Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-03-25
OFFICIAL.
LAWS or THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at Me IAird Session of The Thirty
SeUenth Congress.
IPUBLIC-No. 10.

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AN Act making appropriations for the support OF the
army for tho year ending the thirtcth of June,
eighteen hundred and sixty-fOur, and for n def.
cheney for tile signal service for the year ending
June thirticth, eighteen hundred and sxty-thrcs e.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate nud House of Rcpre-
s"natiVes of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the following sums bo and tho
same are hereby appropriated ont of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the sup
port of the army for the year ending the thirtieth
Of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four:
For expenses OF recruiting, transportation of re-
cruits, and compensation to citizen surgeons for
medical attendance, two hundred and seventy five
For bOunties aud premiums for recruits Of the
regular army three hundred aud twenty-fOur thous-
and dollars,
For bOuntfeB for recruits Of the volunteer service
hVe million dollars.
Fer collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers,
and all other necessary expenses ten million seven
hundred thousand dollars
For pay of the army, nine million Ave hundred
and ntneiy-six thousand five hundred and thirty
For Communication of officers subsistence, one mil.
lion six hundred and twenty thousand and forty
For commutation Q: forage for officers srsos, ono
hundred aud four thousand six hundred dollars.
I For payments to discharged soldiers for clothing
not drawn, one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars.
wants seventy six thousand nine hundred and
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For pay Of volunteers under acts of twenty-second
and twenty fifth Of July, eighteen hundred aud six
ty-one, two hundred and sixty million four hundred
and ten thousand nine hundred aud eghty-nne dol.
lars and six cents.
For subsistence in kind for regulars, volunteers
engineers, Indians, and hospital stewards, hum
dFed and forty millions one hundred and thrty.two
thousand six hundred and eighty nine dollars aud
twenty-cents.
For the regular supplies of tho Quartcrmaster's
Department consisting Of fuel for the officers en-
listed men, guard, Hospitality store.houses and OIL
cers; of forage in kind for the horses mules and
oxen of the QuartermAsters departments the sew
erNl posts and STATIONS and with the ar1ntos In the
ed; toS the hera9s t the several regimsnis OF cay
/ panies Of infantry may be mounted, and
for tho authorized number OF oihccrS horses
! when serving in the field and at the OUT
posts, including bedling for the animals OF straw for
soldiers bedding, and of stationery including blank
books for the Quartermaster's Department, Certff-
Gates for discharged soldiers blank forms for the pay
and QuHrtermuster's Departments; and for the print
ing of division and department orders and reports,
siXty-HeYen million two hundred aud seventeen
thousand seven hundred and niuety-one dollars
For Incidental expenses Of the Quartenuasters
packets received and sent by officers of tile army on
public service expenses OF martial and courts
of inquiry, including the compensation OF Judge adj
vocates, recorders, members ind wtuosses while ON
that service, under tho act OF March sixteenth
eighteen huudred and two; extra nav : to ,soi
diers employed under the direction OF tho Quai ter
masters Department, in the erection of barracks
quarters storehouses and hospitals In the cOnstrc
tOn Of roads, and on other constant labor, for peril
DDS Of less than ten days. under the acts of March
second, eighteen hundred and nineteen. and August
fourth eighteen hundred and fifty-four, including
those employed as clcrks at division and department
headquarters expenses OF expresses to aud from the
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paymasteTs and other disburstng officers and to
traius where military escorts cannot be furnished;
expenses of the intermcnt Of officers killed In
tiOn, or who die when on duty in the field, at
posts at the frontiers, at other posts and places
when ordered by tho Secretary Of War, aud OF nOn.
commissioned officers and soldiers; authorized Otcc
furniture; hire of abOrers in the Qnartetmaster's
Department, including the hire OF Interpreters spies
and guides for the ariny compensation OF clerks to
oicersOf the QuaTtermaster's Department. conpen.
satIon OF forage aud wagon masters, authorized by
the act of July Afh, eighteen hundred and thirty
eight; for the apprehension OF destrters and the
penses inctdenttO their pursuit. and for the tolOE.
ing expenditures required for the several rcgmens
OF cavalry, the batteries Of Eht artillery, aud such
companies OF Infantry AS may 1c mounted, VIZ: the
purchase Of travelling Gorges, backsnftls' and shoe
Ing tools, horse and mule shoes, and nails, iron and
stoe for soeing hire OF veterinary surgeons mcdi-
cnes for horses and mules, picket ropes, aud for
shoeug the horses Of the corps haed also general.
ly, the proper and authorized expenses for the
ments and operations OF an army not expressly
signed to any other department nineteen milliUnone
hundred aud twenty-five Thousand dollars.
For the purchase Of cavalry anI artillery horses
twenty. three million hundred Rpd eiglty-nine
3 thousand threehundred and dseventy-hve doIlarA
For mileage or the allowance made to officers o
the army for tile transportation of th mselyos and
their baggage, when travelling ON duty without
troops, escorts or supplies one million OF dol
For transportation of thea army, including the bag
gage of the troops when moving either by land OF
from the depots at f'hiIGdtIpha and New York AMI
Cincinnati to the several posts and army depots
from these depOts to the troops in the field; and
r subsistence from the places of purchase aud from
the places OF delivery under contract to such place
) as the circumstances Of the service may reuuiF
them to be sent; OF ordnance, ordnance stores ant
small arms from founderies and nTmores to the at
seRols fnrications, frontier poss and army depots
= freights wharfage tolls and ferriHges for the pnr
chase and hire OF horses, mules, oxen and harness
e and the purchase and repair Of wagons carts, an
drays, and Of ships and other seagolDg vessels, an
boats required for the transportation Of supplies
for garrSon purposes for drayage and cartage III
T several posts hire Of teamster transportation
funds for the pay and other disbursng Department.
the expense OF sailing pablo transports on the VAR
rivers the Gufof Mexico aud the Atlantic and Pa
q cc and fer procuring water At such posts as fou
their situation require 1t to be brought fOm dis
tance; and for clearing roads, and removing obstruC
tions from roads, harbOrB and rVerJ to the exten
j. which may be required for the actual operation
Of the troops in the field, hfty.Sfx million 1--WE hun
drsd thousand dollars.
Por hire or Communication Of quarters for officers O.
" military duty hire Of quarters for troops Of gtort
N houses for the safe keeping Of military stores;
: grounds for summer esusonnents Tor the construC
e tlon Of temporary hutE hospitals and stables an
for repairbg public buildings at established post
= For heating aud cooking stoves, one bundled an
forty thousand dollarA.
For telegraph for military purposes, and for ea
Penses In operating the same, hve hundred thousan
o For supplies, transportation aud care of uris,r
srs Of war, one million hys huLdred thousand DO
For contingencies Of the army, stx hundred thor
e FoF elothi9g q the army, e..pp apd garrt,o
! seYeHty-sfx million two hundred and eIvhty on
y Thousand nine hundred and eleven dollars and ms
Il four cent?.
a For medeiues, Instruments dressipgs and 80 fortl
/ for the re4uIar army, Que hundred and thirty-fT
lie FOR hospital furniture and deId eauipueptr for Il.
le regular army. thirty thousand dollars = =
- For medical books, stationery, aud urintin1 "a
the regular army, eight thousAndp seven hundred an
le nifty dollars. - :
e, Por private pbysIciaus and medIeines furnished
~ them, for the reulr army GfIy-seTea thouSa nj q,