Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-08-17


~, and such companies OF infantry
as may be mounted, and for the au.
thorized number Of officers horses
when serving In the field and at the
outpost, Including bedding for the
animals; OF straw for soldiers bed
ding; and OF stationery, including
blank books for the quarternias,erk
department, certiscates tof dis
charged soldiers, blank forms for
the pay and quartermaster's de-
partments, and for the printing Of
division and departments orders and
reports ...................
'or the Incidental expenses Of the
quartermaster's department, con.
sisting Of postage on letters and
packets received and sent by OIL
GERS OF the army on pnblic services;
expenses OF courts. martial and
courts Of inquiry, including the ad-
ditional compensation Of Judge ad-
vocates, recorders, members, and
witnenfes, while on that service,
under the act of March sitteenth,
eighteen hundred and two; extra
pay 10 soldiers employed, under
the direction Of the quartermaster's
department, in the erection Of bar
racks, quarters, storehouses, and
hospitals; in the construction of
roads, and on other constant labor
for periods Of not less than ten
days, under the acts Of March sec.
ond, eighteen hundred and nine.
teen, and August fourth, eighteen
hundred and nftysfouf, including
those employed as clerks at divis.
lon and department headq uarters;
expenses Of expresses to and from
the frontier posts and armies in the
Held; Of escorts to pavmasters and
other discussing officers, and to
trains where military escorts cam
not be furnished; expense of the in.
terment Of officers Killed in action,
or who die on duty In the field, or
at the posts on the frontiers, and Of
non-commiks stoned officers and SOL
diers; authorized office furniture;
hire Of laborers in the q tuartermas!
ter's department, including the
hire Of interpreters, spies, and
guides for the armv; compensation
Of clerks Of the officers cf the quar-
termaster's department.; compensa-
ton OF forage and wagonmasters,
authorized bv the act Of July fifth,
eighteen hundred and thirty-eight;
for the apprehension Of deserters,
and the expenses incident to their
pursuit; and for the following ex-
penditures required for the two
regiments Of Dragons, the two re-
gtments OF cavalry, the regiment of
mounted Tiflemen, and such COM
panies OF infantry as may be mount
ed, viz: the purchase Of travelling
forges, blacksmiths' and shoeing
tools, horse and mule shoes and
nails, iron and steel for shoeing,
hire OF veterinary surgeons, medi.
cines for horses and mules, picket
ropes, and for shoeing the horses
OF the corps named ...............
or constructing barracks and other
buildings at posts which Ii may be
necessary to occupy during the year;
for repairing, altering, and enlarg-
ing buildings at the established
posts, including hire or commuta.
tion Of quarters for officers on mill
tary duty; hire Of quarters for
troops; Of storehousesf for the keep
Ing Of military stores; Of grounds
Tor summer cantonments; for tenn
porary frontier stations, including
fifteen thousand dollars for the pur.
chase Of stoves, to be expended as
follows, Wig; ..r.
'or rents, including hire or commu.
tation Of quarters for officers on mil
itary duty; hire Of quarters for
troops, Of store houses for the safe.
q keeping Of military stores, Of
grounds for summer cantonments,
and construction and repairs of
barracks at temporary frontier sta
tions; for the purchase Of stoves,
and six hundred and eight dollars
and eighty-seven cents to be paid
as back rent for the site Of Fort Da-
Wis, Texas .................. ......
or repairing, altering, and enlarg-
ing build ings a { established mill
tary posts. ............ ............
or repairing, altering, and enlarg-
Ing buildings at the following
posts, viz: at Barrancas barracks,
Key West, and at Fort Mackinac, In
the department Of the east .......
Il benicia barracks, in the depart
ment Of California .............
IL Fort Vancouver, in the depart
ment Of Oregon. 49,. 49,.
'or mileage, or the allowance made
TO officers Of the army for the trans.
portation Of themselves and their
baggage when travelling on duty
without troops, escorts, or sup
Pies '.'.... ......-..... .........
'Or the transportation of the army,
including the baggage of the troops
when moving either by land or
water; Of clothing, camp, and gar
rison equipage, from the depot At
Philadelphia to the several posts
and army depots, and from those
dspots to the troops In the field of
horse equipments, and Of subsist-
ence from the places Of purchase
and from the places of delivery un-
der contract TO such places as the
circumstances Of the service may
require them to be sent; OF ord
nance, ordnance stores, and small
arms from foundries and armories
+. to the arsena 5, fortifcations, from
tier posts, and army depots; freights
wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; for
the purchase and hire Of horses,
mules, and oxen, and the purchase
and repair Of wagons, carts, and
! drays, and Of ships ard other sea-
: going vessels aud boats required
for the transportation of supplies
aud Ter garrison purposes; for draw
aye and carriage at the several posts;
hire Of teamsters; transportation Of
funds for the pay and other dis
bursting departments; the expense
OF sailing public transports on the
various rivers, the Gulf Of Mexico,
and the Atlantic and Pacific; and
for procuring water at such posts a.,
from their situation, require that Il
be broug ht from q distance; and for
clearing roads, and removing OBJ
structions therein to the extent
which may be required for the ac-
tual operations Of the troops on the
ffontler.... 80.
For the purchase Of horses for the
twOregiments of dragons, the two
Z, regiments Of cavalry, and the regi.
ment Of mounted riflemea =.
For contingencies Of the army.
For the medical and hospital depart.
For contingent expenses OF the adju-
tant general . department at depart.
snent headquarters. -. ..,.t.H.a..f....
For compensation OF the clerk and
messenger IN the once Of thecom
manding general .-......................
For contingent expenses of the once
Z Of the commanding general 90. .......
or armament Of fortifcations.