American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-21
Report Of the Secretary Of War.

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Ine eNpend,lures Tor inc service oi ,na La hr.
termaster's Department during The year ~ nav
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The number of cavalry and artillery horses a.
urcn n ~ uurihs 'he ear Is es'ii''' " 30 5s
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i"e ne.'ioei Vi mules III SIS
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Muen 81 .ie Si1 ON anu eduipasu 81 o ira
.ne y. .ne Val r s, ue IN Wet, Of inn;
anu urSay, anu mas peen soiu. me cnamSeS ~
ed bx Inari of ,;cr i cnnvan with rrferenre
to that subject Were' with some modiiications.
sppunJI", .nu ~. ne" 1ios ;h IT, s,n;,.,rn,
adopted Is believed to be great Improvement
anu VIII, IL Is hoPeo' give sehefai Sa'isiAS'ioh W
var haxp nun 90 81 ann ,b ouariermpas
& pren h d, i,a i in ,h Ta,rr
from sales of clothing and equipase during the
year. s4o,sS 10, which sum Is not aVaiiaoieio
current use. H..
I'm, ps ralioau HAS a, 900 ooo M
,< cost 81 ''oV' !"
VI inns 49,. 81 WIS over 'ne Ta-
xx nv am ous- 100 ooa oo
Wagon transportation -------- 1, 100 900 ~ ~
S, a.er --------------' -
And the amount paid on account of
pI ,,,r ~ "a n rp.nair or r1my
smrnp nne anu anu cars harnts
Suing wagons ant o.,r 'S, .LHe
Iii mn M VI 'e'in7'eiS' """ii"ss OBJ e.o a,
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To- Use W aPi.u Z, i III, ,,,;r e ,,,;,;,.r,,
buildings has been $50 Sinsty-live new
a cost nf q an S53 and ak 0oo has heen ernen,ied
upon wharves.
tain the remains Of a.. 9'ss nersons All bnt six-
teen Of tbase csme,sr;ss have been nermanentiv
;,.IoSaI, - - he.,. ;,.ai.soi -, cnn,r.,cts
. T.; OF ar peTt iEo ,,h uusI t h
been trspsserred IN tbe care IF the Wan Denarf
ens anu nix 10 noer 'ne resoiuion Vi
Ths ri 1u.s H. ha, hill o,-o,e lime N
10, az i,, ~, oot in, 9I.s oe co. ~,
E a ,e sun oi cal
@ % ~ .ne , by ana me S itt f
Pany ror 50 mneh OF rs property ana rlgnis OF
hroPer,y IN and 20 the line OF water o9m mn
of the Fox river as wee renorted NV the secre-
tary of War to the House of Representative on
The 9Th of March 1872 10 he needed In conform
ity with the rennirements of the act referred TO
The Green I,ay and Vississ;r,,; camel Comnany
Transferred The nronertv n, The limited States
and the sum of al s ono was maid TO the company
on the 2sth day Of SeptemLer last.
The constr1iction a. The bridge across the Mis-
sissinni river at RocI Island has been comnlefed
and fhe bridge Will he in,madiateIv onenad for
raiiroad ND sr.a a., - ue NH 'i'" '
In conforn;tTf 10 the rannire,n.nts of the txxo
acts relating to bridging the Mississippi river
the one approved April /. 1s7e, the other approx
ed june e. 1872 the nroper site for the bridge Mt
Ia(rosse and Vicinity has been determined
The river and barbor hill annroved June 10
1872 directed the Secretsrv oof War To renort t1
Conyress M i,s n.yt saSsicn ~ sanner IL ppracti
cable ths CONDITION IF The canal AZ tha Eaiis Of
the Ohio river and the nrovisions necessary 10 re-
iAre the canal from incnnbrance with a yieyv To
such legis Iation "a will render tbe same free TO
commerce ar tho earliest nracficahIe neriod
This report will he comrIeted in time IN he sinh
The survey Of the lakes has been condncted in
a very safistacto v manner. The s,,ryey If 7 al o
Sunerior hnying Iaen cn,nnlets,, anj that Of
Lake Wicbjg,n 6ayine ,,een axtenld.d -, far o. To
tn comniete If The onerafions in otharS nortions
of the field of survey comnrisino lakes Eric ON
tariO anil Chamnlain and the 81 Iawrencc river
have been equally successful as have been the
mefeorolopicaI and Lake surface observations
which extend over the whole lake reoion
Nevada and the eastern slope of the Rocky Noun
tains will nrohablv no comnleted nv the close nj
the present season for field onerations The re-
suits of this work are of the very highest value
in the departments of geology topocraphy and
mining enrineerinp The exSioratIon in Nevada
Utah and Arizona was Continued mil Decemherr
of last wear when n nreIiminary r.nort of the
results affortinp valuable information for min
ing as well as for military oDerations and immi-
grants was suhmfted to CoTnsress and nublisbeJ