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Indians on the Western plains prevented a 

 corresponding reduction of the cavalry force, 

 and the services of a volunteer regiment of 

 cavalry from the State of Kansas were accepted, 

 which regiment was mustered in on the 6th of 

 October. Five stations for recruiting the cav- 

 alry force remained open through the year. 



The actual strength of all the regiments in 

 the service, on the 30th of September, was 

 43,741, and it was reported that the term of 

 enlistment of 4,500 of these would expire be- 

 fore the close of the year. The engineer, ordi- 

 nance, and other special branches of the service 

 employed 4,340 men. Of 203 volunteer officers 

 remaining in the service in November, 1867, 

 all have been mustered out but General How- 

 ard, the head of the Freedmen's Bureau. The 

 whole number of colored troops mustered into 

 service during the civil war was 169,624; of 

 these 86,923 were mustered out, 20,236 were 

 discharged, 31,866 died, 14,887 deserted, 1,514 

 were killed in action, 1,344 missing in action, 

 and 366 were transferred to the navy. Several 

 colored regiments still belong to the army. 



The actual current expenses of the War De- 

 partment for the fiscal year, ending June 30th, 

 were $68,743,094.71, to which is to be added 

 the sum of $9,961,405.43, old war debts paid 

 during the year, making the total expenditures 

 of the department $78,704,501.14. The appro- 

 priations for the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1869, 

 were $35,400,557.47, and it has been estimated 

 that there will be deficiencies to the amount 

 of $13,975,000. The requirements of the de- 

 partment for the year, ending June 30, 1870, 

 are estimated at $65,682,380.85. The disburse- 

 ments of the pay department for the last year 

 were: 



For the'Kegular Army $17,803,963 53 



For the Military Academy 169,199 04= 



For Volunteer Services 42,696,444 08 



Total $60,669,606 65 



The expenditures of the Ordnance Bureau 

 for the last fiscal year were $3,192,000, which 

 is less than three-fifths those of the previous 

 year. From the Commissary Department sup- 

 plies were furnished for freedmen and refugees 

 to the extent of $882,884 in the year 1867, 

 and $632,776 in the year 1868, making a total 

 of $1,515,461, of which the Freedmen's Bureau 

 repaid $1,048,669. Army stores were issued 

 to the Indians to the extent of $640,439 in 

 1867, and $373,926 in 1868. Besides these ex- 

 penses outside of the ordinary claims on the 

 department, $250,500 were paid for commuta- 

 tion of rations, to soldiers who were prisoners 

 during the war, or to their heirs, under the 

 act of Congress of July, 1864. 



Claims to additional bounty were allowed 

 during the year, to the number of 241,992, 

 involving an expenditure of $23,649,157.78. 

 Since the act of Congress granting this bounty, 

 435,199 claims have been received, of which 

 387,091 have been paid, 32,403 rejected, and 

 15,705 remain unsettled. The aggregate dis- 



bursement on these claims has already amount- 

 ed to about $54,000,000. 



The cost of reconstruction during the year 

 was $2,261,415.02, and a balance of funds to 

 the amount of $467,626.46 remains available for 

 that object, which it is thought will finish the 

 business. 



The amount of money subject to the requisi- 

 tions of the Quartermaster-General for the year 

 was $37,000,000, of which $36,500,000 were 

 disbursed. The surplus and new appropria- 

 tions for the fiscal year, ending in 1869, amount 

 to about $15,000,000. The debts of Southern 

 railroads to this department, for material fur- 

 nished and interest thereon, are $8,500,000. 

 This is chiefly due from four roads in Tennes- 

 see, namely : Nashville and Chattanooga ; North- 

 western ; Memphis, Clarksville, and Louisville; 

 and East Tennessee and Georgia. A large 

 quantity of clothing and equipments was left 

 on hand at the close of the war, and no appro- 

 priation for new purchases has been made 

 since. 



More attention has been given, than hereto- 

 fore, to the inspection of the army, and still 

 further improvements in that regard are sug- 

 gested. The officers of the Bureau of Inspec- 

 tion consist of a Judge Advocate-General, an 

 Assistant Judge Advocate-General, and eight 

 Judge Advocates. The work of the bureau, 

 thus far, is comprised in 15,046 records of mili- 

 tary courts, received, reviewed, and registered; 

 and 1,457 reports on various subjects especially 

 referred for opinion. 



The number of military arsenals in the 

 country is 27, including the national armory at 

 Springfield. Measures have been taken for the 

 sale of the St. Louis and Liberty Arsenals, and 

 legislative authority is recommended to sell 

 those at Kome, N. Y., and Vergennes, Yt., 

 and a new arsenal is required at Omaha. 



The Bureau for Eefugees, Freedmen, and 

 Abandoned Lands, has been kept up through 

 the year, but there has been considerable reduc- 

 tion in the number of officers and agents, and 

 arrangements are in progress to put an end to 

 all its functions, excepting those of collecting 

 claims for colored soldiers, and organizing and 

 supporting schools for the freedmen. Treasury 

 certificates and checks, for the settlement of 

 claims of colored soldiers and marines, have 

 been collected by the bureau to the number of 

 17,000, having a total value of nearly $3,500,- 

 000. During the past year transportation was 

 furnished to 6,418 persons; 150,000 received 

 medical attendance; and 2,802,478 rations 

 were issued, affording subsistence to an average 

 of 16,000 persons daily; 27 hospitals have 

 been closed and 21 still remain; but efforts 

 are made to turn over the charge of the sick, 

 the infirm, and the insane, to the civil authori- 

 ties. The number of day and night schools in 

 operation was 1,831, with 2,295 teachers, and 

 104,327 pupils. The aggregate number of 

 Sunday and day schools of all kinds was 4,026, 

 with 241,819 scholars; $942,523.66 were ex- 



