Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-08-25


ly seventeen, eighteen hundred an'
sixty two And Prordcd, FURTHER, Ina
the second section of the act entitled
I" An act giving further compensation
20 the captains and subalterns of thu
army of the United States in certain
eases allowing ten dollars addition
al per month to any officer in actna
command of a company, as compcnsa
ton for his duties and responsibilities
with respect to the clothing, arms
and accoutrements of the company
shall be construed to apply only to
company officers in actual command
rs aforesaid. .....u
For subsistence in kind for regulars
volunteers, and drafted mon, ninety
one millions four hundred and twenty
five thousand four hundred and TWEEN
ty-six dollars and thirty cents.
For the regular supplies of TIE
quartermaster's department, consist
ing of fuel for the officers, enlisted
men, guard, hospitals, storehousos
and offices of forage in kind for tht
horses, mules, and oxen for the quar-
termastcr's department, at the scvera
posts and stations, and with the ar
mics i'm the field for the horses of the
several regiments of cavalry, the bat
tercs of artillery, and such compa
MES of infantry as may be mounted
aud for the authorized number of off
GERS horses when serving in the field
and at the outposts, including bed,
ding for animals of straw for sol
diers' bedding, and of stationery, lii
GLIDING blank books for the quarter.
masters department, certificates for
discharged soldiers, blank forms fol-
the pay and quartermasters' depart
mcnts and for the printing of divis
ion and department orders and re
ports, sixty million dollars.
For the incidental expenses of tho
quartcrmaster's department, consist
ing of postage on letters and packages
received and sent by officers of the ar.
my on public service expenses oil
court.martial, military commissions,
and courts of inquiry, including, the
additional compensation of judge ad.
vocates, recorders, members, and wit.
nesses, while on that service under
the act of March sixteenth, eighteen
hundred and two, extra pay to soldiers
employed, under the direction of the
quartermaster's department, in the
erection of barracks, quarters, store
houses, and hospitals in the construc
ton of roads, and on other constant
labor, for periods of not less than ten
days, under the acts of March second,
eighteen hundred and nineteen, and
August f6uth fourth eighteen hun.
lred 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
rorts to paymasters and other dis
bursting officers and to trains where
military escorts cannot be furnished
expenses of the intermcnt of officers
killed in action, or who die when or
duty in the field. or at posts on the
frontiers, or at other posts and places
when ordered by the Secretary o
War, and Of non-commissioned officer;
and soldiers authorized Office furni
ture hire of laborcrs in the quarter
masters department, including thu
hire of interpreters, spies. and guides
for the army compensation OF clerks
to officers of the quartermaster's dc
partment compensation of forag
and wagon masters, authorized by tn
act of July fifth, eighteen hundre
and thirty eight for the apprehensio
of dcsertcrs, and the expenses inc
dent to their pursuit and for the fo
lowing expenditures required for th
several regiments of cavalry, the bal
tcrics of light artillery, and such CON
panies of infantry as may be mounted
viz the purchase Of travelling FORCES
blacksmiths' and shooting tools, horses
and mule shoes and nails, iron ant
steel for shooting, hire of veterinar,
surgeons, medicines for horses ant
miles, picket ropes, and for shoeins
the horses of the corps named also
generally, the proper and authorized
expenses for the movements and ope
rations Of an army not expressly as
signed to any other department, thin
teen million dollars.
For the purchase of cavalry and al
tillcry horses, twenty-one million do
lars.
For mileage, or the allowance mad
10 officers of the army for the trans
portation of themselves and their bag
gage, when travelling on duty with
out troops, escorts, or supplies, sever
hundred thousand dollars.
For transportation of the army, in
Guiding the baggage of the troops
when moving, either by land or water
If clothing, camp and garrison equip
age, from the dcpots at Philadelphia
Cincinnati, and New York to the sew
tral posts and army depots, and from
those depots to the troops in the field
and OF subsistence stores from th,
places of purchase, and from the pla
res of delivery under contract, to sucl
ilaccs as the circumstances of tht
acrvice may require them to be sent
Of ordnance, ordnance stores, ant
small arms, from foundcrics and ar
r,ories to the arsenals, Notifications
ironticr posts, and army depots
Heights, warfage. tools, and ferriages
'nr the purchase and hire Of horses
lDules, oxen, and harness, and tho pun
base aud repair of wagons, carts
end drays, and of ships, and othc
"ra-going vessels, and boats requires
'or the transportation Of supplies anc
f'r garrison purposes for drayagt
md carriage at the several posts hire
fteamsters transportation of fund,
for the pay and other disbursing de
lartments the expenses Of sailing
Public transports on the various riy
rs, the Gulf Of Mexico, and the Allan
&c and Pacific and for procuring wa
irr at such posts as, from their situa
'ion, require it to be brought from
distance and for clearing roads, an,
removing distractions from roads
harbors, aud rivers, to the exten
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