Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-10-22


light artillery, the regiment of mounted
l7l60 90 rihemen, and such companies OF infantry
as may be mounted and also for the
thorzed number Of officers horses, when
serving in the field and at the outposts
Of straw for soldiers bedding and of
stationery, including company and other
BLAST so blank-books for the army, certificates for
discharged soldiers, blank forms for the
pay and quarternaster's departments, and
for the printing of division and depart
ment orders, army regulations, and re-
ports. .................................,..,
For the incidental expenses Of the quarter
34,4l6 90 masters department consisting of post
age on letters and packets received and
sent by officers of the army public
1876 40 service; expenses of courts-martia and
courts of inquiry including the addition
al compensation to judge advocates
corders, members, and witnesses, while
on that service, under the act of March
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two
1892 SO extra pay to soldiers employed, under the
direction of the quartermasters depart
ment, in the erection OF barracks, quar-
tiers, storehouses and hospitals; the
struction of roads and other constant la
Dor, for periods of not less than ten days,
under the act of March second, eighteen
hundred and nineteen, including those
655 90 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-
Alb 90 tiers, other dsbursing officers, and trains
when military escorts cannot be furnish
ed expenses of the interment of
commissioned officers and soldiers
600 go thorized office furniture; hire oflaborers
$40 90 in the quartermasters department, in
Guiding hire of interpreters, spies, and
guides for the army; compensation Of
clerk to officers of the quartermasters de-
300 90 partment compensation of forage and
100 90 wagonmasters, authorized b. the act of
. July eighteen hundred and thirty-eght;
for the apprehension Of deserters, and the
~" ... expenses incident to their pursuit; the
various expenditures required for the
5000 90 first and second regiments Of Dragons
the companies of light artillery the reg-
ment of mounted rifemen and such COM
panes of infantry as may be mounted,
viz: horse equipments the purchase of
travelling FORCES, blacksmhs and shoe
ing tools, horse and mule shoes, iron and
steel for shoeng hire of veterinary
geons purchase of medicines for horses
and mules shoeing horses of mounted
10000 90 corps and repairing dragon and rife
equipments.
For constructing barracks and other build
ings at posts which it may be necessary
10000 90 to occupy during the year, and for
pairing, altering, and charging buildings
g.. ... at the established posts, including hire cor
Communication of quarters for officers hire
Of quarters for troops of storehouses for
..... the safekeepng of military stores, and Of
... grounds for summer cantonments for
encampments and temporary frontier sta
100000 90 tons
For mileage or allowance made to officers
...... for the transportation of themselves and
III. baggage, when travelling on duty with
out troops
For transportation of the army including
$4,000 90 the baggage of the troops, when moving
...' either by land water; of clothing,
camp and garrison equipage and horse
.... equipments from the depot at Philadel-
..@" phia to the several posts and army de-
pots; of subsistence from the places of
purchase and from the places of delivery,
under contract to such places the cir
49,. .... cumstances of the service may require it
to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores,
-. and small arms, from the foundries and
arnories TO the arsenals, Notifications,
$4,000 90 frontier posts and depots; freights,
tolls, and ferriages; for the purchase and
hire OF horses, mules, oxen wagons, carts,
drays, ships, and other sea-going vessels
and boats, for the transportation of sup
......". plies and for garrison purposes; for
...r. drayage and carriage at the several posts
100000 90 hire of teamsters; transportation of
funds for the pay and other disbursing
departments; the expense of sailing pub
. lie transports the various rivers, the
Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic and Pa
cifc; and for procuring water at such
$4,000 90 posts from their situation require that
il be brought from distance...............
For the purchase of horses required for the
first and second regiments Of Dragons,
the companies of light artillery, and the
regiment of mounted riaemen.
For contingencies Of the army ..................
For the medical and hospital departments
For contingent expenses OF the Adjutant
.... Generals department, as division and de-
24sOOO 90 partment headquarters.
750o0 90 For repair and preparation of the ponon-
On ooo m bridge train, TO be stored and kept in
readiness for the field ......................
$4,000 90 For armament of Qualifications
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and sup
plies.
For the current expenses of the ordnance
For the manufacture Of arms at the nation
al armores.
For repairs and improvements and new ma
chinery at Harper's Ferry .................
For arsenals
For the completion of magazine at Jefferson
Barracks Missouri.
For an iron steamer to be used in the
vey of the northwestern lakes including
Lake Superior under the War DEPART
ment..
For military and geographical surveys west
OF the Misssslppl............
For continuing the survey of the northern
and northwestern lakes including Lake
For repairs of instruments Of the corps Of
typographical engineers ................,....
For printing and distributing charts Of lake
For the purchase Of Barlows planetarium
for the of the Military Academy at
West Point.
For fuel and quarters for officers Of the
army serving on lighthouse duty, the
payment of which is no longer made
provided for by the quartermaster's de-
partment
For continuing the explorations and
veys TO ascertain the best route for rail-
way to the Pacific, and for completing
the reports Of surveys already made..
For fuel and quarters and for mileage
transportation for officers and enlisted
soldiers of the army serving in the coast
survey, in longer provided for
by the quartermasters department.........
For arrearages prior TO July first, one thou
sand eight hundred and fifteen, payable
through the Office of the Third Auditor,
under an act approved May the first one
thousand eight hundred and twenty, in
eoOVo w addition to a balance Of seven thousand
six hundred and ifty-three dollars and