REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ORDNANCE.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ORDNANCE,
Washington, October 28, 1902.
SIR: 1. I have the honor to submit the following report of the prin-
cipal operations of the Ordnance Department during the past year,
together with certain remarks as to its interests and necessities.
2. The fiscal resources and expenditures of the Department during
the year were as follows, viz:
Amount in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriations on June
30, 1901
Amount in the Treasury not reported to the credit of the appropria-
tions on June 30, 1901 ....
Amount in Government depositories to the credit of disbursing officers
and others on June 30, 1901.....
Amount of appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ended June
30, 1902, including the appropriation for armament of fortifications
in the act approved June 6, 1902..........
Amounts refunded to ordnance appropriations in settling accounts
during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902..
Gross amount received during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902,
from sales to officers, from rents, from collections from troops on
account of losses of or damage to ordnance stores, from Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, from powder and pro-
jectiles (proceeds of sales), from sales of condemned stores, from
testing machine, and from all other sources not before mentioned..