disbursing officers of the pay department, &c.-Continued. 8979.154 07 637.735 72 745,618 83 586,563 59 508,855 30 614,411 23 800.640 49 827,773 80 504,052 22 1,443,826 24 986,859 45 621.572 52 260.256 56 745,617 99 1,211,282 12 683,468 31 410.365 53 715,847 57 445,443 53 614,724 77 555,903 96 418,486 25 REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL. SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE, SIR: I have the honor to lay before you a statement of the fiscal transactions, and a report upon the operations generally, of the medical department of the army for the fiscal year ending on the 30th of June, 1862. The amount of the appropriation for the medical and hospital department remaining on the 30th of June was: In the hands of disbursing agents... Amount appropriated per act approved July 17, 1861.... Amount refunded into the treasury on account of medical and S. D. Morrison John Moore.. E. H. Abadie Samuel Elliott. $6,006 62 41, 172 92 1,271, 841 00 1, 000, 000 00 125, 000 00 $330 60 954 50 330 43 240 00 18 32 1,874 35 2, 445, 894 89 Of this sum there has been expended on account of other claims of private physicians— pay and 66 2, 445, 894 89 It has been usual for a report of the sickness and mortality of the army to accompany this report; but it is found impracticable, arising from the vast amount of labor incident thereto, and will be furnished, it is believed, in time for publication as a supplement to the surgeon seneral's report for the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1862." In the meantime, however, I am enabled to present the following statement of general hospitals and the number of patients, according to the latest returns received at this office: |