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A Committee on the Question of Tests for the Purity of 
Whiskey. 
(Appointed January 14, 1864, at the request of the Acting Surgeon- 
» January 5, 1864.) 
B. Smrtman, Jr., Chairman. 
Joun TORREY. 
R. E. Rocrrs. 
J. H. ALEXANDER. 
March 12, 1864. A communication was sent from the 
Committee to Acting Surgeon-General J. K. Barnes, recom- 
mending that an appropriation of $3,500 be made to meet 
the expenses of the investigation. 
March 25, 1864. A letter was received from Acting 
Surgeon-General Barnes, stating that an appropriation of 
$3,500 had been authorized by the Secretary of War, and 
that Surgeon R. S. Satterlee, U.S. A., Medical Purveyor at 
New York, would be instructed to pay accounts for neces- 
‘ary purchases, etc., upon approval by the Committee. 
Committee reported Jan. 6, 1865, and were discharged. 
A copy of the report was transmitted to the Surgeon- 
General. 
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Ii. 
A Committee on the Expansion of Steam. 
‘February 29, 1864. The Hon. Gideon Welles, Secre- 
‘ary of the Navy, invited the appointment of a committee of 
three members of the Academy, to act jointly with three 
_ Members named by the Department and with three pactanets 
_ Of the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania for the promotion 
of the Mechanic Arts, to conduct, witness, and report upon 
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