MESSAGE OF TIIE PRESIDENT.
Richmond, Va., January 12, 1861.
To the Senate and H<mse of Representatives:
I herewith transmit, for your consideration, a communication fr^m
the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting '• the condensed estimo<8
of appropria ions required for the support of the G »vernmeut for tho
period trora January 1 to June 3<l |,s64. inclusive,"
It was inti nded that these estimates should accompany my me sage
of the 7th ultimo, butthey seem to have failed to reach the commit e s.
I recommend that appropriations be made of the sums specific I for
the purposes indicated.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
COMMUNICATION FROM SECRETARY OF TREASURY.
Treasury Department, C. S. A., )
Richmond, January 11, 1861. J
His Excellency, the President :
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith duplicates of the con-
densod estimates of appropriations required for the support of the
Government lor the period from January 1 to June 3 >, 1S6 I, inclu
sive, originals of which were submitted with my report on the 7ih
ultimo, and which, I learn, have failed to reach the commit ees; and
would respectfully request that you communicate the same to Congress.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. G. MEMMINGER,
Secretary of Treasury.
ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS required for the support of
the Government for the period from January 1 to June 3D, 1864,
inclusive.
Legislative.
For compensation and mileage of members and dele-
gates of the Elouse of Representatives, $200,000 00
For compensation of officers and clerks of the House
of Representatives, 5.C25 00
For contingent expenses of the House of Represen-
tatives, 40,000 Oo
For contingencies of the clerk's office of thp House
of Representatives, .500 Oo
For compensation and mileage of members of the
Senate, 47,880 00
For compensation of officers and clerks of the Senate, 8,000 00
For contingent expenses of the Senate, 7,000 00
Executive.
For compensation of the President of the Confede-
rate States, 12,500 00
For compensation of the Vice President of the Con-
federate States, 3,000 01(
For compensation of the private secretary andmes-
srnger of the President, 1,350 00
For compensation of private secretary of the Vice
President, 500 00
For contingencies and telegraphic expenses of the
executive office, 3,500 00
Treasury Department.
For Compensation of the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry, Assistant Secretary, Comptroller, Auditors,
Treasurer and Register, and clerks, messengers,
watchmen, and laborers in the Treasury Depart-
ment, 390,200 00
For incidental and contingent expenses of the Treas-
ury Department, 37,400 00
For interest on the public debt, 20,000,000 00
For engraving and printing treasury notes, bonds,
and certificates of stock, and for paper for the
same, 800,000 00
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For the payment of principals under lpan of.Au-
gust 19, 1861, thi3 sum being atnount due and
payable on the 1st of July,-1864, 1,340,200 00
For the rent of executive buildings and President's
hou-e, 15,000 00
To definy expenses incurred in 1he transportation
and safe-keeping of com belonging to the New
Oi leans banks, 559 00
War Department.
For compensation of the Secretary of War, assistant
secretary, chief of bureau, clerks, messengers, &c.,
in War Deparment, 150,000 O0
For incidental and contingent expenses of the War
Department, 90,000 00
For compensation of commissioner and chief clerk
of Indian affairs, and incidental expenses of bu-
rean, 2,125 00
For contingent expenses of Adjutant and Inspector
General s department, 50,000 00
For incidental and contingent expenses of the army
and department of war, 250,000 00
Quartermasters Department,
For pay of the army, 235,434,820 00
For pay of officers, &c., required to collect the tax
in kind, 12,213,204 00
For Quartermasters stores, subsistence, ordarce and
otdnance stores, from place/>f purchase to troops
in the fie:d, purchase of horses, mules, wagons,
and harness, purchtse of lumber, nails, iron and
steel for store houses, qqaiters for troops, and
oilier lepairs, hire of teamsters, laborers, &c., 70,630,446 00
For pay for horses of non-commissioned officers and
pn>ates, killed in battle under Act No. 48, sec-
tn-n 7, and for which provision is to be made, 100,000 00
For pay for propcity pressed into the service of the
Confederate v tales under appraisement, said prop-
ertv having been either lo&t or applied to the pub-
lie service, 200,000 00
For the sustenance of prisoners of war under act
\o. IS!, rection I, and the hire of the necessary
pi isons, guard houses, &c, and for the safe keeping
of the same, or so much thereof as may be neces-
- f try, 1,000,000 00
Foi* pay of officers on duty in the offices of the Ad-
jutant and Inspector General's department, the
quartei master general's department, medical en-
giuecr, ordnance, and subsistence departments, 450,275 00
Commissary' Department.
For the purchase of subsistence stores and com-
misary property, 57,988,001) 00
Ordnance Department.
For the ordnance service, in all its branches, -3,000,000 00
For the nitre and mining service, '1,500,000 00
Engineer Department.
For the Engineer service, 10,000,000 00
Medical Department.
For pay of physicians employed by contract, 200,000 00
For pay of nurses and cooks, not enlisted or volun-
teers, 350,000 00
For pay of hospital stewards, 100,000 00
For pay of matrons, assistant matrons and ward
matrons, 350,000 00
For p iy of hospital laundresses, 150,000 00
For medical and hospital supplies, 15,420,000 00
For the establishment and support of military hos-
pitals, 250,000 00
Navy Department.
For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy,
clerks and messenger in his office, 14,650 00
For incidental and contingent expenses of the Navy
Department, 15,000 00
For pay of the navy, 1,4G3,I88 12
For provisions and clothing in Paymaster's Depart-
merit, 1,531,750 00
For the construction of iron-clad vessels in the
Confederate States, 3,000,000 00
For ordnance and ordnance stores, 1,850,000 00
For repairs of vessels, 300,000 00
For equipments and stores of vessels, 500,000 00
For the construction of Submarine batteries, 100,000 00
For fuel for steamers, navy yards and stations, 5 >0,000 00
For contingent enumerated, 800,000 00
For medical supplies and surgeon's necessaries, 65!>,000 00
For support of the marine corps, 400,357 00
For the construction of iron steam cruisers of the
class of the "Alabama" and " Florida," in the
Confederate States, 2,500,000 00
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State Department.
For compensation of the Secretary of State, clerks,
messenger and laborer, 7,009 50
For purchase of diplomatic hooks, 3,000 00
For salaries of Commissioners and Secretaries, 29,4'H) 00
For salaries of Consuls and Commercials Agents, 5,000 00
•For necessities and exigencies, under laws already
passed, or which may be passed, or may hereafter
arise, and unforeseen emergencies, to be expended
under the direction of the President, 500,000 00
Department of Justice.
For compensation of Attorney General, Assistant
Attorney General, clerks and messengers. 4,324 89
For incidental and contingent expenses of the De-
partment of Justice, 1,500 00
For compensation of Superintendent of Public Print-
ing, clerk and messenger, 3,750 70
For compensation of Governor ar.d Commissioner
of Indians Affiirs, Secretary, Judges, Attorney
and Marshal of Arizona Territory, 4,650 00
For incidental and contingent expenses of Arizona
Territory, to be expended by the Governor, 500 00
For printing, binding and ruling for the several
Executive Departments, 100,000 00
For printing, binding and ruling for both Houses of
Congress, including printing of the laws in book
form, 10,000 00
For purchase of paper for executive departments
and Congress, 30,000 00
For the salaries of Judges, Attorneys alid Mar-
shals, and incidental and contingent expenses of
courts, 64,629 22
For compensation of three commissioners appointed
under the sequestration act, and for clerk hire
and contingent expenses. 3,233 15
Post Office Department.
For compensation of the Post Master General,
chiefs of bureau, clerks and messengers, watch-
men and laborers, 3,404 88
For compensation of agents, cost of materials and
contracting, reparing and operating telegraph
lines, 65,563 50
For alterations, rent, damages, lights, &c., for a
building for a post office, in the City of Rich-
mond, including deficiencies, 14,000. 00
Aggregate,
$475,498,494 96
RECAPITULATION.
Legislative, $309,005 00
Executive, (salary of President, &c.,) 52,350 00
Treasury Department. 22,583,359 00
War Department, 438,078,870 00
Navy Department, 13,024,945 12
State Department, 54 l,4<;9 50
Department of Justice, 222,587 90
Post Office Department, 82,933 38
Total, $475,493,404 90
ROBERT TYLER, Register.
Treasury Department, Register's Office, )
November 13, 1863. $