The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-02-25
WHOLE NO. ll7O.

HiHlons oi dollars; and That IN his eSti-
mates Tor the now current year the Sec
reiary of the Treasury had evidently fal.
len again into the same error, and that,
: IN forming an opinion as to the extent of
the wants Of the Government for this
year, over the loan now asked for, we
must add 10 it the last amount Of the
Secretary's over estimate Of receipts Of
the year, amounting in all probability tv
at least five or more millions of dollars,
which would bring the loan wanted from
sixteen up to twenty lone millions. To
this must be added whatever may be the
underestimate of the Secretary of war.
At the last session Of Congress, when
The regular estimates were presented for
present fiscal year, which commenced on
The lst Of July, 1547, the whole expen-
ditures for the year, in all branches of the
public service, were estimated at S45,-
t7Sl,7S4 so. We have gone through one
month over half of the year, and the es.
Inmates already sent i'll for the year a.
mount 10 S62 ,7s3, ,66O OF, composed of
the following items: Estimated expen.
dtures for the current year, as set down
ln the report Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury for the current year, the sum
OF S586lj, $50 90; between the 9th Of
, December, the date of that report. and
the date of the acting Secretary's letter
, to Congress of the 18th of January, in
which he informed the House that the
loan could be reduce to twelve millions
the Secretary of War had sent into the
committee Of Ways and Means further
estimates to the amount of SO, sos, 900,
, and on the 81 instant the Secretary of
War sent in to the Committee of Ways
J and Means, further estimate for de-
} ficiency in the Quartermaster's Depart
Z ment Of $3.50, 900; making altogether the
/ before mentioned sum of 62,7S3, $50 OF
= as the estimated expenditures of the
e year which began on the lst Of July last.
5 instead Of the sum of S45,7S1,764 81, as
j. originally estimated al the beginning of
= the last session of Congress. Of this
= asst sum the Secretary Of War estimated
d for the army proper. volunteers, and or
i dinance department, the sum of $685.
i 97S,929 %, while the estimated deficien-
Y ces sent in at the present session by the
: Secretary of War, for the army proper,
e volunteers, and ordinance amount to the
l. additional sum of Sl4,033, ,439 "a. If
d we bear in mind that the mere excess
st over the estimates for this branch Of the
nv public service for single year, is equal
ce to the whole annual expense Except the
10 payments made on account Of the pubiic
10 debtl Of the entire Government under
d, the administration Of the younger Adams
K we may well be startled at this disclosure
,r. of what is now going OIL. But it is said.
lis by way of excuse for this, that Il larger
Is. force has been called into the service than
ed was anticipated when the estimates were
in originally made for the year. Undoubt-
e. edly larger force has been called out
no than was provided for in these estimates;
NV but is that an excuse for the omisslon!--
er The true question is, ought not these
if troops to have been estimated for, and, IT
". so, why was it omitted! Has the Ad-
ministration since undertaken any great
MS military expedition or movement not
re, then begun ur decided uponl Were moi
of our troops then in New Mexico and Cal
a. forna! Was Gen. Taylor as far ad
lie vanced into Mexicon as at this day.
les Was not the invasion of Mexico throug
81. Vera Cruz then decided upon; and hat
at not the COMMANDMENT chief then gon,
her from this city TO organize and take com
ice mand of the expedition? Had not bot
ave the Commander chief and Gen. Tay
gsi. Ior, when called upon officially, given
a as their opinion that to accomplish a
nc. that was decided upca, would require
ulIs larger force than even yet had been call
and ed into the servicef
low But, waving these inquiries, have tn
pb. whole amount Of the deficiencies for tn
be year been even yet presented to Col
nm. gressl He was afraid not. 1t appea
,ber that the Quarermaster General, on II
,,b. 4lh of November, estimated the dehcleI
the cy in his branch of the service as follow
, in. For arrearages in the Quartermaster
oap. Department proper, seven millions n
rent hundred thousand dollars; aud for clo'
in. ing, camp aud garrison equipage, nj
.aw. hundred and sixty thousand dollars-n
for king in all all estimated average OF Gig
half million four hundred aud sixty thousa
ddi. dollars. In submitting this estimate
sand the Secretary of War, and along with
The his estimate for the next fiscal year,
nder mounting for that year TO Sl9,29l,2l
lions the Quartermaster General remarks III
the ",hese estimates are based upon the su
vaar nosition that, there will be from fifty to FIT
i ;r Eve thousand men in the pay of the G'
,,as. ernment ,oIbe provided for,to keep thIr
~, Eve thousand effective men in the fic
=. ,bo and that force is far too small for any
lions; nabIe purpose. The force, estima'
n anv for, will every man of them be require
n this The Secretary Of War, notwithstahdil
nj. if returned these estimates TO the Quart
,ould ternaster General for revision and
the duction. And on the 18th of Noyem
pre. the Ouartermaster General again hant
rants in these estimates, having cut down
come estimate for arrearages in the Quar-
IS. as masters Department properfrom 81 ,5
Wills 600 to IS 600, 600, and the estimate Of
their rearage for clothing, camp and garri
mar. equipuge from S96O,Ooo to $4,000
If the making reduction in the last iten
land $3.50 900, and in the former OF S@,o
unate 900, being in both reduction OF
lv the $50 900 below his first estimate. AT
es,i. same time he reduced tho estimate
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