No. 5.

Amounts paid Norman Wiard under contracts and accepted orders, 1861-1867.
For 50-pounder semi-steel guns.

United States Navy Department to Norman Wiard,

[Appropriation-Ordnance.]

October 21, 1861.-For 1 steel gun, shot, &c., (as per invoice,).

DR.

$6,329 31

[In triplicate.]

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE AND HYDROGRAPHY,

October 31, 1861.

Approved for sixty-three hundred and twenty-nine dollars and thirty-one cents, payable by the navy agent at New York.

AND. A. HARWOOD,

Chief of the Bureau.

For the payment of this bill the bureau issued a requisition on the Treasury Departmen t dated November 9, 1861.

Approved for six hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents, payable by the navy agent at Washington.

AND. A. HARWOOD,

Chief of the Bureau.

For the payment of this bill the bureau issued a requisition dated March 13, 1862.

For 50 pounder semi-steel guns.

[Invoice.]

NEW YORK, February 25, 1862.

DR.

$300 00 125 00

United States Navy Department to Norman Wiard,
December 10, 1861.-To bouching six 5.1-inch guns with steel, copper, and pla-
tina, at $50.

To bouching five 3.4-inch guns (boat howitzers) with steel and copper, at $25.
To transportation of powder from magazine on Ellis's island to magazine on Staten
island for proving guns..

To rigging, purchased and used as snubbing rope, &c., for proving guns.
To cartage on projectiles from railroad depot to Staten island, two loads..
To freight paid Adams express on four boxes trunnions for 5.1-inch guns.
To paid gunners and laborers for services proving guns, 62 days at $1 25.
To paid watchmen in charge of magazine, 45 days and nights at $1 50.

10 00 21 50

8.00

60 00

77 50

67 50

669 50

I certify that the items in the above bill were furnished by Mr. Wiard, and used for the proof-firing and fitting of five 50-pounder semi-steel guns, and five 12-pounder howitzers on Staten island.

R. B. HITCHCOCK, Inspector of Ordnance, U. S. Navy.

For labor on 71⁄2-inch rifles.

United States Navy Department to Norman Wiard,

[Appropriation-Ordnance.]

May 24, 1862.-For labor on seven 74.inch rifles..
For cartage of skids, &c., (as per certificate.)..

DR.

$5,250 00

20 00

5,270 00

No. 136 EAST THIRTY-THIRD STREET,
New York, May 24, 1862.
Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, Navy Department, to Norman Wiard,

For labor on 7 74-inch rifles from blocks, at $750...
To cash paid for cartage of skids and tackle, and for labor expended in loading three
of above guns on vessel, as directed...

DR.

$5,250

20

5,270

See letter of Captain Hitchcock of May 17.

For howitzer carriages.

United States Navy Department to Norman Wiard,

Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. [Appropriation-Ordnance.]

July 5, 1862.—7 32-pounder gun carriages with lignum vitæ trucks, at $125....
19 32-pounder gun carriages with oak trucks, at $111..

DR.

$875

2, 109

2,984

Having examined the above articles, I certify that they are of good quality, and conform-
ble to contract dated September 9, 1861.
Received the above articles for ordnance.

This bill is approved for the sum of $2,984.

Approved July 8, 1862.

W. G. TEMPLE,
Lieutenant in Charge of Ordnance.
NAVY YARD, NEW YORK, July 5, 1862.

H. PAULDING, Commandant.

AND. A. HARWOOD,
Chief of the Bureau.

For the payment of this bill the bureau issued a requisition dated July 21, 1862.

For 12-pounder semi-steel howitzers.

United States Navy Department to Norman Wiard,

October 3, 1862.-For 5 semi-steel boat howitzers, weighing 3,914 pounds, at 55
cents per pound

[In triplicate.]

DR.

$2,152 70

BUREAU OF Ordnance, Navy Department,

Approved for $2,152 70, payable by navy agent at Washington, D. C.

October 3, 1862.

J. A. DAHLGREN,
Chief of the Bureau.

For the payment of this bill the bureen issued a reanisition dated October 12 1960

JOHN LENTHALL,

For Chief of Bureau.

For the payment of this bill the bureau issued a requisition dated August 18, 1864.

For 12-pounder howitzers.

United States Navy Department to Norman Wiard,

[Appropriation-Ordnance.]

August 30, 1864.—For 12 12-pounder howitzer field carriages, at $360.
Cr., by 24 ammunition boxes returned, at $4 15 each...

DR.

$4,320 00

99 60 4,220 40

Delivered at Philadelphia as per receipt from ordnance officer.

[In triplicate.]

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE, NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Approved for $4,220 40, payable by navy agent at New York.

November 4, 1864.

H. A. WISE, Chief of the Bureau.

For the payment of this bill the bureau issued a requisition dated November 12, 1864.

For howitzer carriages.

United States Navy Department to Norman Wiard,

[Appropriation-Ordnance.]

September 23, 1864.-For 11 12-pounder howitzer field carriages, at $360..
For 13 12-pounder howitzer boat carriages, at $250......

Delivered in New York as per receipt from ordnance officer.

[In triplicate.]

DR.

$3,960

3,250

7,210

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE, NAVY DEPARTMENT,

October 15, 1864.

Approved for $7,210, payable by navy agent at New York.

H. A. WISE, Chief of the Bureau.

For the payment of this bill the bureau issued a requisition dated October 24, 1864.

Approved for $1,068 99, payable by navy agent at New York.

June 13, 1865.

R. AULICK, For Chief of Bureau.

For the payment of this bill the bureau issued a requisition dated June 19, 1865.

For 15-inch guns.

United States Navy Department to Norman Wiard,

[Appropriation-Ordnance.]

DR.

Cr., by the value of fragments of first and second 15-inch guns, weighing 86,000 pounds, at 1 cent.

November 7, 1865.-For one-half the value of the first 15-inch gun cast under contract with the Navy Department dated April 10, 1863, viz: 43,000 pounds, at 124 cents per pound

$5,375

1,290

4,085

As per agreement dated November 6, 1865, filed with Bureau of Ordnance.

[In triplicate.]

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE, NAVY DEPARTMENT,

November 7, 1865.

Approved for $4,085, payable by paymaster at New York.

H. A. WISE,
Chief of Bureau.

For the payment of above bill the bureau issued a requisition dated November 11, 1865. The following receipt accompanied this bill:

"Received from Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, approved triplicate bills, payable by paymaster at New York, for $4,085, being payment in full of all claims against the Navy Department.

"NORMAN WIARD.

"NOVEMBER 7, 1865."