Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-07-09
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port of the army for the year ending tn,
thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty
nine.
BE it enacted by tie Senate and House O
Representatives of tie United States of Ame
RIGA IN Congress assembled, That the follow
ing sums be, and tue same are hereby, ap
propriated, oat Of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated. for the support
of the army for the year ending the thirtieth
of June, eighteen hundred and fifty nine.
For expenses of recruiting, transportation
Of recruits, three months extra pay TO non
commissioned officers, musicians and privates
enlistmeut one hundred and ten thoa.
sand dollafs.
For pay of the army, three million five
hundred and ninety one thousand seven hun
dred and eighty four dollars.
For commutation Of officers subsistence,
nine hundred and ninety-eight thousand four
hundred and thirty four dollars and Fifty cents:
Propided, That the superintendent of the
military academy, while serving as such by
appointment Of the President shall have the
local rank, the pay and allowances of Col
onel of Engineers: that the commandant Of
the corps of cadets at the military academy
while serving as such as by appointment of
the President, shall have the local rank, the
pay and allowances of a Lieutenant Colonel
of Engineers, and besides his other duties,
shall be charged with the duty Of instructor
10 the tactics OF the three arms at said acade-
my, and that tho senior assistant instructor
in each of the arms Of service, viz: of artille-
ry, cavalry, and infantry, shall severally re-
ceive the pay and allowances of assistant pro-
fessor of mathematics.
Eor Communication of 6rage for officers
horses, one hundred ana twenty four thou
sand one hundred and twenty eight dollars.
For payments to discharged soldiers for
clothing not drawn, fifty thousand dollars.
For payments in lien of clothing for Off
GERS servants, thirty y-nine thousand eight hun
drsd and ninety dollars.
For subsistence in kind, one million three
hundred aud eighty thousand six hundred
and fifty-two dollars and sixty five cents
For clothing for the army, camp, and gar
rison equpage, one million and sixty-two
thousand. seven hundred and two dollars and
ninety nine cents.
For the regular supplies Of the quartermss-
ter's department. consisting of fuel for the
officers, enlisted men, guards, hospitals, store
houses, and offices; of forage in kind for the
horses, mules, oxen, of the quartermaster's
department at the several posts and stations,
and with the armies in the field; for the hor
Of the two regiments Of Dragons. the two
regiments of cavalry, the regiment of mounted
rtienen, the companies OF light artillery, and
such Companies of infantry as may be mount
ed, and for the authorized number of officers
horses when serving in the field and at the
out posts, including bedding for the animals;
Of straw for soldiers bedding and of statione
~, including company and other blank books
for the army. certificates for discharged sol
diers, blank forms for the pay and quarter
masters departments; and for the printing of
division and department orders, army regu-
lations, and reports, one million seven hun
dred and forty five thousand dollars
For the incidental expenses Of the quarter
masters department, consisting of postage on
letters and packets received and sent by the
officers of the army on public service: expen-
ses of courts martial and courts of inquiry,
including the additional compensation of
Judge advocates, recorders, members, and wit
nesses, while on that service, under the act of
March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two;
extra pay to soldiers employed under the di-
rection of the qNartermaster's department, in
the erection of barracks, quarters, storehouses,
and hospitals; in the construction of roads,
and on other constant labor for PERIODS of not
less than ten davs, under the acts of March
second. eighteen hundred and nineteen, and
August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty
four, including those employed as clerks at
division and department headquarters; expen-
ses of expresses to and from the frontier posts
and armies in the field; of cscorrs TO paymas-
ters and other d.sbErsing officers, and to
trains, where military escorts cannot be fur
nished; expenses of the interment of officers
killed in action, or who die when on duty in
the field, or at the posts on the frontiers, and
of non-comn1issioned officers and soldiers; au-
thorizod office furniture; hire of laborers and
in the quartermasters department; compen-
sation of forage and wagonmasters authorized
by the act of July tisth, eighteen hundred and
thirty-eight; for the apprehension of deserters
and the expenses incident to their pursuit;
the following expenditures required for the
two regiments of dragons, the two regiments
of cavalry, the regiment of mounted riflemen,
and such companies of infantry as may be
mounted, viz: the purchase of portable for
ges, blacksmiths' and shoeing tools, hore and
mule shoes aad nails, iron aud steel for shoe
ing, hire veterinary surgeons, medicines for
horses and mules, picket ropes, and shoeing
the horses of those corps, five hundred thou
sand dollars.
For constructing barracks ana other build
ings at posts which it may be Necessary to
occupy during the year; and for repairing,
altering, and enlarging buildings 1t the ss-
tablished posts, including hire or commuta-
ton Of quarters for officers on military duty;
hire Of quarters for troops, of storehouses for
the safe keeping of military storee, and of
grounds for summer cantonments; and for
temporary frontier stations, seven hundred
and ninety thousand dollars.
For the repairs of the barracks at Baton
Rouge, louisiana, the sum oftwenty five thou
sand dollars to be expended under the direc
ton of the Secretary of War.
For mileage or the allowance made to OF.