38 St. Paul, Minnesota, Aug. J. W. Bond, with Captain 15, 1853. J. H. Simpson.

39 Knoxville, Tennessee, Sep- S. Calloway, with Lieut.
tember 16, 1853.
Col. J. McClellan.

40 Stillwater, Minnesota, Sep- A. D. Heaton, with Captember 19, 1853. tain J. H. Simpson.

41 Dubuque, Iowa, Septem- Andrew Consodine, with ber 24, 1853. Joshua Barney, agent

42 Stillwater, Minnesota, Oct. John D. Ludden, with Cap-
4, 1853.
tain J. H. Simpson.

43 St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. S. B. Olmstead, with Cap-
19, 1853.
tain J. H. Simpson.

The whole to be delivered on or before the 30th day of September

1853.

Road making. For opening and grubbing that portion of the road
from Wabashaw to Mendota, lying between stake No. 2 and
stake No. 17, and between stake No. 20 and stake No. 24, the
sum of $89; for earth work, or gravel excavation, 29 cents per
cubic yard, and for rock excavation, 79 cents per cubic yard.
The whole to becompleted on or before the 30th day of Sep-
tember, 1853.

Dam.-For building a dam at the head of Ross' Island, in the Ten-
nessee river, to be completed by the 30th of November, 1853,
for the sum of $1,500.

Road making. For opening and constructing so much of the Point
Douglas and St. Louis River road as is comprehended between
the twenty-first mile station, as the same has been established
by the general government survey of said road; to be com-
pleted on or before the 1st day of November, 1853, for the sum
of $1,900.
Excavation. For excavating and removing all the earth,
amounting to about 10,000 cubic yards, from the contemplated
cut through the outer slough, opposite the harbor of Dubuque;
the work to be completed by the 1st day of December, 1853,
at the rate of 9 6-10 cents per cubic yard.

Bridging. For furnishing the necessary materials, and construct-
ing a bridge across Sunrise river, on the Point Douglas and
St. Louis River Road; the work to be completed by the 12th
of November, 1853, for the sum of $697.

Road making.-For opening and clearing the road from the
mouth of Swan river to the Winnebago agency, at Long
Prairie; the whole work to be completed by the 5th of Novem-
ber next, and to be paid for as follows:

For opening, clearing and grubbing, $1 75 per rod, lineal; and for
the brushing and throwing up, at the rate of $1 50 per rod,
lineal; and for the culverts, $15 each.

No.

Place and date.

Parties.

STATEMENT-Continued.

44 Nashville, Tennessee, Oct.
24, 1853.

John Russell, with Lieut.
Colonel J. McClellan.

Sureties.

BUREAU OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, February 14, 1854.

Article or thing contracted for.

Timber. For furnishing and delivering the following quantities of
timber at the several points designated on the Tennessee river,
at the following prices :

At Chota Island

2,116 feet stringers, 30 feet long, each 12 inches diameter at the small end, at 7 cents per running foot, $148 12.

168 round ties, at 20 cents each, $33 60.

Above and near Chota's lower shoals

4,200 feet stringers, 30 feet long each, 12 inches diameter at the
small end, at 7 cents per running foot, $294.

350 round ties, at 20 cents each, $70. The whole to be delivered
on or before the 1st of day of April, 1854.

J. J. ABERT, Colonel Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Statement of contracts made in the Subsistence Department during the year 1853.

J. C. Irvin.

St. Louis Arsenal, Mo.
Fort Wood, N. Y.
Fort McIntosh, Texas.
Mission San Diego, Cal.
Fort Columbus, N. Y.
Fort Gibson, Ark..

Fort Independence, Mass..
Fort Kearny, O. R.
Fort Union, N. M...
Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
Fort Yuma, Cal...
Steilacoom, O. T.
Fort Graham, Texas.
Benicia Barracks, Cal
Fort Brown, Texas
Camp Centre, Ind. Ter.
Fort Snelling.
New York City

Fort Arbuckle, C. N.
Cumberland, Md.
Pottsville, Pa.
Boston, Mass.
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Baltimore, Md.
Montevideo, S. A.
Fort Worth, Texas..

W. Hoffmeister
B. W. Valentine.
W. F. Alexander
F. Kerren......
B. W. Valentine..
W. D. Shaw
J. B. Severance..

J. W. Drew.

John Noble
L. Rose

.....

....

Bt. Capt. O. H. P. Taylor.

.do..

May 11, 1853
...do...

May

11, 1853

May 10, 1854

July

1, 1853

July 1, 1853

Bt. Maj. G. G. Waggaman

.do.

May 18, 1853

Sept. 1, 1853

Sept. 1, 1853

Lieut. W. B. Lane.....

.do..

Lieut. A. R. Eddy..

.do.

June 18, 1853
Feb. 1, 1853

July

1, 1853

June 30, 1854

Feb. 10, 1853

Feb. 9, 1854

Lieut. W. A. Slaughter..

.do..

May 10, 1853

Lieut. C. H. Tyler..

.do.

....do...

Lieut. G. H. Paige..

.do.

June 1, 1853

June 1, 1853

May 31, 1853

Lieut. E. Hayes

.do.

.....

June 21, 1853

July

1, 1853

Dec. 31, 1853

Lieut. A. Sargent..

.do.

Lieut. W. T. Magruder.

.do.

June 30, 1853 ..do...

Aug.

1, 1853

July 1, 1853

Bt. Lt. Col. S. Casey.

.do.

July 1, 1853

....do...

Lieut. M. R. Stevenson

.do.

Aug. 1, 1853

Aug. 1, 1853

Capt. E. Murray.

.do.

April 1, 1853

.do.

Lieut. J. W. Robinson

.do.

Aug. 1, 1853

.do.

Burgess & Talbot..

Lieut. J. Trevitt...

.do.

Aug. 3, 1853

.do..

Aug. 1, 1853
June 30, 1854
..do...
July 31, 1854
Optional.
July 31, 1854
..do..

Lieut. J. L. Corley..

.do.

Aug. 20, 1853

Sept. 20, 1853

Sept. 20, 1853

Bt. Maj. J. Van Horne.

.do..

Usher & Cohelo..
S. Eliot.

Lieut. B. D. Forsythe..

..do.

Bt. Maj. H. W. Merrill.

.do.

Sept. 1, 1853
Feb. 7, 1853
June 1, 1853

Aug. 31, 1854
Feb. 7, 1853

June 15, 1853

June 15, 1854

OFFICE OF COMMISSARY GENERAL OF SUBSISTENCE, Washington, January 5, 1854.

GEO. GIBSON, Commissary General of Subsistence.

Tanuary D. 1854

Remarks.

Date of contract.

List of contracts on account of the medical and hospital department of the army, for the

year 1853.

Amount of com

pensation.

.do.

.do.

April 1
1845.
Nov. 1
1847.

April 1
Oct. 26

Augustus Viele.

.do.

.do.

P. P. Burton...

..do..

do.

Medical attendance and medicine. Watertown arsenal, Mass.

Kennebec arsenal, Maine.
Watervliet arsenal, N. Y.

Little Rock arsenal, Ark..

Samuel Boardman.

..do..

..do.

Nov. 10

J. F. G. Hamill...
Wm. F. Barr.

Medical attendance....
Medical attendance and medicine.

Medical attendance..

Medical attendance and medicine.

.do..

.do...

.......

..do..

.do...
.do..

.do..

Medical attendance.

.do.

.do.

.do.

..do.

...

San Diego, Cal.

Harbor of Pensacola, Florida.
Rancho del Chino, Cal.
Battalion en route to Texas.

Medical attendance and medicine. Detroit arsenal, Mich..

W. L. Booth.
W. Spottswood.
J. T. Overstreet.
W. G. Lewis.
A. Brainard..
24 A. B. Campbell.

Medical attendance..

1851.

Fort Mifflin, Pa.....

20 00....do.

Recruiting rendezvous, Pittsburg, Pa..

20 00....do.

81 50....do. ... Discharged July 21, 1851.

Discharged Aug. 20, 1852.

Camp Independence, Cal...

25 00....do.