Civil. Military. Naval. Total. 1802 $1,462,928 $1,358,988 $915,561 $3,737,477 1803 1,841,634 944,957 1,215,230 4,001,821 1804 2,191,008 1,072,015 1,189,832 4,452,855 1805 3,768,597 991,135 1,597,500 6,357,232 1806 2,890,136 1,540,420 1,649,641 6,080,197 1807 1,697,896 1,564,610 1,722,064 4,984,570 1808 1,423,283 3,196,985 1,884,067 6,504,335 1809 1,195,803 3,761,108 2,427,758 7,384,669 1810 1,101,144 2,555,692 1,654,244 5,311,080 1811 1,367,290 2,259,746 1,965,566 5,592,602 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total. $18,939,719 $19,245,656 $16,221,463 $54,406,838 From these figures it appears that Mr. Gallatin's proposed economies were never realized, and that his results must have been attained by other means. The average expenditure on the navy during these ten years was $1,600,000 a year. Instead of establishments costing $2,700,000, the average annual expenditure reached $5,400,000, or precisely double the amount named. As a matter of fact, notwithstanding the frugality of Mr. Gallatin and the complaints of parsimony made by the Federalists, it is difficult to see how Mr. Jefferson's Administration was in essentials more economical than its predecessors, and this seems to have been Mr. Gallatin's own opinion at least so far as concerned the Navy Department. On the 18th January, 1803, he wrote a long letter to Mr. Jefferson on the navy estimates, closing with a strong remonstrance: "I cannot discover any approach towards reform in that department, and I hope that you will pardon my stating my opinion on that subject when you recollect with what zeal and perseverance I opposed for a number of years, whilst in Congress, similar loose demands for money. My opinions on that subject have been confirmed since you have called me in the Administration, and although I am sensible that in the opinion of many wise and good men my ideas of expenditure are considered as too contracted, I feel a strong confidence that on this particular point I am right." Again, on the 20th May, 1805, he renewed his complaint: "It is proper that I should state that the War Department has assisted us in that respect [economy] much better than the Navy Department.... As I know that there was an equal wish in both departments to aid in this juncture, it must be concluded either that the War is better organized than the Navy Department, or that naval business cannot be conducted on reasonable terms. Whatever the cause may be, I dare predict that whilst that state of things continues we will have no navy nor shall progress towards having one. As a citizen of the United States it is an event that I will not deprecate, but I think it due to the credit of your