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prove unsatisfactory from the difficulty of properly apportioning the moss 

 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 sum of 

 $1 per day for subsistence of each person sent on board by competent 

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

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

 mess while temporarily attached to it. 



G.— CO-OPERATION OF 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 Sec. 4397, act 

 of February 9, 1871. 



The Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting furnished 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 Yery'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 boxer 

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

 frogs, with 240 cartridges. 



