The Empire County argus., 1855-04-07


dred dollarsy
For three months extra pay for non.commssioned Off
GERS, musicians and privates reensment, ten thou
sand dollars
For subsistence in kind, one million and twenty-eight
thousand four hundred and ninety-seven dollars;
For clothing for the army camp and garrison equpage,
four hundred and eighty thousand three hundred and fifty
nine dollars and thirty. y.eight cents;
For the regular supplies of the Quarermasers Depart
ment consisting of fuel forage in kind for the horses
mules and Of the Quarermaser's Department, at
the several military posts and stations and with the armies
in the field for the horses of the first and second regiments
of dagoons the companies of light artillery the regiment
of mounted rihemen and such companies of infantry
may be mounted and also for the authorized number of
officers horses when serving in the field and at the out
poss 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
and Quartermasers Departments and for the printing OF
division and department orders army regulations and re-
ports, nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
For the incidental expenses of the Cuartermasers De-
parment, consisting of postage letters and packets
ceive and sent by officers of the army on public service
expenses of martial and courts of inquiry including
the additional compensation to udgeadvocaes recorders
members, and witnesses, while that service under the
act of March sixteenth eighteen hundred and two extra
pay to soldiers employed under the direction of the Quar-
termasters Department, in the erection of barracks
ter storehouses and hospitals the construction of roads
and other labor for periods of not less than ten
days, under the act of March second eighteen hundred
and nineteen, including those employed clerks at dvis
ion and department headquarters of expresses
to and from the frontier posts and armies in the field of
escorts to paymaster other disbursng officers and trains
when military escorts cannot be furnished expenses the
interment of noncommissioned officers and soldiers
thorzed Office furniture hire of laborers in the Quarter
masters Department. including hire of interpreters, spies,
and guides for the compensation of clerk to officers
of the Quarermasters Department; compensation of To-
rage and wagonmaster authorized by the act of July,
eighteen hundred and thyeight for the apprehension
of deserter and the expenses incident to their pursuit
the various expenditures required for the first and second
regiments of dragoons the companies of light artillery
the regiment OF mounted remen, and such companies OF
infantry may be mounted, Wis horse equipments, the
purchase of travelling forges blacksmhs and shoeing
TOOLS horse and mule shoes, iron and steel for shoeng
and mules shocng horses of mounted corps and repair
ing dagoon and rifle equipments three hundred and sew
entyve thousand three hundred and siXyeight dollars
and thirty-two cents
For constructing barracks and other buildings at posts
which may be necessary to occupy during the year. and
Tor repairing auerng ana eniargng buildings at the es
tabshed posts including hire communication of quarters
the safe keeping of military stores, and of grounds for
mer canonments for encampments and temporary frontier
stations, six hundred and twenty thousand dollars;
For mileage allowance made to officers for the trans
poraton of themselves and baggage when travelling
duty without troops hundred and twenty thousand
dollars;
For transportation of the army, including the baggage
of the troops, when moving either by land waters of
clothing camp and garrison equpage and horse-equp-
ments from the depot at Philadelphia to the several posts
and army depots of subsistence from the place of pur
chase and from the places of delivery, under contract to
such places the circumstances of the service may require
1t to be sent OF ordnance, ordnance stores, and small
arms from the foundries and amores the arsena for
eatlons, frontier posts, and army depots feighs tolls
and ferages for the purchase and hire of horses mules
wagons carts, drays, ships and other going
sells and boats for the transportation of supplies and for
garrison for dayage and carriage at the sevel
posts hire of teamsters transportation of funds for the
pay and other disbursng departments the expenses of
sailing public transports on the various rivers the Gulf of
Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific and for procuring
water at such posts from their situation require that it
be from distance million two hundred thou
sand dollars;
For the purchase of horses required for the first and
ond regiments of dragoons the companies of light arte
ry and the regiment of mounted remen, hundred and
For contingencies of the army, six thousand dollars;
For the Medical and Hospital Department, ifty-one
| thousand two hundred and forty dollars;
For contingent expenses of the Adjutant Generals De-
parment division and department headquarters four
For repair and preparation of the Ponton- Bridge tran
to be stored and kept in readiness for the field fifteen thou
For armament of Notifications, hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars;
For ordnance ordnance stores, and supplies seventy
five thousand dollars
For the expenses of the ordnance SERVICE
hundred thousand dollars;
For the manufacture of arms at the national armores,
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars PrOvded That
much of all laws heretofore passed, which authorized
the appointment OF military officers to superntend the ope
raons at the national amores, be- and the is here
by repealed and from and after the passage of this act it
shall be the duty of the President of the United States
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to
point competent and well qualified civilian supernen
dent at each of said armories;
For repairs and improvements and machinery at
Harpers Ferry thrtyfve thousand one hundred dollars
For arsenals, thryhree thousand three hundred and
ten dollars
Missouri, twenty-five thousand dollars;
Fer iron steamer to be used in the survey of the
them and northwestern lakes including Lake Superior,
under the War Department fifty thousand dollars;
For military and geographical surveys west of the Mis-
slssppi twenty-five thousand dollars;
For continuing the survey of the northern and north
western lakes including Lake Superior, fifty thousand dol
lars;
For repairs of instruments of the corps of Typographical
engineers, five thousand dollars
For printing and distributing charts lake surveys
thousand five hundred dollars
For the purchase of Barlow panetarum for the of
the military academy West Point thousand dollars
For fuel and quarters for officers of the army serving
or provided for by the Quarermaser's Department five
thousand and sixty dollars and sixy-seven cents
For continuing the explorations and surveys ascertain
the best route for railway to the Pacific and for compet
ing the reports of already made, the of
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For fuel and quarters and for mileage transportation
for officers and enlisted soldiers of the army serving the
coast in longer provided for by the Quar-
termaster's Department, ten thousand dollars
For arrcarages prior to July first thousand eight
hundred and feen payable through the office of the Third
Auditor, under act approved May the frst thous-
and eight hundred and twenty in addition balance
seven thousand six hundred and yhree dollars and five
cents undrawn the treasury the thrtieth of Sepem-
ber, thousand eight hundred three thou
sand five hundred dollars
For purchase of SITE and construction of arsenal
Benicia, California, thrtythree thousand nine hundred
and eighty-fve dollars
For the sword ordered be presented to revet Major
General John E Wool by the joint resolution approved
January tweny-fourh eighteen hundred and fifty four
one thousand five hundred dollars;
For payment of claims adudcaed by the board of army
officers appointed by the Secretary of War; under the sixth
section of the act of August thirty eighteen hundred
and fytwo hundred and tweny-nin thousand eight
hundred and eighy-fve dollars and twenty three and
half cents