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encounters ihe Platte river, and the other At, or
near. Fort Larimie.
The amount Of contributions and avals OF
properly received by officers Of the ar. .
my in Mexico. as FAR as reported, Is S3,844,3l5
"a, which will be somewhat increased by amounts
collected in New Mexico and California. OF
this amount, SGT ,492 33 have been retained for
expenses of collections; S346, 500 80 paid into
the treasury Of the United States; S3,267,540
"a turned over to disbursing officers s49,7lf
28 credited by the Mexican Government 10 the
United States in payment Of the first insiament
under the treaty; and the remaining eil3,259
O2 charged against the collecting officers. Ol
the amount turned over TO discussing officers,
$3.50 $50 we're applied towards the payment OF
the first instalment under the treaty with Mexl.
co. and the greater part Of the balance has been
disbursed for regular and ordinary purposes
Against the balances remaining, charged TO coli
lecting officers, they may be entitled TO further
credits on the several accounts above stated TO
the amount Of about $4,000. The remainder
is claimed BY them as compensation for extra
services, or as having been paid to other army
officers for similar services 10 making the colec-
tons. These claims have been suspended, az,
under existing laws, no such allowances can DC
made; butthe Secretary recommends that provI-
sion should be made for reasonable allowances.
] An additional number Of Paymasler and Med.
ical officers are recommended by the Secretary,
in consequence Of the great increase oil terrific
ry and of military posts.
The report recommends renewed attention 10
the completion of fortifcaIions on the Atlantic
coast. already commenced, and the commence
ment Of new works, both on the Auantc ana
Pacific.
The appropriations for the army proper, re-
quired for the next fiscal year, amount to 94''
432, ,276. The estimates for the transportation
of the troops far exceed tha, of any other year
previous to the war. The increase in this item
is 10 meet the expense Of sending troops to Or
egon, New Mexico, and California.
In none of the branches of the War Depart
men, has the business been so much augmented
as in the Pension bureau. The number OF IN
i, valid pensioners has increased, during the last
year, six hundred and ninety-one; the whoI'
number on the list is three thousand ore hun
dred and twenty-six.
More than sixty thousand claims have beer
presented under the act of the l1th Of Februa
nv, 1847, for bounty land and treasury scrip. A
; bout forty thousand of them have been acted OF
and allowed, twenty thousand are now pending
and il is estimated that there are forty Thousand
vet TO be presented. Great efforts have beef
made to despatch these applications, and abou
two hundred and fifty are daily investigated anC
passed. =.
The Indian Department is represented as II
q favorable situation. Less annoyance has beeI
experienced by emigrants during the last year
from Indian depredatons, than formerly. A
important treaty has been recently negotiate
with the Menominees, by which they have
Q greed to cede all their lands in Wisconsin,
1 bout four millions of acres-and to remove t
: the country procured for them on the Uppe
t, Mississippi, adjoining that of their old friends
r the Winnebagoes, recently removed from lowe
The treaty with the Menomonies has extiT
# guished the Indian title TO the whole counlr
st east of the Mississippi, south OF lake Superlo
d which for long time has been regarded as a
is object not only Of great importance TO our ow
ctzens, but essential TO the welfare and pro
,e perity ofthe Indians themselves.
10 Within the four last years eight lmporta
y treaties have been negotiated with different
in dian tribes and the United States have acquire
e. tia cost of ,842 900, eighteen millions five hu
le dred thousand acres of land; about two mllIo
ne one hundred thousand acres of it have been a
Fl. signed TO other tribes for their permanent re-
N dence: and two millions nine hundred thousa
al are reserved for similar purpose: leaving t
w remainder, thirteen millions five hundred the
ri. sand acres, ready for settlement and cutlvau
ur in the States Of Wisconsin and Iowa. There
st. also prospect that Mississippi, as we'll as 9th
nd States in which some of the Choctaws still
or main, will soon be freed from them. Measuf
lie for their emigration are in progress under me
iied arrangements entered into within the
ot wear, which promise favorable result.
)r. The prospects Of Education among the In
an ans is represented as favorable. Sixteen mai
re- al-labor schools and eighty y-seven boarding
by district schools are now in successful opefa'
es. among the various Indian tribes, and the NJ
ok. Der of Indian youths attending, according to
es. reports received at the department. is three tn
i6c sand six hundred and eghty-two-of VIII
,all two thousand six hundred and fifty are ma
nv. and the remaining one thousand and thlrty-t
ms. are females. The schools are generally
ON charge of missionary societies, and are well
xxi. Quoted. These facts afford the most gratliy
ler evidence tha. nearly all Of our colonlzed tr
are rapidly advancing in civilization and me
,en Improvement. Additional Indian agencies
ev, recommended for Oregon and California,
,art The Secretary closes his report by rect
ALI. mendng attention to the following subjects
d. settlement of claims in California; retired
, ed of officers Of the army; and an asylum for
the abled and worn-out soldiers.
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