The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-12-14

regiments comprising it have been dis.
tributed to stations, and their ranks
are rapidly filling up, thus enabling
the department to relieve regiments oi
volunteer troops, The present author.
thorized strength Of the regular regi.
ments is 952 officers and Al ,819 en-.
listed men. This estimate is made on
tho basis of AZ privates to a company
the number now allowed by law at all
except frontier posts.
1t is recommended in the report
that the maximum standard be fixed
at 100 enlisted men TO a company.
MUsTERIEG oUT-coLoRED TROOPS
The rapidity with which work has
been executed will be apparent from
the fact that to August Z, 640,806
troops have been m ustered out; Au-
gust %, 719, 1888; September ID, 741,-
107; October Is, 7S5, ,205; November
Is, 800,963. rs .-aa
= The whole number of colored men
enlisted into the service of the United
States during the rebellion was 49,
975. Tho largest number in service
was on the 18th Of July, 1865, viz,
l23,156. The loss during the war
from all causes, except muster out,
was 6S,l79 There have been 80, ,234
colored troops mustered out. \ The
number remaining in service after ex-
isting orders for muster out shall
have been executed will be 85,024.-
The number of applicants for commits.
sions in colored troops amounted to
9,019, of which 1900 were examined.
OF this numbe" l,472 were rejected,
and 2,3lS received appointments The
number of soldiers discharged from
regiments, etc, of white troops to ac-
ceptappontments in organizations of
colored troops, was 1,7G7. 1t is as
certaincd, from reports of inspecting
officers, that the morale Of the organi-
cation is good.
' PAY DEPARTMENT.
The Paymaster General reports that
during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1865, 81, ,939, ,224 AZ were paid to the
regular army, while $8OO,73S,635 So
were paid to volunteers, and that the
total disbursements since June 80, '64,
to the date of this report, amount in
the aggregate to S524,O54,946 &c.
Payments amounting to S270, 100000
have been made to about 100000 mus
tered out troops Tho highest mum,
Der of additional paymastcrs in service
during the fiscal year was 447 the
number now in service is 2l0. All
the troops retained in service have
boon ped 70 Jnno 90. 1863. nnh many
organizations to August 81, 1865, and
TO all discharged troops in full to date
Of discharge.
The anticipated payments of boun-
ties to soldiers, and three months ad-
ditional pay to officers mustered out
that has fallen due by reason Of muster
out, amount to sol 100000.
The whole sum disbursed by the pay
department since the commencement
Of the war, viz: from July l, 1861, to
July /, 1865, amounts to 81 ,O29, $780,
900. 5
The total losses and defalcations du-
ring the same period, if nothing should
be recovered, amount to the sum Of
s541 900; and it is believed that not
less than half of this amount will be
recovered. The total expenses Of dis
bursement, including all pay and al.
lowances, commutation Of quarters,
fuel, and travelling expenses for four
years and four months, amount TO S.
429,6OO.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. .-....
The Surgeon General reports that
the receipts from all sources and avail
able for the expenses of the medical
department during the fiscal year end
ing'June 30; 1865, were $50, ,469,6SO AZ.
Disbursements during the year, Sl9,-
326, ,499 %, leavieg a balance in the
Treasury on juno so, of 81 ,l6l,l ,lSl "a.
The ample provisions for sick and
wounded existing at the date Of the
last annual report was increased du-
ring the ensuing months until a maxi
mum of 204 general hospitals with a
capacity of 1854 beds, was reached,
III of these hospitals have been dis
continued. Two. hundred and four
teen surgeons and. assistant surgeons
OF volunteers have been mustered out,
and of the 265 hospital chaplains ap-
pointed during the war, 29only are
still in commission .. ,+
Tho returns of sick and wounded
show that of white troops 1,057 ,423
cases have been treated in general hos.
pitfalls alone, from 1861 toJuly ], 1900
which the rate of mortality was 8 per
cent In nearly all sections of the
country the health of the troops has
been fully equal to that Of preceding
years, though military movements Of
unprecedented magnitude have been
pushed to successful termination, with
out regardoto seasons.
oUARTERMAsTER' DEPARTMENT.
During the year over 100000
bushels Of grain and 100000 tons Of
hay have been provided by the depots
of the quartermaster's department ;
$4,000 cords of wood, and $4,000
tons Of coal have been supplied BY the
depots. Troops in tho field have sup
piled themselves with fuel from the
forests in which they have operated
The depots of tho quartermaster's de-
partmcnt have, during the war, fur
nished the army with 23 600, 900 bush
els of fcorn, 7s,OOO,0OO bushels of oats,
9S,OOO,000 bushels of barley, 1,5OO,-
600 tons of hay, 10000 tons of straw,