Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-28

HEADauARIERs DErLRIHEST,0g yIRgIsiIA'l
RioHHoNB, VA, Feb, d, 1870. :

erty or stores belong, and in the Quarter. |
masters Department, will be accompanied |
by abstract H." and the vouchers to ex.
plain. (Forms 40, 4S and Az
Second. A copy Of the regular money.ac-
count current, With the prescribed abstracts
to explain II.
These returns and abstracts will show the
amount Of all moneys received and expended
or contracted TO be paid, by what authority,
and on what account. They are 10 DO rem
dered not only by Officers who are doing
duty In any Of the administrative branches
Of the stan, but every otilcer who has public
property In his charge, including all ord
nance and ordnance stores In the hands OF
post, reglmental, or company commanders,
Il being Intended to include therein all the
property and money Of the Government ap-
pertaining to the military service In this
Department.
II. The papers above required will DO for
warded at the same time the originals are
forwarded to the chief OF the bureau at
Washington by the oficer making them, or,
In case he is serving under an intermediate
commander, by the officer revising them, TO
the senior officer OF the appropriate branch
Of the staff at department headquarters, and
will be submitted by him TO the department
commander, with such remarks or recon-
mendatious as may be appropriate. The
| chief of the Quartermaster'a and Subslat-
ence Departments will submit, as soon as
practicable after the 1rst OF each month,
tabular statements exhibiting for each depot
and post under his supcrVlsloni
In he QIartsrmastsr'S Department.
amount Of funds, the quantity and condition
Of the means Of transportation, the number
aud condition OF artillery and cavalry horses,
| whether In the service Of troops or 10 depot,
and the quantity Of forage on hand at the
end Of the preceding month, aud also the
number OF citizens employed at each depot
and post during the mouth the number OF
soldiers employed on extra duty" and tho
| rates OF compensation.
NTH Subsistence DspdrtnSHi.-Th amount
Of funds and the quantity OF subsistence lin
ratlons) on hand at the end Of the preceding
mouth, and the number Of citizens employed
during the month the number Of soldiers
employed on "extra duty" and the rates Of
compensation.
III. The chief OF each department Is the
centre and superintendent Of his branch OF
the service In all questions Of administration.
He will keep himself constantly Informed OF
tho condition Of his department at the seve-
raj posts aud stations under his supervision.
lie will correspond directly with those doing
duty In his department, and will give them
such orders as the interests of the service
may require; and all orders and Instructions
given by him In the nameand by the author
lty OF the department commander will DO
promptly obeyed, but orders In relation to
command, supplies, or expenditure will DO
issued by the Assistant AdJutant General.
He will supervise and Inspect all purchases
aud expenditures for his department; will
see that all estimates for funds and roquisl-
lions for materials are specific and reasona-
BILE, aud at the same time sufficient for the
service; that the articles required arc ncces-
sary, and at the same time best adapted to
the particular service, and that no unneces-
sary expenditures Of money or material be
allowed. lie will consolidate aud prepare
for the department commander the estimates
for funds and acquisitions for supplies that
are submitted TO higher authority.
~. Commanders Of posts are responsible
for the equipment aud supply Of their COM
mands and the proper application OF the
stores when distributed from the depots. II
Is their duty to sec that the necessities OF
the service within the limits Of their com
mands are anticipated by timely estimates
aud acquisitions, and that the supplies, when
received, are properly cared for and applied.
Ordinarily, In this command, estimates for
funds will be made on the first day of each
month for the service of the next ensuing
month, and acquisitions for supplies on the
frst day OF each quarter for the service Of
the next ensuing quarter.
Estimates for clothing, camp and garrison
equipage will be made for six months sup
ply. Special estimates and acquisitions SHOULD
only be made when necessary to meet unex
pected contingencies. All estimates aud 70
QUESTIONS will be accompanied by full ant
specific explanations Of the objects for whlcl
the money or supplies are required and ana
. approval by the post or other commander
will be forwarded TO the chief of the prope
+ staff department. II for repairs, tho nature
extent and necessity will be fully stated. ]
|. for buildings, the estimates will be accompa
/, MED by plans and specifications In detail o
Y each building proposed to be erected will
, state the purpose for which It ls TO be ap
J. piled, the materials to be used In lts con
structlon, aud as nearly as possible the en-
9 tire cost when completed. All estimates 70
bHlldlng purposes will conform to the prln
elples OF General Orders No. 05, Headqual
. tiers Of the Army, AdJutant Generals Once
!, 1868. Regulations for ordnance aud ord
i nance stores will be made for batteries
j companies and detachments, aud will not
q consolidated unless the regiment be intaC
y and serving at one station.
: In furnishing supplies from the depot
the officers In charge are 10 see that the SUI
; plies on hand are squitAbly distributed, au
e that commands convenient to the depots ar
= not supplied 10 excess, at the expense Of th
!. troops serving at distant stations.
). V. Whenever supplies are received at an
= depot or military station, either from arm
q or contract trains, the commanding oiiiei
II will cause them TO be inspected by a boar
n OF survey before they pass into the hands {
70 the receiving officer, for the purpose Of a
certalnlng whether they are In the san
. order and condition as when shipped. Pacl
% ages will not be broken unless they appeI
~ to have been opened or damaged on the rout
q In this case the board will proceed 10 dete
y mine the az unit Of damagei and In nxir
70 the accountability for such loss or damag
. the dispositions required by law must accoT
70 pany the proceedings Of the board. VIII,
le supplies arc sent from any depot or post, Il
10 shipping officer will take such precautions
putting up the packages that the fact of the
having been opened or broken In transit mi
o. be readily detected upon examination At Il
y point OF delivery.
Il. Whenever any contractor or contractor
q for services or for supplies, shall fall In Il
Dc performance Of any OF the conditions Of b
4, or their contracts, the receiving oficer W
OF at once make formal protest, setting for
ID. the fact Of failure and wherein II conslste
One copy Of this protest will be served ,
the contractor or contractors, q second col
4, will be sent to the chief OF the STAFF depai
w ment with which the contract was made,
~. department headquarters, and II the co
tract was for transportation, third col
will DO sent to the shipping officer. II q
pc failure was In the delivery Ofaupplles need
~ for the use Of the troops at any post, Il
u" commanding officer is authorized to ord
the purchase Of such supplies as may
40 needed for the time being, reporting the "a
ms aud the cost Of such supplies as may
we purchased, In order that the excess may
charged TO the contractor.
The original inventories and Inspection
he ports Of condemned property, and reports
Ia the proceedings Of boards Of survey, In trip
cate, will be sent to the assistant Inspect
.rd general at department headquarters, wi
he before submitting them for the action Of I
department commander, will refer them
the chief of the department 10 which
nIS property belongs for his remarks.
VI ". II is the duty Of the poIt or detAC
ment commanders to see that the retuI
and reports required by regulations Of
ders are duly made and forwarded, aud
80 their monthly injection reports they "
note whether this has or has not been dol
and, II II has not, the reasons for the failu
VII. All appointments and changes
officers serving In the Quartermaster's
RubalslanCe DeDartmenlR will he DrOmD