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There remain now in service only the GO regular
psymasters authorized By the reorganization Of the
reconstruction purposes e 613 203 As, and the
balance In the hands of the paymaster Oct D. 1852
is t11o,eaa;D; The total amount disbprsed BY the
Guiding those settled by the Second Auditor and
paid by the Treasury department on treasury
certificates from the beginning to the 10th Of June,
The river and harbor works have progressed as
rapidly as the means appropriated for their e1ecu
ton allowed. The appropriation IN April last OF
e. 100000 for these works was distributed IN ac
cordance withthe law, go % best to eubserve the in
terests Of commerce. The survey OF the northern
and northwestern lakes has progressed common
eurately with the amount appropriated Tor con-
Quoting it.
The Lake Superior survey is drawing to COM
pletion. 1t has developed many new harbors Of ref
uge, and made known danger to navigation highly
important to the commercial interests of the States
depenent on this water line of communication for
the transportation Of cereals and ores. Recon-
noisances and geological explorations and surveys
have been continued during the year in the ter
ntory west of the Mississippi river, and the in
formation that has been obtained Is supplied ito the
troops occupying that section of the country. The
survey OF the Colorado OF the West has not. for
special reasons, been resumed Collateral surveys
now in progress may furnish evidence of the neces
river and the improvement of the lower portion as
line Of military supply, and of travel and trans
portation from the mines Of Southern Nevada. The
geological survey just completed from the Sierra
Nevada to the Rocky Mountains is fruitful in vau-
able results, especially in relation to the mining
regions, and the extent Of the coal formation. It
also furnishes other scientific data of great interest
Liberty arsenal, Missouri, has been sold during
the year under authority of the act of July 2 1868
and realized the sum Of $8.012.50. The st. Louis
arsenal will be sold under the same act as soon as
1t can be spared, but certain buildings thereat
should be reserved from sale and donated to gene
raj army purposes. Rome arsenal. New York (;
Champlain arsenal, Vermont; Mt. Vernon arsenal,
Alabama; Appalachicola arsenal, Florida, and
North Carolina arsenal, North Carolina, are recon-
mended to be sold 1t is advisable that this should
be done, and that the captured lands in Shreveport,
La, and Marshall and Jefferson, Tex. and in Marion
and Davis countless Texas, should be similarly dis
posed Of.
and powder depot are recommended to be estab-
lished the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and in the
valley OF the Mississippi. The sale of some of the
present Eastern arsenals is suggested as means to
| raise funds wherewith to establish the principal
arsenal for the Atlantic coast. Rock Island is the
point for the principal arsenal for the valley Of the
Mississippi; Powder depots should be established
! on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Some more
buildings required at the Jefferson barracks,
and recommended TO be paid for out of the pro-
ceeds Of the sale of the St Louis arsenal.
The expenses of the Freedmens Bureau were
met the first year with the proceeds OF rents sales
Of crops school tax, and tuition, and sale of Cen.
the amount
sTsss .n aoe 5 tSR ,s gP'0P s go making
total Of 50 reeeiTed -, from all
1
of the Department of negro affairs from June L,
1865 to Aug 81 1869 have been 81 1914 OBS TO- The
| total expenses OF the bureau have been $l3,524,
S16.S2.
The division commanded by Lieut.. Gen.
Sheridan embraces the departments of Da-
| kota, the Platte, and Missouri, commanded
| respectively by Maj. Gen. W. H. Hancock, Bvt.
Maj. Gen. August, Bvt Maj. Gen. Schofeld. These
three departments territoy of great extent,
in which most of the civilized, semi-civized, and
wild Indians abide, and include the States of ILL.,
nois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Mime
sofa, aud the Territories of Colorado. New Mexico,
| Wyoming, Utah, Dakota Montana, and the Indian.
| The administration Of these departments has been
| ably and economically conducted; but the number
of troops now on duty in them is deemed INSULT
cient, with the present reduced strength of compa-
| mics, to meet the wants Of the service.
Although there have been numerous depreda-
tions in this division the condition of Indian affairs
Is very much better than last year. The policy of
reservations adopted by the Indian department is.
| in the judgement Of Gen. Sheridan, the policy that
will put an end toIndian murders and depredations.
Every effort is made to avoid the necessity of pun
shing the savages, with the strong hope that they
| may settle down on their reservation and adopt a
| more peaceful and civilized, life. The system Of
supplying the wild bands under the present Indian
management is working well. The indian receives
| all that the Government intends he should and can
have no plea OF bad faith to urge excuse for a
| return to his former habits