New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-09
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There in service 80 paymasters Of the regular
establishments and Is OF the temporary establishment II
beng expected that all OF the latter Will be mustered out
prior TO the date of the next report In the report
Of the PayInasterGeneral the organization or the
nav department il discussed; the advantages Of the
present the Old system OF fegmehtu pay
masters pointed out the causes why payments cannot
he made monthly or even frequently and regularly
than now stated, and the impractcabnty OF reducing
the present authorized number Of paymasters Coz even
Win large reduclion OF the army demonstrated. At
tenon s asked to the statement that while under me
old SYSTEM during the war OF 1872 mo aeiaeaiohs ana
expenses amounted TO per cent on the amount DIS
bursed, under the present organization ana during the
late war the total losses uelaeauohS hha ehPenses
amounted 10 less than treeiourhs OF one per cent on
the sums dsbursed During the Mexican var, under lhe
disbursements for reconstruction purposes have been
tao SIS o. There remaus an aysaee balance OF Sas
but the specific amount for each military district
amounts from districts requiring them To others IN
sufficiently supplied During the year claims Tor addl-
yelypg an Sypenditure Of s23siSiJ7 7s Claims we're
rejected to the number OF l94O7, aud lO 04 were still u
the act I3sI9s claims have been received ss O9l pnid
3 rejected and l51O5 yet Unsettled at the date
mens on these claims have been S7.7677i 7s to which
must be added the claims settled by the accounting on
GERS OF the Treasury bringing the aggregate ny 70 more
than OOo The expense OF settling these claims has
been kept within i've sxs Of one percent on the amount
II recommended that the 4th OF March next be Ted
by law tho date beyond which no more claims VIII nc
received and that ali claims then remaining unsettled be
transferred 10 the Second Auditor OF the treasury IoI as
All officers Of the Corps Of Engineers except Is,
employed various special and detached duties-en.
saged upon the permanent national deenses survey Of
fe lakes improvement OF rivers aud har6ors explor-
atlOns, command and instruction OF ,enElneof
gro,inds aud works in the District OF Columbia;
Extensive surveys for the improvement OF rivers ana
barbors have and are being made ana the prepare
ton Of the necessary plans being cohaoced WIN great
energy Tho report Of the Chief Of Engineers with ae
compartments, Will supply the information es9ehaI 10
legislative action. Geographical and geological esporI
lions and u the far west Pave 6een continued
s8ssth6es made by engineer officers accompanying
troops afford valuable Information for military anu PIar
enc nee1pendtnrts OF tho Ordnance Departments during
the last fiscal year for al purposes lbciusye % ne P5
ment OF war claims were little more tsan tJ,ONoog
less Than hreefths OF the expenditure OF tho preceding
year There "a military arsenais III o. inGiuanS to
~ them Sy the hired mechanics and enlisted men
Of t6o oeIs Of the Corps has been economically
aud satisfactorily performed measures nave pee1
bSge the sale Of damaged and unservceabe ordnance
stores ara the sale Of Saint Lous and Liberty arsenh'
iii ~ which were provided for by law. Legislative nn-
fhopy for the sale Of the asenals at Rome. New York.
and Yergen9es. Vermont ana me and a. m@rtf ~
an arsenal al Omaha other suitable point again nd.
yOcated gy fayoTa6 IepSt o. te pcSyc6 trn
those portions o. the army where 1t has been distributed
Further supplies are now ID para Src mad for
trial OF their power and endurance when inc most sun
allie kinds have been determined, large number OF guns
s viii have to made, and authority TO
make them as fast as can be done u asked; 49,.
aTe reductions OF the officers aud agents OF the bureau
have been made during the year. and arrangements are
10 close ID up by the 1st OF January next, cx-
cent The educational and claims DIVISIONS. nc
I'D III yet in possession Of the bureau are mostly
FOR cultivation and will be restored ut once or
donned from returns. Claims OF cO0tea solueEs 20
the number Of nearly 2Oy ptNe Dstn sc, 1s nore
@ Zoo Remained unsettled. Treasury ceruncntes anu
&c., Tar settlement OF claims oil cOoled sQIeIe AUG
ha We been collected by tho bureau 20 inc nuDul
of n OOO and TO the value OF neslly tSyI t.. tar
tanu las been furnished TO 6as peTbonles t", one
,Td ~ rho number transported last ychf. OVe Iovy
nersOuE have received medical ~ a.
81 bospais have been closed and Il aisp 81,
ornnan esvlnms which In charge OF inc buto 9;
Efforts have been made 10 turn over 70 tno I' ~ IN
sutboTifles the charge Of the slc tDe lnnIm r anu %
go aud I'm some Instances with success Inc sautaIy
az the freed people has, In general InpIoNou
ssisteuce supples have been issued 10 uay hNoisko
- AZ O nersOs tho number OF ratl0ns issued uIns .o
year being 2s02fs For part VI tHooH va In fhe
na aiO nrogressed though In some places SoI
ni ,s,s iLIinred by local opposition and waht .,
means Private associations nave d tiI,1tv tbonoh
snnnort and teachers have sDored LII ~
~ finnany eases beset with difficulties Inc huhIpor oi
Hav and nlQh schools Is 1884, with 22so eachers an1
Ioi 927 pupils The aggregate number OF SUNDAY Ta
amount expended for support OF EGhos uuI,us "a r,
oas 5000 "a 60: this does not include inc eAPtnucs
by soeleties Stes an normal Schools
M Colleges have been chartered or Incorporated IN
ceren parts OF the country Ihe lOta ~ Ua
the Bureau during tho fiscal year were s59!oii g.
I,alanoe on hand was tJ622O67 20. The CQmnlssonor
anprouTatiOns ~ cOntlnno hospitals At New
Orleans Vicksburg, Richmond and washington 40 as
nose of the school buildings II ~ proposed 10 raser
them TO the corporations ana trustees hno nov w hs
not be diverted from their proper uses gaut Oh PiD
lc lands n aid Of the schools OF the District OF COuDa
OF all grades, j. recommended Tor IN hCcount w. n
operatons Of the Ia the several States reference
a made 10 the port % the Commissioner.
Tho CORPS Of cadets. June 1863 numbered 2lO mem
hers rnder the care and instruction Of superintendent
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