The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-15
PRICE TWO CENTS.

al32 ,4a2; 81 adjutants, ss4 b.s 600 ,,.,.
tenants. $iss ,soi 80; $50 lst serseanrs ss.o
~; s.o4o ssrgeants, t722 2lso 90 sers-nns
S36; lis surgeons and assistant sursson.
es26 $50; 80 hospital stewards, az. 200. arS
52.4 privates, % 1926. s32 OF aruIiery srd
lientspant-coionels, ~ ,ssl 46s; 5es mr iorsI
500, $40; 5,7C4 captains. SIS 725 42f IL 400 len
tenau's, &l4 432, 400; 700 lst sergeants - COS
600; l7,loo other sergeants, H5, ass 400, 2. 500
corporas, %. 5.6 $50: l42 serRaan ma jors and
qnartermaster- -serxeants,3 s35,73l: lijo sur
geons and assistant surgeons, 81. 80 400; III
hospital stewards, s2i, 500; l 200 srt,ficers,
s2i 800; and $40 BIS privates, SCI, ,3sl 975 add
on the staff, the 'ecruitiug service, and Oc
specinl duty, S.0,640, ,s74, and the pay OF 557
naym ssiers and assistant paymaste,s 5.
7'oo,Sl7 30; l,6oO nurses, $4,000; 100 ord
nance sergeants, GA, 200 90, for quarter
master, commissary, and surgeon generals
SS2S 7SS, and 723 ch aplaius 81, ,l20, 800 and you
will find total OF annu ~ payments amount.
ing TO 81 !,A3 ,272.3 For monies expended
In the ordnance department, we may add for
the pay OF the ordnance torps, for oron an ce
stores and supplies $50, 600 600 for the n, edi
cal bureau $4,000, for transports ton SIoo-
600 90, and con unGent expenses $500 goo oO0
making grand total of the annual pxpens,
incurred by the army S662 34i 20 % or neary
two millions Of dollars per diem. There arr
other expenses which will swell the sum 10
over s., 600 600 per diem, such 8s con tracts
but we forbsar at present having en- dea.
vored TO give, as far as possible, some fxea
relative to the enormous xpense of keeping
mp large army in times of war and tumuIt.
Havirg thus spoken financially upon the
sufJsc', we will next speak Of the commits
sariat OF the army OF the United States.
WHAT IT TAKES TO PEEp OUR TROOPS
The numb Der of rations annually used iu
our army, as far as can he asesrtaiued il
500 daily, and So3,23l 600 yearly. The
amount thess rations cost the Government, at
the cummuted sum OF 20 cents per ration
MAKES the snug little sum of $50, ,646 go The
material used is AS follows: S79, ,04S $50 mounds
OF bet; 1903, ,25i go pounds of UoIk; 252, ,69j
hCo pounds of bread; rs sos go pounds OF
rice lo1 ,o7s, 200 vegets b'es; l0 07s 800 pounds
OF coffee; and 7J, sos go pounds OF sugar Be
sides these. large amount Of other stores
are used, such AS beans, vinegar, molnsses
candles. and soap, the total amount of which
cannot be we'll asce rtained
HORSES AND MEANS OF rRAssPoRrArIox
The horses anu means of transportation
more properly belong to the auarterma.ter's
department The number of horses used by
onr army In the field is ~ follows: For gem
erai and staf officers. $50 for officers OF
artillery and light batteries 42to, for off
GERS and mounted men OF cavalry, 50 697, aud
for Ulcers attached to infantry 5O22 For
travelling forge am balances and baggage wa
gons. the number OF horses and mules used
is $3.50. Of other horses used for transpor-
tation purposes here are ,22i, making Il to-
tai OF lG6 70I, which, averaging 300 each,
cCstS the Government Si0,670, 900 The fora ga
for these horses, e. nmuted at 20 cents per
day for each horse, costs annually the sum
$,7S9,l73 The number of wagons used ~
the army is estimat-d at $3.50, which, at Sl25
each, cost the sum of 81 l9 $50, and 5, GOO
in ambnlances, 1T Sic0 each. cost 1854, 900 --
Thus it will be seen that tn, S. few lout of the
many items which go 10 swell IN. amount
paid by the quar- erm aster's departm an y
items cost In the aggregate the sum of $50,
5i0,;23.