The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-24
I,Ws oF THE UNITED STATES,
[Pual.le -No. 3l.l
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Al ACT mAklUk affptStHh@tASsNe Fl H ,hs army tos the year eRlIhg the thtriielh oi Iane one thousand eight hnndGed and hiiy. R. |, eaacted bg the Senate anh House oi Rope ,,,ives of the Uailed Esaies et America ln Con- -.s.. As.emhed, That ii.e following sums hr, ana .,s sae are hereby, appropriated, out o' any money ~ ,h ifeasu,v not otherM ise appropriated, tor the of ihc army fs the year ending the ihiFtieth .fIaoe one thousand eight hundred and htiy ,or nav ol the army, one million six hundred and ,hiry.iFe thousaad hve hundFen anu e'gnay' ge~ ro,n,outsiion of officers subsistence. Eve ,.I,.d aod six,S .one thousand eight hundred dol- ,,. ;nrludins ,he addiiional Talions iog eoInmts- 'ansd oleers commanding arsenals " or ' asiao- r,es being separate and fixed oF permanent "posts 4 oft inc army oi ihe United Siates;
 Far eon,uutaton of forage for oaicer' hoFaees one buodred and tour thousand seven hundred andahasy- SIX dollars;
 ,,,r,s ih;fty-six thousand two hundred dollars;
 FOr expenses of recruiting, thhty-eight thousand and ifiy-two dalIarsi
 For three months extra pay 10 non-eoIamlssioned oA;csrs, musicians, and PFlsaes, rs-ensiment, ten N thousand dollars; |
 For the regular supplies of the quartermaster's teutmppi consisting Of fuel. forage ia kind ioF the ,u,botixed hnabeI ol eiicers ho,ses, and tor the bors,s mules and oxen, of the qnarierlnasteT's 
 and w,,b the armies ia the field. aud Tor the hoFses oC ths first and second regiments of dragoons, the fur companies of light artillery, and he regiment ot mnnuted rasnen; of raw tJI solde,s bed ling. ' and oG stationery. incIuding company and other blank books for the army, eerc aies ior dischaTgs soldiers blank forms for the pay and quarterraasiers N department, and for the printing ot division and department orders audaimy regulations five hundred N thousand dollars;
 For the incidental expenses of the quarieFmasters department consisting of postage letters and packeis received and sent by officers on public vice; expenses ol courts martial and courts oI iqry, N iaeJuding the additional compensation 10 judge ,d,ocaies recorders, members, and witnesses while on that service. nnder the act of M1eh sixteenth. N eighteen hundred and two; extia pay 10 soldiers A employed in the erection tf barracks, quarters, ,oehonses and hospitals. the construction ot roads, and other constant labor, under the dneciion ol the Oaarermasers department, for periods of moi less N lhaa ten days, under the act pf secoad March, eighteen hundred and nineteen; expenses of expres s,s 10 and from the frohtieT posts aRd armies the hsi, of escorts to payinasters, other disbuTsing officers and trains, where nilt y escorts cannot be furnished; expense of the iniermeni of non-commis stoned officers and soldiers hire of laboreTs in the 0uatsrnaster's department; compensation ol clerks To the officers of the qisrierinaster's department; compehsa ion to wagon and f,rage masters, author lsd by the act of the fifth of July. eighteen hundred and thrty-eghi; for the apprehension of deserers, ,bl ihe expenses incident 10 their pursn; the various expenditures necessary 10 keep the first and second regiment of diagoons the iour companies of hgh ar illety and the regiment of mounted ihemen complete, inclingt the purchase Of travelling lorges. backsmihs' and sho ing tools horse and mule shoes, ifoo hire of veterinary surgeons, medicines tor sosSs and mules, wo hundred and seventy five thou Nhh dollars;
 For thp purchase of horses required for the first s1d second regiments of dragoons, the four compa- ls' ct light artillery, and the regiment o! mounted nas nAn, one hundred thousaad dollars;
 For co tstTnciing, repairing, and eniarging bar arks. quarters, hospitals, storehouses, stables, Ehstvss. and ways. at the several posts and army i'Tois; for temporary canionmenis, gnh-housss inL '- iFoteciian nf eahron. including the necpssaiy co.'s and materials, for the objects enumerated and or he authorized furniture for barrsck rooms of 'cO.comnrissioned officers and soldiers; reht of intsr for officers bdrrsrks and hospitals troops, NN're there a,e public buildings for lh-iI Eoiinu; for storehnnse> for lhe ssfe-ke4ping of siiay sores, and of grounds for simmer canton- nHs and encampments three hundred thousand W teNar
 FT mileage, or the allowance made officers for e- transportation oi themselves and baggage, when fv'Ing on dniy without troops, seventy five N A rsl1d dollars;
 For he transportation of inc army, including inc l'tsase of the troops W hen moving either by land F wa'-I ot clothing, camp and garrison equipage, ana herSe equipments tIoin the drpols at Philadrl- pAa aud N. York io the several posts and army Fpd'i o' subsistence, from the places of purchase Nal iioh the places of delivery, under contact iO Nhrh p'ac as the circumstances ofthe seryice may Neqaue | 10 be seni; Of ordnance, ordnance stores 'hd small arms, from the Ioundries and armories 10 ne arssnals, lolIfcatuns frontier posts, and army spo's; re'gh's tolls, and terrisgrs: the purchase ai knsa ns and other a-going vessels and boats. for tlie aa'pOra'ion oI supplies and for garrison pun poses N" }age and carriage at the several posts, hhe of ,shs',r'; transportation of funds for the pay and "ne' a'oarshg deparmeHis; The expense ot sail. s hoIIe transports ;he vaiions rivers. the gulf
 rlco, and m the Atlantic and Pacihc and of O'"lag water al such post. as, frotn their situa- '"" reqh'fe 't, seven hundred and Ally thousand
 For @eiiral and hospital departments, flly-two Tor dlnsmrnt of Notifications, one hundred thou ard dollars; Tor purchase of ordnance, ordnance stores, and ''pphes one hundred thousand dollars; r@' current 'xnenses q the ordnance service, one 'r''ea thousand doars;
 rT manufacture of arms at the national armosies, ',- m hundred aDd sixty thousand dollars: 1F me purchase nt Colts revolving pistols if the F.e''ry Of War shonld deem it advisable and 1 ,aef' lilly thousand dollars; ss Ter repairs and improvements. and new ma. ! aaey at the Harpe,'s Ferry srmosy, sixty-two | e'aAd SIX hundred and twenty dollars; t% Iepairs and improvements, and new ma asN at the sprng6tld afmory, eighty two thou
 a'e hundred dollars;
 ,~ 'rsenai'. evenly -four thousand two hundred
 HK'y-one dollars;
 iH purchase oi lot of groand at H arper's Ferry. usaa. contiguous to the public buildings, TWO
 Atf-d dollars;
 t@ purchase Of land at Springfield srmory. 10 be ! sei oy raising ths dan al the upper shop, and of 1 @on The northwest corner of the armory grounds. | s' thousand dollaTs;
 .~ purchase ot site for magazine at St. Louis
 M at a suitable point without the city, five | ssAnd doll4rs: ,% surveys m reference to the military delences PlAn; 'N' "" "'ousa"o .~ 'he purchase Of land adjoining the Frank fort
 r1A'' Pennsylvania. twenty thousand dollars:
 erecting suitable buildings and machinery for |
 ,, "Ssa'Ae'nre em oi percussion caps at the same
 e. hiteen thousand dollars;
 ssefsy The expense of compiling. arranging.
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