the different arscnals aud magazines an album
dai!t supply OF powder Is in store. Considering It's
liability To injury, rather than keep up he supply It
would DC preferable TO procure Tho materials of
II Is composed, ready be manufactured when en-
Guns tanceS sail maze IL necessary. These articles
are lie" remarkably cheap and easily preserved
lr"m deterofatlon. Recollection retains the fact,
that, during the last the average pFlce of sat
pore was about forty and birthstone eight In
Nu!Nr" III another contest the same OF things
nigh; DC presented while present, those articles
can bs procured at one eighth tho prices which, OF
necessity, had them - De given. Being susceptible,
OF ready prseryHtion would prove a matter of t.
conny TO iorbear any further purchase OF powder,
cOItcnting ourselves merely with obtaining auad,.-
cured at far prices The materials thus preserved and
Scadness could, at short notice, be manufactured IN
Whenever occasion should make II necessary.
The Quartermastcr Generals report 10 NC will
be found TO explain fully the business under his super
vision For reasons sufficiently explained, the dis
bnrsements by Inn have exceeded the appropriation
made for The service OF the year. The which
occasl0ned this condition of things were, that por-
ton ofthc funds attended for 1920 had necessarily
to be applied to arrearages ofeXp endurc incurred in
the proceeding year oil 1928, for which no estimates
had been submitted aud NO provision made. Il be-
came necessary, therefore TO provide means from
some other legal source accordingly transfer fiffv
thousand dollars from the Subsistence to the Quar-.
terinasier made agrceably the provisions of the
act oil May, 1920 BY the act of March, 1929, II is
required that special account Of moneys transferred
and OF their application shall be laid before Congress
IN tho first week of their session. TO DO this from
the recent date of the transaction, will be inpract.
cable all that al present he communicated is
t" portion oil the transferred fund has been placed
IN the hands of the Assistant Quartermastcrs; thou oh
/ 10 what particular objects its application may b..
mace can only be known wien a settlement Of ex-
pchGitufes IN the present quarter shall take place.
he deficiency thus incurred admonshes that an en-
iargcd appropriation for this branch of the public ser
wee VIII be required for the year 1880 Indee i;
such Is the Character of this dependent OIL so
many circumstances, and OIL such various continrcn
cies that estimates in anticipation Cftho year cannot
DC rendered with precise accuracy.
lhe present condition Of the BTeakwater ~ the
mouth OF the Delaware, the Quartcrmosters Gcner-
avs report will explain. desire was entertained
and confidence Teposed that, ere the close of the
season, this important and valuable work so essen
t'al and so necessary to the commerce of the coun
Try, would have been i'll more rapid state of adj
Vanccment The contractors, however, have fallen
considerably short of their own expectations.
Difficulties at the onset. which they had not foresecn
aId which 1t was not ~ their power, they allce TO
remedy, has retarded their progress so considerably
TINT not more than fifth Of The uuantty of stone
contracted for has been delivered III the present
year.
Inc difficulty representing accurate and certain e.
t'aes IS alike applicable proper execution Of the
duti of ConlInssary General of Subsistence. For
that service they are To be made in reference
tracts previously entered into. Thee. however, fai
occasionally e. be execu eI, aud then tdevolyes upor
him To purchase, whereby increased pricesand euarg
ed expenditures arg incurred. In tins service there
peculiar hardsilips, fcqUeny resulting to citi
zcns, winch are without any adequate remedy, be-
cause no sufficient description aiTrd relief is any
where gwen. The proposals made, and contracts
entered INTO, are always IN reference to the proba-
bic prices OF provisions IN the markets and, the better
TO understand this, they usually made early in
Autumn. Never II,ess, provisions, and especially
-four often subject ~ sudden aud considerable ap-
overwhelmingly inducing pccuuinTy losses, and
so severely exact upon unfortunate contract made
with citizen, as 10 ooBpG! him TO ruin, when occl
dental Gauge. and not misconduct has occasoned the
faiufe, but should ropose discretion somewhere by
(which relief mght be afforded in cases of such pocui-
lar and serious hardship.
/ a suggestion from the Surgeon Gencfal Of the