Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-11-22
GIN. GRANTS ANNUAL REPORT.

GIN. GRANTS ANNUAL REPORT.
Reduction sf military ExPenditures-Esti-
nnte for tho Next Fiscal Ysar-R~Perts
Of District Comm nders aud Others.
As has been announced heretofore, the re.
pOr. of General Grant as Secretary OF War al
tufe-ip and General CT the ArmE Is completed
snd has been laid before the President. Ii vii,
show that one of the fret objects TO which th !.
General addressed himself on en- terinz the W. ar
Once On the l2th Of August last was the re .
oue'ioD Of expenditures, to which end arm
officers were required 70 dispense with various
indu'seneies which they had been enjoying a
the expense OF the Government. The Blu reau
OF heoel ArchtNes, and the Bureau for the
Exchange OF p 'soners. were turned over 10
the Aujutant GeAera.'s Once, 10y which q large
number OF clerks and several officers were
dispensed with.
The sale of large quantities of an rola s,oras
relieved the Government of onsi1era ME CT
Pense for guarding soo storage, saving the
rent OF numerous store houses, and the sal a.
RES OF lsrgs number Of EMPLOYEES A con
siderable red uct,on has also been effeeted in
the expense OF maintaining troops along the
routes OF travel across the plains, Attn Dugn
tnis Is still heavy. The strength Of the army,
sept. ~, 1891, was 5s,si5; number Of recruits,
a,isl; desertions, 1865. Recruiting has
been very successful. 1t Is recommsn ded
That the term of enlistment be changed
rom tnIee 70 nve years, and q change
ual and pInishments. The volunteer force
mas been reduced TO about two hundred com.
missonec OH GERS, who are retained by special
acts for service in the Freedmsn's Bureau.
No Recommendation 10 made as to the con.
unusnce or discontinuance Of the Freedmsn's
Bureau, but be leaves the matter with Uon-
gress.
In the ONCE of the Quartermaster General
over 11,O00 accounts have been examined
during the year, amounting to more than
sSco,ooo,IoO, and there remain TO Be examined
accounts amounting 10 nearly 5000 900 more
The report embraces some facts 10 relation
to cemeteries for the interment Of Cniou sol.
diers. of which there are 3Oe. including eighty.
one known a. s'national cemeteries" About
quarter Of million interments have been
made in these cemeteries, and there rem ain
some seventy odd thousand to be inferred. The
total cost OF these cemeteries when com pieted
will be about three millions and q half
The Indebtedness Of Southern railroads to
the United States on the Both OF June last was
little less than S6OOO.OOO, q red uctlop of
500 900 since the last report.
In the office of the Pay n aster General there
nave been received and recorded over fou-
hundred thousand bounty CLAIMS under the
act OF July Is, 1866, about e-fourth of WHICH
have been settled. at an expenditure of seme-
thing over S9,0OO,OOO
The report OF the Chief Engineer will recon.
mend thar surveys for river and boz in.
provements should be continued, especially
upon the Western rivers.
IL will appear from the ordnance report that
the arms and o'her ordnance stores W Inch had
accumulated st the Southern arsenaIs nave
been removed aud are now In charge Of tue
Ordnance Department An appropriation is
recommended for the establis hment OF an
arsenal between the Missouri river aud Rocky
Mountains for the Storage or arms for the use
OF troops serving on the plains Some xenty.
three thousand Springfield muskets have BEEN
converted during the yearInto brrech -ioaders,
and the troops serving on the plains have aen
armed win them. These arms have Loved
very effective weapons IN the cam pai "a against
the IUdi-ns
he Board otNisitors 10 the West Point Mil
tary Academy sp-Sk favortUlv At tn. coudt-
on OF the Institution and lis usefulness Six.
~ three cadets ar tdudted in June, and were
com m ssIcn. g In toe amy.
As he Iegu ar army Il now about four times
a large as before the war. IL il taoaght that
the numb@r OF cadets no " adm tied u tue mil
ltary 6cademy Is Insuth tent 70 supply n with
officers, and ~ u therefore recon N IN I'd IN ,t
thr present nu Der, winch - limited % ona
for zach Representative and ID l.ytt. in Don
gress and tea at large, h. Increased by c1nsid-
eIi2g a vacancy existing in each Clrgrss
sional district when It's cadet enters the second
class
The total estimates of military approprIa-
ions required for the fiscal year ending June
l-5G *