New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-16
NEW SYSTEM At THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
SECRETARY nEnnEHT AIMING At cENrHALizA-
TON ~ THE MATTER OF MONEY


yv,sh,,r,o, July 10 ,SpeciaD.- Secretary Herbert
issu.d An important order today. The regulation
relates 10 public money ani property. and provides
a nov. system 81 responsibility concerning the same"
/, has for IT'S object reduction In the expenses
and Capitalization In the matter OF money re-
suorsiblllty From what was heard at the Navy
Department this afternoon IT - apparent that the
officials are not unanimously OF the opinion that the
new system Is a good one officer raised me
point that the change was Of objectionable Legality,
In that IL took from the chiefs 81 bureaus author
lty and responsibility IN expenditures when me an
nual appropriation acts OF Congress lntent TO I'M
pore upon such officials. On the other hand II Is
claimed that the method rs both prdcticao'e
and Advisable. and tends To good results
The new order provides that hereafter all money
accounts pertaining to the appropriation Tor the
naval service ana Tor other purposes snail be mann
tanned only In the Bureau OF supplies ana Ac-
counts and the accounts pertaining Ia 50 much or
the appropraton tor the Legislative. executive and
judicial eyprnacs " the Government relates TO
the Navy Department shall be maintained by the
d.sbursing clerk of the Navy Department, with
the exception of the accounts OF TIE sum hpp'opri-
ated under the head OF photographic once"
which shall be kept only in that Office, and the &C
counts Of tho sum appropriated under the head OF
Naval observatory" and under the head Of
Nautical Almanac ONCE which shall he Kept
only at the Naval Observatory. At present all
bureaus have their own financial clerks who keep
s,uarlt, uf accounts. The chtusc transfers
these accounts to the raymaatcr-Gcnerala Office.
ana makes that bureau with the exceptions named
tho only office where record OF Naval expenditures
In preserved.
The discussing clerk OF the Navy Department. In
connection with his other accounts. Ia To Keep such
accounts ~ payments under these specific heads aS
may bc necessary Tor proper rendition OK his
accounts To- the auditor Iiut this Ia not To be con-
atrucd prOhihuIug the hufrHuA OF construction
aud Repair and Steam Engine ring from Keeping a
record OF changes authorized in the construction
or contract bulls hhpa and the cost thereof, or or
ailotmcnts made hy The bureaus Of Yards and
Docks Construction aud Repair and steam Ens-
necring. and the expenditures thcreunto. In order
that chiefs OF bureaus may know the condition or
reefs that they shah be- informed weekly by the
Bureau OF Supplies and Accounts as to tn" balances
available under each Appropriation and sub-hcad or
Appropriation with which they are concerned. In
lieu OF all reports and returns pertaining To accounts
now received by the several bureaus, supplies ana
Accounts excepted, there ia to be forwarded i
monthly report which shall be for finished Jobs II
transcript Of the entries made during the month In
the record OF job orders. and ior unfinished Jobs
summation OF the entries under each job taken from
the job order lcigess at Navy yards.
IL IL said AT the Navy Department that one effect
OF the order Will be slight reduction In the num-
Der of clerks employed at the Navy Department
and at Navy yards. The change Is In line with the
policy OF centralizng Naval accounts In the Bureau
Of Supplies and Accounts and that office Will here
after have practically all Responsibility relative to
the receipts and expenditures Of money and prop