Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-03-25
For the War Department
including all branches, n,7l779l ~
Naval service, 8,7O6 5IS %
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n u W .tt VIZ WV Fi'S
ter n, Of he amy. The Iepa m ot
War comes 10 us with estimates lor inc
sum of SlI,7I7 79l u; and those "ho
look oniy on TIE surface Of thugs may
suppose that this sum IS extraordinary
barge; tul there are many liens ~ 'ha'
sum. have before me statement g"'
ing to show that OF that sum only 'ouV
millions are asked for the military ser
vice proper-a sum less than is deman-
ded f.r the naval service proper, and on
! iv double the amount at which 1t s'ooh
when the honorbIe gentleman from oon'n
G rolIna lett The Department. The sum
vas then about $4,000 600; it is no"
not quite Sd, 900, 900; while, curing inc
same perIud. the army has been nearly
doubled, besI les the raising OF moun'eo
regiments, the most extensive ior that
very reason OF any in The service l
rtink that the gentleman from SCUM
Carolina, if he looks into the subject IN
detail, will find IN It The cost Of the army
is not at this hour greater, per man.
than it was when II was under his own
personal administration. So am INFORM
ed +; and that, though The pay has been
raised a dollar a month. which has very
largely augmented The expenditure.
The Executive branch Of the Govern
menl has seut in estimates amuunllng'
IN all, to twenty.four aud halt millions
u dollars. for he service nf ihe current
year, which, with the million and hall
Of permanent expenditure, makes twen-
ly six millions How much is TO be ad-
ded to that amonni Tor appropriations not
yet eslimqted, which M be made on'
ring the session ty Congress, to meet
onest claims ,and for other Objects oil
public nstur,! | remember ore item
proposed by my friend near me Mr..
MANGUM) for a quarter Of a million Ior
The hui ding Of a steamship, an item nut
| included in The estimates, hut for which
the Senate has already appropriated: be-
sides whi,h there are various other items
which have passed or Will pass during
| the present session. When the bonorH'
hIe gentleman from New Hampshire was
at the head of The Treasury, he made, IN
his communications to Congress, constant
complaints of this very practlce. he
we'll remembers that he was ever com
planning that lhe expenditures Of Govern
ment were swelIed far beyond the Execu'
tive estimates, by appropriations made by
Congress moi estimated Tor BY the D..
parments. have calculated that w1
shall add TO The twenty.sx millions ot
dollars estimated TOR by the Executive
Departments, or permanently Iy required,
at least one million g. hall, which would
raise The sum for this year 10 twenty
seven millions and hall.
How then DO propose 10 bring this
down to twenty lwO mIlions2 have, |
own, some fears that we shall not be
able to efftctit but hope that we shall
so far reduce The estimates and prevent
unnecessary appropriations that The
total expenditure shall not exceed that
amount. The mode in which ! propose
to reach such a result is this. suppose
we may effecl a reduction oi the civil
list to the amount Of halfa million. That
general head includes, among other things
The expenses Of the two Houses, and, Hs
have heard, the other House has al
ready introduced report which, 1t
adopted, will cut down those expenses
one hundred thousand dollars, though |
think that they should be reduced much
more. estimate, then, three and
half millions for the civil list instead OF
four millions; then estimate nine mil
lions for The War Department instead
Of Su,7l7,O00. 10 a conversation which
have lately held With the chairman OF
the Military Committee OF this body, he
expressed the apprehension that 1t could
no, be reduced below ten millions, hut |
hone it NAV be cut down 10 nine, As 10
the naval service, The estimates OF the
Department for that branch Ot The service
amunntto 8,7O7, 500; an amount think
far too high, and indeed quite extrava-
giant. vas greatly astonished at leatn.
ing the amount was so large. Sill |
know that the Navy is The iavorlte Of all ,
and Justly: il is the boast OF the nalIons
and our great resource and chief dePen'
dence in the contingency of a war: no
man thinks, for moment, OF Gripping
or disabling this right arm of our defence.
But have supposed that without injury
The appropriation asked for might be re-
duceG from s,7O7 800 to $6,5OO 0OO.-
This would put The reduction in the naval
on foolirg wilh,'haI in the military aP'
preparation, and still leave greater az
preparation than usual 10 that depart :
ment. The reduction 10 SIX millions
end hall is as large as | think will be
practicable, if we are 10 provide Tor pro-
posed experiments IN the application ct
steam, and are, besides, to add largely to
the marine corps.
How, then. will the total Of our expen'
d;tureS stond7 We shall have