Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-08-14
NUMBER 33.

forwarding destitute soldiers to theft
homes, two millions of dollars, To be
applied and expended under the direc-
tion of the President of the United
States.
For charging, repairing, and fur
nishing the northwest executive buit'
ding, twenty thousand dollars.
For grading and improving that
part of judiciary Square, in the City
OF Washington, upon which the gene
raj hospital of the United States is To-
Gated, four thousand dollars, to be eN-
pended under the direction Of the sur
geon general.
SEC. .. And be Il further enacted, That
80 much of the seventh section of tho
act approved third March, eightccn
hundred and fifty-one, entitled "An
act to found military asylum for the
relief and support of invalid atid dis
abled soldiers Of the army of the Uni
ted States" as requires that all mo
neys, not exceeding two-thirds of the
balance on hand, of the hospital fund
and Of the post fund Of each military
station, after deducting the necessary
expenses" shall be set apart for the
support of the military asylum, be-
and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. And belt further snactcd, That
the enlisted men of the ordnance de-
partment now desi gnated as master
workmen shall hereafter be dcsigna-
ted and mustered as scrgeants those
now designated as armorers, carriage
makers and blacksmiths shall be de-
signated and mustered as corporals
those now designated as artiaeers
shall be designated and mustered as
privates of the first class, aud those
now designated as laborers shall be
designated and mustered as privates
of the second class Provided, That
the pay, ratioHs and clothing now au-
thorizcd by law to the respective
grades of enlisted ordnance men Shalt
not be changed.
SEC. T. Ind be IL farther enacted, That
in all cases where recruiting Objects
have in good faith paid the two dol
lars for bringing accepted recruits e.
the rendezvous, before receiving no
tice Of the repeal of the regulation a.
lowing the same, the accounts of sucl.
officers shall be allowed in settlement
by the Treasury Department.
SEC. 5. And Be IL tHrthcr enacted, That
there shall be added to the clcrica!
force of the surgeon generals ollic,
one clerk of class one and one clerk
of class two and there shall be ad-
dcd to the clerical force of the pay
master generals office twenty clerk,
of class two and twenty clerks al.
class one and there shall be adde,!
to the clerical and other force cf the
adjutant generals Office four clerks of
class two, six clerks of class one, and
ten other clerks at a monthly compcn,
satiou of sixty dollars each and the
adiutaut general may detail ten mere
non-commissioned officers of the army
rs clerks in his office and the sum
of tifty-onc thousand two hundred dol
lars is hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise
to pay the salaries cs
the clerks hereby authorized.
SEC. 6. Aad be IL further enacted, That
section five Of the act "to authoris,:
the employment of volunteers to aid
in enforcing the laws and protecting
public property" approved July twen-
ty-secona, eighteen hundred and sixty
one, and section five of the act "to
increase the present military establish
ment of the United States" approved
July twenty-nine, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, shall be so construed
as to allow twenty-five dollars of the
bounty Of one hundred dollars therein
provided to be paid Immediately after
enlistment to every soldier of the reg
ular and volunteer forces hereafter
enlisted during the continuance Of the
war. and the sum of seeen
five hundred thousand dollars
is hereby appropriated for such pay-
ment.
SEC. 7. And be IL further enacted, That
all the aides-de-camp appointed by au=
thority of the act approved fifth Au-
gust, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
entitled "An act supplementary to an
act entitled an act to increase the
present military establishment of the
United States" approved July twen-
ty-ninc, eighteen hundred and sixty
one, shall be nominated to the Senate
for its advice and consent.
Sec. 8. And b. u further enacted, That
the President of the United States be
and he hereby is authorized, by and
with the consent of the Senate, to ap-
point as many military storekcepers
in the quartermastcr's department of
the army as the exigencies of the SER
vice may require provided the whole
number of military storekeepcrs IN
that department shall not exceed
twelve,
SEC 0. And be IL further enacted, That
the following sums be and the same
are hereby. in like manner. appropri-
ated out of any money i'll the Trcasu-
ry not otherwise appropriated, for the
service of the year ending the Thrift
eth of June, eighteen hundred and six
ty-two:
For the construction and mainte-
nance of the gunboat fleet proper, four
hundred thousand dollars.
For purchasing, construction, and
maintenance of steam rams, four hun
dred thousand dollars.
For pay of private physicians, pur.
chase and repair Of surgical instru-
ments, purchase of extra hospital bed.
ding, clothing, ice, and other necessa-
ry comforts for the sick and GONZALES.
cling in the various military hospitals,
one hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars.
For compensation of chaplains of
hospitals, from the date of the com
mencement of their service to the thir-
tieth of June, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, twelve thousand dollars.
For the contingent expenses OF the
paymaster generals office for the year
ending thirticth of June, eighteen hum
drcd and sixty-two, one thousand dol