Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-02

1AnNAl VI money expended annually tor fNf
use Of so vast a body of men. The number o
regulars, as we have before stated. amounts II
2U,J34, while the volunteer forces number 642.
~, making a total Of 6S2,57I OF this fore,
there are acknowledgement whose annual pay
Is SS,U96, 9 major-gensrals are paid $40, 1856 50
ll9 bri~gadier-generals are paid S37 1850, I ad
JutantgeueTsl $3.50. 40 staff officers who arf
attached 10 Lieut. Gen. McCIellan's staff. pum.
Oering g 0dgsdierg generals, Q cOl0Rels, is lien.
tenant-colcnels, J major and 8 captains. who = {
pald SJo,ftI-bo; cOmmlssary department S25.
613,3o9, quartermaster's department SI67, 62s
]c5Lonels Of engineers aud cavalry 81, SI55.6 $50.
a. 81 heutenantcolouels Sl6762S, 81 majors
Sl32.452, 81 adiutaHts SS4,J4S. I22J Eeuteu-
ants SlGJ,S0i 80. 1875 LIST ssrgcalts s24O72b
574v seIgeants S5Z2,lG0, 50 sergeant majors and
% quaTlermas-e--5eTg ants Sg5.536, rs sur
geons and assistant-sUrgeons Sz26. $50. 50 hos.
pJtal stewards Sl7,7O0 sad 52,476 p|rivates, So
JSO.o32. OtAralleTy and Intznuy-5SO colonies
receive $l.46),92O. sos ieuteaaut-coIonels 81
2sl,4Jo, sos majors pJ6,S2O, 57O4 captains SIS
I2J,42l, u 900 Eeuteuauts, Si4.432 400. 57Gg
first seTgeauts 81 ,6O5, 5000, Il, 100 other serOeauts
S3,4So,4OO, y, 800 cOrpOrals S3.556.SO6. l42
sergeantmaJ9rs and Neutrality-suspicious.
S55,454, HOO surgeons and assistant surgeons
S2,2yO,4eO, ~ hospital stewards sd, 300, Zoo
artihCeTs 81, 500, and @l0,3l3 privates S67. 3SI-
"ap- AAA 81 AAc auIOlLL blt extra ndV OF
officers on the staff, the recruiting service. and
on special duty ~SIO,64O,S74. and the nav of
So Paymasters and assistant-paymasters SiOO-
ol1.5O, 1909 nurses $4,000, 100 ordnance ser
geants S24,2JUJO, for qUarterma5ter, cOmmissary
and surgeon-geueras SS23, 7SS and rs chaplains
Sl,l20,5GO, and you viii find a total of annual
payments amounting TO SD, 344.272.2Z. For
monies expended in the ordnance department.
we may add for the pay Of the ordnance corps,
for ordnance stores and supplies $50, 900. 1000,
for the medical bureau SO. 600, for transporta-
ton Slg0,O0O,000, and contingent expenses
2JO,OJ0,U1G, making a grand total Of the
annual expense incurred by the army $685.
3i4.2122S, or nearly two millions of dollars per
diem. There are other expenses which will
swell the sum to over $1,000, 900 per diem, such
as contracts and expenses of investigating com
mittees, but we iorbear at present, having
andeav0red to give, as far rs possible, some
idea relative TO the enormous expense of keep
ing Upa large army in times of war and tumuIt.
Having thus spoken financially upon the sub
we viii next speak of the cemmasariat Of
the army of the United States.
WHAT IT TAXES TO FEED OUR TROOPS.
The number Of rations annually used in our
army, as far as can be ascertained, is s29.OfO
daily, and SOB, 1874, 600 yearly. The amount these
-auons cost the gov eminent, at the cOmmuted
price OF 70 cents per ration, makes the n lit
sum Of S60,646,920. The material used is As
oiiows 80 O43,250 pounds Of beef; 3O3, 234,-
500 pounds Of pork, 2j2,695,5GO pounds of
bread, 75,oO56j0 pounds of nee, IOI. O75,-
vegetables lOl ,O7S,2O0 pounds of
;oHee, and 7-5,S0-,650 pounds Of su-
Besides these, a large amount of other
are used, sUCh as beans, vinegar. molasses.
'andies and soap, the total amount of which can
n.- ha --..I n-u.rI.r.-T M - q .
he troops IS bought by the subsistence dep IT.
nsnt nom contractors, from Al 30 5 cents per
lound, while pork Is furnished at from 81 to &c. |
The cost OF sugar averages about 10 cents, while |
.oII7e IS IS high as 10 cents. The bread
lsed Is hard baked, in the form Of crackers or
mot bread, and costing about . cents per pound, |
M IS principally manufactured at Boston, New |
FORK, Philadelphia, St Louis, Chicago and Gin |
lnnau-that being baked at Chicago and st.
-ouIs being considered the best in quality. On
line of the Louisville & Nashville railroad, |
zen BUel's command have had fresh leaves of
nee wheat, baked daily at Louisville and sent
ut to them by the morning trains. Most Of the
however, are furnished with the hard
'aked bread, which is esteemed more healthy
less liable TO spoil by exposure 10 climate.
5esides the articles enumerated above, an excel
ant article Of homiuy has been recently added
0 the ration.
HORSES AND MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.
The horses and means Of transportation more
belong TO the quartermaster's depart-
leut The number Of horses used bv our army
D the field is as follows For general and staff
ihcers, 1850; for officers of artillery and light
arteries, 42Iu; for officers and mounted men of
1861, and for officers attached to in
ahtiy, 3O&&. For travelling FORCES, ambUlances
M baggage wagons, the number of horses and
mules used is $3.50. OF other horses used for
transportation purposes there are 4293, making
total OF iUO.|Ui, which, averaging 500 each
the government SIU,67U,UUO. The forage
pr these horses committed at twenty cents per
az for each horse, costs annually the sum of
''''5J,I15 The number ct wagons used in
be- army Is estimated at $3.50. which, at Sl25
acl- cost the sum Of SI,igi $50. and $500 i'm
m0ulaJcss az 500 each, COST $50 900. Thus
"lu be seen that these few (Dut of the many
ems which 20 TO swell the amounts paid BY the
uar5ernas-ers Department. items cost in line
g-regars the sum of S2J,51J 81.
Ihere are many other items wh.ch 90 to make
p the material Of 90 vast an army, AID had We
me we could praselt many other very interest
~ statistics, which Won q astOuish the reader
nth their magnitude. Since your writer first
this article, a bill has been in-r1-
uced IN Congress TO retraach the salaries Of the
ANrAo NA@A ttAf 10 CaAllt4 OUT VIII reduce [
he regular pay rolls one half There could be
much better retrenchmen5 made in the con-
acts for supplies and in transportation, but we
this for the public to judge Of after ascer-
lining the results Of the various investigating !
1mmittees. Though the statistics We have en-
to furnish be in a manner incorrect, ]
ct the reader can by them very readily ascer-
in the expense Of keeping SO large a force
the great Union army and its appurtenances
the field.
The CHARGES AGAINsF GEN. C~RITTENDEN. !
he New Orleans Delia, of the 29th instant,
marks {
We have RETAINED from publishing the story
in circulation by Tennessee papers of urea.
n on the part Of Gen. George Critsenden, for
e reason that we believe it 20 be a gross
iumny, aud because, even If the character or
.tecedeuts Of Gen. Crttsnden warranted so
vi a suspicion, wa should hesitate to give cur
lcy to so grave and infamous a charge upon
2 authority Of persons who never drew a
cath until they we're a hundred miles from the
field, and whose cowardiee may have con-
buted as much as. or moro than any other