Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-04-14

rated, and for the authorized furniture Of
the barrack rooms Of non. commissioned
officers and soldiers; building and repair.
ing stables for dragons, light artillery,
and mounted rifemen; for rent Of quarters
for officers, barracks for troops at posts
where there are no public buildings for
their accommodation, and of storehouses
for the safekeeping Of subsistence, cloth
ing, &c., ard ofgrounds for summer csn-
tonments and encampments for military
purposes, one million one hundred and
seven thousand two hundred dollars.
For transportation Of officers baggage,
when travelling on duty withou. troops,
eighty thousand dollars,
For transportation Of troops and sup
plies of the army, including the baggage Of
troops when moving either by land or wa
ter, freights and ferriages; the purchase
or hire of horses, mules, oxen, carts, wa
CONS, and boats; for the transportation Of
supplies, and for garrison purposes; dray-
age and carriage at the several posts, hire
Of teamsters, transportation Of funds io-
the pay department.; the expense Of sailing
pnblic transports between the posts on the
Gulf of Mexico, and Of procuring water at
such posts as, from their situation, require
it; Of clothing from the depot at Philadel-
phia TO the stations of the troops; Of sub
sistence from the places of purchase, ard
from the places of delivery, under con-
tracts, to such places as the circumstances
of the service may require it to be sent !;
Of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small
arms from the foundries and armories, to
the arsenals, Notifications, and frontier
posts, five million two hundred and forty
three thousand three hundred dollars.
For contingencies ofthe army, fifty thou
sand dollars,
For the purchase Of ordnance, ordnance
stores, and supplies, three hundred and
sixty seven thousand six hundred and
twenty nine dollars.
For current expenses of the ordnance
service, one hundred thousand dollars.
For armament of Notifications, one hun.
dred thousand dollars.
For manufacture of arms at the national
armories, three hundred and sixty thou
sand dollars. a&.
For repairs and improvements, and new
machinery, at Springfield armory, eigh-
teen thousand five hundred dollars.
For repairs and Improvements, and new
machinery,a lat Harper's Ferry armory, sew
enteen thousand seven hundred and seven
ty dollars.
For arsenals, fifty one thousand four
hundred and eighty dollars.
For expenses of preparing drawings Of
uniform system of artillery, five thou
sand dollars. ...... .... ...
For surveys with armies in the field,
twenty thousand dollars.
For providing for the comfort Of dis
charged soldiers who may be landed at
New Orleans or other places within the
United States, SO disabled by disease or by
wounds received in the service as to be
unable to proceed to their homes, and for
forwarding destitute soldiers TO their homes,
five hundred thousand dollars; said sum
to be applied and expended under the d.
rection of the Secretary of War.
For the purchase of land, erection of
barracks for soldiers, and quarters for Of
ficers. and laundresses, aud for brick wall
to enclose the grounds, and grading, and
paving the river banks at Newport bar
racks, Kentucky, twenty four thousand
five hundred dollars.
For contingencies of Notifications, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For the medical and hospital department,
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. find be it further enacted, That
the following sums be, and the same are
hereby appropriated, to supply defcien-
cies in appropriations made for the SER
vice Of the present fiscal year, under the
following heads, viz:
For pay of volunteers, under resolution
of eighth August, eighteen hundred and
forty six, one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
For pay of volunteers under act of thir-
teenth May, eighteen hundred and forty six,
one hundred and forty three thousand dol
lars.
For travelling allowance of volunteers,
five hundred thousand dollars.
For transportation and supplies, &c.,
in quartermaster' department, four mill
lion dollars. ..-.. -.... -
For services Of private physicians, in
Guiding the purchase of medical and hos
pital supplies, sixty five thousand dollars.
For pay, including subsistence and
other allowance to officers of the ten regi-
ments of regular troops, authorized dur
ing the present session, three hundred
and eighty seven thousand nine hundred
and seventy three dollars.
For subsistence in kind for such regi-
meats, two hundred and twenty one thou
sand five hundred and seventy one dollars
and fifty two cents.
For pay. of eleven regiments of volun-
teers recently called into service, one mil
lion three thousand one hundred and ten
dollars.
For subsistence in kind, of said regi-
menls Of volunteers, two hundred and
eighty three thousand four hundred and
eighteen dollars and eighty five cents.
For expenses of recruiting, including
bounties, two hundred and sixty two thou
sand eight hundred and ninety five dol
lars.