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years by officers of this department. Twelve, or about one-seventh of the entire number, have been inspected during the past year, and, with one exception, these visits were made prior to the promulgation of the above-mentioned instructions.

The general condition of the cemeteries remains very much as reported last year. Wooden headboards are gradually being replaced by stone, though there appears to be some delay in this work at the Custer Battlefield National Cemetery, where the graves of 161 officers and men are reported to be without headstones.

SUPPLY DIVISION.

In compliance with verbal instructions from the Assistant Secretary of War, an inspection of the records and business methods of this division was made between the 21st and 27th of June, 1895, and a report submitted June 28, 1895.

No money is disbursed in this division, and its only money receipts are funds received from sales of condemned property sold at auction and from the sale of waste paper sold under contract. These receipts are turned over to the disbursing clerk of the War Department, by whom all bills contracted by the division, after approval, are paid. The condition of business on June 25, 1895, was as follows:

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The amount received from sales at auction was $1,162.82 and for waste paper $541.99.

INSPECTION SERVICE.

Under the recent orders on the subject, the stated inspections of military posts, armories and arsenals, supply depots, and the disbursements and accounts of disbursing officers of the military establishment are made by six inspecting officers, who are required to accomplish this duty annually during three periodical tours of inspection. The orders also require that the shortest usually traveled and most economic route from point to point be taken, and that such ungarrisoned posts and national cemeteries as are along the route of travel be inspected once in two years.

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The accompanying map illustrates the work to be accomplished by each inspecting officer during his principal tour of inspection and indicates the lines of travel and the limits beyond which he can not travel on duty without special instructions. The other two periodical tours, being a second and third visit to a limited number of the places shown, are necessarily confined within the limits of the main tour. Of course, inspections of unserviceable property, special reports and investigations, etc., which form no small amount of an inspector's duties, can hardly be graphically presented, though the illustration herewith submitted may be a fair indication of the division of work and the field assigned to each.

CLERICAL FORCE.

The clerical force of this office for the past fiscal year consisted of one clerk of class 4, two clerks of class 3, three clerks of class 2, two clerks of class 1, and one assistant messenger. They are efficient and zealous in the performance of their duties, and their record for attendance and application can not well be exceeded. It is believed that much benefit to the service would have resulted had a larger force been allowed.

Since the inspection districts were established all clerical work for the South Atlantic district has been performed by the clerks in this office. Each of the other districts has been allowed one clerk at $1,100 and one messenger at $720 per annum from the clerks and messengers formerly employed at the headquarters of the several departments. These clerks are charged with important duties, and the pay they now receive would hardly seem sufficient in view of the expense of living in the cities where they are stationed.

Respectfully submitted.

The SECRETARY OF WAR.

J. C. BRECKINRIDGE,
Inspector-General.

REPORT OF THE JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL.

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SIR: I have the honor to submit the annual report of the JudgeAdvocate-General's Department for the year ending August 31, 1895.

Commissioned officers tried by general court-martial:

Records reported upon and submitted to the Secretary of War for action of the President...

4

Records received, revised, and recorded, not requiring the action of the
President (convicted, 4; acquitted, 2).

6

Cadets of the United States Military Academy tried by general court-martial:
Records reported upon and submitted to the Secretary of War.....
Records received, revised, and recorded, not requiring further action (con-
victed, 1; acquitted, 1)

1

2

Enlisted men tried by general court-martial (convicted, 1,564; acquitted, 148). 1, 712 Military convicts tried by general court-martial (convicted)

Total trials by general court-martial..

Trials by general court-martial:

Year ending August 31, 1894.

Year ending August 31, 1895.

3

1,728

2, 189 1,728

461

Decrease..

Number of convictions of different offences by general court-martial during the year ending August 31, 1895:

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