The true Democrat., 1855-07-03
For communication of officers subsistence Se2S 168. For communication of forage for officers horses sl04

clothing officers wants, S36 $50.
 For expenses of recruiting, transportation of re- cruls, three months extra pay to commissioned ofhcers, musicians, and privates, re-enlistment S1O0.00O.
 For subsistence in kind, s1. .Ss1 ,o6S 75.
 For clothing for the army, camp and garrison equip age. S574, ,ST6 59
 For the regular supplies of the quarter masters de- pafment, consisting of fuel forage in kind for the horses mules, and oxen of the uuarter-master,s de- partment, at the several military posts and stations,
 ana with the armies in the field; for the horses of the hIst and second regiments of dragoons, the compa- mes ot light artillery, the regiment of mounted rife men, and such companies of infantry may be l mounted and aso for the authorized number of off cers horses when serving in the field and at the out posts; of straw for soldiers bedding and of staonc ry, including company and other blank books for the army certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms TOT the pay, and quarter masters departments and for the printing of division and department orders army regulations, and reports, $89O, ,O0O.
 For the incidental expenses of the quarter masters department consisting of postage letters and pack cts received and sent by officers the army on public service; expenses of courtmartial and courts of in qulry including the additional compensation to judge advocates, recorders, members, and witnesses while on that service, under the act of March l6th 18O2 extra pay to soldiers employed under the direction of the quarter masters department, in the erection of barracks, quarters, storehouses. and hospitals: the cohsIrncoh Of roads, and other constant labor for periods of not less than ten days under the acts of March Zd lol9 and August 4th, 1854, including those enpoyed as clerks at division, and department head quarters expenses of expresses to and from the iron uer posts ana armies Tn the field; of escorts to pay masters, other disbursng officers, and trains when military escorts cannot be turnished expenses of the lntermcnt of commissioned officers and soldiers authorized office furniture hire of laborers in the quarter masters department including hire of inter preers, splcs and guides, for the army compensation o1 clerk to officers of the quarter-master;s depart ment; compensation of forage and wagon masters lIy %1, henson of deserters, and the expenses incident to ther pursuit. the various expenditures required for lie rso ana second regiments of dragoos the com pa'iles o lght artillery, the regiment of mounted rlnelei, and such companies of infantry as may be mounted VIZ: for the purchase of horse eouipments as saddles, brides, saddle blankets nose bars iron combs, curycombs, and spurs, and straps: of travel
 Ing 1orges blacksmiths and shoeing tools horse and mule shoeS Iron and steel for shoeing hire of vcteri nary surgeons purchase of medicines for horses and mules, shoelng horses of mounted corps, repairing dfaSooll and rifle equipments s375 5,36s.
 or constructing barracks and other buildings at poss winch 1t may be necessary occupy during the year, ana torreparing altering and enarging build lilgs at the established posts, including hire or com mutation ot quarters for officers on military duty hfe o1 quarters for troops of storehOscs for the safe keeping of military stores and of grounds for sum lner catonlnents; for encampments and te,nporarv frontier stations, S49O ,45S
 TOT mileage to officers of the army. for transporta uoh of themselves and baggage when travelling on uuIy- WllnOut troops or escorts, SlO0 GOO.
 TOT transportation of the army includnr the bao- gage or the troops when moving either by land or Wi'Cer; of clothing, camp and garrison equpage and horse equipments, from the depot at Philadelphia to the several posts and army depots of subsistence from the places ot purchase and from the places of deliye ry under contract to such places as the circumstances o the serEce may require it to be scnt of ordnance ordnance stores and small arms from the foundries ana afmoflcs to the arsenas. Notifications frontier posts ana army depots; tTeghs, wharfage tolls and flp pI..b, ,l q and oxen, and the purchase and repair of wagons carts drays ships and other sea- going vessels and oo'CS TOT the transportation of supplies and for gar
 S ui ioSes; Tor drayage and carriage at the several
 posts; hlre of teamser; transportati0n of funds for the pay and other disbursng deparments: the ey- lThSc ol salIg pubc transports the various rivers the Gulf of nexco and the Atlantic and Pacific: and TOT procuring water at such posts from their situa tlon Iequlre that It be brought from distance and TOT cIearlng roads and removing obsructious from ioa"S nafDors, and nvers to the extent which may DC required Tor the actual operations of the troops on the frontier, $1 100000
 For the purchase of horses for the first and second regiments of dragoons the companies o1 light urtil- ciy the mounted ritiemen, and such infantry os the communicating o1ncers at the frontier posts may find it necessary to mount $20oO00.
 TOT contingencies of the armv $6 O0O
 For the medical and hospital departments s52 800
 fofcontngent expenses of the adiutant-general's S4OO. ''0'A 4"Ai'o'''
 Iol aIulahenC O1 fOrtfcatlOnS S125. .00O.
 For ordnance, ordnance stores and suppies SlOO- 00u. TT ' s'
 or the current expenses of the ordnance service $100.000. ~ ~'
 For the manufacture of arms at the national ar
 For repairs and improvements and reu, r,aob;nor,, at iarpers Ferry, $32, ,673.
 TOT repalrs and improvements and new machinery at Springfield armory, S540OO.
 fOr new machinery at Harpers Ferry S2O OOO
 lotio senas S5OoO0, and for continuing the construction of the arsenal at Bencia. California $40 900. And It IS hereby provided, that the annual compcnsation oi te cHl superlntendents of the national armories oe &z,ooo, without perquisites, allowances or add uohs 01 any klnd, quarters excepted, and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
 For continuing the survey ofthe northern and north western lakes, including Lake Superior s5O,oOo
 TOT surveys for military dcfences of the sea and n- land frontier, S15.OOO
 F or printing a new system of light infantry and Tile taccs, to be stereotyped, with engraved plates ana TOT procuring for distribution to the militia of the United States books of tactical instruction in cludng the system of regulation now in course of preparation, $30,00Q For compensation of the clerk and messenger in the 2, office oi the commanding general s2,ooo. manding general, $500.
 TOT arrearages prior to July 1st, 1915, payable through the office of the Third Auditor under an act approved May the lst l62O in addition to the balance undrawn in the traesury, $2,0OO.
 For the Capitol extension S325OOO.
 lo complete the road from Point Douglass. on the Mississippi River, to the mouth of the St. Louis River, of Lake Superior, in Wisconsin, $34,2l3 5O
 To complete the road from Point Douglass to Fort | Gaines, now Fort Ripley, $1S494 09.
 To complete the road from Swan River to the Win nebago Agency, S2,5oo S9.
 10 complete the road from Wabashaw to Mendota, ! Si3o!l 76 The said road to be completed under the direction Of the Secretary of War.
 To complete the road from Mendota to the Big Sioux River, S27 .475 6S.
 That the sum of s32 900 be- and the same is here by appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War; in the manner fol-
 lowing, namely: $l6,OoO for the improvement of the road from Fort Union to Santa Fe; $l0,00o for the improvement of the road from Secaote to Abuquer- que, via Cannon Blanco and Cannon Carnue; and S6,0QO for the improvement of the road from Canada to Abiquea; all the said roads being in the Territory of New Mexico.
 s ?. And be at further enacted, That the board of officers appointed under the sixth section of the act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending Jnne 30h 1S53 approved August 3lst 1852, is hereby abolished: Provided, that it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to appoint during the recess of Congress- such of the