New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-12

travelug 1Orgee, DlacK6mltneS and ehOeing
tools, horse and mule shoes and nails, iron,
and steel. for ehoeing, hire of veterinary
surgeon, 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
assigned to any other department., nine
hundred thousand dollars. ... "a =. ..-...s
For purchase of horses for the cavalry
and artillery, and for Indian scouts, four
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ~.
For transportation of the army, includ-
ing baggage of the troops when moving
and garrison equipage from the depots of
Philadelphia and JeffersOnyille to the sew
eral posts and army depots, and from
those depots to the troops in the field; and
OF subsistence stores from the places OF
purchase and from the places of. 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, from
tier posts, and army depots; freights, wharf
age, tolls, and ferriages; the purchase and
hire of horses, mules, oxen, and harness,
and the purchase and repair of wagons
carts, and drays, and of ships and other
fsea-going vessels, and boats required for
the transportation of supplies and for gar
rison purposes; for drayage and carriage at
the several posts, hire of transfers, trans
pOrtation of funds for the pay and other
disbursing departments; the expense of
sailing public transports on the various riv
ers, 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 clear
ing roads and removing distractions from
roads, harbors, and rivers, to the extent
which may be required for the actual OPP
eratiOns of the troops in the field, four
million dollars. +"
For hire of quarters for officers on mill
tary duty, hire of quarters for troops, of
storehouses for the safekeeping of military
stores, and of grounds for summer canton
ments; tor the construction, of temporary
huts, hospitals, and stables; and for repair
ing public buildings at established posts,
one million dollars.
For heating and cooking stoves, five thou
sand dollars.
For purchase and manufacture of clothing
camp and garrison equipage, and for pre-
serving and repacking stock of clothing.
camp and garrison equipage, and materials
on hand at the SchuylkiIl arsenal and other
depots, five hundred thousand dollars.
For establishing and maintaining national
cemeteries, two hundred thousand dollars.
For army contingencies, namely: Such ex-
penses as are not provided for by other estl-
mates, embracing all branches of the mill
tary service, fifteen thousand dollars.
For purchase of medical and hospital sup
plies, pay of private physicians employed in
emergencies, hire of hospital attendants,
expenses of purveying depots, of medical
examining boards, and incidental expenses
of the medical department, two hundred
thousand dollars
For the Army Medical Museum and medi-
cal and other necessary works for the IL
brary of the surgeon generals office, seven
thousand dollars.
For trials with torpedoes for harbor and
land defense and to instruct the engineer
troops in their practical construction and
application, ten thousand dollars.
For completion of barracks and officers
quarters at the engineer depot at Willet's
Point, New York, twenty-five thousand dol
lars. .... ....... .t. e0I
For repairs and preservation of bridge
equipage, ten thousand dollars.
For purchase and supply of material and
labor for repairs of quarters and barracks
at engineer posts two thousand dollars.
For the ordnance service required to
defray the current expenses of the arsenals;
of receiving stores and issuing arms and
other ordnance supplies; of police and office
duties; of rents, tolls, fuel and lights; of sta
tionery and office furniture; of tools and
for use; of public animals,
forage and vehicles; incidental expenses of
the ordnance service, including those at
tending practical trials and tests of ord
nance, small arms and other ordnance sup
plies, two hundred thousand dollars.
For manufacturing metallic ammunition
for small arms, one hundred thousand dol
lars. a,H l,fs
For overhauling, preserving and cleaning
new ordnance stores on hand in the arse
nails, seventy-iv thousand dollars
For seacOast cannon and carriages for
the same, two hundred thousand dollars.
For purchase and manufacture of other
stores to fill requisition of troops,
fifty thousand dollars. ftr
For manufacture of arms at the national
one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. 1886
Sec 2. That the President of the United
States shall be, and he is hereby, author
lied to nominate, and, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, appoint
board of commissioners, to be designated
as commissioners of claims, to consist of
three commissioners, who shall be COM
for two years, and whose duty it
shall be to receive, examine, and consider
the justice and validity of such claims as
shall be brought before them, of those citi-
Ltus WIN IOydl duu0TeubS 10 Un6
cause and the government of the United
States during the war, for stores or supplies
taken or furnished during the rebellion for
the use of the army Of the United States in
States proclaimed as in instruction against
the United States. including the use and
loss of vessels or boats while employed in
the military service of the United States.
And the said commissioners in considering
said claims shall be satisfied from the testi-
mOny of witnesses under oath, or from other
sufficient evidence, which shall accompany
each claim, taken under such rules and reg
ulations as the commissioners may adopt, of
the loyalty and adherence of the claimant
to the cause and the government of the
United States before and at the time of
the taking or furnishing of the property for
which any claim shall be made and OF the
quantity, quality, and value of the property
alleged to have been taken or furnished,
and the time, place, and material circum-
stances of the taking or furnishing of the
same. And, upon satisfactory evidence of
the justice and validity of any claim the
shall report their opinion in
writing in each case, and shall certify the
nature, amount, and value of the property
taken, furnished, or used as aforesaid.
And each claim which shall be considered,
and rejected as unjust and invalid, shall
likewise be reported, with the reasons there
for; and no claimant shall withdraw any
evidence submitted in support Of
any claim. s'-" l'l
SEC. 3. That said commissioners shall each
Jake the oath of office provided by law to
De taken by all officers of the United States,
md shall proceed without delay to discharge
heir duties under this act. The President
If the United States shall designate in his
lppoin tment one OF said commissioners to
De president of the board, and shall be au-
horized to fill any vacancy which mag oc-
,ur, by reason of death or resignation, in
aid board; and each commissioner shall
lave authority to administer oaths and Afr
nations and to take the dispositions of wit