The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-11-28

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pleasure trip oftwenty four hours. Three
weeks hence, the traveller may step into
Pullman sleeping coach in Omaha, al
six o'clock in the evening, breakfast a,
F North Platte, sup at Cheyenne, within
! view of the Snowy Range, and Longs
Peak, with the great hills looming W
eighteen miles away. Beautifully typi.
cal is this rapid transit of the wonderful
changes going on in the great "west.'
Synopsis of the Report of the Sec
f"" rotary of War. JEDI" .@f@'~-
Gen. Grants annual report says that
large quantities of surplus stores have
been disposed of during the year and
numerous civil officers discharged and
the cost of the inspection of troops great
ly reduced. "'
He neither recommends the. continue
ance or discontinuance of the Freed
mans Bureau. s~ss!
The total strength of the army is So
600; recruits during the year, about ST.
600, and assertions, upwards of 1900.
I The General recommends change in
the term service, making it from three
to five years. Also change Of the sys-
tenn of court ,nartials. Attention will
| be called to number Of desertiona, and
! the report recommends that severe pun
! ishiiG::t be pT2&y:;:1ca for @;:csi o!Ic::c@s
| At the date of the last report there were
about ii 200 volunteers in the service.
At the present time there are but two
hundred and these are commissioned
officers III the Adjutant Generals de-
| partment was recommended. Also in
! the Inspector Generals office.
The report of the Quartemaster Gen
eral shows that over II 900 separate ac-
! counts have been settled, amounting to
nearly $500, 900, leaving claims 10 be
settled to the amount of $41, 100000. The
same department has disposed OF about
10000 mules. And the sales Of surplus
ANA unserviceable animals amounted to
quite or nearly $3oo,Oo9 The total sales
of this character since the close OF Aostil-
/ tiles are about $40, 100000. .. g.
No purchases Of clothing We're made
/ during the year. rgF ...
! About 800 cemeteries were opened, and
! the number Of soldiers buried is nearly
800, 900. .-.. -ast4.% 4. r. -.
The tobacco for the army for the year
cost $500 900, aud Indian subsistence
! SGii 80 g..r= .g=saas a.. -.F
y further reduction in the payAaster
department. il recommended. ...-+ss 81.
There is a reduction of one-thiga in
the expenses of the ordnance bureau,
and OF IL per cent. OF thc nen employed
in the arsenals. 4ts..
No disposition has a. yet been made
Of the appropriation for building the
! bridge at Rock Island on account Of the
railroad company refusing to perform
their part of the contract. ..Gs=t..
Tie sale of a number of the useless ar
senals is recommended, and sites for
others reported upon.
During the year 23,aoo Springfield
muskets We're altered into breech ioaders.
and over 10000 rifles cleaned and re-
paired, and all the soldiers on the plains
have been armed with these muskets.
Up TO the present time $4,000 stand OF
arms of all kinds have been changed to
brcech leaders, which is pronounced the
best and most serviceable gun in the
world. The entire military estimates
for the coming year is 81 oo0, 900; $780,
900 for the department of the General
of the army; 100000 for the Adiutant
Generals offices; S35O,oo0 for the Militia
~ Academy; ST., 0o0, 900 for the expens.
es Of the Quarternaster Generals de-
partment. The Medical department
will require about Sl5, 900; the pay de-
partment about So, OO0, 900, and engi-
neers' department about so 100000. A
million will be asked for the Ordnance
Bureau, and s27, 900 for the signal serv.
ice. No appropriation will be asked fol
the Subsistence Bureau, nor bureau o.
Military Justice.
Gen. Grant is OF the opinion that
peace with the Indians will materially
decrease the expense of the army ana
justify reduction of the force.
About SO ,5o0, 900 of the entire appro
priations are intended to meet deficien.
cies.
Gen. Grant recommends an increase
in the number Of Cadets, and the con.
tinuance for at least one year Of addition
al pay to army officers On the subject
Of military commanders i'm reconstruct.
cd districts, it is understood that Gen
Grant will hold the following opinions
! The military commanders so far as theil
duties are concerned, are held in subor.
nation to him, Gen. Grant, and to the
War Department in their military ca
pacities; but in their civil character they
are entirely independent of both, except
! in the matter of removals and appoint
ments. He feels that while they are
independent in their military spheres
there is not one of them who would no;
yield positive and entire submission to
any expressed wish Of the civil admin
istration placed over them by the Con
/ StitutiOOal acts Of ftnnnracS Ea,,