Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-12-03

ending June 50. 1869, were s233, sol q.
The total expenditures of that depart /
men4, including . war debts" and ara- 4
fnndments," was S70S, ,905 80, aud the
available balance on hand at the close Of Il
the year was 81, ,792 050 IS. The health of /
the troops has been good. The total |
number of cases on the sick list during |
the year was I04. .235. The average num- |
Der constantly on sick list report was |
1857, or about 5-42 per cent. The num-
Der Of deaths was 54S; of discharges for 1
disability, 1,l22. The number OF COM /
missioned medical officers for duty en- |
June 30, 1869, was lGI, being Gu average |
OF one medical officer 70 2O4 men. The |
number OF posts was 239, besid es detach- |
menis and outposts. There are now two
vacancies Of surgeons and forty-two of
assistant surgeons in the medical corps
The experience Of the past three years
has shown that the present organization
Of the medical staff Is satisfactory, but
that even were all the vacancies in IL
filled il would still be barely adequate
10 the demands made upon 1t.
The Paymaster General presents the
following summary exhibit: Balance in
the hands of paymasters al The begin
ming of the fiscal year, July !, 1865, So
9S1, ,57s IA; received from Treasury dur
lug the fiscal year, S36, ,245, COO; received
uT pay kDdSLtE5 iFpIl OhnSE soNi SF1t "a
elusive of sums transferred among them
selves, $23s, 1893 0G total 10 be accounted
for, S42. 46i, ,770 20. Accounted for as fol-
lows: Disbursements TO the regular
army, SIS, CTS. $50 81 disbursements to
military academy, $lsl, ,25s 7S; 6isburse-
menis to volunteers, back pay and
| bountIes, 9,9IS,6 ,635 43 total disbuTss-
1 ments, S3S, ,7s2, Ia 81; amount refunded
| to Treasury, S4S, ,945 81 ; balance in hands
( 80 On 1870 "a Glst Q1s
| total S42 468,770 20. Their remain now In
service only sixty regular paymasters
authorized Dy the act Tor the reOrgahiZa-
| ton OF the army passed July %, 1865.
| The disbursements for reconslruction
| purposes are S2,6l3, ,293 l6, and the bal
\ anee in hands of paymasters October 2,
| 1869, Is Sil0,643 79. The total amount
disbursed by the pay department for
additional bounties, including those set
tied by the Second Auditor and paid by
the department on treasury certificates
from the beginning to the S0ih June last,
S57, ,220, $50.
Some more buildings are required at
Jefferson Barrick and are recommended
to be paid for out OF the proceeds OF the
sale Of the St. Louis Arsenal.
With reference to the Freedmen's Bu-
reau the Secretary repeats what has al
ready been published in General How
ards report. The expenses OF the bu-
reau were met the first year with the
proceeds of rents, sales of crops, school
taxes and tuition, and sale Of "Confed-
crate States'' property. The amount re-
ceived from all these misceliau eOus
sources was 81, $685. ,6l5 50, and from ap
preparations by Congress since July,
1856, Sll0S4, $50, making total OF sl2,-
$50, 1896 so received from all sources. The
expenditures, including the accounts OF
the department of Negro Affairs. F"
from June !, 1855, 10 August 81, 1869,
have been 81, 1884, ,02S 10.
The Secretary recommendE the reor-
ganization of the West Point Military
Academy on an enlarged basis, with an
increased number of cadets, 20 be dl-
vided into two classes, one to pursue an
ordinary course Of military instruction
and to be returned 70 the walks Of civil
life upon their graduation.
| The cost of military reconstruction in
the First District tVirginia) for the year
ending September 80, 1863, was Sl46,
e02 So.
I In the ourth District, the cases OF
violence offered the regularly constituted
authorities were not numerous.
In the Fifth military district, Indian
raids during the year have been IN
usually bold, and it is believed com.
| manded in most instances by white men
Heavy damages to the citizens in live
stock and property have resulted, but
the loss Of life has been small, amount
ing to about tweniy-six persons. The
troops in the district could not be used
in the protection of the citizens agsins
the Indians on account OF their being
required 10 carry out reconstruction.
The number of cases tried by military
| commission, under section 3 OF the aci
| of March, 1867, from October 80. 1868, tC
| Septemb Der 9S, 1859, is 50, OF which y
were convicted and % acquitted.
The number Of murders and other
crimes in Texas, has diminished d during
the past year.
The report closes with the following
statement of appropriations, expendi-
lures and estimates: There was carried
10 the surplus fund June 80, 1869, the
sum of SIS, ,23e. III %. The actual expen-
ditures for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1869, were. including the Freedmen 8
Bureau, $50, ,76l, 1872 l6, to which must be
added for old war debts paid the sum Of
S23 $50. $40 so, making tho total expeudi-
| lures s., IA. .042 76. Of the above there
was expended for reconstruction purpo-
ses S406, ,5Ie Is. There was appropriated
for the service of the War Department
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870,
$37, ,5SS, ,65l 0S. The estimated deficien-
cies are g. $40, 900 90. The total estimate
of military appropriations for the year
ending June so, 1863, is S34. 43l ,03I 39 In
the foregoing estimate the amounts
originally presented by the heads Of bu-
reaus have been materially reduced, and
| any appropriation smaller in amount
! than that asked for would fail to meet
! the necessary wants of the departments.
| The following estimates are submitted
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