Daily national Republican., 1863-07-13

Ouefb may be nhue IOT ono OF more CLASSES, At
the option OF the bidder; but all the articles EN-
braced IN clsss must be bid for.
Each class will be considered by itself, and the
contract for that class will be awarded 10 the bid
der whose proposals for the articles comprised Iu
the class are lowest In the aggregate.
The cloth Tor the pea Jackets shall be twicd pilot
cloth, pure indigo blue, wool-iyed.
The felt csps shall be OF felt CLOTH dyed pure in
diso blue, made OF good wool only, and shall con-
other respects to the samples deposited at the navy
yards
The cloth for blue cloth round Jackets and trow-
sers sG shall be twiled, all WOOL and pure indigo
The satipet must be c7 inches wide inside Of list
whs Gecsn At s.sS sS en OF thnn ss ese
must weigh not less than 9!s ounces per yard, to
contain in each piece about 2s yards, the warp
the filling wool, pure indigo blue, wool-dyed
Zach bale OF 400 yards shall average nine and n
half ounces to the yard, and no piece shall be below
04 ounces to the yard. The satinet trowsers IN ust
be made OF material like the above The broad.
cloth and satinet Of which garments are made sh all
be well spunged before made up.
The flannel must be all wool, wool dyed pure In.
digo blue, and twlled; must be In pieces OF about
90 yards In length, u inches wide, weighing five
edge Of four white woolsn thread. woven in sss
whole length Of the piece. To be packed in bales
s sa each e pc TO
have a less average weight than 8 4i0 ounces per
The overshirts mint be made Of flannel like the
above.
The wooden knit undershirts mustbe warp knit,
all wool, best American fleece, indigo wool dyed,
made up entirely by hand, OF two sizes-No. l. 3S
Inches long ~ inches rcund No. =, 81 inches long,
ss inches roundIto weigh no, less than II 4 pounds
The woolen knit drawers to be ali wool, best
American fleece, indigo wool dyed, warp stitch, OF
two sizes-No. !, waist to measure round % inchen
| length u inches, ~ inches round the hin; No q
waist to measure round 81 inches length Il inehes
~ inches round the hip; waistband to be OF strong
and rrx,l, .lu.. a.
the body, TO correspond In every respect with tht
sample.
The Barnsley sheeting must be free from cotton
| 80 inches in width; weight, twelve ounces 3l-lO
| per yard; texture, 1 by to lilo inch.
| The canvass duck must be free from cotton, y
inches IN width, and about 80 yards in the piece
double thread warp and hlingi weight, eight ounce,
23l0o per yard; texture, 0 by 10 to - inch.
The shoes must he plainly stamped with the con
tractors name, number OF The shoe, and We ar wheI
made. The sizes to be In the following proper
tions for each 100 pairs, unless otherwise ordered
VIZ; Of No. o, u Of No. 8, 20 OF No. Z, % Of No. s
be sewed with square awl, and conform In All res
poets TO the samples at the yards, and be
IN good strong boxes, the tops Of which to be SC
tain 70 pairs, in these proportions, viz: pairs o
NO. o with ~ OF No y, 10 OF No. 7, with IL Of No )
or piee prsd 10 Of No 0, with OF No. 10, and > o
No. II. The ealf-skin and kip-skin shoes 10 b.
packed In separate boxes.
She boots must be- Of the best quality of osI
thhned gram leather, sewed with u square Awl; al
the sewing and stitching to he done with the hand
to correspond with the s.Dple in every respeoI
except that he sides shall be sewed Ith The hands
anl not machine stitch, ss on sample.
The woolen socks must be woven or knit indiR
mixed, All wool, shall be well secured, and in colo
and quality iully equal to sample.
Inc mattresses must weigh ten pounds, includip
ticking which - to be cut leet inches in length
inches In length and 20 inches in width The hail
ticking, and covers must conform to samples
lhe hankin must be equal to the hest blue AmeI
icAn hankin, % inches wide, texture o threads b
| threads I'd the 10Th oil IuCh. yeu vii Ia
Bengal indigo ~"
The blnnkets must weigh o.. pounds per pai
and measure oo by rs inches each. A bale OF
pairs must weigh $50 pounds, and no pair sha
weigh less than pounds ounces. They must b
marked ~. s. Navy" Ms In the sample.
The black silk haiidkeTchiefs must be 81 !, by 81
inches, and weigh one ounce and ~ grains IrO,
texture, - by % to one eighth OF all inch.
Bidders for the above Will specify whether N
articles they propose to furnish are TO be Of til
states, as preference will be given to such
A schedule Oi the three sizes for each 100 piece
OF mnde-up clothing will be found with the samp
AZ me respective yards and si the above article
eiuiy equal In the quality, texture, cosr, weigh
nnu hnlsh oi material, and conform IN pntterl
oiAes anu workmanship to said samples. The pri
mug, ., UNIFORM Al Oh he stations.
az 'he hooie articles must be subject to such II
speetioh Az the place OF delivery As the chief ,
this bureau may diTeotj Aad no article will he n
ceised that 10 not FULLY equal to the sample
every respect, and which does not Conform IL, m
supulations and provisions OF the contract to i
. made. -
The whole must be delivered at the risk and .,
pense Of the contractor. Each box and bale 10 il
marked with the CONTRACTOR name. The iuBpec
lns encess 10 DO appointed by the Navy DcpM
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