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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
No. 7.-List of officers of the Quartermaster's Department on duty at the principal depots
on June 30, 1862, e.-Continued.
Name. Place. Duty.
Capt. J. J. Dana............ Washington, D. C. In charge of transportation and forage.
Capt. W. L. Lothrop ...-... In the field ....... Major of volunteer regiment.
Capt. A. T. A. Torbert .........do ............ Colonel of volunteer regiment.
Capt. G. A. Kensel ................do ............ Chief of artillery of General Butler's expedition.
Capt. Herman Biggs_... ... New Berne, N. C.. Chief quartermaster Department of North Carolina.
Capt. J. A. Potter....... Chicago, Ill........ Purchasing, issuing, and forwarding supplies.
Capt. C. H. Tompkins...... In the field .. Colonel of volunteer regiment.
Capt. J. W. Shaffer........ New Orleans, La.. Chief quartermaster Department of the Gulf.
Capt. G. S. Blodgett........ Annapolis, Md.... Issuing supplies, &c.
Capt. J. J. Elwell . . ........ Hilton Head, S. C. Chief quartermaster Department of the South.
Capt. W. W. McKim ....... Boston, Mass ..... Purchasing and issuing supplies.
Capt. J. A. Ekin ........... Indianapolis, Ind. Do.
Capt. E. C. Wilson ........ Harrisburg, Pa.. Do.
Capt. W. H. Bailhache..... Springfield, Ill.... In charge of issue and distribution of clothing and
other supplies.
Capt. G. W. Lee.... .. --Detroit, Mich..... In charge of clothing depot, and purchasing and for-
warding other supplies.
Capt. S. H. Moer ........... Denver City, Colo. Issuing supplies, &c.
Capt.T. M. Saunders, Third Saint Paul, Minn. Do.
Artillery.
No. 8.
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington City, May 23, 1862.
Hon. E: M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
SIR: I have the honor to submit estimates of the indebtedness of
the gun-boat flotilla on the Western rivers, with estimates for the
maintenance of the flotilla upon its present footing during the remain-
ing portion of the present fiscal year and the whole of year ending
June 30, 1863.
These estimates have been delayed by the want of information in
this office from the scene of operations.
The fleet has been constructed under constant pressure, and the
daily demands upon the officers intrusted with its construction, out-
fit, and command have been such that the regular reports to this office
have fallen into arrear.
It appears that the monthly expenditures of the gun-boat flotilla,
with its tenders, as at present organized, are nearly $200,000, and
that on the 30th of June the liabilities for its construction and main-
tenance will exceed the sums heretofore appropriated by $400,000.
In addition to this there have been constructed upon the Ohio and
Mississippi Rivers, to meet the superior fleet prepared by the rebels,
nine steam rams, upon which there had been expended, up to the.19th
instant, including subsistence, coal, barges, and tenders, $300,000.
The estimated expense of keeping these in service for the remainder
of the present fiscal year is $100,000.
I respectfully advise that Congress be asked to make an appropria-
tion for gun-boats and steam rams on' the Western rivers during the
remainder of the present fiscal year of $800,000; and that for the year
ending on the 30th of June, 1863, the appropriation of $1,000,000 for
gun-boats on Western rivers in the bill for the support of the Army,
which has lately passed the House of Representatives, be increased
to $2,340,000, which would maintain the proper gun-boat fleet for
twelve months, or until the 30th of June, 1863, and the fleet of rams
for three months, or until the 30th of September, this year, by which
time it is probable they will have done their work and may be laid up.836
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