, 1864-09-12

quiry, including the additional compensation Of
Judge advocates, recorders, members, and wit
nesses while on that service; under the act Of
March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two, ex-
ira pay TO soldiers employed under the direction
Of thequartermasters department, in the erection
Of barracks, quarters storchouses, and hospitals
in the construction Of roads, and on other con-
slant labor, for periods Of not less than ten days.
under the acts Of March second, eighteen hun
dred and nineteen, and August fOsth fourth
eighteen hundred and fifty-four, including those
employed as clerks at division and department
headquarters; expenses Of expresses TO and from
the frontier posts and armies in the field; OF es-
cOrts to paymasters and other disbursing officers
and to trains where military escorts cannot be
furnished; expenses Of the interment Of officers
killed in action, or who die when on duty in the
field, or at posts on the frontiers, or at other
posts and places when ordered by the Secretary
Of War, and Of non-commissiOned officers and
soldiers; authorized Office furniture; hire Of
labOrers in the quartcrmaster's department, in
cluding the hire Of interpreters, Spies and guides
for the army compensation of clerks to officers
fthequartermastef' department; compensation
of forage and wagon masters, authorized by the
act Of July fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty
eight; for the apprehension Of deserters, and the
expenses incident to their pursuit; and for the
following expenditures required for the several
regiments Of cavalry, the batteries Of light ar
tillcry, and such companies Of infantry as may
be mounted, viz: the purchase Of travelling iorges,
blacksmiths' and shOeing tools, horses and mule
shoes and nails, iron and steel for shocing, hire
of veterinary surgeons, medicines for horses and
mules, picket ropes, aud for shOeing the horses
Of the corps named also, generally, the proper
and authorized expenses for the movements and
operations Of an army not expressly assigned to
any other department, thirteen million dollars.
For the purchase Of cavalry and artillery
horses, twenty-one million dollars.
For mileage, or the allowances made to officers
Of the army for the transportation of themselves
and their baggage, when travelling on duty with
out troops, escorts, or supplies, seven hundred
thousand dollars.
For transportation Of the army. including the
baggage Of the troops when moving, either by
land or water; of clothing. camp and garrison
cquipage, from the depOts at Philadelphia, Gin
cinnati and New York to the several posts and
army depots. and from those depots TO the troops
in the Held; and Of subsistence stores from the
places Of purchase, and from the places Of deliv-
cry under contract, TO such places as the circum-
stances Of the service may require them to be
sent; Of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small
arms, from founderies and armOries to the arse
nals, Notifications, frontier posts, and army de
pots; freights, wharfage. tolls, and ierriages
for the purchase and hire Of horses, mules, oxen
and harness, and the purchase and repair Of wa
gous, carts, and drays, and Of ships and other
sea-going vessels, and boats required for the
transportation Of supplies and for garrison pur-
poses; for drayage and carriage at the several
posts; hire Of teamsters; transportation Of funds
for the pay and other disbursing departments
the expense Of sailing public transports on the
various rivers, the Gulf Of Mexico, and the At
lantie and Pacific; and for procuring water at
such posts as, from their situation, require II to
be brought from distance; and for clearing
roads, and removing obstructions from roads,
harbors, and rivers, to the extent which may be
required for the actual operations Of the troops
in the field, forty million dollars.
For REORGANIZATION Of quarters for officers
on military duty; hire Of quarters for troops ;
Of stOrehouses for the safe keeping Of military
stores; Of grounds for summer cantonmcnts |;
for the construction Of temporary huts, hospitals,
AMI stables, and for repairing public buildingsat
established posts, Eve million dollars.
For heating and cooking stoves, one hundred
thousand dollars.
For constructing and extending the telegraph,
ating the same, two hundred aud seyenty-fve
thousand dollars.
For supplies. transportation, and care of pris-
oners Of war, nine hundred thousand dollars.
For purchasing, constructing, and maintenance
Of steam rams, two hundred and seyenty-fye
thousand dollars.
Fer clothing for the army. camp and garrison
equipage, and for expenses Of Offices and arsenals,
filtv-einht milion dollars
For contingencies Of the army, four hundred
thousand dollars.
For medicines, instruments, and dressings. two
million seven hundred and fifteen thousand dol
lars
For hospital stores. bedding. and so forth, three
million Eve hundred and eighty-seyen thousand
eight hundred and tifty-two dollars.
For hospital furniture and field equipments,
six hundred and eighteen thousand dollars.
For books, stationery, and printing, one hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars.
For ice, fruits, and other comforts, three hun
dr.d thousand dollars.
For hospital clothing, seven hundred aud fifty
thousand dollars.
For citizen nurses, two hundred and ten thou
sand dollars.
For care Of sick soldiers in private hospitals,
thirty-one thousand two hundred dollars.
For artificial limbs for soldiers and seamen,
iorty-five thousand dollars.
For citizen physicians. and medicines furnished
by them, four hundred and FIVE thousand dollars
For hire Of clerks and laborers in purveying
dcpots, seventy-iye thousand dollars
For examining and recording meteorological
observations taken at the militory posts Of the
United States army, seven hundred and fifty
dollars.
For army medical museum, Eve thousand dol
lars.
For contingent expenses Of the medical depart
ment, fortys seven thousand eight hundred and
thirty-eight dollars.
For laboratory for testing and rearranging
medicines and hospital supplies, Eve thousand
dollars.
For washing and washing machines for hospi-
tails where matrOns cannot be employed, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For expenses Of the commanding generals
Office, ten thousand dollars.
For the secret service, enc hundred thousand
dollars.
For armament Of Notifications, two million
dollars.
For the current expenses Of the ordnance ser
vice, five hundred thousand dollars.
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies,
including the purchase and manufacture Of arms,
accoutremcnts, and horse equipments for volun-
teers and regulars, twenty million dollars
For the manufacture Of arms at the national
armoFy, two million Eve hundred thousand dol