American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-11-27
GRANTS REPORT.


WASHINGTON; d. g., Nov. FL, 1867
General Grant has about completed
his annual report as Secretary OF War ad
interim and Gener al. n.Chief of the
army. Instead Of making separate re-
ports, he will embrace all in one, and
submit it in that shape through the Pres
ident to Congress. The various bureau
reports aud those from the military dis
trict commanders have been submitted
aud from these General Grant has OBJ.
tanned the proper data for his report,
which, as will be seen, is most important
and interesting regarding the present aud
future peace establishment of the Gov
ernment..
.. '" RETRENcHMENr. .......
General Grant will show that his work
Of retrenchmept was commenced By sus
pending the mounted ordeIlies aud the
ambulance corps, and transferring to the
Adjutant Generals Department the du>
ties Of the Bureau for the exchange OF
prisoners aud the Bureau of Rebel Arch
ives. Since the last annual report he
says large quantity of surplus stores
has been disposed OF, and numerous civ
il officers discharged. In the matter of
the inspection Of troops, the cost has been
greatly reduced, and for the future, our
troops being mostly employed on the
plains, the completion of the Pacific
Railroad will materially lessen the cost
of transportation and reduce the number
of troops necessary to be kept up in that
section. ..- f-~. ..
THE FREEDMEN's BUREAU.
In reference to the Freedmen's Bu-
reau, he recommends neither its con tin
uauce or discontinuance.
srENGTH OF THE ARMY.
The total strength of the army, the
report will show, on the 30th Of Sep
tember, was about fity.six thousand FIVE
hundred. The number of recruits amoun-
ted to about thirty four thousand, and
the desertions to the same period were
upwards of thirteen thousand. Recruit,
ing has been very successful, aud in or
der to further encourage it and to secure
other advantages, the General recon-
mends change of the term of service
making it from three to five years Also
a change of the system of courts mar
tial Attention will be called to the
number Of desertions and recommends
that severe punishments be prescribed
for such offenses in future.
NO VOLUNTEER APPROPRIATION RE-
QUIRED.
At date of last report, there weIe about
eleven thousand volunteers in the serv,
ice; at the present time there are but two
+, hundred, aud these commissioned offi>
GERS, remaining, and no enlisted men in
that service. The mastering and dis
bursing officers have all been discharged,
excepting those q. Albany, Philadelphia,
Columbus, Louisville, Santa Fe and San
Francisco. No appropriation, however,
for volunteer disbursement will be re-
quired during the coming year.
ai AN INCREASE OF OFFICERS ASKED.
A recommendation will be made to in
crease the numbea Of officers in the Ad-
jutant Generals Department, oas to al
low one to each Brgadier and Major
General of the army. The report will
also ask for an increase of the number
of officers Of the Inspector Generals
Office. .ptso-~......t >
oUARTERMAsTRR GENERALS REPORT.
The report of the Quartermaster Gem
eral for the fiscal year ending June 30th,
1867, shows that over eleven thousand
separate accounts havs been settled,
amounting to nearly four hundred mil>
lions of dollars, leaving claims to the
amount Of forty seven millions still un>
settled. During the past year the. same
department has disposed Of about six>
teen thousand mules,and the sales of sur.
plus and uuserviceable animals amount
to nearly three hundred thousand dollars
The total sales Of this character since
the cloae Of the, hostilities have been
about sixteen millions and half No
purchases of clothing have been very
large. A number of wooden buildings
have been sold, amounting to about one
hundred thousand dollars.
THE NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
About three hundred cemeteries have
been opened, of which eighty are known
as National Ths number Of soldiers
buried in these amount to nearly three
hundred thousand, of which more than
tw hundred and fifty thousand bodies
arc inferred in the ones known as Na>
tional. There are still remaining unin.
tered about seventy six thousand bodies,
making total of three hundred and
twenty eight thousand and ninety, The
bodies Of two hundred and eight thous-
and and sixty one are inferred IN these
cemeteries, which cost the Government
about three and half millions of dol
lors. -l.
SOUTHERN RAILROAD INDEBTEDNESS
On July 1st, 1866, the Southern rails
roads were indebted to the Government
in the sum of over six millions and
half of dollars. To june 80, 1867 they
had reduced this to FIVE millions nine
hundred thousand dollars. s1t...
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT..
The report also recommends au in.
crease of the officers of the Commissary
of Subsistence.
TOBACCO FOR THE ARMY.
The tobacco for the army during the
last year, cost about three hundred thous,
and dallars r.E .."