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79 Series III Volume V- Serial 126 - Union Letters, Orders, Reports

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[Table 2.]

U. S. MILITARY RAILROADS.

Number of persons employed each month during fiscal year ending June 30, 1865.

Month. Chief engineer and Superintendents. Engineers.

general

superintendent.

July 1 3 3

August 1 3 3

September 1 4 3

October 1 4 4

November 1 4 3

December 1 4 3

January 1 4 3

February 1 4 3

March 1 6 4

April 1 5 4

May 1 4 4

June 1 4 3

Total 12 49 40

Month. Fuel Clerks. Printers Agents, Draughtsm

agents. &c. en.

July 1 22 1 15 1

August 1 17 1 9 1

September 1 17 1 11 1

October 1 17 1 12 2

November 1 16 1 16 2

December 1 19 1 19 1

January 1 20 1 19 1

February 1 20 2 18 1

March 1 20 2 21 2

April 1 23 2 22 2

May --- 22 2 22 1

June --- 19 1 24 1

Total 10 232 16 208 16

Month. Supervisors Store- Timber Conduct Brakemen

keepers. inspect ors.

ors.

July 4 1 1 60 121

August 10 2 1 29 63

September 11 2 1 33 78

October 10 2 1 39 125

November 14 2 2 55 149

December 10 2 2 56 149

January 11 2 2 60 166

February 11 2 2 53 151

March 13 2 2 55 151

April 15 1 2 75 209

May 14 1 2 43 129

June 13 1 2 39 113

Total 136 20 20 597 1,604

Month. Enginemen. Firemen. Switchmen. Wipers.

July 61 74 10 40

August 51 30 5 29

September 47 40 4 37

October 70 64 6 60

November 83 78 6 50

December 86 79 12 55

January 77 78 16 62

February 75 66 16 62

March 74 81 22 64

April 89 89 31 66

May 48 56 17 45

June 52 49 16 46

Total 813 784 161 616

Month. Commissaries Carpenters Car Machinists.

department.

July 76 569 92 101

August 64 572 74 83

September 82 728 77 82

October 92 725 70 99

November 89 978 99 76

December 103 986 98 95

January 117 761 100 102

February 117 813 113 101

March 128 972 138 116

April 145 990 135 136

May 109 913 71 79

June 111 433 75 73

Total 1,233 9,450 1,142 1,143

Month. Blacksmiths. Stationary Pattern Copper and

engineers. makers. tin smiths.

July 69 11 5 18

August 48 13 5 11

September 54 14 5 12

October 58 16 5 13

November 58 41 5 16

December 66 15 5 16

January 73 17 5 16

February 72 20 5 18

March 80 22 5 18

April 81 22 5 20

May 32 12 2 9

June 32 7 2 10

Total 723 210 54 177

Month. Messenge Teamsters Pile Painters Laborers.

rs. drivers.

July 12 3 9 13 1,069

August 8 3 9 12 914

September 15 3 21 10 932

October 16 3 20 10 884

November 11 3 22 9 1,480

December 13 3 19 9 1,260

January 15 3 19 8 1,345

February 16 4 11 10 1,490

March 17 3 12 7 1,841

April 18 3 11 7 2,278

May 23 1 10 7 1,954

June 14 2 10 7 781

Total 178 34 173 109 16,228

Month. Watchmen. Photograph Boiler Total.

department. makers.

July 36 --- 10 2,512

August 25 --- 6 2,103

September 30 --- 12 2,369

October 27 1 11 2,479

November 28 --- 14 3,412

December 37 3 13 3,241

January 33 3 11 3,152

February 33 3 13 3,327

March 33 2 11 3,926

April 40 2 12 4,542

May 25 4 12 3,674

June 29 3 10 1,983

Total 376 21 135 36,720

[Table 3.]

U. S. MILITARY RAILROADS.

Distribution of labor and material during fiscal year ending June.

Accoun Freight Labor. Material. Total.

t. and

cartage.

Alexan ---- $685,099.30 $474,350.74 $1,159.450.04

dria

railro

ads

City ---- 648,371.90 400,053.94 1,048,425.84

Point

railro

ads

Winche ---- 305,586.69 129,606.75 435,193.44

ster

and

Potoma

c

Railro

ad

Norfol ---- 39,353.91 25,548.82 64,904.73

k

railra

ods

Virgin $12,523.89 79,653.67 17,675.83 109,853.39

ia

railro

ads

North --- 2,631.33 331,278.01 333,909.34

Caroli

na

railro

ads

Savann --- 139.38 9,208.54 9,347.92

ah

railra

ods

Baltim --- ---- 1,300.00 1,300.00

ore

and

Ohio

Railro

ad

Quarte --- 198,035.46 182,617.46 380,653.04

rmaste

r's

Depart

ment

Photog --- 3,292.53 3,271.14 6,563.67

raph

depart

ment

Telegr --- 306.86 225.43 532.29

aph

depart

ment

Total 12,523.89 1,962,473.15 1,575,136.66 3,550,133.70


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