Nebraska advertiser., 1857-04-30

ers, to the extent which may be required for
the actual operations Of the troops on the from
tiers, one million eight hundred thousand dol
lars.
For the purchase Of horses for the two regi-
ments of dragons, the two regiments of caval-
~, the regiment of mounted rihemen, the
companies of light artillery, and such infantry
as it may be found necessary to mount at the
frontier posts, one hundred and ninety thou
sand dollars.
For contingencies of the army, thirteen
thousand dollars.
For the medical and hospital departments
one hundred and FIVE thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the adjutant
generals department, at division and depart
ment headquarters, four hundred dollars.
For compensation of the clerk and messen-
ger in the Office of the commanding general,
two thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Office Of the
commanding general, three hundred dol
lars.
For armament of Notifications, three hun
dred thousand dollars.
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies,
including horse equipments for the mounted
regiments, two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
For the current expenses of the ordnance
service, one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars.
For arsenals, including fifty thousand dol
lars for arsenal in California, one hundred and
thirty-seVen thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars.
To enable the Secretary of War to puschase,
not exceeding seven hundred and ffty-two
thousand seven hundred and ffty-one square
feet of ground adjacent to the Washington
Arsenal, and for the use thereof, at price not
exceeding ten cents per foot, and for the pur-
chase of the Improvements upon said ground,
and for the necessary draining of part there
OF, eighty thousand four hundred and fifty
dollars and ten cents.
For continuing the experiment of sinking
artcsian wells upon the public lands, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Secretary of
War, one hundred thousand dollars
For repairs and new machinery at Springfield
armory, Massachusetts, sixty-eight thousand
six hundred and eighty-6ve dollars.
For the erection and completion of the wa
ter-shops at Springfield armory, seventy thou
sand nine hundred and eighty five dollars.
For repairs and improvements and new ma
chinery at Harper's Ferry, thirty-four Thousand
nine hundred and seventy dollars.
For finishing and furnishing the armory fol
the militia of the District of Columbia. seven
thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven dol
lars.
Forsurveys for military defences, geograph-
ical explorations, and reconnaissance, for mi
litary purposes, seyenty-6ve thousand dol
lars.
For purchases and repairs of Instruments
fifteen thousand dollars.
For continuing the survey of the northern
and northwestern lakes, including Lake Su-
perior, fifty thousand dollars r.
For printing charts of lake surveys, five
thousand dollars.
For machinery, tools and fixtures required
for an arsenal of construction at Fayetteville
North Carolina, including the cost of putting
the machinery in place, fifty thousand three
hundred and fifty dollars.
For repairs of the government bridge ovel
mill creek, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, eight
hundred dollars.
For rebuilding the barracks at Carlisle, Penn
sylvania, which were destroyed by FIRE on the
twenty-second January, eighteen hundred and
! ffty-seven, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the purchase of stores for the quarters
of officers and soldiers of the army, twenty
thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of War to settle the
accounts of the three officers of the army who
were sent to Europe in the year eighteen hun.
dred and ffty-fve to collect information OF
military affairs, four thousand six hundred and
seven dollars and twenty-nine cents.
For the purpose of making further tests o.
gun metal for heavy cannon, twenty five
thousand dollars.
! For completing the PointDouglas and Sain
Louis river road, th:rty-one thousand fou
hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty
cents.
For completing the Point Douglas and For
Ripley road, four thousand six hundred anC
ninety-ive dollars and one cent. r
For repairing the bridge over Cannon river
two thousand d. liars.
Sec e. Ahd Be it further enacted, Tha
there shall be added to the Quartermasteri
department Of the army five military store
keepers, who shall give the bond and security
required by the existing law; and they and al
other military storekecpers shall have in kind
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lieutenant of the army.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, Tha
the master armorers at the national armorie
shall receive fifteen hundred dollars each pc
annum.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, Tha
the provisions Of the act approved Marcl
third. eighteen hundred and nineteen, entitle,
"An act authorizing the sale of certain militar
sites, . be, and they are hereby extended to al
military sites, or to such parts thereof, whic
are, or may become useless for military pun
poses Providing, tarther, That nothing i
this act, nor in the act above mentioned, shal
z be so construed as to impair IN any wise th
right of the State within which any such sit
or reservation may be situated to impose take
, on the same. in like manner as upon othe
E lands or property owned BY individuals with
) in the States after such sale.
, Sec. 5. .A1ad Be II further enacted, Ths
for pay, subsistence. and ccmmuted allowanc
/; Of six companies Of volunteers, called int
, the service Of the United States IN New Mex
: ico, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty
! Eve, one hundred and fifteen thousand dolIan
/: and for forage transportation, camp and garr
son equipage, and incidental expenses Of sal
, troops while in service, ssventy-two thoasan
5 five hundred dollars; and for "reminiscences
! Of the Quartermaster Dspartment for the e.
9 penses Of spy company, called into ssrviC
. bv Rrioadier General (asrlaud in kha va.