Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-19


Public buildings aud grounds and
Washington aqueduct .... 612,O24
Total. ...-...................S Sit, 639, 1924
About one-sixth of the army is stationed
in the Southern States. The Secretary states
that :" 1t Is hoped that an improved condition
of affans in that section NAV permit the
withdrawal. at an early day, of a portion of
the forces"
The expenditures for the service of the
Quartermaster's Department during the year
have been ST., SIT ,631.37
The number of artillery horses purchased
during the year is estimated at 3,277; mules
2O9; number OF horses in service, 9,720:
mules 8,758.
The expenditures for clothing du:ing the
year were 1861, 52963; for railroad trans srta-
ton, $1,300,o00; wagon transportation, ST.
lUO,U60 water transportation, 1925 373. 81:
stage transportation, $49, 1854
Under the act of Congress providing for
the relief of loyal citizens certain loyal dis
tricts of the South, the Quartermaster Gem
eral has examined and transmitted to the ac-
counting officers for settlement 665 claims for
Quartermasters' stores taken during the war,
amounting, as allowed, to 1857, 1O2. ~; 274
others, amounting to 1896, 100.75, have been
rejected. There are still 1851 of these
claims on lille, amounting in the aggregate to
Sc, 857, 006.56.
The "a National Cemeteries contain the re-
mains of 317,962 deceased soldiers Fifty
eight of these cemeteries have been perma-
nently inclosed.
Subsistence stores to the amount of $780,
1861 have been issued to the Indian tribes of
the West
The monthly army reports of sick and
wounded during the year represent an annual
mean strength of "a. 101 white and 2494 col
ored soldiers. The total number of deaths
during the year was 367 white and 81 colored
soldiers.
mo Rnn To1a I'LL l.. I.
and Will be Immediately opened for railroad
and wagon use.
In conformity to the two acts of Congress,
passed last spring, relating to the bridging of
the Mississippi! river, the proper site for the
bridge at La Crosse, Wis, has been deter
mined
satisfactory state of proficiency in discip-
line and study at the West Point Military
Academy is reported. The number of failures
TO master the academic course, including
original reflections, WAS 81 the number of ad-
missions, IS; the total number of cadets now
at the academy Is $40. There are So vacan-
cles, caused by failures upon preliminary ex-
amlnatlons, disc barge of cadets for deficiency,
and the failure of Congressional representa-
tlves to select suitable candidates for the past
September examination. The standard of
proficiency in the corps of cadets has much
improved, but great obstruction to the USE
fulness which the academy might otherwise
attain In fitting scientific and highly educated
young men for the public service is expert
cnced because of the large amount of time
necessarily expended in giving new cadets a
thorough knowledge of the mere elementary
branches of learning, which they should have
acquired before entering the academy. Under
the present system large percentage of the
candidates who seek admission to the academy
fail in their preliminary examination. or are
found incapable of mastering the academic
course during the first year. Many of those
who go to West Point with the prestige of
high scholarship, obtained elsewhere, fail un-
der examination. in the very rud,ments of an
education. That such failure cannot be
charged to a too severe examination is shown
by the fact that the qualifications demanded
of candidates are loss than those established
by perhaps majority of the higher schoIas-
tic institutions of the country; and the ex-
aminations are not conducted more rgidly
than is absolutely necessary. A considerable
modif cation of the existing mode of selection
of cadets seems to be demanded, as the oElv
effectual remedy for this evil.