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To James Madison from Alexander J. Dallas, 15 April 1815
From Alexander J. Dallas
Department of War, 15th. April, 1815.
I have the honor to inclose to you a statement, specifying the appropriations for the expenditures in this department, in the years 1814 and 1815, including the balances of appropriations on the 31st. of December, 1813: the amount actually expended from the 1st. of January, 1814, to the 10th. of March, 1815; the unexpended amount of the appropriations; and the amount for which warrants have been drawn, but are not paid, beyond the appropriations for particular branches of expenditure.
From this statement it will appear, that the existing deficit of appropriations, amounts to 1,000,977. 9/100 dollars, on the following branches of expenditure:
1. On the subsistence 448,482.19.
2. On the bounties and premiums, 3,876.93.
3. On the Camp equipage 240,944.54.
4. On the arsenal, magazines and armories
and armories 3,035. 8.
5. On the Quarter master's department, 298,434.70
6. On the maps, plans, &c. 2,250.85
7. On the forage of rangers 3,952.80.
Dollars. 1,000,977: 9.
From this statement it also appears, that there are unexpended balances of appropriations for other branches of expenditure, a portion of which may be applied to make up the deficit above stated, and to provide more effectually for those branches of expenditure, on which the deficit arises:
1. The appropriation for clothing, is 2,861,000.
The disbursements have been 2,193,589.21.
Unexpended, 667,410.79.
From which take, towards the above
stated deficit, &c 500,000.
Balance, 167,410.79
Sum to be transferred 500,000.
2. The appropriation for contingencies, is 1,150,000.
The disbursements have been 744,114.65
Unexpended 405,885.35
From which take towards the
above stated deficit, &c 200,000
Balance, 205,885.35.
3. The approprization for the Indian
department, is 821,600.
From which take, towards
the above deficit, &c 250,000
Sum to be transferred, 250,000.
4. The appropriation for horses for
artillery, is 100,000.
The disbursements have been   3,997.72
96,002.28 950,000
Unexpended Balance. Transfers.
Brought forward 96,002.28 950,000.
From which take, towards the
above deficit, &c. 50,000.
Balance, 46,002.28.
Sum to be transferred 50,000.
5. The appropriation for arming and 680,000.
equipping the militia, is
The disbursements have
been 56,789.33
There has been carried
to the surplus fund,
a sum of 303,210.67. 360,000
Unexpended 320,000.
above deficit, &c} 200,000.
Balance, 120,000.
Gross Sum to be transferred, 1,200,000.
Upon this view of the subject, I have the honor to apply to you for your direction, if in your opinion it is necessary for the public service, (as I respectfully suggest it to be) that the above portions of the monies appropriated for the specified branches of expenditure, and constituting the aggregate amount of 1,200,000 dollars, be respectively applied to the other branches of expenditure, on which the above stated deficit arises, 1st. to supply the amount of such deficit; and 2d. to provide more effectually for the subsistence and Quarter master's branches, according to the provisions of the act of Congress of the 3d. of March, 1809. I have the honor to be, most respectfully, Sir, Your obedt. humble servt.
A. J. Dallas.
RC (PHi: George Mifflin Dallas Papers). In a clerk's hand, signed by Dallas.
Dallas, Alexander James
"To James Madison from Alexander J. Dallas, 15 April 1815," Founders Online, National Archives, accessed September 29, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-09-02-0179. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 9, 19 February 1815–12 October 1815, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, pp. 173–175.]
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