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168,447,298 92,492,047 SECRETARY OF. WAR. Wan Darantunyr, } Wasuixctox Cry, Nov. 14, 1666. $1,270, 884,173 = Mv, Paempxir—Disbandment of the voluntest forces 2,217,732 ~~ | in service at the time the rebel armies surreedered; col- : 2 | Total for War Department............-. $284,449, 701 Total means......-.--++++seeseseeee + $1)274,900,215 ‘UNDER THM DIKECTION OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. lecting the arms, erduance and military stores ecnttored BEPENDSTURRS FOR THE YEAR, : The 's Bureaa 10,331,260 | over the vast theatre of war; the sale and disposition of ‘The expenditures for the year were as follows:— eee ie ccstbacs: - LMGRER7 | unservicoable material; storing in. arsenals, magazines CIViL, ee Bureau of Kquipment and Recruiting, 5,103,661 and depots that which might ba used; settling and ad- Er BGtNS The Bureau ot favigation.. ‘ 201,06 justing war claims; recruiting and organizing the regu 4 jurean of Ordnance. . q “ 1,627,349 | The Bureau of Construction ud Repair. ent} Jar army Under’ the recent act; the éstablishment of Gocerneeny in the Territorice. : 5 200, 7 ‘The Bareau of Steam Engineering .. 6'164/888 | Posts and garrisons on the frontier and in the Indian _—. eir clerks, 127,047 | Tne Bureau of Provisions and Clothin; 2,244,775 | country; testing the various improvements of breech. 7 =, rer of Lob oy Ermdbongd igh sesiaat loading small arma, and supplying them to the army; — Practical experiments to determine the destructive Total for Navy Department. $43,224,118 | power of projectiles and the comparative resisting f RBCAPITU! qualities of materials; completing seaboard defences and Total civil list... 287,828 id FOREIGN INTERCOURSE. ‘Tota! foreizn inter beer providing them with armaments; planning and carrying Galaries of ministers, &c........ 820,226 | Total miscellaneous, 27,430, on harbor and river improvements; these, with the ad- Galarice of secretaries and assistan! Total for Interior 18,852,416 | ministration of the laws relating to refugees, freedmen 30,974 ] Total for War Department. 701 | and abandoned! lands, have constituted the chief opera- Total for Department. 43,324,118 | tions of the War Department during the past year. 361,976 | To which for interest pul REDUCTION OF THE ARMY AND WAR MATRIIAL. debi, including Treasury noves........, 183,067, 741 ‘The entire number of volunteer troops to be mustered 450 bait 2 coe ee on May en 1865, 1,034,064, and my last bday re- expenditures, exclusive of principal Fecoun! © operation of disbandii forve 43023 | Mar the panedebe nv? Of Principal 49,160,040 | Until November 15,1863, "whon $00,063 “stoops. had PRINCIPAL OF THR PURIAC been transported, mastered out and paid. The 2,417 | Redemption of stock loan of 1842... '@ $124,199 | work was actively continued after that date, and on 2,755 | Redemption of bounty tand stock, per January 20, 1866, 918, 108,239 February 11, UR4T, 00... ec cse cee deeeess 100 | out; 15, 952,452; March 10, 967,887; May 1, 27,430 | Redemption of Texan indemuity stock, per 986,782; June. 30, 1,010,670; Nover 1, 1,028,032 act September 9, 1550......... ae 202, leaving in service 11,043 volunteers, white and colored. 60,840 bursement of bag notes issucd ‘The aggregate reduction of the colored troops during the * Galaries of Prior to December 23, lade nak nella 200 | year has been 75,024, and at this date one regiment of Japan, China, 2,079 ent of Treasury notes, per act of arullery and thirteen of infantry, numbering about Belief and protection of American 120,161 IME. Ava ass aonde > soe 10,000, officers and enlisied men, Tewain in service. Bemging home from foreign countries Payment of Treasury notes issued per act Commenced in May, 1865, the work of discharging and partons charged with crime... o 27,269 of March 2, I86T....... 2,000 | returning to their homes 1,024, voiunteers, Bxpenses of ackvowledging the services of Redemption of Treasury notes, per act of would have been completed within three months masters and crews foreign vessels in a ie ee be 258,810 | but for the necessity of retaining in service part rescuing American citizens from ship- Redemption of 7-30 three year coupon «f that force, Past experience shows that should Doscas Mi cers: Bee 7,198 bonds, per act of July 17, 1861.......... 779,150 | any nations! emergency require a larger force than is of work and nayet commis- Reimbursement of temporary loan, per provided by the peace establishment, armies could be moner, per first article of Reciprocity acis of 26.and March 17, 194%, 205,245,395 | SWitly organized to at least the full strength of @ mil- Great Britain.........+.... 1,176 | Redemption of Treasury notes, per act of tion of men. Rent of prisons for American convicts in 1862.......... " 32,696,827 | _ The reduction of the army bas been attended by acor- Japan, China, Siam and Turkey........ 7,153 | Redemption of certificates of indebteanoss, responding reduction of material and retrenchment of of carrying into effect the act of per acts of March 1 and 17, 1862........ 148,493,000 | expenditures. The advanced depots of the Quartermas- relating to the habeas corpus... 21,350 | Redempuon of postage and other stamps, ‘8 department, which had been established as bases ‘act to encourage immigration.......... 14,000 | _ per act of July 17, 1862.......... taoaae: 3,097,203 | Of operations, have been broken up; the greater part of t of claims of Hudson’s Bay and Redemption of fractional currency, per the material pold at advantageous rates or concentrated Puget Sound Agricultural Companies. .. 9,872 ot of 1 March 3, 1863. vee 13,087,540 | !2 live principal depots and arsenals, and ail un- Expenses of convention with Ecuador for Redemption of two year o per cent inter- necessary employes discharged. From May i, 1 C1AIMS. «i 0.00eeeereeeese 3,834 | ent Treasusy notes, per act 1505, to August 2, 1965, over 207,000 horses Payment of frst annual instalment to- March 3, 1863... . 84,500,000 | and mules were sold for $15,260,075. About of the Scheldt due: 11,162 | Redemption of one year 6 per cent inter- 4,400 barracks, hospitals and — other buildings ‘eat bearing Treasury notes, per act haye been sold during the yoar ‘or $447,973. The sale 816 | _ March 3, 1863. ee, 7,000,000 | of Irregular and damaged clothing in store prodnc: Redemption of three year 6 per cent com- during the fiseat year sum of $902,770. ‘The fleet of an ipraapes ge apatgakeaen 10,000 pound interest per acts March 3, $90 ocean transports in service on July 1, 1865, at a daily of Commissioner to run and 2863, and Stone 30, 1848, bene cient 75,928,159 | @zpense of $82,400, was reduced before June 30, 1866, mark the boundary between the United Redemption of goid certificates, per act to 53 vessels, costing $3,000 per diem, and most of these ‘States and British possessions bounding March 3, 1863. oper ene onned 87,711,520 | have since been disch —ocean transportation being en Washington Totritory........+++..+ 13,250 | Redemption of 7-30 three-year Treasury Now almost entirely conducted by established commer ‘awards under convention between the per acts of June 30, 1864, and Cial lines of steamers, Of 262 vessels which had been United States and New Grenada... 89,872 March 3, 1865....... Desks Soa .. $16,597,002 | employed in inland transportation, at an expense of Commissioner and ex- Premium on purchase of 7-30 three-year of $3,193,083, none were remaining in service oo June to adjust claims of freasury notes, per acts of June 30, 30, 1866; sales of river transports, steamers and barges @itizens of the United States against 1864, and March 3, 1865....... Bite 58,476 | during the year are reported as amounting to $1,152, ; Grenada and 6,406 | Redemption of 10-40 bonds, per act Marci: Tho rates of wagon transportation ia the Indian country jon of Commissioner - B,1904...00+agerneoies fa Neclahads 1,861,000 | bave also been reduced by favorable contracts, The mili- ‘of commission to adjust claims 2 | tary railroads, which were operated during the war at a Of citizens of the United States against Total principal of the public debt....... $620,321,725 | total expenditure of $45,422,719, and which are officially the United States of Colombia, 12,953 | Total expenditures, exclusive of principal reported to have reached an extent of 2,630! milea,aud to eee of public debt... 520,750,040 | bave posseawed 435 engines and 6,605 cara, bave all been Total foreign intercourse. $1,838,388 “ transferred to companies or boards of public works upon eine 41,072,668 | Condition of the adoption of loyal organizations of direc. MISCELLANEOUS. 152,687,549 | 10% Cush sales of railroad oquipment to the amount of For mint establishment...... 3 (664,504 BA. Sin $5,466,759 are reported. Rag sales of $7,444,07. t expenses under act for safe Tota! debt........ ty | | upon the la:ter there have been paid, principal and in- the public revenue 159,805 Se lst meme tncet, $1,200 086, leaving dus to the Patied atn on to persons ‘Teras R Me 5 . Q 30, P ‘and interest, 1,074. The cole and keep the public money... MIME Se hie ae ne ee miliary telegraph, which Attained nl extent of 35.80 om pensation to agents to examine ml of lines constructs uring the period of hoattlithe books, &., in depomtories........-..+» 6,269 | STATEMENT OF THR) RECHPT: AND, FXPENDITURES OF THR | with a total experditure of '$3°219,400 during the war, vaults in sixty-six depositories as UNITED STATES FOR THY QUARTHK ENDING SEITAMUEK | and $667,637 during the last fiscal year, has been discon- geourity to the publictunds............ 33,618 30, 1866. " tinned, the materiai sold and disposed of, and the em- ‘of the Atlantic and Gulf coasis of Receipts. ployés’ dircharged, only @ few confidential operators tho United Staten.........------+-----+ being still retained for cipher correspondence with com- manders of important districts, Sach subsistence stores: as could not be retained for sapplying the reduced army have for the part been soid at sasfactory prices, ‘The sale of unserviceabie and surpius stores perta ning f fe | 4,000 to the wignal corps bas beep efocted ; most of the officers ae Total recetpte, exetusive of loans. . $168,001,586 | have boon mustered ont aud the eniployes discharged. vey 30,009. | © per cont 20 year bonds, act July All the ordnance depots established during 1961......-.++ protic 96,050 the war, with the exception of that at Hilton Head, United sates notes, act Febra- where the work is in progress but not completed, have 25, 22,000,000 been discontinued aud the supplies have been rent to ‘ arsenais for storage, or, when not worth the cost of 7,285,650 traneporiation, haye been sold. The expendiiures at arsenals have been greally diminished, and their opera- 8,779 tous ae 4 Genoral hospitals, hospital transporte and railroad 27,109,378 trains, ambulance corpy, and a number of medical pure m weyind depose have been dispensed with, and all perish 3 ree ce eecceees 4,878,305 articles of medicines and hospiial supplies in excess 6 per cent 20 year bonds, act of the requirements of « establishment bave been STB. sees 3,100 dinposed of by public sale at advan'ageous rates, and the 6 per cent ‘compound interest reserved supplies concentrated at five depots. ‘The pro- notes, act June 10, 1864..... 29, 7311300 coeds of Old or surplus medical and hospital property 5-20 6 per cent bonds, act March 3, 1865... . Total receipts from loans, amount to $4,044,251. WAM MATERIAL ON HAND. But the sale and disposition of these iarge amounts of unserviceable aud perishable stores still leave ov hand an adequate supply of war material to meet any emergency that can poosibiy arise. The stock of ofthing, equipage, quartermaster, subsistence, hospital and ordnan:: stores, arms, ammunition and Heid artillery ix sufficient for the immediate we ay of iarge armies, The disbanded oe stand ly to respond to the national call, and, our Vast means Of iansportation and rapid organ zation developed during the war, they can be organ- ized, armed, equipped and concentrated at whatever egy pee may require, While, there fore, the war expenses have been reduced to the footing of a moderate and economical peace rstablishinent, the national mil strength remains voimpaied and in condition to be promptiy put forth. RECRUITING YOR TUR REGULAR Anw While the reduction of the volunteer forve, and the edvantageoes dispomtion of concentration of war ma- torial were thus successfully sccomplished without @iminishing the military power of the country, reeruit- wag and reorganizing the requiar army favorably pro greene). consequence of tne difiicalty in procaring ‘eniietments for the reguiar, while so many men were re- quired for tbe volunteer service, one hundred and Afty. (bree companies of the regular army. a then authorized, ized on May 31, 1865, but in the middie of ly these companies had been com. 174,011,622 $502,673,008 fitw res, intercourse and miscel- Civil, foreign laneous $11,893,736 "787,975 14,838,214 7,878,609 UTINT sases;300 Total expenditures, exclusive of princi- pal Cad a debt... ri inoipal of Pade of Treasury noven, act 2, 1861......... Redera| $79,258,935 20,950 27,496, 787 Pact Feb. 25, 102. es peek ebrual - of corti indebtedness, acts of Marc Band 17, 1802... 4 of postage other stampr, Beatty 17, 1902... A Redemption of fypctionai cus. Fenoy, act March 3, 1663. Redemption of two year C487, 182 27,340,000 898,510 3,291,960 SS i as we ranks CJ cy of the military force by rawing the standard PAYMENT OF INE TROOPS, . $525,041, 768 SB, COLBY, Kewiter. Treascey DevanremsT, Reoreren’s 21, 86, CITY INTELLIGENCE. expenses of the late Y of buildings ia nuprovement, ot ‘Tur Syne Steer Homocrpe.—Yesterday a(ternooa Coroner Navmaan beld an inquest on the body of Alex- ander Culrosr, the man who died at his late residence, No. 88 King street, from the effects of a stab wound in eas ‘a kpifo in the hands of Thomas alias Bandy” von, during & quarrel b occurred in the oyster ullough, No. 283 “pring street, early Om tbe morning of the 25d uli, The jury brought iu & VOTAIEL against the accused, Borers oy 4 Woman av Tatixe Oxstio Actin Usnn- Wien Lovr tue Caper, —Coroner Gover was yesterday called to the houre of Louis Kobimann, 262 East Hoom to ap inquest on the body of Auguste woman, twenty-eight years of age, who from the efecta of pomonm adnuoimicred by Lerself The canse ja soppored to be unrequited love, Atma Covresnasn Liqron Saigen An officer of medical treatment t the wounded and sick, Well if saloon of Ham ie! grounded of the appearance ot Ariathc De(ore t assumed ite asual alarming epide Bic form, and official recognition has been given to the Bupport of insane pawpers of District of Colambia aud army and navy of the Vnited States. ... .... 100,000 |} the'Twentieth precinct yesterday afternoon levied upon a | been good. Among white troops the proportion of deaihs Preservation of collections - from all causew to canee \reated bas bern u GMA sass cc rsccceseeeeit 6,000 | *Wek laden with ton barrels of rectified spirits, from the | eyory ify-two, Among the colored troops ie peo. Drawings to illustrate the report of the establishment of B. Schwartz, 306 West Thirty.third | portion of cases takeo sick bas been greater in Comm iswoner of Patenta ......... 6,000 | street, The barrels bore what purported to be the in- | with the and the mortality rae Depowits by individuals for expenses of rand, but a suspicion thatthe brand was *po- | one death to every twenty-nine case tases warvey ing the public lands.......... a8 thatthe owners of the liquor had been at- | There were remain: hospitala, June Bupport, Ae, of convicts transferred to defrand the revenue, cansed official interfer. | 90, 1866, and the year, 64,404 patien of whom, on adinitted during Jane 90, 1868, only a under treatmeat matter will undergo Festigation. nety seven remai: oun Ronmpay.—Daniel Ogle, The comfort and the District of Columbia to other pee REI TEY € Tar Recent Bask Mew bole ey ot een. t who wns arrested last Satuntoy on the charge of being per centum to Michigan. . 7 one of the parties concerned im robbing Mr. Jobn V. ee Te “ Cockroft, messenger of the Newaa ee ees rn iscou! Ofer, And three per centum to Missouri Dowlii Re tticnse Fu otcuee tending te exoswrase Subsietence sures of good quality bave been sup. ‘Of sundry individuals from complicity m the r = een Moe Ler the larger part has the obbery, and the miscellaneous items... esos teagistrate coemmitted him for tral im default of 62,000 Tetal...... ont We “ Ser ote see ‘Tee Recest Accrvexs ar rue New Herate Bon ore ‘and tbe conreq) Terpening fg mpd Ai lets 86,615 | Who received « fracture of the skull and other injuries pag pe at the few 927,400,144 by being pushed into the cellar of the new Hrnato build pK A a AA, wtchue Mmlsceliansous..... om, jog, Brosdway, las oo oe SF Fe Ee ee 7 naervit BRBWOH-LOADING BMALT. ARMs. on hand at'the ia The im ‘of speedily providing the arm: sito ammunition amd, COMBINE, Ont ak Waterel trecch-londing sunall avons off the bent: pattern oe ght Fireproof worknops Mave Siunploved a Watervilt, recoguized aud acted upon. By an order of January i Frankford 1886, a board of competent Lnyoad was convened tor the Purpose of examining, tent reporting on the vari- ous models of original breech-loaders, aud the various pias for the conversion into breech-loaders of the arms eretoiore borme by our troops, This board met oo March 10, and contioued tm session until June 4, when its report was submitted, and directions bave been given the ordnance department for the speedy manufacture of breech-loading arms. In view of the great number of small arms on baod, it bas beem deemed advisable to con- Vert Springfield rifle muskets, at a comparatively small ug «table sites for depositories of gunpowder Peviied oF by an appropriation of the lat ‘session 0! Congres: and the erection of such magazines as will fur- ht somite and sullable storage tor all our powder, ammu tion And nilve will be commenced early mext spring. 9 areenale at the Routh which were sewed by the Ie having been retaken, are reocoupied, exception North Carolina arrenal, which was destroyed, the a TORR business will, {tis thougut, not be reduced iv to the reduction of the ¥ tores vispertion QUARTRAMAST OKs DEPARTIRNT, the qQuartermaster's Departmen: the retorns cost, into effigient bi rather than @© | and acconnts of officers responsible tr cloubin, ‘a Fe yo kabope incur the cost.of the entire manufacture of new arm* of | and eqaipage during the year Dave Homey) ned, gh pF peng kane er aan een, that description, at a time, too, when the invention may | amined and transmilied to the — Trem for ‘areepal in Florida, which has been transferred tem: not have Deen perfected, This alteration of the Sprag Held musket has been effected so successfully a* to ren der it an arm belleved to be better in all respects than the Prussian meedie guy, whiie ity metallic ammunition {s regarded ag superior to that of the later, The De partment has already om hand breech-loaders of ap- proved patteras adequate for tue supply of tue cavairy 4od mounted and light infantry, MONTHLY” INSPECTIONS. Resides the measures that have been mentione! to Provide for une Comfort atid promote the efficiency of the artpy, stated montily jpepections baye been made in every military command durihg the year, with a view to bring to notice aod prompuy remedy any i nha ithe and defects; and numerous special inspections have also been taade throughout the whole country, forthe pur. Pose of correcting abuses, suggesting Improvements and elicoting retrenchreent in the service. The inspection werviee has pet been changed by the return to peace, tho system developed during the war, meeting the re final settlement, The erection of the fire-proof ware- house at Philadelphia, for which Congress made ae ep. Propriation on July 28, will ve cominenced 40 ROOM ay the proposals now invited by public advertiement shalt have been received aud compared, and authority 18 de wired for (he purchase of @ site antl erection of a siniar structure at Jeilersonville, Indiwns luring the timoal year ocean transportation has been furolyved for 191,581 men; inland transportation for 1,016,500 per-ous, 139.389 avimals, 10,370 wheeled vehicles, and 420,000 tons of YW tho Freedinen's Bureau, and Lhe arsenal in anaas, Which ix occupied by Woope of the ine. The Jef of Ordnance is of opinion chat it is not advisable rebuild the North Caroi.na arenai or to re-establiah the ory wt Harper's Ferry, and tue sale of both is recom= ded, All the #mali arms end some of the other sup- at Haton Rouge, Sau Antonio, sta, Charleston and Mt Vernon arvenala have beet ved, und the onl¥ supplies which have been rout ‘were suc) a& Were FoQuired (or immediate issue The commimion appointed under ihe act 1964, to examine and report ihe value Hock Istand taken by the United Stator @ntered won ita duiien, As ial have been ac- or stores of all kinds; and the greater part of ibe billy for paid lame during the war ha been settled and Claims, principally under the act of July 4, 1466, been illed during the year to the amount of aver $11,000, 000, Me Which about $1,000,000 Lave been paid, No further appropriations are required for the roguiar service of the Quartermaster’s ee aa it tw believed that the balances now Halse, aud the sums received and to be received, will sulllce for the next fiscal vear. For comtingencies the sum of $100,000 ruction and arsenal, as jaw, will be Las the appro~ Priations WY admit. Iti i that Lis emtablish ment should ye bailt as rapidly as Possible, avd & conniderable Vn has been enuimated for that ratpore quirements as Rearly as practicable, 18 stil continugd. is requested, during ne ai ‘year. it shat all of it ORGANIZATION GF THR MILITARY DEPARTMENTS AND DI- AURA TENCE Dar arrMenT ts necessar; 4 vantagenurly VIMION®. ‘tsp Siholete ae Deenetoens Iaonanend,, under.the | cen? Gus beat Ue SeaeemNEMEGS armory oh ‘Tle present organizalion of military departments and revolntion, of July 26, 1866, in payiug vpon certifi. | Springfield, Maa, the cates given by the Commissary Genera of Prizoners, commutation of rations to those United states soldiers who were held a prisopers of war. Tobacco i* now furniabed to the enlisted men of the army, under proper regulations. The settlement of accorats of otticers, who fined wo cleanng War and to mating the 49qu verting the Sprit ‘The por BT = of the eight ipeb and tweivo- inch cast iron riffeannon have been divisions 1 as follow a:— The Department of the East, Major General Meade to command, to embrace the New Bogiand sta Pennsylvania and Fort Dela a adeiphia. ‘The Department of the Lake», Brigadier and Brevet | have performed duty with the Subsistence Department, | tical tests, anc the experiments be con- Major General Josepp Hooker to co enibrace | Las rapidly progremed, Claus under the act of July 4, | tinued, The ordnance returas for three con- the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, . | 1864, which have beom filed ia the Subsistence (ifice, | secutive years including a period of — active consin, Headquarters at amount in the aggregate to $1,758,031, on which | service and ordnary repairs, show an average duration of The Department of Washington, Brigs aod Prevec | $55.45 have been allowed; claims amounting ‘s for avalry carbines, of four years for cavalry Major R. 8 Canby to command, to embrace | t $1,02), wait final examination and decision, bresand accoatrements, of seven years for in. the District of Columbia, Alexandria and Fairfax counties, | The total amount of money drawn from the | tantry muskes, and of six years for infantry accoutre- Virginia, and States of Mi ‘and Delaware, | Treasury and disbursed by the Subsistence Depart. | mente, Froa January 1, 1861, to June 90, ‘1866, the except Fort Delaware, Headquarters at Washington. ment during the past fiscal year was $7,515, Ordnance Department provided 7,892 canaon, 1 ar. The Department of the Potomac, Brigadier aud Brevet | toluding payment of claims vuder the act of July | tillery earrago*, 4,022,120 small aria, 2, com: seneral John M. Scboleld command, toembrace | 4, 1864. The mount disbureed during the seal years | plete sets of accoutrements for infaotry a tos of Virginia, except Alexandria and Fairiax | Of the war was 30,544 completo wets of cavalry bose equi 28, and West Virginia. Headquarters at Kich- | From Ja 1861, to June 90, 1862 + $48, wets of hore artillery harpens, 1022, 1°GA74 carn From July 1, 1862, to June 1865, for Ji Arms, 1,220,560,486 uasion TT Frou July 1, 1863, to Jame 30, 1864 Minds of tized. eral Eaition, at 2 cant rounds of fixed artillery ammunition, 1 cannoe _ ‘The Department of the South, Major General Daniel E. Sickles to command, to embrace the states of North and | From July 1, 1864, to June 80, 1965, primernand fusion, 12,876,204 pounds of projec: South Caroli Headquarters at Charleston, From July 1, 1965, to June 30, 1866, les, 24,440,054 pounds of gunpowder, Saee pounds The Departinent of the Tennessee, Major General Geo. of niye, and 90,416,290 pounds of lead, In addition Total ammount... seperee No appropriation ix required tor MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, Arrangements will soon be coosummated by the Med) cal Department for the permanent secnrity of its vari» able mortuary records, facluding 16,000 fotlo volumes of hospital registers, 47,000 bumal records, 16,000 hospival muster and pay rolis, alphabetical registers of the dead, containing 250,000 names of white and 20,000 of colored soldi-rs, end tue pathological collection constituting the army medical muxveom = Ducag the year of - H. Thomas to command, to embrace the States of Ken- tacky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Miesiasippl sarters at Louisville. ? Department of ul ~heridan to command, to embrace tho States of F Louisiana and Texas, | Headquariers at N The Department of Arkansas, Brigadier Major General E. 0, C. Ord to command, to euabrac State of Arkenses ad Indian Territory West quarters at Little Kock ‘The Department of the Missouri, Major Geveral Win- to thése, there were Immense quantities of provia- ed Or repairing and making good articien econ lout or Hestroyed in the wervice. The flacal resources of thf Ordnance Bureau for the year ted to $iib,- 4,062, and tho expemtitures, to §18,65) OTH, Yeavog 8 balance. of $14,749,385, of which §14, were une dawn balances in’ the Treasury, and $706,680 were to ‘ered it Of disburst ries on June 30, required by the Ordnance Office, Includiny objects as require early alienation, iv $1,008, Head- only 6 the Stator | dene tnoble foam no other. source, euchiacsionaaie “ 4 of Colorado | of roo Mscharge for disabiluy. cadete and New Mexico, Headquarters at Fort Leavenworth, — | fursished in 1 212 and 210,027 At the inet osamination the soxpe of ao 4 " ‘ itary Academy numbered two bundredjand twenty-eight The Department of the Matte, Brigadier and brevet | Charges upon cv seater Of disability bave been ex | i ciners, and forty cadets of the graduating class com- Major General Philip St, George Cooke to command, tw | amined and ei The total mutaber leted the course of studies and were commissioned Hea- cases clavattied onind \4, of wounds 1: fhe preparation tor publ oe ot ok latory OF the war ° voi of the mamas: Fr the firat volun cal uiuREAM Cont 5, aud the greator » embrace the State of Towa, the Territories of Nevraska and Utab, #9 much of Dakota as lies west of the one hondred and fourth meridian, and so mach of Mon. tava as Hex contiguous to the new road from Fort Laranie to Vieginia City, Montana Headquarters at Omata, ibe Department ot Dakota, Brigedier avd Bravet Major General A. H. Terry to command, (o embrace the State of Minnesota and all the Lerritores of Dakow and Montana pot embraced jo the Department of (he Piatto, tenants inthe army, Under the provisions of the scta of Congress approved reapectively Jaly 1 and 28, 1 the Military Academy was separated from the corpe ineers, which, together with certain professors and cadets, had Beretofore constituted the institution, and the oftcers of had) exerciend §=exclustve mpervision end control over it Brevet Mayor General Ediound — schriver, Inspector fe wisi | ba been — axsiy an Inepector, and T. G, Pieber, of the Forty-fourth complete imoredes in value and additional wx ne of the building to ib will be shortly + admits of the addition of » great number of Interesting and Inatructive specime tmfantry, the Deard of Headquarters at Fort netting. Bot hitherto avmiable for want of space, A sinail fhe Department of California, Brigadier and | propriation will be required to continne the work ot med Posy poi george fees Full : Rrevet Major General Irvin McDowell tw com- | classibcation and preservation of thik national cvilec: } ay ing a 3 eg A Ne gerenee ee tion. The number of casuaides from the co;nmence ment of the war t the present time, in the regular and volunteer mediral salt, i® ascertained 19 be matt, to embrace the Sates ot Calitormia end Nevada. and (he Yerritory of Arizona, Headquarters at San Franeineo, mends the increase of the mumber of cadeta to f boedred. With the amber of yd graduate can be supplied to each regiment every th» Department of the Colnmbia, Major General Fred. | three hundred and thirty-#z, including | twenty orick Stathe to cominand, to embrace the State of Oregon | Killed im battle, ow Killed’ by accident, ten | 2 the beep feo lied the stall corpe are and the Territories of Wastington and idavo. Head. | woonds, four died in rebel praca, seven died of yeliow. ayo or aon yee tmpertant quarters at Portland. fever, three died of chylera, two hundred and seventy — bey epee ayy br legge Gone NOVEMEMIN OF THE TROOPE diod Of other diseases, During the war thirty-five mod: mpotet oe rag) pulenton, lor a The principal movements of troops have beeu in Texas, | Cal officerswere wounded im battle, ‘The distribution of pv lla wip oe cm A. be mere Bae ot on the Mexican froutier and im the Territories, the de- | troops in matt bodies over sa large ap extent of meen vation, the authorities ‘the pom necessitates the employment of acting axsiutant temporarity, ba! mbar of these hay be: from 1,907 on July 1, 180% to two hundred and «ixty- four on July 1, 1806, aod will be «til furtuer di when existing Vacaucies im the grade of axsistant sur- grows, created by Ub of Congress of July 24, 1566, are fillet; & Corresponding drcreaw im the Dumber OC hospital siowards, for general service, hay aino been effected; and im every branch of the department reduc tails of whieh are given in the accompanying report of Genera! Grant, commanding the armies ot the United Sutter, and the reports of division and department com- manders, to which reference ix niade, eral Grant reports tbat a military force has been kept in all tie lately rebeliious States for ibe purposes of Inanring the execution of law and provecting life and property agalnnt the acta of those who, as yet, willacknowiedge no Low but foree—a class amailer, in bis opinion, than could have i é reports tution as mort aasiduous in thelr effuris to ad Interest of the academy and ite endeta Tis administra. tion i charnetariand by economy sed habits of frugality are inculcated. Excellent dimcipline ie maintained and Judicloasly enforced. The estimated sppropriation for the Miltary Acadeury bv $243,567 PRAADMEN A WURRAU, ETO. In the Burean of Hafugees, Freedinen and Abandoned Lands the Commissioner 1 Chat there 4 p90 material boon expectedatter such « conflict a¥that through which | On and retrenchment Lave been rigidly envorcad. An Oe eee ed ‘bat wotlclestiy’ formidable to jus, | aggregate’ expenditure ef $201,801 was \ecurred | change of organisstion, Bot Duneems ‘sete et ae tify the course which bas beom parsied. Military | bY the Medical Department in turniching oMic:re eottieg dure movements have aivo been directed with # view to | aud supplies to the Barean of ‘ugeon, Freed men and Abandoned Lands, whieh had onder control, during the fiweal year ending July 1, 1866, Appropriation apphcabie to ep prcnens ; and th under a deciion of the Treasury Department, reimbarre ment was not made frou appropriations (or the Freedmen's Butea, ne einbarreriient arose and no leviniation is required. The fouds at the disporal of the Medical and Hospital Departiment, during the year the protection of emigrants on tacir way to the Mountain tte Terrivecies agains: the hostility and opposition of the dane 1H DRFRNCHN OF THR COUNTRY SERRNCTHENKD, Besides the operations thus reeapitulaled, of reduc. tion, concentration, retrenchment and reorzaaization of the military establishinent, aod » Complere pay roe aipment and disposition of the army, other matters of a ? sine im) and foterest bave received (ne care. | epding June UO, 1566, were as follows. — gepepdont ir f ome and to relieve crowded localities. ful attention of the War Dopariwent Halavee of appropriations remmiuiny in th~ let ee ig reg mr Tae permanent defencer of the comntry have beew treasary, Jaly 1, 186% TENS coe so 00-41 GH NORE | ees an pungipe-d Wages strenginensd. Their efficiciney bas already been much | Amonnt ot Treasury draft No, | 44, on war ' ny , by onlers burtes _ ancreased by substituling cannon of larger calibre warrant 4,205, inened May 5, 166, im favor | seats afecting of Avsieiant Surgeon J. Brio improved model for lighter gana, and wroaht tron for wooden carriages. This work in wlll in progress ‘the mail and sabeequently refardes. . 10 oo tnd will be continued.” Diligent and caret Pe arced | Proconds of kales of ond oF worpius medical aud ously, wader, te inraet ro of henev pon the designs and resonmendations of Donpital propery peniites ee on etsad 4,044,201 | Roriotion. P ay boards of engineers, have been mace to adapt old wo Amount retunded on acconnt of supplies fur > a well ax those in process of constrretion, to more pow: ninhed for the ase of prisoners of war 22,165 ful armaments, Somes pee npen ded upou mt bY the Hubsmtenoe Depart {houpad freedimhe we 1p order to await the completion of itnport- meni, being apportienment of anvunk paid ant oXperimer for board aud care of aici *oldiors im private schoot in the Ronthern Stated SeGeele tor reveges iron 4h elas oF howpltale. 0... 121,00 ners. the results already attained give the promise of « | Amount received practical and highly beneficial application of the kuor piale.... 0... to) leage obtained by these triain, Ament recover ROUNTIES AND AXIRA TAY TO SOLETER. furniture lost or damaged in transportation sar Active and cai measures have beea ipstitaied | Refanded from appropriation for care of dest- for coxtully and speedily carrying into eect | tate dine idiers, being (or board of generous provision Congresn for the ber hay of surviving soldiers of the war for th 6.005 Dnion, The subject of the payment of extra bounties 4.008 to discharged soldiers and extra pay abe naryed — officers lias received assiduous attention. The recent Total . 46 008 OF this amount there war disbursed during the ramme prtiond — or medical aod hospital supplies (@ grat part and offen of the & three reyscted at hee ooo, at eal ge uname The 10 508, peated prone War Department, insteat of the reasury, the duties of exam- Jaw devolving upon t accounting ‘others claims of this nature imposed juaiion and settlement a vart serimalation of labor and required the con of this cam expended la payment of dete of * tog of mummeroua acts of Congress and the tegalationd and | previous year)... weeee the bavean tm eect praction of severnl bafeann, upom the perform. For pay of private phy iene... ‘ ti mol ance of (bene extraordinary labors depends thy dmb arr: bor pay of pares and other hompiial employ © pon 9.068 ment of vearty eighty milous of dollars among mo For parehase of ertifical tints for dinwvied read pear aha a nliow of Claimants, Soon after the adjourn CoCr eee . C ngress a competent board of officers wan orga: For board of sick soldiers im privals Bewials 6d, sed “vA uy ‘The overage " ot prepare rulex and reguigtions for the payment of the for memin tw retugers ae, authorized bounties. Diligent application war given to wenn omy, ¥ og ™ 4 the wo nd the regulavons, having been found to be ¥ : 999,263 foe sw i when | iseues yen in etrlet secordance with law, were promptly approved, | For misetianesus expenses of the Medial aE ae 7 an trom ees, 4 ring the fea! year SatuT.so1 | Tet levans to na a ae eee | Sree ork aces tts fraudalent ansignees and secure @ to colored fold: tape. ry and protect the Treasury against (rev report was received payment of the bounties wax dered, As (6 the other claw Of boontion the Pay: ter (enera At impractical votil all pte Bd ball have been receive: fiaime clashed and registered by Staten and ong tions, bat by thi preliinjnazy process the ult little porpess, for, witht few thrives have failed to emiriimnae to lam / persons ow Vo the falar of crop We eatin 16, Agim 22, could non be onforee 4 Cyn a piiration of Mate ofeals epertel teem ere b ing to coriain Mates for the support A i in Po ment of all |, it ie believed, be great pOd | tet ae Depart hitempted otherwine, probably the work would never | enactment, aod in order to promptiy un Sestepe op aie isomers one Ob ny es be fully accompliabed. Of the valaable pati: records | of Treasury cnrtite bons Haney hah le all Ll Nn y _ Ue abere i erealven toy —_ moanat: vitals reomive tha sonal frostinen'® reve, The meant tested, there ia ia the archives of the government but nancial au: y exhibits ned mom tn pommromon of the Wiread 972,81 eaves, coe copy, already math worn, for wach period. Au «x amination foreach individual case would son reduce therm to iMegible shreds, ARTIFICIAL LMU SATION AT CRMNET RATES The duty of the government to the widiery who hare been maimed of have falfen tn ita defence, has not been neglected Great rare has been token by proms tions apd practical tents, to secure for the former | m dorable, cental and comfortable arr ical Near A balance op haod at the beginning of the feral year Keesived from Treasury and during the year ineteasad by two hundred and (wonty eight trees easiest Weeds Sn nasebee of stew nen ost eee pared, sagregaie numer of pereele fl lowe 1, BO iter Jp the above, @tich have ain se barean © 671. of Whit 2.608 have Featured, leaving a miners of 1119 parcels of won ’ Foe ia hore om band” Walance of (wr 1120, 106,070 | Total, ... Aber eure 10a, 426 cae $203 95 a8 Arconated for as follows — efile a neg i i 2 z : ry ~ Debars ments w army end ta!) Frow July 16, 1862, the dave. of the actof Congrom ao tary erademy tortspg attic Lal teats to be furnished, tw Jury I 1808, | Weturements i volumeets " The balance of ayproprmios otoaees OMEBO « have been empplied to disabled suidier 498) Ince | Unewued requetione in Tree 1 eee 2.240 army, wine feet, Afty-fve bands, one handred end sary r on 1 sb bala tah teenty five vargicnl apparatus, and ffs sopposed tha: | Tn hands of parmarters June 0 18,608,010 1 eae’ oo “ ome pot more than 1,000 limbs remain still Wo be wappiied, et | gens, goa, zm |. CBee Davervmnant te. «i: Samene ao eetitnated comt of $70,000 In order to ine ® The total dite rtements of each cise during the fier: | aon Ses ia nem fortunate cases in Whied, from the mature of the jnjary | year u ax follows ; 5 ees te 4 or operation, 06 limb of other snrpest appranes can be | fo trovpe om me foot $004 27 ’ -” 100,000 sivantageously adopted, the Sargeon General has re | To troops In ery mateo! - orammpended that, If the ‘apptopriation for thin porpose | To referred caime 7. | re thal be contivted, thd money Vala of am artiicial | To payment @ Treaeory certifiostes 16 tev tat wb, in lieg Of ap order for the apparstas, be given ts ee ome the maimed soidier, Forty one national mfittary eens ‘Tad xs 9200,5%6 i) porrecame of expraditors $414,808 tories bave bern @etablihed ; and juto these had alent Total helanee for boon gathered, op Juné $0, the remains of 104,00 ‘ * nion soliere The sites for tem additional cemeteries pave been selected, and the work apon thee, for roms {me delayea by the climave apd a threatened + pidem ve A wranr ery j ‘The estimated sprropristiows of the pay deparoert | norant 1 $17, 724,00 ior pay of the army for the , Myer. or Cevineinn (be WARM rwal Tends ne OPERATION. OF THE HROTIEER « pow tn coarse of VigerouR prosecution. Alu eit The Corps of Engineers at the cles of ihe tere! rom may Bot be desirable to remove the remains of these | Completed Of ninety Ave omer. Lue vatiajon uf ceginest | ® now fepomng in Other ruitable bona! groveds, 1 ie mvti ned the Milliary Academy Thiciees officers were | oe maied tbat oor national cemeteries will be required to | on ted G0t7, serving 1% cummmani Of mm lMary é- recelve and protect (he remaion of 260 yb mmnye d va in of or Gere Whose eee were manteed Partnente, On eperial serwwe conmecios Fil! the leven | of the Mineo fiver, of the | ighthous Ward with | Ube fey OF LO Intenan spr 4 eintiing wo tbe | Pace rairond, om miliary varveys aot mate | Beem the General-ie- Wet ani (ammancin ¢ Crwerel of toe welnary division of the (0)! , tae remamnder were @ : y 1@ the dotees of Uber prolemion en | Se idarathe enperience usd previo hevae firect reper vinton Of the, more The engineer | te navonel exivtenom, The overage Gom of the removals @ reported a4 reinterments siveaty 6, amount ag in the « beileved that an additional em will Be necmwary, It ie Leadboarts veretofere used, 10 erect at the graves email monaments of east iron, euitabty protected ty rine ones. Twat mperient works rommyiinere Sih recent enartmruie of (nero, ing sgetne Ninta of toe conte ing Were diy buiat beveets the Miliary Acetemy | Communoners ta axunee Ube Talus uf wines eplinted fein barnes, have been for Con. | 60d the twa Lepr of engioter supplies iocwied as Wl | the Urted Matew ariny during the sar hove taee op ‘eral, and oubere will be isonet an rapidly en they ean be | jet's Point, New York, sud at Jeter Marrecks, Mut | peetes for Mew, ‘ent, Kenterky end Tenmre prepared. Q04r, The conticiow of the Bastallon with fegsrd wo | sem, bak thet taparie have mot yi bere Teeny et ‘uments mulmitiet by the ehlefs of bureaus and ee. | diseiplive aod patyectine 4 reperied ae rareelent a | lo conclanom 't gives me pirarere (6 sgele express wy tntormetion | the two rnginter depew mech ralash + war may he cuigations we the Wete of ‘poreeae ami (ber euborts. abd the | been coviecued from pole where It had rome ned afer whe, 1 fetoring ihe War rpariment to & prone oyrteiemne 16 Whe bord, oad iy pre bests fase’ tt spree tt a remeeie of ite tresr ben esse robin! rom plete atts om