Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-05-06

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ffty-eight, and ffty-nine...............
BY the act making appropriation for
the support of the Army for the
gear ending the thirtisth Of June,
eighteen hundred and sf1ty-ttco.
For expense Of recruiting, transpor-
tation Of recruits, three months
extra pay to non-commissioned Of
fcers, musicians, and privates, on
reenlistment ...-.....-........
For pay Of the army. ..............
For Communication Of officers subsis-
pehce .....'. .........
For communication Of forage for officers
noIees- -.---.-.-......
For payments to discharged soldiers
for clothing not drawn ............
For payments in lieu of clothing for
omcers' servants ..........-.....
For subsistence In kind ...........
For clothing for the army, camp and
garrison equipege. ................
For the regular supplies Of the quar-
termaster's department, consisting
Of fuel for the officers, enlisted men ,
guard, hospital, storehouses, and
offices; Of forage In kind for the
horses, mules aud eXen of the quar-
termaster's department at the seve-
sral posts and stations, and with
the armies In the field; for the
horses of the two regiments Of dIa-
goons, the two regiments of caval-
~, the regiment Of mounted rife
men, the companies Of light artille-
Ty, and such companies Of infantry
as may be mounted, and for the au-
thoriIed number Of officers horses
when serving in the field and at the
outpost, including bedding for the
animals; of straw for soldiers bed
ding; and OF stationery, including
blank books for the quartermaster
department, certificates for dis
charged soldiers, blank forms for
the pay and quartermaster's de-
partments, and for the printing of
division and department orders and
Reports ...................
For the incidental expenses Of the
quartermaster's department, oon-
sisting Of postage on letters and
packets received and sent By Off =
GERS OF the army on public services;
expenses Of courts-martial and
courts Of quiry, including the ad-
ditional compensation of judge ad :
vocates, recorders, members, and
witnesses, while on that service
under the act of March sixteenth,
eighteen hundred and two; extra
pay TO soldiers employed, under
the direction Of the q uartermaster's
department, in the erection Of bar
racks, quarters, storehouses, and
hospitals; In the construction O.
roads, and on other constant labo'
for periods Of not less than ten
days, under the acts Of March sec
ond, eighteen hundred and nine
teen, and August fourth, eighteen
hundred and ffty-four, including
those employed as clerks at divis-
Ion and department headq uarters;
expenses Of expresses to and from
the frontier posts and armies in the
field; Of escorts to paymasters and
other discussing officers, and to
trains where military escorts can
not be furnished; expense of the in-
terment Of officers killed in action,
or who die when on duty In the
feld, or at the posts on the frontiers,
or at other posts and places when or
dered by the Secretary Of W ar; and
Of non-commissioned officers and
soldiers; authorized ONCE furni-
ture; hire Of laborers In the quar-
termaster's department, including
the hire Of interpreters and guides
for the army; compensation Of
clerks to officers Of the quarter.
masters department; coHipensa-
tion Of forage and wagonmasters,
authorized by the act Of July fifth,
eighteen hundred and thirty-eight;
for the apprehension Of deserters,
and the expenses incident to their
pursuit; and for the following ex-
penditures required for the two
regiments Of dragons, the two re-
giments Of cavalry, the regiment of
mounted rifemen, and such COM
panies OF infantry as may be mount
ed, viz: the purchase Of travelling
FORCES, blacksmiths' and shoein0
tools, horse and mule shoes and
nails, iron and steel for shoeing,
hire Of veterinary surgeons, medi-
ctnes for horses and mules, picket
ropes, and for shoeing the horses
OF the corps named .............
For hire or Communication Of quarters
for officers on military duty; hire of
quarters for troops; Of storehouses
for the safe-keeping of military
stores; Of grounds for summer can
tonments and for temporary from
tiei ststiohs.-
To paw the amount Of a judgment re-
covered by John James against
Captains A. 7. Lee and T. 6 Pit
cher, FIRST Lieutenant Thomas M
Jones, and Lieutenant Colonel w
Seawell, for damages for timber
cut upon the land Of said James for
Fort Davis.
To pay the costs Of the suit In which
said judgment was rendered.
For hutting troops, and for repairing,
altering, and enlarging buildings
az the established posts.
For the construction of barracks and
other buildings.
For the purchase of heating and cook
Ing stoves ................
For the purchase Of clocks for per
manent posts.
FOR mileage, or the allowance made
10 Officers Of the army for the trans
Portstion Of themselves and their
baggage when travelling on duty
without troops, escorts, or sup
Phco $50 ..................
For the transportation of the army,
including the baggage Of the troops
when moving either by land or
water; OF clothing, camp, and gar.
rison equipage, from the depot at
Philadelphia to the several posts
and army depots, and from those
depots to the troops In the field: of
horse equipments, and of subsist-
enee from the places of purchase
aud from the places Of delivery uu.
der contract 70 such places as the
circumstances Of the service mavIe-
quire them to be sent, of ordnance.
ordnance stores, and small arms
from the foundries and armories
to the arsenais, Notifications, from
tier posts and army dspots; frciphts.
wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; fof
the purchase and hire Of hoses.
mules, md oxen, 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 supplies
and for garrison purposes; for draw
age and carriage az the several posts:
hire OF tsamsters; transportation OF
funds for the pay and other dis.
bursting departments; the expense
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