New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-31
OF f ICI A l..
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the Second Session of the Forty
First Congress.
IPrRLIC. No. 1851

AN ACT making appropriations for the sup
| port OF the army Tor the year endlng June
| thirty, eighteen hundred and seyenty-One,
! and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
| Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
| following sums he. and the same are hereby,
! appropriated out Of any moneys IN the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
| the support of the army for the year end
! ing the thirtieth OF June, eighteen nun
dred and sevtnty-one:
For expenses of recruiting and transporta-
| ton of recruits, four hundred and seventy
| two thousand dollars.
For pay of army, twelve million nine hun
! dred and thirty-fve thousand three hundred
| and ninety dollars.
For communication in lieu OF forage for Off
| GERS horses, where the same is not furnished
| by the Quartermaster's department, two
| thousand dollars.
| For payment to discharged soldiers for
| clothing not drawn, two hundred thousand
| dollars. And the proper accounting officers
| of the treasury are hereby authorized and
| required to transfer FROM any surplus Of the
past appropriations for the pay OF the
| the army, Or OF the volunteers" not other
wise disposed of by law. such sum as may be
sufficient to cover deficiencies in the appro-
priatiOns "fUr payments to discharged sol
diers for clothing not drawn" for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun
died and seventy
For subsistence in kind for regular troops
and employelels, four million thirteen thou
sand nine hundred and seventy-seven dollars
and twenty-five cents.
For contingencies of the army, eighty
thousand dollars.
For army medica. museum, FIVE thousand
dollars.
For medical and other necessary works
for the library of Surgeon Generals office,
three 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 of the Quartelmas-
ters department, 10 wit: For fuel for officers,
enlisted men. guards, hospitals. storehOuses,
and Offices; of forage in kind for the horses,
| mules, and oxen Of the Quartermasters de-
partment 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 compa-
MES of infantry as may be mounted, and TOR
the authorized number of officers horses
when serving in the field, and at the out
posts including bedding for the animals: OF
straw for soldiers bedding; and Of station
cry, including blank books for the Quarter
charged soldiers. blank forms for the Pay
and Quarternaster's departments, and for
printing of division and department orders
and repoI IS, four million five hundred thou
sand dollars.
For the general and incidental expenses
of the Quartermaster's department, con-
sisting OF postage on letters and packets re-
ceived and sent Ivy officers Of the army on
public service: expenses of courtS-martial,
md ny at
including the additional compensation of
Judge advocates, recorders, members and
witnesses while on that service, under the
act of March sixteen. eighteen hundred
and two: extra pay 10 soldiers employed I'M
der the direction of the Quartel1nasters de-
partment. in the erection OF barracks. quar-
tiers. storehOuses and hospitals. i'll the con-
struction of roads. and other constant labor,
for periods of not less than ten days, under
the acts of March two. eighteen hundred
and nineteen. and August four. eighteen
hundred and Iiftv-tour including those EN-
plOyed as clerks at division and department
headquarters: expenses OF expresses to and
from the frontier posts and armies in the
field: OF escorts 10 paymasters and other
disbursing officers. and TO trains where mill
tarv escorts cannot be furnished: expenses
of the interment of officers killed i'll action.
or who die when on duty in the field. or at
posts on the frontiers or at posts and ether
places when ordered by the Secretary OF
War. and of non-comnliss!Oned officers and
soldiers: authorized ofice furniture: hire OF
laborers i'll the QuarterlnasterS department.
including the hire Of Interpreters, spies.
and guides for the army: compensation OF
clerks to officers OF the Quartermasters de-
partment: compensation OF forage and
wagon masters. authorized by the act Of
July five, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight:
for the apprehension OF deserters, and the
expenses incident 70 their pursuit: and Tor
the following expenditures required for the
several regiments OF cavalry, the batteries
of light artillery, and such companies OF in
fantry as may be mounted. viz: the purchase
of travelling FORCES blacksmith and shoeing
tools, horse and mule shoes and nails. iron
and steel for shoeing, hire of veterinary sur
geons, 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 movement and
operations of an army, not expressly as
signed to any other department, eight hun
dred thousand dollars.
For mileage. or the allowance made to
officers OF the army for the transportation Of
themselves and their baggage, when travel
Hing on duty without troops. escorts or
supplies. fifty thousand dollars.
For taking meteorological observations and
giving notice on northern lakes and Seaboard
Of approach and force of storms, fifty thou
sand dollars.
For transportation OF the army. including
baggage OF the troops when moving either
by land or water. OF clothing, camp. and
garrison equipage from the depots of Phil
adelpha. Cincinnati. 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 pur-
chase, 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 founderies and armories to
the arsenals. Notifications, frontier posts,
and army depots; treights, wharfage, tolls.
and ferliages: the purchase and hire of
horses mules. oxen, and harness. and the
purchase and repair OF wagons, carts, and
draws. and of ships and other sea-going yes
sells, and boats required for the transporta-
ton of supplies and for garrison purposes;
for drayage and carriage at the several posts,
hire of teamsters, transportation of funds
for the paw and other disbursing depart
ments, the expense of sailing public trans
ports on the various rivers, the Gulf of
Mexico. and the Atlantic and Pacific: for
procuring water at such posts as. from their
situation, require it to be brought from
distance: and for clearing roads and remov-
ing Instructions from roads, harbors. and
rivers to the extent which may be required
for the actual operation of the troops in the
field. five million dollars.
For hire or communication of quarters
for officers on military duty, hire
of quarters for troops, of store
houses for the safe-keeping of military
stores, and of grounds for summer canton
ment; for the construction of temporary
huts. hospitals and stables; and for repair
ing public buildings at established posts,
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For the ordnance service required to de-