# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 55

Chap. LV.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
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 eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; that is to say:
Pay of the army.For the pay of the army, one million and ninety-one thousand one hundred and ninety-three dollars.
Subsistence of officers.For the subsistence of officers, three hundred and forty-seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven dollars.
Forage for officers’ horses.For forage of officers’ horses, seventy thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars.
Clothing for officers’ servants.For clothing for officers’ servants, twenty-six thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
Payments in lieu of clothing.For payments in lieu of clothing to discharged soldiers, thirty thousand dollars.
Subsistence, exclusive of that of officers.For subsistence, exclusive of that of officers, seven hundred and thirty thousand nine hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.
Clothing, camp and garrison equipage, &c.For clothing of the army, camp and garrison equipage, cooking utensils, and hospital furniture, four hundred and thirteen thousand two hundred and ninety-nine dollars.
Medical and hospital dept.For the medical and hospital department, thirty-nine thousand two hundred dollars.
Supplies furnished by Qr. Mr.’s dept.For the regular supplies furnished by the Quartermaster’s department, consisting of fuel, forage, straw, stationery, and printing, two hundred and three thousand dollars.
Barracks, quarters, storehouses, &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 for 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, &c., and for grounds for summer cantonments, encampments, and military practice, ninety-five thousand dollars.
Transportation of officers’ baggage.For the allowance made to officers for the transportation of their baggage, when travelling on duty without troops, fifty thousand dollars.
Transportation of troops and supplies, &c.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 one hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars.
Incidental expenses of Qr. Mr.’s dept.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 the second of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen;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 labourers; 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, ninety-two thousand dollars.
Extra pay to re-enlisted soldiers, &c.For two months’ extra pay to re-enlisted soldiers, and for the contingent expenses of the recruiting service, twenty-four thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars.
National armories.For the national armories, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
Armament of the fortifications.For the armament of the fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars.
Ordnance service.For the current expenses of the ordnance service, ninety-eight thousand dollars.
Arsenals.For arsenals, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may suffice to complete the arsenals already commenced, and those on the western frontier.
Elevating machines, &c.For the manufacture of elevating machines for barbette and casemate carriages, five thousand dollars.
Light field artillery.For the purchase and manufacture of light field artillery, thirty-nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-three dollars.
Gunpowder and shot.For the purchase of gunpowder and grape shot, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Arrearages payable by Second Auditor.For arrearages payable trough the office of the Second Auditor, twelve hundred dollars.
Arrearages payable by Third Auditor.For arrearages payable through the office of the Third Auditor, three thousand dollars.
Taxes on the Passyunk arsenal.For taxes on the Passyunk arsenal, near Philadelphia, for the years eighteen hundred and thirty-seven and eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, fourteen hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingencies of the army.For contingencies of the army, five thousand dollars.
Balance due the heirs of William Meldrum.For paying the balance due the heirs of William Meldrum, one of the commissioners for surveying and marking the road from La Plaisance Bay to Chicago, two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and fifty-five cents.
Adam Eckfeldt, for expenses incurred in preparing medals.For paying Adam Eckfeldt, for fine gold and other expenses incurred by him in preparing nine medals ordered by Congress for various distinguished officers, one thousand and eight dollars and eighty-six cents.
Approved, April 6, 1838.