for the regular army, and the muster in and out of the volunteer regiments, with the several details of organizations, drawing of requisitions for funds, and auditing accounts for expenditures in both services, are here regulated and supervised. From this summary it is to be inferred that constant reference must be made to this bureau for information on points of military law; for interpretation of regulations, and the custom of service; for reports to enable the treasury and pension bureaus to settle claims in behalf of officers and enlisted men; for replies to relatives of soldiers residing in all parts of the civilized world; for reports on which to decide claims to commissions and pay on irregular musters; for examination of proceedings of boards, and reports involving the discharge, and restoration of volunteer officers; for reports on administration and discipline for the Secretary of War and general-in-chief; and for statements of the strength and stations of the several armies. To give, then, some idea of the magnitude of the labor which in the past year has been performed by the adjutant general's office, it is not necessary to state the actual numbers of the several levies of volunteers which have been organized, mustered in, and mustered out, and which now remain in service; and also of the new regiments of regulars which have been organized and recruited, and whose officers have been commissioned, through its agency. The officers of this department who have not been on duty in the bureau have been employed as follows: 1 colonel, as major of volunteers; 1 lieutenant colonel, assistant adjutant general, army of the Potomac; 1 lieutenant colonel, assistant adjutant general, headquarters department of the Pacific; I major, as brigadier general of volunteers; 1 major, as colonel of a regiment of volunteer cavalry; 8 majors, assistant adjutant generals, with generals commanding in the field; 1 major, assistant adjutant general to the military governor, District of Columbia. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Assistant Adjutant General. REPORT OF THE PAYMASTER GENERAL. PAYMASTER GENERAL'S Office, Washington City, November 10, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith a report of the transactions of the pay department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1862. It is shown by the tabular statement herewith that there remained in the hands of paymasters on June 30, 1861, applicable to payments in the first quarter of the last fiscal year, the sum of $910,643 34, in addition to which requisitions have been made on the treasury in their favor, and amounts turned over to them from other sources, exclusive of amounts transferred from one to another, or repaid into the treasury, the sum of $123,452,919 57, making a total to be accounted for of $124,363,562 91, as follows: Payments to regular troops.. Payments to volunteers Payments to Military Academy Amount of requisitions not received by the paymasters on June 30, 1862.. Total... Leaving a balance to be accounted for of...... $5,550, 039 54 91, 116, 610 61 96, 739 10 16, 070, 000 00 112, 833, 389 25 11, 530, 173 66 This balance of $11,530,173 66, together with the sum of $16,070,000 mentioned above as amount of requisitions not received by paymasters on the 30th June, 1862, but since drawn out, has been expended in paying the army, except the amount of $172,700 51, which stands charged against seceded paymasters on the books of this office. Of this amount $16,676 26 remains in the sub-treasury in New York and San Francisco; $31,098 94 has been covered into the treasury; $95,871 due on account of deceased paymasters; (of this amount $73,556 75 stands to the credit of Major Benner in the treasury, and which the Secretary of the Treasury was requested, August 16, 1862, to have covered into the treasury; the balance, $22,314 25, is due by the estate of Major Gaines, who died at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1860;) $21,112 due by paymasters whose appointments were negatived by the Senate, or dismissed by sentence of court-martial. The accounts of these officers are now under settlement, and, on final adjustment, the act of May 15, 1820, makes it the duty of the Comptroller of the Treasury to proceed against them. The accounts of Deputy Paymaster General Ringgold and Paymaster Winston are stated to the 30th April only, their returns for May and June having been lost on the steamer Golden Gate, and duplicates not yet reached this office. The troops have been paid with punctuality whenever funds were furnished for the purpose, nearly all having been paid to June 30, 1862, and many to August 31. The immense amounts called for, for other purposes, delayed the payments to troops in the field longer than could have been desired; but every effort has been made by this department under its late and lamented chief, and since his death, to distribute the funds furnished as impartially as possible. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CARY H. FRY, Acting Paymaster General, U. S Army. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. PAYMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington City, November 29, 1862. SIR: In obedience to your instructions of this date, I have the honor to report that there has been expended in paying the troops, since the 30th June, 1862, so far as shown by the returns of paymasters, $38,597,819 07. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CARY H. FRY, Acting Paymaster General, U. S. Army. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Paymasters. Statement showing the amount remaining in the hands of each of the disbursing amount remitted to each from the treasury, or turned over by other agents, accounts and vouchers of expenditures, or by transfer or replacement in the in the first quarter of the next fiscal year. *This account is stated to April 30 only, the account for May and June having been lost This account is stated to April 30, the account for 134,961 76 3,153,751 76 1,082.688 22 135.691 76 3.158,290 76 1.038,787 87 |