Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20
LPUsuC-No. 81

AN ACT making additional appropriations for the
support Ofthe 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
one.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentHtiYes of the United States of America in Com
greSs assembled That the following sums be and tho
sslno are hereby appropriated ont Of any money in
tile Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the sup
port of the army for the year ending the thirtiefh
Of June. eighteen hundred and sixty-twO.
For expenses of recruiting, transportation of re-
cruits from the different rendezvous to general de
potts. procuring OF medical attendance, and all other
expenses attending the raising of twenty four thou
sand two hundred and eighty-ive men, to be organ
lied into nine regiments OF infantry, regiment
cavalry, and regiment of artillery per general
orders number sixteen, dated War Department, Ad-
infant Generals Office Washington, May fourth.
eighteen hundred and sXty-One, three hundred and
ifty-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 siXty-nine thousand eight hundred aud forty
eight dollars and lightweight cents
For communication of officers subsistence four hun
bred and seventy-eGht thousand three hundred and
seventeen dollars and sixty cents.
For Communication of forage for officers horses sew
euty-three Thousand and fifty-six dollars.
Tor payments in lieu of clothing for officers
wants, hfty-seven thousand one hundred and eighty
dollars.
For pay of the three months volunteers, two mil.
lion five hundred and seven thousand dollars.
For pay OF the two and three years volunteers, fE
ty-fve million dollars
For subsistence in kind for regular troops, twomil-
lion four hundred and ninety-tllree thousand fUul
hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents.
For Subsistence in kind for two and three years.
volunteers, twenIy-three million eighty-tour thous-
and two hundred and eighty-four dollars.
For the regular supplies of the quar- de-
paTtment consisting Of fuel for the officers enlisted
guard hospital storehouses. and offices; of
age in kind for the horses, mules, and oxen OF the
luarteUmasters department Mt the several posts and
stations, and with the armies in the field; for the
horses of the regiments of dragons, and for the nI.
thoriZcd number of officers horses when 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
diers, blank forms for the pay and quar- terasters
department. and for printing Of division and tlenart-
nent orders and reports, fourteen million two hun
dred and siXty-ive thousand ffty-nine dollars and
thirty-seVen cents.
Fortne incidental expenses of tho Quartermaster's
department, consisting OF postage letters and
packets received and sent by officers of the army on
public service; expenses of cOurtsmaral and courts
OF inquiry, including the additional compensation of
judges advocate recorders, members, and witnesses
while on that service, under the act of eighteen hun
drcd and two; extra pay to soldiers employed under
the direction Of the quartermasTers department in
tile C"ectiOu Of barracks, quarters, stOrehouses aud
hospitals in the construction of roads, and other
slant labor for periods of not less than ten days,
der the acts of second of March, eighteen hundred
and ninteen, and of fourth of August eighteen hun
dTcla and fiftyOur including those employed rs clerks
at division and department headquarters; expenses
of expresses to and from the frontier posts and ar
mics i'll the field; of escorts to paymNScrs aud other
disbursinS officers and to trains where military Cs-
cOrts cannot he furnished; expenses of the interent
of officers killed in action, who die when on duty
in the field ut the posts the frontiers or Mt 9th
posts and places, when ordered by the Secretary
Hf War; and of officers and soldiers;
authorized Office furniture; hire of laborers in the
IuHrtermasters department. including the hire of in
terpreters ana guides for the army; compensation of
clerks to officers of the quaTtcrmasters department:
compensation of forage and wagon masters, author
lied by the act of fifth July, eighteen hundred and
thrtyCight; for the apprehension of deserters and
tho expenses incident to their pursuit; and for the
following expenditures required for the regiments OF
dragons ana light artillery, viz. the IF
travelling fOrgcs blacksmits and sOeing tools horse
and mules shoes and nails iron and steel for shoeng
hire OF veterinary surgeons, medicines for horses and
mules picket ropes, and for shooting the horses of the
corps named seven million six hundred and siXtysix
thousand six hundred and siXty-siX dollars
For the purchase of dragon and artillery horses
ten million five hundred and fourteen thousand five
hundred dollars.
For mileage, the allowance made to officers of
the army for the transportation of themselves and
their baggage when travelling duty without troops
escorts supplies five hundred thousand dollars
For transportation of the army including tile bng-
gage of tho troops, when moving either by land or
wafer; OF clothing, cnmp and garrison Cquipage
from the depot at Philadelphia to the several posts
and army dcPOts, and from those dcpOtstO the troops
in the field and subsistence from the places of mir
chase and from the places of delivery, under con-
tract, TO such places the circumstances of the SER
vice may require them to be sent; Of ordnance ord
IaIc'' stores and Emni arms from tho foundries and
armOrIcs to the arsenls, Notifications frontier posts
and army dcpOts; frciEhts wharfage, tolls and fer
TagcS the purchase and hire of horses mules and
harness, and the purchase and repair of wagons
CARTS and drays; and of ships and other soa-Eoing
vessels and boats required for the TRANSFORMATION Of
supplies and for garrison purposes; for rayage and
carriage ut the several posts; hirc of Transfers;
transportation of funds for the pay and other dis
| bursting departments; the expense of sailing public
transports OH the various rivers, tho Gull Of Next
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, hnrbors and riy-
to the extent which may be required for the ac-
tual operation of the troops in the field, sixteen
million two hundred and twenty thousand nine hun
| slTCu and 6ftV-fDOr dollars
dollars.
the safekeeping of military stores; of grounds foI
summer environments and for temporary huts, one
| million five hundred thousand dollars,
For clothing, camp and garrison cGuipage, tIlir.
teen million four hundred and sixteen thousand four
hundred and thirty-seven dollars and two cents
For contingencies of the army, two hundred tbou-
sand dollars.
For the medical and hospital departments, one
million two hundred and seveutv-one thousanl eipLt
hundred and forty-one dollars
| For armament of Qualifications, four hundred and
htty-seTen thousand six hundred dollars.
| For the current expenses of the ordnance ser
and ninety-twO dollars.
For ordnance ordnance stores and supplies, in
| Guiding horse equipments for all mounted troops,
two million three hundred aud sixty thousand dol
For the manufacture of arms, two million five
hundred and seventy-three thousand three hundred
and ten dollars.
For Increasing the manufacturing CAPACITY Of the
sandSfv hundred dollars w 'A''
For the purchase of gunpowder and lead, four
hundred and fifty-one thousand seven hundred and
eighty dollars. ~ ''--N
For the purchase of artillery horses, two hundred
and seventy-five thousand dollars.
For additions to and extensions of tho shop-room,
machinery, tools, and fixtures at the different ARISEN.
ais, one hundred and twenty-six thousand six hun.
| drod and ninety dollars " '''''.
For the following Notifications:
Fort Montgomery, Lake Champ!ain, New York
twenty thousand dollars
Fort Knox, Penobscot river, Maine, twenty thou
Fort on Hog Island Ledge, Portland harbor, Maine,
| thousand dollars. "
Fort Richmond, Staten Island New York fen
! thousand dollars -S' @' 1s'A