ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Governor Garland at once caused warrants Brought forward. . .. ... $20.459,396 00 



. , . j f , , .,-, A -.jr. i His estimates for the fiscal year ending 



to be issued for the arrest of Smith and Wheel- j une 30, 1376, are as follows, viz. : 



er for conspiring to overthrow the government, Fortifications and other 



but those persons could not be found. eSSSSftSttVu&r ^^ 



During the excitement caused by the Brooks- surveys 399,000 00 



Baxter contest, and before the adjournment of ^jggg"^ of river8 and 13 285 m M 



Congress, a select committee of five was ap- public buiid'gs and' grounds', 



pointed, with Luke P. Poland as chairman, to and Washington Aque- 



investigate the condition of affairs in Arkansas, ict 678 ' 410 50 



and " whether said State had now a government 16 471 eio 50 



nfS%n7it;^i Z id: " -*.. *.-... 



be recognized by the Government of the United The total estimates of the War Depart- 



Stfltps " This pnmmitrpp, nroreeded to Little men t, for all purposes, for the fiscal 



year ending June 30, 1875, were $60,180,923 89 



Kock, and took testimony during the summer. The same for the ensuing fiscal year are.. 53,144,499 00 



President Grant declined to interfere in be- 

 half Of Smith, on the ground that the affairs ^foTlhlen'suingyear 11 0*!!".?'*!! $7,036,424 89 

 of the State were under investigation by Con- 



0TPQ<i n-nrlnnrl ttiprpfnrp. rpmflinpdin DOS- Tne estimates for the military establish- 



gress. o-arland, tneretore, remained ir ment for the fl|JCal year ending j uue 30i 



session of the executive omce unmolested at 1876, are $32,488,96050 



the close of the year. The appropriations for the current fiscal 



On the 18th of December the Senate, in yearwere JW_92_oo 



Committee of the Whole, adopted a bill ere- Excess of next year's estimates over 



ating a State Board of Finance, with authority this y gar ' 8 appropriations $3,906,577 50 



to issue $25,000,000 in bonds for the purpose By the operation of the fifth section of the 



of taking up the floating indebtedness of the act of June 20, 1874, all unexpended balances 



State and procuring money to pay the current of appropriations which had remained on the 



expenses of the Government during the ensu- books of the Treasury for two fiscal years 



ing year. The State lands are to be mortgaged prior to July 1, 1874, excepting such amounts 



as security for the payment of the bonds. as were required to meet unfulfilled contracts 



The following is a statement of all outstand- at the time of the passage of the act, were 

 ing bonds of this State, up to October 1, 1874. carried to the surplus fund of the Treasury. 

 State Bank bonds. $240.000 This necessitated estimates by the War Depart- 

 Real Estate Bank bonds 621,000 ment for various objects, the appropriations for 



Arkansas funded bonds 3,050,000 rrrhiph VIAVP, nlwnvq hppn flvnilflhla nt nnv timo 



Memphis & Little Rock Railroad bonds 1 200,000 en nave , 



Mississippi, Onachita & Red River Railroad ihereiore, certain items, for which estimates 



T-^ nd 4"; 600,000 have not been heretofore required, are now 



^^^^^f^. ^.^. 1,300,000 included in the aggregate estimates of the de- 



Little Rock & Port Smith Railroad bonds'... 1,'000,'000 partment. 



Arkansas Central Railroad bonds 1,350,000 flip strpno-fh nf tTio orm-p- fWr/Kor 1 *tV. 



Bonds to supply deficits 800 000 . mv ' U ' er T 15t ; n > 



was reported at 26,441 enlisted men. In the 



Total $9,561,000 report of the General of the Army to the Sec- 



The treasurer is not required, by law, to retary of War, General Sherman says on this 



keep a record of the levee bonds; therefore point: "I have no doubt that by the 1st of 



they do not appear in this list. January, 1875, the number of enlisted men 



ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. The will be reduced,, by ordinary casualties, dis- 



expenditures and estimates of the War De- charges, and deaths, to the number limited by 



partment, as submitted in the annual report of law namely, 25,000, and will venture the ex- 



the Secretary to the President at the close of pression of opinion that this limit forces the 



the year, were as follows. companies to so small a^standard that the eifi- 



The actual expenditures of the War De- ciency of the service is greatly impaired there- 



partment for the year ending June 30, by. It is utterly impossible to maintain the 



18T3, including river and harbor im- pnmnnnipi nt vpmntp tnrinn<i nr> tr thp vprv 



provements, were..., ..$46,325,30821 every 



The same for the last fiscal year, ending small legal standard, because months must ne- 



June 30, 1874 42,326,314 71 cessarily elapse after discharges and deaths be- 



Showing a reduction of. . . . $3,998,993 50 fore recruits can be be sent from the general 



- rendezvous." 



The estimates for the Military Establish- r n +i lfi * mnVinc, nnnrnnrifltif>Ti<? for fhp 

 ment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 



1875, were . . $34,410,72289 support of the army, approved June 16, 1874, 



Th eara 8 re bmitted f ' the ensnin = fiscal 00488969 50 $ 105 .> 000 was avowed for recruiting purposes, 



L_J and it was provided that " no money appropri- 



Showing a reduction of $1,921,753 39 ated by this act shall be paid for recruiting the 



The estimates of the Chief of Engineers = : armT beyond the number of 25,000 enlisted 



for fortification, river and harbor im- men, including Indian scouts. In commenting 



KEnd ^JSSU&S^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ &P ^ ' 



the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, were $30,459,39600 This prohibition fell in an unfortunate time and 



