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~ DUVUE, VI LIZ MlON
[BY AUTHORITY
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTY
FIFTH CONGRESS-.
PuBLlc--No. l6.
AN ACT making appropriations for the sup.
port of the army for the year one thousand
eight hundred and thrty-eight.
Be it enacted by The Senate andHouse Of Rep
vesentutiues Of tie United States Of .4merica,
in Congress assembled, That the following sums
be, and the same arc hereby. appropriated, to
be paid out Of any money in the Treasury, not
otherwise appropriated, for the support Of the
army. during the year eighteen hundred and
thirty eighty; that is to say:
For the pay Of The army, one million and
lninty.one thousand one hundred and ninety.
three;
For the subsistence Of officers, three hundred
and forty-seven thousand seven hundred and
forty mine dollars;
For forage Of officers horses, seventy thou
sand nine hundred and eighty-scven dollars,
ForcIothing Tor officers servants, twenty six
thousand FIVE hundred and fifty dollars;
For payments in lieu Of clothing 10 dischar-
ged soldiers, thirty thousand dollars;
For subsistence, exclusive OF that OF officers,
seven hundred and thirty thousand nine hum
dred and twelve dollars;
For clothing Of the army, camp and garrison
|equlpage, cooking utensils, and hospital fur
nture, four hundred and thirteen thousand
two hundred and ninety-nine dollars;
For The medical and hospital department,
thirty-ninc thousand two hundred dollars;
For the regular supplies furnished by the
Quartermaster's department.. consisting of iu-
Ell, forage. straw, stationery, and printing. two
hundred and three thousand dollars;
For barracks, quarters, store-houses, embra-
cling the repairs and enlargement Of barracks,
quarters, store-houses. and hospitals. at the
several posts; the erection Of temporary can.
tonemens at such posts as shall be occupied
during the year. and Of gun-houses for the pro-
lection Of cannon at the forts on the seaboard;
the purchase oil the necessary tools and ma,e,i.
ais tor The objects wanted, and of the auihor-
zed furniture fur the barrack rooms; rent of
quarters for officers; of barracks for troops a,
posts where there are no public hui dings for
their accommodation; oil store-louses for the
saie-kcepins Of Subsistence, clothing, &c. and
OF grounds for summer cantonnents. encamp-
ments, aud military practice, ninety-fve thou
sand dollars;
For The allowance made to officers for the
transportation Of their baggage, when travel.
ing OH duty without troops, fifty thousand dol
lars;
For the transportation troops and supplies,
VIZ: transportation OF the army, including tie
baggage OF troops when moving either by ianl
or water; fire.. ht sod ESfis,oos p"~oj,s.e ..
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and boats. for the purpose Transportation. or
for the use Of garrison; drayage and carriage
at the severa! posts; hire Of transfers; trans
porta,i,n OF funds Tor The Pay department.; ex-
pcnse Of sailing public ,ranspor, between the
posts or the Gulf of Mexico; and Of procuring
water at such posts as, from their situation, re-
quir, it; the transportation Of clothing from
the depo, at Philadelphia, 10 the stations Of the
troops; Of subsistence from the places Of pur-
chase, and the points Of delivery under con.
tracts, 10 such places as the circumstances Of
tho service may require it to be sent; or ord
nance from the icundries and arsenals to the
Notifications ard frontier posts. and OF lead
from the western mines to tho several arsenals,
the sum Of one hundred and ninety five thous.
and dollars;
For the incidental expenses Of the Garter.
public letters aud packets; expenses Of courts
compensation OF Judge advocates. members,
and witnesses; extra pay TO soldiers, under an
act Of Congress OF the second Of March, eigh-
teen hundred and nineteen; expenses of ex-
presses from the frontier posts; OF the neces-
sary articles for the interment Of no,l-commis.
stoned officers and soldiers; hire Of labolers;
compensation to clerks in the Offices Of quar-
terrnasters and assistant qnartennasters at posts
where their duties cannot be performed with.
ont snci. aid, and 10 temporary agents in charge
Of dismantled works, and in the performance
Of other duties; expenditures necessary to keep
the two regiments OF DRAGONS complete, in
GLIDING the purchase Of horses to supply the
place of those which may be lost and become
unfit for service, and the erection Of additional
stables. ninety-two thousand dollars;
For two months extra pay 10 Fe.enlisted SOL
diers. and for the contingent expenses Of the
recruiting service, twenty-four thousand two
hundred and sixty -four dollars;
For the national armories, three hundred and
sixty thousand dollars;
For the armament Of tho Notifications, one
hundred thousand dollars;.
For the current expenses of the ordnance
service, ninety.eight thousand dollars;
| For arsenals, one hundred and fifty thous-
and dollars, or 50 much thereof as may be suf-
ficient 10 complete the arsenals already COM
n,enced, and those or the western frontier;
For the manufacture Of eleva,ing machines
forbarbet,e and casemate carriages, Eve thou
sand dollars;
1 For the purchase and manufacture Of light
field artillery, thir,y-nine thousand nine hum
I dYed and r II v.fhree dollars.
For the purchase Of gnnpowder and grape
shot, thiny-seven thousand five hundred dol.
lars:
Enr a.rspaxaroa ,aaual,ln III ronnh the Office of