Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-12-14
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Car. VII.-An Act to alter and regulate
the Navy Ration.
B<1 enacted BY tie !Stzase and Hoxe IF
Re,vvssssasires eftAe LATED States ef Amer
;oa IN Cesxnss Asssnbled, That the navy
ration shall cou<is, Of the following daily al
lovauce Of pscvis;sss 20 each person: One
poand Of salt pork. with half pint Of peas or
bsane; OF one pouad Of salt beef, with half a
pousl Il Anar. and Two ounces Of dried aP-
ples. Or other dried fruit; or three quarters Of
a pound Of preserved meat. with half pound
Of rice, t~o ounces of butter, and one ounce Of
dessiecasrd -mix~d vegetables; or three
uusssers Of pound Of preserved meat. two
oeners Of butter, and two cunces Of desiccated
potato: together with fourteen Ounces OF bis
cult, enc quarter Of sn ounce ct tee. or ounce
Of coffee. or cocoa, TWO ounces OF sugar. and a
eill of spirits; and weekly allowance Of
hsH pound If pickles. half pint OF inolas-
ses. and half pint OF vinegar.
SEC. Asd be ii .tar'Ler caaefed, That
f..b mr. preserved meat may b. substituted
for al, beef or pork. and vegetables for the
other articles usually issued with the salt
meass: allow ing one and quarter pound OF
fresh, or three quarters Of pound Of pre-
served meat for one pound Of sailed beef or
pork; and regulating the quantity of vege'a-
blss so as to equal the value the articles for
which they NAV be substituted
SEr. 3. And be II .t1rther enacted, Jha,
should it be necessary 10 vary the above
described daily allowance. ii shall be lawful
10 substitute one pound of soft bread, or one
pound of -four, or half pound Of rice. or half
: pound of rice, for fourteen onnces of biscuit;
half pint Of wine for gill of spirits; halfa
pound Of rice for half pin, of beans or peas;
half pint Of beans or peas for half a pound Of
rice,
SEC. /. And be H.fIrther enacted, That in
case of necessity, the daily allowance OF pro-
visions may be diminished or varied by the
discretion of the senior officer present III COM
mand: but payment shall be made to the per-
sons whose allowance shall be thus diminished,
according to the scale of prices which is, or
NAV be, established for the same; but COM
mander who shall thus make diminution or
variation shall report to his commanding Of
fcer, or to the Navy Department, the neces-
sity for the same, and give to the paymaster
written orders, specifying particularly the
diminution Or reduction which is to be made,
SEC. S. Ind be it.farther enacted, That no
commissioned or warrant officer, or any per-
son under twenty-one years of age, shall be
allowed to draw the spirit part of the daily
rations under such restriction as the Pres-
dent of the United States may may authorize;
and that the spirit portion Of the daily rations
may be suspended or stopped by the COM
nanding officer, whenever, in his opinion, it
shall be expedicnt, for cause of drunkenness;
md to any person who, by this section, is pro-
hibited from drawing, Or who may relinquisl,
the spirit part Of his ration, there Shall be
paid in lieu thereof, the sum of four cents
per day. ~
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That
the provisions of this act shall go into effect
in the United States on the first day of the
succeeding quarter after it becomes law;
and in vessels abroad, on the first day OF the
succeeding quarter after its official receipt;
that any acts and parts of acts which may be
contrary to, or inconsistent with, the pro-
visions of this act, shall be, and are hereby,
repealed. .,
SEC. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Navy be authorized to pro-
cure the preserved meats, pickles. butter, and
desiccated vegetables in such a Ananncr and
under such restrictions and guarantees as i'll
his opinion will best insure the good quality
Of such articles.
Approved, July 1S, 1861.