Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-07

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AN ACT TO alter aud regulate the navy ration.
81 il enacted By the Senate and House 81 Representa-
t;res Of The United States OF aerca, an Congress sSe-
blsd that the navy ration shall consist OF the follow
;ms daily alowapce of provisions each pelson one
pound of sai pork with hall q pint OF beans or
peas: or pound OF salt beef, with haif pound
IF aour and Two ounces of dried apples, other
dried fruit or three quarters OF pound of preserv
ed meat with half pound of rice, two ounces OF
butter and one ounce OF desiccated ''miAed vegeta
bles; or three-quarteIs of a pound of preserved
meat. two ounces OF butter and one ounce OF desic
Gated potato; together With fourteen ounces OF bis
cuit one quar- Ter OF an ounce OF tea or one ounce
of coffee, or cocoa two ounces OF sugar, and gill
of spirits; and of q weekly allowance of halt II
pound OF pickles half pint OF moasses, and half
pint of vinegar.
Sec q And Be- Il further enacted That fresh or pre-
served meat may be substituted Tor salt beef pork
and vegetables ioi the other articles usually issued
with the sailed meats; allowing one and a quarter
pound of fresh, hlee-quarters of pound OF pre-
served meat for one pound Of sailed btel or pork;
and regulating the quantity of vegetables so as TO
equal the value of the articles Tor which they may
be substituted.
Sec. 3. And be 1t further enacted. That. should it be
necessary to vary the above described daily allow
ance. il shall be lawful TO substitute one pound CT
soft bread, one pound Of flour, or hall pound
of rice for fourteen ounces of biscuit; half pint
of wine tor a gill OF spirits; half a pound of rice
for half pint of beans peas; half pint OF beans
or peas for half pound OF rice.
Sec 4. And be IL further enacted. That, in case of
necessity, the daily allowance OF provisions may be
diminished varied by the discretion of the senior
officer present in command; but payment 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 dimnuton or varia-
ton shall report to his commanding officer, or 10
the navy department, the necessity for the same
and give to the paymaster written orders specifying
particularly the dimnution or reduction which is to
made.
Sec. 5. And be 1t further enacted. That no commits
sioner or warrant officer 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 10 elnquish that part OF their ra-
tons 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 i'll his
opinion it shall be eXpedient, for of drunken
ness; and to any person Who by this section is pro-
h1bited from drawing, or who may Telinquish the
spirit part of his ration, there shall be paid i'll lien
thereof, the sum of four cents per day.
SEC. 6. And be IL further enacted, 1hatthe provisions
of this act shall go into effect in the United States
on the st 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
uary 10 or inconsistent with the provisions of this
act shal, be and are hereafter repealed
SEC T. And be a. fnrfher 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 as in his opinion will best insure the good quail
ty OF said articles.
Approved July Is, 1861.