Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-04-21
APARTMENT,
- Feb. 9th, 1891
EpARTA.ENT,
Notice is hereby given,

inat separate proposals Will be rectved'at the
olace o. Ihe Secretary lor the Department oil
var, until the eigh;eeuth day OF Nav next ensp-
ing, sor the supply Ot a.; rations which may be
! required Tor the use o. tav United States, fron,
! ;i,e lSt day OF Ottoner, 1884, unti she S0th day
OF seperaaer, 1909, bo,n DAY 5 inclusive, 1t the
following places, VIZ.
First. At Ma sar.. Detroit, Northumberland.
Cmka.o, tor1 Wayne. the post on the Miami of
the Lakes, ami 1T aay place or places, where
troops ave or may be stationed. matched or
crnited within the state of Ohio, and ut any place
or places witl.in the Indiana ,erri1ory north of
! the 4lst degree of north Latitude.
! Second Al South West Point, Tcllco, Knox
Vile, Nashville, and within the Cherokee nation
| between Tennessee and Georgia. and Gal the Ten.
nestee river, and on the road between said river
and Nashville, ami az Any place or places where
troops are MAY be stationed, marched Jr re-
cruited wiIhin tic STAKES Of Tenness.s and Ken
tucby.
Third. At the garrison near Vincenncs, on
lac river WAoash.
! FourSh. At Fort Massac, near the mouth of
, the Ohio, KaskaskaIs, and II .ay place or places
where troops may be stationed, marched
or recruited within the Indiana territory, south
! OF the 4lsr degree of North latitude, (Vncsnnes
excePted.)
| Fifth At ST. Louis, New Madrid, and any
place or pl-css waers troops or may be staff
I OF the settemea's On tile river Arkansas.
i Sixth. AT Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas, Nat
chez. FORT Adams. Fort Stoddart on the Mobile,
, ani al any place OF places where troops arc or
may Dc Stationed, marched or recruited within
the Mississippi erritcry, and on the road between
Ea'ehez anc the Tennessee river, (the post on
said river excepted)
| Seventh. At New Orleans, and any place OF
places on the Mississippi river, below Fort A :.
dams, a.d At Cpslousa., Natchitochcs, and 1T
! ny other placs OF places where troops are or may
! be stationed. marched, or recruited IN louisiana,
hoi before mentioned, or provided for.
! SepaIa'e proposals. will also DC received as a.
toresad for the supply Of ali rations. which may
be required Tor the use Of the United States, from
tts iir.t day OF January, 1905 until the 3lst day
I c. Dece15er o! the same year, both days incln-
5i.s, ithin the several states herein after men
I ,iOnsd, viz.
| Eighth. at For, Wi!kinson. Cockspur Island
| ai.d Al any place o. places where ooops are or
may DC stationed, marched OF recruited, within
tie state % George, a..d on ths Indian bounda.
~ between Geors.a md The Creek ration.
Ninth. AZ Charleston, Rocky Mountain, os
lhe head wA,ers OF Tic 3antee, and At any place
OF places w.'sre troops may be- stationed,
marched OF .ecsUitld within the states Of South
I and North Carolina.
Tenth. A. Norfolk, amd at any place or lia-
ces where Troops are ur may ue stationed, march.
ed or recruited within tne state of Virginia.
| Eleventh. al Fou W Henry, and at any place
or places where uoops Of may be stationed,
\ marched or recruited Within the state of M1ry-
lana and die distr:6l of Columbia.
Twelfth. AZ for: Mihin, Pit.sbarg, Carlisle,
and At any place or places where troops are or
may be stationed. marched or recruited y.i,hiz
the states =. FeIlsy lVsnl., HCwJ sTsey, ana Del
aware.
Thirteenth At For, Jay. IVES; Pou.,. Alba
ny, Schenectady. and III any place or place. whese
! troops are or may rs ssato.ed, marched or re-
eruted WITHIN sAe stsse OF New-Fork, Niagara
eXcepted.)
Fourteenth. AT For, Trumbull Forr VOL
colt, and ~ any place places where Il oops are
or may be stationed, marched recruited within
the STAKES OF Conletlicut, Khode-l Island and Yer.
mont.
Fikees,h. st Fort Independence, (Bosto.
haroon.) aud - any gtuce c, places where troops
are ray Stationed, marched or recruited
vrh.n rns SKATE o. AIass4chusetts (the district OF
aaue eXcepted
Sixteenth At l. rtsmouih, Portland and Il
an pls,e or Jlaoes whcse troops or may be
stationed, marched or recruited within the state
OF Hew-Hamp.hIse aod the dis,r.a Of Name
a rarcn 70 cousio, OF one pound and one quay
ter OF beef or three quarters OF pound OF pork,
eighteen ounces OF bread or -four, one gill Of rum,
wtnlky Ur ars!dy, and AZ the rate OF TWO quarts
"a S@ts 4IuI Nilt-tfS VI lOuT pounds OF
soap, and orc pound and one half OF candles, TO
every hundred ratious. The prices of The seve-
| RAJ competent paris OF the rations shall be spe
Gifted out the United States reserve the right
of making such alterations in the price Of the
/ component parts of the ration aforesald as shall
make the price of each pArt thereof bear iuss
/ proportion to the proposed price for the wnol:
ration.
/ The rations are to be furnished in sush quaint
ties, that there shall ail times during the tern
of the proposed contract, De sufficient for the Coz
sumption Of the troops a. Northumberland, De.
troit, Niagara and Chikago FOR siA months IN adj
vance, ana At each oil the other posts on the wes-
! tern waters for ~ least three months IN advance,
! OF good aud wholesome provisions, if tns same be
required. 1t is also 20 he permued to All and G.
ve,y OF the Commanders Of fortified places or
posts to call for 1T seasons when tie same can be
transported, or az any TIME in The case Of urgen.
cy such supplies of like provisions in advance -
m the discgeton ;he Conamandaus shall b. deem
Cd proper.
lis to be und rsJool thar the conraso. il to
b. a, Shc e~pens- snd rs!. Ok issuing tue su.. -
Co tie troops, and u4a- Az .osse4 4,ued 6y ~
depreciation Of an euta'y, O w r'cais OK tine
troops ". tie United State. s.a r- psii by u.
Jnurd States ~ the ltc, ot On. lttc.. 3d.. .'ulc5
cr d- Dyed rs aforesaid ga tIc C...,ition OF
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