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prove unsatisfactory from the diflficulty of properly aj)portioning the mess 

 expenses, hence the necessity for the following plan "which has worked to 

 the satisfaction of all concerned : 



The Commission furnishes the quarters and mess furniture complete, 

 as stated above, and pays to the officers' mess the uniform sura of 

 $1 ijer day for subsistence of each person sent ou board by competent 

 authority. The same provision is made for them as for officers regulafly 

 attached to the vessel, and they* are accorded equal privileges in the 

 mess while temporarily attached to it. 



G.— CO-OPERATION OP THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. 



The officers and crew were furnished by the Navy Department in ac- 

 cordance with the act of May 31, 1880, and acting under fesec. 4397, act 

 of February 9, 1871. 



The Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting furnit^ied anchors and 

 chains, including mooring swivel, chain hooks, extra club link, spare 

 shackles, implements, &c. 



The Bureau of Navigation furnished 1 azimuth circle, 2 tripods, 2 

 liquid compasses, 1 set of navigation books, 1 set of charts, 1 hack 

 chronometer, 1 course indicator, and 2 boxes of Very's night signals, 

 with pistols, pouches, and frogs. 



The Bureau of Ordnance furnished 1 3-inch B. L. rifle with complete 

 outfit, including 75 charges of powder, 25 shells, 25 shrapnel, 50 boxei' 

 fuses, &c.; 6 Hotchkiss rifles with 1,200 cartridges, 9 revolvers and 

 frogs, with 240 cartridges. 



