The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-12-14

contribute to the public resources,
arc worth more To the United
States than IL they had been re-.
served rs a solitude for the future
purchasers.
The lamcntablo events of the
last four years, and the sadriiiccs
made by the gallant men of our
Army and Navy, have swelled the
records of the Pension Bureau TO-
IN unprecedented extent. On the
Both day of June last; the total
OF pensioners S5.9S6, re
luiring for ;hcir annual pay. cxclu.
sivc ofcXpcuscs, the sum of SS,023
ll5. The number of applications
that have been allowed since that
date will require Il lirge increase of
this amount for the next fiscal year.
The means for the payment of the
stipuuds due, un Ter existing laws,
to disabled soldiers and sailors.
and to the families of such rs have
persisted in the service OF the
country, wi no doubt be cheerful
~ and promptly granted. A CRATE
tul people will not hesitate to sane
tion any measures having for their
object the relief of mutllatcd sol.
diers and their families made faith
crlcss in the efforts to preserve our
national existence.
Tho report OF tho Postmaster
General presents an encouraging
exhibit OF the operations of the
Post Office Department During
the year. The revenues Of the
past year from the loyal States
alone exceeded the maximum an.
nual receipts from all tho States
previous TO the rebellion, in the
sum of SG,03S.09l; and the an
nuM average increase OF revenue
during the last four years, compar-
cd with the revenues of tho -four
years Immediately preceding the
rebellion, was S3,533,St5. The
revenues OF the last fiscal year
amounted to SlI ,55G,15S, and the
expenditures to'$l3, ,6)4, ,72S, lcav.
ing a surplus of receipts over ex
pcnditurcs of $S6l .430 Progress
has been made in restoring the pos.
tai service in the Southern States.
The views presented by tho Post
master General against the policy
of grant-subsidics to ocean mail
steamship lines upon established
routes, and in favor of continuing
the present system, which limits
the compensation for ocean service
to the postage earning, are recon.
mendcd to the careful considera.
ton of Congress.
1t appears, from the report OF
the Secretary Of the Navy, that
while, at the commencement of the
present year, there were in com.
mission $50 vessels of all classes
aud descriptions, armed with 5000
guns and 81, 900 mon, the number
OF vessels n. present in commits
sion is III, with $50 guns and II.
l2S men. BY this prompt reduc-
ton OF the naval forces the cxpen'
ses OF the Government have beer
largely diminished, and n number
of vessels, purchased for nava
purposes from the merchant ma
rine, have been returned to tn,
peaceful pursuits OF commerce.
Since the suppression of activ,
hostilities our foreign squadron
have been re established, and con
sist of vessels much more efficient
than those employed on similar
service previous to the rebellion
Tho suggestion for the enlarge
ment of the navy-yards, and es
pecially for the establishment o
one in fresh water for iron cla(
vessels, is deserving Of considera
tion, as is also the recommendation
for a different location and moro
ample grounds for the Naval Acad
emy.
In the report Of the Secretary ol
War, a general summary is given
of the military campaigns of 1864
and 1865, ending in the suppress
ion of armed resistance to tho ma.
tional authority in the insurgcnt
States. The operations ofthe gen.
eral administrative Bureaus OF the
War Department during tic past
year are detailed, and an estimate
made of the appropriations that
will be required for military pur
poses in the fiscal year co.nmcn.
cling the 30th day of June, 1866
The national military force on the
LIST of May, 1865, numbered 900
SIG men. 1t is proposed to reduce
the military establishment to O
peace footing, comprchending fifty
thousand troops of all arms, organ,
lied SO as to admit Of an enlarge
mont by filling up the ranks t.
eighty.two thousand six hundred
il the circumstances Of the countr,
should require an augmentation {
the army. Tho volunteer fore
has already been reduced by tn
discharge from service OF owe
eight hundred thousand troops
and the Department is proceeding
rapidly in the work of further re
duction. The war estimates ar
reduced from S5l6, ,240,1 to S33,
s15,45l, which amount, in tn
opinion Of the Department, is ade
quate for a peace establishment :
The measures Of retrenchment il
each Bureau and branch of the ser
vice exhibit a diligent econom.
worthy of commentator. Refer
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