The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-20
BY AUTHORITY.

al. ssut fof ths n.s.l ,e~s ending the thlrtis,h
Dc, ss lose. saxtssss hasafsd aud forty i've.
A. . s..ss.4te 49, ssaass and Hoas Of Repressnia-
lsst q fas t~sd sa1sa " fsotca ia coasres, Assem-
bed n.l the olo~iax sums, IA addition To the un.
sxgssdsd bsisnees of fot@er appropriations he and
ks sans ker.by 10 be paid out OF any
asoasy IN the Treasury DOT otherwise appropriated,
tet 49, .1gyon Il "a. army ior the fiscal year com
asssias 90 she ars day of July, one thousand egh.
haadreJ sad forty four. and endop on the thr,ic'h
DAY a jane, oss thousand eight hundred and forty
nts
ros pas a. the srny ooe million 6fy-eight thou
sssd ave hundred and i~sny-ons dollars and sixiy
seven e.nis
Fos eoumassiion Of officers subsistence, two hun.
srcd sRa eight, -four thousand i've hundred and
s,a.t,- seven dssrs and sesspty-ssven cents
For communication ~ forhg. ivr officers horses Sc
ssnt, thousand dollars ProtsdsJ, That forage shall
be allowed only for horses actually mustered;
For psymea,s 10 lieu Of clothing for discharged
eight hundred aud se,eniy-ss,en dollars and hfy-
seven cents;
For sub.,.,snce ia kiod, two hundred and twenty
sI thousand three hundred and sixteen dollars and
eighty cents,
For ei.ahiar Tor the army, camp and garrison
equpare one hundred and forty thousaDd dollars;
For expenses Of recruiting, t~eniy-seyen thousand
three huadreJ and sls,y-iour dollars and seventy
cents,
For three months extra pay TO non-commissoned
officers, musicians and pf'a,es nine thousand four
hundred dollars,
For the regular supplies Of the qusr,ermasters de-
pament, consisting of fuel forage IN kind tor the su-
ihorixed nunbcr of officers horses and for the
horses. mules and oxen belonging to the quarter mas
ters department al the several military posts and sta
tons. and Tor the horses OF the regimen, of dragons
aud the four conn snies OF light artillery; II straw Tor
soldiers bedding and Of stationery, including company
and oiher blank books Tor the army, cetihcates Tor
discharged soldiers, blank forms for the pay and
quariermasters departments, and the printing OF de
partment orders, army regulaisns, and general
regulations, one hundred and nineiy-hye thousand
dollars;
For the incidental expenses Of the quartermssief
department, consisting Of postage ON letters and
packets received by officers public service expenses
Of Courts martial and courts OF inquiry Including The
additional compe nsation to Judge advocates, mem
beis and Witnesses whc on that service, under the
act Of the sixteenth OF March, eighteen hundred and
two, pay to soldiers employs IN the erection o
barracks and quarters, the construct on OF roads and
other constant labor Tor period of not less Than ten
days, under the act Of second March, eighteen hun
bred and nineteen; expenses Of expresses from the
frontier pos's of escorts To psymastefs OF the ne-
cessry ARTICLES Tor the internept Of noocommission
ed officers and soldiers hire of iaborers eompensa-
ton CLERKS to the officers Of the quarernsstor
depar,meni at posts where Their duties cannot be per
formed without such aid; aud compensation TO agents
| IN charge Of d,sman,led works, and To such wagon
and forage masters Il may be necessary to employ
under the act Of the Efh of July, eighteen hunGrvd
and ,hirty-egh,; ,srous Expenditures necessary q
keep the regnent OF drag and he Tour companies
of lshl artillery complete, including the purchase o.
horse. to supply the place az those which may be
loot and become unit ioi service shoeing horse and
the apprehension Of de-.r,ers and the expenses Incl
dental 10 their pursuit, ninety thousand doilar.
For the purchas. Of horses, equipments and frsee
and pay the other expenses caused ty the act emit
tied "An &C, 10 repeal much OF the act approved
twenty -third Of Angus, eighteen hundred and forty
two ss requires he second regiment OF dfsgoons Il
be eons.r.ed into regiment OF rdsmsn, after the
-four h day Of March, eighteen hanJred and forty
three, one hundred and ten thousand dollar,
| For barracks, qoansrs and s,of. houses, including
| repairing and .niargipg barracks quarters, store
houses and hospitals at The several pos Tor erecting
temporary cantonmsn,s at such posts may be
pied during the year and gunfhoo.er cor the prec-
uon of The cannon at III, several posts and military
works, including the necessary tools and materials
for the objects enumerated, aud tor the aUihonxed
furniture iof the bsrraos Rooms OF noo-comrissioosd
offceis and soldiers building and repairing stable.
for dragons and light artillery; ior feat Of quarter
for officers, barracks for troops at posts where iher'
are no public bos,og- COT their accommodation, and
Of s,orehous.s for The ss-a e~ping Of subsistence.
clothing, &c, and OF grounds ha Sumner canton
ments and enesmpmeot- TOT military purpose, one
| hundred and forty thousand dsiiar-;
Por transportation Of officers baggage, ~hen ira
yelling on du'y without troops, ihIrty i've thousand
dollar;
For transportation Of troop. and supp ie. Of III,
army, Including the baggage Of uOotss when NOV.
ing either ly land OF ~steG fe,ghi. aud f~rrisges
the purchase or hire OF horses, mules. oxen, cats
wagons aud boats, for the transportation e supplies
and for garrison purposes; dfaysge and carriage Al
the several posts hire OF tesmstefs; usnsportsii1r
/ OF funds Tor the pay department; the expense o.
sailing public transports between the posts on
the Gulf Of Mexico, and Of procuring water at suct
posts IRON their situation rquir. ~ Of cio,hn.
from the depot at Phsdcrhis TO the stations Of the
troops; Of subsistence frum the place. of purchase
from the places of delivery, ldcr contracts "a
such places as the circumstances Of the service ma,
require IT to be sent Of ordnance, ordnance stores
and small arms from the foobdrles and srmories q
the srsensl,, Qualifications and frontier posts ono
hundred aud seventy thousand dollars;
For medical and hospital department, twoniy-seven
| thousand eight hundred dollars;
| For continuing the meteorological observations Al
the military posts ofthe United States under the d.
reotioo Of the Surgeon General for said s.cs year
| two thousand dollars;
| For the contingencies Of the army, Eve thou.sn nd
dollars;
| + purchase OF ordnance, ordnance stores and
supplies, ssssnty-6ve thousand dollary
For amount Of Qualifications, hundred ihou.sn nd
dollars;
For surveys in reference to the military defence.
Of the frontiers, inland and Atlsnt,o ten thooss nd
dollars;
For military and geographical surveys west Of the
Mississippi, twenty thousand dollars
For confusing the surveys OF the Northern and
Northwestern lakes, twenty thousand dollars
For current erpcn Of ordnance serr CO ninety.
five thousand dollars;
For manufacture Of arms al the national arpories
two hundred thousand DOLLAR;
For arsenals, one huodred thousand dollars
For purchase Of ssltpeire and birthstone forty
thousand dollars;
Fol- expense OF preparing drawings Of artillery, on.
thousand dollars;
For repairs and improvements and new machine
~ at Springfield srmory, twenty-five thous nd dol
lars
For repairs and improvement. and new machin.
cry at Harpers Ferry srmory, twelve thousand dol.
lars;
For barracks quarters, &C., at Fort Atkinson 10
close outstanding accounts nine thouss nd four hun
dred and seventysr dollars and eighty eight cents
10 settle the Tccnnnts of MAinr Charlcs Ihnm.a