Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-02-21
THlRTlETH CONGRESS-.
FIRST SESSION
House OF REF RESENFA'FiVES.
FksRrARY. 7. 1913
THE LOAN BIII--THE FINANCES.
SPEECH OF MIR. AINlON,

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lie had already shown that in the estimates present
ID last year m the Expenses Of the then current ,ear he
tween the estimates aud undef es'ma'es Of the two
Secretaries the Treasury wofse III At he end Of the
,enr han they had calculated by moo than ninr millions
Of dollars and that in his estimates for the now current
year The Secretary Of the Treasury Ind evidently fallen
again into The same error; and TIM, III forming an opr
I'm NJ 10 the tent If the wants ii the Government for
this year over the loan asked fr must add to II
the nnont u the Sccfeafy's eslimae of receipts
lnf he year, amounting III nl probability Ia at least hyc
millions Of dollss, which would bring the loan
wanted from aix,eon up twenty one mluns. To this
must be added whatever may be the under rs,imous Of
the Secretary Of War At the last session of tongr
When he regular estimates presented f the prcscn
fiscal year which commenced on the Is OF Juy lSR
The whole Expenditures Tor The year In NIL branches Of
the public service estimated nj &l5fsl TSl bl-
We have gone through month over half Of the yrur
and the estimates already sen III hf The year amount To
Sb2 ,fs3 600 Of. composed of the following items rs
tinaied expenditures for the current ,ea AZ set down
in the rcpor, OF the Secretary Of the Treasury Cor the
current year the sum Of f's 0 ; $50 90; between the
OH Of December the date ol that report. mud the date Of
the acting Sccrrny's letter 10 Congress oil the 10Th Jan
uary. in Which he Informed The House that The loan could
he reduced To twelve lns lhe Secretary Of ar had
sent milo the Committee II Ways and Means further
Inmates 10 the amount of S}sos oOo mud the ID In
sian the Secretary Of War into the Committee Of
Ways and MEANS further estimate ior deficiency In
the Qonfierma-er's Department Of f36oOlO making
altogether the hctmo mentioned sum OF 3b27S3 600 %
ms The estimated expenditures Of ihe which begun
tn, LIST Of July nsl instead o the ann VI &i5.1Sl 81
ms originally at The bognng OF the last
Of Congress OF this last sun the Secretary CIV ar en-
iimaled lot the army proper, vonnieera and ordnance
department. the Of S23.GS q29 %. while tho est.
united otcloncos sent ~ al the preent session hy the
Secretary Of War, for the army proper Volunteers aud
ordnance to the additional sum OF Si 1913 .dSo,
u. II we bear III mind that the mere over the
estimates for this bsuch of public seryle, ur single
year equal 10 the whole annual expense (o>ctpt the
pa neus made ON Of the Pablo dubI ihc en-
tire Government under the administration 81 tie yuuul
Adams, we'll he startled nj inls disclosure Of
what IN now going Bul II Is SAID, b, way ol.xcuse
lor his that larger force has be.n called into the
wee than anticipated hen the estimates org.
ina ~ made for the year. Undoubtedly larger iuIco
has been called than provided lr IN these csii
maes but is that excuse or the omission The true
question ought not these ioops 10 have been 's'mn
ted or and II 80, why was II omitted Has tho Adj.
IN INSTITUTION slrcr undertaken any great military cNpcdl
ton or m,vcmcnt not thea begun decided upln =
" ere troops then IN NV Mexico and tallior
MA Was not Gen, lay lor MS lar advanced into McN
a- nj hs day I Was not The Invasion Of McAlco
through Vera truz then dcoldej upon aud lad not the
Commander in chief ihrn gone in this city - urgal2r
and TAKE command 1T the eArrlon Had not both the
Commander IN chcl aud Cen faslor, mhsn called upon
officially, given their opinion thu 10 accomplish all
that decided upon would rsqulre larger olce Ihau
has yet been called into The service
But waving these inqarifs, have The whole amount
Of the elences lr lhls YEN hren yet presented
tu Congress He was afraid NIL. Il appears that the
QuaIlefmastof General. the lib ol November. eqI
mated the deficiency IA his branch Of tho service fol
lows.
FuI aucaragcs in the Quareumaslers Department
proper millions Ave hundred thousand doars aud
for o'lng. camp and garrison ,7upage nine hundred
and SHY thousand dollnrsmakng III all an estimated
average oi eight million -four hundred andsIAty thuuSlnl
dollars In submitting tins estimate Ia lhe Secretary e
WAL and along with II his estimate or the ncNi fiscal
year. amounting for that year $i929l 20 the Quar-
crnsi.f General remarks that these estimate, bas
ed upon the SUI position thai there will be- from fly
fifty five Thousand IN The pay ol The Gov Tuu,eut
80 be provided for, 10 keep thny five Thousand effective
men IN the field aud thai force Is FAR small for any
valuable purpose The force rsllmaed fof VII! every
nan Of ll III be- required" The Secretary OF War, not
withstandmP returned these estimates 10 the Quarter
master General ur revision and reduction And on The
l5lh Of November the Quartetmasler General again han
Died III these estimates, having cut down the estimate for
AREA RACES in the Quarennaser Department proper
from 81 10000 to S2OOO,DO0, AID The estimate Of
Tearage Tor clothing, camp aud garrison tqnpage from
fD6o,0DO To 5000 ,OO0-maklng reduction IN the last
item Of $500 UOO and IN The former al S2,5DO,OOD be
ing IN both reduction Of t29G0OOO below his first
limaie. At the time he reduced the estimate fr
the Qnarermascts d. partmrnt ior The lis al year
from nineteen millions two hundred nnet one thousand
twohundfcd dollars, as first estimated, 10 fourteen mil
lions two bundled and fifty thousand dollars-bcng
dnetion next years original estimate Of five millions
forty one thousand hundred dollars; aud reduction
in The original estimate for The nrreaages Of this and ui
The service Of year al seven millions nine hundred
aud one thousand two hundred dollars. In submitting
these reductions the Qu,rermaser General writes the
Secretary OF War that his estimates ''aere made
from data derived from the experience Of the last year"
and he also says, Whchrr hose reductions b. judcluus
time must determine. wou! have ycntuted To
make them but for the fact that Two Of Congress
will have terminated before Tie expiration oi the fiscal
ur which the es mates Submitted have Teen
made Now this looks directly 10 large Deficiencies
gain year, which will 90 swell the loan
that will then be required BY direction If the Com.
miltee of Ways and Means he (Mr. addressed let
10 the Secretary of War 10 know Why the original
estimates. were cut down. and to ask him for II copy Of
hose estimates with the Quarerma>ier Generals letter
him accompanying them. On the 2iih of January the
Secretary Of Var furnished the committee with copy
OF The original estimates and copy Of the Quariernas
Generals letter. The Secretary also transmitted To
the committee report to him from the Quarlerm,steI
General ii the 18Th Of January last, to whom the
Secretary had referred the committees letter Of inquiry
In that report The Quartcmasler General says to The Sec
rotary THAT the estimate for the service of the year
reduced in consequence Of The information which you
communicated TO the policy intended to be
ed between the 4th and 18th of November that the
penscs OF supporting the lroops the interior of Mexico
were not great as had estimated them" tie
cudes this repor in manner so guarded as 10 show
that he had conf in being able carry out these
reductions. lie says, in conclusion, should there be
heavy losses OF property, aud no extraordinary opera
tons undertaken during the year. and the trops be not
increased think the asked for will be sufficient
but the most rigid economy will be required 20 make