Pay of volunteers, Mexican war...... Awards for quartermaster stores and commissary supplies taken by the Army in Tennessee..... Stores and supplies taken by the Army (Bowman Act), act March 3, 1891. Claims of loyal citizens for supplies furnished during the rebellion. Relief of George H. Jewett. Relief of Robert Travilla.. Relief of Samuel Collins. Relief of Joseph and Eliza J. Redfern. Relief of Col. F. C. Ainsworth.. Relief on account of the Ford's Theater disaster. Relief of Matthew S. Priest Relief of Washington College, Lexington, Va. Relief of owners and crew of schooner Henry R. Tilton. Relief of Witherby & Gaffney.. Total relief acts. Salaries, contingencies, etc. Military establishment, Army, and Military Academy. Public works... RECAPITULATION. $891, 790.01 25, 650, 895. 88 $2, 126, 099.87 68,875, 618. 89 $3,017, 889. 88 $1, 983, 664. 46 $106, 188.00 $928, 037.42 4,344, 725. 26 30, 417, 189. 57 4, 115, 814. 10 REPORT OF THE MAJOR-GENERAL COMMANDING THE ARMY. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, D. C., November 5, 1895. SIR: I have the honor to forward herewith the reports of the department commanders and the reports of the Adjutant-General and Inspector-General, United States Army, which give in detail the condition of the troops in the various departments and the movements of the military forces that have been made during the past year. PERSONNEL OF THE ARMY. These reports also show the personnel of the Army to be in excellent condition, well instructed, efficient, and attentive to all the duties required of them. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The reports on the public buildings recently constructed indicate the improvements made in their construction. The buildings are of a more permanent character than those heretofore built, and are more commodious and better suited for the requirements of the military forces. The troops that have been so fortunate as to be located in them have more comfortable accommodations than they have ever had before. The reports concerning the balance of the public buildings, however, are not as satisfactory. In fact, many are out of repair, and liberal appropriations are required during the coming year to put them in habitable order. CONDITION AND DISPOSITION OF THE INDIANS. During the past few years we have been fortunate in being free from serious disaffection among the different tribes of Indians, and the outbreaks and depredations incident to Indian hostilities have been avoided during the last five years. While there has been no serious disturbance of the peace by the various Indian tribes within a very recent period, it is well to remember that only a few years have elapsed since the country was threatened by the most serious hostile conspiracy ever known in its history. While all the Indians are now peaceable and under control, this condition of affairs is largely attributable to the presence of bodies of troops placed at available points over the Western States and Territories, which keep the turbulent element |