The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-18
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES



AN ACI making appropriations ct the support Of the
army lot the year ending The shs'cth june, eighteen
hundred ana pity nine.
BE enacted BY Ms Saae and House Of Representatives Of the
United States Of Amrca IN Qagre~ asssmbid That the fol
lowing sums be- and the same are hereby appropriated
out OF money In the treasury not otherwise approp
ate for the support Of the army for the year ending the
thrtieth OF june eighteen hundred and fifty nine:
For expenses of recruiting transportation Of recruits
three months extra pay to non-commissionsd officers
musicians and priyates on re-enstment one hundred
and ten thousand dollars . 9fls5F
For pay OF the army, three million five hundred and
ninetyone thousand seven hundred and eighty dol
lars. ss8t tes gt4
For communication Of officers subsistence nine hundred
and ninety eight thousand four hundred and thirty
dollars and fifty cents: Prosd That the superintendent
Of the military academy while serving by appoint
ent OF the President shall have the local rank the and
allowances Of Colonel Of Engneers that the command
ant Of the corps OF cadets At te military academy while
serving as such by appointments a the President shall
have the local rank, ths pay md allowances Of Lieut.
ant Colonel Of EngineeS, and besies his other duties
shall be charged with tho duty Of instructor n the t
tics OF the three arms ct sad academy and that the
senior assistant In each OF the Of service
VIE: OF artillery csvatry ana Infantry shall severaly
receive the pay and sowsnces OF the ssssant professor
OF mathematics
For nutation OF forage for officers horses hum
dr ana twenty-four thousand one hundred and twenty
eight dollars
For payments to disohargod soldiers for clothing not
drawn, ffty thousand dollars
For payments In lieu Of clothing for officers servants
thirty nine thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars
For Subsistence In kind, one million three hundred and
eighty thousand six hundred and ftytwo dollars and
sixty cents. l
For clothing for the army camp and garrison equip
age, million and sixtytwo thousand seven hundred
and two dollars and ninety nine cents
For the regular supplies of the quartermaster 8 de-
partment, combating of fuel for the officers enlisted
men, guards hospitals storehouses aud Offices of for
age In k.nd for the hOrses, mules and oxen, of the
L. A.
stations and with the armies in the field for the
horses Of the two regiments of ragoons the two reg
mes of cavalry, the regiment Of mounted remen the
companies Of light artillery and such companies of nfan
try may be mounted and for the authorized number
ccers horses when serving the field and at the out
posts, including bedding for the animals of straw for
soldiers bedding and Of stationery including company
and other blank books or the army certificates for dis
charged soldiers blank forms for the pay and quarter
masters departents and for the printing of division
ana department orders army regulations and reports
one million seven hundred and forty Ave thousand dol
lars g a s e eaq #a
For the incidental expenses Of the quartermasters'
department consisting of postage on letters and pack
eta received and sent by the officers of the army
on public service; expenses Of courts martial and
courts Of inquiry, including the additional compen-
sation Of Judge advocates, recorders members and
wtneses while on that service under the act of March
sixteenth eighteen hundred and two extra nav 70 SOL
ders employed under the direction Of the quarternas-
ter department in the erection Of barracks quarters
stoeho,ses and hospitals in the construction of roads
and on other constant labor for periods of not le than
ten days. under the acts OF March second eighteen hun
dred and nineteen, and August fos H. eighteen hundred
and yfour including thuse employed clerks at al
vision and department hee iquart expenses of ex-
presses to and from the frontier posts and armies In the
field of escorts to paymasta.s and other disbusng off,
ces and to trains where military escorts cannot be fur
nshed expense Of the intermen OF officers killed in
ton, who die when on duty in the field, at the
posts the frontiers, and of non-comnissoned officers
and soldiers authorized office furniture hire of laborcrs
in the quatermasers depa tmcnt compensation of for
age and wagonmasers, authorized by the act of July h
eighteen hundred and for the apprehension
of deserters and the expenses incident to their pursuit
the following expenditures required for the two reg
ments of Dragons the two regiments Of cavalry, the
regiment of mounted rifeinen and such companies Of
infantry may be mounted, viz the purchase of port
able foges backsms andshOeing tools horse and mule
shoes and nails iron and steel for shoeng hire of vete
nary surgeons medicines for horses and mules, picket
ropes and shoeng the horses of those corps five hundred
thousand dollars
For constructing barracks and other buildings at posts
which it may be necessary to occupy during the year
and for repairing, altering and enlargng buildings at
the established posts, including hire or communication of
quarters for officers on military duty hire of quarters for
troops of storehouses for the safe keeping of military
stores 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, Lou
sana the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand dollars, to he
pended under the direction OF the Secretrry OF War
For mileage or the allowance made to officers of the
baggage, when travelling on dnty without troops es-