OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR FOR THE YEAR 1883. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOLUME I. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. I have the honor to submit the following annual report of the administration of this Department: EXPENDITURES, APPROPRIATIONS, AND ESTIMATES. The expenditures by requisition under the direction of the War Department during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, were as fol lows: Salaries, contingent expenses, and postage Military Establishment-Army and Military Academy.. Total..... $2,146, 005 10 27,830, 976 15 15, 659, 337 31 4, 154, 736 86 49,791, 055 42 and the sum of $1,663,151.30 was credited under the act of March 3, 1879 (20 Statutes, 420), to the subsidized Pacific railroads, for transportation services rendered the War Department during the fiscal year 1883, and prior years. The appropriations for the fiscal year 1884 are as follows: Salaries, contingent expenses, and postage.......... Military Establishment-Army and Military Academy..... Public works ...... Miscellaneous objects, including Signal Service Total... $2,248, 121 66 24, 951, 557 50 1,925, 344 80 2,641,928 07 31,766, 952 03 The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885, as revised by me, are as follows: Salaries, contingent expenses, and postage, including one-third of the Military Establishment-Army and Military Academy.. Total. $2,322,078 33 27, 136, 152 41 11, 649, 049 62 3,278, 926 42 44, 386, 206 78 |