The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1839-05-29
IBY AUTHORITY
Laws % THE UnIrEp STATES PASSED AT THE
THIRD SESSION or THE TwENTY-FifTH
CONGRESS.
GPusLIc-No. 37.l


ssnsSled That the following sums be, and the same
are hereby, appropriated, TO be paid ont OF any mo-
ney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, Tor
the support Of the army during the year one thousand
eight hundred and th riy -n,ne that - TO say
For the pay Of the army 81 534 S32;
For the subsistence sf officers, S41O'754;
For forage of officers horses, SI11,lI5
For paynents in lien Of clothing TO discharged sol
ders and to officers IN lieu ofclolhng Tor their ser
wants. $59, 400;
For clothing of the army, camp aud garrison
equpage. cooking utensils, and hospital furniture,
si73435;
Fer the medical aud hospital department, S24 400; ;
For the regular supplies furnished by the quarter
masters department. consisting OF fuel, forage, straw,
stationary, and printing, S2f5, 800;
For barracks quarters, store houses, embracing
tho repairs and enlargement Of barracks, quarters,
stere houses, and hospitals, at the several posts the
erection Of temporary cantonnents at such posts as
shall be occupied during the year, and Of gun houses
for the protection Of tho cannon at the forts on the
seaboard the purchase Of the necessary tools and
materials for the oh ects wanied, and OF the author
ized furniture for the barrack rooms; rent Of quar-.
ters for officers orbarracks for troops at posts where
there are public uildpgs for their nccomnoda-
ton Of store houses for the safe keeping Of snbsis-
tance, clothing and other military supplies, and Of
grosDds for summer environments, encainpments,
and military practice, 81 1000;
For the allowance made TO officers for the trans
poristion Of their baggage, when travelling on duty
without troops, $4,000;
For the transportation of troops, and supplies
viz transporta, on Of the army including the bag
gage Of troops, when moving either by land or wa.
teri freight and ferriages purchase or hire Of hor-
SEES mules, oxen, carts, wagons, and boats, Tor the
purpose OF transportation for the use OF garrison
drayage and carriage at the several posts; hire OF
eainsters transportation of funds for the pay depart
ment; expense OF sailing public transport between
the posts on the Gulf Of Mexico, and Of procuring
water ut such posts as, from their situation, require
II; the transportation of clothing from the depot at
Phade phia TO the stations Of the troops OF subsis.
teDce from the places OF purchase, and the points of
delivery under contracts, TO such places as the cir
curnstances Of the service may require 1t 10 be sent
OF ordnance from the foundries and arsenals TO the
torhcaens aud frontier posts, and Of lead from the
western mines to the several arsenas. the sum OF
$20o,000;
For the incidental expenses of the quarternas,er's
department, consisting Of postage on public letters
and packets expenses of courts martial and courts
ofinqury, including the compensation OF Judge ad'
vocntes members, and witnesses extra pay 10 sol
diers, under an act OF Congress Of the second Of
March 1919; expenses OF expresses from the IRON
tier posts; Of the necessary articles for the ntermen
Of non-commissonsd officers and soldiers; hire OF
hborers compensation TO clerks in the offices OF
quarermasters and assistant quart5rmasters at posts
where their duties cannot be performed without such
ipanted works and in the performance Of other du-
tics; expenditures necessary to keep the two regi-
ments Of Dragons complete, including the purchase
Of horses TO supply tho place Of those which may be
lost and become unfit for service, and the erection
OF additional stables, Sl020G0;
For contingencies of the army, $1,000;
For two months extra pay to bo re-ensted sol
ders, aud for the contingent expenses of the recruit
ing service, $30,927;
For the national armories, $360000;
For the armament of the Notifications, 100000
For the current expenses ofthe ordnance service,
$lO00OO;
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies,
$4,000;
For arsenals, $4,000;
For me-. machinery at the Springfield armory.
$40 900;
For purchase Of land al the Allegany and Wat
crown arsenalS, $3500
For the expense Of preparing drawing Of uni
form system Of artillery. and for other supplies in
the Ordnance Departments, $500:
For arrearages prior to the first of July, eighteen
hundred and tiilecn per act of the first OF May,
eighteen hundred and twenty, payable through the
Third Auditors Office $1,000
For surveying aud opening of the western from
tier military road, being the balance OF an appro-
pr,aion carried 10 the surplus fund, S52,l25 and
G1 cents.
Sec. :. And be it further enacted That the fol-
lowing sums be and the same are hereby appropri-
atcd, out OF any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, for the preservation, repairs,
and construction OF certain forti6cationS and Incl
dental expenses for the year eighteen hundred and
thirty nine, viz.
For preservation of Castle island, and repairs OF
Fort Independence, at Boston S250OO;
For Fort Warren, at Boston, $4,000;
For Fort Adams, at Newport, $1,000;
For the fort at New London harbor, 5000:
For Fort Schuyler, at New York. $4,000;
For repairs Of Castle Williams and Font Co.
lunb1s, and officers quarters, at New York,
Sc0O0;
For Fort Delaware, $4,000. Prorided, That
no part OF this appropriation shall be applied till
The title Of the said fortifcatiou shall be decided TO
be in the Uniled States.
For Fort Monroe, $1,000;
For Fort Calhoun $4,000;
For Fort CaSwel, $500;
For foriiheation in Charleston, South Carolina
end Tor the preservation Of the site of Fort Mou.
trie. $4,000;
For Fort Pulaski. at Savannah, $4,000:
For Fort Marion and Sea-wall at ST. Augustine
$4,000;
For Fort on Fosters bank Pensacola, 5000;
For contingencies of ioriihcdtonS, sic 900;
For Incidental expenses attending the repairs Of
tortihcations, and for the purchase Of additional
land IN the neighborhood $50OOO;
For the fort at Grande Terre, being the amour,
fund, $4,000;
.o For The preservation and repair ofror Niagara
FOR repairing and rebuilding the old fort at Os.
wego including the construction of the necessary
b,rracks, $2O.OO0; "
,, f9r barracks e 1 and other buildings a, sackeus
$4,000; ~ N'''s
ror The construction Of barracks, quarters store
houses, hospitals and stables and the necess,rv A.
fences OF the posts Il may be deemed proper to es.
iablsh for the better protection of the Western
frontier, $e0O00;
Sec. .. hnd ts Y further ENACTED, Tha, the fol.
owing SANS be, and the same are hereby. ammo.
priatcd, to be paid out Of any money in th. frea.
sury not Otherwise appropriated fofthc support of
the Military Academy for the year eighteen hun.
drcd and thirty nine, viz.
For pay Of officers. cadets, and musicians, $50
22s;