, 1862-03-15
Estimated Expenses of the War for the
Fiscal Year 1928.

Secretary Cameron submitted to Congress the
following estimates of the E gineer Department
of amounts required for lorthcatlons now existing
or in course of construction and also for tempo
rary and field fortiicaons and engineer opera
tions in the field
For fortihcalions on the northern frontier III
cluding forihcations at Oswego, Niagara, Buffalo
and Detroit, S750,000 for Montgomery, at out
let of Lake Champlain, New York, 10000 ;
Fort Knox, at narrows OF Penobscot river,
Meine, 10000; Fort on Hog Island Ledge,
Portland Harbor, Maine, 100000; Fort Warren,
Boston harb9r, Massachusetts, 10000; Fort
Winthrop and exterior batteries, Boston harbor,
100000; Fort at New Bedford harbor, Massa-
chuselIs, 100000; Fort Adams, Newport hai Dor,
Rhode Island, 10000; Fort Schuyler East
river, New York, 25,000; Fort at Wiett's
Point, opposite Fort Schuyler, New YOlk, 250O 900;
commencement OF ca, ement at battery on Staten
Island. New York. 100000; new battery at Fort
Hamilton, at the NarrowS New York 100000 /;
Fort at Sand Hook, entrance to New York har-
bor, New Jersey, 100000; Fort Mifflin, near
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 20 900 Fort Deia-
ware, on Delaware river, 60000; New fort oppo-
site Fort Delaware, on Delaware shore, 100000
Fort Carol. Baltimore Earbor, Nd 100000
Fort Calhoun Hampton Roads, Va, $4,000
Fortress Monroe Hampton Roads, Va, 100000
Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida 100000; Fort
Jefferson, Garden Key, Tortugas. Fla, 100000
additional Fort at the Tortugas, Fla, 100000
Fort at Ship Island, coast of Mississippi, 100000
! f rt at Fort Point, entrance to San Francisco
harhor, 100000; Fort at Alcatraz ,sland, San
Francisco harlor, 10000; Contingencies of fort
fcaions, 100000 Total $4.71O,0OO.
Secretary Chase recently addressed The follow
ing communication to Speaker Grow
Agrpeabv to the joint resolution of Congress
of January 7, 1916, have the honor to transmit
for the information OF the House of Represtnta-
tves, printed stimaies of the appropriations pro-
posed to be made for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1862. as follows, viz:
For civil list foreign intercourse and miscela.
neous objects, including expenses of collecting the
revenue from sales of public lands and expenses
of courts. S9.7Sl.S 90 for supplying def
ciencies in the revenurs of the General Postoffre
314j,00O 90; for Pensions 1,45O000 90; foi
Indian Department, l,S66S3j 49, for army
Il proper, &c. including miscellaneous. 343 600.
275 81 for Military Academy 1851 40; fol
Notifications, ordnance. &c., l6.l60, 100 90; fol
Naval Establishment, 44625 ,665 o. Total
S42OS20.32O 9L
To the estimates are added statements showing
FirSt-The appropriation estimated for the ser
vice of the fiscal year ending June 80. 1867, made
by former acts Congress, OF IA specific and in
Il definite character, as follows, VIZ
For miscellaneous, including expenses of col
lecling revenue from customs S5.440.9l4 II fo
compensation to The General Posloiiice for ma
services 100000 00 for civil; zaIion of Indians
10000 90 for aiming and tquiping the militia
100000 90; for interest on the public debt
39932 .966 OO for redemption of the loan o
) 1912. 1888 364 IL. Total $40, l67 .244 81.
Second-The estimated balances OF existing
appropriations which will be unexpended or
June 30, 1862. part of which are required fo
the payment Of liza Utilities of tie present fsca
year. but which will not be drawn from th
Treasury until after June 30. 1862, and the bal
ance applied TO the service of The fiscal yea
ending June 30. 1868. w:
For civil list foreign interco 1rSe and miscella
neous. S4.O19,S23 10; for interior, pensions anC
Indians, 775.527 So; for navy. 539 329 l9
Total S5334679 93 Grand total, $47533l,
245 81.
1t appears by the statement Of the estimated
h Sne % 5S4 mat Sf he sum
SojO,43l Is may he carried TO the surplus fund
Accompanying the estimates there are Smdr
papers furnished by the several depa tments con
aiming explanations in regard to them
. CONDITION OF THE RIvER-We learl
that the ice in the Columbia at Wallula il
from ten to enty feet thick, and the prob
ability is that it will be several weeks be
fore 1t will be in condition to move off
1t is thought by those at the Fort that the
boats will not be able to run on the upper
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