The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-12-15

$40, ,4S0, $50 ~. Disbursements du.
ring the year, SO, ,32S, 400 %, lcav.
ing balance in the treasury on
June 80, of S1,16l,1s1 ~.
The ample provision for sick and
wounded existing al the date of the
last annual report was increased du.
ring the ensuing months until n max.
imum of 204 general hospitals, with
a capacity of 1876, ,S04 beds, was reach.
ed. Ill of these hospitals have been
discontinued. Two hundred and
fourteen surgeons and assistant sur.
gcons of volunteers have been mus.
tered out, and of the 265 hospital
chaplains appointed during the war
30 only are still in commission.
The returns of sick and wounded
show that OF white troops 1857 .423
cases have been treated in general
hospitals alone, from 1861 to July
j, 1860, Of which the rate of mortal.
iiy was per cent. In nearly all
sections of the country, the health of
the troops has been fully equal to
that o:prcceding years, though mil.
itary movements of unprecedented
magnitude have been pushed to sue.
cesslul termination, without regard
to seasons.
| puARTERMAsTER's DEPARTMENT.
During the year over 20,0G0, 900
bushels of grain and 100000 tons of
hay have been provided by the de-
/ Innrtmont. pof mn oo,,t, oI ,,,,,l q, II
$4,000 tons OF coal have also been
supplied by the dcpots. Troops in
the field have supplied themselves
with fuel from the forests in which
they have op,ritcd. The dcpots of
the quartermastcr' $ department have,
during the war, furnished the army
with 23,000.0O0 bushels of corn. IS
100000 bushels of oats, $4,000, 600
bushels of barley, 100000 tons of
hay, 10000 tons of straw, $50, 900
cords of wood, and 100000 tons of
coal, all of which have been pur-
chased, measured, transported, is
sued and accounted for by its officers
and agents.
|. The supply of horses and mules
for the army has been regular and
sufficient There were purchased
during the fiscal year III, ,GS2 cav.
airy horses; from September lst,
1864, to Both June, 1S65, 20,7l4 ar
tillery horses; and from lst July,
1864, TO Both juno, 1865, 5S,S1S
mules. Prices of horses varied du.
ring the year from S14l TO S1s5; OF
mules, from 500 to Sl95.
|, The reduction of the army has EN-
abled the quartcrmastcr's depart.
ment to dispense with large numbers
OF horses and mules, and to the 17th
ofOctober the sales of animals are es
timated to have produced $1,000
Inc ,yuuruermastcr General re-
ports the sale of lbs, $40 horses and
mules, the receipts amounting to
81 300, ,00C.
! Eighty-thrce engines and one thou.
sand and nine ears have been sold
for n million and half'of dollars. -
Over two hundred locomotives and
two thousand ears have been sold at
!, appraised values, on credit, TO the
Southern railroads.
! Oflivc hundred and eighty. eight
steamboats, and other boats employed
on the western rivers all but eleven
have been put ont of commission.
or the transport fleet upon the
r ocean on the 1st of January last,
-four hundred and sixty steamers and
vessels of all kinds have been dis
charged or laid up for sale, and
many OF them have already been
sold.
, A million of dollars has been re.
ceived from tho sales of vessels he.
longing TO the department, which
will be increased by future sales.
In all, S3,Ss1 persons, employed
on wages, had been discharged from
the service of the quartermaster $
department at the end Of September,
1865, reducing its expenses per
month Sl,0S6,09s.
The sales of property Of all kinds
reported and recorded on the books
of the Quartermastcrs General $ Of
flee, from the Goth of April to the
Sth of November, 1865, amount to
$l3,357 ,3i5.
The burial records Of the quarter
masters department, which do not
| include the names of those who fell
in battle and were buried immedi-
ately on the field by their comrades,
show the intcrment in cemeteries OF
| 1 Af ttfl,A
were loyal, 1886 were whites and
20,345 colored persons.
ORDNANCE BUREAU.
The fiscal resources of the Ord.
nance Bureau for the past year
amounted to $40, 7S3 1856 10, and the
expenditures TO S4S,ll3,53l 81,
leaving n balance of S2,67 ,l2I SO to
the credit of disbursing officers, in
the government repositories, on June
30, 1868.
The number of permanent United
States arsenals and armories is TWEEN.
ty-eight The command and super
vision OF these, together with the in
spection services required at the
arsenals, the foundrics, the powder
mills, and o.her private establish
ments engaged in work for the Gov
ernment, furnish constant employ
mcnt TOR the whole number Of ord
nance officers (siXty-four) now au
thorized by law. The proper dis
charge OF those essential duties re
quires that that number should be