The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-28

for barfack-rooms of non-commission-
ed officfeand soldiers gun-houses fer
.thH Rro96eio.l II qaaAep, fue1pdipg Tho
necessary 3eoe nd VA tssn|4 pr aDep6-
jects Snu aesatS3. and for rehf of guar.
tersxnd Offices for oesers, ind Aarracks
and hospitals for troope, wheresxaSero are
no public buildings for their accommoda-
ton for stosshauses for The safekeepine
OF military stores, and of grounds for
summer environments and encampments :
For erecting barracks and quarters nj the
Republican fork Of the Kansas river
For erecting barracks and quarters for a
military post OF Minnesota river
For mileage or atio vance made to officers
for the transportation of themselves and
baggage, when travelling on duty with
out troops
For transportation of the army, including
the baggage of the troops, when moving
either by land or water; of clothing,
camp and garrison equpage, and horse
equipments, from the depot at Philadsl-
phia to the several posts and army de.
cots ;sof subsistence from the places of
purchase, ard from the places Of delivery,
under contract, to such places as the cir
cumstances of the service may require 1t
and smailarms, from the foundrlcs and
armories to the arsenals, Notifications,
frontier posts, and army depots; freights,
tolls, and ferriage; for the purchase and
hire of horses, mules, oxen, wagons,
carts, drays, ships and other sea-going
vessels and boats, for the transportation
of supplies, ami for garris On purposes
for drayage and carriage at the several
posts; hire of teamsters; transportation
of funds for the pay and other disbursing
departments the expense Of sailing pub
lie transports on the various rivers, the
Gulf Of Mexico, and the Atlantic and
Pacific and for procuring water at such
posts as from their situation require that
it be brought from distance
For the purchase of horses required for
the first and second regiments of Dragons,
the companies Of light artillery, the regi-
ment ofmounted rifemen, and such Conn
panies of infantry as may be mounted
For the medical and hospital departments
For cannon, gun.carriages, and projec,iles
for sea-coasi defence =
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and sup
plies =
For the current expenses of the ordnance
service .
For the manufacture of arms at the NATIONAL
armorIes =
To make good damages at Harper's Ferry,
caused by the foot of nineteenth and
twentieth of A. ril, eighteen hundred and
ffty-two =
For repairs and Improvements and new
machinery at Harper's Ferry =
For repairs and improvements and new ma
chnery at Springfield armory .
For arsenals =
For arrearagss prior to July first, eighteen
hundred and fifteen, payable through The
Office Of the Third Auditor, under an act
approved May first, eighteen hundred
and twenty, in addition TO an unexpended
balance of seven thousand four hundred
and twenty-six dollars remaining in the
treasury on the thIrtieth Of September,
one thousand eight hundred and hfty-
For arrearages Of pay, subsistence, and
clothing due to Captain R chard McRse's
company of Virginia volunteers, which
served in the war with Great Britain in
eighteen hundred and twelve and thirteen
For bridges, and establishing communities
tons between Fort Leavenworlh and the
Republican fork of the Kansas river
Fer fue! and quarters for officers OF the army
serving on lighthouse duly, the payment
of which is no longer made by the Guar
termaster's department
For fuel and quarters and for mileage or
transportation for officers and enlisted
men Of the army serving on the coast sur
vey in cases no longer provided for by the
Quartern,aster's department
For the discharge of claims for proven ing
and supervising Indian hostllities in Flor
ida =
To extend the provisions of the first section
of the act entitled can act making appro-
priations for the support of the army for
the year ending the thirieth of June, one
thousand eight hundred and ffty-one,"
approved September twenty-eight, eigh-
teen hundred and fifty, granting extra
pay to the officers and enlisted men of the
army serving in Oregon and California, to
the officers and men of the two companies
of regiment of mounted rihemen that gar
risoned the post of Fort Laramie, Ore
gon route, during the time they occupied
said post
To pay to Richard B, Lee, late commissary
OF the Pacific division of the army, the
sum of eleven hundred and seventy-hve
dollars, with interest from the ninth of
June, eighteen hundred and fifty, being
for money lost in being transported from
Honolulu to San Francisco, under his
charge, and for which he has accounted
10 the department, and which sum in
cludes the expenses incurred in efforts
to recover the same
To make such explorations and surveys as
may be deemed advisable, TO ascertain
the most practicable and economical route
for railroad from the Mississippi river
to the Pacific ocean
For the purpose ofenabling the commission
ers of The Military Asylum to purchase a
suitable site with the view of establishing
t!lereat Western Military Asylum, in
addition to the sum in the hands Of the
commissioners =