Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-14
Annual Report Of Paymaster General
Kenny.
CONDITION OF SUPPLY DEPICTS
Need for Enlargement Of Store
houses.
PROVISIONS FOR OFFICERS

The heavy expenses of the naval service
during the past year are set forth In detali
in the annual report of Admiral Kenny,
paymaster general of the navy. The total
credits at the beginning Of the year were
S141, 617 ,252, and of that sum S73, 1459o2
was expended during the year, leaving
balance of S6S.471 $50. The principal Items
of expense Were as follows: On account OF
construction, including the labor, material
and purchase of ships, $1,000, 49, cost Of
repairs to ships and equipage, at home and
abroad, $6754,974: cost Of maintaining
ships in commission, including pay and ra-
lions of officers and men. etc, S13,9S3,114;
expenditures on account of the marine
corps. 81, 443, 225; for armng and equipping
the naval militia of the several states,
$1322}5.
The deposits of savings by seamen show
an increase of $S6, Al, the deposits dur
ing the year amounting to $780,, s61.31 and
the repayments $221, 1887; the total
amount adn3 to credit of the fund on June 30,
1899, being $37i,644o9, The interest paid
at per cent per annum upon above repay
ments amounted to S12, 1912.
Larger StOrehOuses Needed.
The New York navy yard is the chief
depot and distributing point for the entire
naval establishment. From there consign-
ments are sent to stations and ships in all
quarters of the world frequently involving
the assembling and retention for lengthy
periods of large and bulky shipments.
Great Inconvenience has been experienced
through the lack of sufficient storage room,
and the hindranCe accordingly resulting to
systematic, prompt and accurate work has
been great. <rhe naval supply fund having
been increased to S25OG,ON, the stock of
supplies carried in the New York navy
yard for immediate use or shipment has
been greatly enlarged and will be still fur
Their increased as the necessary facilities
are provided 1t being evident that the
present stOrehOuseS are inadequate for
present and future requirements, an esti-
mate has been submitted from the navy
yard. and Is included in the annual report
of the bureau of yards and docks, proVid-
ing for an additional storehOuse at a cost
of Sl5O,OoO, to be placed on the plot now
covered by the pay office building That
, building. not planned for its present pur-
pose. is old. cramped and announcement.
Before removing 1t, To give place for the
proposed storehOuse, it will be necessary
to provide a new pay office building, for
which an estimate of $4,000 is also sub
mitted by the bureau of yards and docks.
The growing Importance of the League
Island navy yard and the meager pro-
vision there for stOrehOusc needs have re-
suited in an estimate by the bureau of
yards and docks for an additional store
house, at cost of S22i $40. In like mariner
estimates submitted for a new store
house at the Port Royal naval station at a
| cost Of 10000; and for an additional store
| house at the Mare Island navy yard, at a
| cost of $40 $50.
| Supplies at Manila.
THE employment Of refrigerator ships
| for supplying vessels at Manila has proved
| most satisfactory.
| The Glacier, Celtic and Culgoa are now
performing this service and have not only
| proved sufficient to meet the wants of the
navy, but have also transferred large guam
| titles of provisions to the army, for which
| service the commissary general of the
| army has expressed appreciation.
| 1t has been necessary to keep In store
| at Manila large quantity Of supplies
| especially Of provisions and clothing; anG
while the needs of the service have always
| been promptly and fully met, there have
| been unavoidable losses due to china tic
| causes, the ravages of insects, and lack OF
| proper store houses.
| Il am impressed with the necessity Of re
| pairing Immediately the buildings now
| there under the charge Of the general store
| keeper, and of providing others, as | be-
| lieVe the losses to the government from
| stores that must be condemned for reason!
| stated above will be In excess of the ex
| penditure necessary to provide proper store
| houses.
! THE bureau desires to establish a nava
| supply fund department at Cavite as sooi
| as possible, as the needs for such stores
| grow more urgent each day, but is reluctan
| TO do so on account of the loss which woulf
| necessarily be involved.
Naval COmmissary Stores.
1.-The inability Of officers to procure tn
ordinary articles of provisions, etc, neces
| sary to their welfare, In remote places lik
| Cavite, Guam and Sitka, has recently re
| suited in much personal discomfort to them
Legislation granting to officers and enliste
islatOn granting to officers and enIiste,
flen of the navy and marine corps the priv
i!ege Of buying commssary stores from tn
army. and the establishment of a nava
cUmmissary store department, with lik
privilege to the army, at such places as tn
| Secretary might deem necessary, is recon
| raended
In order 10 meet the pressing deman
| for officers for sea and other duty it
| respectfully urged that the pay corps of TIL
navy be maintained at It's full numerlc.
strength, and that the vacancies in tn
grade of assistant paymaster be filed a
the earliest possible moment There are 8
this time only four pay officers unempioyet
| of whom one is on sick leave and tire
have recently finished cruises and Al
awaiting assignment. 1t rarely happen
| that a pay officer can obtain leave of al
sence upon the expiration of tour of sc
| service. and it is frequently necessary
! detail him for new duty before the tim
allowed by law for the settlement of N
accounts has expired
Cost of the Ships.
An impressive idea of the great eXpens
, of maintaining the new navy is conNeye
by the detailed statement of the cost
, | keeping in commission, during the pa
year, the ships of the active navy. TT
| cruiser New York flagship of the Mort
| Atlantic station, was the most eXpensiS
ship on the list, for it cost SAT- ,134 to kee
| her in commission.
+ Admiral Dewcy's flagship, the Olympus
g was not far behind, at cost of $44S,374.
! The Oregon was close up. and perhaps {
. | account of the remarkable cruise that We
e | made by that ship Si23061 We're spent
keeping her going. The big battlesh
| Iowa, larger by 600 tons than the Orego
| cost less to operate, her figure being S4Ol
1873 The Indiana cost S313,5l6, and Il
q Brooklyn S36S9TS.
immaculate Conception Alumnae.
= over forty members We're present at Il
| rnc,1Iar monthly meeting of the Immac