The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-12-23

ordnance stores and small arms nom the underes
and armeries 10 the srsenas. cations, frontier
posts. and army depots freights, wharfage, tolls,
and ferriages the purchase and hire OF horses,
mules. oxen and harness, and the purchase and 70.
pair Of wagons, carts, and drays, and Of ships and
other sea-song vessels, and boats required Tor the
Of supplies and for garrison purposes;
for drayage and carriage ut the several posts hire OF
teamsters Transports lon OF funds for the pay and
other disbusing departments, the expense Of sailing
public transports on the various rivers, the Gulf OF
Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific for procuring
water at such posts as ON their situation, require
10 30 he brought frOm distance; and FOR clearing
roads and removing distractions from roads, har.
bor and rivers 10 the extent which may DO required
for the actual operations of the troops In the Held,
Eve million dollars.
For hire or Communication Of quarters for officers
on military duty, hire Of quarters for troops, OF
houses for the safekeeping Of military stores,
and Of grounds for summer environments; FOR the
construction Of temporary huts hospitals, and sta
bles and for repairing pnblic buildings Mt estab-
lished posts, seven hundred and any thousand dol.
lars.
For the ordnance service required 10 defray the
current expenses nj the arsenAls Of receiving stores
and issuing arms and elher ordnance supplies, OF
police and ,ffice duties, Of rents tolls fel, and
lights Of stationery and Office furniturej OF tools
ami instruments for use ofpublio animals, forage,
and vehicles incidental expenses OF the ordnance
service, including those attending practical trials
and tests of ordnance. small and other ordnance
supplies, one hundred and any thousand dollars |,
Prorid,d. That no money Appropriated by this act
shall bc used TO pay for any new cannon or small
arms.
steres, three hundred thousAnd dollars PROVIDED,
That twenty Thousand dollars OF this amount be ex.
pended In planting and cultvatng trees and shrubs
In the several cemeteries
SEc. Ssd % % farther eHsefsd, That The Pres-
dent b. and he Is hereby authorised and directed,
On befors the hrst day Of July eighteen hundred
end seventy Zone, to rciuoe The number OF enlisted
Men In The army 10 thirty thousand, and thereafter
herc shall be no more than thirty thousand enlisted
men In me sIry ~ any ons time, unless otherwise
ssc. a xst b 70 6srt.s, s.sst.s. Tina, tho p,cs,.
dent DO. and he u hereby, authorized n his dlscre-
tioa honorably 70 discharge, om the service U the
therein on or before the hrst Of January ne,t And
such officers 20 discharged under the provisions OF
this act shall be entitled receive In addition 4,
the pay and allowances due them At the date of
H ssr one ys. pss s.s S., g:
dent be- and he Il hereby, AUTHORISED at his dlscre
ton, 10 place on the retired list Of the larmy, on
| their own application. any commissioned oficers
oesr, Who may he retired by virtue Of hi, scction
shall be entitled 10 the same pay and emoluments
| - are nov allowed. 90 may b hereafter allowed,
| 20 officers retired IRON active service.
snc. 8; <.d Be t.rtl.r ssset.s. That the pro.
viso cf the sixteesth section Of the Get approved
August thrce, eighteen hundred and siIty-one,
limiting the number Of cccrs on the retired list 20
Sven per centum of The whole number Of existing
cther,., b. and The sane !. heresy. repealed and
In sccorance with existing laws shall bs In tho dis
cretion Of the President frsrsded That the whole
number on the retired list shall II no time sxceed
three hundred.
% General and Liestepsnt General Of the army shal
continue until vacancy shall occur IN the sane,
and no longer, and when such vacancy shail occur
In either of sad ofsss, Immediately thereurou all