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No. 210. [1st Session.
17th Congress.]
ESTIMATE OF THE EXPENSE OF EMPLOYING THE MACEDONIAN, AND REPAIRING THE CONSTELLATION.
COMMUNICATED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS, MARCH 6, 1822.
Navy Department, March 6, 1822.
Sir:
I herewith enclose to you a statement from the Commissioners of the Navy, to whom was referred your inquiry of the 4th instant, and which will show the estimate of expense for one frigate for a year in active service, in addition to the annual estimates for the navy.
I am, very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
SMITH THOMPSON.
Hon. S. Smith, Chairman Com. Ways and Means, H. R.
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Navy Commissioners' Office, March 5, 1822.
Sir:
The Board of Navy Commissioners have had the honor of receiving the letter of the honorable Mr. Smith, of the 4th instant, which you were pleased to refer to them.
The vessels named in the report of the naval committee, to which Mr. Smith has referred, are all embraced in the general estimates for the year 1822; so that their employment will involve no additional expense, unless the Constellation should return to the United States, and then be fitted out for the proposed service. In that event, as she has been on a long cruise in distant seas, and must necessarily be bare of stores, and will probably require some repairs, it would require probably the sum of twenty thousand dollars to fit her again for service.
The Board beg leave to observe that the employment of the Macedonian has not been provided for in the general estimates; the paper A, herewith submitted, gives a view of the expense of employing her for one year.
Estimating the expenses of fitting out the Constellation, on her return, at S20,000, and the expense of employing the Macedonian at $95,958 92, and adding, these sums to the general estimate for the year 1822, the items in the general estimate of pay and subsistence, provisions, repairs, and hospital stores, will be increased, as follows:
Pay and Subsistence. |
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Amount of general estimate, |
$915,194 12 |
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Expense of Macedonian, |
46,272 67 |
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$961,466 79 |
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Provisions. |
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Amount of general estimate, |
$366,186 25 |
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Expense of Macedonian, |
30,386 25 |
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$396,572 50 |
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Repairs. |
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Amount of. general estimate, |
$375,000 00 |
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Expense of fitting out the Constellation, |
20,000 00 |
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Expense of Macedonian, |
17,500 00 |
$412,500 00 |
Hospital Stores. |
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Amount of general, estimate, |
$32,000 00 |
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Expense of Macedonian, |
1,800 00 |
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$33,800 00 |
I have the honor to be, with great respect, sir, your most obedient servant,
JOHN RODGERS.
Honorable Smith Thompson, Secretary of the Navy.
A.
Estimate of the expense of employing the frigate Macedonian for one year.
1 |
master's mate, |
5 at $20 per month and one ration per day, |
$1,656 67 |
1 |
boatswain, |
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1 |
gunner, |
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1 |
sailmaker, |
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1 |
carpenter, |
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1 |
captain's clerk, at $25 per month, |
300 00 |
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2 |
boatswain's mates, |
7 at $19 per month, |
1,596 00 |
2 |
gunner's mates, |
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2 |
carpenter's mates, |
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1 |
sailmaker's mate, |
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8 |
quartergunners, |
25 at $18 per month, |
5,400 08 |
6 |
quartermasters, |
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3 |
yeomen, |
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1 |
coxswain, |
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1 |
steward, |
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1 |
cooper, |
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1 |
armorer, |
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1 |
master-at-arms, |
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2 |
ship's corporals, |
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1 |
cook, |
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130 |
able seamen, at $12 per month, |
18,720 00 |
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140 |
ordinary do. 10 do. |
16,800 00 |
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25 |
boys, 6 do. |
1,800 00 |
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333 |
Pay, |
$46,272 67 |
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Provisions for 333 men for 365 days, at one ration per day, are 121,545 rations, at 25 cents, |
30,386 25 |
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Repairs in service, |
17,500 00 |
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Hospital stores, medicines, &c. |
1,800 00 |
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$95,953 92 |