The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-08-19


~ will be received AT the office Of the Secretary
for the Department Of War, until ~ at u the
last Monday in November next, for the supply Of all
rations that may be required for the Of the Uni
tod States from the 1st day of June, 1914, inclusive,
20 the 1s day of June, 1875 within the States Ter
ritories and Districts following, viz:
1st At Detroit, Michilimacknac, Fort W.ync
Chikago and their immediate yicinites, and at any
place places where troops are or may be stationed
marched or recruited within The territory of Mich
Of Ohio,
%. Atany place Or places where troops are or
may bestationed, marched recruited within the
st ates of Kentucky and Tennessee.
ID At any place places where troops or
may be stationed, marched or recruited within the
Illinois, Indiana and Missouri territories
4th. At any place where troops may be
stationed, marched or recruited within the Missis-
sppi territory. the Of Louisiana and their yci
mites north Of the Guph of Mexico.
5th. At any place or places whore troops or
may be stationed, marched recruited within the
district of Maine and state of New-IIampshire and
their northern vicnities.
9th. AT any place or places where troops are or
may be stationed, marched recruited within the
state of Vermont and It's northern vicinity
9TH. At any place places where troops
may be stationed, marched recruited within the
state of Massachusetts,, the town of Springfield
cepted.
9th. At any place or places where troops are or
states OF Connecticut and Rhode-Island.
9Th. At any place places where troops are or
may be stationed, marched or recruited within the
state OF NewYork and its northern vicinity and %es.
tern
10th, At any place or places where troops are or
may be statioded marched recruited within the
state of New-Jersey.
1lth. At any place where troops are or may be
stationed, marched or recrated within the state Of
Pennsylvania.
10Th. At any place places where troors are or
may be stationed, marched recruited within the
state of Maryland, Delaware and the DistriA Of Co.
lumbia.
18Th. At any place or places where troops are or
may be Stationed, marched recruited within the
state Of virginia
IA. At ny place or places where troops are or
may IS .tioned, marched or recruited within the
stat Of N,rth-Carolina
IS At my place places where troops are or may
be stitched, marched or recruited within the state
of Sousa-Carolina.
16. At any place or places where troops are or
may be stationed, marcoeG or recruited within ;he
limits of the state of Georgia and it's southern vicinity
II. Proposals will also be received, as aforesaid,
for the supply of all ratons which may be required
by the United States, for the troops which may
be stationed, marched or recruited within the town
of Springfield in the state Of Massachusetts,: and
for the armofcrs and other persons employed in the
United States Armory at that place. from the FIRST
day of Jund, 1914, inclusive, to the first day of
June, 1915
A ration to consist Of one pound and one quarter
Of beef, three quarters Of pound of salted pork,
eighteen ounces Of bread -four, one gill of rum,
whisky or brandy, and at the rate Of two quarts Of
SALT four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap,
and one pound and half Of candles, to every hun.
dred rations. The prices Of the several component
parts of the ration shall be specified, but the United
Ststes reserve the right of making ssch alterations
in the price of the component parts of the ration
forcsaid, shall make the price Of each part there
ofbeer just proportion to the proposed price of the
whole ration. The rations to be furnished in such
quantities, that there shall at all times during the
term Of the proposed contract, oe sufficient for the
consumption of the troops for months in advance,
OF good and wholesome PROVISIONS If the same shall
be required 1t is also to be permitted to all and
cry OF the commandants Of fortified places posts,
to call for, at seasons when the Same be trans
ported at any time in case Of urgency, such sup
plies of like provisions in advance, in the discre.
ton Of the commandant shall be deemed proper.
s understood that the contractor is TO be at the
expense and risk ofssuing the supplies to the troops
and that all losses sustained by the depredatons of
the enemy, or by means Of the troops of the United
States, shall be paid by the United States at the price
OF the article captured or destroyed aforesaid,
the deposition OF TIVE more persons of creditable
characters, and the certificate of commissioned Of.
ccr, stating the circumstances of the loss and the
amount of the articles for which compensation shall
be claimed.
The privilege is reserved to the United States of
requiring that none of the supplies. which may be
furnished under any Of the proposed contracts sh all
be issued, until the supplies which have been or may
be furnished under the contract now in force, have
been consumed.
J. ARMSTRONG.
August !.