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The '''Bureau of Supplies and Accounts''' (abbreviated '''BuSandA''') was the [[United States Navy]] bureau responsible for provisioning warships and naval bases with food and clothing, as well as overseeing financial accounting.

===1893===
<blockquote>1. The duties of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts shall comprise all that relates to requiring for or preparing provisions, clothing, small stores, fresh water for drinking and cooking purposes, and contingent stores of the pay department; the purchase of all supplies for the naval establishment, except medicines and surgical appliances and instruments, and supplies for the Marine Corps; and the keeping of a proper system of accounts of the same.

2. It is, at shore stations within the United States, charged with the transfer of all stores and supplies, and their reception, care, custody, and issue when authorized, except those pertaining to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and to the Marine Corps, and exempted articles under the Bureau of Equipment.

3. It shall design the various buildings and shops at the navy yards where its own work is performed and stores are kept, so far as their internal arrangements are concerned, and, after their completion, shall have control of the same.

4. It shall determine upon and require for all the tools, stores, stationery, blank books, forms, materials, means and appliances of every kind used by the pay department, and all books and blanks for other departments used in connection with the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

5. It shall have charge of all shipments, and the control of the organization and muster of the employés [''sic''] used entirely for its own purposes.

6. It shall estimate for, and defray from its own funds, the cost necessary to carry out its duties as above defined; but the cost of supplies purchased and of shipments made by this bureau, for other bureaus or branches of the establishment, shall be defrayed out of the proper appropriations therefor.

7. Orders relating to navy yard business connected with the bureau shall be given by the chief of bureau to the commandants, who shall be responsible for their execution.{{USNavyRegs1893|p. 7}}</blockquote>

===1896===

===1900===

===1905===
<blockquote>(1) The duties of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts shall comprise all that relates to requiring for or preparing provisions, clothing, small stores, and contingent stores of the pay department; the purchase of all supplies for the naval establishment, except supplies for the [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]; and the keeping of a proper system of accounts of the same.

(2) It is, at shore stations, charged with the transfer of all stores and supplies, and their reception, care, custody, and issue when authorized, except those pertaining to the [[Bureau of Medicine and Surgery]] and to the [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]].

(3) It shall design the various buildings and shops at the navy yards where its own work is performed and stores are kept, so far as their internal arrangements are concerned, and, after their completion, shall have control of the same.

(4) It shall determine upon and require for all the tools, stores, stationery, blank books, forms, materials, means and appliances of every kind used by the Pay Department, and all books and blanks for other departments used in connection with the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

(5) It shall have charge of all shipments, and the control of the organization and muster of the employees used entirely for its own purposes.

(6) It shall estimate for and defray from its own funds the cost necessary to carry out its duties as above defined; but the cost of supplies purchased and of shipments made by this Bureau for other bureaus or branches of the establishment shall be defrayed out of the proper appropriations therefor.

(7) Orders relating to navy-yard business connected with the Bureau shall be given by the Chief of Bureau to the commandants, who shall be responsible for their execution.{{USNavyRegs1905|p. 17}}</blockquote>

===1909===
<blockquote>(1) The duties of the Bureiiu of Supplies and Accounts shall comprise all that relates to the supply of funds for disbursing officers and establishment; the purchase, reception, storage, care, custody, transfer, shipment, and issue of all supplies, including coal and water, for the naval establishment and the keeping of a proper system of accounts for the same, except supplies for the Marine Corps and except the reception, storage, care, custody, transfer, and issue of medical supplies; the requiring for, preparing, or manufacture of provisions, clothing and small stores; and the requiring for material under the Naval Supply Fund.

(2) It shall approve the design of the various buildings and shops at the navy yards where its own work is performed and stores are kept, so far as their internal arrangements are concerned, and. after their completion, shall have control of the same.

(3) It shall determine upon and require for all the tools, stores, stationery, blank books, forms, materials, means, and appliances of every kind used by the Supplies and Accounts department, and all books and blanks for other departments used in connection with the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

(4) It shall have charge of all shipments.

(5) The cost of supplies purchased by this bureau for other bureaus or branches of the naval establishment shall be defrayed out of the appropriations provided therefor by law, coming under the cognizance of those bureaus or branches.

(6) It shall make specifications for galleys, bake ovens, and other cooking apparatus and utensils.{{USNavyRegs1909|pp. 14-15}}</blockquote>

===1913===

==Chiefs of Bureau==
Dates of appointment given:

<div name=fredbot:officeChiefotitle="Chief of Bureau of Supplies and Accounts" nat="US">
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Edward Thomas Dunn|nick=Edward T. Dunn|appt=1869|end=1873|precBy=Horatio Bridge}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=John Otis Bradford|nick=John O. Bradford|appt=1873|end=1877}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=James Horatio Watmough|nick=James H. Watmough|appt=1877|end=1877}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=George Francis Cuttter|nick=George F. Cutter|appt=1877|end=1881}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Joseph Adams Smith|nick=Joseph A. Smith|appt=1882|end=1886}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=James Fulton|nick=James Fulton|appt=1886|end=1890}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Thomas Henry Looker|nick=Thomas H. Looker|appt=1890|end=1890}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CdreUS}}|name=Edwin Stewart|nick=Edwin Stewart|appt=1896|end=1899}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Albert Sewall Kenny|nick=Albert S. Kenny|appt=1899|end=1903}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Henry Tudor Brownell Harris|nick=Henry T. B. Harris|appt=1903|end=1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Eustace Barron Rogers|nick=Eustace B. Rogers|appt=1906|end=1910}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Thomas Jefferson Cowie|nick=Thomas J. Cowie|appt=1910|end=1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Samuel McGowan|nick=Samuel McGowan|appt=1914|end=1920}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=David Potter|nick=David Potter|appt=1921|end=1925}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Charles Morris|nick=Charles Morris|appt=1925|end=1929}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Joseph Johnston Cheatham|nick=Joseph J. Cheatham|appt=1929|end=1933}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearUS}}|name=Christian Joy Peoples|nick=Christian J. Peoples|appt=1933|end=1935|succBy=Charles Conrad}}
</div name=fredbot:officeChief>

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Supplies_and_Accounts}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{USNavyRegs1893}}
* {{USNavyRegs1896}}
* {{USNavyRegs1900}}
* {{USNavyRegs1905}}
* {{USNavyRegs1909}}
* {{USNavyRegs1913}}
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