# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 94

Chap. XCIV.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, that is to say:
Pay.For the pay of the army, one million five hundred and thirty-four thousand eight hundred and thirty-two dollars;
Subsistence of officers.For the subsistence of officers, four hundred and seventy thousand seven hundred and fifty-four dollars;
Forage for officers’ horses.For forage of officers’ horses, one hundred and eleven thousand one hundred and fifteen dollars;
Payments in lieu of clothing.For payments in lieu of clothing to discharged soldiers, and to officers, in lieu of clothing for their servants, fifty-nine thousand four hundred dollars;
Subsistence.For subsistence, exclusive of that of officers, one million one hundred and twenty-two thousand eight hundred and thirty-one dollars;
Clothing, &c.For clothing of the army, camp and garrison equipage, cooking utensils, and hospital furniture, four hundred and seventy-three thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars;
Medical and hospital department.For the medical and hospital department, twenty-four thousand four hundred dollars;
Supplies by Q. Master’s dep’t.For the regular supplies furnished by the quartermaster’s department, consisting of fuel, forage, straw, stationery, and printing, two hundred and forty-five thousand five hundred dollars;
Barracks, &c.For barracks, quarters, store houses, embracing the repairs and enlargement of barracks, quarters, store houses, and hospitals, at the several posts; the erection of temporary cantonments at such posts as shall be occupied during the year, and of gun houses for the protection of the cannon at the forts on the seaboard; the purchase of the necessary tools and materials for the objects wanted, and of the authorized furniture for the barrack rooms; rent of quarters for officers; of barracks for troops at posts where there are no public buildings for their accommodation; of store houses for the safe keeping of subsistence, clothing, and other military supplies, and of grounds for summer cantonments, encampments, and military practice, one hundred thousand dollars;
Transportation of officers’ baggage.For the allowance made to officers for the transportation of their baggage, when travelling on duty without troops, sixty thousand dollars;
​Transportation of troops and supplies.For the transportation of troops, and supplies, viz: transportation of the army including the baggage of troops, when moving either by land or water; freight and ferriages; purchase or hire of horses, mules, oxen, carts, wagons, and boats, for the purpose of transportation, or for the use of garrison; drayage and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters; transportation of funds for the pay department; expense of sailing a public transport between the posts on the Gulf of Mexico, and of procuring water at such posts as, from their situation, require it; the transportation of clothing from the depot at Philadelphia to the stations of the troops; of subsistence from the places of purchase, and the points of delivery under contracts, to such places as the circumstances of the service may require it to be sent; of ordnance from the foundries and arsenals to the fortifications and frontier posts, and of lead from the western mines to the several arsenals, the sum of two hundred and five thousand dollars;
Quartermaster’s department.For the incidental expenses of the quartermaster’s department, consisting of postage on public letters and packets; expenses of courts martial and courts of inquiry, including the compensation of judge advocates, members, and witnesses; extra pay to soldiers, under an act of Congress of the second of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen;Act of March 2, 1819, ch. 45. expenses of expresses from the frontier posts; of the necessary articles for the internment of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; hire of laborers; compensation to clerks in the offices of quartermasters and assistant quartermasters at posts where their duties cannot be performed without such aid, and to temporary agents in charge of dismantled works, and in the performance of other duties; expenditures necessary to keep the two regiments of dragoons complete, including the purchase of horses to supply the place of those which may be lost and become unfit for service, and the erection of additional stables, one hundred and two thousand dollars;
Contingencies.For contingencies of the army, seven thousand dollars;
Extra pay.For two months’ extra pay to re-enlisted soldiers, and for the contingent expenses of the recruiting service, thirty thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven dollars;
National armories.For the national armories, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars;
Armament of fortifications.For the armament of fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars;
Ordnance service.For the current expenses of the ordnance service, one hundred thousand dollars;
Ordnance, &c.For ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars;
Arsenals.For arsenals, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
Springfield armory.For new machinery at the Springfield armory, twenty thousand dollars;
Allegany and Watertown arsenals.For the purchase of land at the Allegany and Watertown arsenals, three thousand five hundred dollars;
Drawing, &c.For the expense of preparing drawings of a uniform system of artillery, and for other supplies in the Ordnance Department, three thousand eight hundred dollars;
Arrearages.For arrearages prior to the 1st of July, eighteen hundred and fifteen, per act of the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, payable through the Third Auditor’s Office, three thousand dollars;
Surveying, &c. military road.For surveying and opening the western frontier military road, being the balance of an appropriation carried to the surplus fund, fifty-two thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars and sixty-seven cents;
Appropriations for fortifications.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the preservation, repairs, and construction of certain fortifications and incidental expenses for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, viz: ​Castle island and Fort Independence.For preservation of Castle island, and repairs of Fort Independence, at Boston, twenty-five thousand dollars;
Fort Warren.For Fort Warren, at Boston, forty thousand dollars;
Fort Adams.For Fort Adams, at Newport, ten thousand dollars;
New London harbor.For the fort at New London harbor, five thousand dollars;
Fort Schuyler.For Fort Schuyler, at New York, ten thousand dollars;
Castle William, &c. at New York.For repairs of Castle William and Fort Columbus, and officers’ quarters, at New York, two thousand dollars;
Ft. Delaware.For Fort Delaware, ten thousand dollars. Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be applied till the title of the said fortification shall be decided to be in the United States.
Fort Monroe.For Fort Monroe, ten thousand dollars;
Fort Calhoun.For Fort Calhoun, fifteen thousand dollars;
Fort Caswell.For Fort Caswell, five thousand dollars;
Fortification at Charleston, Fort Moultrie.For fortification in Charleston, South Carolina, and for the preservation of the site of Fort Moultrie, ten thousand dollars.
Fort Pulaski.For Fort Pulaski, at Savannah, fifteen thousand dollars.
Fort Marion.For Fort Marion and sea-wall at St. Augustine, ten thousand dollars.
Fort on Foster’s bank.Fort fort on Foster’s Bank, Pensacola, five thousand dollars.
Contingencies.For contingencies of fortifications, ten thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses, &c.For incidental expenses attending the repairs of fortifications, and for the purchase of additional land in the neighbourhood, fifty thousand dollars;
Ft. at Grande Terre.For the fort at Grande Terre, being the amount of a former appropriation carried to the surplus fund, fifteen thousand dollars;
Fort Niagara.For the preservation and repair of Fort Niagara, thirty thousand dollars;
Fort at Oswego.For repairing and rebuilding the old fort at Oswego, including the construction of the necessary barracks, twenty thousand dollars;
Sackett’s Harbor.For barracks and other buildings at Sackett’s Harbor, ten thousand dollars;
Plattsburg.For barracks and other buildings at Plattsburg, twenty thousand dollars;
Western frontier.For the construction of barracks, quarters, store-houses, hospitals and stable, and the necessary defences of the posts it may be deemed proper to establish for the better protection of the Western frontier, eighty thousand dollars.
Military Academy.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, viz:
Pay.For pay of officers, cadets, and musicians, fifty-nine thousand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars;
Subsistence.For subsistence of officers and cadets, forty thousand and four dollars;
Forage of officers’ horses.For forage of officers’ horses, three thousand nine hundred and thirty-six dollars;
Clothing of officers’ servants.For clothing of officers’ servants, three hundred and ninety dollars;
Board of visiters.For defraying the expenses of the board of visiters at West Point, two thousand dollars;
Fuel, &c.For fuel, forage, stationery, printing, transportation, and postage, twelve thousand five hundred and eighty-one dollars and forty-five cents;
Repairs, &c.For repairs, improvements, and expenses of buildings, grounds, roads, wharves, boats, and fences, seven thousand two hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty cents;
Adjutant’s and quartermaster’s clerks.For pay of adjutant’s and quartermaster’s clerks, nine hundred and fifty dollars;
Library.For increase and expenses of the library, one thousand dollars;
​Miscellaneous.For miscellaneous items and incidental expenses, seven hundred and thirty-one dollars and fifty cents;
Engineering.For the department of engineering, three hundred dollars;
Philosophy.For the department of philosophy, twelve hundred dollars;
Mathematics.For the department of mathematics, ninety-seven dollars and fifty-four cents;
Chemistry.For the department of chemistry, eight hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents;
Drawing.For the department of drawing, two hundred and eighty-five dollars;
Tactics.For the department of tactics, three hundred and sixty dollars;
Artillery.For the department of artillery, two hundred and seventy-five dollars;
Reservoir.For a reservoir, three thousand one hundred and eighteen dollars;
Fire engines, &c.For two fire-engines, with hose complete, one thousand nine hundred dollars;
Completion of buildings.For the completion of the buildings, for the library and the engineering, philosophical, and chemical departments, in addition to the appropriation of eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, sixteen thousand six hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents.
Payment for horses of Missouri volunteers.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That payment shall be made, under the directions of the Third Auditor, to the Missouri volunteers, whose horses were lost, or cast away at sea, or which perished or died in consequence of suffering at sea, in the voyage from New Orleans to Tampa Bay, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven; and that the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, to make said payments.
In cases of erroneous valuation, payment to be suspended.And when it shall appear that erroneous valuations have been made of such property with a view to defraud the Government, the Secretary of War shall suspend payment therefor until a satisfactory investigation can be made, and it shall appear that such valuation was made in good faith.
Approved, March 3, 1839.