The national Republican., 1861-07-22
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF TIE UNITED STATES
Passsd q. ~ Frat Ssssion of lhs Thirty. seventh
OonQr~s.
fPuRLIo-No. 81

sixty.two, and appropriations of arrearages
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eigh.
teen hundred and sixtyone. ..
Be IL enacted by The Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States of Amer.
icd IN Congress assembled, That the following
sums be and the same are hereby appropriated
out of any money in the Treasury not other.
wise appropriated, for the support of the army
for the year ending the thirtieth Of June, eigh.
teen hundred and sixty.two.
For expenses Of recruiting, transportation Of
recruits from the different rendezvous to gener.
eral depots, procuring of medical attendance,
and all other expenses attending the raising Of
tventy-tour thousand two hundred and eighty.
five men, to be organized into nine regiments
Of infantry, one regiment Of cavalry, and one
regiment Of artillery, as per general orders
number sixteen, dated War Department, Ad.
jutant Generals 0 flee, Washington, May fourth,
eighteen hundred and sixty.one, three hundred
and 6fty.eight thousand dollars.
For purchase of books of tactics and instruc.
ton for the volunteers, fifty thousand dollars
For pay Of the army, three million nine hun.
dred and sixty.nine thousand eight hundred
and forty-eight dollars and eighty eight cents.
For commutston of officers subsistence,
four hundred and seventy y-eght thousand three
hundred and seventeen dollars and sixty cents.
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horses, seventytbrse thousand and fiftysix dol.
lara
For payments in lien Of clothing for officers
servants, ffty-seven thousand one hundred and
eighty dollars.
For pay OF the the three months' volunteers
two million five hundred and seven thousand
dollars.
For pay Of the two and three years volun.
tssrs, 6fty-6ve million dollars.
For subsistence in kind for regular troops,
two million four hundred aud ninety three
thousand four hundred and ninety. seven dollars
and Afty cents.
For subsistence in kind for two and three
years volunteers, twenty.three million eighty.
four thousand two hundred and eighty -four dol
lars.
Forth regular supplies of,he quartermaster's
department, consisting Of fuel for the officers,
enlisted men, guard, hospital, storehouses, and
offices; Of forage in kind for the horses, mules
and oxen Of the quartermaster's department at
the several posts and stations, and with the
armies in the fed; for the horses Of the regi.
ments of dragons, and for the authorized
number Of officers horses when serving in the
field and at the .outposts, including bedding
for the animals; of straw for soldiers bedding ;
and Of stationery, including blank books for
the quartermaster's department, certificates for
discharged soldiers blank forms for the pay
and quartermasters department, and for print.
ing OF division and department orders and re.
ports, fourteen million two hundred and sixty.
five thousand fifty.nine dollars and thirty.seven
cents.
For the incidental expenses of the quarter.
masters department, consisting of postage on
letters and packets received and sent BY officers
of the army on public service; expenses of
courts martial and courts of inquiry, including
the additional compensation Of judges advocate,
recorders, members, and witnesses, while on
that service, under the act Of eighteen hundred
and two; extra pay to soldiers employed under
the direction OF the quartermasters's depart
ment in the erection Of barracks, quarters,
storehousas, and hospitals, in the construction
Of roads, and other constant labor, for periods
OF not less than ten days, under the acts OF
second of March, eighteen hundred and nine
teen, and Of fourth Of August, eighteen hundred
and hfty.tour, including those employed as
clerks at division and department headquarters;
expenses of expresses to and from the frontier
posts and armies in the field of escorts to pay.
masters and other discussing officers, aud to
trains where military escorts cannot be fur.
nished; expenses Of the interment of officers
killed in action, or who die when on duty in the
field, at the posts on the frontiers or at other
posts and places, when ordered by the Secre.
tary Of War, and Of non commissioned officers
and soldiers authorized office furniture; hire
Of laborers in the quartermssters department,
including the hire Of interpreters and guides
for the army; compensation Of clerks to officers
of the qusrtermasters department; compensa.
ton OF forage and wagon masters, authorized
by the act of fifth July, eighteen hundred and
thirty-eight; for the apprehension Of deserters
and the expenses incident to their pursuit; and
for tho follovipu oypa,1,t,roo e.
regiments Of dragons and light artillery, viz
the purchase Of travelling forges, blacksmiths'
and shoeing tools, horse and mule shoes and
nails, iron and steel for shoeing, hire of veteri.
nary surgeons medicines for horses and mules
picket ropes, and for shoeing the horses of the
corps named, seven million six hundred and
sixtysix thousand six hundred and sixty six
dollars.
For the purchase of dragoon aud artillery
horses, ten million Eve hundred and fourteen
thousand Eve hundred dollars.
For mileage, or the allowance made to officers
Of the army for the transportation of themselves
and their baggage when travelling on duty
without troops, escorts, or supplies, five hundred
thousand dollars.
For transportation of the army, including
the baggage Of the troops, when moving either
by land or water; Of clothing, camp aud gar.
rison equippage, from the depot at Philadel phia
TO the several posts and army depots, and from
those depots to the troops in The Geld; and
subsistence from the places Of purchase and
from the places Of delivery, under contract, to
such places as the circumstances of the service
may require them to be sent; of ordnance,
ordnance stores, and small arms from the
foundries and armories to the arsenals, foriG.
cations, frontier posts, and army depots freights,
wharfage, tolls, and ferrages; the purchase
and hire Of horses, mules, and harness, and the
purchase and repair of wagons, carts, and
drays; and of ships and other sea going vessels
and boats required for the transportation Of