The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-02

The following is General Grants Report As
General-in-Cbiel and Secretary Of War dd
iTleTiSn:-
long war had entalled upon the army practices OF
exuRvRgRnce totally unjnstihabe In time OF peace;
tnow almost the entire Srmy9 s oeepSd by men 1s
whose army experience does not go back % that
l. dulgences at the expense OF the General Govern.
subject to attract my attention. During the Rebel.
lion ambulances and mounted orderlles At every
belion they have been continued II not at evey post
s srmy deonnsnes Of hs sv S1SeugeSa wss Sses
sary both 70 the discipline and efficiency Of the
given for oresRing u up snd seeing to It's execution
the Adutant- Generals Department, = so the
Bureau for The exchange OF Prisoners, etc, thus
Der clerks and several officers WAC had, TO that
Supplying large armies for period OF four years OF
% s .SS Far ea e Sa Wants ~ @ Of
for many years 70 come Many Of
being borne on the returns OF officers accountabe FOR
them, they had to be stored and guarded. ath Jugh
their value. Under my direction ali these surplus
ment are being sold and the balance distribaes FOR
ne 70 troops as they may be wanted This releases
paid, and also discharges large number OF civil em-
during the last summer and summer before caused
inspections to be made OF the various routes Of travel
souri, river and the Pacific coast The of main
tanning troops in that section was go enormous that
d sired, If possible. to reduce It, This have been
enabled to do to some extent from the information
military establish m ent between the lines desIEnated
es Of Sess w pis FAR
permanent settlement OF our Indian difficulties,
going on with the hostile tribes Of Indians will Pe
s % SSas S % ARE pn!Ss
through that portion OF the Indian territory where
they are giving the most trouble.
FRERDMKN's BUREAU.
From the report of the Commis ssioner of the Bureau
Of Refuge es. Freedmen. and Abandoned Lands, 1
make the following synopsis
practical working Of the Bureau Of Refugees, Freed
Pssn SnS T dor bSnd except % Tc as have
mandefs under the ReconsIuction act. oOl"'
the
cBsrsed and forty eight mustered out O0Sn oiS-
The freedmen as people, are making rapid pro:
gress IN sducationi In mechanic arts and in all
The amount of abandoned land" now in possession
OF the Bureau is 04 acres, much Of which swamp
land, and scarcely any affordng revenue. The num-
efF Bussss Sf of
number S q claims presented dSTing sss Of
which 755 have been finally adjusted and 42ee are
The Collected ana paid tS cls%entd has been
and ordered de paid. under Act Of Congress approved
March 90 1857, amounting to $780, 1893.
and 10 1881 freedmen 20 enable them to reach places
n sssn hS1e SSs sS
road accounts for transportation have been audited,
dsbSrsiDs Cfiicer has been slS7 75fss
Hospitals are being rapidly closed ana aispensarles PEI
relief TO the sick. The number OF refugees treated
a wse% is iRs dsdi o. ,dPsr cent FSs nu@6st q
TSe nUm6er Of comSissioned medical ofcefs and
private physicians employed by the Bureau has been
No sdeGuste PTovison has been made FOR the nssSe,
either by state or municipal but they are
average cost Of furnishing medical attendance and
medicines during the year has been 1878 for each
The total expenditures tor the Medical Department
COmmlsssry supplies have been issued to a limited
ti1ue such issues altoseteer the average number
Of so1s ST the year p w9er % s s %as
tuition became SO great that urgent appeals were made
amount of supplies furnished by means Of the Relief
Fund has been sS9SSs pounas OF Porn ane oaoon and
ceivng reiief is reported TO have been 2SSS72 The
Sens Gn2 the WRoe expense nas 6esg
0sHEy a Ser oS sSSI T U5 sas pssGd sS
was discontinued In August, the funds and sappes
require bsp % dpSing thee the Coming winter ''-A'
Se Sys 10 ans well
The total of day and night schools reported Including
242 teachers and 7s5 SCHOLARS an increase of
since last annual report OF these l9S schools are
buildings owned by them. or the teachers, 69e
The average amount Of tuition paid per month by
Finance Appropriation for the year ending JulS
ToSSi expenditure from oct. 1866 to Aug 81, 1857
e1sveh Ss bnnnns tsms Of expsndItures are-For
schools and school buildings 5SsS,957e subsistence
Stores 81 326S; transportation e2N746S salaries
of agents. clerks ETC., e52 42lI medical department
S83lc02l; quarters and fuel. SlS0o9s64 clothing,
Sll6,6S6 80.
The balance of the penditure 1896, has been
for printing postage, and other contingencies. .
The surplus from the uneXpeuded appropriations
OF 1866 with the balance or the appropriation or tns
year win be sum Client for the purposes o. the BuTeSu
In addition 10 the above proper Ine ais
bursting officer has paid back 20 colored soldiers, or
their hers retained Slate bountieS 70 the amount OF
t5l,72Oss and has paid claims OF colored solders.
20, 1856, TO the amount OF Ss5O,S7uss.
Apprenticeship in Maryland stil holds large num-
beTs of cOlOrCd children In virtual slavery Ihe eVu
and crueliies resulting from this system senetionea
by the state lawH, matters OF conatsnt Onplain
Al many two thousand cases have been presented
In a single county.
Educdtion.-Ip ali the schools in the District of
Columbia and Western Virginia there have been lg9o
scholars and 279 teachers. In West Virginia the
schoOs nave been sustained In part from the puolc
schools exists. IufAe District OF Columbia the color
ed schools are Rlao entitled prOpOrtionate share
OF lhe puolc school fund. but The city authorities
have NOT YET paid the entire claimed. II prob
VIII recover al that rs due, aud in future receive
an equitable share of the public funds. in which
case the coloted schools will be Independent
" OF the Bureau several Institutions of higher grade
than common schools have been estahlishedo and
nave made a good beginning. Among Ihasa are the
National Theological Instituta ia WRshington nndsr
school and college at Hsrper's Ferry, oond ncted by
Ihe Free-W III Baptsts, and the Howard UniversIty
IN the District Columbia, which Is designed 10 be
national, and free TO ALL The normal aud pre-
tIEty scholars and buildings are now being erected
OT ~ SsaSSdS cheap homes for industrious oOoFet
men, farm has been puFcheseo' surveyed into aeE'