New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-12
TPUBLIC-No. 4S.1

AN ACT making appropriations for the
support of the army for the year ending
june thirty, eighteen hundred and seven,
ty-two, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America i'll Congress assembled, That the
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
portation of recruits, one hundred and
twenty thousand five hundred and eighty
dollars. j
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 ofwhich sum one hundred thousand
dollars, and no 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. .tr-
For general expenses, such as the addi-
ditional compensation of judge advocates,
recorders, members, and witnesses while ON
cOurt-martial service, and travelling ex-
penses of paymasters clerks, and postage
on letters and packages, and kilograms re-
ceived and sent by officers of the army On
public business, one hundred thousand dol
lars. . a-...- ..o..
For subsistence of regular troops en-
gineers, and Indian scouts, two million nine
hundred thousand dollars, of which snm
ffty-fve thousand dollars, and no more,
may be expended for subsistence of Indian
scouts. Z. rg ~
For regular supplies of the quarter
masters department, to wit: For the regu-
lar supplies of the quartermaster's 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 quartermaster's 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 reg iments 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 Outposts, including
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,
four million dollars. 't
For extra pay to soldiers employed under
the direction of the. quartermaster's 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 tour, eight
cen hundred and ffty-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 disbursing
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 Quartermasters department, includ-
ing the hire ofinterpreters, spies and guides
for the army; compensation of clerks to
officers of the quartermaster's 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-
required for the several regi-
ments of cavalry, the batteries of light artil- 4
lery, and such companies of infantry as
may be mounted, namely. The purchase of