Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-09-15
NEW FLOUR.
BY AUTHORITY.

AN ACT making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending the 30th June, 1859.
 Be 1t enacted, etc., That the following sums be and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the support of the army for the year endino the 30th of June, 1859:
 For expenses of recruiting Transportation of re crlits, three months extra pay to non-commssioned officers, musicians and privates on re-enlistment Sll0000.
 For pay of the army. s3,59l7 784
 For communication of officers subsistence. s99s = 434 50 Provided, That the superintendent of the military academy, while serving as such by appoint- ment of the President shall have the local rank. the pay and allowances of a Colonel of Engineers: that the commandant of the corps of cadets at the mi tary academy while serving as such as by appoint ment of the President, shall have the local rank the pay and allowances of Lieutenant Colonel of En- gneers and besides his other duties shall be charged with the duty of instructor in the tactics of three arms at said academy, and that the senior assistant instructor in each of the of service viz of ar tliery. cavalry and infantry, shall sevcralv receive the pay and allowances of the assistant professor of mathematics.
 For communication of forage for officers horses, $l24.l2s.
 For payments to discharged soldiers for clothing not drawn, xj0 900.
 For payments in lieu of clothing for officers ser wants. S39 S90.
 For subsistence in kind, sl ,3S0,652 65.
 For clothing fort he army, camp and garrison equip age. Sl .062.720 y9.
 For the regular supplies of the quartermasers de- partment, consisting of fuel for the officers enlisted men, guards, hospitals, storehouses and offices: of forage m kind for the horses mules and oXen of the quarterna>ters department at the several posts and stations. and with the armies in the field; for the horses of the two regiments of drag the two re- gments of cavalary, the regiment of mounted rifle men the companies of light artillery. and such com panies of infantry may be mounted, and for the authorized number of officers horses when serving m the held and at the outposts, including bedding for the animals; of straw for soldiers bedling and of stationery including company and other blank books for the army certificates for discharged soldiers blank forms for the the pay and quart,rma>ter's depart. ments; and for the printing of division and depart ment torders army regulations and reports Sl 745 00O
 For the incidental expenses of the quartermaster's department consisting of postage on letters and pack cts received and sent by the officers of the arm on public service; expenses of courts martial and courts of inquiry. including the additional com pensaton of Judge advocates. recorders. members and witnesses while on that servicH under the act of March 18th oo2 extra pay to soldiers employed under the direc- ton Of the quar- ermaSters department in the cree ton Of barracks quarters storehOuses and hospitals: in the construction of roads and on olhercnnstant a bor for periods of not less than days under the acts of March I'd, l3lY, and August I h. 1854 including those employed as clerks at division and department adquarters expenses of expresses to and from the frontier posts and armies in the field; of escorts to paymasters and other disbur~ing officers and to trans, where military escorts cannot be furnished expense of internent of officers killed in action or who die when on dnly in the field, at the posts on the frontiers and of commissioned officers and soldiers authorized office furniture; hire of lahorers in the quahtcrnaster's department: compensation of forage and wag1nmasters, authorized by the act of July 3th ls3S for the apprehension of deserers and the expenses incident to their pursuit: the foowing expenditures required Tor the two regiments of dra- goons. the two regiments of cavaary the regiment or mounted rliiemen, and such companies of in fantry as may be mounted, viz the purchase of portable forges, backsmiths and shoeing tools horse and mule shoes and nails iron and steel for shoeng hre of veterinary surgeons medicines for horses and mules pcket ropes, and shoeng the horses of tn ose corps $500 GOO
 For constructing barracks and other buildinos at posts which may be necessary to occupy during the year, and for repairing, altering and enlarcn buil lngs at the established posts including hire or com mutation of quarters for officers military duty: hire of quarters for troops of storehouses for the keeping of military stores and of grounds for sum. mer cantonments and for temporary frontier stations S790,000.
 For the repairs of the barracks at Baton Roupe Louisiana the sum of S25 000 to be expended unde, the direction of the Secretary of War. For mileage or the allowance made to officers o the army for the transportation of themselves and their baggage when travelling duty without troops escorts supplies, $l3O,000.
 For transportation of the army, including the bag gagesof the troops, when moving either by land ol water: of clothing. camp and garrison equipage from the depotat Philadelphia to the several post. anc army depots; of -horse equipments, and of subsis tence from the places of purchase and from tho places of delivery under contract. to such places as the circumstances of the service may requir, them to be sent; of ordnance ordnance stores and small arms from the founderes and armories tt the arsenas, fortifcaons frontier posts, and army depots fre ghts. wharfage tolls and rrages for tho purchase and hire of horses mules and oxen and the purchase and repair of wagons. carts, drays ship and other ping vessels and boats required for th transportation of supplies and garrison purposes; fol drayage and carriage at the several posts; hire of team sters: transportation of funds for the pay and othe disbursing departments; the expense of sailing public transports the various rivers, Gulf of Mexico anC the Atlantic and Pacific; and for procuring water such posts from their situation require that 1t bt brought from distance; and for clearing roads anC removing obstructions from roads harbors and rivers to the extent which may be required for the actua operations of the troops the frontier $34 DO 900
 For the purchase of horses for the two regiments dragoons the two regiments of cavalry. the regimen of mounted rifemen and the companies of light ar tery, S20o.0o0.
 | For contingencies of the army, $25 900.
 Fort the medical and hospital departments $l05 900
 For contingent expenses of the adiutant- general department at division and department headquarters | $500.
 | For compensation of the clerk and messenger il the office of the commanding general S2, 900. For contingent expenses of the office of command | ing general $500.
 l ToT dTununeHb or IOfllncatiOnS, T3VD.UDD. | For ordnance ordnance stores, and supplies, in cluding horse equipments for the mounted regiments l $250 900.
 For the current expenses of the ordnance service | including experiments in the manufacture of canpo, and cannon powder. and for tests of arms and am munition not otherwise provided for. $l50.000.
 For the purchase of gunpower for the land service sloo.ooo.
 For the manufacture of arms at the national ar mories $400 900.
 For the purchase of breech loading carbines of tn best model, to be selected and approved by a boar l of ordnance officers $25.no0.
 For the alteration of old arms so as to make then breechloading arms. upon model to be selected am | approved by board of ordnance officers $25 00C Provided That any portion of said sum, not exceed | ing S50o0. may be expended under the direction ( the Secretary Of War and his discreti ,n in apply | ing to the old or new arms any recent improvement in the mode of priming. E | For the Allegheny arsenal, S35,l00. | For Fort Monroe arsenal. $24 900.
 For Kennebec arsenal, Sll.so0: s2o0o of whic may he uesd in bringing upon the arsena al grounds and with leave to extend pipe through the ground | by the gas company.
 For St. Lnus arsenal. $31 900.
 For Was ngton arsenal @ 379.
 For an additional timber and carriage storehous at the North Carolina arsenal. e25,ooo
 For Watervliet arsenal. $300a0
 For repairs and preservation of the public build ings fences. drains culverts and forth all tf | smaller arsenals, &20 900. .r ss5
 For continuing the construction of the arsenal i California 100000.
 For contingencies of arsenals &1OO9O. at
 For repairing the arsenal and two eighteen poun gun carriages at Stonngton. Connrcticut, &750.
 For repairs and improvements and new machiner at Springfield arnory Massachusetts t55 227. For repairs and Improvements and new machiner st HsPsrs Ferry, $lOl ger.
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