Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-01-11


Department from March 4th 1861, to June
80, 1865, were 3l4l70960 6S, an annual
average of $72, ,50o,990 90, or nine and three
tcnthsp per cent of the expenditures of the
Government during that period. A
- THE BUREAUS.
Two Chiefs of Bureaus have died during
the year, viz: Captain Percival Drayton,
Chief of the Bureau Of Navigation, and Sur
geon w. Wh.hn, Chief of the Bureau OF Med
icine. The Chief of Bureaus and Docks calls
for increased accommodations at tho Navy
Yards
The Chief Of the Bureau of Construction
and Repair states that there are forty-one YES
sells intended for the permanent navy in varl-
GUS states Of completion, none of which have
been launched. He needs, but finds it hard
to procure supply Of seasoned ship timber.
The Chiefof the Bureau of Equipments and
Recruiting, states the fuel account Of the ma
w for the past two years at Sll ,452, l55.-
The number of seamen enlisted in four years
lis 1lS,04i @f'
The Chief Of the Bureau Of Steam Engin-
eering details the number, condition and pro-
grcss of the engines now under contract, and
aludcs to experiments, testing the relative
capacity of different machinery.
The Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance re-
commends a survey of the ordnance and ord
nance material, with view to selling that
which is unserviceable. He gives an inter-
csting account of the investigation into the
cause of the failure of the Parrot guns at the
bamhnrdmcnt of Fort Fisher
The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery presents the usual tables showing the
sanitary condition of the navy. The number
of persons under treatment during the year
ending 3Ist December last was 1855, Of
whom ,373 died. and 2,G71 we're on the sick
list at the close of the year The total num-
Der of deaths from October /, 1864, to Sep
tember 80, 1865, was l,7j0, being per cent
age Of about 003 to the whole number Of per.
sons in service. The percentage of deaths to
The whole number of cases treated is .OlS, or
less than two per cent During the progress
of the war ,406 persons were killed, l,63e
wounded and l76 reported missing, making
the total number of casualties in the naval
service $500 But seventy-ope persons have
avaied themselves of the opportunity OF pro-
curing artificial limbs at tile public expense
CONCLUSION.
Inc SecTctaly SdSS III eoHciuo'oh' va
tainly do not claim and cannot hope to have
always avoided mistakes; bnt do sincerely
trust that the brilliant and glorious naval re-
cord which shines along the line of moment
Gus events during the whole of this period
may be accepted as proof that the Depart
mcnt has been faithfully devoted to its duties,
and that through its counscs and care the
force Of our navy has, in the selection of Off
GERS to WELD and work it, been generally and
to very fortunate extent contidcd to the best
and fittcst hands. In the conduct Of our ma.
val operations to put the right man in the
right place has been the constant effort of the
Department. and the recent history of the ma
Wy bears witness, thiuk. that the effort has
not been unsuccessful or fruitless.
| Let the Government still extend i'll judi
cious and moderate measure this fostering
care to its navy, and whenever the crisis shall
arrive that our national rights or interests are
imperilled, we may be assured that the navy
will again vindicate the claim which it has
already so sgnally established, to the admira-
ton and gratitude cf the country.