Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-08-25
lrcd and scventy.fvc thousand dol

For clothing for the army. camp
and garrison cquipagc, and for eH'
pcnses of officers and arsenals, fifty
eight million dollars. ,
For contingencies of the army, four
hundred thousand dollars.
For medicines, instruments, and
dressings, two million seven hundred
and fifteen thousand dollars.
For hospital stores, bedding, and sc
forth, three million five hundred and
eighty.seven thousand eight hundred
and fifty-two dollars.
For hospital furniture and field
equipments, six hundred and eighteen
thousand dollars.
For books, stationery, and printing,
one hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars.
For ice, fruits, and other comforts
three hundred thousand dollars.
For hospital clothing, seven hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars.
For citizen nurses, two hundred and
ten thousand dollars.
For care Of sick soldiers in private
hospitals, thirty-one thusand two hun
dred dollas.
For artificial limbs for soldiers and
seamen, forty-iivo thousand dollars.
For citizen physicians, and medi
cines furnished by them, four hundred
and five thousand dollars.
For hire of clerks and laborcrs in
purveying depots, scventy-iive thou
sand dollars.
For examining and recording mete
geological observations taken at th'
military posts of the United States
army, seven hundred and fifty dollars
For army medical museum, five
thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses OF the
medical department, forty-seven thou
sand eight hundred and thirty-cight
dollars.
For laboratory for testing and re-
arranging medicines and hospital sup
plies, five thousand dollars.
For washing and washing machines
for hospitals where matrons cannot
he employed, fifteen thousand dollars.
For expenses of the commanding
Generals Office, ten thousad dollars.
For the secret service, one hundred
thousand dollars.
For armament Of Notifications, two
million dollars.
For the current expenses of the
ordnance service, five hundred thou
sand dollars.
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and
supplies, including the purchase and
manufacture of arms, accoutrementst
and horse equipments for volunteers
and regulars, twenty million dollars
For the manufacture of arms at tht
national armory, two million five hun
dred thousand dollars.
For repairs, improvements, anc
new machinery at the national armo
~, one hundred thousand dollars.
For the purchase of gunpowder and
lead, two million dollars.
For repairs and improvements al
arscnals, including new and additions
to present buildings, and machinery
tools, and fixtures, two million dollars
For the signal service of tho army
one hundred thousand dollars.
For compensation of two clerks il
the signal Office, two thousand eight
hundred dollars.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted
That all persons of color who have
been or may be mustered into thu
military service Of the United State
shall receive the same uniform, cloth
ing, arms, equipments, camp equip
age, rations, medical and hospital al
tendance, pay and emoluments, othe
than bounty, as other soldiers of thu
regular or volunteer forces of the Uni
ted States of like arm of the service
from and after the first day of Janu
airy, eighteen hundred and sixty-four
and that every person of color wht
shall hereafter be mustered into The
service shall receive such sums il
bounty as the President shall order il
the different States and parts of the
United States, not exceeding one hun
dred dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted
That all persons enlisted and muster
ed into service as volunteers unde
the call, dated October seventeen
eighteen hundred and sixty-three, TO
three hundred thousand volunteers
who were at the time Of enlistment
actually enrolled and subject to draf
in the State in which they volunteer
ed, shall receive from the United
States the same amount of bount,
without regard to color.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted
That all persons Of color who were
free on the nineteenth day of April
eighteen hundred and sxty-one, ant
who have been enlisted and mustered
into the military service of the United
States, shall, from the time of thei
enlistment, be entitled to receive th'
pay, bounty, and clothing allowed t.
such persons by the laws existing a
the time of their enlistment. And The
Attorney General of the United States
is hereby authorized to determine any
question of law arising under this
provision. And if the Attorney Gen
eral aforesaid shall determine that
any of such enlisted persons are enti'
tied to receive any pay, bounty, OF
clothing, in addition to what they
have already received, the Secretary
of War shall make all necessary regu
lations to enable the pay department
to make payment in accordance with
such determination.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted
That all enlstments hereafter made
in the regular army Of the United
States, during the continuance of the
present rebellion, may be for the term
of three years.
Approved, juno. Is, 1864.
PuBMc-No. l02
AN ACT to incorporate the Home fo
Friendless Women and Children.
BE IL enacted By The Senate and Hous
of Representatives. Of the United States Q
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