Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-01
cost or INC freedman's Breau.

Cost or the Frccdman's BureatI
If any person has any idea that the
Freedmen's Bureau is small affair, a
glance at the twelve pages of the list
Of officials employed, which is given
in the United States Official Register
viii soon undeceive them. This book
is compiled under an act of Congress
every year, and is the official record,
A cory of this work for 1868, which
is before us, gives the names, locations
and salaries of all the officers, agents
clerks, and messengers OF that Bureau
for 1867.
AT the headquarters at Washington
besides General Howard, there are g
quartermaster, an inspector and q
superintendent of schools, an agent ol
claims and a general agent, whose
combined salaries are S9,20Q. ThiI
I docs not include General HowArd'l
salary. There are fifty eight clerks
whose salaries amount to S80,2 PEI
annum. There are in the same offic,
six messengers, whose salaries amount
to 3,S40 This makes the headquar
ters Of the Bureau at Washington cost
for salaries alone, including Genera
Howard's, the snug sum per annun
Of s97 ,27s.
Then there is a branch Office which
looks after the freedmen in the District
OF Columbia, which has an assistant
commissioner and thirty-one agents
nineteen clerks, and six messenger
employed, whose united salaries lex
elusive of that of the assistant com
missio-er,) amount TO the sum o
s53,6I0
There is another branch Office in Ma
ryland, which employs three agents
four clerks, one messenger, and on,
laborer, whose salaries amount to Gil,
700 per year.
The branch in the State of Virginii
employs, besides the assistant commits
sioner, ten agents, thirty-six clerks
and twelve messengers, whose unitoC
salaries amount to s65,670, exclusive
OF the salary Of the assistant commits
sioner.
The branch in North Carolina en-
ploys nine agents, seven assistant sur
geons, and twenty eight clerks, whost
united salaries aggregate to s52, 800.
The Bureau in South Carolina em
ploys eighteen agents, fifteen contrao
surgeons, and thirteen clerks, at cos
in salaries Of s5S,SS0
The Bureau in Georgia employs for
ty-six agents, eight acting assistan
surgeons, and eighteen clerks. Theil
salaries amount to $3.50
The branch Of this Bureau in th,
State of Florida employs ten agents
two acting assistant surgeons, thre'
clerks, and two messengers, who's,
salaries amount to Sl9,32O.
In Alabama there are employee
twenty-five agents and twenty-five,
clerks, whose salaries amount to SOL,
857 so.
The Bureau in Kentucky employ
seventeen agents, eight acting assist
ant surgeons, and seventeen clerks, a
cost Of sll ,020 in salaries alone.
In Tennessee, eighteen agents, tw,
acting assistantsurgeons, and fourteen
clerks are employed, at cost in sal
aries Of $50, 300.
The Bureau in the State of Missis
sippi employs twenty.seven agents
eighteen clerks, and twelve laborors
at a cost in salaries OF s5S,200.
The branch in Arkansas employ
eighteen agents, seven assistant SUI
geons, and tweniy-eight clerks, who's
salaries amount to 6i,320
In Louisiana there are twenty-five
of these agents, eleven assistant SUI
gcons, and thirty-four clerks. at a
expense in salaries alone Of $4,000.
In Texas thereare thirty -four agent
and eleven clerks, who are paid $50
120 in salaries.
The State Of Missouri is assigne
one agent and one clerk, who receiv
$4,000 in salaries
All of these sums are paid in add
tion TO the salaries of the assistan
commissioners of whom there AT
eleven, but whose salaries are nc
given. They probably receive abou
SO, 500 each or total amount of SIS
500 per year These figures do nc
cover Office rent, stationery, travellin
expenses, nor the amount paid out i
supplies for the negroes They sho'
simply the items OF salary, one of th
smallest parts of the expense Of tn
Bureau. The total sum paid in sal;
ries to the employees of this Burea
amounted, in 1867, to ss75,705 90.
Here are nearly 81 100000 paid i
salaries alone to men whose duty it
TO look after the negroes, The pie
of the Radicals is that this is nocossar
because the negroes are not capable
taking care of themselves yet int
their hands they have put the pow,
to rule the South and not only Ii
South but the North.
Are negroes capable to rule ii
United States, who are not capable |
manage their own affairs without
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