Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-10-21

oxen Of the quarterma.ter's department
at the several military posts and sta,
tons, and with the armies in the field
for the horses of the first and second reg.
iments of dragons, the companies O
hight artillery, the regiment of mounted
nnemen, and such companies of infantry
as may be mounted; and also for the au.
tnorized number of officers horses, when
serving In the field, aud at the outposts
OF straw for soldiers bedding, and OF
stationery, including company and other
blank-books for the army certificates for
discharged soldiers, blank forms for the
pay ana quartermaster's departments and
10: the printing of division and depart
ment orders, army regulations, and re-
Ports.
For the incidental expenses of the Quarter.
masters department, consisting of post
age on letters and packets received and
sent by officers of the army ON publ;c
service expenses of courts-mart;al and
courts of inquiry, including the addition
o. compensation to Judge advocates. re-
corders, members, and 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's DEPART
ment' IN the erection of barracks, quar-
tiers, storehouses, and hospitals the con-
struction of roads and other constant la
Dol, for periods of not less than ten days,
under the act of March second, eighteen
hundred and nineteen, including those
employed as clerks at division and de-
partment headquarters expenses of ex-
presses to and from the frontier posts and
armies in the field of escorts to paymas-
tiers, other disbursing officers, and trains,
when military escorts cannot be furnish
ed; expenses of the interment of nom
commissioned officers and soldiers: au-
thorized Office furniture; hire of laborers
in the quartermaster's department, in
Guiding hire of Interpreters, spies, and
guides for the army; compensation of
clerk to officers of the quartermasters de-
partment; compensation of forage and
wagonmasters, authorized b, the act of
July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight:
for the apprehension of deserters. and the
expenses incident to their pursuit; the
various expenditures required for the
first and second regiments of dragons.
the companies of light artillery, the regi-
ment of mounted riflemen, and such COM
panleS OF infantry as may be mounted,
viz: horse equipments, the purchase of
travelling forges blacksmiths' and shoe
ing tools, horse and mule shoes, iron and
steel for shoeing, hire of veterinary sur
geons, purchase of medicines for horses
and mules, shoeing horses of mounted
corps and repairing dragoon and rifle
equipments. ................s.......
'or constructing barracks and other build
ings at posts which it may be necessary
to occupy during the year, and for re-
pairing, altering, and enlarging buildings
at the established posts, including hire or
communication ofquarters for officers; hire
Of quarters for troops, of storehouSes for
the satekeeping of military stores, and of
grounds for summer environments; for
encampments and temporary frontier sta
uohs.
or mileage or allowance made to officers
for the transportation of themselves and
baggage, when travelling on duty with
out troOpS...-.............
or transportation of the army. including
the baggage of the troops, when moving
either by land or water; of clothing
camp and garrison equipage, and horse
equipments, from the depot at Ph;.adek
phia to the several posts ard army de-
pots; OF subsistence from the places of
purchase, and from the places of delivery.
under contract, to such places as the cir
eamstances of the service may require il
to be sent; of ordnance. ordnance stores.
and small al
armories to the arsenals, Notifications.
frontier posts, and army depotS; freights.
tolls, and ferriages; for the purchase aat
hire OF horses, mules, oxen, wagons, carts.
drays, ships, and other sea-goina -assels
and boats, for the transnor.a ,;on of Snn-
pines and FOR garrison purposes: for
draya9e and carriage at the several posts !:
hire of teamsters; transportation of
funds for the pay and other discussing
departments; the expense of sailing pub
lie transports on the various rivers. the
Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pa
cific: and for procuring water at such
posts as from their situation require that
ii be brought from distance. .....
or the purchase Of horses required for the
6rst and second regiments of dragons,
the companies of light artillery, and the
regiment of mounted riflemen ....
'or contingencies of the army................
For the medical and hospital departments
or contingent expenses OF the Adlutant
Generals department, as division and de-
partment headquarters. ................
p. repair and preparation of the ponton.
bridge train, to be stored and kept in
readiness for the field .................
'or armament of Notifications. ...
or ordnance, ordnance stores, and sup
or the current expenses of the ordnance
SerVlce...."............. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
or the manufacture of arms at the nation
or repairs and improvements and new ma
chinery at Harper's Ferry.
or the completion of magazine at Jefferson
Barracks, Missouri. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
or an iron steamer to be used in the sur
yey of the northwestern lakes, including
Lake Superior. under the War Depart
or military and geographical surveys ives.
Of the Mississippi.
or continuing the survey of the northern
and northwestern lakes, including Lake
SuneriAr