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 Democratic speakers and newspapers are 
 actively engaged in falsifying the financial 
 record, during and since the war. They do 
 this in order to persuade the unreflecting and 
 ignorant that the present high taxation was 
 none of their creation, and to convict their 
 opponents of wasteful expenditures since the 
 war closed. The national debt is the result 
 of Democratic treason. Every rebel statesman, 
 every rebel general was a Democrat. Every 
 one of them now alive is a Democrat. The 
 principal ones were delegates to the convention 
 that ru,et in New York' recently. Robert 
 Tombs, of Georgia, declared in a recent speech 
 that " the Democratic party begun the rebel- 
 lion in 1861, and that there would be no peace 
 until it was restored to power." The North- 
 ern copperheads doubled the natural burden 
 of the war by prolonging it at least two years 
 through their "fire in the rear" policy. 
 They fought for the rebellion by means of 
 draft-riots, such as that Horatio Seymour's 
 friends led and carried on in New York in 
 18G3. Rebellion and Democracy are convert- 
 ible terms. If there had been no rebellion 
 there would have been no national debt, and 
 consequently no high taxation. Hence, the 
 Democratic party are the responsible authors 
 of this heavy load. The leaders know this, 
 and try to shirk the responsibility by the cry 
 of " wasteful expenditures and administrative 
 corruption." They forget that the Republi- 
 cans have not controlled the expenditure, they 
 have only made the appropriations . President 
 Johnson, who stands endorsed and his policy 
 accepted by the recent National Democratic 
 Convention, has had executive control, and 
 his administration is consequently responsible 
 for most of the disbursements since the war 
 clo ' <1. If his cotrrse is acceptable to the 
 Democracy, then they and not the Republicans 
 
 are responsible for any corruption in the dis- 
 bursement of the appropriations made by 
 Congress. 
 
 As a specimen of the falsehoods circulated, 
 it is stated by a leading Democratic journal, 
 in an article now having wide circulation, 
 that there have been fifteen hundred million dol- 
 lars ($1,500,000,000) raised by taxation since 
 the war closed, which have chiefly been dis- 
 bursed for the Freedmen's Bureau and recon- 
 struction expenses. 
 
 Horatio Seymour, Democratic candidate for 
 
 the Presidency, in a late speech at the Cooper 
 
 Institute, New York, made this charge against 
 
 the Republican party : 
 
 " Since the war closed, in 1865, the Government has 
 spent lor its expenses, in addition to its payment on 
 principal or interest of public debt, more than one 
 thousand million dollars. Of this sum there has been 
 nearly eight hundred millions spent on the army and 
 navy and for military purposes. This is nearly one- 
 third of the national debt. This was spent in time of 
 peace." 
 
 See how plain a tale will convict these liars 
 and slanderers. Hon. James G. Blaine, mem- 
 ber of the House of Representatives from 
 Maine, on the 27th of June, made the following 
 statement in reply to Seymour's charge : 
 
 " When the war closed, by the surrender of Lee, 
 on the 9th of April, 18G5, the armies of the Union 
 bore the names of nearly a million men on the rolls; 
 and our navy, in its vast and widely-extended duty 
 of blockading three thousand miles of coast, had 
 nearly five hundred vessels in service, with a corres- 
 ponding number of men. The first result of Grant's 
 magnificent series of victories and final triumph 
 over the rebellion was to muster out these countless 
 hosts which had borne our standard with such glory 
 on the land and on the sea. Months of pay were due 
 to more than half the army; the well-earned closing 
 bounty was due to all ; and the sailors, besides 
 their back pay, were to receive millions of prize 
 money honestly their own. The vast and almost 
 incalculable amount needed to be provided for these 
 purposes must be had at once, and, thanks to the 
 patriotism and the wealth of our people, it was had 
 at once. I have this morning visited the Treasury 
 Department, and by the official statements which I 
 hold in my hand it appears that the disbursements 
 for the army and navy for' the ono hundred and 
 seventy-four days following Grant's closing victory 
 amounted to six hundred and twenty-five million 
 
dollars. Hence it will be seen that more than three- 
 fourths of the eight hundred millions so trium- 
 phantly paraded by Governor Seymour as the war 
 anil navy expenses of the past three years were 
 really disbursed almost in one sum at the close of 
 
 hostilities, as the necessary expenses of musterine out 
 our enormous military and naval forces. To suimlv 
 this vast sum the current receipts of the Govern- 
 ment were consumed, and the people directly 
 advanced rive hundred and thirty millions, by sub- 
 scribing that amount to the ever-memorable .seven- 
 irjirty loan. 
 
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 " Six hundred and twenty-five millions of Gover- 
 nor Seymour's eight hundred millions being thus 
 expended in mustering out the volunteers, his own 
 figures show that the current and legitimate expense 
 o both army and navy for the past three years of 
 peace have been but one hundred and seventy-five 
 million dollars, or a little more than fifty-ei°ht 
 millions per annum for both branches of the service 
 the Governor's figures thus reduced are not far 
 from the truth, and they show a degree of economy 
 ?£e e unknown in Democratic times. Take the year 
 iNi». lor example, in the administration of Mr 
 Buchanan, and we find that the expenses of the 
 navy were fourteen millions, and of the army 
 nearly twenty-six millions-for the two well ni-h 
 lorty millions— and that was in gold, and with an 
 army and navy of less numbers than have been 
 deemed necessary for the security of the public 
 peace during the past three years. Taking the dif- 
 ference m the amount of force and the fact that the 
 expenditures of Mr. Buchanan's administration 
 were in coin and the present expenditure in paper, 
 it will be seen that the result shows strongly in 
 lavor of the economy of army expenses as adminis- 
 tered by General Grant. The army to-day, in fact 
 costs much less per regiment in paper than it cost 
 per regiment in gold under the last Democratic 
 fi ures "* a S ° mUCh f ° r Governor Seymour's 
 
 EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT. 
 
 The following correspondence explains itself: 
 The large reduction of taxation that has taken 
 place since the war closed is the best evidence 
 of both the wisdom and economy of the Re- 
 publican party as represented by the majority 
 in Congress. The totals show how designedly 
 false are the Democratic charges. Mr. Wells 
 is one of the ablest of our public officers, a 
 man of non-partisan character, strictly reli- 
 able and thoroughly master of the questions 
 on which he writes : 
 
 LETTER OF HON. W. B. ALLISON. 
 
 House of Representatives, 
 
 Committee of Ways and Means, 
 Washington, D. C, July 9, i^g, 
 Hon. David A. Wells, 
 
 Special Commissioner of the Revenue: 
 Sib— J shall esteem it a favor if you will furnish me 
 at your earliest convenience, with such official infor- 
 mation, bearing upon the following questions, as may 
 be in your possession : ' 
 
 1st. What have been the National receipts arid n- 
 penditures for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1868 ? ' 
 ~d. lo what extent has taxation been abated or 
 
 ^ , lll'!, Ce the te ™'"ati"" of the war, or since 
 July l lobo : 
 
 3d. What have been the expenditures, in Bfiarsaate 
 and detail, of the War Department since the surrender 
 of Lee, in April, 1865? 
 
 4th. What have been the expenditures of the Navv 
 Oepartinent since the surrender of Lee, in April, 1865 i 
 
 SUi. What have been the expenditures, aggregate 
 and annual, ot the "Freedmen's Bureau " and for 
 
 Reconstruction,", up to July 1, 1868 I 
 1 am yours,' most respectfully, 
 
 WM/B. ALLISON. 
 
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 REPLY OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER WELLS. 
 
 Treasury Department, Office Special 
 
 Commissioner of the Revenue. 
 Washington, July 15, iscs 
 Hon. William B. Allison, M. C: 
 
 Sir— I have the honor to acknowledge the recemt 
 ot your nolo ol July 9, and in reference to the same I 
 submit the following statements, premising However 
 that only substantial accuracy can be claimed for the 
 account of receipts and expenditures for t e U ) 
 year ending June 30, 1868; inasmuch as sufficient Unic 
 has : not yet elapsed to allow of a perfect a , d A , 
 ^dement on the books of the Tre^ury Dcpartmem 
 of all the accounts of the last quarter of 'the last fiscal 
 
 EIRST.-RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. 
 
 J <eC n!? tS '~ Th l\ " !U - i0 " :l1 recei ' ,ts of revenue Iron, 
 .111 »<"it;'». ior the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868 
 were substantially as follows : ' ' 
 
 Customs (gold) «, fi o r l(V) nm 
 
 I«'t«-nal Revenue (currency):::".::::-; Kimum 
 Miscellaneous (currency;...:..... 470000O0 
 
 Public Lauds and directtax (cui'y)" Xm'fiOO 
 
 Total 8100,300,000 
 
 EXPENDITURES. 
 
 The expenditure of the Government 011 account of 
 interest on the pWbllc debt for the fiscal y , 1 i, ■ 
 June 30, 1m-,s, W ; L , S 14 1,635.551. 13. y • B 
 
 I'he aggregate expenditures of the several denarl- 
 
 %3mA ^\ c r?" v ^r e ' n ,br ,|,(; "■•'»"■ 53*35$. 
 
 X-_J,yi4,6,4 56, making a total eapen<Uture for the 
 fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, of «;,71 550 "••". a ' 
 /uKSof'^M™- 1 S " r f'" Sfl - f ' *«•*« "ver'e'xpendi- 
 in^ l es l "| al ' VS ' S "" l " Mr , ' x i 1l '" (lilHR ' H affords the follow- 
 
 Intercst.— The present condition of the funded am' 
 iutweet-beadsa debt of the United Stajte*, exclusive 
 of the bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad Companies 
 (the .merest on which is a charge upon the roads! 
 necessitates a present annual expenditure on apcoun 
 of interest of about §11^6,01)0,000. 
 
 The excess ol 'expenditure on account of-intere-i 
 over this amount during the last f IS eal year was due 
 mainly to payments on account of accumulated in 
 terest on trie " compound interest notes," and will not 
 again appear in the future disbursements of the Treas 
 tiry on account of interest. 
 
 NATIONAL EXPENDITURES OTHER THAN FOR 
 INTEREST. 
 
 Civil Ust.— Embracing the expenditures of the Ex- 
 ecutive, Legislative, and Judiciary, Foreign Inter- 
 course, Territories, Collection of the Revenue, District 
 of Columbia, Public Lands, Mints and Assail Offices 
 Coast Survey, Light-Houses, Post-Office Drfiricv,,' 
 
 The expenditures under this head, for the fiscal year 
 ending June 30, 1868, were .S53.00ll.846 05. 
 
 The estimate for the present fiscal year, as deduced 
 from the appropriation bills, ami including permanent 
 appropriations is about $36,000,000. 
 
 Interior Department.— The expenditures undai 
 this head tor the fiscal year ending June 30 1868 
 were $27,*82,6,6.27, which were apportioned sub: 
 stantially as lollows : 
 
 For Pensions cpo m r - r 
 
 For linlmns «**Jti£Z£Z33&affi 
 
 Navy Department.— The expenditures tinder tin* 
 head for the fiscal year ending June CO, 1868, were 
 #23,7/5,502.72, 
 
 The appropriations for the service of the Navy De- 
 partment tor the present fiscal year are $17,300,000 
 
 the following table shows the expenditure ol the 
 [f£rf? D 5P artinent si"ce, and including the fiscal year, 
 
 S§2 ?!2,074,5r;a 
 
 iSli ~ C3,2ii,M5 
 
 Iffi i 85.733,292 
 
 lsl « 129 s/;t 771; 
 
 :?V2 43,324,118 
 
 {*,' 31,034,0114 
 
 J300 "5 775 50" 
 
 1809, appropriated ..\SZZ"'.Z"^'.'.\ 17|30q|000 
 
■ War Department.— The total disbursements made 
 under the direction of, or through\the War Depart- 
 ment, for the fiscal year ending .Inne GO, i'aSL were 
 $123,246,648 62. Of this amount there were paid- 
 
 For Bounties *:w,0M,onu 
 
 For Reimbursing i-jtate War Claims 10,338,188 
 
 For Engineer Bureau, (niainlyi river and 
 
 liarbor improvements) * 6,132,020 
 
 For Payments for property lost or destroyed 
 In the military service of the United 
 states, act of March 3, 1849, and supple- 
 ments thereto, estimated 5,111,3(10 
 
 For Subsistence of Indians, estimated 1,000,000 
 
 k or Freedmen's Bureau 3,215,000 
 
 For Expenses, Beconstruction 1,799,270 
 
 For National Cemeteries 792,800 
 
 For Commutation of Rations of Prisoners 
 of War 152,000 
 
 Total _ J$00,533,23S 
 
 Tliis amount, deducted from the aggregate expendi- 
 tures above given, indicate the regular and legitimate 
 army expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
 1SG8, to have been $56,713,410, of which no inconsid- 
 erable part is justly chargeable to the expenses atten- 
 dant upon the existence of Indian hostilities upon the 
 plains in the Summer and Fall of 1867, which largely 
 and exceptionality augmented the cost of transporta- 
 tion and subsistence. 
 
 The military appropriations for the current fiscal 
 year are $33,081,013. 
 
 CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITDEES. 
 If we divide the total expenditure of the last fiscal 
 year into "ordinary expense*," or those which are re- 
 quired to support and maintain the Government and 
 '• extraordinary expenses," or those which have been 
 the unavoidable results of the war, we have the fol- 
 lowing classification : 
 
 ORDINARY EXPENDITURES. 
 Fiscal Year, 1887-'68. 
 Actnal. 
 
 1868-'69. 
 Estimated or 
 Appropriated 
 civil IJst (Legislative, Execu- 
 tive-) $53,0O9,S46 95 $30,000,000 
 
 Interior (Indians) 4,000,000 00 2,500,000 
 
 Nitvv Department 25,775,502 72 17,300,000 
 
 War Department 56,713,410 00 33,081,013 
 
 Engineer Bureau (Rivers and 
 Harbors) 6,132,020 00 1,500,000 
 
 Total $140,231,379 07 $90,3S1,013 
 
 EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURES. 
 
 lS6V-'68. 
 Actual. 
 
 Interest Public Debt sj 
 
 Pensions 
 
 1 Inn 11 ties 
 
 Freedmen's Bureau 
 
 Reconstruction expenses 
 
 Reimbursing States 
 
 Payment for property lost or 
 destroyed In the military ser- 
 vice oi the United States 
 
 Subsistence of Indians 
 
 National cemeteries 
 
 Commutation of Prisoner's ra- 
 tions 
 
 l«68-'69 
 Estimated or 
 Appropriated 
 41,035,551 $126,000,000 
 23,282,076 25,000,000 
 
 38,000,000 
 3,215,000 
 1,799,270 
 
 10,330.188 
 
 5,111.300 
 
 1,000,000 
 
 792,800 
 
 152.000 
 
 40,000,000 
 500,000 
 
 6,000,01 X) 
 1,000,W)0 
 
 Total $225,318,845 $198,500,000 
 
 SECOND.-REDUCTION OF TAXATION. 
 
 The amount of taxes abated or repealed since the 
 close of the war has been estimated as follows: 
 
 By act of July 13, 1806 $60,000,000 
 
 By act of March 2, 1807 40,000,000 
 
 By act of Feb. 3, 1S68, (exemption of 
 
 raw cotton) 23,769,000 
 
 By act of March 31, 1805 43,500,000 
 
 Total $107,209,000 
 
 By the system of Internal Revenue which prevailed 
 m the close of the war, taxation may be said to have 
 been all but universal; land, agricultural produce, 
 unmanufactured lumber, breadstuff's and a few other 
 forms of property or products only being excepted. An 
 aggregate of (en thousand distinct articles or products 
 made available 11s sources of Internal Revenue in July, 
 JS65, would probably be an under rather than an over 
 estimate. At the present time, of all manufactured 
 articles of products of industry, the following only are 
 subject to specific or direct taxation : distilled spirits, 
 
 fermented liquors, manufactured tobacco, gas, matches. 
 and playing-cards. Perfumery, cosmetics, pafenl 
 medicines, and a t\:w other manufactured articles, arc 
 subjected to a stamp-tax proportioned to their seilnii: 
 price. Since July, 1865, furthermore, the additional 
 tax of five per cent, on incomes in excess of $5,u00 
 has been repealed, and the exemption in all incomes 
 has been increased from $600 to $1,000. The taxation 
 formerly imposed on the gross receipts accruing from 
 the transportation of merchandise has also been en 
 tlrely removed. Coincident Willi the above reduction 
 of taxation, or from the 31st of August, 1865, to the 
 30th of June, 1868, the aggregate of the national in-; 
 debtedness, including cash in the Treasury, exhibits a 
 reduction in round numbers of ($250,000,000) two hun- 
 dred and ffty millions ! On this abatement of tin: 
 debt, the reduction of the interest, calculated at six 
 per centum, would be ($15,000,000) fifteen millions 
 per annum. 
 
 THIRD.— EXPENDITURES OF THE WAR 
 
 DEPAR TMENT. 
 The aggregate expenditures made through, or under 
 the direction of the War Department, from April 1, 
 1865, to June 30, 1868, inclusive, were $917,117,0-13 43. 
 Of this aggregate, the disbursements for nine months, 
 or from April 1, 1865, to December 31, of the same 
 year, as stated by quarters, were as follows: 
 
 From April 1 to June 30, 1805 $-114,196,277 30 
 
 From June 30 to Sept. 30, 1805 105,309,237 :<2 
 
 From Sept. 30 to Dec. 31, 1805 OS.122,541 05 
 
 Total $047,088,050 33 
 
 It thus appears that of the above total expenditures 
 of the War Department, $647,688,000, or 70 per cent, 
 of the whole, were directly contingent upon the ter- 
 mination of the war and the disbanding of the army, 
 and were disbursed within the nine months immedi- 
 ately succeeding the surrender of Lee, in April, 1865. 
 The balance of expenditure charged to the War De- 
 partment on the books of the Treasury, viz : $269,428,- 
 987 10, covers a period of thirty months, or from Jan- 
 uary 1, 1866, to June 30, 1868, and represents iln 
 disbursements further contingent upon the termination 
 of the war, such as arrears of pay and transportation 
 of troops; the regular expenses of the military est.ili 
 lishment; the expense of the Indian War in ilie 
 Summer and Fall of 1867; the payment of bounties 
 -($49,382,859 from July 1, 1866, to June 30, 1868) ; the 
 payments for property lost or destroyed in the mili- 
 tary service of the United States ($11,000,000); He- 
 reimbursement of State claims (§10,330,000 in 1S07-S); 
 river and harbor improvements, and the expenses 01 
 fortifications; subsistence of Indians; Fieedn.enV 
 Bureau; expenses of Reconstruction, &c, &c. 
 
 FOURTH-EXPENDITURES OF THE NAVY 
 DEPARTMENT. 
 The expenditures of the Navy Department from 
 April 1, 1865, to June 30, 1868, were $133,119,296 37. 
 Of this amount, $59,847,889 58, or 45 per cent., were 
 disbursed within the nine months immediately suc- 
 ceeding the termination of the war in April, 1865. 
 The balance of the above expenditure, $73,271,407, 
 covers the regular expenses of the navy for a period 
 of thirty months, ending July 30, 1S68, as well as the 
 disbursements on account of prize money and for the 
 settlement of contracts entered into prior to the ter- 
 mination of the war. 
 
 FIFTH- FREEDMEN'S B UREA U AND RECON- 
 STRUCTION. 
 According to the accounts of the Treasury the 
 expenses of the Freedmen's Bureau, since its organi- 
 zation in 1866, have been as follows : 
 
 Disbursements prior to June 30, 1S67 $2,402,000 
 
 Disbursements from July 1, 1S07, to June 
 
 30,186a 3,215,000 
 
 Total $5,017,000 
 
 Concerning the proportion of this expenditure in- 
 curred by the Bureau tor the relief of the starving and 
 destitute of both races, and for educational or other 
 purposes, the Treasury has no information. 
 
 According to the account of the Treasury, tho ex- 
 penditures contingent upon the acts of Congress regu- 
 lating " Reconstruction," have been as follows : 
 
 Disbursements prior to June 30, 1807 $145,430 5G 
 
 Disbursements from July 1 , 1SG7, to June 
 
 30T1SO8 1,799,270 00 
 
 Total $2,314,700 SG 
 

 The above statement*, derived trom the books nnd 
 accounts of the Treasury Department, are believed to 
 be substantially correct. 
 
 I am yours, very- respect fuU^ a _ ^^ 
 
 U. 3. Special Commissioner of Revenue. 
 
 Appropriations for the Current Fiscal Year. 
 
 Mr. Blaine, already quoted, thus states the 
 appropriations made for the fiscal year ending 
 June 30, 1869: 
 
 For the ordinary expenditures of Government for the 
 fiscal year which has just begun the appropriations are 
 as follows : 
 Executive, legislative, and judicial, em- 
 
 ^n?o* n De P al ' tment SalariG ? ^.f 17.480.000 CO 
 
 For hi^mv ."::'.:'.:"'.*.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 33,081,01310 
 
 For the Navy '...."..""". 17,500,000 00 
 
 West Point Military Academy SJf'SSS £2 
 
 Consular and diplomatic service... V^'tl X) 
 
 Post-Office Department iWvm m 
 
 Indian bureau, treaties, &c 3'wK'Sflh ffi 
 
 Bivers and harbors fr™ 000 09 
 
 Collecting the Revenue :....,. j,joj,vw ou 
 
 Sundry Civil Expenditures connected 
 
 with the various Departments G.O-O.OUJ to 
 
 Miscellaneous expenses of all kinds, in- 
 cluding cost of certain public bmlclmgs 
 throughout the country, expenses ot 
 reconstruction, expense of closing up 
 
 Freedmen's Bureau.. Vc ••••• J.ooo.uuu oo 
 
 Deficiencies of various kinds in the uii- 
 f'erent appropriations ..oou.uuu w 
 
 Making a total of. ?1QI!,S18,447 10 
 
 THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU — LETTER OF GEXICRAh 
 0. O. HOWARD. 
 
 A Democratic member of Congress from 
 Pennsylvania recently delivered a caret ully 
 elaborated tissue of misstatements with regard 
 to the Freedmen's Bureau, to which the Com- 
 missioner replies as follows : 
 
 " War Department, 
 Bureau of Refugees, Frcedmen and Abandoned Lands, 
 Washington, July 17, 180b. 
 
 H J>;r T '&V-Iu IO t'ne speech of Hon. B. M. Boyer, of 
 Pennsylvania, June 30. 1868, printed in the GM>«July 
 15, there are manv siatemenls and miercners calcu- 
 lated to make a false impression respecting the ex- 
 penses of the Freedmen's Bureau. 
 
 By confusing estimates Willi actual expenditures, 
 and by repeating both costs and estimates, he foots up 
 amounts nearly four times the true sum. Forinstance, 
 be eives General Howard's estimate of the probable 
 expenses for the year ending June 30, 186/, as $11.- 
 684,450, and says, " this estimate is much under tho 
 
 aC Tln 1 s C estimate was reduced to $6,914,450 which 
 amount was appropriated by Congress. But the actual 
 expenditure for all purposes during the same year was 
 S"^ 070 459 97 
 
 A correct exhibit of the cash receipts and expenses 
 is given in your report of March 10, 1868. This makes 
 the total sum expended from the organization ot the 
 Bureau (including assumed accounts of Department ol 
 Freedmen's Affairs from January 1,1865,) to January 
 1, 1868, $5,955,888 49. This includes $500,000, Special 
 Relief Fund, and $50,000 transferred to Agricultural 
 Bureau. , , - , 
 
 All receipts from rents of abandoned lands, Bales 
 of crops, taxes, fines, and all miscellaneous sources, 
 are accounted for in this exhibit. All supplies fur- 
 nished by the Quartermaster, Commissary, and 
 Medical Departments, after July 1, 1866, were 
 charged to the Bureau and paid for out of the appro- 
 
 The supplies furnished previous to that date, 
 not paid for, were— 
 
 Quartermaster's property •^t'.'S?. w 
 
 Medical Stores - *»'*» 1? 
 
 Commissary Stores ,i,/-i,jii do 
 
 Total $2,330,788 72 
 
 Acid am'ts'exp'eiided i'rom appropriates, 5,055,888 -10 
 
 Total $8,280,677 21 
 
 Nothing can possibly be added, unless it be the 
 pay of army officers on duty in the Bureau, whe 
 would have received the same pay had they not 
 been detailed lor this duty, which, according to Mr 
 Boyer's figures, amounted the first year to $541,194. 
 Multiplied by three, this gives $1,023,58:3, though 
 the number of officers serving now in the Bureau is 
 only one hundred and forty-seven. Making the 
 most liberal allowance, the total cost of the Bureau 
 
 for three years has been $9,9;j4,370 /2 
 
 < lr, per annum 3,318,123 5i 
 
 Instead of over twelve millions annually, as stated 
 by Mr. Boyer. 
 
 A large part of these expenditures was lor tne 
 benefit of Southern whites reduced to poverty by 
 the rebellion. 
 
 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 O. O. HOWARD, 
 Major-General, Commissioner. 
 
 
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