The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-08-05
WAR DEPARTMENT !
JuLY Ia. 1918.

JULY Ia, 1878.
NOTICE is hereby given. Thatseparate proposals
~ will be received at the Office Of the Secretary
for the Department of War, until - at aoou oi ,lo
last Monday in November next. for the supply OF al
rations that may be required for the of ,hc unu
ted States from the lst day of June 1914 nolusivc,
20 the lst day of June, 1875 within the States, Ter
ritories and Districts following, viz
lst. At Detroit, Michilimacknac, Fort Wayne,
Chikago amt their immediate vicni,ies. and a, any
place orplaces where troops may be STATIC ed
marched, or recruited, within 'he territory of Mich
gan, the vicinity Of the Upper Lakes and the State
Of Ohio.
Cd. Al any place or places where troops are or
may be stationed, marched recruited within tho
States OF Kentucky and Tennessee.
Sd. At any place or places where troops are
may be stationed, marched or recruited within the
Illinois, Indiana and Missouri territories.
4th. At any place where troops are or may be
stationed, marched or recruited within the AisSia-
sppi territory, the state of Louisiana and their vci'
mites north OF the Gulph Of Mexico.
5th. AT any place or places where troopa arc q.
may be Stationed marched or recruited within the
district oi Maine and state OF New Hampshire ANIL
their northern ,ciniti,s.
9th. At any place or places where troops or
may be stationed, marched or recruited within the
state OF Vermont aud It's northern vicinity,
7h At any place or places where troops nrc or
may be stationed, marched or recruited WITHIN the
state Of Massachusetts,, the town OF Springfield cx-
cepcd.
9th At any place Or places where troops cg
may be stationed, marched or recruited within tho
states of Connectlcut aud Rhode Island
9Th At any place places where troops or
may be stationed. marched recruited with,n the
state of NewYork and its northern vicinity and wts
tern
10th. At any place or places where troops are ny
may be sa,ioded, marched recruited within the
| state OF Eew-Jersey.
| llth. At any place where troops arc or may ba
he'll, ,aI~ x{A q
PENNSYLVANIA. f
| 18th. At any place or places whctc troops arc os
may be stationed, marched recruited wi.hin tbs
state OF Maryland, Delaa and the District Col
| lumba.
| 18th. At any place or places where troops are or
may be stationed, marched on recruited within the
state Of Virginia.
| III. At any place or places where troops arc or
may bc Stationed marched or recruited within the
| state of North-Carolna
Is At any place places where troops arc oy NAV
be stationed, marched recruited within the statc
| of South. Carolina
| l6 At any place or places where troops arc or
may be stationed, marcocG recruited within tho
limits of the state of Georgia and its southern vicinity
IL. Proposals will also be received as aforesaid
for the supply OF all rations which may be required
by the United States, for the troops which are OF may
be stationed, marched OF recruited withir the towh
of Springfield in the state OF Massachusetts and
for the armorcrs and other persons employed in The
Il
day Of Jund, 1914, inclusive, to the hlst day o.
June, 1915.
| A ration to CONSIST ct one pound and one quartet
Of beef or three quarters Of pound of sailed pork
eighteen ounces OF bread or hour one gill Of rum
whisky or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts :,
| salt, four quarts of vinegar four pounds Of soar
! and one pound and bali OF candles, to every hun
| dred rations. The prices Of the several compcncr
parts of the ration shall be specified, but the urc'
States reserve the right of making such alterations
in tho price OF the component parts OF tlle ration
toresad, shall make the price Of each part there
oi beer just proportion to the proposed price o ~
whole ration The rhtons 10 be furnished in
quantities, that there shall at AL times, duriug ~
term OF the proposed contract be sufficient for il
consumption OF the troops for month. IN advance
Of good and wholesome provisions, If the sainc sha
be required IL is also tU be permitted 10 ali and
cry Of the commandments Of fortified places post
TO call for, Ut seasons winch the same can be tram
ported. or at any time in of urgency, such SUI
plies Of like provisions in advance, as in The dissr
ton Of the commandant shall be deemed pro,cr.
Iii understood that the contractor is 10 be Vt ii
expense and risk Of issuing the supplies TO the troop
and that all losses SUSTAINED by The deprcda,itns
the enemy, BY means Of the troops Uf tic tpii,
States shall be paid BY the tni, :. States Il, the pr,
OF the article captured or destroyed aforesaid,
the deposition OF twc more persons of creditsb
characters, and the certificate Of commissioned
ficer, stating the circumstances Of the loss and I,
! amount Of the articles for which compensation shs
1 be CLAIMED
The privilege is reserved To tie Unte7 States
requiring tha, none of the supplies, which may
furnished under any Of the proposed contracts, sli'
be issued, until the supplies which have been or ma
be furnished under tho contract now in fvrc., ha'
{ baeh consumed. ! ARMSTRONG.
Gunbowocr Manufacto,y.
THE subscriber having becoue interested n u
nanufac,ure Of GuupoNdcr, al Ncs,fied,