Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-06-15

kuCn companies OF tnfantry as may De
mounted, viz the purchase Of travelling forges,
elacksmfths and shoeine tools, horse and mule
shoes and nails, iron and steel for shoeiuk. hire
OF veterlnAry surgeons, medicines for horses
and mules, picket ropes, and for shoeing the
horses OF the corps named; also, generally, the
proper and authorized expenses for the move
Dent and operations of IN army, not expressly
assigned TO any other department. two million
For mileage, or the allowances made TO ON :
Gers Of the army, for the transportation OF
themselves and their baggage when travelling
on duty without troops. escort or supplies, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For transportation Of the army. including
oaggaee OF the troops when moving either by
equipage, from the depots OF Philadelphia,
Cincinnati, "a New York to the several posts
and army depots. and from those oepots 10 the
troops in the field, and of subsistence stores
from the places Of purchase. and from the
places OF delivery under contract, to such
places as the circumstances Of the service NAV
require them to be sent; OF ordinance, ordnance
stores, and small-arms from the founderies and
armories 10 the arsenals, fortihcations, frontier
posts and army depots; freights, wharfage,
tolls, and ferrages' the purchase and hire of
horses, mules oxen, and harness, and the pur-
chase and repair Of wagons, carts. aud draws
and Of ships and other sea- going vessels and
boats required for the transportation of sup
plies, and for garrison purposes; for drayaxe
and carriage n the several posts: hire Of
teamsters; transportation of funds for
tne pay aud other disbursing depart
on the varlons rivers, the Gulf OF Mexico, and
the Auanuc and Pacific; for procuring water
at such posts as from their situation req uire N
10 De brought from a distance. and for clearing
roads and removing distractions from roads
harbors, and rivers to the extent which NAV
De required for the actual operations Of the
troops IN the field, five million dollars.
For hire or comm utation of quarters for effi-
GERS on military duty; hire Of quarters for
troops, OF storehouses for the safe keeping of
military stores, and OF grounds for summer
~ tom zat.sc- Co. al.
rary huts, hospitals, and stables, and for re-.
pairing public buildings at establishe posts,
two million dollars.
For heating and cooking stoves. twenty-fve
For the ordnance service, required 10 defray
the current expenses at the arsenals Of receiy-
ing stores and issuing arms and other ordnance
supplies OF police and office duties; Of rents,
tolls, fuel and lights; of stationery and ONCE
furniture; OF tools and instruments for use; of
public animals, forage, and vehicles; incidental
expenses of the ordnance service, including
those attending practical trials and tests of ord
nance. small arms, and other ordnance sup
plies, two hundred thousand dollars: PrOrided
That no money appropriated by this act shall
oe used 20 pay for any new cannon or small
arms.
For purchasing three acres OF land adioin
ing feoeral Square, at Springfield armory,
three thousand Sollars.
For REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF Ar
MoRIEs AND ARsENALs.
For arsenal and armory at Rock Island, Illl.
nols, three hundred and eighty thousand dol
lals: Prorided, That eighty thousand dollars
of said sum shall be- devoted to the deyelop.
contracts.
For watervliet arsenal, West Troy, New
York, twenty thousand dollars.
For arsenal at St Louis, Missouri, five thou
sand dollars.
For Augusta arsenal, Augusta, Georgia, ten
For Baton Rouge arsenal, Baton Rouge, Lou
lslana, seven thousand five hundred dollars
For Benecia arsenal, Benecia, California, ten
For Vancouver arsenal Vancouver. Wash
ngton Territory, five thousand dollars
For Mount Vernon arsenal Mount Vernon.
Alabama, nve thousand dollars.
For Watertown arsenal, Watertown, Massa-
chusetts, fifteen thousand dollars.
For Allegheny arsenal Pittsburg, PenRsyl-
yenia, five thousand dollars.
For Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point Com
fort, Virginia, four thousand five hundred
dollars. s.L
For Frankford arsenal, Bridesburs. Penn
sylvania, eight hundred and eighty dollars.
For kennebec arsenal. Augusta, Maine two
thousand dollars.
For Leavenworth arsenal, Leayenworth.
Kansas, five thousand dollars.
For New York arsenal, Governors island,
New York. three thousand dollars.
For Pixies vile arsenal. Pikesville, Maryland,
eight hundred dollars.
For the preservation and necessary repairs
Of the Notifications and the works of defence,
two hundred thousand dollars
SEC. z. ana ce a. gurfher enacted, That OF the
appropriation of sixty thousand dollars for
publishing the medical and surgical history of
the rebellion and the medical statistics et the
Provost Marshal Generals ONCE made in an
act approved July twenty -eiehth, eighteen
hundred and sixty six, thirty thousand dol
lars shall be devoted to the preparation and
publication OF five thousand copies of the
Medical Statistics Of the Provost Marshal Gem
erals bureau, and that the work shall be COM
piled and completed by Assistant Medical Pur-
veyor J. H. Baxter, under the immediate direc.
ton OF the Secretary of War, and without the
interference OF any other oficer.
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