New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-28

OFFICIAL JOARNAL OF THE UNITED STATES
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS
Controllers Report.

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Controllers Report.
A Washington correspondent of the Lou
isyille Courier-Journal transmits this alb
stract of the report of the Second Controller
June 80, 1870:
The total accounts of expenditures OF the
War and Navy Departments and the indian
and Pension Offices, as settled and adjusted
at the Treasury Department during the
above period, amount to 572.642,6I. This
sum embraces the accounts OF the dlsbuTs-
ing officers OF the War and Navy Depart
ments and Indian and Pension Offices, in
part for war expenditure of the rebellion, as
well as those incurred since the war: claims
for bounty and prize money; claims OF
States for war expenses, and Of private per
sons for property used, Or impressed, or lost
in fhe military service OF the United States.
The above accounts OF expenditure are,
with the vouchers examined by the Second.
Third or Fourth Auditors of the Treasury
who have by law primary jurisdiction in
their settlement. When examined by the
Auditor and the balance certified. all OF
these accounts, with vouchers and certiti-
Gates. are reported by HIM to the Second
Controller for his decision.
This officer causes revision of each set
Element thus reported to he made, and a
certified balance sent to the Secretary OF
the Department in which the expenditure
has been incurred. During the fiscal year
the amount of settlements thus finally
acted on and adjusted are as follows: From
the Second Auditor, $l75.S43,755; Third
Auditor, 1854, 1895; Fourth Auditor, So,
5,00l, which are classed thus: From the
Second AuditOr-embracing the account OF
the disbursing officer of the War Depart
ment for collecting, organizing and drilling
volunteers. $3,S07 All /; Paymaster accounts
for pay and ratiOns of the officers and sol
diers Of the army, Sl55, 403, US; accounts OF
army recruiting officers for clothing, equip
ments and bounty to recruits, $3.50, Isl !;
ordnance, embracing accounts of disbursing
officers Of the Ordnance Department for
arsenals, armOries, ornaments for tortltica'
tons, a1ming militia, etc, ~, 0l2,633.
Indian observation-disclosures of Indian
agents, including pay OF lndlan annWtlcs.
presents to Indians, expense OF holding
treaties, pay of interpreters. pay OF Indian
agents, ETC., and settlement OF personal
claims for miscellaneous services of agents
and others, in connection with Indian af-
fairs. $4,95I, 725; medical and hospital ac-
counts, including the purchase of medicines,
drugs, surgical instruments. hospital stores,
claims of private physicians for services,
and surgeons employed under contract,
81, 703, 29y; military asylum, 81 OBJ ,e7s; con-
tingencies, expenses of the War Depart
ment, $5S7 ,729; Freedmen's Bureau and pay
and bounty, $729, 74S; total, Sl7j,S43,755
From Third Auditor-Quartermasters ac-
counts for transportation OF army and
transportation Of all descriptions Of army
supplies, ordnance, and for settlement OF
personal claims for services in the Quarter
masters Department, 5000, 643, 544; com
missaries accounts for rations or subsist-
ence of the army. and for settlement of per
sonal claims for services in the Commissary
Department, $8953,S4
Accounts of pension agents-For the pay
ment of military pensions, including entries
Of monthly reports of new pensioners added
to the rolls; and statements from the Com
missioner Of Pensions respecting changes
arising from deaths, transfers, etc, and for
pension claims presented for adjustment,
$23, S2,750. Accounts of the Engineers
Department-For military surveys. con-
struction of Notifications for river and har-
Dor surveys and improvements, Sl3. 40. l9l.
Accounts for relief of freedmen and refugees,
So, 1873, 5S3. Total, 1854, ,9l5. From the
Fourth AuditOr-Q uartermasters of the
marine corps, embracing accounts for eX
penses of officers quarters, fuel, forage for
horses, attendance on cOurts-martial and
courts of inquiry, transportation OF officers
and marines, supplies Of provisions, cloth
ing, medical stores and military stores Tor
barracks, and all incidental supplies ter
marines on shore, S35s,O3l. Account OF
paymasters of marine corps, for pay and
rations for officers and marine and servants
hire, $l8l, 264.' Paymasters of navy ac-
counts, tor pay and rations of Off
GERS and crews of ships, supplies
Of provisions, of clothing and repair
Of vessels on foreign stations, ST, 5l2,l20
Paymasters at avy-yards, accounts for pay
of officers on duty at navy-yards or leave Of
absence, and pay of mechanics and labor
ers on various works, Sl5.0l5, 3O4. Navy
agents accounts for their advance to pay
masters, purchases Of timber, provisions,
clothing and naval stores, sS,686,Sl6. Navy
pension agents account for the payment of
pensions of officers, seamen, etc, of the
navy, and officers and privates of the ma
rine corps, 1921 ,466. Total. S42 ,035. 00l.
Claims received during the year, embracing
soldiers pay and bounty, S5,lO7 1872; sailors
pay and bounty, $246,1l5; prize moneys,
$l40,S $50; contract with surgeons, S2876;
property lost in the military service. $685.
649; Oregon and Washington Territory war
claims, $42. 504; of States for enrolling, sub
sisting, clothing, supplying, arming, equip
ping, paying and transporting their troops
in defense Of the United States, 81 ,l24,9G0
Total, Sc, $40.
The statements have been effected and
acquisitions for the same, excepting for sol
diers' and sailors pay and bounty, have
been issued by the War, Navy and Interior
to the number Of 49, 27. With
the second controller are filed the contracts
of the quartermasters department, the com
missary of subsistence, the Navy Depart
ment, the engineer department, the Indian
department, the adjutant general, the
freedmens bureau, ordnance department,
surgeon general, charter parties and leases.
Total during the year, 1897. Also official
bonds of disbursing officers of the War and
Navy Departments, and the Indian Depart
ment, numbering 100 Pensioners recorded
during the year, 1852. The decrease on
the total from the previous years settle
ment is $685., 04l ,554, the total for the pre-
vious year being $SO7 6S4, 225. Bounty to
soldiers has decreased from S6:j90. 094 to
$5l07 1872 Pensions have increased from
15,6l2,3 $3.50 to $23,S2,750. The Navy De
partment the present year shows a heavy
reduction upon the last fiscal year.
First Auditors Report.
A Washington special to the Louisville
Cous'ier.JOurnal says:
The first Auditor has submitted lis
20 G, d.,