, 1865-06-24

NeR Natonal, Arlington u-...-.-..-- a,6!9 23i
$3.50 4.16e
Tic natiyily Of POI tinn Of these is rs fal-
lows: United States. 1910; England. 142 !.
ireland. IA; Scotland, 20; Wales, I !; France.
In addition to what ne print above, there
are many details which 1t wonld be i,npoesl-
ble to print in newspaper article.
!, SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT.
The supplies Of subsistence st6res for The
kets Of Boston. New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati. LouIe.
Vile, Chicago and St. Louis, aud forwarded
from these points to the principal depots toz
the several asm'es in. the field whence they
haye been distributed to minor, less perma-
neni or more adTanced depos., according to
tIoope. Subsistence stores 10 limited e1-
tent have also been purchased At many other
points when required for local iasuse.
The reduction Of the ration By he act o!
june 60 1854. to the ration ~ It existed b.
fore the act OF August 9, 1851. is proved to
TS dsntty of od
Some officers familiar with tie subject are Of
orinion that the ration may be improved
without adding materially to Its cost, in
Which opinion Gen. Dyer refuses to concur.
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT,
The ainount. q app,ogstatlons to the Dc,
expenditures were t3s, So, ,sssa.eS.
The following ts report Of the ordnance,
arms and ammunition. remaining In tta ar
senal= on juno 50, 1864: !
fie1d cannon and ttsgo Euns.......,.... a,on
Foands @ q aitiiifr; .n ssaniiion lssis;3
CHIEF 1SdxEER's DEPARTMENT. =
The total amount expended By this depart
mtnt for The year was s8,346, 1gLT4. The
amount appropriated By Congress for the
prosecution Of the works on which this sum
has been expended, including the Military
Academy, was &, ,o53,2 ,2N.
The Military Aeadony has continued to
fulhal The purpose for which 1t waa created, ,;by
collecting and procuring from all nations the
ats and sciences connected with the defense
u our country, and lmpartin2 the knowledge
o. them. 60 far as 1t IL applicable To our peo-
pie. to the cadets enjoying the benefit Of =
military education at tins national instifu.
ton.
THR SURGEON GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
The total amount Of funds received
II this Department for the year ....r,
ending June e. 1861, was. 81. ~, ,99.0s
The olshursemenN were. 11.02s,79i33
One hundred and eiRhty-tHo general hos
pita1s, with capacity Of e1ghtJ-fbun thousand
were in operation at the date Of the last au-
nuAl report. pntipg the summer campaigns
1t Was found necessary to establish additional
ones. and increase the capacity of those near
est The scenes Of active Operations. giving one
huIdred and ninety {1ooj hospitals, with ca
five hundred and twenty-one Q20,5aD beds,
on the 10Th day Of June, 1854.
During the year the health Of the entire
army WAS better than is usual With troops en-
gagged 20 constantly on actlye duty and in RI
duous camFatgns. No destructive ep!dernics
n ~ nd ~
tick and wounded, although large, has been
comparatively email in the proportion 1t has
borne to the whole army. At the close OF the
year the number Of slck and wounded; both
ln commands and IN general hospitals, vas
M Les than sl1teen (l6l per cent Of ths strength
were sick, and GAG per cent wounded. Tho
Hnaber sick with their respective commando
wAR four per cent, aud In general hospitals
SO per cent Of the strength. OF the O. 8 per
cent wounded nearly one per cent we're With
thsl5 Z respective Command. the rest In graer-
. The work Of reducing the sick reports OF
the army has not advanced sufficiently, to
present q detailed statistical report of sick
nees and mortality during the year, but 1t is
evident that the completed tables will ex.
hlbit lower .ate Of mortality than in p.evi-
june, 1861. were 2.oS per thousand Of mean
strength from wounds, 3.10 per thousand;
total deaths Cos per thousand, or si1.tenths
Of one per cent Tor tie month. DuriLg the
same Eao1th Of tho previous year the total
vas 7.3 per Thousand Of mean strength; or
over seven.tenths Of one per cent I
There we're furnished during the year to !
disabled soldiers G6o legs and $50 arms.
The Army Medical Museum continues to
Increase In yatue, and Is already one Of the |
most Instructive pathological collections In |
the world. A descriptive catalogue Is in
SIrS & ct pteERatsaon r az ssanati9n
importance OF this institution in connection |
with the surgical and medical history. OF tho
war. =. ,.. 1
THE rE1EnAs RESERVE CORPS. (: I
= The medical statistics Of the veteran re-.
serve corps are very Interesting.
Tho principal disabilities for which enlisted |
men have been transferred TO this corps are
as iollowa:
Gun shot wounds, chronic d1arrhea. inju-
ries, dieeaee OF heart, rheumatism, hcrnia.
The ratio Per thousand Of gun shot wounds |
gstatly ezeet dz thAt Of any other disability
per thsnsand), Or nearly every fourth man IN
this corps has been transferred to it mac
count, Of disability produced by honorable
wounds,
The list Of injuries is not included IN this
1eport; II It should it would give ratio Of
8e6: y per thousand, nearly every third man.
The prcgnlence Of diarrhea IN Its segernl
stages In the army Of tho United States, for
the year ending June 80, 1869, was G5s.4S
.ascs In every thousand men :; It is not, there.
lore, q matter Of surprise that the ratio OF
this disease, In the disabilities Of the veteran.
fssslTe a e. e. ncorps IN It's chronic FORM Is found to
Disease Of the heart occurs in the ratio Of
20. 50 PEI thousand, or one In IN. This dis
tase has been one Of the most prolific causes
cr the discharge OF mtn from the service.
For the atst tWo muntns Of 1865, the ra.io
per thousand. discharged for disease Of the
;atlo Is 81 a per thousand, or less than one
II every Is.
JpDGK ADVOCATE G9NnRAL'S pKrAnrHxyT.
The opefaslops Of tata buteau for the sixteen |
months pssrous 70 March. 1865 were - follows:
nd military commletious reviewed. 500
Sumhe1 Of reports made as to the regularity
81 p.oessd,DEs o. applications p tos Isstora
the remission az conmntatl1n ofteutences,
and upon mlscelianeuns questions referred
TO this oEnec.... D,3to
TIE PA1NAsrER GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
The Paynastcr Generals report is dated
November lst. 1851, and is lor the year end
ng June 30th, 1854. Gen. Bftce Gays:
The tabular statement herewith presented
exhibits balance In the hands Of p2ymas-
e1s at the beginning OF the fiscal year, iJply
!, 1861 OF $G8, ,GS3, ,5sf. oS. This balance,
Eif1l the requisittons Of this Office In favor Of
aymastess and SUMS received from other
o te accounted for the total sum Of $3t3,-
IS, ,6G567, which is done as follows, to-wit:
oasmsstefs to regular army ........ Ea11a y7t 81
aaYm1nts to mtlltsry acsdenJ...... 1ta,ss7.13
p.ymeptt 10 volunteers. 20 S53,a71,M
4EeUpt Of regulations pending In
Tho treasury, and not issued. Juna
Astassl Il aai:i;:llih s.i.ass il h;ads of p'yass. -