UNITED STATES WAR RECORD. 



IMTKD STATES, FINANCES OF THE. 813 



di/isions only had been examined, thus reducing 

 the total examined by 4 commissioned officers and 

 84 petty officers and men. Two of the Philadelphia 

 officers were unable to answer the call. Out of the 

 two Philadelphia divisions examined, 49 were re- 

 jected physically, 21 were rejected because of un- 

 der age, and the difference of 14 men did not 

 report for examination. Those mustered into serv- 

 ice were as follow: 1 officer to command the aux- 

 iliary naval force, fourth district; 1 officer to com- 

 mand United States revenue steamer "St. Louis"; 

 1 officer to command the United States steamer 

 ' Aileen "; 1 officer to command the United States 

 steamer ' Minneapolis " ; 2 officers to command tin; 

 United States steamer "Viking"; 6 officers and 58 

 men to the United States steamer "Arctic"'; 2 

 officers to the United States steamer ''Huntress"; 

 1 officer to the United States steamer " Sylph" ; 21 

 men to the Coast Signal Service. 



Rhode Inland. The Naval Militia organization 

 of this State consisted of 15 officers and 159 men at 

 the outbreak of hostilities, of which number 8 offi- 

 cers and 147 men were mustered into the naval 

 service, not including the commanding officer, who, 

 being on the retired list of the navy, was ordered 

 to duty. 



Soulh Carolina. At the outbreak of the war the 

 Naval Militia of this State consisted of 21 officers 

 and 302 men, which force was increased by 102 vol- 

 unteers within ten days after hostilities commenced. 

 Of this number, 18 officers, 6 mates, and 187 enlist- 

 ed men were mustered into the naval service and 

 were distributed as follow: "Celtic," 6 commis- 

 sioned officers and 80 enlisted men ; naval batteries, 

 Port Royal, 5 commissioned officers and 40 enlisted 

 men ; Coast Signal Service, fourth district, 3 com- 

 missioned officers and 20 enlisted men; "Cheyenne," 

 1 commissioned officer and 15 enlisted men ; " Chick- 

 asaw," 1 commissioned officer and 15 enlisted men ; 

 " Waban," 1 commissioned officer and 15 enlisted 

 men ; Assistant, naval station, Port Royal, 1 com- 

 'missioned officer; ' Massasoit," 1 mate; "Hercules," 



1 mate ; navy yard. New York, 4 mates; " Morrill." 



2 enlisted men. Total (in United States navy, 211), 

 18 commissioned officers, 6 mates, and 187 enlisted 

 men. In addition to the above, this organization 

 furnished 16 men to the United States volunteer 

 army; the remaining 198 men were not called out, 

 but stood i-cady to serve at any time. 



Virginia. The Naval Militia of this State fur- 

 nished 2 officers and 62 men to the navy, of which 

 number 48 men were enlisted in the regular service 

 and 2 officers and 11 men did duty in the Coast 

 Signal Service. 



Marine Corps. This corps did excellent service 

 in connection with naval movements during the 

 war. The official marine record of service is not 

 yet available for the purposes of this article. Ma- 

 rines, under First-Lieut. H. C. Haines, landed from 

 the "Dixie" at Ponce, Puerto Rico, July 27, 1898, 

 and aided the naval force in taking formal posses- 

 sion of the town. 



Marine Battalion. This battalion, organized 

 at New York, April 17-22, 1898, under instructions 

 from the Navy Department, consisted of 23 com- 

 missioned ofiicers of the Marine Corps, 1 surgeon of 

 the navy, and 623 enlisted men, all under command 

 of Lieut.-Col. R. W. Iluntington, U. S. M. C. The 

 battalion was divided into 6 companies, 1 of which 

 was an artillery company, having 4 3-inch rapid- 

 fire guns. On April 22 the " Panther " sailed wit I 

 the battalion of 24 commissioned officers and 088 

 enlisted men for Cuba, and arrived at Santiago de 

 Cuba on the morning of the 10th. On the same 

 day, at 1 P. M.. the ship arrived at Guantanamo Bay, 

 Cuba, and at 2 P. M. of that day the battalion landed, 

 with stores, and prepared to go into camp. On the 



llth the camp was attacked by a much superior 

 force of Spaniards, and from that time until ih- 

 14th the battalion was constantly under fire, and 

 repulsed the enemy on every attack. The holding 

 of the position at Guantanamo Hay was of the ui- 

 most importance to the navy, u> it furnished a i 

 for the operations against Santiago and Admiral 

 Cervera's division. O wing to i hi- -in.-,- uud. r-n.wth, 

 affording safe shelter to the Spanish shar|wh 

 it would have been impossible for the vessel- 

 shelling the shore, to keep the enemy from harassing 

 those on board the ships with their Mauser rifles to 

 such an extent as to make it dangerous for them to 

 remain there, ('apt. George F. Elliott, on June 14. 

 with a detachment of two companies of the battalion 

 and 50 Cubans. WHS sent to destroy a well at t'i, 

 about 6 miles from the camp, whieh was the only 

 water supply of the enemy within 12 miles. Thi's 

 force, amounting to about 275 men, attacked and 

 defeated a body of about .100 Spaniards and accom- 

 plished the destruction of the well. About 1 A. y. on 

 the morning of June 12, during a very severe attack 

 on the camp, Assistant-Surgeon John Blair Gibbs, 

 U.S. N.. was killed by a Mauser bullet. 



UNITED STATES. FINANCES OF THE. The 

 net ordinary receiptsof the Government for the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1898. exclusive of the [K>stal serv- 

 ice, amounted to $405.:>21. '>'). being greater than 

 for any year since 1867. There was a falling off in 

 customs revenue compared with the previous yeiir 

 of $26.979.00.') : in profits on coinage, bullion depos- 

 its, etc., $2,483.344 ; but there was a gain in internal 

 revenue receiptsof $24.212,067, substantially offset- 

 ting the losses. In addition to the increased gains 

 from the sources mentioned, the Government re- 

 ceived in satisfaction of its advances to the Union 

 Pacific Railroad, being in full for the principal and 

 for interest advances to date of settlement, Nov. 1. 

 1897, the sum of $58.448,224, and in reimbursement 

 in full for the principal advanced to the Kansas 

 Pacific Railroad $6,303,000. Under this settlement 

 the Government is reimbursed for all advances 

 made to the roads except for the interest on the 

 Kansas Pacific. Against these receipts no corre- 

 sponding items of expenditures appear, consequent- 

 ly the deficit in ordinary revenue appears to be only 

 $38,047,247, instead of 'more than $100,000,000, as 

 would bare appeared but for the receipts arising 

 from the reimbursements in question. It should be 

 stated that the expenditures on account of the re- 

 demption of the principal of these railroad bonds, 

 and of the interest thereon for which these amounts 

 were received in reimbursement, had to a large ex- 

 tent been made in previous years, and the items en- 

 tered respectively in the accounts of redemption of 

 principal and interest on the public debt and not as 

 o rd i 1 1 a r y e x pe n d i t u res. 



Negotiationb which have been long pending for 

 the sale of the Government's interests in the Central 

 Pacific Railroad have also, it is announced, been o n- 

 cluded, the Government aei-epting twenty interest- 

 bearing notes of like amounts, payable at intervals 

 of six months. atru;rcgatiug precisely the nmount . f 

 the principal of the bonds and the interest thereon 

 advanced by the Government. 



To meet additional anticipated demands upon 

 the Treasury. Connivss | u--ed an act which was 

 approved June 13. 1898. imposing additional inter- 

 nal revenue tuxes and a duty on imported tea. 

 aNo authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to 

 issue, not tcexeeed $100,000,060 of certificates of in- 

 debtedness, t" i-ear interest at a rate not exceeding 

 3 per cent, per annum, payable not exceeding one 

 year from date of issue, and also 3-|>er-cent. bonds 

 not to exceed $400,000.000. redeemable in ten year- 

 and payable in twenty years after their m 

 proceeds to be used only to meet the anticipated 



