Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-07-09

OF horse equipments and Of subsistence from
the places of purchase and from the places o
delivery under contract, to such places as th,
circumstances Of the service may require thert
to be sent; Of ordnance, ordnance stores, and
small arms, from the foundries and armories
to the asenas, forti6cstions, frontier poats
and army depots; freights, wharfage, tolls anc
ferriages; for the purchase and hire of horses
mules and oxen, and the purchase and repair
of wagons, carts, drays, ships aud other sea
going vessels and boats required for the trans
portation of supplies and garrison purposes
transportation of the funds for the paw and
other discussing departments; the expense ol
sailing public transports Oh the various g;vsr-,
the Gull OF Mezieo, add the Atlantic aai Pa
chic; and for Procuring water at such posts
as from their situation require that it be bro't
| from a distance; and for clearing roads, and
removing distractions from roads, harbors,
and rivers, to the extent which may be re-
| quired for the actual operations of The troops
on the frontier, three million four hundred
thousand dollars.
| For the purchase Of horses for the two re-
! giments of ca. ..lry, the reg:-.eat of mounted
rifemen, and the companies OF light artillery,
two hundred thousand dollars.
For contingencies of the army, twenty five
| 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, five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the clerk and mes
scnger in the office of the commanding gene
raj, two thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Office of the
commanding general, three hundred dollars
For armament of Notifications, three hun
dred thousand dollars.
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and sup
plies. including horse equipments for the
mounted regiments, two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
For the current expenses of the ordnance
service, including experiments in the manu-
facture OF cannon and cannon powder and for
tests Of arms aud ammunition, not otherwise
provided for, one hundrd fifty thousand dol
lar,
For the purchase of gunpowder for the land
service, one hundred thousand dollars.
For the manufacture of arms at the nation
al armotIe>, iour hundred thousand dollars.
For the purchase of breech loading car
bines Of the best model to be selected and
approved by board of ordnance officers,
twenty five thousand dollars.
For the alteration of old arms so as to
make them breech loading arms upon mo-
del to be selected and approved by Board
of ordnance officers, twenty five thousand dol
lars: Provided, That any portion of said sum
nut exceed five thousand dollars, may be ex-
pended under the direction OF the Secretary
of War, and at his discretion, in applying to
the old or new arms recent improvement in
the mooe of prinlng.
For the Allegheny arsenal thirty-fvc thou
sand one hundred dollars.
For Fort Monroe arsenal, twenty. four thou
sand nine hundred dollars.
For kennebec arsenal, eleven thousand
SIX hundred dollars; two thousand dollars of
which may be used in bringing gas upon the
arsenal grounds, and with leave to extend
gas pipes, through the grounds by the gas
company.
For St. Louis arsenal, thirty one Thousand
dollars.
For Washington arsenal, nine thousand
three hundred and seventy nine dollars.
For an additional tim ber and carriage store
house at the North Carolina arsenal, twenty
five thousand dollars.
For Wateryliet arsenal, thirty thousand
dollars.
For repairs and preservation of the public
buildings, fences, drains, culverts, and forth,
at all the smaller arsenals, twenty thousand
dollars.
For continuing the construction of the ar
senal in California, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For contengencies of arsenals, ten thousand
dollars.
For repairing the arsenal and two eighteen
pound guu carriages, at Stonlngton, Connec-
licut, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For repairs and Improvements and new
machinery at Springfield armory, Massachu
sets, fifty five thousand two hundred aud
twenty seven dollars.
For repairs and Improvements and new
machinery at Harper's Ferry, one hundred
and one thousand nine hundred and seven
dollars,
For surveysfor military defences, geograph
ical explorations, and reconnois.ances, for mil
itary purposes, aud surveys with armies in
the field, ninety five thousand dollars.
For purchase and repairs of instruments,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For continuing the survey Of the northern
anu nOrtuWesteTu lAkcs, lnciuuihS Lahc ou-
perior, seventy five thousand dollars.
| For printing charts of lake surveys, ten
| thousand dollars
To enable the Secretary of War to ep-
| ploy temporary clerks in the office of the
| Quartey,naster General, on bounty land SER
wee, FIVE thousand dollars.
For the support of four companies of vol
unteers mustered into the service Of the I nj
ted States, at Camp Scott, Utah Territory, in
October, November, and December, eight n
hundred and tifty-seyeu, one hundred and
seventy three thousand four hundred aud
seventy eight dollars and eighty cents.
For continuing the construction of the i
lowing works of defence.
Fort at Hog Island ledge, in Portl; d