List of military reservations turned over by the War Department to the Interior Department, or otherwise disposed of by the War Department, etc.—Continued. Among the stores and supplies furnished for troops serving in the Philippines during fiscal year, mention may be made of 274 WaterhouseForbes sterilizers, with various extra fittings. These sterilizers cost approximately $100 each, and a description thereof will be found on page 169, Quartermaster-General's Report of 1900; also 2,500 feet of garden hose, 125 stocks and dies, 1,000 pounds asbestos packing, 500 hand grenades, odorless wagon fittings, etc. Maj. L. S. Roudiez, quartermaster, U. S. V., in charge of the con struction of the large refrigerating plant at Manila, reports under date of June 30, 1901: The work of construction is practically completed. Making of ice has been going on for nearly three weeks and cold storage to the extent of about 130,000 cubic feet has been supplied the Subsistence Department for over a month. The success of the enterprise is no longer questioned. The work speaks for itself and the results are apparent to all. The cost of operating the plant will not be out of proportion to the revenue obtained for the duty performed. As a matter of fact, this plant will pay for itself in a very few years. Under orders of the honorable Secretary of War this plant has been transferred to the civil government, and all ice and cold storage required for the army is purchased from it under contracts. A large distilling plant of 3,800 gallons per day capacity, with various spare parts, was procured at approximate cost of $3,666 and sent forward for use in China, but it afterwards appearing that it was not required there, it was shipped to Manila, and after full conference berween chief quartermaster and chief medical officer was set up at Dagupan, P. I. Four other large and 6 small condensing plants have been supplied; also 6 additional 25-horsepower boilers and 10 pumps at approximate cost of $24,700. DESCRIPTION. Large. (Capacity, each, 3,800 gallons per day of twenty-four hours). Three distillers; 8 25-horsepower boilers; 3, each, feed and circulating pumps; storage tanks; filter tanks; piping and fittings complete. Small. (Capacity, 600 gallons each twenty-four hours.) Including with each plant boiler, feed pump, water-supply pump with 150 feet suction hose, water-supply tank, 2 filters, 1 sponge filter, condensing and pumping apparatus, 400-gallon storage tank, etc. Call having been made for a hospital laundry plant at Manila, the Secretary of War authorized the utilization of parts of two plants formerly in use at Josiah Simpson Hospital, Virginia, and at Montauk Point, New York, and the purchase of additional machinery necessary to make a complete plant, capable of washing 6,000 pieces or more per day, all expense being borne from the funds of the Medical Depart ment. CHINA. Fifty Waterhouse-Forbes sterilizers were supplied during the year, 32 of which were subsequently sent to Manila. Also 6 distilling plants of 600 gallons capacity each of twenty-four hours at approximate cost of $11,000. Each plant consisted of boiler, feed and supply pump, suction hose, supply and storage tank, 2 filters, 1 storage filter, condensing and pumping apparatus, etc. ALASKA. Among the various stores furnished for use at Forts St. Michael, Gibbon, Davis, and Egbert, mention may be made of three 4,000gallon wooden tanks, 10 upright wooden water tanks, 1 steam pump, and various quantities of lumber, pipe, plugs, tees and ells, hose, extinguishers, packing, etc. DEEP WELLS. Authority has been given during the fiscal year for the sinking of Authority has been given during the fiscal year for the installing of Water, sewer, and plumbing repairs and improvements of various character have been authorized during the year at posts throughout the country. Electric wiring has been installed in buildings at the new seacoast posts with view of lighting same from the fortification plants. At Forts Monroe, Preble, Banks, Key West Barracks, Jackson Barracks and general hospital, and Washington Barracks, D. C., electric current is purchased for lighting purposes. All necessary repairs to and installation of heating plants at the different posts have been duly made, and at general hospital, Hot Springs, Ark., extensive overhauling of plumbing and heating plants has been under way, as well as new installations. An electric plant and laundry have also been provided. Requisite repairs to heating, lighting, plumbing, and laundry of general hospital, Presidio, have been made. While the appropriations of the department have not been sufficient to meet in full the many calls from various posts throughout the country for water, sewer, plumbing, lighting, and heating improvements, repairs, etc., all reasonable and absolute requirements, after careful study and consideration, have been fully and promptly met. The various expenditures made through this branch of the office will be found of record among the tables and totals given in report of the construction and repair division, to which attention is invited. F. G. HODGSON, Major and Quartermaster, U. S. A. The ACTING QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL, U. S. A., Washington, D. C. WAR DEPARTMENT, QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, D. C., August 15, 1901. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit a report of the operations of the inspection branch of this office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901. The business transacted in this branch of the office pertains principally to the personnel of the Department, which includes the officers, post quartermaster-sergeants, army service detachment at West Point, and civilian employees. OFFICERS OF THE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. Prior to February 2, 1901, the organization of the Quartermaster's Department, so far as the number of officers is concerned, consisted of the following: Regular establishment: Quartermaster-General, with rank of brigadier-general. Deputy quartermasters-general, with rank of lieutenant-colonel. Assistant quartermasters, with rank of captain.. Military storekeeper, with rank of captain Total... Volunteer establishment: Quartermasters, with rank of major.......... Assistant quartermasters, with rank of captain. Total Grand total, regular and volunteer..... Under section 16 of act of Congress approved February 2, 1901, the following officers were provided for this department: Regular establishment: Quartermaster-General, with rank of brigadier-general. Deputy quartermasters-general, with rank of lieutenant-colonel. Quartermasters, with rank of captain... Military storekeeper, with rank of captain.. Total Volunteer establishment: Assistant quartermasters, with rank of captain.. Grand total..... It was further provided in the last-mentioned law That to fill original vacancies in the grade of captain created by this act, in the Quartermaster's Department, the President is authorized to appoint officers of volunteers commissioned in the Quartermaster's Department since April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight: Provided further, That the President is authorized to continue in service, during the present emergency, for duty in the Philippine Islands and on transports, twenty-four captains and assistant quartermasters of volunteers. This authority shall extend only for the period when their services shall be absolutely necessary. By act approved March 2, 1901, it is provided * * * That appointments to fill original vacancies in the * * grade of captain in the Quartermaster's Department * may be made from officers of volunteers commissioned since April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. * * The position of military storekeeper, Quartermaster's Department, was discontinued by operation of law, the incumbent thereof retiring from active service, on account of age, on January 12, 1901. Between the date of the passage of the act of February 2, 1901, and the close of the fiscal year, all officers of the Quartermaster's Department holding volunteer commissions were discharged from the volunteer service, leaving only the 96 officers of the regular establishment for the performance of the duties of the department. None of the 24 captains and assistant quartermasters of volunteers authorized to be retained during the present emergency for duty in the Philippines and on transports were continued in service after June 30, 1901. The increase in the number of officers in the grades of colonel, lieutenant-colonel, major, and captain, authorized by the new organization, created 39 original vacancies, which permitted the promotion of 9 efficient and worthy officers of this department, and the appointment in the regular service of 39 officers as captain and quartermaster. Up to the close of the fiscal year there had been appointed to the latter position 1 line officer of the regular establishment, 26 of the most efficient volunteer quartermasters, and 10 other persons who had been commissioned in the volunteer service since April 21, 1898. A full list of the officers serving in this department on July 1, 1901, giving their rank and station, and also a list giving the names of all officers of the Quartermaster's Department holding volunteer commissions who were discharged from the volunteer service from August 15, 1900, to June 30, 1901, is submitted with this report. At the close of the fiscal year the 96 regular officers provided for this department were distributed for duty as follows: In service or under orders for Philippines.. In service in Porto Rico... In transport service... 22 16 In service at general depots, eight military departments, on construction duty, at military posts in United States, and on duty in Quartermaster-General's Office. 42 Unassigned On sick leave. Vacancies... Total...... 96 Since the date of my last annual report the department has suffered the loss of one of its promising young volunteer officers-Capt. Raymond Sulzer, assistant quartermaster, U. S. V., died in San Francisco Harbor, February 3, 1901, just as the transport from the Philippines reached the harbor, bringing him to his native land. This officer, though young in years and service, had shown himself to be a capable and efficient officer. On March 2, 1901, Capt. Edgar S. Dudley, assistant quartermaster, U. S. A., was appointed major and judge-advocate in the Regular Army, thereby severing his connection with the Quartermaster's Department. |