New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-26

following sums be, 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 June thirty, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two:
| For expenses of the commanding gen
| erals office, five thousand dollars.
For expenses of recruiting and trans
portaton of recruits, one hundred and
| twenty thousand five hundred and eighty
dollars. ..
For contingent expenses of the adjutant-
| generals department at the headquarters
| of military divisions and departments, five
! thousand dollars.
| For the expenses of the signal service OF
| the army, five thousand dollars.
| For pay of the army, and for payment to
| discharged soldiers for clothing not drawn,
twelve million three hundred thousand dol
| lars; of which sum one hundred thousand
dollars, and 40 more, may be expended for
pay of Indian scouts
For allowance to officers of the army for
| transportation of themselves and their
| baggage, when travelling on duty. without
| troops, escorts, or supplies, one hundred
| and fifty thousand dollars.
| For general expenses, such as the addi-
| ditional compensation of judge advocates,
recorders, members, and witnesses while on
| cOurt-martial service, and travelling eX-
ON letters and packages, and kilograms re-
| ceived and sent by officers of the army on
| public business, one hundred thousand dol
| lars.
| For subsistence of regular troops, en-
| gineers and Indian scouts, two million nine
| hundred thousand dollars, of which sum
| fifty-fve thousand dollars, and no more,
| NAV be expended for subsistence of Indian
! scouts.
For regular supplies of the quarter
masters department, to wit: For the regu-
lar supplies of the quartermaster depart
ment, consisting of 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
armies in the field; for the horses OF the
several regiments of cavalry, the batteries
Of artillery, and such companies OF infantry
as may be mounted, and for the authorized
number of officers horses when serving in
the field, and at the utlosts, including
| bedding for the animals; of straw for sol
diers' bedding; and of stationery, including
blank books for the quartermasters depart
ment, certificates for discharged soldiers,
blank forms for the pay and quarter
| masters departments, and for printing OF
division and department orders and reports,
tour million dollars.
For extra pay to soldiers employed under
the direction of the quartermasters de-
! partment, in the erection of barracks, quar-
tiers, storehouses, and hospitals, in the con-
struction of roads, and other constant Ia
Dor for periods of not less than ten days,
under the acts of March two, eighteen hun
brad and nineteen and August four, eight
cen hundred and fifty-four, including those
employed as clerks at division and
department headquarters expenses OF
expresses to and from the frontier
posts and armies in the field; OF
escorts to paymasters and other dlsburslng
officers and to trains where military es
corts can not be furnished; expenses of the
interment of officers killed in action, Or who
die when on duty in the field, or at post on
the frontiers, or at posts or other places
when ordered by the Secretary of War. and
of non commissioned officers and soldiers
authorized office furniture hire of laborers
in the quartermaster's department, lnclud
ING the hire ofinterpreters spies and guides
for the army; compensation OF clerks tc
officers of the quartermasters department
compensation of forage and wagon-masters
authorized by the act of July five, eighteen
hundred and thirty-eight; for the apprehen
sion of deserters, and the expenses incident
to their pursuit. and for the following eX
penditures required for the several regl
ments of cavalry, the batteries of light artil
|
may be mounted, namely: The purchase o.
travelling FORCES, blacksmiths' and shoeinG
tools, horse and mule shoes and nails. iron
and steel for shOeing, hire OF veterinary
surgeon medicines for horses and mules
picket ropes, and for shoeing the horses o
the corps named; also, generally, the propel
and authorized expenses for the movement
and operations of an army not expressly
assigned to any other department, Mint
hundred thousand dollars.
For purchase of horses for the caviar,
and artillery, and for Indian scouts, fou
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
6 For transportation of the army, includ
ing baggage of the troops when moving
either BY land or water; of clothing. CAM
and garrison equipage from the depots o
Philadelphia and Jacksonville to the sew
eral posts and army depots, and from
those depots to the troops in the field; ant
of subsistence stores from the places o
purchase and from the places OF o
delivery under contract, to such places al
the circumstances of the service may requlr
them to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance store
I and small arms from the founderies an
, armories to the arsenals, Notifications. tror
tier posts, and army depOts freights, wharf
J age, tolls, and ferriages; the purchase an
f hire of horses, mules, oxen, and harness
2 and the purchase and repair of wagons
carts, and drays, and of ships and Othe
| sea-gOing vessels, and boats required 10
5 the transportation of supplies and for gal
(: rison purposes; for drayage and carriage a
| the several posts, hire of teamsters. tran:
| portation of funds for the pay and othe
f disbursing departments; the expense @
: sailing public transports on the various riy
g ers. the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlanti
4 and Pacific; for procuring water at sue
r posts as, from their situation, require 1t
g be brought from a distance; and tor cleal
G ing roads and removing distractions trOr
q ! roads, harbors, and rivers to the eXten
/ which may be required for the actual OF
Il erations of the troops in the field, tou
t million dollars.
e For hire of quarters for officers on mil
q tary duty, hire of quarters for troops, o
g storehouses for the safekeeping of mllltar
Y stores, and of grounds for summer cantor
+ ments; for the construction of Temporal
/ huts hospitals, and stables; and Tor repaii
/ ing public buildings at established post'
e one million dollars.
d For heating and cooking stoves, hve thou
4 sand dollars.
e For purchase and manufacture OF cloth in!
0 camp and garrison equlpage, and Tor pr
serving and repacklng stock OF clothlnE
camp and garrison equlpage, and material
on hand at the Schuylkill arsenal and othe
denots. five hundred thousand dollars.
. For establishing and maintaining natlonf
! cemeteries, two hundred thousand dollars
u For army contingencies, namely: Such e,
y penses as are not provided for by other est
mates, embracing all branches of the mil
e tary service, fifteen thousand dollars.
. For purchase of medical and hospital SUI
: plies, pay of private physicians employed |
: emergencies, hire Of hospital attendant
, expenses of purveying depots, OF medlci
! examining boards and incidental expense
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