The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-30
intervening statements.

The following Il an abstract ~ The report ~
the Payma~ter General Tor the operations Tor
this department for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1855. Balance in the hands Of Paymas
tiers and unused acquisitions I'm the treasury ~
the beginning OF the fiscal year. July l. l~"S.
ed as, Ses 80; received from the treasury dur
ing the hscal year including unused reluisi-
tions In the treasury on June 30, 1868, $751;
a90.O9. received from the Paymaster- from
other sources, exclusive Of sums transferred
among themselves, s6 ,sl5,sJi %. To be ac-
counted for. Ss.0.O5l 9i6 b. Accounted for a.
follows. Disbursements To the regular army,
S7.s3e, s25 ~; disbursements e. Military Acad-
smy. Sl53.Ua9 IL: disbursements 10 Nolun-
teerS, $50, sa>.6S' 81; total disbursements,
s30c, "a. 800 80; amount u unused acquisitions
in the treasury on june 81. t~6S, St5 ,poo .usa:
balance actually IN the hands Of Paymaster.
0n June 80. i>dj. S55, III 9~S hS; total Siau,-
O5t.9l6 81. Since the beginning Of the current
fiscal year. besides the above sums in the
hands of Paymasters. aud the unused requi-
sitions stated, SoioooOoo have heen disbursed
aud distributed for disbursement, making y
total expenditure Of S5at.o5i,9i6 81 during
the last fiscal year snd the present one 10 this
date. of thi, large sum more than one-half
z2s0. OsO 900 has been paid L. di~ban,led vol
unteer-. mustered out Of service.
From the early dNs ~ June Go the present
time. the Department has made final payments
10 more than eight thousand men. Probably
no similar work ~ Ike magnitude, regarding
is immfnSitN ~ a. men and money ana the
small space ~ time in which il has been per-
formed, has. IL i believed. any parallel I'm the
history q ARM, The faNma~ter General
highly compliments his corps Of paymastcrs
for their industry and faithfuluc>s in disburs-
Ing funds 60 the army.
The department has drawn ON an average
Sa0.0oo.oo0 per week from the Treasury during
the last fiscal year. since the last annual re-
port az contingent appointments Of payma>-
ters have been made. Of which there are hut
ii0 remaining In service. The reduction If
this force 81 pay mastcrs will still continue.
and those whose services can be dispensed
with will De gradually mustered out,
The division ~ referred claims imposes an
onerous labor on the clerical force constituting
the bureau. aud the sudden accumulation Of
| business from recent and continued large pay
Ancnt> q di.handei troops renders a reduc-
lon in that direction Al present injudicious
b. entire force 81 the Regular army, and the
luntetr forces ~ every description. retained
the service. aud not embraced in orders
fNr muster. have been PAID. or areqroyided
Tor and In process Of payment. 90 the eni Of Tie
last fiscal year O. the frst of July last. many
organizations nave been paid 10 the latter date,
September l. All dl> charged troops have been
paid in fill and all being discharged. or un-
der orders Tor discharge. are provided for, and
viii D. paid n fast a. they arrive ~ their re-
spectivc places II rendezvous.
The Paymastcr General. m conclusion. lives
summary statement ~ tie results ef his de-
partmeut during The past four wears, n fol
lows. The total amouut II money d.shur~ed
by the department. from july 1. 1851. 10 the
present DATE. dishuf>t meuts. including paw and
allowances g. faymasters and their clerks.
mies-vs and travelling eNpen-e~ e;c- an
average 4 go faymasters ana 80 clerks. for
the term 81 four years AMI four mouths. q
large average. st.t-AGn. AID dcfglcations and
expenses. - %61ela Thus it j. seen that the
total - every character B. STA. 20 90. The
Total dei4icatlaus "a tie .4cpaIiiuent Tor tie
same period. suppes.n-, that nothing = made
from suf,ties. audit Is believed that more than
ene-half will be collected from thi, source.
son-esa Total - expenses o. the Govern
meut arising nom the disbursement q the
pay O. the Armies during the period stated
y les than 'eten-tenih- 81 one per cent. u the