Maj. Henry C Hodges with J. T. Hoole....

Col. Steward Van Vliet with O. B. Phillips do

Col. Steward Van Vliet with John S. Scott....
Col. Steward Van Vliet with A. Badger
Col. Steward Van Vliet with John Fornburg.
Col. Stewart Van Vliet with D. H. Mitchell
Col. Stewart Van Vliet with E. R. Threlkeld...
..do

Col. Stewart Van Vliet with Samuel G. Bridges
..do

Col. Stewart Van Vliet with A. E. Buddecke
Col. Stewart Van Vliet with M. H. Calvert
..do

Col. Stewart Van Vliet with N. A. Adams.....
...do

First Lient. W. H. Winter with B. T. Harper..
Lient. Col. S. B. Holabird with Charles A.
Whitney & Co., agents.

Lieut. C. P. Miller with Ezra Drew......
..do....

Lieut. C. P. Miller with William Lewis..
Lieut. C. P. Miller with Thomas Lewis
Lieut. C. P. Miller with John H. Drew.

Lieut. C. P. Miller with William Chatfield.
Col. Stewart Van Vliet with Willard Raymor
Col. Stewart Van Vliet with Dustin Sands ....
Col. Stewart Van Vliet with A. C. Keever.
Col. Stewart Van Vliet with A. E. Reynolds..
.do

Col. Stewart Van Vliet with O. B. Lattin
Col. Stewart Van Vliet with P. Thomas..
Col. Stewart Van Vliet with Joseph Wood.
Lieut. Col. Rufus Saxton with Owen Duffy

..do

.do

do

500,000 pounds of anthracite coal, (stove,) at 87 per ton; 300,000 pounds
of anthracite coal, (chestnut,) at 86.80 per ton; 50 cords of hard wood,
at 87 per cord.

2,500 tons of hay, (prairie,) at $6.70 per ton
2,150 cords of wood, at $3.55 perc cord.
500 cords of wood, at $5 per cord..
150 tons of hay, at $3.54 per ton.
600 cords of wood, at $7.23 per cord
650 cords of wood, at $17 per cord..
1,250 tons of hay, at $7.95 per ton..
1,050 cords of wood, at $14.75 per cord
1,500 cords of wood, at $5.95 per cord
450 tons of hay, at $7.50 per ton......

100 tons of hay, at $9 per ton; 100 tons of hay, at $9.50 per ton
800 tons of hay, at $10.50 per ton
1,500 cords of wood, at $7.35 per cord
375,000 pounds of corn, at $1.38 per 100 pounds.
600 cords of wood, at $5.25 per cord....

1,000

800 bushels of charcoal, at 223 cents per bushel..
Transportation of troops and supplies, at schedule-rates.

50 cords of wood, at $4.40 per cord.
50 cords of wood, at $4.25 per cord..
50 cords of wood, at $4.49 per cord..
75 cords of wood, at $4.50 per cord.
50 cords of wood, at $4.40 per cord.
125 cords of wood, at $4.25 per cord
450 tons of hay, at $3.68 per ton.....
150 tons of hay, at $3.65 per ton..
700,000 pounds of oats, at $1.75 per 100 pounds, at Leavenworth.
{ $1.50 per 100 pounds, at Emporia..

900 tons of hay, at $10.25 per ton..
1,900 cords of wood, at $8.35 per cord
800 tons of hay, at $9.63 per ton.
4,300 cords of wood, at $3.64 per cord.
2,625,000 pounds of corn, at $1.36 per 100 pounds
410,000 pounds of corn, at 62 cents per 100 pounds
130,000 pounds of oats, at $1.04 per 100 pounds.
4,097,000 pounds of corn, at 623 cents per 100 pounds.
1,085,000 pounds of oats, $1.12 per 100 pounds
160,000 pounds of oats, at $1.12 per 100 pounds.
Transportation of military supplies from Bryon or Green River to
Camp Brown, Wyo., Department of the Platte, at schedule-rates.
Transportation of military supplies from Medicine Bow, Wyo., to
Fort Fetterman, W., at schedule-rates.

616

..do

617

Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

June 22, 1875
June 22, 1875
June 26, 1875

618

..do

619

do

620

Wichita, Kans

621

..do

622

623

624

..do
.do

500

625 Camp Stambaugh and

5,000

626

Camp Brown, Wyo.
Fort Fetterman, Wyo..

5,000

Transportation of military supplies from Cheyenne depot to Forts
Laramie and Fetterman, Wyo., at schedule-rates.

5,000

630

Omaha depot, Nebr

July 1, 1875

631

..do

July 1, 1875

Lieut. Col. Alex. J. Perry with John H. Lynds.
Lieut. Col. Alex. J. Perry with S. C. Rose

440 cords wood, at $7.35 per cord..

1,000

250 tons hay, at $6.62 per ton

1,000

Nov. 3, 1875
Nov. 4, 1875
July 28, 1875
July 1, 1875
Sept. 14, 1875
July 30, 1875
July 1, 1875

Lieut. Col. Rufus Saxton with Jos. A. Connor.
Lieut. Col. Alex. J. Perry with Phillip Wisser.
Lieut. Col. Alex. J. Perry with John Hunton
Lieut. Col. Alex. J. Perry with Wm. H. Mitchell
Lieut. Col. Alex. J. Perry with John Case...
Lieut. Col. Alex. J. Perry with James A. Small
and Fred. J. Ames.

440 cords of wood, at $5.50 per cord.
100 cords of wood, at $5.45 per cord..

Abstract of contracts made by the Quartermaster's Department &c.-Continued.

Nature of contract.

Bond.

710 cords wood, at $3.23 per cord.
600 tons hay, at $6.62 per ton....
2.500 cords wood, at $1.95 per cord.
550 cords wood, at $3.91 per cord..
360 tons hay, at $7.41 per ton .....
230 cords wood, at $7.48 per cord..
100 cords wood, at $5.48 per cord..
170 cords wood, at $6.43 per cord.
50 tons hay, at 4.43 per ton .....
40 tons hay, at $12.50 per ton
800 tons hay, at $13.85 per ton
600 tons hay, at $15.37 per ton

Brick and stone masonry, at schedule rates.

Corn to November 15, 1875, at $2.97 per 100 pounds; subsequent delive-
ries, at $1.99 per 100 pounds-2,000,000 pounds.
600,000 pounds oats, at $3.09 per 100 pounds..
Lease of site of Fort Concho, at $650 per annum
100,000 feet building-logs, at 73 cents per linear foot.
200 bushels jaspe, at $1.09 per bushel..
Plastering, whitewashing, &c., at $140.09
700 bushels lime, at 68 cents per bushel
75 tons hay, at $16.87 per ton

730 cords soft wood, at $6.99 9-10 per cord.
250 tons hay, at $6.49 per ton..
Oats, as required, at 87 cents per bushel.
Hard wood, as required, at $3 per cord
300 tons hay, at $33.19 per ton....
10,000 bushels bituminous coal, at 84 cents per bushel; 40 cords kind-
ling-wood, at $12 per cord; 40 cords hard wood, at $8 per cord.
20,000 pounds white oats, at 65 cents per bushel; 25,000 pounds timothy
hay, at $26 per ton; 12,000 pounds oat-straw, at $20 per ton; 30 tons
anthracite coal, at $8 per ton.

150,000 pounds oats, at $3 25 per 100 pounds

Lease of site of post of Colfax, La., at $100 per annum.
Lease of building, No. 2 Bulfinch street, at $166.66 per month
Corn, (shelled,) as required, at 75 cents per bushel; oats, as required,
at 65 cents per bushel; timothy hay, as required, at $23 per ton;
straw, as required, at $14 per ton.

Official:

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL-OFFICER,
Washington, D. C., January 6, 1876.

SIR: In pursuance of an act of Congress, approved April 21, 1808, requiring statement to be made each year of contracts entered into during the year previous, I have the honor to report that during the year 1875 the following contracts were made with this Office, viz:

Messrs. Watts & Co., Baltimore, Md.; George C. Maynard, Washington, D. C.; L. G. Tillotson & Co., New York City; Partrick & Carter, Philadelphia, Pa., dated September 15, 1875, furnishing telegraphic supplies; also, with A. A. McCullough, of Norfolk, Va., on the 20th of September, 1875, for furnishing and erecting telegraph-poles on the route of a telegraph-line between Cape Hatteras and Wilmington, N. C.; and again with A. A. McCullough, on the 8th of October, 1875, for distributing telegraph-materials, &c., along the route of telegraph-line between Wilmington and Cape Hatteras, N. C.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

ALBERT J. MYER,

Brig. Gen., (Brevet Assigned,) Chief Signal Officer of the Army. The Hon. SECRETARY OF WAR,

Washington, D. C.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF SUBSISTENCE,

Washington, D. C., November 18, 1875.

SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith a statement of contracts made in the Subsistence Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875, required by Revised Statutes, section 229, page 36. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

The Hon. SECRETARY OF WAR.

R. MACFEELY, Commissary-General of Subsistence.

Statement of contracts made in the Subsistence Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875.

Hawkins, Maj. J. P.
Du Barry, Maj. B
Kilburn, Col. C. L.
Du Barry, Maj. B
Sullivan, Capt. T. C
Boyle, Lieut. W. H...
Phipps, Lieut. F. H
Grimes, Lieut. G. S..
Bryant, Capt. Cullen
Grimes, Lieut. G. S..
Marcotte, Lieut. H.
.do

Kilburn, Col. C. L

July 15, 1874
July 16, 1874
July 16, 1874
July 16, 1874
July 14, 1874
July 23, 1874
July 22, 1874
July 13, 1874
Aug. 15, 1874
July 6, 1874
July 6, 1874
July 24, 1874
Aug. 31, 1874
Sept. 1, 1874

cts. per lb.
Beef cattle, 3.67 per lb.
Fresh beef, 10 cts.