Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-02-09

The sixth division shall have charge of tn,
erection, procurement, maintenance disposi
ton. and so forth. Of all barracks, hospita
: buildings strorehouscs, stables, bridges, 10th
er than railroad bridgcs) wharves, and othe,
structures composed IN whole or in part o
: lumber. and of all lumber, nails, and hard
ware for building purposes; and of the hire
and Communication of quarters for officers, tn,
hire d quarters for t.cnps, the hire OF ground,
for faltohmants, or other mi.ftSsy purposes
andthe repair and cure of all buildings and
, other structures herein mentioned, and of all
grounds owned, hired, or occupied for militia.
ry purposes, except such as are lawfully un.
der the charge of otner bureaus of the War
Department ond of extra pay to soldiers EN-
ployed in erecting barracks, or other fatigue
4 duty, under the acts of March second, eigh-
teen hundred and nineteen. and August
fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.
The seventh division shall have charge of
the purchase, procurement, issue, and DISPOSE
tion OF all wagons. ambulanccs, travelling for
ges and harness, Except such as are furnished
by the ordnance department and of all hard
ware except as hereinbefore provided and of
all fuel for officers and enlisted men, camps.
garrisons, hospitals, posts, storehouses, Off
ces, public transports, steam rams. and Army
gunboats, and of all transportation by animal
power in the field, at camps, garrisons posts,
depots. and stations and of the construction
and repair of roads other than railroad and
OF the compensation of wagon and forage mas
! tiers, and of clerks to officers of the Quarter
masters Department and of the purchase of
heating and cooking stoves and of the ex-
penses of courts-martial, military commits
slons, and courts of inquiry; and of mileage
and OF allowances to officers for the transporta-
tion OF themselves and their baggage when
| travelling upon duty without troops, escorts
or supplies, and Of supplies for prisoners of
war and such refugees AS the Secretary of
War may direct to be temporarily provided
for and Of the purchase of stationery, blanks
and blank books for the Quartermasters De-
| partment and of the printing of the division
and department orders ani reports and of
the proper and authorized expenses for the
movements and operations OF an army not ex-
presS'y y assigned to any other division or de-
! partment. .E. ..s
| The eighth division shall have charge of all
! inspections of the Quartermasters Depart
mcnt and OF all reports made by officers as
| signed TO inspection duty, analyzing and pre-
| serving the reports as received, and commune
eating. through the Quar- termaster General, to
the chiefs of the proper divisions such portions
| OF these reports as may be necessary for their
Information and use Prorided That the Off
GERS assigned TO inspection duty shall have
power not only TO report and to point out any
| errors OF abuses which they may discover in
the practical operations OF the Quartermaster' $
Department, but to give, by order of the
the Quartermaster General, the orders which
may be Immediately necessary to correct and
TO prevent continuance of such abuses or er-
| rors Prorided further, That all such orders
shall be immediately reported TO the chief of
the inspection division for the approval, or
otherwise, of the Quartermaster General
The ninth division shall have charge Of all
the correspondence, return, reports, and re-
cords received, hied, and preserved in the of
flee OF the Quartermaster General, and of the
transmission thereof to the several other d.
visions Of this Office, and Department Of the
Government.
Sec. >. Ind be IL further enacted, That the
heads OF the several divisions above mention
ed shall under the direction of the Quarter
master General, advertise for proposals for
the supplies Necessary for the movements
and operations of the several armies,
posts, detachments, ganisons, hospitals, and
Tor other military purposes, in newspapers
having general circulation in those parts of
the country where such supplies can be most
advant'tgeously furnished, having regard also
to the places where such supplies are to be de-
livercd and used and all such supplies, SO
purchased or contracted for, shall be subject to
careful inspection, and all clothing and camp
and garrison eqnpage shall be subject to a
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the material, and second, as TO the kind and
character of the workmanship, which inspec-
tion shall III all cases be performed by a COM
petent inspector, with suitable assistants, who
shall have had ample experience in the in
spection Of cloth, clothing, knapsacks, camp
and garrison equipage and all payments for
supplies so purchased shall be made under the
direction of the officers in charge of the sew
eral divisions above mentioned, upon receipts
lAf tftsata
receiving such supplies, prepared in such form
and attested in such manner as may be pre-
scribed by the Quartcrmaster Gcneml
Sec, s. Ind be Il further enacted, That
II shall oe the duty of the Quartermaster Gen.
erd To establish depots, from time to time,
at places convenient To the principal armies in
the field, for receiving and distributing the
supplies necessary for such armies, and for the
detaohments, posts, and hospitals most acces-
| slble to such depots; and the business of in
! specting, weighing, measuring, and receiving
supplies tor such armies, detachments, posts,
and hospitals, and of giving receipts or certi-
| fieates therefor to the persons furnishing such
supplies, shall be carried on as far as practical
bic at such depots; but the Quartermaster
| General, or the heads of the several divisions
| above mentioned, may cause such supplies To
| be sent from the place of purchase directly to
the quartermasters Of the commands for whose
use they are procured, in any cases where it
/ may be more economical or advantageous so
to do; and in cases where horses, mules,
clothing, or camp and garrison equipage may
be SO sent, suitable and competent inspectors
shall be sent to examine the same before they
shall be issued and receipted for.
! Sec. L. Aad Be further enacted, That when
an emergency shall exist requiring the iInme-
| diate procurement of supplies for the necessa-
4 ~ movements and operations Of an army or
! detachment, and when such supplies cannot
be procured from any established depot of the
Quartermaster's Department, or from the head
of the division charged with the duty of fur
/ nishing such supplies, within the required
! time, then it shall be lawful for the command
! ing officer of such army or detachment to or
| der the chief quartermaater Of such army or
| detachment TO procure such supplies during
the continuance of such emergency, but no
longer, in the most expeditions manner, and
without advertisement; and it shall be the
duty of such quartermaster To obey such order;
1 and his accounts of the disbursement of mon
eys for such supplies shall be accompanied by
| the order of the commanding officer as afore-
/ said or a certified copy of the same, and also
| by statement of the particular facts and cir
cumstances, with their dates, constituting
| such emergency. @
| Sec 5. Ind be ii further enacted, That
1 it shall be the duty of the Quartermaster Cen
eral, Immediately after the passage of this act,
and at least once in every month thereafter
to require from the principal quartermasters
OF the several military departments and de-
pots, approximate statements Of the aggregate
amounts of supplies on hand. and estimates Of
the additional amounts required for the serv-
ice for the ensuing month. stating at what
places euch supplies will be required, and
! what amounts are legally contracted for but
not yet delivered And il shall be the duty
of the heads of the several divisions above
mentioned TO cause to be made purchases or
contracts for the supplies of which the Quar-
termaster General may estimate to be neces-
sary in accordance with law, and all Quarter
/ masters shall forthwith report to the Quarter
master General. to be referred to the heads of
the several divisions above mentioned, all con-
! tracts not yet fulfilled which they may have
executed ON behalf of the United States, and
4 all proposals which they may have received in
answer to advertisements for future supplies,
and shall hereafter regularly report to the
Quartermaster General copies of all contracts
made and all proposals received for supplies of
any kind to be furnished. And if any quar-
termaster shall neglect or refuse, for the space
OF one month, to report to the Quartermaster