New Orleans Republican., 1872-10-04

Va noIsOuE3 GiIlB duu uEdY5, ANU Vi SHIPS
and other sea-going vessels, and boats re-
quired for the Transportation of supplies and
for garrison purposes; for drayage and cart
age at the several posts, hire of teamsters,
transportation of funds for the pay and
other disbursing departments; the expense
OF sailing public transports on the various
rivers, 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 distinctions from
roads, harbors and rivers to the extent
which may be required for the actual opera
tions of troops in the field, four million dol
lars.
For hire Of, quarters for officers on mill
tary duty, hire Of quarters for troops, OF
store houses for the safe-keeping Of military
stores, of Offices and OF grounds Tor camps,
and for summer cantOnments, and Tor tenn
porary frontier stations; for the c0nstruc-
ton Of temporary huts and stables; and for
repairing public buildings at established
posts, one million two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
For construction and repairs Of hospitals,
one hundred thousand dollars.
For heating and cooking stoves, ten thou
sand dollars.
For purchase and manufacture Of cloth
ing, camp and garrison equipage, and for
camp AMI garrison equipage, and ma
terials on hand at the SchuyIkill arsenal
and other depots, seven hundred and Soy
enty thousand dollars.
For the necessary expenses Of such sales
of stores or material belonging to the army
establishment as may be authorized by law,
ten thousand dollars.
For establishing and maintaining national
military cemeteries, two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
For army contingencies, namely, such ex-
penses as are not provided for by other esti-
mates, embracing all branches of the mill
tary service, seventy-fve thousand dollars.
For purchase Of medical and hospital sup
plies, pay of private physicians employed
in emergencies, hire of hospital attendants,
expenses of puryeying depots, OF medical
examining boards, and incidental expenses
of the medical department, three hundred
thousand dollars.
For providing surgical apparatus or hp-
plianees for the relief Of persons disabled
in the military and naval service of the
United States, and not included wit the
terms of any law granting artia ial bs,
or other special relief, ten thousand dollars,
to be expended under the direction of the
Secretary of War; provided, that report
shall be made to Congress, at its next an
nual session, showing the name and resi-
ure and cost OF the apparatus provided.
For the Army Medical Museum and madi-
cal and other necessary works for the lib
rary of the Surgeon Generals Office. ten
dollars.
Engineer department at WilIett's Point.
For protection Of ponton boats, remodel
ing ponton material, and for current ex-
penses Of depot, five thousand dollars.
For modification and repair OF buildings,
five thousand dollars.
For erection of new chapel, FIVE thousand
dollars.
For repairs Of instruments for general
service OF the corps OF engineers, ten thou
sand dollars.
For purchase ofsiege and mining material
and for simple Photographic apparatus for
copying maps. one thousand dollars.
For expenses Of trials with torpadoes, for
larbor and land defense, and material for
same, ten-thOnsand dollars.
For the ordinance service required to de-
fray the current expenses at the arsenals;
Of receiving stores and issuing arms and
other ordinance supplies; ofpOice and Office
luties; of rents, tolls, fuel and lights;
IF stationery and Office furniture; Of tools
and instruments for use; of public animals;
forage, and vehicles; incidental expenses |
Df the ordinance service, including those
practical trials and tests of ord
)lies, two hundred thousand dollars
For manufacturing metallic ammunition
or small-arms, one hundred and twenty
i've thousand dollars
For overhauling, preserving, and clean |
ng new ordnance stores on hand in the |
lrsenals, seventy five thousand dollars.
For sea coast cannon, and carriages for |
he same, one hundred and twenty thou |
,and dollars.
Ec r,f iii
two hundred and seventy thou |
and dollars; provided, that this apprcpria- |
ion shall be applied to at least three models |
4 heavy ordnance, to be designated by
,oard Of officers to be appointed by the |
secretary of War. which report shall in
lude both classes breech and muzzle load
ng cannon, and the powder and projectiles |
necessary for testing the same shall be sup
lied from stores on hand.
For constructing and testing M0ffat's
tieId-pieces, eight thousand
.ullars; and for testing James Crockett's
and accelerating cartridge, and
or experimenting with patent metallic
artridge of Willis Z. Moore, and other
improvements in ammunition, i've thousand
0llars.
For purchase and manufacture Of other
rdinance stores to fill requisition of troops,
fly thousand dollars.
lmory, one hundred and fifty thousand
ollars; provided, that no part of this ap-
ropriation shall be expended until a
system for muSkets and car
ines shall have been adopted for the mill
lry service upon the recommendation of
be board to be appointed by the Secretary
War, which board shall consist of not
,ss than five officers, as follows: one gen
raj officer, one ordnance officer, and three
Ulcers of the line, one to be taken from the
tyalry, one from the infantry and one
ON the artillery; and provided further,
lat the system, when SO adopted. shall be
le only one to be used by the Ordnance
apartment in the manufacture of muskets
nd carbines for the military service; and
. royalty shall be paid by the govern
ent Of the United States for the use Of
i'd patent to any of its officers or EN-
Oyes, or for any patent in which said off
RS or employees may be directly or indl-
city interested.
SEC. :. That hereafter it shall be illegal
brand, mark, or tattoo on the body Of !
ly soldier by sentence Of court-martial,
Id the word "corporeal" " shall be stricken
ON the forty-ffth of the rules and article
r the government Of the armies Of the
nited States.
Approved, June 6, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 1877
Il act to continue the act TO authorize the
OF the accounts Of officers of
the army and navy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Representatives ef the United States Of