ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAYMASTER-GENERAL. WAR DEPARTMENT, PAYMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, D. C., September 29, 1894. SIR: For the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1894, I have the honor to submit the following as the annual report from this office: July 1, 1893, officers of the Pay Department were charged with public funds aggregating... During the fiscal year 1894 these officers received From the U. S. Treasury From soldiers' deposits.. From Army paymasters' collections. Total balances and receipts..... Accounted for as follows: Expended on account of pay of Army.... Expended on account of pay of Military Academy Expended on account of contingencies, headquarters of military Expended on account of pay of volunteers (Treasury certificates)... Army paymasters' collections deposited to credit U. S. Treasurer... Total accounted for..... SOLDIERS' DEPOSITS. $922, 271. 26 13, 801, 463. 35 361,830.76 275, 572.91 15, 361, 138. 28 $13, 333, 675. 03 217, 679. 58 152.30 411, 373. 91 90, 955.94 275, 572.91 1, 031, 728. 61 15, 361, 138. 28 Contrasting this exhibit with the corresponding one for the preceding year, it is observed that the item "soldiers' deposits" shows an increase of $79,582.72. In the annual report preceding this one, reference is made to the fact that the soldiers' deposit account was surely and persistently falling off. It is gratifying to be able to note in the present report a marked increase in this item of receipts. A soldier with a deposit account rarely leaves the service without an honorable discharge. PAY OF ARMY. The expenditures on account of pay of Army show an increase of $275,653.95 over the corresponding expenditure for the preceding year. This increase is due in part to the fact that the enlisted force of the Army has been more nearly kept up to its maximum limit, and to the additional fact that the payments to June 30, 1894, were more closely made than was the case at the close of the preceding year. During the period herein considered, the number of retired enlisted men has increased 105, and a necessary consequence of such increase is a visibly larger expenditure. |