Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-06-16

may be mounted viz: for the purchase of horse
saddles brides saddle-biankets nosebags iron c9u
combs and spurs, and straps of travelling force cur
smiths and sheeing tools horse and mule shoes black
steel for shoeing hire of veterinary surgeons nn and
medicines for horses mules shoeing horses f se Of
corps and repairing dragon rife eunipmto mounted
hundred and thousand three hundred and ee
eight dollars o sixty.
For constructing barracks and other BUILDINGS ..
which it may be necessary to occupy during the rP
for repairing altering and charging buildings a. and
tablshed posts, including hire Communication of Tue e-
for officers military duty; hire of quarters for Quarters
groupds cantonments for encsm Srore and
temporary frontier stations four hundred and n;4 and
sand four hundred and fifty eight dollars. 'nou'
For mileage to officers of the army for transno,o.
themselves and baggage when travelling on duiv @ Of
troops escorts, hundred thousand dollars without
For transportation of the army, includin@ the b,.
of the troops when moving either by land or by
from the depot Philadelphia to the several pos
my depot; of subsistence from the places of n, ar
and from the places of delivery under contract ~
places the circumstances of the service NAV r such
be sent of ordnance ordance stores aad small arn
the foundries and armories to the arsenas forcon
frontier posts and army depots freghts, wharapr %
and ferrages for the purchase and hire of horses
and oxen, and the purchase and repair of WAGONS %
drays, ships and other sea-going vessels and boats G rs
transportation of supplies, and for garrison nrnN e
transportation of funds for the pay and other dSs
departments; the expense of sailing public tra Sr
the various rivers the Gulf of Mexico and the AtISp On
situation require that it be brought from distance @
clearing roads and removing distractions from roads @
bors and rivers to the extent which may be required %
the actual operations of the troops the frontier one MI
lion two hundred thousand dollars. ~ Ah'r
For the purchase of horses for the first and second
ments of dragons, the companies of light artillery
mounted rifemen, and snch infantry as the comad e
officers at the frontier posts may find essary mo
two hundred thousand dollars. Nh
For contingencies of the army, six Thousand dollars.
sand five hundred dollars. u'
For contingent expenses of the Acknowledgements da
ment, at division and department headquarters nr 6
bred dollars. '"i nun
For armament of Notifications one hundred and tsD
five thousand dollars. !
For ordnance, ordnance stores and supplies ono L,d
thousand dollars. "
For the current expenses of the ordnance service m
hundred thousand dollars ' Vie
For the manufacture of at the national arroo,
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. '''
For repairs and Improvements and new machinery ~
Hharpers Ferry thrtytwo thousand six hundred and seven
ty-three dollars.
Springfield armory. ffty-four thousand dollars. q"
For new machinery at Harper's Ferry armory twenty
For repairs preservation and contingencies of arsen
fifty thousand dollars and continuing the CONSTRUCTION
And it is hereby provided, that the annual compensation If
the civil superintendants of the national amoes be two
thousand five hundred dollars, without prequs es allow
additions of kind quarters excepted and that
the be paid out of any money in the treasury 9th
erwlse appropriated
For continuing the survey of the northern and norbU
tern lakes including Lake Superior, fifty thousand dollars
For surveys for military defences of the inland
frontier, fifteen thousand dollars
For printing new system of light infantry and rife tao
ties to be stereotyped with engraved plates and for pro-
books of tactical Instruction. including the system reu
ations now in course 70 preparation, thirty thousand d.
lars
For compensation of the clerk and messenger 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 thousand eight
hundred and ffteel payable through the Office of the Third
Auditor under act approved May the first thousand
eight hundred and twenty. in addition to the balance
drawn in the treasury, thousand dollars.
For the Capitol extension three hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars.
To complete the road from Point Douglass on the Mis-
sissppf River to the mouth Of the ST Louis River Lake
Superior, in Wisconsin, thirtyfour Thousand hundred
and thirteen dollars and fifty cents
To complete the road from Point Douglass to Fort Gaines
now Fort Ripley thirteen thousand four hundred and ninety
four dollars and nine cents.
To complete the road from Swan River the WinebagO
Agency two thousand five hundred and thrtyfve dollars
To complete the road from Wabashaw to Mendoza thir
teen thousand eight hundred and sevenyope dollars and
seventy-slx cents The said road to be completed under
the direction of the Secretary of War.
To complete the road from Mendoza to the Big Sioux Ri
yer, twentyseven thousand four hundred and sevene
That the sum of thrtytwo thousand dollars be- and the
same is hereby, appropriated, Of any moneys the
the direction of the Secretary of War in the fol-
lowing namely Sixteen thousand dollars for the improve
ment of the road from Fort Union to Santa Fe; ten thou
sand dollars for the improvement of the road from Sce
to Albuquerque via Canon Bianco and Canon Carnue and
SIX thousand dollars for the improvement of the road from
New Mexico.
SEC. 2 led be 1t further enacted That the board Of
officers appointed under the sixth section of the act making
appropriations for the support of the for the year
June tMfteth, eighteen hundred and hY-hfee
approved August thrty-trst, eighteen hundred and MY
two is hereby abolished Provided that it shall be lawful
for the President of the United States to appoint during
the of Congress such of the commissioned officers
authorized by this act below the grade of field officer
may not be appointed during the present session whose
commissions shall expire the first day of May eighteen
| hundred and fifty-six.
SEC 8. Ind further enacted, That the provisions Of
an act entitled An act for the payment of the civil Officers
employed in the Territory of New Mexico, while und mil
itary government approved July seventeenth, eighteen
hundred and yfour be- and hereby, exten-
ded to embrace the j. NJ Wash
ington deceased late the army and during the pc
ROD OF his appointment and service military governor
New Mexico exocio superintendent of Indian affairs ana
OF the troops prior to the formation OF the e.
! vii government.
Sec T. Ind be further enacted That the Of thirty
thousand dollars be, and the is hereby appropriated
to be expended under the direction of the War Department
IN the purchase and importation of tames and dromeda
| to be employed for military purposes
SEC B. lind be 1T further enacted That the provisions
the hrst section of the act entitled An act making ap
Platoas tar the support of the army for the year ending
the hrteith of June, Thousand eight hundred and
one approved September twenty eighteen hundre
ana hty granting extra to he officers and enlisted
of the army serving in Oregon and California, be EXTENDED
to the officers and composing the garrison of the pos
of Fort Laramie the Oregon route for theanle perez
OF time as was allowed DO the sixth section OF the ac
third March, eighteen hundred and hfthree to the oh
and med OF the two companies of regiment OF m0uhcu
rlenlen that garrisoned Fort La amie and that the Pr
VISIONS OF the section of the act be also
to the officers and meu composing the escorts to the I
lean boundary commission, while they serving as S
| escort.
Sec. 2. And be t,th17 enaced That the laws grant
ing exa pay to officers and soldiers who had served In
torna apply to chaplains who attached to the arm!
SEC Z. And be 4 1arFfet eaacted, That the annual Dis
bution OF arms to the several States under the ct ar
proved April twenythird, eighteen hundred and egh Gu
titled An act making provision for arning and equip
the whole body of the militia of the United STATES S
be hereafter made according to the number Il their
arms be distributed the Territories and the District
Columbia IN such quantities and under such reguaIn