Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-07
ARMY EXPENSES.
Report Of the Quartermastcr General

Report Of the Quartermaster General.
NEW MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE ARMY
THE INDEBTEDNESS OF RAILROAD COMPANIES TO
THE 'oFERShE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CONCERNING
THE SOLDIERS HOME AND ARLINGTON cRMETEHIEs-
PROPOSED BRIDGE FROM WASHINGTON TO AnlI,sG-
TON HEIGHTS, ETC.
The annual report Of the quartermsster general
OF the army for the fiscal year ended June so 1888
SHOWS That the total resources were s1505l $50 the
totd expenditures s13,T56 577-eaying balance on
haild JUNE 10, 1889, OF 81 ,2a5 19 The report says
tat Tie customary sum OF Si00 per annuln. allowed
acting assistant coInmisSlries OF substance for
care OF provisions, should be allowed the officers of
the line VINO have performed duty as acting assist
ant quarterlnasters and the unjust discrimination
against them thus abolished. The appointment Of
an enlisted man as post quartermaster sergeant is
Ie'sdilfnehoea at every permanent post garriSoned
ny not less tnan Two companies. and that one en-
listed clerk he allowed each post 0uaTtermaster
The report gives statement concerning the con-
Suuctloh oi new barracks. building storeb0uSeS,
IlSS. maintenance OF post cemeteries, &c.
IN REGARD TO QUARTERING TRnofs
the report says the necessity for SO many very
small and scattered military posts is fast di-
min1Shing, inaSmueh as the Indians are collected
on permanent reservations: but, at the same time
The necessity for larger permanent posts near Ii.
dian reset:ysuons and frontiers is increasing An
appreciation e x25 900 is urged to replace the
Old. dapidatels and unsuitable buildings used as
recruiting depot ana :.ining school 1or recruits at
Day1d'S island, near N6e,olk city. The sum Of
S1OO,U Is necessary to TebUiio TIC reiIlId quar-
tiers at Jefferson barracks.
THE EXPENSES FOR TRANSPORTATION
curing the year amounted to S2,149,05l. The ex-
pelSes OF military transportation, not paid out OF
the regular appropriation, comprise that provided
over bonded Pacific railroads In value sS45,lA,
which is credited ON the debts OF those railroads
and that provided over land grant railroads, to
Which so per centum of tariff rates is paid under act
OF Congress OF June 20, 1882, making special appro-
praton OF 1925 600 for that purpose, all of which
VIII PROBABLY be needed to pay for such service
UNSETTLED RAILROAD ACCOUNTS
The unsettled accounts OF the Union Pacific, Kan
sas Pacific, Central Pacific, and Sioux City and
Pacific amount to 81 50S,165 The earnings of these
railroads On account OF military transportation
from their first opening to June 30, 1883, are
$13 10Y Special attention is called to the debts
OF the southern railroad companies to the United
states 1Or purchase OF railway material In 1865 and
66 or hfty railroads SO Indebted the accounts OF
forty-slK have been closed and settled TIE four
railroads Still in debt to the United States have made
no cash payment for several years. and the indica
lions are that the present unsettled and unSatiSfac-
tory condition Of affairs win continue Indefinitely,
unless Congress shall lnterpOse 1t Is recommended
that the quar1ermaSter generals Office be relieved
OF TINS entire business and that it be transferred TO
some more suitable department of the government
The total number of miscellaneous claims and
accounts on file in the Office was 1880 amounting
TO 81 ,421 1D OF these, 1904. amounting to $3.50 5a,
were acted upon. leaving the remainder unsettled
Action was also taken 1888 claims for quarter
masters stores. amounting to Sc, 4o2, eos leaving
unsettled 1874 claims, amounting To s.. 323
Authority has been obtained to sell ali the sur
plus old war stock hand at deDots not
required for issue during the next five years. and
instructions to dispose OF it have been given. OF
n Of ylf-
ferers by the overflow of the Mississippi. to the
value OF - $780, articles TO the value OF 81 800 have
not been returned. This is the case generally when
property OF the government is diverted from its APP
propr1ate use The number OF national milita Iy
cemeteries now Under the care and control OF the
quarteImaster generals department is 81. and the
NUMBER OF 1ntermentS 32 1863. The necessity Of eA-
tending the Cypress Hills cemetery is pressed
TIE NATIONAL CEMETERIES NEAR WASHINGTON.
For the perpetual occupancy and use OF the
National cemetery by The United States. it seems
but just and reasonable that the Soldiers Home
near Washington, should be compensated. The
suggestion that the projected new park on the
Pot0n1ac Oe cOTlllTc11ct te.ii tt
grounds by means of a bridge meets with the
hearty approval OF the Quartermaster General. and
he invites special attention to the subject.
The grounds OF the Arlington cemetery have been
provided with substantial and permanent improve
ment, and with the care and attention devoted to
It's maintenance always presents a handsome and
attractive appearance 1t is in reality not only a
place OF sepuiture, hut an extensive park of rare
lifting that il should form part OF the coInnre-
henSlye system OF improvements and baalttifvnr
or the water front of Washington, contemplated
anu iauSuIatr|1 by special direction of Congress
THE MORROW COURT MARTIAL-The record i'm the
case or Col. A. F. Morrow, 9th cavalry, formerly
member OF Gen Sherman's staff, who was tried by
court martial On charges OF drunkenness on duty.
has been reviewed by the judge advocate general
OF the army After examination by him the record
VIII lie submitted to the Secretary of War for &C
ton. The result OF the court martial Is not known
CONTRACTS AwARDED-The following awards
were made at the Treasury department to-day: For
the encallstic tile work In the public building at
Topeka, Kansas. to the United States Encaustic
the public building at Buffalo, N.Y. to the Niagara
Bridge company. Buffalo, n. T., 1885, for the en-
laTgelnenJ OF The tunnel runway at the Georgetown
custon-houSe, TO Seth Schell, OF Washington, l.. c.
at $780,
DURING the absence of the paymaster general
Major A b. Carey, paymaster, U. S. A. will. by d.
recton OF the President, take charge Of the Office OF
the paymaster general and perform his duties.
RANGE OF THE THERMoMErER,-The following
Were the readings at the Office OF the chief signal
Ol1icer today? am. 4S4: II am, SOL pn 81 g.
Maximum, 564; minimum, 4S1.
Abductfng a Trotting Horse.
From the New York Herald to-day
After race at the Brooklyn driving park on Sat
urday last Mr. L. II. BrOome, owner OF the trotter
Modoc, which horse took part in the contest, Or
uefed Jesse fearence, his driver and trainer. to
take the animal to his stable In Jersey City, In
stead or complying with the Instructions Yearence
LOOK Modoc to his own rm In Bergen county, N
percentage on the horses winnings When Mr
BrOOme heard OF YearenceS action he obtained var