St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-08-22

AN ACT to alter and regulate the navy ration.
Be eaacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
se,tafires Of The United States Of dmerica IN tbn-
gress assembled, That the navy ration shall con-
siSt OF the following daily allowance of pro-
visions to each person. One pound of salt
pork, with half pint of beans or peas or
one pound of salt beef, with a half IL pound of
flour, and two ounces of dried apples or other
dried fruit; or three quarters of a pound of
preserved meat, with half pound OF rice,
two ounces of butter, and one ounce Of desic-
Gated "miXcd vegetables !" or three quarters
OF pound OF preserved meat, two ounces OF
butter, and two ounces of deSCCated potato :;
together with fourteen ounces of biscuits, one
quarter Of an ounce of tea, or one ounce of
coffee, or cocoa, two ounces of sugar, and u
gill of spirits and of a weekly allowance of
half pound of pickles, half pint OF molas-
ses and half pint of vinegar.
SEC. .. AHd be IL further enacted That fresh or
preserved meat may be substituted for salt beef
OF pork and vegetables for the other articles
usually issued with the sated meats allowing
one and aquarter pound OF fresh or three quar-
tiers of pound of preserved meat for one
pound OF salted beef or pork and regulating
the quantity of vegetables SO as to equal the
value Of the articles for which they may be
substituted.
SEC. 8. and be IL further enacted, That should
it be necessary to vary the above described
daily allowance, it shall he lawful to substitute
one pound OF soft bread or one pound OF flour,
or half pound of rice for fourteen ounces
of biscuit half a pint of wine for gill of
spirits, half pound of rice for half pint OF
beans OF peas {; half pint of beans or peas for
half a pound of rice.
SEC. 4. -ind bet further enacted, That, In case
of necessity, the daily allowance of provisions
Ill.
Of the senior officer present in command but
payment shall be made to the persons whose al
lowance shall be thus diminished according to
the scale of prices which is OF may be estab-
lished for the same but a commander who
shall thus make q diminuton or variation
shall report to his commanding officer, or to
the Navy Department, the necessity for the
same and give to the payniastcT written or
ders specifying particularly the diminutioti or
reduction which is to he made.
SEC. 5. -4nd be IL further enacted, That no COM
missioned or warrant officer, or any person
under twenty-onc years of age. shall be allow
ed to draw the spirit part of the daily ration /;
and all other persons shall be permitted to re-
linquish that part of their rations under such
restrictions as the President of the United
States may authorize and that the spirit por
tion OF the daily ration may he suspended or
stopped by the commanding officer, whenever
in his opinion it shall he deemed expedient for
cause of drunkenness and TO any person who,
by this section, is prohibited from drawing, or
who may relinquish the spirit part of his ra-
ton, there shall be paid, in lieu thereof, the
sum of four cents per day.
SEC. 6. Ind Be d. .futher enacted, That the pro-
visions of this act shall so into effect in the
United States on the first day of the succeed
ing quarter after II becomes law; and in
vessels abroad on the first iay Of the succeed
Ing quarter after its official receipt that any
acts or parts of acts which may be contrary
to or inconsistent with the provisions Of this
act shall be and are hereby repealed.
SEC. 7. Ind be IL further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Navy be authorized to procure
the preserved meats, pickles, butter and desc-
Gated vegetables in such manner and under
such restrictions and guarantees as in his opin-
ion will best insure the good quality Of said
articles.
Approved July Is, 1861.