REPORT OF MAJ. D. D. WHEELER, QUARTERMASTER, U. S. ARMY.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, D. C., August 15, 1894. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit herewith the following report of the operations of the transportation and regular supplies branches of the office during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894:

TRANSPORTATION BRANCH.

Through this branch the Quartermaster-General supervises and controls the transportation service of the Army, by rail, water, wagon, and stage; frames regulations and issues instructions to govern same; settles transportation and telegraph accounts which for any reasons, legal or technical, can not be paid by disbursing quartermasters, including the voluminous accounts of the bond-aided Pacific railroads; prepares estimates of funds to provide the Army with transportation, and superintends their economical expenditure.

The expenditures from transportation appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, so far as shown by accounts received to July 1, 1894, of disbursing quartermasters (see report of accounts branch), accounts of the bonded Pacific railroads, service over their non bonded lines, and other transportation accounts settled through the transportation branch, was $1,939,411.07.

The following statement shows that during the fiscal year 1894 transportation was furnished for 383,664 persons, 3,708 animals, and 89,855 tons of material.

MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS.

The principal movements of troops during the year, with cost of same, exclusive of deductions on account of land-grant and bond-aided railroads, have been as follows:

Troops.

3d Artillery..

5th Artillery..

3d Cavalry 4th Cavalry. 5th Cavalry..

7th Cavalry... 9th Cavalry..

5th Infantry.

9th Infantry. Do..

Movements.

Six batteries changing station in Department of the East
Two troops interchanging stations between Departments of California
and the Columbia.

One troop changing station in Department of the Missouri..
Three troops changing station in Department of California.
Headquarters and band and two troops changing station in Department
of Texas.

Three troops changing station in Department of Texas...

Two troops interchanging stations between Departments of the Platte
and Colorado.

Four companies changing station in Department of the East..
Three companies changing station in Department of the East..
One company (Indian) from Department of the East to Department of
the Colorado.

11th Infantry... Four companies changing station in Department of the Colorado.
13th Infantry. One company changing station in Department of the Missouri..
18th Infantry... Headquarters and band and eight companies changing station in De-
partment of Texas.

20th Infantry... Two companies changing station in Department of Dakota....

21st Infantry.

23d Infantry..

25th Infantry...
Headquarters
Department
of the Colo-
rado.
Various

One company from Department of the Platte to Department of the East.
Headquarters and band and eight companies changing station in De-
partment of Texas.

One company changing station in Department of Dakota..
Changing station from Los Angeles, Cal., to Denver, Colo

Two batteries Third Artillery and one company Ninth Infantry
changed from Fort Barrancas, Fla., to Fort McPherson, Ga., on
account of proximity of yellow fever.
Eight troops Third Cavalry and four companies Thirteenth Infantry
transported between various points in Department of the Missouri to
protect settlers.

Transportation of detachment of companies A, Tenth Infantry, E,
Twelfth Infantry, H, Fourteenth Infantry, from Fort Leavenworth,
Kans., to various points in Indian Territory.

Memorial Day, May 30, Battery E, First Artillery, and Fifteenth Infan
try, from Fort Sheridan to Chicago, Ill.. and return.

Cost.

$7,405.11 2,041. 16

1, 209. 12 1, 170. 85 130. 19

3, 030. 91 2,769. 78

3,295. 53 862.60 2, 482.58

1,765.38 152.30

6,848.36

878.06

4,881.26

3,838. 62

2,334.38

3,829.72

1,294, 03

Memorial Day, troops from New York Harbor to New York City and
Brooklyn, and return.

63.15

Do..

Do..

Columbian Exposition, two companies Third Infantry from Fort Snel-
ling, Minn., to Chicago, Ill., and return.

Do.....

Columbian Exposition, officers and cadets from West Point, N. Y., to
Chicago, Ill., and return.

10,826.85

1,810.08

2, 735. 20

73, 360. 27

Memorial Day, band and two batteries, Third Artillery, from Fort Mc-
Pherson to Marietta, Ga., and return.

Movements of Seventeenth Infantry in Department of the Platte on
account of Commonweal army.

Total amount expended in the principal movements of troops dur-
ing the year.

SUMMER ENCAMPMENTS AND RIFLE COMPETITION.

From reports received it is shown that there was expended during the fiscal year 1894 in transportation of troops in connection with summer encampments, practice marches, field maneuvers, and instructions, the sum of $12,571.79; also for the transportation of enlisted men to engage in target practice and rifle competition, $25,740.52.

BOND-AIDED PACIFIC

RAILROADS, THEIR LEASED LINES AND
BRANCHES.

Five thousand seven hundred and ninety persons, 1,175 animals, and 31,588,968 pounds of freight were transported for the department over the bond-aided Pacific railroads, their branches, and leased lines during the year.

The service performed by each road is shown in the following table:

Fifteen hundred and forty-nine accounts of these railroads, aggregating $295,851.41, were received at this office during the year for settlement through the Treasury, as required by law. Of this amount $133,210.89 inured to the Union Pacific, $161,489.61 to the Central Pacific (branches and leased lines), operated by the Southern Pacific Company, and $1,150.91 to the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad.

Of these accounts 539, aggregating $73,483.12, were for transportation performed for other departments of the Government under law of July 5, 1884, and of this amount $35,715.17 was for service over the Union Pacific, $37,765.88 over the Central Pacific (branches and leased lines), operated by the Southern Pacific Company, and $2.07 over the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad.

The following is a statement of the analysis of the accounts of these companies for the year, showing amounts for troops and stores and for bonded and non bonded service, respectively:

Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Com-

pany, operating Central Pacific R. R.. Sioux City and Pacific

Total....

Office.

$133, 210. 89 $28, 690. 81 $41, 984. 10 $119, 917. 60 $149, 150. 33 $12, 751. 37 $161, 901. 70

161, 489. 61 77, 113. 18 30, 009. 51 208, 593. 28
1, 150. 91 430. 14

456.39 1, 124. 66

94, 073. 18 144, 529. 61 238, 602. 79 1, 484. 08 96.97 1, 581. 05 295, 851. 41 106, 234. 13 72, 450.00 329, 635.54 244, 707. 59 157, 377.95 402,085. 54