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NARA 1078

Inventory and Inspection Report of Public property pertaining to Freedmen's Branch AGO, for which Lieut Colonel PT Swaine, 15 Infantry D.O. is responsible, and which ha been inspected and reported on by Lieut Colonel A. Baird. Assistant, Inspector General U.S. Army. 

INVENTORY. 
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| INVENTORY. ARTICLE. | INVENTORY. NO. OF PACKAGES. | INVENTORY. QUANTITY. | INVENTORY. RECEIVED BY THE OFFICER NOW RESPONSIBLE. WHEN. | INVENTORY. RECEIVED BY THE OFFICER NOW RESPONSIBLE. FROM WHOM. | INVENTORY. RECEIVED BY THE OFFICER NOW RESPONSIBLE. CONDITION WHEN RECEIVED. | INVENTORY. CONDITION WHEN RECEIVED AT POST, (IF KNOWN.) | INVENTORY. HOW RENDERED UNSERVICEABLE. | INSPECTION REPORT. NATURE, EXTENT, AND PROBABLE CAUSE OF DAMAGE. | INSPECTION REPORT. DISPOSITION RECOMMENDED. To be Continued in Service. | INSPECTION REPORT. DISPOSITION RECOMMENDED. To be Dropped from Returns. | INSPECTION REPORT. DISPOSITION RECOMMENDED. To be Repaired or Repacked at Post. | INSPECTION REPORT. DISPOSITION RECOMMENDED. To be Sold at Post. | INSPECTION REPORT. DISPOSITION RECOMMENDED. TO BE TURNED INTO DEPOT.  For Issue. | INSPECTION REPORT. DISPOSITION RECOMMENDED. TO BE TURNED INTO DEPOT.  For Repairs or Recuperation | INSPECTION REPORT. DISPOSITION RECOMMENDED. TO BE TURNED INTO DEPOT. For Sale. | INSPECTION REPORT. DISPOSITION RECOMMENDED. TO BE TAKEN UP ON RETURNS.  | INSPECTION REPORT. REMARKS.  Note.--Whenever practicable, the Inspector will note in this column, when, where, and from whom stores were purchased, the name of the purchasing officer or agent, and the marks upon original packages. |    
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| Ruler |   | One | Nov 1872 | By purchase | New |   | By constant use | All of these articles have been worn out in the service and are entirely valueless. I recommend that they be dropped and destroyed |   | one |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   

| Erasers Steel |   | One | Nov 1872 | By purchase | New |   | By constant use | All of these articles have been worn out in the service and are entirely valueless. I recommend that they be dropped and destroyed |   | one |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   

| Brooms |   | Four | 1 Nov 1872  1 Oct 1873  1 June 1874  1 My 1875 | By purchase | New |   | By constant use | All of these articles have been worn out in the service and are entirely valueless. I recommend that they be dropped and destroyed |    | Four |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   

| Dusters. Feather |   | Two | 1 June 1873  1 Oct 1874 | By purchase | New |   | By constant use | All of these articles have been worn out in the service and are entirely valueless. I recommend that they be dropped and destroyed |   | Two |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   

| Bucket |   | One | Nov 1872 | By purchase | New |   | By constant use | All of these articles have been worn out in the service and are entirely valueless. I recommend that they be dropped and destroyed |   | one |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   

| Spittoon |   | One | Nov 1872 | By purchase | New |   | By constant use | All of these articles have been worn out in the service and are entirely valueless. I recommend that they be dropped and destroyed |   | one |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

I certify, on honor, that the above is a correct inventory, in every particular, of public property for which I am responsible, which I have personally examined and believe to require the action of an inspector, and which, to the best of my knowledge and belief, has never been previously condemned.

P.T. Swaine
Lieut Colonel 15 Infy DO

STATION: St Louis Mo
DATE: November 9 - 1875

DIRECTIONS.--To be made out in quadruplicate, and, whenever practicable, forwarded to the Inspector through the proper channels; otherwise it will be presented to him upon his arrival. Receiving his action, it will be forwarded for the orders of the Commander empowered to authorize the disposition of condemned property, and returned with such orders, to the officer responsible for the property, who will send certified abstracts with any property ordered to be turned into depot, or to be transferred to some other officer, which abstracts will, when practicable, be signed by the Inspector, or by an officer wholly disinterested in the disposition or responsibility of the property. This form is designed for all descriptions of public property, but separate inventories are to be made for the property of each Staff Department; also, for "CLOTHING, CAMP AND GARRISON EQUIPAGE." as distinct from all other property of the Quartermaster's Department, and for 
"COMMISSARY PROPERTY," as distinct from "SUBSISTENCE STORES," whenever property of the Subsistence Department is to be inspected. HORSES and MULES will be inventoried singly, with brief descriptions of color, sex, age and distinguishing marks. Of the quadruplicate inventories, one will be sent to the Chief of the Staff Department to which the property pertains, one will accompany the officer's next stated accounts, and one will be retained by himself. In order to relieve an officer from liability on account of public property that has become damaged except by fair wear and tear, or otherwise unsuitable for use, or when deficiencies are found in it, it must, before being submitted to an Inspector for condemnation, be examined by a Board of Survey.

I certify that I have this 9th day of November, 1875, carefully examined each and every article enumerated in the accompanying inventory; and their condition is as stated above; and that the disposition recommended is, in my judgment, the best for the public interests.

A. Baird
Bvt Maj Genl Asst. Supt Genl
Inspector.

DIRECTIONS.--Articles to be "CONTINUED IN SERVICE" are such as the Inspector regards as still serviceable, and not proper subjects of present condemnation; there to be "DROPPED FROM RETURNS," if utterly worthless, to be so far destroyed as to prevent any possibility of future pre-entation as public property, and such articles as cannot be so destroyed, will, when practicable, be marked with the letters. "I.C." [Inspected. Condemned.] but otherwise to be broken up and serviceable parts retained; those "TO BE SOLD AT THE POST" are such as are of no further public use or not worth the cost of transportation to depot; those "TO BE TURNED INTO DEPOT" are such as cannot be repaired at the post and are worth the cost of turning them in; and those to be "TAKEN UP" are such parts of broken up articles as are still serviceable, and are to be kept for public use by the officer responsible, or transferred to depot, or to some other officer, whose receipt will be taken. Public animals will not be condemned for temporary disease or low flesh, but may be turned into depot for recuperation or treatment, if temporarily unserviceable. The special attention of Inspectors is called to the requirements of General Orders No. 8, Headquarters of the Army, A.G.O., March 3, 1969.   

Headquarters, Army of the United States,
WASHINGTON CITY, August 28, 1869.
The above form will be used for the inspection of property for condemnation in all the different departments of the Army, and hereafter these reports will be made in quadruplicate; the additional one to be filed by the Inspector in the book directed to be kept in his office.

BY COMMAND OF GENERAL SHERMAN:

(Signed) E.D. TOWNSEND
Adjutant General, U.S.A.

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