The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-11
NUMBER 3.
hundred and forty three dollars and fifty

termaster's department. consisting OF fu-
el, forage in kind for the horses, mules,
aud oxen of the quartermaster's depart
ment at the several military posts and
stations, and with the armies in the field
for She horses of the first and second reg.
imcnts of Dragons, The companies Of
light artillery, the regiment of mounted
rihemcn, and such companies of infantry
as may be mounted, and also for the au-
thorizcd number of officers horses when
serving in the field and at the outposts
of straw for soldiers bedding. aud of sta
tioncry. including company and other
blank books for the army, certificates for
discharged soldiers, blank forms for the
pay and quartermasters departments,
and for the printing OF division and dc
partmcnt orders, army regulations, and
reports, one millions
For the incidental expenses of the
quartcrmastcr' department, consisting
Of postage on letters and packets received
and sent by officers of the army on pub;
lie services expenses of courts martial
and courts of inquiry, including the ad-
ditioual compensation to judge advocates,
recorders, members, aud witnesses, while
on that service. under the act Of March
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two
extra pay to soldiers employed, under
the direction of the quartermaster' de-
partmcnt, in the erection of barracks,
quarters, storehouscs, and hospitals; the
construction of roads aud other constant
labor, for periods If not less than ten
days under the act March second, eigh-
teen hundred and nineteen expenses OF
expresses to and from the frontier posts
and armies in the field of escorts to
paymasters, other disbursing officers,
and trains, when military escorts cannot
be furnished expenses Of the iDterment
of fnou-commissioncd officers aud soldiers,
authorized Office furniture hire of la
borcrs in the quartermasters department.
including hire of interpreters, spies, and
guides for the army; compensation Of
clerk to officers Of the quarternaster'
department colnpensa tion of forage and
wagon masters, authorized by the act of
Jnly, eighteen hundred and thirty eight;
for the apprehension of dcserters, and the
expenses incident to their pursuit; the
various expenditures required for the
first aud second regiments of dragoons,
the companies light artillery, the regi-
ment of mounted rifemcn and such coui-
panies of infantry as may be mounted,
including the purchase of travelling for
gc., blacksmitbs and shoeing tools, horse
ard mule shoes, iron, hire of veterinary
surgeons, and medicines for horses and
mules, three hundred thousand dollars
For constructing, repairing, and en-
latging barracks. quarters, hospitals,
storehouses, stables, wharves, and ways
at the several posts and army depots;
for temporary cantonmeuts, and the au-
thorized furniture for barrack rooms of
non-commissioned officers and soldiers
gur-houses for the protection of cannon,
including the necessary tools and mate
rials for the objects enumerated, and for
rent of quarters and officers, and bar
racks and hos, itals for trooTs, where
there are no public buildings for their
accommo odaton for storehouses for the
safekeeping Of military stores and Of
grounds for summer cantonments and en-
campments, three hundred thousand dol
lars;
For erecting barracks and quarters at
the Republican Fork of the Kansas riv-
or, sixty five thousand dollars;
For erecting barracks and quarters for
a military post on Minnesota river, for
ty thousand dollar;
For mileage or allowance made to Of
ficers for the transportation of themselves
and baggage, when travelling on duty
without troops, one hundred and tw6nty
thousand dollars;
For transportation Of the army, inclu-
ding the baggage of the troops, when mo.
wing either by land or water Of cloth
ing, camp and garrison equipage and
horse equipments, from the depot at
Philadelphia 10 the several posts and
army depots of subsistence from the
places of purchase, and from the places
of delivery, under contract, to such
places as the circumstances of service
may require it to be sent of ordnance,
ordnance stores and small arms, from the
boundaries and armories to the arsenals.
Notifications, frontier posts, and army
depots freights, tolls, and ferriageS for
the purchase and hire of horses, mules,
oxen, wagons, carts, drays, ships, and
other seaeoing vessels and boats, for the
transportation Of supplies, and for gar
rison purposes for drayage and carriage
at the several posts; hire of teamstcrs !;
transportation VI funds for the pay and
other disbursing departments the ex'
pcnse of sailing public transports on the
various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and
the Atlantic and Pacific aud for proeur-
ing water at such posts as from their
situation require that it be brought from
a distance, one million five hundred thou.
sand dollars
For the purchase Of horses required
for the first aud second regiments Of dra-
goons, the companies Of light artillery.
the regiment of mounted rificmen, and
such companies of infantry as may be
mounted one hundred and eighty thou
sand dollars
For the medical and hospital depart.
ments, fifty two thousand dollars
For cannon, gun carriages, and pro.
jectilos for seacoast defence, two hundred
thousand dollars
For ordnance stores, and supplies, one
hundred thousand dollars
4 For the manufacture Of arms at tho
national armories, two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars
To make good damages at Harper
Ferry, caused by the food Of nineteenth h
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