Statement of claims under the act of July 4, 1864, chapter 240, section 300, Appendix A, Revised Statutes, in the Quartermaster-General's Office, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877.

Statement of miscellaneous claims and accounts in the Quartermaster-General's Office for the year ending June 30, 1877.

The following-described papers accompany this report: A.-Statement of troops and stores transported under direction of the Quartermaster's Department during the fiscal year.

B.-Abstract of contracts made by officers of the Quartermaster's Department for wagon-transportation during fiscal year.

C.-Table showing principal movements of troops during fiscal year, and average length of march or movement in each case.

D.-Abstract of contracts made by officers of the Quartermaster's Department for water-transportation during the fiscal year.

E.-Statement of vessels chartered and employed by officers of the Quartermaster's Department during the fiscal year.

F-Statement of vessels owned or purchased by the Quartermaster's Department during the fiscal year.

G.-Statement of the indebtedness of railway companies for railway material, &c., purchased of the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877.

H.-Correspondence relating to the refusal of the Florida Central (a land-grant) Railroad to furnish military transportation.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

HENRY C. HODGES,

Deputy Quartermaster-General, United States Army.

Brig. Gen. M. C. MEIGS,

Quartermaster-General, United States Army.

B.-Abstract of contracts for wagon transportation entered into by the Quartermaster's Department received at the office of the Quartermaster-General during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877.

B.-Abstract of contracts for wagon transportation entered into by the Quartermaster's Department, &c.-Continued.

Names of officers.

Names of contractors.

Date of contract.

Route of supply.

Rates.

Maj. B. C. Card, chief quartermas- De Witt C. Pratt. ter, Department of Dakota, Saint Paul, Minn.

Feb. 26, 1877 Route in Montana. From Fort
Benton, or any point in the Ter-
ritory of Montana on the Mis-
souri River, or Corinne or other
stations on the Union Pacific
Railroad, to any point in the
Territory of Montana.

Maj. J. J. Dana, quartermaster, William J. Crawford.. Aug. 1, 1876 For hauling in and around Phila-
United States Army, Philadel.

phia, Pa.

Lieut. Col. James A. Ekin, chief G. M. Martin.

quartermaster, Department

the South, Louisville, Ky.

of

Maj. M. I. Ludington, chief quar- Joshua C. Hall
termaster, Department of the
Platte, Omaha, Nebr.

delphia, Pa.

July 21, 1876 For hauling in and around Charleston, S. C.

July 1, 1876 From the southern terminus of the
Utah Southern Railroad (York
Station) to Fort Cameron, Utah,
137 miles.
Fetterman, Wyo., 90 miles.

George A. Draper and July 1, 1876 From Medicine Bow, Wyo., to Fort
Luke Murriù.

C. Ferris..

Do.

Joseph Warren..

July 24, 1876 From Sidney, Nebr., to Camp Robinson, 119 miles.

Date of expiration of contract.

99 cents per 100 pounds per 100 miles, within Mar. 31, 1878
limits; $1.12 outside of limits.

Various

June 30, 1877

38 cents per 1,000 pounds, miscellaneous stores; June 30, 1877 80 cents per cord of wood.

$1.50 per 100 pounds for all supplies transported June 30, 1877 the entire distance, and pro rata for any other distance.

Per 100 pounds for the entire distance: $1.09, July June 30, 1877
and Aug. $1.17, Sept.; $1.27, Oct.; $1.50, Nov.,
1876; $1.10, April, May, and June, 1877.

Per 100 pounds entire distance: Sidney to Camp June 30, 1877
Robinson: July, Aug., Sept., and Oct., 1876,
$1.48; Nov. and Dec., 1876, Jan., Feb., and Mar.,
1877, $2.25: Apr., 1877, $2; May and June, 1877,

From Sidney, Nebr., to Camp Sher- Per 100 pounds entire distance: Sidney to Camp idan, 162 miles.

Sheridan; July, Aug., Sept., and Oct., 1876,
$1.75; Nov. and Dec., 1876, Jan., Feb., and Mar.,
1877, $2.50; Apr., 1877, $2.25; May and June,
1877, $1.75.

Per 100 pounds entire distance: Cheyenne to Fort June 30, 1877
Laramie: July, Aug., Sept., and Oct., 1876,
$1.20; Nov. and Dec, 1876, Jan. and Feb., 1877,
$1.50; Mar. and Apr., 1877, $1.75; May and
June, 1877, $1.20.

Per 100 pounds entire distance: Cheyenne to
Fort Fetterman: July, Aug., Sept., and Oct.,
1876, $1.85; Nov. and Dec., 1876, Jan. and Feb.,
1877, $2.75; Mar. and Apr., 1877, $3.00; May
and June, 1877, $1.85.

Per 100 pounds entire distance: Corinne to Fort June 30, 1877
Hall: July and Aug., 1876, $1.55; Sept., 1876,
$1.65; Oct., 1876, $1.90; Nov., 1876, $4.50; Dec.,
1876, Jan., Feb., and Mar., 1877, $8.00; Apl.,
1877, $4.50; May, 1877, $1.75; June, 1877, $1.55.

Do.

W. P. Moulder and C. June 5, 1876 Ronte No. 4. From Winnomucca,
Ryan.
Nev.,to Camp McDermit, Nev.,
80 miles.

Do.

Per 100 pounds entire distance: Franklin to
Fort Hall: July and Aug, 1876, $1.50; Sept.,
1876, $1.60; Oct., 1876, $1.85; Nov., 1876, $4;
Dec. 1876, Jan., Feb., and Mar., 1877, $8.00; Apl.,
1877, $4.50; May, 1877, $1.90; June, 1877, $1.50.
Per 100 pounds entire distance: Bryan to Camp June 30, 1877
Stambaugh: July, Aug., Sept., and Oct., 1876,
$1.04: Nov., 1876, $1.50; Dec., 1876, Jan., Feb.,
Mar., and Apl., 1877, $3.50; May and June,
1877, $1.04.

Per 100 pounds entire distance: Bryan to Camp
Brown: July, Aug., Sept., and Oct., 1876, $1 60;
Nov., 1876, $2.25; Dec., 1876, Jan., Feb., Mar.,
and Apr., 1877, $5.25; May and June, 1877, $1.60.
Per 100 pounds per 100 miles: Reno to Camp June 30, 1877
Bidwell: July, Aug., Sept., and Oct., 1876,
$6 75; Nov. and Dec., 1876, Jan., Feb., and Mar.,
1877, $8; Apl., May, and June, 1877, $6.75, gold.
Per 100 pounds per 100 miles: San Francisco to
Camp Gaston: July, Aug., Sept., and Oct.,
1876, $2.00; Nov. and Dec., 1876, Jan., Feb., and
Mar., 1877, $3; Apl., May, and June, 1877, $2.00.

June 30, 1877

Per 100 pounds per 100 miles: San Francisco to June 30, 1877
Camp Independence: July, Aug., and Sept.,
1876, $3.93; Oct., Nov., and Dec., 1876, Jan.,
Feb., and Mar., 1877, $3.98; Apl., May, and
June, 1877, $3.93, gold.

Per 100 pounds per 100 miles: Winnemucca to
Camp McDermit: July, Aug., Sept., and Oct.,
1876, $1.10; Nov. and Dec., 1876, Jan, Feb., and
Mar., 1877, $1.45; Apl., May, and June, 1877,
$1.10, gold.

June 30, 1877

Jeff. Powers and John June 26, 1876 Drayage within corporate limits Each and every wagon and ambulance, 75 cents; June 30, 1877
Doohan.
of San Francisco, Cal.