Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-05
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AN ACT 10 alter and regulate the navy ration

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Be ii enacted by The Senate and House Of Representa-
tires Of the United States Of eica ~ Congress Ssseb-
bled That the navy ration shall consist of the follow
ing daily allowance of provisions to each person. one
| pound of salt pork, with half n pint OF beans or
! peas: or one pound OF salt beef, with half pound
Of flour. Md two ounces of dried apples, or other
dried fl nit; or three quarters of pound ofpreserv
ed meat, with half pound OF rice, two ounces OF
butter and one ounce of desccated ''miXed yegeta-
bles;n or three-quarters of a pound of preserved
meat two ounces of butter. and ounce of desic-
Gated potato; together with fourteen ounces of bis
cult, one quarter OF an ounce of tea, or one ounce
OF coffee, cocoa, two ounces OF sugar, and gill
of spirits; and of Il weekly allowance of half
pound OF pickles, half pint of molasses, and half
a pint of vinegar.
Sec 2. And be IL further enacted That fresh or pre-
served meat may be substituted for salt beef or pork
and vegetables iol the other articles usually issued
with the sailed meats allowing one and a quarter
pound of fresh, or threequaiters of pound of PIE
served meat for one pound of sailed beef or pork;
and regulating the quantity Of vegetables as to
equal the value OF the articles for which they may
be substituted.
Sec. g. And be 1t further enacted That should il be
necessary to vary the above described daily allow
alec. it shall be lawful to substitute one pound Of
SOIL bread, pound of flour, or half pound
of nee for fourteen ounces of biscuit; half pint
of wine for gill OF spirits; half pound of rice
for half pint of beans or peas half pint of beans
or peas for half pound OF rice
Sec. 4. And be Il further enacted, That, in of
necessity the daily allowance OF provisions may be
diminished varied by the discretion the senior
ofhcer present III command; bur pay mcn shall be
made to the persons Whose allowance SHALL be thus
diminished according to the scale OF prices which
is or may be established for the same: but COM
mander who shall thus make a dminution or varia-
ton shall report to his commanding officer, or TO
the navy department, the necessity for the same,
and give to the paymaster written orders specifying
particularly the diminution reduction which is to
made.
Sec. s. And be IL further enacted. That no commits
soner or warrant officer or any person under TWEEN
ty-one years OF age. shall be allowed to draw the
spirit part of the daily ration; and all other persons
shall be permitted TO relinqush that part of their
ons under such restriction the president of the
United States may authorize; and that the spirit
portion of the daily ration may be suspended or
stopped by the commanding officer, whenever in his
opinion it shall be eXpedient for of drunken
ness; and TO any person who by this section, is pro-
hibed from drawing, or who may relinquish the
spirit part of his ration, there shall be paid, in lien
thereof, the sum of four cents per day.
SEC. g. And be IL 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 be
comes 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 con
trary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this
act shall be and are hereafter repealed
SEC Z. And be it further enacted That the Secretary
of the Navy be authorized to procure the preserved
meats pickles. butter, and desiccated vegetables in
such manner and under such restrictions and guar
tees in his opinion will best insure the good quail
| ty of said articles.
Approved July Is. 1861.