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-or so4o, $50 less Than those ~ l-f
Mr.. HUNTER. How does the Senator state
the expenditures for the years 1850 and le5l:
Mr.. PEARCE. The expenditures in the Quar-
,ermasters Department for the year ending tile
3Oth Of June, 1880, amounted 70 -5,33- 900.
Mr. HUNTER According 10 the statement
which have from General Jesup; the expendi-
lures for that year, ~ the Ouarterrnaster's De-
partment were Si,9j0,0G0. What is the senator :
statement of the expenditures for the year ending
June Both, 1851
Mr.. PEARCE. -Four million nine hundred
and hfty-six thousand dollars
Mr. HUNTER. The statement furnished me
puts them down at S5,2SG,00O. II would seem,
from this. that there had been an increase instead
Of dnInutlon. ] can tell the Senator how be-
has fallen into his error. He has Il statement Of
the expenditures they appear on the Register :
books. have a statement of the whole amount
Of expenditures, whether The money came from
the Treasury of the United States or from the
civil fund. The money was expended 40 matter
where il came from.
Mr. PEARCE This statement Of mine * from
the financial clerk Of the Secretary office, and
find item Of sos 900 pat down as bein, received
from the civil fund Of California for the year end
ing June Both, $50.
Mr.. HUNTER. The statement which have
was furnished by the Quartermaster General, and
is dated April 9Th, l-j2.
Mr.. PEARCE. The statement which have.
happens 70 he the latesi-27th of Anrl. l.52. /
will not dispute with the Senator about the matter
IL may he blunder which Is not to be charged
TO eitherof as. happen, however, 20 have the
latest statement, and perhaps on that account it IL
more reliable. My statement, however, is made
up Of accounts chargeable to the service Of each
proper year, separating these which belonged TO
the service OF any other year. Tins, probably, is
the cause of the difference.
| propose now to state To the Senate more I'm
detail something IN regard TO the reduction of the
estimates which very much vexes this question
| begin with the year ending June 30,h 1919
The estimates for this year for the peace establish
ment were made June 29th lslS, and amounted
10 s4,43O,OO0. The appropriations were made
by the act Of August 3, l54s. TO the amount Of
s2,940 ,000-reduc,ion II 100000. At the con-
ciusIon Of this year i known that consid-
cradle deficiency, existed and NJ the next session
before the exact amount was ascertaiaed an APP
preparation of 5000 900 was asked 10 supply IL IN
part, but It was not appropriated. IL December
1850, the Secretary Of Wsr reported the actual
deficiency to be 81 800 600. 1t will be found re-
ferred 10 ~ his annual report. This amount had
IN the mean time been borrowed from several
sources. The civil fund Of California was drawn
upon 10 the amount Of sol 900. Drafts were
paid out Of the QuartermaSter's APPROXIMATIONS
Tor the next year te the amount Of sec, 000 and
from the Subsistence Department alone, a. /
understand there was drawn. or transferred
S2i5,O0D. Thus. was made up the whole amount
o. sl,G9O,OW. There being no immediate neces.
Hty Tor reiunding the amount drawn from the
clvil iund, The last two items only were placed in
the oehclency estimates, and they were appropri
ated by the deficiency biii which ~ ssed 81 H., er.,
session Of the last Congress
The estimates forthe year ending fone "a. Is,o
were sent IN ~ December, ls49, and ofoonnted ~
2,UO0,OOO. That amount was appro. rI,ied The
expenditures, however, were 1852. Orl---,be d,c
ference being made up by balance Of Cd ,,r,o,,.;
atoms belonging to the Quartermaster's Dengr,.
ment, chiefly those leit over IN the war; and those
accounts as well as sales of war prnper,v Tbs
lat,er item amounted, believe, TO sometime like
so2l,O OO ascertained fact which did not he.
lore Know That when sales of war property are