The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-04-25

teen thousand two hundred and nincty-nine
dollars:
For the medical and hospital depart-
ment, S39, 200:
For the regular supplies furnished by the
Quarternastef's department, consisting Of
fuel, forage, straw, stationary, and printing
S203, 900:
For barracks, quarters, store-houses, en-
bracing the repairs and enlargement OF bar
racks, quarters, store-houses, and hospitals
at the several posts the erection OF tempo
rary can,onmepts at such posts as shall be
occupied during the year, and of gun hous-
es for the protection of cannon al The ioris
on the seaboard: the purchase OF the nee
essary tools and materials for the obJects
wanted, ond Of the authorized furniture Tor
the barrack rooms; rent OF quarters Tor OIL
ficers; of barracks for troops at posts where
there are no public buildings for their ac-
commsdaiion; Of store-bouses for The safe
keeping of subsistence, clothing, &c. and
of grounds for summer environments, m
ca,npments, and military practice, s9o'oOo'
For the allowance nude TO officers Tor
the transportation of their baggage wnen nnn
travelling on duty without troops, SoO,ooo
For the transportation of troops ana sup
nl;.s viz transportation Of the army, III
cIuding the baggage of troops when mo-
wing either by land or water; freight ana
ferriares; purchase or hire OF horses, mules,
oxen. carts, wagons, and boats, lor The
purpose Of transportation, or Tor the use
of garrison drayage aud cariage at the
several posts hire of teamsters; transpor-
tu,ion of funds for the Pay department;
expense of sailing n public transport be-
tween the posts on the Gulf of Mexico
md Of procuring water a, suoh posts as,
from their situation, require 1t the trans
portalion Of clothing from the depot at Phil
adelpbia, to the stations of the troops, OF
subsistence from the places of purchase,
aud Ike points OF delivery under contracts,
to such places as the circumstances Of the
service may require 1t to be sent; OF
ordnau,e from the foundries and arscnals
to the iorlifien,ions aud frontier posts, aud
of lead from the western mines to the sew
eral arscnals, The sum Of one hundred ard
uinety-Gye thousand dollars.
For HE incidental expenses of the Quar-
tor,rastcr's &c department., consisting OF post
nge Oh public letters aud packet expen-
ses of couiis martial aud courts OF inquiry,
including the compensation OF Judge advo-
Gates, members, and witnesses extra pay
10 soldiers, under an net of Congress OF the
second of March, eighteen hundred and
nintteen; expenses of expresses from the
frontier posts ofthe necessary articles for
the interment of non n-commssioned officers
and soldiers hire of ldborers; compensa-
tion to clerks in the offices of quartermas.
ters and assistant qunrtcrnaslers at posts,
where their duties cannot be performed
without such aid, aud to temporary agents
in charge of dismaniled works, and i'll the
performance of other duties expenditures
necessary to keep the two regiments OF
dragoons complete, including the purchase
of horses to supply the place of those which
NAV be lost and became unfit for service,
and the erection of additional stables $92,-
GOO:
For two months extra pay to re-cnlsied
soldiers, and for the contingent expenses of
the recruiting service, s24, ,264:
For The national armorlcs, $500, 600:
For the armament of the forticalions,
100000
For the curren, expenses Of the ordnance
service, 9S,G00:
For arsenals, $l50,000 dollars, or SO
much thereof as may be sufficient to com
plete tie arsenals already commenced, aud
those on the western frontier:
For the manufacture Of elevaiing ma
chimes for barbettc and casemate carriages,
$1,000:
For The purchase md manufacture of
lish, field artillery. S39,953 dollars:
For the purchase gunpowder and .rnpe
shot, $37 500:
For arroarages payable through the Off
ce of the Second Auditor, $1,000 dollars:
For arrearagcs payable through the Off
ce of the Third Auditor, $1,000 dollars:
For taxes on the Pussyunk arsenal, near
Philadelphia, for the years 1887 aud 1883,
Sl450:
For contingencies of the army, S5000':
For paying the balance due the heirs of
William Meldrum, one of the commission
ers for surveying aud marking the road
from La Plaisance Bay TO Chicago,
S26S,5 cents:
For paying Adam Eckfeldt, for fine gold
and other expenses incurred by him in
preparing nine medals ordered by Con- !
gress for various distinguished officers,
sl00S,S6:
JAMES *. POLK,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives..
Ri. NJ. JOHNSON,
Vice President Of the United States
President Of The Senate.
R.i.