The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-07

Of the commanding general two usand daIsrs
eoatnsent expenses Of the Office Of the commanding
FOR Arrsarages prior July first one thousand eight hun
dfed ana hteen payable through the Office the Third
a1 aaaer an act approved May the first thousand
sisNl Hahered and twenty In addition the balance
a awn IN ne treasury, two thousand dollars.
;, s Iapoi extension three hundred and twenty five
To complete the road Point Douglass on the Mssssp
p river 20 the mouth Of the ST. Louis river OF Lake Supe
ror, WISCONSIN, thirty fosr thousand two hundred and
thir teen dollars and ifty cents.
10 complete the road from Point Douglass Fort Gaines
so pey thirteen thousand four hundred and ninety
four dollars and nine cents
TO complete the road from Swan river 10 winnebago
agency TWO thousand five hundred and thirty dollars
and thirty nine cents.
To complete the road from wabashaw to Mendoza thirteen
hundred and seventy dollars and seventy
SIX cents The said road be completed under the direction
OF the Secretary OF War.
To complete the from Mendoza to the Big Sioux river
twenty seven thousand four hundred dollars
and sixty eight cents
That the thiry-two thousand dollars be- and the
same hereby appropriated in the
gy not otherwise appropriated be expended under the
y the Secretary OF War In the manner following,
namely Sixteen thousand dollars for the improvement Of the
road from Fort Union Santa F thousand dollars for
the Improvement of the road from Secaoe Albuquerque,
via canon Banco and Canon Carnue and six thousand dol
lars for the Improvement OF the road Canada Abb
ques all the said roads being the Territory of New Mex
SEC. And be further enacted That the board Of off,
GERS appointed under the sixth section Of the making
preparations tor the support the for the year ending
june hrtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty three approved
August thirty first eighteen hundred and here
Provided shall
dent Of the United States appoint during the
Congress, such OF the commissioned officers authorized by
this act below the grade OF field officer not be appoint
ed during the present session whose shall expire
the first day Of May, eighteen hundred and six.
SEC g. And Be further enacted That the provisions of
act entitled IAN act for the OF the civil officers
employed in the Territory Of New Mexico while under mill
approved July seventeenth eighteen
bred and fifty be and the hereby extended
embrace the Of Lieutenant Colonel j. NJ
deceased late OF the for and during the period Of his
appointment and service military governor Mexico
oco superintendent Of Indian affairs commander OF
the troops prior to the formation Of the civil
SEC And be further enacted That the of thirty
thousand dollars be- and the hereby
be expended under the direction OF the War Department in
the purchase and importation of cames and dromedaie
be employed Tor military purposes.
SEC. s. And be further enacted, That the provisions OF
the first section of the act entitled IAN act making appropr
aons for the support of the for the ending the
hirteth of June thousand eight hundred and one
approved September twenty eighteen hundred and
the army serving Oregon and California be extended
the officers and composing the garrison of the post Of
Fort Laramie the Oregon route, for the period of
time allowed by the section the third
March, eighteen hundred and three to the officers and
that garrisoned Fort Iaramie and that the provisions Of the
section OF the act be also extended to the officers
and composing the escort to the Mexican boundary
mission while they serving such escort.
SEC. g. And be afurther enacted That the laws granting
pay officers and soldiers who had served in Caor
mia apply to chapans who attached to the army in
California during the period embraced By such laws.
SEC. And ajher enacted That the annual distrbu-
ton of to the several States under the approved
April twenty third eighteen hundred and eight entitled
Gan act making provision for arming and equppng the
whole body of the militia of the United States shall be here
after made according to the number of their
and senator's in Congress- respectively and that be
distributed to the Territories and the District Of Columbia in
such quantities and under such regulations the President
his discretion may prescribe Provided That the Secre
tary of War shall first e9uaze far practicable the
Der of heretofore distributed and in possession Of
several States that each State which has received less
than its pro rata share shall receive number sufficient to
make equal pro rata proportion for all the States accord
ing the number of their and
tors in Congress, respectively.
SEC. 8. And be further enacted, That there shall be
added the army regiments of infantry and two reg
of cavalry organized in the existing force and
there shall be appointed by the President by and with the
advice and OF the Senate bgade general and
that the officers and authorized by this act shall be
titled TO the provisions for wounds and disabilities and
the provisions for widows and children, and the
allowances and benefits, in every respect allowed to
other troops composing the army of the United States
They shall be subject to the rules and articles of and
the men shall be recruited in the other
troops and with the conditions and limitations
SEC. o. And be 1t further enacted That, enable the
President Of the United States into effect the
much Of this relates to the employ
additional military force, such of money, exceed
ing two million five hundred thousand dollars may be
cessay be- and the hereby is appropriated out of
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved March 3, 1855.