Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-27


AN ACT making spprOp iAtOns Tor the support of the
army for The year ending tie hra;h Of June eighteen
hundred and hfty eight
Belt enacted BY the Senate sad Hous OF REPRESENTA-
Tes Of the United States Of America ia Congress assem-
blsd That the following sums be- and the are here
BY appropriated out Of any moasy in the treasury DOT
Otherwise appropriated for the support Of the army
wear ending The threih Of jane, eighteen Hundred and
iitY eight.
For expenses Of recruiting transportation Of recruits,
three months extra pay to noucOmmIsspned Chcsrs mn
sciaus and privstes enlistment hundred aud
ten thousand dollars
For pay Of the army, TIRES million Eve hundred and f.
" thousand and two dOars
For commu alton Il fl ;ers' subsistence zine hundred
and ninety nine thousand two hundred and dOlsrs
For pay # officers Of the Military Academy, one thcu
sand six hundred and eighty do!l1rs-fOr commutauon
Of subsistence Of Oicsrs Of Military Academy one thou
SAID and tEentytEO dollars
For conn ulIion OF forage for officers horsss hun.
dred and twenty three thousand uae huIdrsd and thirty
SIX dollsrs
For payu EMS to dsclsrEsd soldiers for ell ihiBg not
dTa C. fifty ;hOISand dollars
For payments in lieu OF clothing FOR officers servants,
thir nine thou, and eight hundred and sixty dollars
2 Il Subsistence in Ii, one million nine hundred and
eighty niue thousand eight hundred and thirty ionr Oct
For olOhiuR Tor the erm7e mp aud garrison equipsge
eight hundred ard ninety hvs Thousand SIX hundrd ana
seven dollars and seveny three AID that he eater
all the aud VJuo Of the disbursnR h 'eFs OF
ths Qutermssers Departmental the army shall be audi
ted md settled By be Ia iTd Auditor the Treasury
For the regular supplies c the Quarts N Vers depart
sut consisting fue for he ficeFS. enlisted msl quad,
hoiDitas sorehouses and Cces forage IN kind TOR the
horses mules, and Of the Q1lrs masters depart
Jut II the several posts and stations and With the arles
in the field fF the houses Of the two regiments OF drs
gOOns tive regiments Of cavalry, the regiment 81
mounted fsnen. The companies Of light artillery snd
such companies Of infantry my be mounted and Tor
the authorized number Of officers horses when serving IN
the 6ed and at the posts VI straw sold bedding
and OF stationery including company and other 0isnK
oks for the army, certificates 0r discharged soldiers,
blank forms for the pay and QulreFmastsTS departments
and E1r tbs printing Of division and departments orders
army regulsilons and reports one miVn two hundred
thOusand dollars
For the incidental expenses Of the quartsrnastsrs de-
parmeut consisting Of postage le-ters aud packages
received and sent BY officers Of the army public SER
vice. expenses Of cOurs martial and courts of qry, re-
oordsrs, members and Witnesses while that service
under the act Of March EEeen eighteen hundred and two
extra pay soldiers employed under the direction OF the
quarterH sstere department, in the erection Of barracks
stOrohcuses and hospitals the construction Of roads and
other constant lsbr for periods Of not ess than ten days,
under the sos Of March second eighteen hundred and
nineteen including those employed clerks 81 division
sod department hssdq uare expenses 20 and from the
frontier posts and armies il The field OF escorts ts paw
masters other disbursing ocsrs and trainS Wien mill
ary escorts cannot be furnished eI Of The inter
msnt q commissioned Ceer5 and soldiers authorized
Office furniture hire Of abOres in the quaTermasss de-
ysrtmsut Including hire OF lnieFpreITeers, spies, and
guides for the army; compensation OF olsrk 10 Users O.
the quartsrmssters department. compensation Of forage
and wagon masters author I'D by the SCI Of July fifth
eighteen hundred aud thirty h for the apprehension Of
deserers and the incident their pursuit. the
following expenditures required fer Tegmsnts Ct ra.
gOOnS It's tFO regI enS OF cavalry the regiment OF mount
cd rhemen, and such eompanitF OF luisut may be
mounted, viz the purchase of Travelling fJrRes, black.
smiths and shOsng tools hons and mules shoes and
nails medicines for and mHss picked ropes snd
shoe The horses Of these corps, four hundred and forty
thousand dollars.
For constructing barracks and other buildings ct posts
which may be Necessary 70 occupy during the year and
for repairing, altering and enlscging buildings tbs es
lshed posts including hire conmutsion Of quarters
Of officers on military duy hire Of quarters Or troops Of
sOreh0uses for the safe keeping Of military stores and Of
grounds for sumner COntsnueRs; for eR0ampmens and
temporary frontier saiODE hundred thousand dollars
For mileage or allowance made 10 0TlcsTs OF the army
for the transportation Of themselves and their baggage
when travelling duty without troops escorts hun.
bred and twenty Thousand dollars
FOrtrRnsportabOn Of The amy, including baggage Of
the troops when moving either 0y land or Waer cloth
ing, camp and garrison equip gs Om the depot at Pba
dephR 70 the several posts and army dpo horse equip
and Of suossencss from the places OF purchase
aad from she places Of delivery under eOEtrgct such
yaees the circumstance Of thes may require
70 be sent OF ordnance ordinance stores AID small arms
from the Jundrits snd aruOses 70 the arss5ss f0r6cs
tons frontier posts and army dp0ts reighls wharfage
tolls and tsrTsgsg FOR the purchase and hire Of hOTses
mules snd oxsD and tie purchase and repair Of wagons
carts transport son OF supplies and for garrison purposes
for drapags and carriage O. the several poss hire OF team
stsrs transportation OF funds for the pay and other dsbur
sing dep rmsnts The expense Of sailing public transports
on the v@rlOus rivers the Gulf Of AeLcO and the Atan
and Pacific and flr procuring water at such posts
from thei stua require that IL be brOU ghs from dis
tanc and for clsGr ~ rads removing distractions
from roads harboTs aud rivers to the which may
be uired Tor the actual OPP Fsonscf he troops Ihe
frsnilsr one million one hu1d, thousand do lars
For the purchase Of Eosses for the Two regiments Of
drag OBS Inc regiments Of cavalry the regiment Of
mounted rhsmen, the companies Of night arn y, and
such infantry il may to U1ud necessary mount
he frontier posts one hundred and Ninety thousand dol.
For contingencies Of the army, thirteen thousand dol.
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