The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-27

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed nt tho second session OF tn,
fortIetb Congress.

An AIT making appropriations LOT the sup
port of the army for the year ending June
thirticth, eighteen hundred and seventy,
and for other purposes.
Be Il enacted blythe Senate aud House Of Rep
rCSentdfireS Of The United States Of IInsricd IN
Congress assembled, That the following sums
be, and the same are hereby, appropriated,
out of any money In the treasury not other
wise appropriated, for the support of the
army for the year ending the thirtlcth of
June, eighteen hundred and seventy:
For expenses of recruiting and transporta-
tlon of recruits, Gfty thousand dollars.
Forpay ofthe army, eleven million dollars.
For Communication Of officers subsistence,
one million five hundred thousand dollars.
For Communication of forage for officers
horses, twenty thousand dollars.
For payment In lieu Of clothing for officers
servants, two hundred thousand dollars.
For payments to discharged soldiers for
clothing not drawn, two hundred thousand
dollars.
For subsistence in kind for regular troops
and employees, four million five hundred
thousand dollars.
For contingencies of the army, one hun
dred thousand dollars.
For medical and hospital department, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For army medical museum, five thousand
dollars.
For the purchase of artificial limbs for
officers, soldiers, and sailors, forty thousand
dollars.
For medical and other necessary works for
the library of Surgeon Generals office, two
thousand dollars.
For expenses Of commanding generals
office, five thousand dollars.
For expenses Of the signal service of the
army, five thousand dollars.
For regular supplies to the quartcrmas-
ters' depart ment, to wit:
For the regular supplies of the quarter
masters department., consisting of fuel fol
officers, enlisted men, guards, hospitals
storehouscs, and officers; Of forage in kind
for the horses, mules, and oxen OF the quar-
termasters' department at the several posts
and stations, and with the armies In the
field, for the horses Of the several regiments
of cavalry, the batteries of artillery, and
such companies of infantry as may be
mounted, and for the authorized number OF
officers horses when serving In the field and
at the outposts, including bedding for the
animals; Of straw for soldiers bedding; and
of stationery, including blank books for the
quartermasters' department, certificates for
discharged soldiers, blank forms for the pay
and quartermasters' departments, and fol
printing of division and department ORDER
and reports, five million dollars.
For the general and incidental expenses O
the quartermasters' department, consisting
of postage on letters and packets received
and sent by officers Of tho army on public
service; expenses of courts-martial, military
commissions, and courts of inquiry, In
Guiding the additional compensation Of judge
advocates, recorders, members, and witnesses
while on that service, under the act of Marcel
sixteen, eighteen hundred and two; extra
pay to soldiers employed under the direction
Of the quartermasters' department In thu
erection of barracks, quarters, storchouses
and hospitals, in the construction of roads
and other constant labor, for pcriodi
of not less than ten days, undei
the acts of March two, eighteen hun
drcd and nineteen, and August fourth
eighteen hundred and hfty-iour, including
those employed as clerks at division and dc
partment headquarters; expenses Of OK
presses TO and from the frontier posts anC
armies In the field, of escorts to paymaster
and other discussing officers, and to train
where military escorts cannot be furnishc d
expenses of the intcrmcnt of officers killed II
action, or who die when on duty In the field
or at posts on the frontiers, or at posts ant
other places, when ordered by the Secretary
of War, and of non-commissioned officer
and soldiers; authorized office furniture
hire of laborers In the quartermasters' dc
partment, including the hire of interpreters
spies, and guides for the army; compensa
ton Of clerks to officers Of the quartermas
ters' Department. compensation Of forag,
and wagon-mastcrs, authorized by the &C
of July fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty
eight; for the apprehension of dcserters and
the expenses incident to their pursuit; AM
for the following expenditures required 70
the several regiments Of cavalry, the bate
rlcs of light artillery, aud such companies o
infantry as may be mounted, viz; the pur
chase of travelling FORCES, blacksmiths' an,
shoeing tools, horse and mule shoes AM
nails, iron and steel for shoelng, hire o
veterinary surgeons, medicines for horse
and mules, picket ropes, and for shooting tn
horses of the corps named; also, generally
movement and operations Of an army, no
expressly assigned to any other department
Que million dollars.
For the purchase of horses for cavalry an
artillery, two hundred and fifty thousan
dollars.
For mileage, or the allowance made +
officers of the army for the transportation 0
themselves and their baggage, when travel
ling Oh duty without troops, escorts, or SUP
plies, one hundred thousand dollars.
For transportation of the army, including
baggage of the troops when moving ethe
by land or water, of clothing, camp, an
garrison equipagc, from the dcpOts of Phila
dclphia, Cincinnati, and New York to tn
several posts and army dcpots, and fror
those depots to the troops In the field an
of subsistence stores from the places of puT
chase, and from the places of delivery unde
contract, to such places as the circumstance
of the service may require them to be sent
Of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small
arms from the fOundrles and armorics to tn
arsenals, Notifications, frontier posts, an
army lCDOts; fTCiEhts, wharfage tolls, nm
fcrrNgcs; the purchase and hire of horseI
mules, oxen, and harness, and the purchas
and repair of wagons, carts, and drays, an
of ships and other sca-gOing vessels, an
boats required for the transportation OF sup
niles and for garrison PURPOSES; for QrQyNg