Smyrna times., 1871-06-28
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An Act making appropriations support the army for
the ending Jun" thirty, eighteen seventy
one and for other plrposes.
quarers Of the frontier posts
armies 10 ths held Of escorts to Pamasters aud other
ee FURNISHED expenses Of the ntement OF officers killed in
Ig or who die whea on duty the field the
hed or at pests on the frontiers and other places
ed officers and soldiers authorized Office furniture Of
of interpreters spies aud guides for the army
Of clerks to officers of the Quarermssters
OF Juy five eighteen hundred and thirty appr
regiments Of cavalry the batt.tie. Of t and ch
companies Of infantry may be mounted viz the purchase ei
sraYsinS foes baek,mths aud shoeng tools horse and
mary surgeons medicines horses and mules ropes
the proper and authorized expenses and
Dsrment eight hundred thousand d"s - any 0'Nef ue
, @sags Or the made othe army for
tEaveng on duty without troops, supplies, fifty
For taking meteorological observations giving
hfty thousand dollars. "''N '''~' " ''''"
For TRANSPORTATION of the army including baggage Of the
ana garrison eqgpsYe from the dspots Phad Cinci
from those dePOts the troops the and o subsistence
Under contract a" sac s ana a % be '9 % a
nance may d vGre them to be sent Of ordnance ord
TO he arsera!s fordcacns frontier posts army depots
81 horses mules oxOu and harness. and the purchase
going boats required the transportation Of sup
ana LOT gSfrop PURPOSES Tor draysEe aud carriage at The
pay and other dsburng departments the expense Of sailing
and the Atlantic and Pacific procuring posts
clearing roads and re@oyng "Gstruct6ns
roads habos and rivers 10 the which
% actual operations oi the troops In the held live million
EOr hire Communication Of quarters for officers on military
duty hire OF quarters for troops stoshousese for the safe
,aePts for the construction q temporary huts hospitals.
seven hundred and hlty thousand dollars
For the ornanc~ service required deay the
peiih@E - af receiving stores and issuing
an4 o'-' .,,-. Of police and Office duties Of rents,
to- to., & & a4 sn,, Of ..tio9ery aud Office furniture OF
Ss6ic c acd s T & G ama SFaFS an
.mn ID. '."'. ..,l. ,,ooi-s one hundred and fifty
I'll IT, '-... w.. pay for cannon small
For sstabhinE and naina national cemeteries, thre,
dollars Of this amount be expended planting and cuvanG
sEc be enacted That the President be- aud
ne Is hereby aud directed or before the first da,
eighteen hundred aud seventy to reduce the
& osr Of enlisted men in the army to thirty and there
army at any one time, Unless otherwise authorized bl
$50 And be further enacted That the President be-
S nsre0y y authorized at his discre'i9n hon9rabY to dis
.ne may apply therefore or before the first of anua
sh,s act saa be entitled to addition to the
he hereby suthorzed at bis dcreon 10 place the
retired list OF the their application aud
the oaicerc who be retired virtue Of this
or av be hereafter allowed. to officers retired from acv
$50 And be it further enacted That the proviso tn
hassrod S s aei b AnEs d aIs e gu r.
Isa s to seven per csnum Of the who'd number Of exist
after the number officers who retired In
With existng laws shall be IN the discretion the President
m anat he whole number on the retired list shall
ssoe And be further enacted That the Offices Of Gsners
and Lisateaant General of the Army shall continue until
vacancy shall tho longer; and when
vacancy shall In either OF said Offices
upon all laws and OF laws creating said Offices shall
come nopsrotve and shall by Vrue of this
fsrward to be held to be repealed.
sec And be further enacted That no appointment
tbs grade Of major general shall be made until the
omeers OF that grade is reduced below
number OF major generals shalt not sxceed three.
tne grade OF brgadisr general shall ba made until the
nemoer OF bfixadier generals shall exceed six.
sss y and pc u further enasted That the grade
10 the several calvary regiments heret
Lsxmsnta eommlssary may be assigned for duty
"a thelr respective grades OF hrst second eute
sontaned shall affect their relative RANK with 9th
asnten&nta OF their grade. ~ ~
s H. And be It further enacted That the grades of reg
sergeant and hosoitaI
nessoy aooished The number OF corporas In each oar
~ o3ssry artillery aud Infantry shall
e sna officers shall have the privis
ana honerabe discharge. full paw and alio
fsrsae 70 ns aesaa date thereof they shall elect in pr
~'xses 20 them by the SeeTstsIy Of War. ' - -