Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-08-16
August
WAN DEPARTMENT, July 5th, 1915.
rs HEREBY GYYE.N

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN,
VHNHAT separate proposals will be received at
n the office OF the Secretary for the Depart
ment OF War, until 10 o'clock at noon of Satnr-
day the last Day of December nest, for the SUP
ply OF all ratons that may be required for the use
OF the United States, from the ist day of June.
1910, inclusive, to the LIST day of June, 1917 with
III the states, territories and districts, following,
viz: o.
1st. At Detroit, Michilimacl,inac. Fort Wayne.
Chicago, and their immediate vicinities, and at
any place or places where troops are on may be
stationed, marched or recruited, within the ter
ritory OF Michigan, the vicinity of the Upper
Lakes, and the state of Ohio, and ON or adjacent
to the waters of Lake Michigan.
md. At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
IN the states OF Kentucky and Tennessee.
90: AT any place or places where troops are or
maybe stationed, marched or recruited, within
the Illinois, Indiana and Missouri territories.
4th At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited. with
IN the Mississippi territory, the state Louisiana
and their vlcinities north of the Gulph of Mex
leo.
5th At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
in the district of Maine and state of New-Iamn.
shire.
9th At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched o: recruited. with
IN the state of Vermont
9TH At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within
the state Of Massachusetts.
9th. At any place or places where troops arc
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
in the states of Connecticut and Rhode-Island.
9Th. AT any place or places where troops arc
or may be stationed, marched or recruited with
in the state of New-York.
10Th. At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within
the state OF New-York, south of the Highlands,
and including West-Point
18th. At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched OF recruited, with
In the state of New-Jersey
18th AT any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
in the state of Pennsylvania
1Shy At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
IN the states OF Delaware, Maryland, and the dis
trict ofCoumbia.
l4th At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
IN the state of Virginia.
19th. At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
in the state of North Carolina.
10th. At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited with
~ VIC Sldtc OF SOuln Carolina.
l7th. At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited with
in the state of Georgia.
ration to consist Of one pound and one quar-
ter of beef or three-quarters of pound of sailed
pork, eighteen ounces of bread or -four, one gill
ofrum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of
two quarts of salt four quarts of vinegar, four
pounds OF soap, and one pound and one half Of
candles to every hundred rations. The prices of
the several component parts of the ration shall
be specified, but the United States reserve the
right of making such alterations in the price of
ofthe component parts of the ration aforesaid, as
shall make the price of each part thereof bear
Just proportion to the proposed price of the whole
ration The rations are to be furnished in such
quantities, that there shall, at all times, during
the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient
for the consumption of the troops for months in
advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if
the same shall be required. IT is also to be per-
mitted to all and every ofthe commandants offor
titled places orPosts, to call for, at seasons, when
the same can be transported, or at any time i'm
case of urgency, such supplies Of like provisions
in advance, as in the discretion the commander
shall be deemed proper.
il is understood that the contractor is to be at
the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to
the troops, and that all losses sustained by the
depredations 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, on the dispositions Of
two Or more persons Of credible characters, and
the certificate Of a commissioned officer, stating
the circumstance Of the loss, and the amount Of
the articles for which compensation shall be
claimed
The privilege is reserved to the United States.
that none Of the supplies, which NAV
be furnished under anyof the proposed contracts.
shall be issued, until the supplies which have |
been, or may be furnished under the contractn now
in force, have been consumed.
A. J. DALLAS,
Acting Secretary Of War.
July 8. w8w
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