Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-24
[PUBLIC-No. 81

[PUBuC-NO. 6.
AN ACT making additional appropriations for tile
support of the army for the fiscal year ending June
thrtieth. eighteen hundred and siXty-two and APP
preparations Of arrearages for the fiscal year end
ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty
Be it enacted by the Senate aud House of Repre-
sentativcs of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled That the following sums be and the
same are hereby appropriated ont OF any money III
the Treasury mol otherwise appropriated Tor the sup
port of the army for the year ending the thirtieth
of June, eighteen hundred and siXty-two
For expenses Of recruiting. transportation OF re-
cruits from the different rendezvous to general de-
pots procuring of medical attendance and all other
expenses attending the raising of twcntytour tou-
sand hundred and eighty-fivc men, to be orgol-
lied nine regiments OF Infantry one regiment OF
cavalry, and regiment OF artillery as per general
orders number sixteen. dated War Department, Al
jutant Generals Office, Washington May fourth
eighteen hundred and siNty-one, three hundred and
nfty-cight thousand dollars
For purchase of books of tactics ana instruction
for the volunteers fifty thousand dollars.
For pay of the army. three million nine hundred
and sixty-nine thousand eight hundred and forty
eight dollars and lightweight cents.
For communication OF officers subsistence, four hun
dred and seventy-eight thousand three hundred and
seventeen dollars and sixty cents.
For Communication OF forage for officers horses, sew
cnty-thrce thousand and tifty-siX dollars.
For payments in lieu of clothing for officers ser
wants, tifty-sevcn Thousand one hundred ana eighty
dollars.
For pay Of the three months volunteers, two mil.
lion FIVE hundred and seven thousand dollars.
tv-tivc million dollars.
For subsistence in kind for regular troops twomil-
lion four hundred and ninety-three thousand fOuI
hundred aud niuety-scven dollars and nfty cents.
For Subsistence in kind for two and three years
volunteers twcntythree million eighty-tOur thous-
AMI Two hundred and eiShty-four dollars.
For the regular supplies Of the quart de-
partnent. consisting Of fuel for the officers, enlisted
men, gnard hospital stOrehOuscs and Oiiiccs OF tor
age ia kind for the horses. mules and oxen OF the
quartcnasters department at the several posts and
stations. and with the armies in the field; for the
ayNgg of al Inc
thOriZed number Of officers horses when serving IN
the field and at the outposts, including bedding for
the aniInals of for soldiers bedding; and of
stationery, including blank books for the quarter
masters department, certificates for discharged sol
diers, blank forms for the pay and quartcrnHsteEs
department, and for printing "f division and depart
meut orders and reports fourteen million two hum
dred and siXty-tive Thousand tiity-nine dollars aud
thrty-scycu cents.
For the incidental expenses of the quartcrmastcr's
department, consisting of postage on letters and
packets received and sent by officers OF the army on
public service expenses Of courtsmartalandc courts
ri inquiry, including the additional compensation of
Judges advocate recorders. members, and WITNESSES
while on that service under the act vi eighteen nun
,lred and two extra pay TO soldiers employed under
the direction of the quartCrnasTers department in
the ectOu Of barracks, quarters, stOreh0Ilscs. aud
h0spiIn.- in the construction OF roads, and other
slant labor for periods Of less than ten days
der the acts vt second Of March, eighteen hundred
arI, ninteen ami OF fourth Of August eighteen hun
drcd and lift ynUr ircludinS those employed as clerks
at division aud department headquarters; expenses
of expresses and from the frontier posts and
Ill :
dsbuTSin. officers. and to trains where military
curts he wiiisled expenses "f the intcrmem
Of officers killed in action or will" die when ON duty
in the cli at the posts on the frontiers or ut ol-
er posts and places, when ordered by the Secretary
If War AMI officers and soldiers:
authorized Office furniture: hire of labUreTs i'll the
quart crmlscrs department. including the hire of lit
tcTpreters and guides for the army; compensation oil
clerks officers of the quartermgstcrs departments
compensation OF forage and wagon masters. author
lied by the act of filth July. eighteen hundred and
thirty-cight for the apprehension OF dcscrters and
the expenses incident to their pursuit; and for the
following expenditures required for the regiments OF
dragons and light artillery viz: the purchase ot
travelling turges blacksmiths and shoeng tools horse
and mules Shoes and nails. iron and steel torshucing
hire OF veterinary surgeons medicines for horses and
mules picket ropes and for shooting the horses ofthe
corps named seven million six hundred AMI sNty-siN
Thousand six hundred ami siNtI-siX dollars
For the purchase of GragO0H and artillery horses,
ten million five hundred and fourteen thousand five
hundred dollars.
For mileage. or tle allowance made to officers OF
the army for The transportation VI themselves and
their baggage when travelling OH duty without troops,
escorts supplies. five hundred thousand dollars
For transportation Of the army, including the bag
gage Of the troops, when moving either by land ar
water; of clothing. camp and garrison e'iuipagc.
from the depot at Philadelphia to the several posts
and army depOs, and from those dcpotsto the troops
in the field: and subsistence from the places OF pur-
chase and from the places Of delivery under con
tract to such places as the circumstances Of the ser
require them to he sent of ordnance ord
name stores, and sAll arms from the iUuniTCs and
armorcs to the arscnas forhiicattons, frontier posts.
and army dcputs; frcights, wharfage tolls. and fer
ragcs: he purchase and hire Of horses, mules. and
harness. and the purchase and repair Ul wagons,
carts. and drays; and of ships and other going
vessels ami boats required for the transportation al
supplies and for garrison purposes for drayage and
carriage ut the several posts; hire of teamstcrs;
transportation Of funds for the pay and other dis
bursting departments; the expense of sailing public
transports the various rivers. the Gull of MeXi
co, and the Atlantic and for procuring water ut
such posts from their situation require it TO be
brought from distance. and for clearing roads and
removing distractions from roads- harbors and nv
the extent which may be required for the &c
tual operation of the troops in the field, sixteen
million two hundred and twenty thousand nine hun
| hrvd and hfty-four dollars
For gunboats on the western rivers, orc million
! dollars.
| Hire of quarters for troops; of storehouses for
the SAFE keeping Cf military stores; Of grounds for
summer environments and for temporary huts, one
million five hundred thousand dollars.
For clothing. camp and garrison cquipage, tllir-
teen million iUur hundred and sixteen Thousand four
bundled and thirty seven dollars and two cents.
For contingencies of the army. two hundred thou
/ sand dollars.
For the medical and hospital departments.
million hundred and seventy-onc thousand eight
hur dred and furty-on" dollars.
! For armament Of Qualifications, four hundred and
| fny-scvcn thousand six hundred dollars.
For the current expenses of the ordnance
vice. two hundred and siX Thousand Two hundred
and ninety dollars.
For 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 five
hundred and sevcnty-three thousand three hundred
| and ten dollars.
For increasing the manufacturing capacity Of tie
national armury. four hundred and twenty-five thou
sandIfve hundred dollars.
For the purchase of gunpOwdcr and lead, four
hundred and tifty-onn thousand seven hundred and
eighty dollars.
For the purchase of artillery horses, two hundred
| and seventy-five thousand dollars.
For additions to and extensions of the shop-room,
machinery tools, and fixtures at the different arsen-
ais, one hundred and twenty-siN thousand six hum
dred and ninety dollars.
| For the following Notifications:
| Fort Montgomery, Lake Champlain, New York,
| twenty thousand dollars.
Fort Knox, Penobscot river, Maine, twenty thou
sand dollars.
Fort on nogIsland Ledge, Portland harbor, Maine,
| fifteen thousand dollars.
Fort Adams, Newport harbor, Rhode Island five
! thousand dollars.
Fort Eichmond, Staten Island, New York, ten
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