, 1881-09-10

Der of non commissioned officers and
privates in the military force here
has been 1904, instead of l6O men,
which latter number was that which
served as a basis for the calcula-
tiOns for the grant for this item. The
excess in the number of men has
chiefly occurred by there having at
times been some few Supernumerary
men who have been provided with
food, while they were here waiting for
opportunity to be sent away after
having served out their term here.
In that III an additional expense
has been incurred, that might be put
down at S21.90 But besides that, it
has been necessary at times to give
the men extra .rations of food, when
going on long marches and particular
~ on the marches to FIederiksted,
when exchange of the guard takes
place, and also on particular occasions,
such as fires in the country districts.
The expenditure for this purpose has
amounted to $3434. Furthermore.
the addition allowed the Garrison
Purveyor at Ch~ristianSted, say # cts.
on every 10. of butter bought by the
men of the garrison from the military
canteeu, which additional pay has
hitherto not been included in the
calculations for the item Of victualing,
has in the financial year lSSO.Sl
caused an expense of S6I.76-ThiS
explains the excess of expenditure
under the item.
G. The expenditure for Hospital
Charges etc. has always been entered
quite approximately on the annual
Budgets, and the extent of the expen-
diture must depend upon the greater
or lesser degree of sickness prevailing
in the garrison; and in the financial
year in question a large number OF
noncommiSSioned officers and PrivateS
have been laid up i'll the hospitals
and have since been found unfit for
service and been sent to Denmark.
e. For fodder for horses and inven-
tory for the stalls an amount Of $3.50
was calculated, but there has been
expended S4 S47.93 or 81 .297. 93 more
than granted. In the calculations
contained in the Remarks to the
grant for this item, the mount
for grass for the horses i'll Ere
deriksfort was put down $40. too
low i; but besides that the drought
which prevailed during this year and
the consequent scarcity OF grass has
caused a larger CONSUMPTION OF meal,
oats and molaSscs. For purchasing
oats was expended $~2,264.3O GRANTED
81 5000 and hay S422.06.
z. For purchasing horses has been
expended an amount of $237.7O above
the sum allowed. AS the horses pur-
chased have all been bought from
abroad, the purchase sums have been
increased by the outlay for freight and
similar charges. The amount expends
ed for purchasing horses from foreign
places via st. Thomas was S906.7O,
but from which must be deducted
$500 gained by the sale of caSheered
horses, and thu final expenditure IS
therefore S6S7 20.
II Lighting materials for the militia
~ buildings have caused an outlay OF
Sl03.7S beyond what was granted.
But this is chiefly owing to the cir
cumsUance, that the expenditure under
this head have not in tue money.Dlll
been calculated according to the
actually requisite consumption as flxed
by contracts and other regulations,
but have been entered with sums
approximately fixed. With the daily
consumption now regulated for Chris
tiansted, partly for the barracks n
the military stalls, and partly 1or inc
Fort as long as a military guard IS
stationed there, the expenditure nde
this head may be calculated at C, 1886 ;
for Frederiksted, in accordance with
the now existing contract and with
the prices allowed by the last agree
ment, there would be required about
$l20 for lighting materials.
G IL. The Sanitary Department