I expended, per J. D. Irwin, Assistant in charge at Camp Morton, per vouchers Nos. 92 to 154....... Expended at office, per vouchers Nos. 132 to 164.. Balance unexpended.. $1,197 29 7,562 87 $8,762 00 The above mentioned vouchers are numbered consecutively after those paid by my predecessor, and have been filed with the Auditor of State, to be forwarded to Washington City for settlement. A small fund has also been created by the sale of various articles of military goods to officers and others, by the sale of ammunition, by freights advanced for contractors-the bills being paid by the Auditor of State-and the amounts subsequently refunded by the shippers, and by donations from contractors, in view of prompt payment of their bills, or as discount thereon. The following is a summary of the items of this account: Sale of sundry articles.. Sale of ammunition. Freights refunded.. Donations by contractors..... Donation by J. H. Vajin, Quarter-Master General.... William Wilson, refunded on settlement for advances previously made......... $560 58 681 75 563 09 1,239 00 150 00 220 00 $3,414 41 In the absence of any funds advanced this Department by the State, for the payment of the smaller kind of bills constantly incurring, the fund in question has been a great convenience, and has been used many times over, saving annoyance to ourselves, and vexatious delay of payment to many other parties; the bills paid out of it having been, from time to time, presented to the Auditor of State, duly authenticated through the course prescribed by law, and the amounts repaid to this Department by the Treasurer of State. The above amount ($3,287 91,) which is now in the form of certified vouchers, will be paid into the State Treasury as soon as the condition of the Military Fund will allow of the vouchers being audited. The following summary from the ledger shows the amounts that have been certified by this Department for payment up to the date of this report, arranged under proper heads according to the nature of the claim. Vouchers have, of course, been taken for every expenditure, for the smallest as well as the largest, and filed in the office of the Auditor of State. It would, doubtless, be desirable, on some accounts, for the present report to be accompanied with a full exhibit of all the items embraced in the summary here given. But such information, apart from its exceedingly voluminous character if readily accessible, could not be obtained without the labor of many weeks in making copies of the vouchers on file in the office of the Auditor of State. The propriety of preserving copies of every bill in the office was overlooked in the great pressure of business that crowded upon the Department at its first organization; yet, prior to the Military Auditing Committee entering upon their duties, in the month of July, 1861, no claim was paid without rigid scrutiny and proper attestation. After the date just mentioned, all claims underwent examination by that committee, and of their fidelity to the interests of the State I need not speak. For these reasons, I undertake to give items of two general accounts only, those of clothing and of camp equipage, already referred to as papers B and C. Military stores, troops, and persons on military busi Camp equipage. Hospital-Indianapolis and various other points, sur geons' and nurses' pay, medicines, &c. Expense account... HARDWARE AND TINWARE. Nails, tools, and sundry supplies for camps and armory, 15,428 24 Buildings-Ordnance Department, &c.. Rent... 11,768 70 699 60 1,834 94 Drayage.. Forage-Cavalry and artillery horses, in sundry camps, $1,436 16 74,056 74 5,070 13 1,405 56 3,718 20 1,270 50 1,206 81 Musical Instruments-Drums, fifes, and bugles. 171 75 90 44 The following charges embrace supplies of every kind furnished the regiments encamped in the several camps, and at the different posts named: Camp Wallace, 11th Regiment, Evansville... $2,576 00 5,084 37 Camp Tippecanoe, 10th and 15th Regiments, Lafayette Camp Noble, Jefferson county, 6th, 22d and 45th Regi ments. 14,533 80 Camp Noble, New Albany, 23d Regiment. 2,714 05 Camp Allen, 30th Regiment, Fort Wayne.. 2,498 64 Camp Vigo, 14th, 43d and 31st Regiments, Terre 3,787 25 Camp Scott, 28th and 42d Regiments, Evansville. 3,779 37 Camp Jackson, 29th Regiment, Laporte.... 1,032 84 Camp Anderson, 34th Regiment, Anderson. 1,508 66 Camp Dearborn, 37th Regiment, Lawrenceburgh. 1,115 50 1,152 07 The following amounts have been certified in favor of various individuals for the different services specified. The account, however, does not embrace the whole expense of this kind, as claims of commandants and regimental quarter-masters have, when more convenient, been embraced in the foregoing account of charges. against camps, and some such claims have been passed by the auditing committee, without coming through this Department, or appearing on its books: James Greene, Quarter-Master General's Department, salary.. J. H. Vajen, Quarter-Master General, salary $2,303 42 1,778 00 573 33 305 00 945 00 William Wilson, Quarter-Master General's Depart W. M. Blake, Quarter-Master General's Department, salary... 679 50 ment, salary. 626 00 James W. Edgar, Quarter-Master General's Department, salary. 156 00 Isaac P. Smith, Quarter-Master 23d Regiment, New Albany. 107 50 W. J. Baker, services in Camp Morton. 60 00 562 75 J. C. Sullivan, Commandant, Camp Sullivan.. A. B. Gilbert, services as Commissary, 12th Regiment. 276 01 91 50 505 00 60 00 170 00 137 50 211 50 70 00 J. R. Robinson, services as Post Commissary, Camp The following claims have been certified by this Department for payment on account of the Indiana Legion: Charles Reif, repairing arms.... Frederick Miller, repairing arms. Western Artillery Company, services at Madison, guard ing arms and ammunition, and for repairs, supplies, &c., five claims. $47 00 45 85 1,072 29 1 Charles Kuhn, repairing arms. W. E. Burbank, special military service.. Blythe Hynes, traveling expenses on military business. Fred. Marshall, repairing arms. John L. Mansfield, expenses on military business. $2 50 4 00 182 52 57 00 4 25 94 65 J. J. Brown, Quartar-Master, 7th Regiment, 3d Brigade, labor, supplies, &c... 145 29 The following are the only claims that have been certified by this department for payment out of the Arms Fund: My resignation of the office of Quarter-Master General of the State has been laid before you. In retiring from the duties of that position, I can not omit my grateful acknowledgments to your Excellency, for the aid your cordial co-operation and valuable Founcil have furnished me. I have had occasion, as you know, to seek that aid often, and it has never been withheld. Congratulating you upon the success that has thus far attended your administration, and in the earnest hope that a speedy return peace may relieve you from the arduous and harrassing labors consequent upon the existence of an unnatural and treasonable ebellion, I have the honor to remain, with much respect, J. H. VAJEN. INDIANAPOLIS, May 1, 1862. |