Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-01-08
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Condensed from the report Of the Secretary
of the Nary.


by the report Ii appears that the whole ey
penses OF the past year, for ali ,ersons sit
uated at the seat of overnment, connected
with the naval department, has been about
S46,O00. There are connected wllk the
i!ayai establishment about one thousand olti-
GERS, including tbrse under warrants as we'll
as commissions, The whole annual ex-
pehses III their maintenance is estimated at
SS1 900, or an average Of $3.50 90 for each
srhcer. The number Of seamen in the ma
Wy, including ali the different grades, does
not vary much from five thousand; and the
annual expenses Oh their pay, ratlons and en-
istlnent, are not far frorn S !, so, 900, or an
average OF about Sz26 for each seaman.--
HE Whole expenses Of the marine corps
independent OF the erection oil barracks and
officers quarters are early about s 90 900.
respecting the employ ment and condl-
;loa oi our pubic vessels, the secretary
states; there are III commission one ship Of
ihe iine, tour trigates, eleven sloops and Sc
ven schooncrs, distributed on four foreign
stations. All these squadrons have been ac-
lively employ ed, and our commerce IN all
quarters OF the globe was probably never
ger OF actual violence.
The present policy of the department is
20 launch no more vessels Of the same slze
with those IN ordinary, till the iatterare worn
out. BaI II is proposed to build, from time to
lime, aud protect on the stocks ill wan
ted, such new vessels as congress may au-
thorize 10 lie constructed; because, IN that
condition, Then timber viii improve rather
Than dec ~, and the expense of taking care
a them VIII be trliiing compared with that
of vessels in ordinary.
The cost of repairs OF ali public vessels
the past year has been S5s0,000. During
the len last years the repairs have been Oh
an average, about Sso0o,U0O annually
The whole estimates made the past year
ion The general wants of what is technically
considered the navy, were only S3,lT6, IS
hose for the ycar.prcvious were 1921 ,JS3
hose for the present year are s., 2H2 2 g i
But ii is to lie remembered that, under the
head of naval expenditures, besides what Il
paid from the amount voted on the annua
naval estimates, 1t is customary to class
y hat is paid from halt million appropriated
i for term of years to gradual Improvement
! payments from the navy pension, hospital
and privatenr pension funds, and several mis-
ceiianeous sums voted by congress on mo
iions, resolutions, and part of which sum:
though charged under this head, have lltti
Of no concern with our naval establishment
ejn the contrary. some OF the expenses con
nected with the administration of this dc
lpartment, at this place, are Included IN III
general appropriation bills for the support,
J government, and are not usually ciassed VI
, der the head of naval expenditures
In discussing between three aud four mi
Ions the past past year, 1t Is not known tn;
ID single instance oil any loss has occurred
The balances on hand, unexpended, ar
about 81 ,100,000; but most of them wi
probably be wanted to close the different Il,
counts, on all the different subjects when {
= nally adjusted.