H.-(Extract.)-Statement of the Number of Cannon, Arms, Equipments, and Munitions of War, of every kind, now on hand at each of the several Fortifications of The United States, taken from the latest Returns,

SIR,

Treasury Department,

Second Auditor's Office, December, 1822.

By the Resolution of the House of Representatives, dated the 8th of January, 1822, the President of The United States was requested to cause to be laid before the House "A Statement shewing the Amount expended for the Current Expenses of the Ordnance Department, during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820, and as much as can be shown of said Expenditures for the Year 1821, with the particular Items for which the Money was expended, the Place where, and the Persons to whom paid; what quantity of Timber has been procured for Gun Carriages and Caissons, its cost annually, and where deposited; the quantity of Ordnance, of every kind, that has been procured during those Years, or paid for; the Sums expended in the purchase of Sites for Arsenals since the Peace, the cost of the Buildings erected thereon, and whether all those Arsenals are necessary for the Service of The United States." By that of the 7th of May, 1822, the President was requested to cause to be laid before the House "A Report shewing the number and local position of each of the Armories, Arsenals, and Magazines of The United States, the time at which each was established, and the total expense of constructing and repairing the same, up to the end of the Year 1821; also, the whole Number of Cannon, and other Arms, made annually at each Armory and Arsenal, from its establishment to the end of the said Year; also, an exhibit, in detail, of the expenses of each Armory and Arsenal, for each Year, from 1816 to 1821, inclusive, shewing: 1st, the gross amount of Money expended at each, within each Year; 2d, the separate object to which the expenditure was applied; 3d, the Contracts and Purchases made at each within each Year, by whom, and with whom, whether publickly or privately, with or without publick notice, for what articles or materials, the Amount of each Contract for all Purchases, and the amount given therefor, the names of all concerned as Principals, Agents, and Securities, their places of residence, and the failures which may have occurred in any Con. tract; 4th, the whole number of Arms and Equipments transmitted to each State and Territory in the Union, under the Act of Congress for arming the whole Body of the Militia of The United States; 5th, the whole Number of Cannon, Arms, Equipments, and Munitions of War, of every kind, distinguishing the different kinds, now belonging to The United States, and where placed; 6th, the annual Expense of transporting Ordnance and Ordnance Stores from the Places at which they were made or purchased in the Atlantic States, to the Places at which they were to be delivered or used in the Western States or Territories, specifying the several descriptions of Arms and Munitions so transported, and the cost thereof where purchased; the whole so arranged as to exhibit clearly the annual Expenditure of the annual

appropriation for each specific object:" And, by a similar Resolution, passed on the 17th of this Month, the above request was repeated, embracing, in addition thereto, as much as can be ascertained of the same Expenditures during the Year 1822..

In conformity with the 1st and 2d Resolutions, I have the honour to transmit to you, herewith, the several Statements, exhibiting, 1st. The current expenses of the Ordnance Department, during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, and 1821;

2d. The expenses of each Armory and Arsenal, during the Year 1816; the Expenditures at the same places during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, and 1821, are embraced in the preceding Statement;

3d. The amount expended in the purchase of Sites, and in the erection and repairs of Arsenals, from 1816 to 1821, inclusive;

4th. The expense of transporting Ordnance and Ordnance Stores from the Atlantic States to the Western States and Territories;

5th. The quantity of Ordnance, of every kind, that has been procured, or paid for, during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, and 1821;

6th. The quantity of Timber procured for Gun-Carriages and Caissons, during the same period, its annual cost, and where deposited;

The whole compiled and digested from the accounts on file in this Office.

In accounting for the delay in the completion of this exhibit, I beg leave to call to your recollection what I stated to you, when you referred the 1st of the above Resolutions to this Office, in January last, "that such was the extent of the call, and the mass of accounts to be examined, that it would be impossible to meet the Resolution before the commencement of the present Session."

In respect to the additional information called for in the last Resolution, viz: "the Expenditure of the Ordnance Department for the present Year, as far as it can be ascertained," I beg leave to state, that the same shall be completed, and laid before you, as early as possible.

I have the honour to be, &c.

The Hon. J. C. Calhoun.

WM. LEE.

Recapitulation of the Current Expences of the Ordnance Department.

Statement, shewing the Quantity of Ordnance, of every kind, that has been procured or paid for, during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, and 1821; exhibited in pursuance of a Resolution of the House of Representatives, dated 8th January, 1822.

WM. LEE, Second Auditor.

Treasury Department, Second Auditor's Office, December, 1822.