Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-29
IPuRuc-No. 81

! AN ACT making additional appropriations for the
support of the army for the fiscal year ending June
thiFteth. eighteen hundred and siNty-twu, and APP
prOpriatu MS Of nrrearnges for the fiscal year end
| ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty
sentatves of the United States of America III Con-
Eress assembled That the following sums c and the
same are hereby appropriated out of any money in
the Treasury otherwise appropriated for the sup
port of the army for the year ending the thirticth
of June. eighteen hundred and sixty-twO.
For expenses of recruiting. transportation oi re-
cruts from the different rendezvous to general de-
pots procuring of medical attendance and all other
expenses ding the raising of twenty-ionr the-
sand two hum red and eighty-tive men, to be organ
lied into nine regiments Of infantry, one regiment q"
cavalry. and regiment of artillery a. per genera
orders number sixteen, dated War Department, Al
| iut.nt Generals Office. Washington, May fourth
eighteen hundred and sXty-one, three hundred anu
| ffty-eiEht thousand dollars.
For uurclhse of books of tactics ana INSTRUCTION
for the volunteers, fifty thousand dollars.
| For pay of the army, three million nine hundred
| eight dollars and lightweight cents.
For Communication of officcrs subsistence. four hum
dred and seventy-eight thousand three hundred anu
| seventeen dollars and sixty cents.
For communication of forage for officers horses, sew
enty-threc thousand and htty.siX dollars
For payments in lieu Of clothing for officers ser
wants. tifty-sevcn thousand one hundred and eighty
dollars. .,
/ lion five hundred and seven thousand dollars.
For pay of the two and three years volunteers, nj
| ty-fivc million dollars
subsistence Kind regular troops, IWOILIl-
| lion four hundred and ninety-three thousand iouI
hundred and ninety-scven dollars and fifty cents.
For Subsistence i'll kind for two and three years
volunteers twcnty-thrce million eghty-iUur thous-
and two hundred and eighty-four dollars
For the regular supplies of the Iuartermster de-
partment, consisting Of fuel for tile officers, enlisted
men guard hospital storehouscs and Oiiiccs OF for
age in kind for the horses. mules, ana oxen oil the
department ut the several posts ami
stations, and with the armies in the nell Tor t,e
horses Of the regiments of Dragons and + th"an-
thOriZed number of officers horses WI en- serving IN
the field and the outposts, including bedding Tor
the animals; Of straw for soldiers bedding; ANA "l
stationery including blank books for the quarter
masters department. certificates for discharged sol
dicrs, blank forms for the pay ana luarteTia7ttL
dcJartment aud for printing 0f division anu depart
mcnt orders and reports fourteen million two hun
drcd and sixty-tive thousand iity-nine dollars AMI
thirty-sevCn cents.
For the incidental expenses of the quartermNster's
Department, consisting of postage ON letters and
pacets received and sent by officers OF the army ON
publC scrvicC expenses oil cOurs-lnhftIl ana courts
Of INJURY. including the additional compensation oil
Judges advocate, recorders members AMI witnesses
while on that service, under the act of eighteen hum
drcd and two; extra pay to soldiers employed under
the direction of the qunrtcrmaSTer's department III
the erection Of barla ks, quarters, storehouSe una
husnita in the construction of roads, and other con-
labor for periods of not less than ten days nm
der the acts of second Of March, eighteen hundred
and nintccn. and Of fourth of August eighteen hun
lrrl AMI -four Including those employed as clerks
at division and department headquarters: expenses
of expresses and from the frontier posts and ar
mics in the field; of escorts To pHym;isters and other
Disturbing officers. and to trains where military es-
t. rts cannot he urnshed expenses uf the interIncn
OF officers killed in action, or who die when ON duty
in the field the posts on the frontiers orat 9TH
or posts aud places. wien ordered by the Secretary
Of War and Of non-COmmssioncd officers and soldiers;
authorized office furniture: hire OF laborers III the
qaTtermHsers department incuaing the hire "t IN
terpreteTs and guides for the army; compensation OF
clerks to officers of the quartermastcrs department
CONDENSATION of forage and wagon masters. author
lied by the act Of fifth July eighteen hundred and
thirtyeight for the apprehension of dcseTtcrs and
the expenses incident their pursuit; and for the
60 ffF fltAP rs nj
dragons and light artillery viz: the purchase of
travelling FORCES, blacksuis and slucinC tools, horse
and mules shoes and nails. iron and steel for shooting
hire OF veterinary surgeons Incidence Tor horses ana
mules picket ropes and for shooting the horses Of the
corps named, Ecven million six hundred aud siXty-siN
| thousand six hundred and siNty-siN dollars.
For the purchase of dragon and artillery horses,
ten million five hundred and fourteen thousand five
| hundred dollars
! For mileage or the allowance made to officers of
the army fer the transportation of themselves and
their baggage wien travelling OH duty without troops,
escorts or supplies, five hundred thousand dollars.
For transportation Of the army including the bag
gage Of the troops, when moving either by land or
water: Of clothing, camp and garrison eqntpnSe,
from the depot at Philadelphia TO the several posts
and army dUpots, and from those depots to the troops
in the field and subsistence from the places of puT-
chase and from the places Of delivery, under con-
tract such places the circumstances of the SER
vice may require them to he sent of ordnance ord
nnnr,. stores and small arms from the founrics and
armures TO the aTscnals, Qualifications frontier posts,
and army dcpOts: treights wharfage, tolls, and fer
rages; he purchase and hire of horses, mules and
CARTS and drays: and of ships and other sca-going
vessels and bouts required the transportation OF
supplies and for garrison purposes for drayage and
carriage Mt tho several posts; hire OF tc;lnsters;
transportation of funds for the pay and other dis
bursting de partments; the expense of sailing public
transports on the various rivers the Cult OF MeXi-
co. and the Atlantic, and for procuring water at
suCh posts from their situation require it To be
brought from distance, and for clearing roads and
removing distinctions from rUnds hnrors, aud riv-
ers to tile extent which may be required for the ac-
tual operation of the troops in the field sixteen
million two hundred and twenty thousand nine hun
'ired and ity-four dollars.
For gunboats on the western rivers, one million
dollars.
Hire of quarters for troops; of storehouses for
the cafe keeping of military stores; of grounds for
summer environments aud for temporary huts, one
million five hundred thousand dollars
For clothing, camp and garrison c1uipagc thir-
teen million four hundred and sixteen thousand four
hundred and thirty-seven dollars and two cents.
For contingencies Of the army, two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For the medical and hospital departments, ono
million two hundred and seventyone thousand eight
hundred and fnI ty-Onc dollars.
For armament Of Notifications, four hundred and
fifty-scven thousand six hundred dollars.
For the current expenses of the ordnance ser
vice. two hundred and six thousand two hundred
and ninety two dollars.
For ordnance. ordnance stores, and supplies, in
Guiding horse equipments for all mounted troops,
two million three hundred aud sixty thousand dol
lars.
For the manufacture of arms. two million five
hundred and seventy-three thousand three hundred
and ten dollars.
For increasing the manufacturing capacity Of tho
national armory, four hundred and twenty-five thou
Sandifve hundred dollars.
For the purchase of gunpowder and lead, four
hundred and ifty-one thousand seven hundred and
eighty dollars.
For the purchase of artillery horses, two hundred
and sCventy-five thousand dollars.
For additions to and extensions of the shoproonI,
machinery tools, and fixtures at the different ARISEN
ais. one hundred and twcuty-SiX thousand six hun
drCd and ninety dollars.
For the following fOrtihcations:
Fort Montgomery, Lake Champlain, New York,
Fort Knox, PenoLscot river, Maine, twenty thou
sand dollars.
Fort on Hog Island Ledge, Portland harbor, Maine,
fifteen thousand dollars.
Fort Adams, Newport harbor, Rhode Island, five
Fort Efchmond, Staten Island, New York, ten
tIousnnd