Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-02

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are ~ followsi Actual sscsIp,s Tor ID, im,
quarter o mmsnciag July !, 1879. $40 sAS
dos 81; estimated receipts for The 70.
naming t~hsss.quarters Of the year. sos
l56,336 80 total receipts for the current
fiscal year, actual and cslima.~d, $2Ss. GOO.
900.
The expenditures for the same ,eriod will
br, actual and Estimated. a. follows; For
the quarter commencing July l.. 1879. uctu.
expenditures. $9l,6s3, 1856 10; and for ,hs
remaining ihree.quarlers Of the year the
expenditures are Estimated At $l72, $40, GlA
90%-making the total expenditures $2G4, 900.
600, and leaving an Estimated surp,u. reve.
nue. for the year ending June 80, 1880, Of
$24,00O.O0O. The total receipts during The
next fiscal year ending June 80, 1881, esti.
mated according to existing laws, will be
$2S8,O0O,000; aud the estimated ordinary
expenditures for the same period will be
$278. O97, 1901 30-leaving = surplus Of So
9O2, 635 81 for that year.
The large amount expended for arrears Of
pensions during the last and the present
fiscal year, amounting to $2l, IA, 249 60. has
prevented the application Of the full amount
required BY Law to the si~nking-fund for the
current year but tbese arrears having been
substantially paid. 1t il believed that the
sinking fund can hereafter BIZ maintained
without any change Of existing law.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
The secretary Of war reports that the war
department estimates fur the fscsl wear
ending June 80. 1881, are $40, $3.50, 429 90,
the same being for q less sum Of money than
any annual estimate rendered to congress
from that department during y period Of at
least twelve years.
He concurs with the general Of The Amy
in. recommending such Legislation a. will
authorize the enlistment of the full number
Of twenty-five thousand men for the line Of
the army, exclusive Of the three thousand
four hundred and sixty.three men required
for detached duty, and therefore not availa-
BILE. for service in the field.
he also recommends that congress be AK
ed to provide by Law for the disposition OF a
large number of abandoned military posts
and reservations, which, though very vaIua.
BILE in themselves, have been rendered use
lesa for military purposes by the advance Of
civilization and settlement.
de unites with the guartermaster general
in recommending that an appropriation be
made for the construction of . cheap and
perfectly ire-proof building for the safe
storage Of a vast amount of money accounts,
vouchers, claims, and other valuable records
now in the quartermaster generals Office,
and exposed to great risk of total destruction
by fire.
He also recommends, in conformity with
the views of the Judge advocate general,some
declaratory legislation in reference to the
military statute of Limitations as applied to
the crime of desertion.
In these several recommendations l con-
cur.
The secretary of Wal further reports, that
the work for the improvement of the South
Pass Of the Mississippi river, under contract
with MI. James B. Eada, made in pursuance
of an act of congress, has been prosecuted
during the past year with a greater measure
OF success in the attainment OF results than
during any previous year. The channel
through the South Pass, which, at the be.
ginning of operations in June, 1875, had .
depth Of only seven and one-half feet of
water, had, on the S,h Of July, 1879, a min
imum depth of twenty.six feet, having a
width OF not less than TWO hundred feet and
a central depth of thirty feet. Payments
have been made in accordance with the
statute, as the work progressed, amounting
in the aggregate to $4,250,000; aud further
payments will become due, as provided by
the statute, in the event of success in main
tanning the channel nos secured.
The reports of the general of the
army and of his subordinates, pre-
sent a full and detailed account of
the military operations for the sup.
preston Of hostilities among the Indians of
the Ute and Apache tribes, and praise is
justly awarded TO the officers and trc en-.
gagged, for promptness, skill and courage
displayed.
The past year has been one of almost un.
broken peace and quiet On the Mexican
frontier, and there is reason to believe that
the efforts Of this government and of Mexico
to maintain order in that region, will prove
permanently successful. =:
This department was enabled during the
past year to find temporary though crowded
accommodations, and q safe depository for =
portion of it's records, in the completed east
wing Of the building designed for the state,
war and navy departments. The construc-
ton of the north wing of the building, a part
Of the structure intended for the use of the
war department, is being carried forward
With all; possible dispatch, and the work
should receive from congress such liberal
appropriations as will secure it's speedy COM
pletion.
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The report of the secretary of the navy
shows continued improvement in that branch
Of the service during the last fiscal year.
Extensive repairs have been made upon yes.
sells. aud v new ships have been completed
and made ready for sea. N
The total expenditures of the year ended
June 30, 1879, including specitic appropria-
tions not estimated for bv the department,
were Sl3, $685. l0.O9. The expenses charge
able to the wear, after ~deducting the amount
Of these specific appropriations, were $l3,-
343,3l7 70; but this is suhjec. to a reduction
Of $3.50. 725.99, that amount having been
drawn upon warrants, but not paid out du-
ring the year: The amount Of appropria:
tons applicable to the last fiscal year was
$l4,53S,646.l7. There was, therefore, a
balance OF $l,479,05437 remaining unex.
pended, and to the credit Of the department
on June 80, 1879. The estimates for the 6s.
cal year ending June 80, 1881, are $l4,S64,-
1895. which exceeds the appropriations
for the present fiscal year 36l,S97.2s. The
reason for thisl increase is explained in the
secreiary's report. The appropriations avail.
able for the present fiscal year are $l4, 500,
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