The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-27

expenses for the movement and opera
tion Of an army, not expressly asst
to any other depar me 1t, one million
dollars
For the purchase of horses for cav
airy and artillery, two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
For mileage, or the allowance made
to officers of the army for the trans
portatiou ofthemselves and their bag
gage, when travelling on duty without
troops, escorts, or supplies, one hun.
dred thousand dollars.
For transportation of the army, in
Guiding baggage Of the troops when
moving either by land or water, of
clothing, camp, and garrison cquip4ge,
from the depots of Philadelphia, Gin
cinnati, and New York to the several
posts and army depots, and from
those depots to 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 may require them to be
sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores,
and small arms from the fOundries
and armories to the arse nails, FORTH
cations, frontier posts, and army
depots; frelghts, wharfage, tolls, and
ferriages; the purchase and hire of
horses, mules, oxen, and harness, and
the purchase and repair of wagons,
cfrts, and drays, and of ships and
other ea-going vessels, and boats re-
quIred for the transportation OF supp
llesand for garrison purposes; for
drayage aad carriage at the several
posts; hire of teamsters; transporta-
ton of funds for the pay and
other disbursing departments; the
expense Of sailing public trans
ports on the verlous rivers, the
Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic aud
Pacific; for procuring water at such
posts as from their situation require
it to be BROUGHT from a distance; and
for clearing roads and removing OBJ
stuctions from roads, harbors, and
rivers. to the extent which may be re-
quired for the actual operations of
the troops in the field, six and one
half million dollars.
For hire or commutation Of quar-
| ters for officers on military duty; hire
of quarters for troops, of storehouses
for the keeping of military stores,
| and of ground for summer canton
ments; for the construction Of tempo
rary huts, hospitals, and stables, and
for repairing public buildings at es
tablished posts, one million dollars.
For hearing and cook stoves, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For the ordnance service, required
to defray the current expenses at the
arsenals OF receiving stores and Is
suing arms aud other ordnance sup
Mi Of o4E Il
reuts, tolls fuel, aud lights: OF sta
tlonery aud Office furniture; of tools
and instruments for use; Of public
animals, forage, and vehicles; incl
den al expenses OF the ordnance SER
vice, including those attending prac-
| ticai trials tests of ordnance, small
arms, and other ordinances supplies.
/ two hundred thousand dollars:
| Provided, That no mOuey apprO-
| priated by this act shall be used to
/ purchase any new cannon or small
arms.
For Repairs and In1proUemeats of ar
DeOrjes and ArsenGis
For arsenal and armory at Rock Is
land, Illinois, one million dollars
/ Provided, That one half of this
amount shall be applied to the con-
s'ructiou Of the bridge connecting
Rock Island with the cities of Rock
Island and Davenport.
For Augusta arsenal. Augusta,
Georgia, one thousand dollars. +..
For erecting a brick armory and
smith shop at the arsenal at Colum-
bus, Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars.
For grading and draining public
grounds at said arsenal, five thousand
dollars.
For Benecia arsenal, Beneeia, Cal
ifornia, five thousand dollars.
For Watertown arsenal, Water
town, Massachusetts, five thousand
dollars.
For paving and curbing Taconey
street, opposite Frankfort arsenal,
Pennsylvania, one thousand three
hundred and nInety-three dollars aud
twenty cents.
For Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point
Comfort, Virginia, one thousand dol
lars.
For Leavenworth arsenal, Leaven-
worth, Kansas, five thousand dollars
For Pikesville arsenal, Pikesville
Maryland, five hundred dollars.
For contingencies of arsenals, ter
thousand dollars.
For the preservation and necessary
repairs of the iortifcations and other
works OF defence. two hundred thou
, sand dollars.
For surveys for military defences
two hundred thousand ollarsd.
And the Secretary Of War Is hereb.
J authorized to have prepared and pub.
? lished the report OF the results of the
; exploring expedition and survey oi
J the llne of the iortieth parallel: Pro
vided, That the cost OF The same shal
] be betrayed out of existing appropria
: tions in the War Departments: anC
: provided further, that the letter press
work shall be done at the public print
? ing office.
. For the purpose of cutting out
t road from Du Luth to the Bois for
!, Indian reservation. In Minnesota
: there is hereby appropriated the sun
I of ten thousand dollars, TO be eXpend
d ed under the direction of the Sec
0 retary of War.
4 SEC. ?. And be it further enacted
] that there shall be no new commits
j sions, no promotions, and no enlist
t ments IN any Infantry regiment unit
5 the total number OF infantry regi
| ments Is rcducd to twenty five; auC
= tuS COCA O's'i u " a - HtEeOy ulEcC
!. ted 10 consolidate the infantry Iegi
s ments as rapidly as the requirement
e of the public service and the reduc
/, tion of the number of officers will per
|, NIT.
t SEC 3. And be it further enac ed
d That no appointment of Brigade
+ generals shall be made until the nun
;; Der is reduced TO iess than eight; an
II ii reafter there shall be but eigl
: brig ,er genera In the army
; SEC 4 And be il further enaeteo
e That heTeaf er the term of u. men