Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-15
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AN ACT making additional appropriations for the
support 81 the army for thu fiscal year 1n'ii' uiiS
thirteth. eighteen hundred and siNty-tNo, and al-
preparations of irrvaraccS for the fiscal yeHT end
| ing June thrtieth, eighteen hundrei and sixty
Bc il enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
scntatvcS Of the United StRtcS of America III Com
ErVs assembled That the following sans be and the
sumo are hereby Appropriated ont &" any money IN
the Treasury otherwise appropriated for the sup
port OF the army fnr the year ending the thirtetl
| of juno. eighteen hundred and siNty-two,
For expenses of recruiting, transportation oi N.
cruts from the different rendezvous tn general de-
Ipts prcuyiig of medical attendance and ali other
expenses attending the raising Of twenty .lo
sand two hntIdr,s and CiEity-iive men, 10 be or
iEe into nine regiments Of Infantry one regiment OF
cavalry, and regiment of artillery per general
orders number sixteen. dated War Department, Al
iutant Generals Office, Washington May fourth;
eighteen hundred and sNty-Onc, three hundred and
| ffty-ci;cht Thousand dollars.
For purchase of books Of tactics and instruction
| for the volunteers, MY thousand dollars.
For pay OF the army, three million nimc hundred
and siXty-ninc thousand eight hundred and forty
eight dollars and lightweight cents
For communication of officers subsistence. four hun
lrei and sevcnty-Cght thousand three hundred and
| seventeen dollars and sixty cents.
For Communication ut forage Tor officers horses,
| euty-threc Thousand and flFty-six dollars
For payments in lieu of clothing for officers SER
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 ff
| ty-ivc million dollars.
For subsistence In kind for regular troops, two mil
| lion four hundred and lnnetY-tllCec thousand fUuI
| hundredand niuoty-seYen dollars and fifty cents.
| For Subsistence in kind for and three years'
| volunteers, tweuIy-threc million Eghty-tOur thous-
| and two hundred and eighty-foUr dollars
For the regular supplies OF the qunrtcrnas:ers de-
partment, consisting OF fuel for the officers enlisted
men, guard, hospital stOrchouses and uiiccs of for
age in kind for the horses, mules. and oxen of the
luHrtcTmastcrs department at the several posts and
stations and with the armies in the field; for tie
horses Of the regiments of Dragons and the nrI-
thorzed number of officers horses when serving in
the field and at the outpost, 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
iers, DIahS ioT;ns ior the pay anu GuartcTnasters
department, auu Tor printing Of division and depart
ment orders and reports, fourteen million two hun
tlred and siXty-ivc thousand ffty-nine dollars and
| thirty-sevcn cents.
For the incidental expenses of the quart ermastcr's
| department. consisting of postage letters and
ncE1cts received and sent by officers of the army Oh
public service; expenses Of c0urtsmartal 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
dred and two; extra pay to soldiers employed under
the direction of the quart erEnasrers department in
the section Of barracks, quarters, stOgebJuscs and
Hospitals in the construction Of roads. and othcrcon
slant labor for periods of not less thnn ten DAYS w
der the acts OF second Of 1IarCh, eighteen hundred
anu nintceiI ana OF fourth OF August eighteen hun
drei and tyfcI;r Including those employed clerks
at division and department headquarters; expenses
OF expresses to and from the frontier posts and ar
mics in the field; escorts to paynIastcrs and other
Disturbing officers, and to trains where military cs
curts cannot he uruisted expenses Of the iutcrincrr
of officers killed in action, who die when on duty
in the field AT the posts the frontiers, or Mt 9th
cr posts and places, when ordered by the Secretary
Ht War, and OF non-commsioned officers and soldiers
authorized office furniture; hire of iaburcrs i'll the
Iuartcrmasters department including the lire of in
tcrprCtCrs and guides for tile army compensation of
clerks to officers Of the quartcrmster's Department.
compensation of forage and wagon masters, author
lied by the act of fifth July, eighteen hundred and
ttiirty-clght Tor the apprehension of dcsCrtcrs and
the expenses incident to their pursuit: and for the
following expenditures required for the regiments Of
Dragons and light artillery. viz: the purchase of
travelling urgcf, backsnts' and shUcu; tools horse
and mules shoes and nails iron and steel forsueing
hire Of veterinary Surgeons. medicines for horses and
mules picket ropes, and for sL"uiu the horses Of Tie
corps named, seven million six hundred and sxtysix
Thousand six hundred and siXty-sX dollars.
For the purchase of draguOn and artillery horses.
ten million live hundred and fourteen Thousand five
hundred dollars.
the army for tlc transportation OF themselves and
their baggage when travelling duty without troops
escorts or supplies, five hundred thousand dollars.
For transportation Of the army, including the bag
gage of the troops, when moving either by land or
from the dcpo ut Philadelphia to the several posts
and army epUts. Il from those dcpJtsto the troops
in the field and subsistence from the places Of pr-
chase and from the places of delivery, UuI.r con-
tract TO such places the circumstances of tlie SER
vice may require them to be sent; of ordnance. ord
stores and sln arms from tho forIries and
armurics to the arscnal-, Qualifications frontier POSTS
and army depos frUiGhtE, wharfage. tolls and er-
riages; tho purchase and hire Of horses, Tsu, and
harness, and the purchase and repair Of wagons.
carts, and Grnys; and of ships and other sca-o!u.,
vessels aud boats required tor the transportation OF
cartage at the several posts; nrc oi tc!iInstcrs:
transportation Of funds for the pay and other dis
bun sing departments; tie expense Of calling public
transports on the various rivers the Gull of Next
CO, and the Atlantic, and for procuring water at
such posts as from their situation require ii to be
brought from distance, and Tor clearing roads and
removing obsrlct tons from roads harurs, and riv-
ers to the extent which may be required for the ac-
tual operation of the troops in the field sis,lec!.
million two hundred and twenty tLU,1s,Ipd Inn,
'ircl and hfty-tour dollars.
For gunbOats the western rivers uI,,. million
dollars.
Hire Of quarters for troops; of storchouscs r,r
the Keeping Of military stores; of grounds fol
summer CantOlm"" Is and for trIuDgrary ItIts ,,,.
million five hundred thousand dollars
For cl4thims, camp and garrison cguipage thr-
teen million four hundred AMI sixteen thousand four
hundred and thirty -soV en- dollars and two cents
F3rIc2ntinsencies of the army two hundred thou
For the medical and hospital departments one
million two hundred and scveuty-onC thou sand eight
hundred and torty-onc dollars.
For aTmancnt Of Qualifications four hundred and
| hity-seveH thousand sin hundred dollars.
| For the current expenses of the ordnance ser
! vice, Two hundred and Six thousand two hundred
For ordnance, ordnance stores. and supplies, in
Guiding horse equipments for all mounted treons
two million three hundred aud sixty thousand dol
! lars.
For the manufacture of arms, two million five
and ten dollars.
For increasing the manufacturing capacity of the
national HrlnOry four hundred and TWENTY-FIVE hon
sandSivc hundred dollars
For the purchase Of Gunpowder AMI lead. four
eighty dollars
For the purchase of artillery hor.es two hundred
and scVenty-iiNc thousand dollars
For additions to and extensions of the slop-room,
machinery tools, and fixtures Mt the different arseI-
ais one hundred and twenty-sx thousand six hun
dred and ninety dollars.
For the following Notifications:
Fort Montgomery. Lake Champlain New York
twenty thousand dollars.
Fort KnoS, Penobscot river, Maine, twenty thou
Fort on Hog Island Ledge, Portland aarbor. Manc.
fifteen thousand dollars.
thousand dollars.
:, Fort Richmond, Staten Island New York, ten