The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-01-05
lrpUaLtC 10. 1857

A'ANNN| Il VI u
/ AN ACT making appropriations tOs the sup
portof the army lot Ne year ending june
thirty 6irht6en handFed and seventg-one,
and Tor ether pufp ,aes
4 Bet eyactad BIZ he Senate and House
! 81 Representatives Of Stie United SAFES q
i, America IL Congress assembled. That the
4 iollowing sums be. and che same arc here
lby, appropriated out Of any moneys in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, fct the
! support ofthe army iof tho year ending
lEhe thirtieth Of June eighteen hundred
md ,seyepty-cne; G i1s A.
For expenses ofrectuiting and tranHpor-
fation Of recruits, four hundred andseyenty
1.-TWO thousand dollars.
i For pay Of The army. twelve million nine
Ehnd|lfed and thirty-6ge thousand three
Handled and ninety dollars,
| For communication IN lieu Of forage for
lofIiceFs horsls Nhefesthe tAtne Is not fur
Inishsd by the Quatter,mastaf b department
| two, thousand dollars. q. ,i4s
For payments 70 discharged soldiers for
clolhipg not drawn, two hundred thousand
dollars, And the proper accounting Off
Ieers ofthe treasury are hereby authorized
and required 10 transfer from any surplus
Of the past appropriations for the pay Of
the army, or Of the volunteers. notother-
wise disposed Of BY law, such sum IS may
be sufficient to cover deficiencies in tho APP
propriatious 9ior payments to discharged
soldiers for clhthing not DRAWN for the
fiscal year ending june thirtieths eighteen
hundred and evenly. pis
For lsubsistsnce in kind for regular
troops and employees, four million thirteen
Thousand nine hundred and seyenty-seyen
dollars aud twenty-five cents. q sila'
For contingencies Of the army, eighty
Thousand dollars. u . esesls5
For army, medicalmuseum, FIVE thcus.
and dollars. lib,il s8fl .ilsi ilitlEsls3 AZ
For medical and other necessary works
for the library Of Surgeon Generals Office,
three thousand dollars. AZ tilsls
b Forexpenses Of Commanding Generals
lofice; Eve thousand dollars. .iisl
For expensesof the signal service ofthe
army, five thousand dollars. ii9
For regular supplies Of the Quartefmas-
ter'sdepaftmehti tosRit. For fuel for Off
GERS, enlisted men, guards, hospitals, store-
houses, and Offices; IF forage in kind for
the horses, mules, and oxen Of the Quar-
termasser's department OF the several posts
and stations, and with tho armies 10 the
Ilaeld, for the horses Of the several regim-
ants 81 cavalry, he batteries Of artillery,
and such companies Of infantry as may be
! monniod. and for va authorized number Of
~ - -l.|I 1.I,. 1 j. w .lld,
and at the cutpusts, including bedding for
tie animals; Of straw for soldiers bedding;
and Of stationery, including blapk-bocks
fol the Quartermaster's departments, and
flor printing Of division and department. or
ders and reports, four million Ave hundred
thousand dollars.
For the general and incidental expenses
Of the Quartermaster's department, consist
ing Of postage on letters and packets re-
ceiyed and sent by officers Of the army on
public service; expenses Of courts-martial,
military commission, and courts Of inqui-i
~, including the additional Compensation
lof. Judge advocates, recorders. members,
and witnesses whileo on that service, under
the act Of March sixteen eighteen humid
red and two; extra pay 70 soldiers employ
ed under the direction Of the Quartermast-i
er's department. in the erection ofbarracks,
quarters, storehoases, and hospitals, 10 the
construction Of roads, and other constant
labor, for periods Of not less than tendays.
under the acts Of March two eighteen hun-l
dred and nineteen, and August four, eight
cen hundred and fifty -four. including those
employed as clerks at division and depart
ment headquarters; expenses Of expresses
to and from the frontier posts and armies
10 the field; Of escorts to paybasters and
other disbursipg officers, aud TO trains
where military escorts cannot be furnish-
ed; expenses Of the interment Of officers
killed ia action, or who die when on duty
10 the field. or at posts on The frontiers, or
at posts and other places when ordered by
the Secretary Of War, and nou-commiss-
Toned officers and soldiers; authorized Of
fee furniture; hire Of laborers in the Quar-
termaster's department, including the hire
Of Interpreters, spies, and guides for the
army; compensation Of clerks % officers Of
the Quartermasters department; comPeni
IA, rf fnta M and yva0or nlaskara atith-
orized BY the act Of July I've, eighteen
hundred and thirty-eighs for the appre.
bension Of deserters, and tue expenses in
cident to their pursuit; aud for the follow
ing expenditures required for the several
regiments al Of cavalry, the batteries of light
artillery, and such companies Of infantry
as may be mounted. viz: the purchase Of
travelling FORCES. blacksmithS and shoeiug
tools, horse and mule shoes and nails, iron
and steel for shoeing, hirepof veterinary
snroeons. medicines for horses and mules.