Weekly national intelligencer., 1852-05-22
s4,s70,OOo 90

D.
Reported in deficiency 1944o00 90
Total appropriated and reported. . S4S7o 900 90
Difference between the appropriations of the
current year and the lowest expenditures in
any Of the preceding years, ls5l52.... S5775s3 10
N B. The estimates for the Quartermaster's de-
partment for the s475oOOO 90
For the year commencing July /, lS52.. 4l0slso 90
Dferexc $646s20 90
or $s46, $50 hess than those of 1852
Mr.. HUNTER How does the Senator state the expen-
dtures for the years 1850 and 1851?
Mr.. PrARcE The expenditures in the Quartermasters
department for the year ending the sOh Of June 1884,
amounted to So, 338, 900,
Mr.. HUNTER According to the stasement which have
from General Jesup the expenditures for that year in t
Quartermaster's department $4,950 OOO What is
the Senator's statement of the expenditures fer the
ending June Both, 1851?
Nh. PEARcE. Four million nine hundred and fife six
thousand dollars.
Mr. HUNTER The statement furnished me nuts them
down at $5 GEO. would seem from this that there
had been an increase instead Of diminuton oan tell
the Senator how he has fallen into his error He has
Statement Of the expenditures nc they appear the Re-
gsters books have statement Of the whole amount
Of expenditures whether the money came from the Trea
sury Of the United States from the civil fund The
money expended, no matter where it came from.
Mr. PEAnoE. This statement of mine is from the inan-
cia clerk Of the Secretarys oice and Ind item d
600 put down as being received from the civil fund
Of California for the year ending June seth, 1850
Mr.. HUNTER. The statement which Ihayewas furnish
is s5s sy the General and i dated April
Mr.. PExRoE. The statement which have happens to
be the lasest2Tth Of April, 1852. viii not dispute
with the Senator about thesnatter may be bluRder
which is not TO be charged to either of u.s. happen,
however, to have the latee statement and perhape
that account It reliable My statement however,
made oecounts 6hargeable to the service of each
proper these which belonged the service
NJ thpry q ne he
difference.
propose now to state to the Senste in detail
something M regard to the reduction Of the estimates
which very much his question begin with the
year enng june 30h S849 The estimates for tks year
for the peace establishment made June 29th, 1848,
and amounted to ST. 49O 000 The appropriations were
made by the act of August 8, 1913, the Of
So $40 0OO.reduction ST 100000. At the conclusion
of thisyear it was knewn that considerable deficiency
existed and at the session. before the exact amount
was ascertaned appropriation of was asked
to supply tn part bat twas not appropriated In De-
cember 1885, the Secretary of War reported the actual
deficiency to be 000 1t win be found referred
in his annual report This amount had in the time
been borrowed from several The civil fund Of
California drawn upon to the amount of$75l ,000
Drafts paid out Of the Quartemasters sppropria
tons for the next year to the amount Of $264OOO and
from the Subsistence department alone understand
there was drawn transferred $275,000 Thus was
made up the whole of ST. 29O O0O There being
immediate necessity for refunding the amount drawn
from the civil fund.- the last two items only placed in
the deficiency estimates and they appropriated by
the deficiency bill which passed at the first session Of the
last Congress-
Thesestmates for the year ending June 30 $780,
sent in in December 1849 and amounted to So 600 000
That amosnt appropriated The expenditures, how
ever were $4 542 00O-the difference being made up by
balance of old appropriations belonging to the Quarter
masters department. chiefly those left in the war;
and those refunded by the officers in the settlement Of
their accounts well sales of property. The
latter item amounted, believe to something like
1921 000 ascerained fact which did before know,
that when sales of war property made the amount
goes to the service Of the War Department; whereas
believe by law when such sales made by the Navy De-
partment the amount must nte the Treasury Although
the deficiency of this last year through the year. and
into the next year, still it is explained by what have
read before and shall say no about it.
Then, for the year ending June 60 1851 the estimates
we're So which amount appropriated by the
act of September %, 1850 Before that year out
however it discovered that much larger expenditures
had been made in California than anticipated when
the estimates made great part Of which for
barracks and other buildings undertaken to be built with
the previous authority of the department. Appca-
ten made the Committee Finance Of the Senate
last year. before which the appropriation bill then
pending to insert additional sum Of $729,172 pre-
the Senator from Virginia has copy Of that letter
have That would make the appropriations for the year
ending June 30th 1851 amountto 81 0eo which was
the amount expended for the previous year. This how
ever not done In order to supply the Deficiencies
it found necessary to transfer sundry balances Of old
appropriations the amount of $3.50 000 making the
available Of the Department $4, 543 000 In JUS
tce to the Committee on Finance should state they
entangled with difficulties almost impossible to
ravel believe the bill to only the day before
the close of the last session We found such condition
Of things in the House of Representatives made il
trenely doubtful whether undertook to amend the
BILL at least in any important particular it might not be
defeated altogether The honorable Senator from Vr-
gna the chairman Of that committee, did feel IL to be
his duty to amend it in particular. think he had
an additional appropriation made for the clothing depart
ment. Is it not so
Mr. HUNTER. think so. believe moved an amend
ment, which adopted, making additional appro
priation for clothing.
believe the Senator under the circumstances would not
have consented to report the bin 1t was he had not
known that at the ensuing session Of Congress the de-
hciency could have been supplied by deficiency bill.
There additional Why this letter Of the Sec
reary Of War should not be acted upon by appropra
ton being inserted in the appropriation bill.
The Senate will recolect that the bill which intro
duced by myself in relation to the civil undo California
had passed this house and gone the House of Rpresen
tves and had the bill passed the House of Representa-
tives MS it did this body there would have been ample
authority Of law for bringing this money, derived from the
civil fund Of California into settlement at the Treasury
which, without law, was not possible Such bill has
passed this body and gone to the House Of Representa-
ves, where II is pending Should 1t not pass that
House, however hope the chairman Of the Committee
on Finance will consent when the general army appro-
priaton BILL other general appropriation bill,
shall be under consideration to introduce single clause
to provide for the settlement Of these accounts which
ought to have been settled long ago, but which cannot
be settled for the want Of legislation
few words now in regard to the appropriations for
the present year for this Department The regular es
mates for this year 100000 The appropriation
act Of March the 3D. 1851 under the circumstances
nj lained 80 48h OOOa gross