ate in view of the present exorbitant cost of the necessaries of life. rks of this bureau, as a body, are highly meritorious and deserving ervants. None, I am sure, better than they, have by faithful industry just title to favorable consideration. It becomes my duty, therefore, ally, but urgently, to recommend a reasonable increase of the rates of sation now by law fixed for the clerks employed in this bureau. Esis this demanded by every consideration of the public interest, of end public economy, for the clerks of the higher grades, and for the chief I feel sure I have only to present this subject to your attention to inur influence in the furtherance of a consummation so proper. other paper communicated to you, dated the 11th instant, I have had or to submit, for your consideration, a plan for the better organization ermanent increase of the Pay department of the army, to which I rely invite your attention in connexion with this report. entire of the regular army and the volunteer forces of every description I in service, and not embraced in orders for muster out, have been paid, provided for and in process of payment to the end of the last fiscal year, July last.) y organizations have been paid to the later date of September 1. ischarged troops have been paid in full, and all being discharged or uners for discharge are provided for, and will be paid as fast as they arrive respective places of rendezvous. masters are held in readiness to make another payment to the troops who e continued in the service, whenever the needful funds for that purpose - available. onclusion, I beg to present to your attention the following remarkmmary statement of the results in this department during the past four f war. total of money disbursed by the department from July 1, 1861, to the date, is one thousand and twenty-nine million two hundred and thirty-nine id (1,029,239,000) dollars. efalcations in the department for same period, supposing that ng is made from sureties, (it is believed that more than alf will be collected from these sources).... xpenses for disbursement, including pay and allowances to asters and their clerks, mileage and travelling expenses, &c., erage of 350 paymasters and 400 clerks for the term of four and four months (a large average).. Total defalcations and expenses. $541,000 6.429,600 6,970,600 it is seen that the total of every character of expense to the government from the disbursement of the pay to the armies during the period stated han seven-tenths of oue per cent. of the sum disbursed. y this is a cost most wonderfully cheap for the execution of duties so at and responsible. It is much questioned if there is another instance rd of public disbursement so cheaply performed. ctfully submitted: EDWIN M. STANTON, B. W. BRICE, Paymaster General U. S. A. Secretary of War. 2,346, 438 42 508, 027 11 554, 802 83 1,343, 157 93 1,717 74 Frederick Robie. 7,364 18 442, 969 73 675, 200 00 331, 155 35 533, 090 52. 13, 017 25 17,473 67 6, 006 45 495, 541 76 445, 227 41 111, 424 48 438,083 73 10, 412 88 325,279 93 102, 015 92 437, 708 73 189,576 10: 309, 611 46 1, 692, 513 47 606,806 29 876, 3:20 98 120, 035 36 540, 306 26 120,008 76 886,067 52 3, 468, 017 73 2,064, 217 73 20, 850 10 973, 870 01 9,980 59 973, 8 38,4 384, 5 Luther T. Thustin Joshua H. Watts. 184, 612 75 1, 589 59 44, 651 12 687 04 1,816 19 5, 516 77 18, 549 02 1, 641 51 17, 133 75 26, 605 00 50, 000 00 242, 478 66 140, 406 55 1, 498, 153 21 348, 017 00 869, 792 91 1, 764, 317 41 417,989 72 1,682, 765 96 1, 303, 938 96. 349, 606 59 875,309 68 155, 946 79 409, 302 81 560, 565 12 954, 602 50 986, 138 27 1,092, 974 83. |