The daily union., 1852-09-02


Yearly average s4l, 500 a51 I4-exceedng the yearly
average OF the tune OF Mr. Poks administration the sum
| oil ~, ,525.3i3 a.
| The yearly average of public debt paid by this admin
stralion has been but S5s92 4s9 "a. while the yearly
average OF Mr Poks administration was $9l55,593 50
| Annual average excess 70 263,l ,l04 4S,
have thus shown that, emitting the amount paid for
principal and interest The public debt the annual ex
penses OF this administration, in time OF peace, have
exceeded by more thaa S25oooOo the expenses OF the
preceding democratic administration IN conducting, for
The FIRST time in history expensive and prolracted
foreign which resulted in doubling the area OF our
territory This is a startling announcement; and the nat
ura inquiry is made, where has the money gone Be
fore proceeding 10 answer that desire 10 call aen.
ton 10 the obvious fact that comparison can be fairly
made between the total expenditures OF these two ad.
mnisatons because had only TO provide for peace
establishmenhe other had to bear The enormous bur-
dens and multiplied exactons necessary TO the support OF
aiding army quarered upon foreign soil had IN a
speech made in this House February ID. 1850, by the
Hon GEORGE w. JONES' OF Tennessee, on the finances
OF The government thai he has examined the documents
and deducted from the annual expenses OF the admins
,ralion of Mr.. Polk those items which clearly
which the actual y carried on, the expenditures
Of the government, exclusive OF the war. were fol-
| lows;
For the fiscal year ending June 80 1886 s22 2se 50
For the fiscal year ending June 80, lSI7 N725zi5 81
For the fiscal year ending June &c. lsiS 23,522 O6S 40
From the report of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
December 1850. appears that the average annual ex
pendltures OF the government Tor the three years ending
June 80, lS43, IA. '45, exclusive OF public debt
$21,277 9ol Ga We have seen that now. after lapse
OF only years, the average yearly expenditure
more than 4l 500, ,000 exclusive OF the payments
count of the public debt
| But why this enormous increase We answered,
ION account of the extension of our territory" This
will not do when conquered that territory, and held
it by the force OF arms and supported there i'm
mense army at less expense But the treaty OF Guada
upe Hidalgo concluded in February, ls4S, and pub
shed by the President here in July OF that year so that
for whole fiscal year, ending June 30 1919, the last
OF Mr.. Polks administration, we were in possession OF
af holm
the war, it was necessarily the most expensive We were
obliged to provide and locate there peace establishment
aa ve a many a h 1" s
cluding the entire cost of the army and navy and
sions, the whole expenditure was only $50 3a5395 43-
more than 81 900 900 less than the yearly average OF
the three succeeding years.
| have shown that the first year of General TayoPs
administration exceeded by $l2, $50 35 the estimates
of Secretary Walker But the first year of Mr. Fill.
mores under the administration Of the Treasury Depart
ment by Mr. Corwin exceeded the of Mr.. Mere
dih General Taylors Secretary Of the Treasury by the
moderate sum OF IS, ,S56,5O4 IT, So that II that
even the Gaph cabinet has been outdone by their Gar
diner successors.
now proceed to show in what manner this money has
been shovelled out of the treasury; for it would
they could not have taken time 10 count weigh
We cannot 60 into the various departments while under
the control OF their present heads and how where
the treasury abs,racted Most Of the abuses con-
ceaed We can only observe results. trusting that
light will be knded IN those dark that will
veal the secret pipes which have been draining this al
most nexbaustibe reservoir Until that time must
wait, conentng ourselves with the dica of raud-the
occasional debris scattered remnants that find
the tracks we can discover which point invariably IN
direction.
The army is the great pregnant mother OF monster
reports OF the War Department, with IFS hydra headed
military bureaus We have. in addition to the Secretary
OF War, nine military bureaus, each presided over by
some distinguished cheftan residing Wasbingto
ceivng large salaries, and provided with their chief
clerks and subordinaes-for whatl To transact the
eiUi business of the army But let Us see how this de-
Is ,F he
OF War shows that there the lists, during the
last year. ten thousand fUe hundred and thirty eight men,
which, owing TO deser.ions sickness and deaths, wilt
afford "an effective force of eight thousand five hundred
had made estimate OF the amount which it costs per
according the documents submitted but since
king il have found the following, from speech delivered
iu the Senate the 18th of April last by Senator Hunter
OF Virginia chairman Of the Finance Committee and as
ne has every opportunity for the most accurate nforma
ton and is known to the country by long and faithful
service IN Congress- prefer giving his statement rather
than my own. He says:
81 find comparing the Expenditures for year end
ing 80 of June 1915 the year ending J1ne 1851
in 1915 the whole expense under that head was
o21 and in 1851 the expense of the army proper
was SS 99oc0 When you add to that 81 22i 500
appearing 10 the registers books you have pend
log more hsa ia1ss t'os as much as il was Ia Isi5 We
have the estimate for ten thousand five hundred toops
The held aud when TO take the for the
quartermates department for The last fiscal year. find
y comes vey nearly TO 500 per man under that head
81 22l 900 is added above the Secretsys saemen
erpendi.
Of year si 1884, stated in the post Of
the Secretary OF the Treasury But the fait
mode OF estimating these expenditures the purpose
pason, take those for the army proper and un-
der that Lead have as have before stated S965
man for the last fiscal year But when
Of these items find they Of a character that
OF necessity siare Daring the last fiscal year
hey spent in Texas alone 81 0i0 900 IN California s5
900 In Oregon, SlS1 900 in New Mexico, SS06, ,l54"
The expenditures for the quartermasters department
alone for the year ending June 3d. 1851 thus shown
TO be nearly $500 per man; and the whole expense per
man, Se65 In lSi5 time OF peace now the whole
expenses OF the army proper, per 1896 so and
IN the quarermasiers department lees than SI5 per man.
sbo wing an increase in the quartermasers deparmen
since 1S45 OF more than four hundred per cent During
the year lsi7, the most expensive year OF the Mex
lean war, the cost OF each soldier, per copis in |
the quartermasters department. 1914 81; and |
IT costs much more to keep our soldiers resting
than II did to maintain them fighting But the question
returns to plague the managers Of this department. how
these amounts made up The pay of each soldier
This amount not included in the expenditure o the
quartermaser. Nor is II any OF his business furnish
subsistence, ordnance, ammunition, medical expenses
There are few items to which desire to call attention,
which, in very limited examination OF the official re.
ports, have seemed worthy OF notice By appendix to
the Quanernaser Generals report, find that july 30
l550 l. g. Capers paid 90 per lbs trans
porting in wagons from San Anonio in Texas TO Fort
Merrill, $500 pounds OF reigbt-nearly dollar pei
hundred There other charges about the date,
some al the same rates, and others fe lower. What
IS the distance and character OF the road BY subse.
qnent portion OF the report, find Fort Merrill is one
hundred miles south by east of San Antono and the
page, speaking OF the roads San Antonio, ii
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