The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-05-27
WAR DEPARTMENT, Ape1L Is. ,ispA.
YX NOTIGE Is lEH Ego. L. y.

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ot the Secretar, for the Department OF War un.
I'll IL o'clock, at noon or Monday the 2Oth OF Iu..
next, torjhe supply of all rations that may be fe
CURED tor the use Of the United State from the.
lst day OF October 1908, inclusive, to tho LIST aay
| OF June, 1910, wiliH the states TERRITORIES and
districts following, viz.
FIRST, At Niagara, Detroit, MichiiiInackinac.
fort w aene, Chicago, and in their immediate vi
cnities, and at any place places, where troops
are OF may be stationed. marched, or recruited.
within the territory of Michigan.
End, AT any place or places where troops are
OF may be stationed. marched or recruited, with
III the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.
%, AT any place or places where troops arc or
may De stationed, marched recruited within
the state OF Ohio and the Indiana and louisiana
territories, except Fort Wayne and Chika.yo and
lheir immediate vicinit:es
4en' AZ amy place or places where troops ara
or may be stationed, marched or recruited within
ete Mississippi and Orleans territories
separate proposals will also be received as a..
ioressio Tor the supply of all rations which NAV
be required for the use Of The United States. from
tue 1st Gay OF January 1909 inclusive, to the 1ss
gay Oh June 1910, within the several states follow.
ing, viz.
3th, At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched, or recruited
WITHIN the District OF Maine, and state of New.
Hampshire
Oh, At any place places where troops are
! or may be stationed, marched, OF recruited, With
Ill the stale oil Vermont.
Tth, AT any place places where tYoops ara
or may be stationed, marched, or recruited with
m the state OF Massachusetts lhe town Of Spring.
field excepted.
9th, At any place or places where troops ara
or may be stationed, marched, recruited with.
IN inc states OF Connecticut and Rhode Island
Sth, AT any place or places where troops are
IN may be stationed, marched, or recruited with
or the state ofNcw-Yerka Niagsra and its depen.
dences excepted
10th, AT any place or places where troops ere.
or may be stationed, marched, or recruited with
| IN the state OF New Jersey
1lth, AT any place or places where troops arc,
or may be stationed, marchSc, or re cruiled WITH
| i'll the state of Pennsylvania.
| 18th, AT any place or places where troops are.
or may be stationed, marched, or recruited with
IN the states OF Maryland and Delaware
18th, AT any place or places where troops arr.
Or may be stationed, marched, or recruited with
| III the state ofVrgina.
18th, AT any place places where troops are
or may be stationed, matched, or recruited with
III the state of North Carolina
18th, At any place or places where troops ARG
or may he stationed, marched, or recruited, with.
i'll the state of South Carolina
10Th, At ccnulgec Old Fields and OF anr,:
place or places where troops are or may be staG
oned, marched, or recruited within the limits
of the stats of Georgia.
| 18TH, Proposals win also be received az aE,re.
said, for the supply of ali rations which NAV be.
required BY the United States, for the troons
which are or may be stationed, marched. or r..
crnted within the town or Springfield iuthe state
OF Massachusetts and for the armorers and o..
Their persons employed in the United States Ar
merry at that place, from the LIST day of Januarv
1SU9 inclusive, to the LIST day of June 1910.
II ration to consist OF one pound and one GUAR
ter OF beef, OF three quarters of pound of nork
eight ounces OF bread or -four. gill of rum.
whisSey or brandy, & at tine rate OF two quarts of
u IN r.
ono pound and half of candles, to every bnn.
dred rations. The prices of the several connie.
| neht parts of the ration shall be specified bu-
the united States reserve the right of making
such alterations III the price of the component
! parts oil the ration aforesaid, as shall make th.
price of each part thereof bear Just propor,ior,
to the proposed price CT the whole ration. TIC
| ratons are to be furnished in such Quantities
that there shall at all times during the term OF
the proposed contract, be sufficient for the con-
SUMPTION OF the troops 1T Mchilimackinac, De-
troit and Chikagp, for six months in advance
| and at each of the other ports on the westerr
waters, for at least three months in advance Of
good and wholesome provisions, if the same.
shall be required. 1t is also to be permitted to
all and every OF the commentaries of fortified pla-
ces or ports, to call for, at seasons when the same
Can hs transported, or at any time in case of ar
gencv, such supplies of like provisions in advance
as III the discretion OF the commandment shall be
deemed proper.
At Is understood that the contractor is to be a..
the eXpence and risk of issuing the supplies to
the troops, and that all losses sustained by the.
dePredations of AL enemy, or by means of the
troops OF the United States shall be paid by the,
United States at the price of the articles captu
red or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition.
OF two or more persons of creditablc characters,
and the certih ate of commissioned officer. sta
ting the circumstances of the loss and the A..
mount OF the articles for which compensation
shall be claimed
The privilege is understood to be reserved to
the United States of requiring that none of the
supplies, which may be furnished under any OF
the proposed coStracts, shall be issued, until the
supplies which have been may be furnished
under contracts now in force, have been consul
med and that supply in advance may be always
required Mt any OF the fixed posts the sea board
or Indian frontier, not exceeding three months.
III. DEARBORN,
May T. GeP3wjj Secretary Of war.
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