New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-10
lGrsERAL NArrRE-No. Il2.l

An act making appropriations 1or tne sup
mort Of the army for the year ending June
thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in 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 ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-three:
For expenses of the Commanding Gen
erals office, i've thousand dollars.
For expenses of recruiting and transporta-
ton of recruits one hundred and twenty
thousand Eve 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, twelve thousand five hundred
dollars.
For pay Of the army, and for payment to
discharged soldiers for clothing not drawn,
twelve million one hundred and five thou
sand five hundred and ninety-0ne dollars
and thirty-two cents.
For allowances to O Ulcers of the army for
transportation of themselves and their bag
gage, when travelling on duty, without
troops, escorts or supplies, two hundred
and forty thousand dollars.
For general expenses, such as the com
pensatiOn of witnesses while on cOurt-niar-
tial service, and travelling expenses of pay
masters clerks, and postage on letters, and
packages, and kilograms received and sent
by officers of the army on public business,
military commissions and courts OF inquiry,
one hundred thousand dollars.
For subsistence Of regular troops, engi-
neers and Indian scouts, two million seven
hundred and seventy thousand nine hun
bred and forty four dollars.
For regular supplies Of the Quartermas-
ter's department, to wit: For the regular
supplies of the Quartermaster department,
consisting of fuel for officers, enlisted men,
guards, hospitals, stGrehOuses and offices; OF
forabe in kind for the horses, mules and
oxen of the Quartermaster's department,
at the several posts and stations, and with
the armies in the field; for the horses of the
several regiments of cavalry, the batteries
of artillery, and such companies of.infaDtry
and scouts as may be mounted, and for the
authorized number of horses, including
bedding for the animals; of straw for sol
diers' bedding and of stationery, including
blank books for the Quartermaster's de-
partment, certificates for discharged sol
diers, blank forms for the Pay and Quarter
masters departments and for printing of
division and department orders and reports,
four million dollars.
For incidental expenses, viz: For postage
and kilograms or dispatches; extra pay to
soldiers employed, under the direction Of
the Quartermaster's department in the
erection of barracks, quarters, store houses
and hospitals, il the construction of roads,
and other constant labor for periods Of not
less than ten DAYS, under acts OF March
second, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and
August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty
four, including those employed as clerks at
division aud department headquarters
expenses Of expresses to and from the
frontier posts and armies III the field; of es-
cOrts to paymaSters and other disbursing
officers and to trains where military escorts
can not be furnished; expenses of the in
torment Of officers killed IN action, OF who
die when on duty in the field, or at posts
on the frontiers, or at posts and other places /
when ordered by the Secretary of War, !
and of non-cOmmlsslOned officers and sol |
diers; authorized Office furniture, hire of |
laborers in the Quartermasters department |
including the hire of interpreters, spies and |
guides for the army; compensation of clerks |
TO officers of the Quarternaster's depart |
ment; compensation of forage and wagon |
authorized by the act Of Julyfffth, /
eighteen hundred and thirty-eIght; for the |
apprehension OF aeserters and the expense /
incident to their pursuit; and for the fol- l.
lowing expenditures required for the sew.
eral regiments OF cavalry, the batteries of
liaht artillery, and such companies OF in
fantry and scouts as may be mounted.
namely: the purchase of travelling FORCES.
blacksmiths' and sh0eing tools, horse and |
mule shoes and nails, iron and steel for
shoeing. hire Of veterinary surgeons, medi-
,iues for horses and mules, picket ropes.
ind for shoeing the horses of the corps
famed; also, generally, the proper and au,
horized expenses for the movement and
operations Of an army not expressly as
igned to any other department, one million
wo hundred thousand dollars.
For purchase of horses for the cavalry
nd artillery, and for Indian scouts and for
ueh infantry as may be mounted, three
undred thousand dollars.
For transportation of the army, including
8ggage of the troops when moving either
v land or water; of clothing, camp and
lrrison eqttippage from the depots Of Phil I
lelphia and Jetiersonville to the several
,sts and army dePots, and from those de- t
It's to the troops in the field; of horse ;
uipments and OF subsistence stores from 7
b places of purchase, and from the places b
delivery under contract to such places P
the circumstances of the service may re-
ire them to be sen5; Of ordnance, ord | Il
nee stores and smal! arms from the toun- u
les and armorfes to the arsenals, tortifca- | q
RS, frontier posts and army depojss n
light, Wharfage tolls and ferrIages: the e.
rchase and hire Of horses, mules, oxen VI