New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-07

monthly value $4,000 has been furnished to troops az
cost prices and the Freedmens bureau bas Oeen supplied
with stores 10 the value OF nearly $2sOOO most OF which
has already been paid for and the remainder Is III process
Of refundng at the Treasury -..,.. -.
10 than $4,000 and at the request OF the Interior
Department valued <3 800 were issued TO desti
Osages and others TO prevent starvation during the
Winter. Under an arrangement between the war
Indian Department is being furnished with food for the
Indians several reservations on the hlssOurl RIVER
and IN the indian or The Inoor peparmen and
It's value b to be repaid from appropriations maze Dy sec
There has been paid s17621 rs as Communication Of
ratiOns to Union soldiers while prisoners OF war
amounting ann Rps' to sassssoc IS have been received
Of which s2ss.oS 81 have been allowe yea es anu
year 1907 accounts and returns have been received
from various officers OF which ll1s7 nave Deen eAan
ined and referred the Third Auditor for maj sette
ment The Subsistence Department has lost an honora
able and excellent officer by the DEATH by
ence, at Jackson, Mississippi. June g. 1862 change In
the army ration by extending the variety OF articles IN
creaslng and diminishing others and also In the
manner Of dlspong Of the savings IN soldiers messes
and bakeries. would be of advantage to the service
that the proviso to section act OF March 1851 De re-
peaed This will allow officers OF the line when acting
as assistant cOmmissares OF subsistence to receive W.
per month in addition TO their pay IN place OF the sum OF
$40 less one ration per day, now allowed
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
The current expenditures Of the Medical Depart
ment during the fiscal year ending June 30 1869,
were s233 81; the total expenditure Of that depart
ment including "war debts" and 'refundments," was
S7Ol sos Sc, and the available balance hand of the
close of the year N792050 49, The health OF me
troops has been good Yellow fever has appeared at Key
West only aud at this point there were 43 cases and Il
Deaths but by the prompt removal OF the troops 70
station the OF the disease were at once
stopped. The total number OF cases on the SICK lst
during the year 1885 The average number con-
stanHy sick report 1857, about SIS per cent
The number Of deaths 5s Of discharges for disability
l28 The first volume Of the Medical and Surgical HIS
tory OF the War being printed. Tho number OF COM
missoned medical officers for duty on June &c. 1862 was
6l, being average OF medical officer TO 2O4 men
The number OF posts 49, besides detachments ana
outpOss There now two vacancies OF surgeons and
OF assistant surgeons In the medical corps The eIpe-
rence past three years has shown that the present
even were all the vacancies 1t filed it would still be
barely adequate 20 the demands made upon 1t.
DEPARTMENT.
The PaymasterGeneral presents the following sum-
mary exhibit:
Balance In hands Of payu, At the beginning Of the
fiscal l. 695JIoib ~
Received Treasury duug the fiscal 12ioOOO 60
Received by paymasters from other sources exclusive ~
VI Transferred among themse'eA R2H
Total to be accounted 6424GhT70 20
Accounted for ~ follows; -..-. -.
Disbursements the regular B6I8l91 %
Disbursements the Military Academy 2s3 l38 ~
Disbursements to voIuntee (bsek and bouHiesl l998oS
Total fishuem JoiioEIf %
Amount Refunded 70 Treasury sSsts 81
Bssuce 10 hands Of pamasIeTs June 80 lbo5'.''' So'o v"
oil