New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-03

,rs Of THE UNITED STATES,
al nj, the Second Session Of the Forty.
First Congress.
IPuBLIC. No. 1851

nd for other purposes. of
% Il enacted by the Senate and House OF
p,asentatiyes of the United states OF
sasr;ca in Congress assembled, That the
Waving sums be- and the same are hereby,
o,rcpriated ont of any moneys N tne
sssIrv not otherwise approprla1eo' l1r
nc sunport of the army for the year end
ns the thirtieth Of june, eishteen hun-
II I'd and seventy-One:
For expenses of recruiting and transpofta-
II ~ Of recruits. four hundred ana seventy
p ro thousand dollars.
vor nav of army, twelve million nine hun,
"a, and thirty-tive thousand three hundred
md ninety dollars.
Ihorses. where the same is not furnished
&c the Quartermaster's department, two
tIusand dollars.
vOr payment to discharged soldiers for
,,,hiug not drawn, two hundred thousand
G s'nsrs And the proper accounting officers
d ehs treasury are hereby authorized and
u i,ared to transfer from any surplus of the
'r concentrations for the pay OF the
@ amy or of the volunteers" not other
w 1isposed of by law, such sum as may be
Nrso;ent TO cover deficiencies in the apprO-
r-,t;ons g for payments to discharged sol
H. for clothing not drawn" for the fiscal
rs,r ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun
- drd and seventy.
vsr subsistence in kind for regular troops
,,Iemploye[els, four million thirteen thou
s.,d nine hundred and seventy seven dollars
and twenty-five cents. =.
For contingencies Of the army, eighty
thousand dollars.
For army medical museum, five thousand
dollars.
For medical and other necessary works
sor the library of Surgeon Generals office,
three thousand dollars.
For expenses of Commanding Generals
ohee five thousand dollars.
Er expenses of the signal service OF the
amy. five thousand dollars.
Tor regular supplies of the Quartermas-
,s,s department, to wit: For fuel for officers,
srGsted men, guards, hospitals, storehouses,
and Offices; of forage in kind for the horses,
miles. and oxen of the Quartermaster's de-
,artment ut the several posts and stations,
and with the armies in the field, for the
Srses of the several regiments of cavalry,
Ae batteries of artillery, and sucn compa-
MES of infantry as may be mounted, and Tor
he authorized number Of officers horses
yhen serving in the field, and at the out
usts. including bedding for the animals; OF
straw Tor soldiers bedding; and Of station
sr including blank books for the Quarter
masters deDartment, certificates Tor dis
1Iarged soldiers, blank forms for the Pay
s,d Ouartermaster's departments, and for
nrnting of division and department orders
and reports. four million five hundred thou
| sand dollars.
For the general and Incidental expenses
/ Of the Quartermasters department, con-
s;.tipp of hostage on letters and packets re-
/ saivrd and sent by officers of the army on
nnhlic service: expenses of cOurts-martlal,
military commissions, and courts OF inquiry,
including the additional compensation OF
indge advocates, recorders, members anu
witnesses while on that service, under the
act of March sixteen, eighteen hundred
and two: extra paw to soldiers employed un-
der fine direction of the Quartermaster's de
partment, in the erection of barracks, quar-
fers. storehouses, and hospitals, i'll the con
struction of roads, and other constant LABOR
for periods of not less than ten days, undeI
the acts of March two, eighteen hundred
and nineteen, and August four, elShteel
Iundred and tifty-four, including those em
Moved as clerks at division and department
headouarters: expenses of expresses to and
from the frontier posts and armies IN !i'
Il field: of escorts to paymasters ana Otnel
disbursing officers, and to trains where mill
7 ,0rv escorts cannot be furnished; expenses
the interment of officers killed in action
A or who die when on duty in the field, or a
4 POSTS on the frontiers, or at posts and ethe
vlsces when ordered by the Secretary
81 War. and of non-cOmmissiOned Ofhcers an'
n Soldiers: authorized Office furniture; hire o
hborers in the Quartermasters department
including the hire of interpreters, spies
and puides for the army; compensation Q
4 clerks to officers of the Quartermaster?s dt
mrtment: compensation OF forage am
WAGON masters. authorized by the act G
/ Juiy five. eighteen hundred and thirty eight
4 for the apprehension of deserters, ana IN
expenses incident to their pursuit: and to
4 the following expenditures required Tor IN
several regiments of cavalry, the batterie
I of light artillery. and such companies OF IL
4 tantfy as may be mounted, viz: the purchas
Of travelling FORCES, blacksmith and shoeln
I tools, horse and mule shoes and nalls' ro
and steel for shoeing, hire of veterinary su
geons, medicines for horses and mules' PICK ~
ropes, and for shOeing the horses OF u
corps named: also, generally, the proper al
authorized expenses for the movement an
operations of an army, not expressly
signed to any other department, elSht hu
dred thousand dollars.
For mileage, or the allowance nlale
officers of the army for the transportation
themselves and their baggage, when traVt
Hing on duty without troops, escorts
supplies. fifty thousand dollars.
For taking meteorological observations an
giving notice on northern lakes and eaboai
of approach and force OF storms, nifty tho'
sand dollars. .,,;,
For transportation of the army, lncluall
baggage of the troops when moving ei.n
by land or water, of clothing, camp, al
Garrison eouipage from the dep0ts OF IN
adelphia, Cincinnati, and New York 70 q
several posts and army depots, ana Ho
those depOts to the troops in the neiu, d.
of subsistence stores from the places OF ps
chase. and from the places of delivery una
contract, to such places as the Circumstance
Of tie service may require them to be sci
of ordnance, ordnance stores, and sma
arm. from the founderies and armorles
the ,rsenals, Notifications, trOntler pos
and irmy depots; freights, wharfage, uoi
and ferrages; the purchase anu niie !.
purchase and repair of wagons, carts, a.
tlra-s. and of ships and other sea-golng "
sells and boats required for the transpor
tiop of supplies and for garrison purpos
for drayaee and carriage at the several pos
Eip of Transfers, transportation q lull
TO, the nav and other disbursing. depa
mmts. the expense of sailing public IRA pa
prts on the various rivers, the U.iil
Mnxico, and the Atlantic and racine;
p,ocuring water at such posts as, rom III
situation, require IL 10 NC olouSn ~ .ao
Estance: and for clearing roads and rem
;na ohstructions from roads, harbors, a
,iTers 70 the extent which may be requll
for the actual operation of the troops III
ield, five million dollars.
For hire or Communication OF quart
for officers on military duty, Il
Of quarters for troops, Of i ste
houses for the safe-kecping OF mlllt;
stores, and of grounds for summer ., cant
nuts, hospitals and stables; and tor ID rep p
ny public buildings at estaDll l1 i po
seven hundred and fifty thousand doilaf'
For the ordnance service required 10
frav the current expenses at the arssn