The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-06
Army Intelligence

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Army Intelligence.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. Z.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERALS OEFIcE,
WASHINGTON, June "a, 1858.
l. The following act of Congress being of general
interest to the military service is published Off
An ACT making appropriations thesupport OF the army
for the year ending the thrteh june eighteen hundred
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tves Of the United States Of America in Congress ssem
bled That the following sums be, and the same here
by appropriated out OF any money in the treasury not
Otherwise appropriated the support Of the army for
the year ending the soth Of June, ls59,-
For expenses OF recruiting, transportation or recruits
three month"; extra pay to commissioned officers
musicians and prvaies on enlistment one hundred and
ten thousand dollars.
For Day of the army, three million FIVE hundred and
ninety thousand seven hundred ana eighty four oo
lars.
For Communication Of officers subsistence uine hundred
and eight four hundred and thirty four
dollars and fty cents: Provided, That the supernten
appointment Of the President shall have he local rank
pay and aowanc OF colonel engineers that the
commandan Of the corps Of cadets athe Military Academy
vhe serving such by appoin ment Of the President,
shall have the local rank, the pay and allowances Of
Lieutenant Colonel OF Engineers, and besides his other
duties shall be charged with the duty OF instructor in the
OF The three at said academy and that the
senior assistant instructor each Of the OF service,
OF artillery, cavalry and infantry, shall severay
receive the pay allowances OF the assistant professor
For corpmua,on Of forage for officers horses one hun
bred and twenty -four thousand hundred and twenty
For payments 10 discharged soldiers for clothing no.
drawn, fifty thousand dollars.
For payments in Leu Of clothing for officers ser wants.
thirty zine thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars
For subsistence Kind one million hundred and
eighty thousand ak hundred aud fifty two dollars and
sixty five cents.
For clothing for the army camp and garrison cqulpasc
million and s;xtytwo thousand seven hundred ana
two dollars and ninety nine cents.
For the regular supplies Of the quarteruaster's
sssisa men Uuards hospitals soreSouses and
Offices: OF forage In kind for the horses, mules
and oxen OF the quarermasters department a, the
several pests and stations and with the armies IN the
field the horses Of the Two regiments Of Dragons the
swo regiments OF cavalry the regiment Of mounted rifle
OF infantry a. may be mounted, tho authorized
number OF officers horses when serving in the Aed and
=, me outposts inciuoins bedding Tor Tue sInas OF
company other blank for the army
for discharged soldiers blank forms for the pay and quar-
temsstcrs departments and for the printing Of division
and department orders, army regulations and reports.
one million seven hundred aud forty Ave thousand dollars
For the incidental expenses Of the quarermasters de-
patmenl Of postage on letters and packets
ceivet ana sent by tho officers OF tbs army public SCR
wee expenses OF courts martial and courts OF inquiry Ia
cluong The additional compensation Of judge aivocaes
recorders members and Witnesses while that service
uDder the Of March sixteenth eighteen hundred and
two extra pay soldiers employed under the direction
OF the astcrs department the erection
racks quarters, storehouses and hospitals In the
strucco OF roads, and on other constant labor Tor Pc
RODS ess than days, under the acts OF March
second eighteen hundred ana nineteen and August fourth
eighteen hundred and any four including those employed
clerks at division ana department headquarters
pepsss OF expresses and from foner pests and
ibe ned OF escorts 10 paymasters ana other dis
blsns oeers AND 70 nans, whefe mn.,ry escorts can.
killed In aci n, who die when on duty In the field, or
the posts on the frontiers, and Of noncomm ssioned
ocsrs soldiers authorized Office furnture hire OF
labores the department. pensstion
n forsge ssters authorized by the OF July
nfh eighteen hundred thirty eight for the spprehen
az
the ioo~irg expenditures required for the two regiments
OF Dragons the tso regiments CT cavalry, the regiment
OF mounted r1emen, and suoh companies OF infantry
may be mounted viz the purchase Of portable forges
basksm,hs and shooting oos horse add mule shoes and
nails iron and stee fer shoeng, hire OF veterinary
eeous ncd,cres Tor horses and nnes pcze. ropes aod
dollars
Fer constructing barracks ard other building, at posts
which msy be necessary occupy during the year and
tor fepsns altering ana ensrs ng buildings At the esao
shsd poss including hire or Communication % quarters of
cheers military ouy hire OF quarters fer troops, Of
sorenouses FOR the cafe keeping OF military sores aud or
srouncs for ents for empora-y from
Ter stations seven hundred and ninety thousand dollars
For the repairs OF the barracks at Baton Rouge, Lous
sps, the sum Of twenty Eve thousand dollars 70 be ex
peneed rnoer the direction Of the Secretary Of War.
For milesee or the allowance made 70 officers OF the
army or the transportation Of themselves and their bag
gage, when travelling duty without troops, escorts
supplies. one hundred and thirty thousand dollars
For snspoFtaop Of the army, including the baggage
OF the troops when moving either by land or water CT
clothing camp and garrison equpsge frcm the depot At
Philadelphia 10 the several poets aud army depos OF
horse equipments and OF subsistence from the places OF
purchase and from the places Of delivery under contract
70 places the circumstances OF the service may
require them TO be sent OF ordnance, ordnance stores
and small from the foundree and armories to the
orsena orthcaops, frontier posts, and army depos
feebs wharfage, tos and ferrisges for the purchase
and hire of horses mules, and oxen, and the purchase
and repair Of wagons carts drays ships snd other
eorg vessels and boats required for the transportation Of
supplies and garrison purposes for drayaEe and carriage
sthe several pests hire Of tesmstcrs transportation OF
FUNDS for the pay and other dsbursing departments the
expense Of sailing public transports the rivers
the gulf OF Mexico and the Atlantic and Pacific aud
require that be brought from distance and for clear
ing roads and removing from roads hsrbor
and rivers the extent which may be required for the
operations c the troops on the frontier three mil
lion four hundred Thousand dollars.
For the purchase OF horses for the two regiments Of dra
goons, the two regiments of cavalry the regiment Of
mounted rinemen, and the companies or light artillery,
two hundred thousand dollars.
For contingencies Of the army, twenty i've Thousand
doyrs.
For the medical and bespial departments, one hundred
and Ave thousand dollars. .
For oon;ingsnt expenses q the sdju,su< secerals DC.
partmen n dvIsioo and depastmea head q"srers nVe
hundred dassars.
For compensation Of the clerk and messenger 70 tne
Office Of the Commanding general two thousand dollars
For Contingent sxpcnses OF the once o. The Commanding
general, three hundred dollars 4,
For armamevs Of Notifications, three hundred Thousand
dollws. - ,,,. ,.,-,s.
horse equipmebts for the mohse' WV 7
ana nftv thousand dols1s - a,
For e. current espenses on he ordnance service, w.
csslDg experimsce In the manufacture o. oano0s ~a