Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-05-25
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the Second session OF the Thirty.
Eighth Congress.
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AN ACT making appropriations for the sup
port of the army for the year ending Thrift
eth June. eighteen hundred and sixty.six.
BE ii enacted By tie Senate and House Of Repre-
sentotireS Of the United States Of 4merica ia Con-
grss assembled, That the following sums be,
and the same are hereby, appropriated. out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated. for the support Of the army for the
year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six:
For expenses of recruiting, transportation
Of recruits, and compensation TO citizen sur
geons for medical attendance, three hundred
thousand dollars
For bounties and premiums for the enlist
ment of recruits for the regular army, three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For pay of the army, ten million dollars.
For Communication of officers subsistence
one million seven hundred and forty-seven
thousand three hundred and twenty -four dol
lars.
For Communication of forage for officers hor-
ses, one hundred and four thousand six hun.
dred dollars.
For payments in lieu of clothing for officers
servants, eighty-two thousand seven hundred
and sixty dollars.
clothing not drawn, one hundred and fifty
For pay Of volunteers, two hundred million
dollars.
For subsistence in kind for regulars. volun-
teers. and drafted men, ninety-two million
seven hundred and eighty-two Thousand and
forty three dollars and seventy cents.
For the regular supplies of the qnartermas
ter's department. consisting Of fuel for the Off
GERS. enlisted men. guard hospitals store. nous.
es and Offices OF forage in kind for the hor-
nd fnr ho far,
department, at the several posts and stations.
and with the armies in the field, for the hor
SEES Of the several regiments of cavalry, the
batteries of artillery, and such companies of
infantry as may be mounted, and for the au-
thorized number of officers horses when serv-
ing i'm the field and at the outpnsts, including
bedding for the animals; of straw for soldiers
bedding, and of stationery, including blank
books for the quartermasters department, Ger.
tificatcs for discharged soldiers, blank forms
for the pay and quartermaster' department;
and for the printing of division and depart
ment orders and reports, fifty million dollars
For the incidental expenses of the quarter
masters department, consisting of postage on
letters and packages received and sent by off,
GERS of the army ON public service; expenses
OF courts martial. military commissions, and
courts Of inquiry. including the additional
compensation OF judge advocates, recorders,
members, and witnesses. while on that service;
under the act of March sixteenth. eighteen
hundred and two, extra pay to sol1iers en-
pIoyed, under the direction of the quartermas
ter's department. in the erection of barracks,
quarters, storehouses and hospitals; in the
CONSTRUCTION of roads. and on other constant
labor, for periods of not less than ten days,
under acts of Macrh second, eighteen hum
dred and nineteen, and August fourth. eigh-
teen hundred and fifty four. including those
employed a. employed as clerks at division and
department headquarters; expenses of express.
rs to and from the frontier posts and armies in
the Geld Of escorts ~ paymasters and other
officers and t. trains where military
escorts cannot lie 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 quar-
termasters department, including the hire of
interpreters. spies, and guides for the army; |
compensation of clerks to officers of the quar-
termaster's department; compensation of for
age 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 artillery, and such companies of infantry
as may be mounted. viz: the purchase OF trav.
elling FORCES. biacksmiths and shoeing tools |
horses and mule shoes and nails. iron and steel |
for shoeing. hire of veterinary surgeons, med |
icins for horses and mules, picket ropes, and |
foi shoeing the horses of the corps named; al |
SO, generally, the proper and authorized ex-
peuses for the movements and operations of an |
army not expressly assigned to any other de- |
ten million dollars.
For the purchase Of cavalry and artillery |
horses, twenty lone million dollars.
For transportation Of officers baggage, five /
hundred thousand dollars.
For transportation Of the army. including |
the baggage of the troops when moving, eth
er by land or water: Of clothing camp, and |
garrison equppage. fiom the depots at Phila-
lelphia. Cincinnati, and New York to the sew
,ral posts aud army depots, and from those
lepots 10 the troops in the field; and If SUBJ
,istence stores from the places Of purchase. and
rom the places Of delivery under contract, to
'uch places AS the circumstances of the service |
may require them To be sent; OF ordnance, or
ordnance stores. and small arms, from foun,.e-
les and armories to the aisenas. ioitilicatiolis,
runtier posts. and army depots. freights
wharfage. tolls, and iciriages; for the pur-
,hase and hire of horses, mules, oxen. and har-
less, and the purchase and repair OF wagons.
arts. and drays, and OF ships, and other sea
going vessels, and boats required ior the trans
portation Of supplies and lor garrison parpo-
'es; for drayage and carriage al the several
posts: lire OF teanisfcn; transportation u
'unds for the pay and other discussing depart
nents the expense of sailing public TRANSPORTS
On the various rivers. the Cult OF Mexico, and
The Atlantic and Pacific; and for procuring
water ut such posts AS, from their situation, re-
luire il to be brought from a distance; and tor /
clearing roads, and removing Instructions from |
roads, harbors and rivers, To the extent which |
may be required for the actual operations OF the
troops in the field, thirty million dollars.
For hire or Communication oil quarters for Off |
GERS on military duty; hire of quarters for
troops; of storehouses for the safe keeping of
military stores; of grounds for summer can
for the construction OF temporary
huts. hospitals, and stables. and for repairing |
public buildings Vt established posts, five mil
lion dollars.
For heating and cooking stoves, one hum
dred thousand dollars.
For constructing and extending the tele-
graph for military purposes, and for expenses |
in operating the same, five hundred thousand
dollars.
For supplies, transportation, and care of pris-
oners of war, one million dollars.
For clothing for the army camp and garri.
Iou equiIape, anu ioa SAPchsSs VI ouiSSe oau
arsenas. fifty million dollars.
For contingencies OF the army, four hun
dred thousand dollars.
For the medical and hospital department. six
million dollars.
For expenses Of the commanding general
Office ten thousand dollars.
For the secret service one hundred thou
sand dollars.
For armament of Notifications, three million
five hundred thousand dollars.
For the current expenses Of the ordnance
service one million two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies,
including horses. and the purchase and manu-
facture Of army accoutrements and horse equip