Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-12-14

,lances on depost in the Bank with when Tue sgtn'
is connected and ,hns when dspos'tfs are ah LIZ
granting a much larger compensation '"ah W. ~
required &c pay person s2ec'a.y lot ,sa - Tho
business | respectfully sosgee' =" ~
law in this pai tcnlar. r,l pa,s;op
II will be- Observed that the estimates or ne e"H
OHce arc H. yer FOR the coming fiscal year oah 'ey
war Ia ~. n,esent This has been rendered neces-
sary BY the act OF 81 March l's'' eA'e"u'"s '"e
rront,nc pens,ons 70 widows, &C.
SINCE The las, annual report, there has been cohs'-
drrnbls reduction in the number OF unsetiiea accounts
IN the Offices of the Cd and 81 Auditors ~ tue o'e
otre Their. are iwo hundred and cghty.two accounts
r.main,nr unsettled all presented WITHIN 'h' Ptes"'
~ nt; reduction OF five hundred and mint IT,
in the la,,e- there are nne hundred and iorty-nFe ac
commits remaining unsettled, of which one huhofea anu
six,y-sjoGt were presented in lS4l-ihee hors a,
savgutyGv. m I-i2 and four hendr ana TWO w iof''
The r. duclioa being tive hundred ana TN ioi
,ersopshay,nn claims against The Government, OF az
connie tla ~, H. r. anlres that means should oe
nrorited for The more prompt settlement oil tner uc
con,ts .rne officers named using all the means
which they ncr pnsscss with praseW'f'hy o'9en'e'
but they e insufficient I, accomplish Inc onIec''
Consda,,or The relations in whIch the Offices OF "a
md "a a,c.,o,s stand u the War Department, tlei
uoston ,s anomalous. They transact The business OF
tins Depar,r,ent and in oil matters dePenoing oPo"
ecu able scrt ton, refer to, and are governed ny m
decision Of the Secretary o! War. From his pos'on
ba mnst he best capable of judging OF The manner III
which lbey should be organized aud the business con-
dnctsd in Them YET TO these, they are entirely u
der the control of another Department OF the Govern
ment II would be more systematic to make 'hem
branches OF this Department, leaving the "a comp
,roer, an officer OF The Treasury to decide utmats
", as he now does upon the business transacted oy
them
The building at present occupied as the Department.
OF War is insufficient for the purpose, ana does not
possess the security of being fire proof II only nc
com modates the War Department proper, the Com-
,nand M. General Adja,ant- General, Quar'ermasei
General. mussioner Of Ind an Affairs, and "a An-
dior The business Of seven important Bureaus OF 'he
to wit of The Paymas'er General, sur
peon General, Engineers, Topogrophical Engineers,
Ordnance, Commissary General of Subsistence, ara
Commissioner of Pensions, transacted and tneir re-
CORDS kept in rented buildings separated from tue pup
lie edifee and still more Insecure than It, Inc safety
of the public records, and convenience IN me tahsae
ions OF business require tina, secure bndng shou'u
be erected sufficiently large 10 accommodate li.en're
BUSINESS OF thu Department. Tns subject has neen
reneaedIv brought t. rot &C, taus far without elect
Il is aran brought to virw under the hope mat lie
remedy al these evils may not be further ospened
t,ke this opportunity 10 state that have oeen great
" AIDED in performing the abors of the office hold
by the Commanding General and The heads OF The Sc
veral bureaus of the Department, whose assduiy ana
nromptness in their attention 10 business deserve all
praise. J. VI. roh n
Secretary Of Var.
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