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the commanders thereof will adopt all necessary
10 csny il successfully, and Immediately there
1870 The measures adopted. They viii report the
n,ospect Of their crops in the month Of July Of each
pa he ist day Of October OF each year, the quantity
= aricle cultivated and actually gathered In
an officer is transferred or relieved IRON the
"a n The post where garden or farm Is cultivated,
.sblss grain, and long forage on hand, Will be re-
I'sf.ss hv his successor He will make statement OF
a;,ion amount, DC, one copy OF which will be for
~ ,he eommissary general Of Subsistence, and
entered in the post order book for the inspection Of
Farouer authority
IL me commanding officers will be held responsible
81 o,der u the Secretary OF War;
By 0' "R. JONES, Adjutsnt General"
.,trow that need read all these details ! but the
Iii s,e from them that the Secretary Of War has
Ps@ inutely into the matterlhat he has not merely
VA hs general Leading idea Of cultivaDg grain and
these distant posts, but that he has been cautious
60 il prescribing all the necessary details.
N HUNTER. Is the senator aware that that is mere
!, If an order Issued when Mr.. Calhoun was Secre-
/. pEARCE am aware that the senator said, in his
bst i was the mere revival OF an order issued by
fr.Ihoun; but pray, who abandoned the practice !
N vbat circumstances was it abandoned? Does the
u, know with what effect IL pursued under Mr..
w. understand that il has lain dormant for many
In
IN yery good regulation long since abandoned, which
sned The vigilance and economy Of his predecessors
IN n have due credit because others have forgotten
,,ass Mr. Calhoun had originated it, do not know
IN Secretary of War claims the originality Of this idea
se saw he heard Of Mr. Calhouns order before,
he did he must have supposed that il had been dis
~ with for very sufficient suspect the fact
ba, the order not found TO answer the purposes
IN The truth u.s. that soldiers do not mako very good
NJ and farmers do not make very good soldiers. Be-
IN Mr. Cahoun's time our military posts were Access
by steam navigation. The products which they re-
for forage and subsistence were raised IN very great
and a. very cheap through the country where
we're stationed, and could probably be supplied at
mite as little as that of raising them for when soldiers
as farmers or laborers, they are paid for It When
Ma su.h work. they get eighteen cents day additional
aspect that if there was very much paid for this extra
would cost rather than the amount of the pro-
which ,hey would raise. Circumstances are now al
There is new state Of things Since it costs forty
dollars TO get barrel Of pork and thirytwo dollars
Ii barrel Of -four TO Taos, in New Mexico, perhaps
Nv turn out to be good thing to establish this system
lvation at distant posts This Is what the Secre-
(of War has attempted. The senator did give him
little credit for attempngt But think he destroyed
race of his concession when without his usual gene
he suggested that Mr. Calhoun thirty four years ago
| RED the same thing. If Mr.. Calhoun tried it and
oned it, certainly we should give the present Secretary
rdt Of revivng what the senator considers a good
for myself, am somewhat doubtful as to the utility
These distant regions in which the posts are located
nv barren, and generally it is very difficult to obtain
military site, and at the same time proper soil for
hbe cultivation do not know that the system could
sd out very successfully Still the attempt is good
! md the Secretary is entitled to credit for it.
sn on the 25th of February, 1880 the Secretary of
issued another order TO which | wish to refer. beg
10 say that both these orders originated before the
bon of Congress of which the senator from Virginia
poken. The action of Congress was at the close of
nson when it refused to pass the appropriations ac-
k to The estimates, and was striking in the dark
heu down the appropriations for the Quarermssters
meni from "a, 100000 to S2,0O0,0OO. That was the
of Congress. But, before the criticism had reached
" Of the Secretary, he had attempted this improve.
by the order Of January 8, 1851 which have read.
r Of February rs, 1851, also preceded the action OF
us though only by few days. On that day he is.
Bis circular:
GENERAL oRDERs-No. 49,
"HEApouARTERs OF THE Army,
"ADJurAHr GcsIAAL's OFFIcE,
Washington, February %, 1851.
The following order received from the Secretary Of
spublished for the information and guidance Of all
ndthe army:
"WAR DEPARTMENT,
washington, February IS, 1851.
kenormous expenditures Of the army, particularly in
aar,ermesters department, and several instances OF
extravagance that have recently been brought to
Sace, have led the department 10 infer that more
economy might be prac,iced than has lately been OBJ
cers of every branch of the service are therefore no
that in regard to allowances of every description,
adherence TO the prescribed regulations will be strictly
lad
5c.s Of the Subsistence and Quar,ermasters depart
will enseavor by every possible means to reduce the
nttures particularly the item Of Transportation.
barracks or other building will be constructed, unless
der Of the department, except such indspensa
ecessary for the immediate and temporary nccomno-
Of the troops. (See paragraphs $40 and 97l, General
aiOn, OF the Army l54l.) These barracks must be
cheapest kind, and in their construction, as well as in
ng fuel and forage, the soldiers should be employed
than they now are.
he department confidently relies on the jealous co.
aOn Of the officers in u efforts to reduce the expend-
sn low can be done consistently with the health
umfct Of the troops. And the commanders on the
sn should understand that officers Of the staff arc
ped to duty their assstants-that IL ia the duty Of
nmanding officers 10 watch ever the public expendi
n Every branch Of the service within their commands
bal for all excuses such commanders are held re
nee. In cases where this duty is neglected the in
general and the qusriermsster general viii NAH,
ga report for the action Of the generan-chief or III,
fary Of War.
&C. nj. CONRAD, Secretary Of War.
a A"N iVNoNis atc htc pufoBiopnr VI thc ocucfh
fsions Of l54l, cited above
No barracks quarters hospitals shall be erected
pubic expense but by order Of the Secretary OF War
according to the plans which he snail have approved
. ofeer whatsoever may be his rank, shall make th,
est alteration IN any plan OF barracks, quarters, Of
al, so approved without the order OF the Secretary
communicated through the quartermasier general
restrictions do not extend to Temporarily huts, where
may be compelled, by the unbcalthiness Of their po
so leave their quarters during the summer season
e, rom the circumstances CT the service they may
red TO occupy positions on the Indian frontier IL
st Of the established posts.
~ NO changes or alterations 10 he made in IN,
~ quarters, or hospitals, at permanent established
ou by the authority Of the Secretary Of War, com
nea through the quartermas.er general; should any
y o. alteration, involving expence, be made withou
@houty, the officer causing 1t shall not only b,
y With the whole expence incurred, but also with
restoring the barracks, quarters, or hospitals thu,
their former condition.
y command Of Major General Scott
ar. JONES, Adjutant General.n
ea mol read the rect Of this order. have read enough
~. diameter Now, have 10 say that, under It's