Signal service. Expenses of commanding general's office. Contingencies of the Adjutant General's department. Under the direction of the Surgeon General: Medical and hospital department.. Medical and Surgical History and Statistics.. Providing for the comfort of sick and discharged soldiers. Sick and wounded soldiers' fund... Under the direction of the Secretary of War: Payment to Iowa for advances to troops in 1857-'9 Supplying arms and munitions of war to loyal citizens in revolted States Refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers. Transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and Washington volunteers in 1856-'7 Pay of Oregon and Washington volunteers in 1856-'7. 144,722 18 Suppressing Indian hostilities in Minnesota in 1862 Defraying expenses of minute-men and volunteers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Payment of judgment against Captain A. T. Lee and others Settlement of suspended accounts of three companies of Kansas volunteers in 1856. Forage, transportation, and spy company of New Mexico volunteers in 1854. Purchase of Ford's theatre property Support of Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands West Virginia for military expenses during the rebellion.. Payment of balances to certain States, act March 3, 1817 1,000 00 Total 151,399,836 77 *Third Auditor required. † Surplus. No additional appropriation for the ensuing fiscal year asked for. Required for transportation and artificial limbs, &c., for care of those still in hospital. No additional funds asked for next fiscal year. DEPARTMENT of the Interior, Office of INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington, D. C., January 23, 1868. SIR: I respectfully return the list of balances of appropriations on the 31st of December, 1867, of the Interior Department (Pension and Indian bureaus.) I have requested that the following sums be carried to the surplus fund, viz: Removal and subsistence of the Seminoles.... Negotiating treaties with various Indian tribes in California........... $24 87 684 87 2,300 00 50,000 00 53, 009 74 Of the balance to the credit of fulfilling treaty stipulations with the Cherokees, under the treaty of July 19, 1866, which is set down at $40, 354 15, this office is only cognizant of $30, 354 15; and of the balance to the credit of surveying Cherokee neutral lands, $15,000, this office is not cognizant of any such account. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. O. H. BROWNING, N. G. TAYLOR, Commissioner. Secretary of the Interior ; also Statement showing the balances of appropriations on December 31, 1867, under the control of the Department of the Interior estimated balances that will be on hand June 30, 1868, amount that may be carried to the surplus fund, and estimated amounts that future period. may be carried to the surplus fund without injury to the public service, including such appropriations as may be postponed to a INTERIOR PROPER. Statement showing the balances of appropriations, &c.—Continued. Delawares. Delawares, (proceeds of land).. Iowas, (proceeds of land). Ottawas and Chippewas of Michigan. 21,439 33 Ottawas of Blanchard's Fork and Roche de Boeuf, (proceeds of land). Ottawas of Blanchard's Fork and Roche de Boeuf 3,535 43 7,695 35 None ..do. 13, 681 16 ..do. Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi. Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, (proceeds of land). Fulfilling treaty stipulations with Cherokee Indians under treaty approved August 11, 1866. *40, 354 15 The balance on the Indian Office books is $30,354 15. |