Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-11-12
Their Annual Reports.
rHE FIRsT CoMPTRoLLER

fiscal year ended June 30. 6S, 500 war;
rants. aggregatlng SIC, 049 754. IL, were
examined, regist red and counterslgn-
co, and that 26, $50 accounts aggregat-
I ing $SS, 575, 2I4.45, received from the
auditing offices we're revised, recorded
and certified to the register. Tue
comptroller calls attention to the fact
/ that in 1868 the first comptroller then
in Office certified balances due to the
United States from the several states
and territories, respectively, for direct
taxes due and unpaid under the direct
tax act of Aug ) 1861, and such states
and territories were accordingly debit
4 cd on the books IN the office of the re
gistcr OF the treasury.
/ Discussing the question of old claims
against the government, which are
constantly being presented for his ac-
/ ton, the comptroller suggests that
some fixed period after the rlght of the
claimant accrues should be subscribed
! by statue within which claim may
be brought before the proper account
ing officers for action thereon.
THE PAYMAsTER GENERAL.
Paymaster General Rochester, in
his annual report to the secretary of
war. shows that the disbursements
made by his bureau during the last
fiscal year amounted to Sl3, 4o3, Ut,
including $197, 600 10 the signal ser
vice and 1918, 443 to the military acad-
envy ana $12, 349. 443 on army pay
rolls The amount disbursed for pay
ment of mileage Of officers was
| $l55. 600. Gen. Rochester recommends
that congress be asked to enact legls
lation allowing an officer who may be
travelling under order his actual fare
and a certain rate of mileage by the
shortest usually travelled route, sut1'
Gent to meet Incidental expenses.
Such a scheme, he says, would be
more equitable, both to the officer and
the government, than the present sys-
tenn,
Ninety.two noaScOmmissloned Oil
GERS and prlvates have been placed
upon the retired list. Gen. Rochester
recon mends legislation to authorize
the payment Of these men 50 month
| in lieu OF the allowances for clothing
and ratlons.
The paymaster general reports that
the diminished operations OF the Od-
resu make IL possible TO drop SIX
clerks from the present force.
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL,
Adit. Gen. Drum ia has annual re-
port 10 the secretary of war invites
attention to the subject Of the obsolete
arms and ammunition in the hands OF
1.-THE state militia or stored IN the several
state armOries. 1t would, he says,
3 seem a most wise measure If, at the
approaching session of congress, a
general act we're passed providing for
the immediate exchange, when re-
questeG, OF all Obsolete arms now in
the hands Of the militia of the several
states for improved Springfield rifles,
: caliber As and appropriate ammuni-
ton therefor. He recommends that
proof be required with the application
for the detail Of a military professor
at any military school That at least
$50 male pupils above the age OF Ii
years are usually present. lie lind;
that. in some cases. the gu mber runs
as low as 60. lie recommends thai
. non commissioned officers and prl-
b y
sum IN money in lieu OF their present
; pay and communication OF allowances
snd he submits table embodying :
! proposition to pay them at rates vary
ing from $5340 per month for chieI
;; musicians to $23 80 for artiicers. de
recommends the publication Of new
edition of army regulations to con-
? form with the laws enacted since tht
present code was promulgated, and
calls attention to the inadequacy in
size of the military prison at For
: Leavenworth. He calls special at
! tention to the value of the work done
, BY the prisoners lie also calls atten'
ton to the difficulty OF securing clerk;
acquainted with army forms, and rec
ommenGs remedies.
THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA,
Gov. A. P. Swineford, of Alaska
, has made his first annual report to thc
secretary of the interior on the condi
: ticn of affairs in that district. He ar
!, rived at Sitka Sept. -, and was cor
! daily received save sy very few
! persons, who, in the language Of the
: governor, preferred a continuance o.
a the Ola OTueF vi dudlFs, uuoCF " hlCu
!. presumably, they have persuaded
themselves to believe they might In
7 dividually profit much more largely a
: the expense of the general govern
7 ment than under the new. None 0
. the appropriations made for the sup
, port Of the civil government or fo
= specific purposes appear to have reach
! ed the hands of the ex offcio treasurer
consequently h. has no record Of th'
disbursements, all OF which, with {
few exceptions, the governor says
. were made by the collector Of customs
2 An increased appropriation for schools
. is asked. The children are said L
9 manifest more than the average apti
; tude in study, and the Utes are es
, pecially anxious for the establishment
: of English schools. Reference is made
( to the disagreement between the gen
) eral agent Of the schools and the people
$ of Sitka, including the late officials 0
f the civil government, but the cover
. nor says he has not been in the terri
! tory long enough to decide the merit
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