The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-05-27

for barrack-rooms Of son-ssQni.sioa-
ed 'offosss ~sd soldlers, gua-h~ness for
the protection Of canaan, slaoludiag the
necessary tools and materials for the ob-
jscss enumerated, and for rent of quar-
ters and ofh; es for officers, and barracks
and hospitals for troops, where there ere
no public buildings for their sccommoda-
non for storehoases for the sAfekeeping
OF military stores, and Of grounds for
summer environments and encampmcnta -
For erecting barracks and quarters at the
Republican fork of the Kansas river
For erecting barracks and auarsers for a
military post on Minnesota rlver
For mileage or allowance made 10 ofti EZRA
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 equ'poge, and hosse
equipments, from the depot al Philadel.
phia TO the several posts and army de-
pots OF subsistence from the places Of
purchase, aud from the places Of delivery,
under contract, To such places as the cir
cumstances Of the service may require II
10 be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores,
and small arms, from tho foundrIcs and
armories TO the arsenais, fOruhcations.
frontier posts, and army depots frcights,
tolls, and ferriage; for the purchase and
hire OF horses, mules, oxen, wagons,
carts, drays. ships and other sca-going
vessels and boats, for the transportation
Of supplies, and for garrison purposes
for drayagc and carriage at the several
posts; hire of teamsters; transportation
Of funds for the pay and other dssbursing
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
!, be brought from distance
For the purchase Of horses required for
the frat and second regiments Of dragons,
the companies of light artillery, the rcgi-
ment Of mounted riaemen, and such com
panics Of infantry as may be mounted
For the med cal and hospital departments
For cannon, gun-carriages, and projec'iles
for sca-coast defence
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and sup
plies
For the current expenses of the ordnance
For the manufacture of arms al the national
armoTies
To make good damages at Harper's Ferry,
caused by the flood Of nineteenth and
twentieth Of April, eighteen hundred and
hfiy-two :
For repairs and improvements and new
machinery at Harper's Ferry :
For repairs and improvements and new ma
chinery at Springfield armory
For arsenals
For asrearagcs 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 unexpcnded
balance of seven thousand four hundred
| and twenty-six dollars remaining in the
treasury on the thIrtieth Of September.
one thousand eight hundred and 6fty-
For arrearases Of pay, subsistence, and
clothing due to Captain Richard McRae's
| company of Virginia volunteers, which
served in the war with Great Britain in
| eightesn hundred and twelve and thirteen
| For bridges, and establishing communities
| tons between Fort Leavenworth and tho
Republican fork Of the Kansas river
| For fuel and quarters for officers Of the army
| serving on lighthouse duty, The payment
Of which is no longer made by the Quar-
termas,er'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 ia cases no longer provided for by the
Qusr,ermas,er's department :
| For the discharge Of claims for preventing
and suppressing Indian hos,ili'ies IN Flor
ida :
| To extend the provisions OF the first section
of the act entitled "An act making sprro-
priations for the support Of the army for
| the year ending the thir,ieih Of June, one
thousand eight hundred and 6fty-one,"
| approved September twenty-eisht, eish-
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 rifemen that gar
risoned the post Of Fort Laramie, Ore
gon route, during the time they occupied
| 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 A.
may he deemed advisable, to ascertain
the mos, practicable and economical route
for railroad from the Mississippi river
to the Pacific ocean :
For the purpose Of enabling the COMMUNION
ers Of the Military Asylum to purchase q
suitable site with the view Of eytabiishirs
thercstn Western Military Asylum, in
addition to the sum IN the hsnds Of the
commissioners :