Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1817-08-13
WAR DEPARTMENT,
June 8, 1S17. !
This Is to give notice,

This is to give notice, /
THAT .enarate proposals will be received att
NE Office Of the Secretary for the Department.
of War, until the 3lat day Of October next, IN.
elusive, for the supply Of all rations that may be
rsouired for the use Of the troops Of the United
States, from che LIST day of June iB,inclusive,
until the 1ss day Of June, 1919, wthia the states,
territories, and districts, following, viz.
1st AT Detroit, Mich limack,nac, Green bay d
Fort Wayne, Chicago, and their immediate vii
entities, and at any other place or places where
troops are or may be stasiohed,' marched or re
eYuited within the territory Of Michigan, thei
yicinily of shs upper Lakes, and the state oil
Ohio, and on or adjacent to the waters OF lake,
Michisan.
Cd. AT any pias. or places where troops are
or may be stationed. within the states Of Ken.
tuck and Tennessee
Sd At St. louis, Fort Harrison, Fort Clarke,
Port Armstrong, Fort Crawford, Fort Usage or
Fort Clarke, on the Missouri river and at any
other place or places where troops ,re or may
be stationed, marched or recruited, within the
state of Indiana And the terrt prizes Of Illinois &
Missouri.
Ath. AT Fort Montgomery, Fort Crawford,
Mobile, Fort St. Philip, New Orleans Baton
Rouge and Fort Claiborne; and at any other
place or places where troops are or may be sta
fioned, marched, or recruited within the Mssis.
spp territory, state Of Louisiana and their vici-
mites, north of the Gulf Of Mexico.
5th. At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited with.
in the District Of Maine & state of New Hamp.
ahire.
9th. AT any place OF places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited with .
the STATE Of Massachusetts.
9TH. Al any place or places where troops are
Ok may be stationed, marched or recruited with.
in the states Of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
9TH. AT any place or pisces where troops are
or may be stationed, marched OF recruited with.
in the state of New YORK, north of the highlands
and within the state of Vermont.
9Th. At any place or places where troops are
or raay be Stationed. n,srehed or recruited with
in the state Of Nea York, south Of the High
lspad. including West Point, and within the
state of New Jersey.
10th. At any place or places where troops are
or may be Stationed, marched or recruited with
in the stass of Pennsylvania.
lth. At any place or places where troops are
or may be statiuAfd, marched or recruited within
the states of DeIaware, Maryland and the Dis
srict Of Columbia
18th. At any place or places where troops are
OF may be stationed, marched or recruited with
in the srate of Virginia
18th. At any place or places where troops are
or fi,ay be stationed, marched or recruited with
IA the srate Of North Carolina.
1Ah AT any place or places WHARF, troops are
or may be stationed. marched or recruited with
IN the state of South Carolina,
18th. At Tybee Barracks, Fort Hawkins and
Fort Scott; and at any other place or place.
where troops, are OF may be stationed, marched
or recruited, within the state of Georgia, iaclud
sov ftt,f rs La ty,p r,,,ith =,
the territorial limits Of said state.
Aratior TO consist ofone pound and one quar-
ter Of beef, or three quarters of pouns OF satet
pork, eighteen ounces of bread OF -four, one gil
atrum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rae q
1~e quarts Of salt, four quarts If vinegar, fos
pounds OF SOAP and one pound and one na,f e
CANDLE TO every hundred iasons The pvIces c
the several component parts of the yatou mu'
Be particularly mentioned in the prnpoaals b,
the United States reserve the right of maxim
G.h alterations in the price Of the componer
parts OF the ration aforesaid. as shall make III
price Of each part thereof bear Just proporto
20 the proposed price of the whole ration. I'll
yat,ons are TO be furnished in such quantitie
that there shall, at all times, during the ,ertn {
the proposed contract he su'ielent tor the co,
sumption OF the troops for six months, in az
vance, Of good ard wholesome provisions, if Il
same shall oe requned. Ii is also to ba PERM
ted TO all and every one of the commandments
serthed places ns posts, TO Call for, at season
when he ssre can be Transported, Or at ~
time, in case CT urye ~, such espp!es of hi
provision, in adv. Hce, as in The discretion
the ecrainsaler shsIl &c deemed proper.
Il is understood THAI the contractor is to
st the expencc and risk of isssng tie snppii
20 Vie troops, and that all losses s,utaired BY II
depreaations of the enenn., or BY mennsof Il
troops OF the United States, shall be pad BY Il
United States, az the Pyice OF the article capture
Or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposhions
two or aore persons of credible characters. al
the cert hcate of = commissions officer, s,atii
the eircurnstance Of the loss, and the arnonnt
the articles for which compensation shall
claimed.
The prvilege Is reserved to the United stats
ofreqnring that none of tbs supplies whNh II,
ns furnished under any of rhe proposed contrac,
Sail be issued, until the supplies which h.
been may be furnished under the contra
now in force, have been consumed.
Geo. Graham,
Acting Secretary Of Wa
JuneiI4--tO1
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