The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-04-07
TPUBL1c-No. 14.1

PUBL1c-No. IA.
AN ACT making appropriations for the
support Of the army for the year one
thousand eight hundred and forty .one.
Be 1T enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the following sums be, and the same here
by are, appropriated ato be paid out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the support of the army
for the year one thousand eight hundred
and furty one:
For the pay Of the army, one million
one hundred and seventy TWO thousand
and twenty eight dollars;
For subsistence Of officers. FIVE hundred
and fourteen thousand four hundred and
eighty nine dollars;
For forage Of officers horses, one hun
dred and fourteen thousand FIVE hundred
and seventy one dollars;
For payments in lieu Of clothing not
drawn in kind, eighty thousand and thirty
dollars;
For subsistence, exclusive Of that Of
officers, six hundred and forty eight thou
sand eight hundred and nincty-nine dol
lars;
For clothing Of the army, camp and
garrison equipage, cooking utensils. and
hospital furniture, five hundred and five
thousand seven hundred and thirty seven
dollars;
For the medical and hospital depart
ment twenty eight thousand dollars;
For the regular supplies furnished BY
the Quartermaster's Department, consist
ing of fuel, forage. straw, stationery, and
printing, two hundred and sixty one thou
sand dollars;
For barracks, quarters, and slorehouses,
embracing the repairs and enlargement of
barracks, quarters, store houses and hos
pitals; The erection Of temporary canton
mcnls, and Of gun houses for the protec-
ton Of cannon; the purchase Of tools and
materials, and Of furniture for the barrack
rooms; rent Of quarters for officers, of
barracks for troops where there are no
public buildings for their accommodation,
of store houses for the safe keeping of
subsistence, clothing and other military
supplies, and Of grounds for summer cam
tonments, and encampments Cor military
practice, one hundred ard sixty thousand
dollars;
For transportation of officers baggage,
when travelling on duty without troops,
siXty.fve thousand dollars;
For transportation of troops and sup
plies, viz: transportation Of the army and
baggage; freight and fcrrages; purchase
or hire Of horses, mules, oxen, carts, wa
gons, and boats, for purposes of transport
taiion, or garrison use; drayage and cart
age; hire of teamsters; transportation of
funds for the pay department; expense OF
transport vessels, and of procuring water
at such posts as from their situation re-
quiro it; transportation of clothing from,
the depot at Philadelphia 10 the stations
Of the troops; Of subsistence from the
places of purchase and delivery under
contracts TO such points as the clrcum-
stances Of the service may requirej ot
ordnance, ordnance stores, and arms from
the founderies and arsenals 10 the fortlh-
cations and frontier posts, and of lead
from the mines to the several arsenals,
two hundred and forty two thousand dol
lars;
For the incidental expenses of the
@ Quartermaster's Department.; consisting
of postage on public letters and packets;
expenses of courts martial and courts Of
inquiry, including compensation to judge
advocates, members and Witnesses. extra
pay to soldiers under the act of March
second, eighteen hundred and nineteen;
expenses Of expresses, and of the inter.
ment of non commissioned officers and
soldiers; hire Of laborers; compensation
of clerks in the Offices of the quartermas-
ters and assistant qnartermas.ers, at posts
where their duties cannot be performed
without such aid. and of temporary agents
in charge oc dismautled works and in the
performance of other duties; expenditures
necessary 20 keep the two regiments of
dragons complete, includingthe purchase
of horses to supply the place Of those
(which may be lost and become unfit for