The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-12-22
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A reduction below the expen-
ditures tor the year 1S69-70 of $4,636,503 Il
One mlllon four hundred thousand
dollars Of the deficiency above indicated
| is accustomed by the fact that in the es-
innate made by this department for the
year ending jun 80, 1871, no amounts
included for certain purp ,ses, because of
balances Of ldappropriations believed to
he applicable to the payment Of expenses
! fer the current year, which balances were
rendered unavailable by the act of July
II, 1870. g
The'rotal estimate of military sppro
prlations r the year ending June Both,
1872, is $29,383, 998; a reduction below
the expenses Of the expenditures of the
previous year of $3,518,35097; and be
ow the last. approximation of 1866, $50.
l97. Of this estimate for the next fiscal
ear the sum of 81 ,062, 1875 is also neces.i
taied by the prohibition of the use OF
anexpended balances Of former years
These figures, therefore, present clearly
and plainly the amounts demanded for
the proper financial administration Of the
department. The estimates Of heads of
| bureaus have been carefully scrutnlzed,
and, notwithstanding the prohibition of
the use Of unexpended balances of former
appropriations has deprived the depart
ment OF any funds to be used, az in form
er years, when in cases Of emergency the
amounts appropriated were insufficient
for it's purposes, still these estimates have
been reduced on close calculation to the
lowest sum required by the wants of the
md a n, ~ ~ Al
amount asked would result in great EN-
barassment to the public interests
The estimates of the Chief Of Engineers
for Notifications, Improvement of rivers
and harbors, public buildings and
grounds, and Washington Aqueduct, are
submitted separately, as presented by that
officer: *a
Fortifcations and other works of
defence al IS. 500 200
River and harbor improvements S,842. 45O
! Public buildings and grounds, and
Washington AQueduct 11OS. 4So
10 ESQ, 1s0
| Of these amounts no revision has been
made by me, but they are submitted for
the consideration Of Congress and for
such action as may be deemed advisable.
With an army scattered over so large an
extent of country, stationed in localities
remote from nse population, needing
quarters whose erection is retarded by
the want of those facilities offered in
more thickly settled portions of the coun
try, and actually demanding heavy ex-
penditures for transportation and other
incidents of the service, 1t is difficult to
rapidly enforce reduction. Since the
date of my last report it has been my en-
deavor to use every proper means 70 re
turn from the loose customs and expendi-
lures which crept into the service during
the emergencies of our late war, to the
more economical and thrifty system of
| former years.
ECONOMY AND INFRINGEMENT.
The transports ton of clerks by the of
ficers of the staff departments was prohib-
tied, except on special order from the de
partment ;,cumbrous and lengthy returns
of properly. which, during the war, were
made monthly, for obvious reasons, are
now made quarterly, thus reducing the
number of vast army Of clel ks, the re
suit of whose labor was only to cucumber
the desks of the department. at Washing
| ton with accounts which could not be eS-
amined, and of which a quarterly exam
nation would answer all purposes. Gen
eral officers were required to limit the
number of inspection tours, and were re.
lstricted to the selection of one officer ia