The New York herald., 1869-12-08

A0p0lrH OF Dullutu4S. v, CAS- duu luClOcukM
expenses In navy yards. ..:............:. a722,4s4
hospitals Gc.................... l34847
Ordnance. l,1lo.082
Coal hemp ana equipments. ............. 100000
Navigation and navigation supplies. 202, 900
Naval Academy ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 234,640
Naval Ooservator, and Nautical Almanac. ss,s 500
Repair and preservation Oi vessea...... 6975, 600
Steam machinery, tuols, &C.,. 1,760,000
Provisions. ........... .................. LAOS 200
Repair Of hospitals and laboratories 49,. $500
Surgeons necessarIes. es.................... 7200O
Contingent expenses. 1852, 600
support Of Marine CORPS. 1060,62S
Total s2s. .2o5, ,s7l
RESPONSIBILITY OF DIsBuRsINa OFFICERS.
The laws regulating the responsibility OF officers
dsbursng the money appropriated to the naval SER
vice are Inadequate
The department mas endeavored to remedy this
defect by stringent regulations and the requirement
Of prompt returns but further Legislation on the
aulect is needed ior the security OF the government
and the attention Of Congress Is called TO the sub
1ect
There are many other subjects Of local and general
interest pressing upon the attention OF the deparl-
ment, but Tor wuicn l have not found place ior
special mention iii this report Some Of them are
particularly referred To IN the reports OF the several
bureaus, and others VIII De hereafter communicated.
BUREAUS.
The Chief OF the Bureau Of Construction and Re-
pair estimates iOr current wants. and asks an addi-
uonal aud special appropriation 70 collect supplies
Of timber TO be seasoned iOr future use.
The Chief OF tine hureau OF Ordnance reports that,
dsteriorated cannon ana ordnance 's stores ' al At
northern navy yards nave been and are being sold,
and the proceeds deposited IN the treasury An
estimate for thirty guns Of fifteen inch cailbre Is
submitted. None Otner are required He calls at.
tention to estimate for nitre depot, and to the
question OF add obal magazines remote from cities
and towns and urges actOn at an early date. The
interests OF the country demand that every new I'm
carefully investigated, and, where shown TO be
valuable, speedily adopted. Temporary structures
for magazines aud workshops have been erected on
Goat Island, near Newport, for the torpedo corps,
and the sum asked ior Al connection Herewith IL
deemed necessary.
The chief or the Bureau OF Navigation states
that additional apparatus Is needed for the Naval
Observatory and SPECIAL estimate lOr this Is made
and favorable action asked. In regard 70 Nautical
tehree years advance date should be supplied to ve3
scls bound on long voyages, and considerable pro-
Gress 1t Is stated has been made to meet this want
For charts and SAILING directions the navy is
manly independent upon foreiRn supply. An ad-
ditiOnal appropriation should be made TO enable the
photographic Office soon as possible, to do away
with this necessity. The bureau has already pub
iisasd valuable results from surveys made oy our
perfect them. The army code OF signals for general
use, In connection with the present naval code,
having been adopted adepartmenG OF that character
has been established and Is engaged In perlecting
this branch OF the service.
The apprentice system s regarded as having failed
TO accomplish the object desired, because boys are
entered with the idea becoming Oflcers and after
che number allowed oy Law have been selected aud
admitted into the Naval Academy, the Others be-
come dissatisfied and useless The chiefs OF the
Bureaus OF Navigation. and Equipment and Recrult-
TO apprentices and minors should be amended.
The cpief OF the Bureau OF Equipment and Recruit.
ing details the operations at the several yards In
eQutppIng vessels iof sea under the new rules now
established. Vessels are now taken In hand as soon
- put out Of commission, completely rentted and
equipped, and II NOS required for immediate use,
properly stored. Inis practice promotes economy
and efficiency. Attention called to the Boston and
In reference to rope walks and ANCHORS are recon-
mended. The insulfciency Of the law In regard TO
A AM n n
the number OF men Ia the navy, allowing an excess
when specially required The present law In regard
may be apprehended At any lime, and compelled to
servo out his term OF enlistment.
bureau. An officer NOS below the grade OF com.
mander should be authorized by law rs an assistant
The chief Of the Bureau OF Yards and Docks refers
TO the neticiency Of our navy yards. which was so
painfully obvious during the rebellion, when the aid
country had to De called In. He also refers to the
different yards IN DETAIL and asks appropriations for
appropriat,ons asked are only for Objects deemed
lndispcnsably necessary, no appropriations for the
purpose having been made for the last three yearsn
The chief OF tie hureau Of Provisions and Clothing
earnestly recommends that supply OF clothing be
advanced to men enllsting Tree OF cost, and sug-
gests m increase in the ration In some particulars.
Tne chief OF the Bureau OF steam Engineering re-
yeMs the condition OF bis department at the time
ne took charge. the appropriations available for
The close OF the fiscal year 1s6S6o and 1869-70, to-
Gether, amounted TO about $500 0O0 Had the inten-
sions OF his predecessor been carried out S424 06s
would have been pad 10 contractors aud $345s92
for tools and machlnery-thus leaving only $3OO0O
Tor all the WORK OF The bureau. by satisfactory ar
rangements contracts have been cancelled aud some
Sl50,000 reserved for more Immediate necessities.
The engines and machinery scattered about tho
couotry have been taken In charge ana stored In the
navy yards. Tools contracted for have been de-
heverod, aud arrangements made to defer payment
until Congress should make necessary appropriation.
The iunds thus saved and rendered available have
been devoted TO the necessary refttng and repair
ing OF the machinery oil ships required tor service.
All the yards, except Pensacola, have been In
bureau has made no contracts for supplies for past
and present fiscal years, owing TO the smallness OF
the appropriations Ihe estimates Tor the next year
for all objects under the bureau amount TO
The chief Of the Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery
submits the statistics Of the number OF cases treated
and various forms Of disease prevailing In the navy
also statement Of Inc insane OF the navy aud the
condition OF the naval hospital fund, the balance on
hand October l, 1869, being ss2SS25. Attention
IL called n detat TO the repairs and improvements
necessary at the several hospitals
The commandant OF the Marine Corps reports that
ON inspection the corps is found In nigh state OF
eniclency and disciDne. There are $500 enlisted
men IN this service 1000 OF whom are on board ves
Bel5 In Commission.
The marines are often called on to assist the civil
sanorluss 10 the principal cities aud on several oc
st New YORK aud Philadelphia.
~ iss ea,imates ior the Quartermaster's Department
S,,o me neo Marine M corps show a reduction OF over
All the bureaus urge the necessity for addition 10
tner clerical force, and this tho department ell
tlrey concurs. The reduction made last year In the
great difncuty IL experienced In asttina throuon
WIN the active work OF the Department. greatly
increased as II has been by the Introduction of the
new regulations and requirements OF uutv
The present requirement OF full reporfs ana dirAct
accountability In oil subeots, and the svatan ~
personal review oftne action Of the vsrious bureaus