The New York herald., 1873-10-18
GOVERNMENT DISBURSEMENTS.
Annual Report Of the Third Auditor Of the
Treasury Department Paid Out
During the Year-The Pension
List Recommendations.

WASHINGTON, Oct IT. ls7s
The report OF the Third Auditor Of the Treasury
has been completed and shows the number of requisi
tons drawn the Secretary Of the Treasury by the Sec
OF the Interior during the year
1854, amounting TO $6169 ,l7022
The claims paid during the year amounted to
$4,s03 iC0 95 The number of settled during
the year was 5457, involving $Gs5s.ssl rs. There
yet unsettled I3 s53 accounts involving $660 49,
There were 3467 quartermaster's accounts, in
volving $29,066626 so and 81 signal officers
accounts involving $2 22s 52 settled during the
One thousand hundred and ortyhve subsistence
counts, involving $f37279 SO, examined and
settled and IA refugees freedmens and abandoned land
accounts, involving slls 1893 The engineer accounts
settled PIG involving $s,s26i43 S. Eight original
State claims involving sI70 g. settled to-
gether with 22 suspended accounts of similar nature,
involving $S4 9S4 40
PENSION ACCOUNT
shows the number of pensioners the roll at
folowsRevolutonary half pay, l5j7: invalid 9s s04;
widows, and others not including children liz 0ss;
war Of 1872 sls Total 23s 7sa Fonrteen hundred and
have received commutaon in lieu thereof The amount
80 asy s
TO pensone,rss one, s. during n,h & the year WAS The The
rensSn DyOn a .hs Auditor s desire
rent work. The changes that constantly occur at the
and The made should ~ Se Is
accounts adjusted and closed at once. =
appears that S3l6,64 81 were paid 10 l.. L. Doty and
So g . e s,eSs sns sS g
fs
% Sasa 70 aatsy Il ls.ss It SD
T. 2 slsss IS sAa at ssps af 4 sESssya 3 js&s nS T.
rsncn s ss 4 50as % Seth a%e saFle4 EuGf st svs
land sasl s4s Il 70 john A Norris at Columbus Ohio;
to to DsSd T. M ns
M na the sse to 70
YER Washington Territory. who received $5s5t o. The
Congress, giving The accounting officers, in conjunction
WIN the proper military bureaus having
for limited amount TO enable them to close accounts
each particular case.
aH
s Ss on can an S *
the
taken on any OF them This course appeared TO be nece
@ stations ns the mann &
was or as he S G 70 se TS @ SUCH
Ches vas requested 70 he rolls Of
where Just claims exist ider said act All the
once be made The
hsve By e S 5
new year demonstrates more clearly the necessity of
S ~e to the within EsecHs Dspar
f ,fas 0G dm ss Tim. w0aS When the to eas s
sssgusd with sses iIs
o s Of fa BET thought this
is allowing but short period for the ad sneh
claims, it should be considered that the creditor the
government always knows where to find his debtor and
that the debtor is always willing and able pay just
mands In concluding his report the Auditor bears tes
timony to
FArrBruLNEss INDUSTRY FIDELITY
displayed by the clerks employed in his office
that the dav is distant when abors they
performed for the government will be properly appre
cated by Congress and that fair increase OF the made
quate compensation allowed In some cases will be
granted 1t is not creditabe to the government that
faithful and useful clerks in the Auditors Offices who
perform identical duties of equal responsibility with
others should be meagrey paid than the clerks in
offices which have been recently reorganized.