I immediately repaired to Fortress Monroe in company with General Ord, and there had a very pleasant interview with him. I exhibited to him all the books of record of the department, especially those relating to any financial transactions; and had the officers who had such matters in charge report in person and explain to him the books, the manner of transacting the business, and the sources from which any moneys in the civil fund of the department had been received during my administration, and exhibit the balances as shown by those books. I turned over to him $258,000 in money, of which $66,000 was from one fund, $104,000 from another fund, $20,000 from another, $38,000 from another, and other sums from minor sources of revenue amounting to $30, 000. I also accounted for the expenditure of an additional sum of more than quarter of a million dollars. The accounts for these expenditures were afterwards forwarded to the War Department and settled, and no item has been questioned to this day.
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