Kansas weekly herald., 1855-07-21

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 regiment Of mounted rifle
men, and such companies Of infantry a. may be
moqntsd, viz for the purchase Of horse equip
msnts, saddles, brides, saddle blankets, nose
bags, iron combs, curry-combs, spurs and straps;
Of travelling forgss, blacksmiths' and shoefng
tools, horse and mule shoes, iron and steel for
shoeing, hire OF veterinary surgeons, purchase
Of medicines for horses and mules, shosing
horses Of mounted corps, and repairinf dragoon
and rife equipments, three hundred and seventy
FIVE thousand three hundred and sixty-sight
dollars.
For constructing barracks and other outbuild-
ings at posts, which 1t may be necessary to oc-
cupy during the year, and for repairing, alter
ing, and enlarging buildings at the established
posts, including hire or commutation Of quar-
tiers for officers on military duty hire Of quar-
ters for troops, Of stsrehouses for the safe keep
ing of military stores, and OF grounds for sum-
mer cantonments; for encampments and tempo
rary frontier stations, four hundred and ninety
thousand four hundred and ffty-eight dsllars.
For mileage to officers of the army, for trans
portation Of themselves and baggage when traV-
elling on duty, without troops or escorts, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For 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 Philadelphia to the several posts and army
dspots of subsistence from the places of pur-
chase, and from the places Of delivery under con-
tract, to such places as the circumstances of the
service may require it to be sent; Of ordnance,
ordnance stores and small arms, from the foun-
dries and armories to the arssnals, Notifications
frontier posts and army depots freights, wharf
age, tolls and ferriages for the purchase and
hire ofhorses, mules and oxen, and the purchase
and repair Of wagons, carts, drays, ships and
other seagoing vessels and boats for the trans
portation of supplies, and for garrison purposes;
for drayage and carriage at the several posts !;
hire of teamsters; transportation of funds for
the pay and other disbursing departments the
the expense of sailing public transports on the
var ious rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the At
Ian tic and Pacific and for procuring water at
such posts from their situation require that it
be brought from a distance, and for clearing
roads and removing distractions from roads,
harbors, and rivers, to the extent which may
be required for the actual operations Of the
troops on the frontier, one million two hundred
thousand dollars.
For the purchase Of horses for the first and
second regiments of dragons, the companies
of light artillery, the mounted rifemen, and
such infantry as the commanding officers at the
frontier posts may find it necessary to mount,
two hundred thousand dollars.
For contingencies of the army, six thousand
dollars.
For the medical and hospital departments,
fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the adjutant-gen-
eral's department, at division and department
head-q uarters, four hundred dollars.
For armament of fertifcations, one hundred
and twenty-five Thousand dollars.
For ordnance, ordnance stores and supplies,
one hundred thousand dollars.
For the current expenses of the ordnance ser
vice, one hundred thousand dollars.
For the manufacture of arms at the national
armories, two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars.
For repairs and improvements and new ma
chinery at Harper's Ferry, thi1ty-tmo thousand
six hundred and seventy-three dollars.
For repairs and improvements and new ma
chinery at Springfield armory, ffty-four thou
sand dollars.
For new machinery at Harper's Ferry armo-
ry, twenty thousand dollars.
For repairs, preservation, and contingencies
Of arsenals, fifty thousand dollars, and for con-
tinuing the construction of the arsenal at BENZ
cia, California, forty thousand dollars. And it
| is hereby provided, that the annual compensa-
tion of the civil superintendents of the national
| armories be two thousand five hundred dollars.
without perquisites, allowances, or additions
| of any kind, quarters excepted, and that the
| same be paid out of any money in the treasury
| not otherwise appropriated.
For continuing the survey of the northern and
| northwestern lakes, including Lake Superior,
| fifty thousand dollars.
For surveys for military defences of the sea
| and inland frontier, fifteen thousand dollars.
| For printing a new system of light infantry
and rifle tactics, to be stereotyped, with engrav-
ed plates, and for procuring for distribution to
the militia of the United States, books of tactic
| al instruction, including the system of regula-
| tions now in course of preparation, thirty thou
sand dollars.
For compensation of the clerk and messenger
| in the office of the commanding general, two
thousand dollars.
| For contingent expenses of the office of the
| commanding general, three hundred dollars.
| For arrearages prior to July first, one thou
sand eight hundred and fifteen, payable through
the Office of the Third Auditor, under act ap-
proved May the first, one thousand eight hun
dred and twenty, in addition to the balance un-
drawn in the treasury, two thousand dollars.
| For the Capitol extension, three hundred anc
| twenty-five thousand dollars.
To complete the road from Point Douglass, or
| the Mississippi River, to the mouth of the St
Louis River, of Lake Superior, in Wisconsin
| thirty-four thousand two hundred and thirteeI
dollars and fifty cents.
To complete the road from Point Douglass tt
Fort Gaines, now Fort Ripley, thirteen thous-
and four hundred aud ninety-four dollars and
nine cents.
To complete the road from Swan River to
the Wlnnebago Agency, two thousand five hun
dred and thirty-hve dollars and thirty-nine
cents.
To complete the road from Wabashaw to
| Mendoza, thirteen thousand e light hundred and
seventy-one dollars and seventy-six cents. The
said road to be completed under the direction
of the Secretary of War.
To complete the road from MENDOZA to the Biz
Sioux River, twenty-seven thousand four hun
dred and sesenty-fve dollars and sixty-eigh
cents.
That the sum of thirty-two thousand dollar
be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out o
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise ap
propriated, to be expended under the direction
of the Secretary of War, in the manner follow
ing, namely: Sixteen thousand dollars for th
Improvement of the road from Fort Union II
Santa Fe; ten thousand dollars for the improve
ment of the road from Sscalote to AIbuquerqus
via Canon Blanco and Canon Carnue and si1
1 thousand dollars for the Improvement of tn,
road from Canada to Abiquea; all the sait
roads being in the Territory of New Mexico.
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