N^o II. Estimate of Monies requisite for the department of war, for the year, 1790. Infantry. Dollars Cents 1 Brigadier General with the pay of Lieutenant Colonel Commandant for 12 months at 50 dollars. . . . .600 . — 2 Majors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 . . . . .1080 . — 7 Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 . . . . .2940 . — 7 Lieutenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 . . . . .2520 . — 3 Ensigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 . . . . .1920 . — 1 Paymaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 . . . . . 120 . — 1 Adjutant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 . . . . . 120 . — 1 Quartermaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 . . . . . 120 . — 1 Surgeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 . . . . . 540 . — 4 Surgeons mates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 . . . . .1440 . — 23 Serjeants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . .2016 . — 23 Corporals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . .1630 . — 14 Musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . . 840 . — 490 privates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 . . . . .23520 . — 39,456 . — Artillery 1 Major 12 months . . . . . . . . at 45 dlls. . . . 540 . — 6 Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 . . . . .1630 . — 8 Lieutenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 . . . . .2880 . — 4 Surgeons mate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 . . . . . 360 . — 16 Serjeants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . .1152 . — 16 Corporals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . . 960 . — 8 Musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . . 480 . — 240 Matrosses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 . . . . .11520 . — 19,572 . — Subsistence. Brigadier General 12 months at 48 dollars . . . 576 . — 3 Majors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 . . . . . 720 . — 11 Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 . . . . .1584 . — 23 Subalterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 . . . . .2208 . — 1 Surgeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 . . . . . 192 . — 5 Surgeon's mates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 . . . . . 480 . — Rations. For 890 Non commissioned and privates, one ration per day, each for 365 days, is 306,000 rations at 12 Cents per ditto . . . 36792 . — Clothing — 840 } Contingencies, 100 } 940 suits at 26 dollars each . . . 24,440 . — Quarter Masters department. Transportation! Including the transportation of the recruits to the frontiers, the removal of troops from one station to another, the transportation of Clothing, ordnance and military stores for the troops on the frontier — the necessary removal of ordnance military stores — the hire of teams and pack horses, the purchase of huts, tools, axes, camp kettles, boards, fire-wood, company books, stationary for the troops, and all other expences in the Quarter Masters department . . . 15,000 . — Hospital department. For medicines, instruments, furniture and stores for an hospital for the frontier, also for attendance when necessary but West point . . . . . . . . 1,000 . — Ordnance Department. For salaries for the Storekeeper at the several depots. West point Virginia } 3 at 40 dollars per month. 1440. — Springfield Charleston, 1 Storekeeper at 100 dollars per annum. 100. — 2 Assistants at 15 dollars per month . . . 360. — 1 Storekeeper at Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500. — 1 D^o Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96. — 1 D^o Lancaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96. — 1 D^o Fort Harkener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120. — the Subsistance 1 dollar per Week . 52 . . 172. — Rents of Buildings for Deposites. Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732. 66 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350. — West Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400. 1502. 66 Labours at the several deposites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400. — 3 Artificers at the posts on the Frontiers, including Armours, at 5 dollars per month . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480. — Coopers, Armours and Carpenters employed occasionally at the several Arsenals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500. — The expence of materials and constructing twenty new Carriages for Cannon and Houitizers . . . 2,000. — 7646. 66 Carried forward — . — 149,666. 66. Brought forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,666. 66. Buildings for Arsenals and Magazines are highly requisite in the Southern and middle departments, for which particularly estimates will be formed. Contingencies of the War department, viz. For Mess, hiring expresses, allowance to officers for extra-expences, printing, loss of stores of all kinds, advertising and apprehending deserters . . . . . . . . . 3000. — Contingencies for the War Office, viz. Office rent, wood, stationary, ditto, hack coaches, sweeping &^c . . . 600. — Subsistance due to the officers of Colonel Marines [undecipherable] Willett's regiment in 1787 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786. 6 [undecipherable] Pay due to Lieutenant Joseph Wilcox, paymaster to the regiment lately commanded by Colonel David Humphreys 315. — Pay, subsistence and forage due the Officers appointed by the State of Rhode Island, under the Act of Congress of the 20^th October 1786 . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 156,137. 72 Total Amount as above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,137. 72 Deduct Contingencies of the War Office, Office rent, wood, stationary, &c, &^c as above, the same being included with the salaries in the Civil list estimate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600. — Dollars, 155,537. 72 Summary of the foregoing: Pay of the Troops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,028. — Subsistence of d^o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,552. — Clothing of d^o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,440. — Quarter Masters department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000. — Hospital Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000. — Contingencies of the War department . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000. — Contingencies of the War Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600. — Arrears of pay and subsistence unprovided for . . . . . 2671. 6 Ordnance department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7646. 46 War Office, December 29, 1789. (Signed) Henry Knox, Secretary for the department of War 156,137. 72 --- N^o III. Estimate of the Annual Pensions of the Invalids of the United States, viz; Taken from Returns in the War Office, dated as follows: Dollars Cents Dollars Cents November 28^th 1789 . . . . . New Hampshire . . 3024. — December 13^th . . . . . . . . . Massachusetts . . 41166. — December 1^st . . . . . . . . . . Connecticut . . . . 7296. — December 31^st . . . . . . . . . New York . . . . . 13533. — February 2^d . . . . . . . . . . . New Jersey . . . . 4357. 6 December 10^th . . . . . . . . . Pennsylvania . . . 16506. — For 1787 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia . . . . . . 9276. — 67243. 6 Conjectural — No returns having been received Suppose Rhode Island and Delaware nearly equal to New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3170. — Maryland nearly equal to Connecticut . . . 7000. — North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, nearly equal to New Hampshire, Connecticut and Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19596. — 29766. — Dollars, 96,979. 6. [signed] H. Knox, Secretary for the department of War. War Office, 31^st December 1789.