Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-31
LPuHuo-No. 81

lECAIC-NO- o.
An ACT making additional appropriations for the
support Of the army for the fiscal year ending June
thiFtieth, eighteen hundred and Exty-tWo, and APP
preparations Of aTrearage8 for the fiscal year end
Ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty
one.
BE Il enacted by the Senate and HOUSE Of Repre-
sentatfVes Of the United States Of America in Con-
ross assembled, That the following be and the
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for sup
port Of the army for the year ending the thiTteth
0f June, eighteen hundred and sixty-tWo.
For expenses Of recruiting. transportation OF re-
eruits from the different rendezvous 70 general de
pots procuring Of medical attendance, and all other
expenses attending the raising Of twenty thou
sand two hundred and eIghty-hve men, to be organ
lied into nine regiments OF infantry, one regiment OF
cavalry and one regiment Of artillery a. per general
jutant Generals once, Warrington, Nay fourth.
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, three hundred and
hfty-eIght thousand dollars
FOR purchase Of books Of tactics and instruction
for the volunteers, fifty thousand dOllArs.
For pay Of the army, three million nine hundred
and siIty-nine thousand eight hundred and forty
eight dollars and eiEhty-0ight cents.
FOR Communication Of oficeTs subsistenee, four hun
dred and seventy-eIght thousand three hundred and
seventeen dollars add sixty cents.
For Communication Of forage for OfieeTS horses, sew
enty.three thousand and hfty-six dollArs-
Tor payments in lieu Of clothing for officers, ser
wants, dfty-ssTen thousand one hundred and eighty
For pay Of the three months volunteers, two mill
lion ave hundred and seven thousand dollars.
ty-five million dollars
For uubsStenoe in kind for regular troops twomil-
lion four hundred and niuety-three thousand four
hundred aud ninety-SeVen dollars and hfty eents-
For Gabsistenee In kind for two and three year5
volunteers tWeuty-three million eighty-fOur th0uS
and two hundred and eighty. four doilars-
For the regular supplies Of the quartermasteEsde
partment consisting OF fuel for the officers enlisted
men, guard, hospital stoEehouses and Ofees; Of Tor
age 10 kind for the horses, mules, and oxen Of the
qnarteFmasteFs department At the several posts and
stations, and With the armies in the field; for the
hOr5es Of the regiments Of dragons and fr the Hu-
thOrized number Of officers horses Wien 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 quarter
masters department, certificates for discharged sol
dieFs blank forms for the pay and Quartertnasters
department. and for printing Of division and depart
ment orders and reports, fourteen million two hun
dred and sixty-hve thousand hffy-nine dollars and
thirty-seVen cents.
For the incidental expenses OF the quartermasters
department, consisting Of postage on letters and
packets received and seut by Officers Of the army on
public service; expenses of cOursnarttal and courts
Of inquiry, including the additional compensation OF
Judges advocate recorders, membeFs and witnesses,
while on that service under the act Of eighteen hun
dred and two; extra pay TO soldiers employed under
the direction OF the qnartermaaers department in
the erection Of barracks quarters stOrehOuses, aud
hospitals the construction Of roads and other
ttant labor for periods Of not less than ten days
der the acts Of second Of March, eighteen hundred
and nlnteen and Of fourth Of August, eighteen hun
dTed and yfour Including those employed rs clerks
division and department headquarters; expenses
miles In the field; Of escorts to Plymasters and other
Officers, and TO trains where military
cannot be furnished; expenses Of tho ntement
OF officers killed in action, who die when on duty
In the field at the posts the frontiers at 9TH
or posts and places, when ordered By the Secretary
of War, and Of officers and soldiersi
authorized oca fuTniture; hire Of laborers In the
quarteTasters department, including the hire fin
teFpreter5 and guides for the army; Compensation Of
clerks to Sisers o. the department.
iEed by the act Of fifth July, eighteen hundred and
thiTtyeight for the apprehension Of deserteTs and
the expenses incident to their pursuits and for the
following expenditures required for the regiments Of
dragons and light artillery, viz: the purchase Of
travelling fOTges blcksmths and shoelng toOla horse
and mules shoes and nails iron and steel orshoeing
hire OF veterinary surgeons medicines for horses and
mules picket roI and for shOenR the horses Ofthe
corps named seven million six hundred aud sixty-six
thousand six hundred and sXty-six dollars
For the purchase Of dragon and artillery horses,
ten million Eve hundred and fourteen thousand ave
hundred dollars.
For mileage, or the allowance made to officers of
the army fer the transportation Of themselves and
their baggage when travelling duty without tIOpS
escorts supplies hve 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 eqIipage,
from the depot at Philadelphia TO the several posts
and army depOtS and from thOse depOts to the troops
In the field and subsistence from the places Of pur
chase aud from the places Of delivery, under con-
vice may require them TO be sent; OF ordnance, ord
nnner stores and small from the ioundrtes and
and army depots; freIehts, wharfage, tolls, and fer
riRges; the purchase and hire Of horses mules and
harness, and the purchase and repair OF wagons,
carts, and drayB; and Of ships and other eeA-gOtng
vessels and boats required Tor the transportation Of
supplies aud for garrison purposes; for drAyAge and
carriage at the several Postsi hire OF teamstersi
transportation Of funds for the pay and other dis
bursting de- partmentB the expense Of sailing public
transports the various rivers, the Gull OF Aext-
co, and the Atlantic, and for procuring water at
such posts as from their situation require It TO be
brought from distance. and Tor clearing roads and
removing distractions from roads, harbOrs, and nv
ers the extent which may be required for the ac
tuaI operation OF the troops In the held, sixteen
million two hundred and twenty thousand nine hun
bred and hfty -four dollars.
For gunbOats on the western rivers, one million
dollars.
Hire Of quarters for troops; of storehOuses for
the safe keeping Of military stores Of grounds for
summer environments and for temporary hutg, one
million ave hundred thousand dollars.
For clothing, camp and garrison equipage, thtr-
teen million four hundred and sixteen thousand four
HUNDRED aud thirty sew en- dollar and two cents.
For contingencies Of the army two hundred thou
sand dollArE.
million two hundred and seyentyone thousand eight
hundred and foTty.one dollars.
For armament Uf fUrtiheations, four hundred and
ffy-seVen thousand six hundred dollars.
For the current expenses Of the ordnance ser
vice, two hundred and ak thousand two hundred
and ninety-tw0 dollars.
Por 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 1--WE
hundred and seVVnty-threo thousand three hundred
and ten dollars.
For Increasing the manufacturing capacity ofthe
national armory, four hundred and twenty-five thou
sandiiVe hundred dollars.
For the purchase OF EunpoWder and lead four
hundred and hfty-One thousand seven hundred and
eighty dollars.
FOR the purchase of artillery horses, two hundred
and ssVenty-fiVe thousand dollars. 49,
For sddftions to and extensions Of the shop-room,
machinery, tools and fixtures At the different
ais, one hundred and tWenty-six Thousand six hun.
dred and ninety dollare.
Ror the following forttheatons:
Fort Montgomery, Lake ChRmpIAin, New York,
twenty thousand dsllaES.
Fort Knox, PenObSoot river, Maines twenty thou
sand dollars
Portion Hog leland Ledge, POrtlandharbOr, Maine,
hfteen thousand dollars.
Fort Adams, Newport haTbor, Rhode Island, hVe
thousand dollars.
Tort Riehmond, Staten leland, New York, ten
Fort on sits Of Fort Tompkius, Staten Island, New
York, my Thousand dollars,