The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-12

and materials for the objects enumerated, and for
the authorized furniture for the barrack rooms OF
non-commissioned officers aud soldiers; bull fling
and repairing stables for Dragons and light
artillery; for rent Of quarters for officers,
barracks for troops at posts where there are
no public buildings for their accommodation, and OF
store-houses for the bookkeeping OF subsistence,
clothing, &c, and of grounds for summer canton,
menls and encampmeDts for military purposes, one
hundred and sixty thousand dollars;
For transportation Of officers baggage, when trav'
cling on duty without troops, hily thousand dol
For transportation of troops and supplies of The
army, including the baggage OF troops when NOV,
ing either by land OF water feights and ferriages;
the purchase hire of horses, mules, oxen, CARTS
wagons, and boats, for the transportation Of sop
plies, and for garrison purposes drayage and
age at the several posts; hire Of teamsters trans
poristion Of funds for the pay department. the ex-
pense OF sailing public transports between the posts
on the Gulf Of Mexico, and OF procuring water at
such posts as from their situation, require il; OF
clothing from the depot at Philadelphia to the sta
TONS Of the troops; Of subsistence from the places
OF purchase, and from the places Of delivery, under
contracts to such places the circumstances Of the
service may require Il 10 be sent Of ordnance, ord
nance stores and small arms, from the foundrles
and armores TO the srsenals, Notifications, and
frontier posts, two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars; ~. ..
For contingencies of the army, six thousand dol.
lars;
For the purchase of ordnance, ordnance stores,
and supplies, one hundred thousand dollars;
For current expenses Of the ordnance service, one
hundred thousand dollars;
For manufacture Of arms at the national aTmoTies,
three hundred thousand dollars;
For repairs and Improvements, and new machine
~, at Springfield armory, one hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars;
And the sum Of 1--WE thousand dollars, out Of the
appropriation made for the said objects by the act
approved March third, eighteen hundred aud forty
FIVE is declared to have been intended for the pur.
chase Of the tots adjoining the armory ground
pressed In the estimates, 10 which purpose It has
been applied. And Of the sum allowed by the said
act TO be applied TO repairs at the national armores
such amount in the judgment Of the Secretary OF
War may be necessary, not exceeding fifteen thou
sand dollars, may be applied to the purchase Of land
from individuals and from the town Of Springfield,
Massachusetts, and the assent Of Congress hereby
given 10 such purchase;
For repairs and improvements and machine
ry, at Hsrpers Ferry armory, one hundred and
twenty-eight thousand three hundred and sixty-one
dollars;
For arsenals, one hundred and sixty eight thou
sand FIVE hundred and ninety three dollars OF which
twelve thousand Ave hundred dollars are authorized
be applied to the purchase Of site and building
magazine for Washington arsenal
For purchase Of saltpetre and birthstone, forty
thousand dollars;
For the purchase of gunpowder, one hundred
thousand dollars;
For expenses Of preparing drawings off uniform
system Of artillery, one thousand dollars;
For expenses Of the mineral land service, nclu-
ding those incurred since the first January eighteen
hundred and fory-six, thirty thousand dollars;
For surveys in reference to the military defences
Of the frontier, inland and Atlantic twenty thousand
dollars;
For military and geographical surveys west of the
Mississippi, thirty thousand dollars;
For continuing the surveys of the northern and
northwestern lakes, twenty-five thousand dollars;
SEC. 2. find be Il further snueied, That the follow
ing sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated
to meet the expenditures which may be Incurred I'M
der the acts passed during the present session ITO
authorize an increase of the rank and file Of the ar
my, and to provide for raising regiment ofmount.
ed raemen--giz:
For pay, eight hundred and fourteen thousand
FIVE hundred and twelve dollars;
For Communication Of officers subsistence, twelve
thousand seven hundred and seventy-fve dollars;
For Communication Of forage for officers horses,
eight thousand one hundred and sixty dollars;
For payments, in lieu of clothing, to officers ser
wants, one thousand one hundred and ten dollars;
For subsistence in kind, four hundred and eighty
seven thousand four hundred and forty-two dollars;
For expenses of recruiting, seventy-nine thousand
six hundred dollars;
For clothing, camp, garrison, and horse equipage,
two hundred and ely -four thousand one hundred
and seventy five dollars;
For the regular supplies Of the quartermasters de-
partment, consisting of fuel forage, straw, &C., one
hundred and thirteen thousand dollars;
For the incidental expenses of the quartsrmasters
department. consisting Of expense of courts martial
and courts Of inquiry, extra pay to soldiers, pur-
chase Of horses for Dragons, &C. ninetythree thou
sand five hundred dollars
For transportation of troops and supplies for the
army, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dol
lars;
For the medical and hospital department, twenty
thousand dollars.
APPROVED, August 8, 1886.