New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-26


other disbursing departments; the expens
OF sailing public transports on the variou
rivers, the gulf OF Mexico, and the Atlanti
and Pacific: for procuring water at sue
posts as, from their situation, require it {
: be brought from distance; and for cleal
t ing roads and removing Instructions froI
roads, harbors and rivers to the exten
which may be required for the actual opera
tons Of troops in the field, four million do
= lars.
For hire of quarters for officers on mil
tary duty, hire of quarters for troops, G
+ store houses for the safe-keeping of militar
{ stores, of Offices and OF grounds for camps
and for summer environments, and for ten
porary frontier stations; for the cOnstruC
ton Of temporary huts and stables; and TO
repairing public buildings at established
posts, one million two hundred and tift1
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 fo
preserving and repacking stock Of clothing
camp and garrison equipage. and ma
teriaIs on hand at the SchuyIkiH arsena
and other depots, seven hundred and sew
enty thousand dollars.
For the necessary expenses of such salei
OF stores or material belonging to the army
establishment as may be authorized by law
ten thousand dollars.
For establishing and maintaining nati0na
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.
| Mics IF M
in emergencies, hire of hospital attendants,
expenses of purveying depots, OF medical
| examining boards, and incidental expenses
| OF the medical department. three hundred
thousand dollars.
For providing surgical apparatus or ap-
| planes for the relief of persons disabled
| in the military and naval service of the
! United States, and not included within the
terms OF any law granting artificial limbs,
or other special relief, ten thousand dollars,
to be expended under the direction of the
Secretary OF War; provided that a report
shall be made to Congress, at its next an
nuaI session, showing the name and resi-
dence OF each person relieved, and the nat
ure and cost OF the apparatus provided.
For the Army Medical Museum and medi-
cal and other necessary works for the lib
raryoof the Surgeon Generals Office ten
thousand dollars.
Engineer department at WilIetts Point.
For protection of pOntOn boats, remodel
ing pOntOn material, and for current ex-
penses of depot, five thousand dollars.
For modification and repaiy 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
Forpurchase ofsiege and mining material,
and tor simple Photographic apparatus for
copying maps, one thousand dollars.
For expenses of trials with torpedoes, for
harbor and land defense, and material for
same, ten thousand 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; ofpOlice and office
duties of rents, tolls, fuel and lights;
of stationery and office furniture; of tools
and instruments for use; of public animals;
forage and vehicles: incidental expenses
of the ordinance SERVICE including those
attending practical trials and tests of ord
nance, smallarms and other ordnance sup
plies, two hundred thousand dollars.
For manufacturing metallic ammunition |
for smalEarms, one hundred and twenty.
five thousand dollars.
For overhauling, preserving, and clean !
ing new ordnance stores on hand in the |
seventy five thousand dollars.
For sea coast cannon. and carriages for |
the same, one hundred and twenty thou |
sand dollars.
For experiments and tests of heavy rife6 !
ordnance, two hundred and seventy thou
sand dollars; provided, that this appr0pria-
ton shall be applied to at least three models
Of heavy ordnance, to be designated by q |
board of officers to be appointed by the
Secretary of War. which report shall in,
elude both classes breech and muzzle load
ing cannon, and the powder and prOectiles
necessary for testing the same shall be sup
Piled from stores on hand.
Foe constructing and. testing MOtfat's
0reech-loading teld-pieces, eight thousand
lollars; and for testing James Crockett's
graduating and acceierating cartridge, and
or experimenting with patent metallic
cartridge OF Willis Z. Moore, and other
i'll ammunition, five thousand
lolla1s.
For purchase aud manufacture Uf other
ordinance stores to fill requisitioB of troops,
fifty thousand dollars.
For manufacture of arms at the national
.1m0ry one hundred and fifty thousand
lollars; provided, that no part of this APP
,ropriation shall be expended until a
'reech-loading system for muskets and car
lines shall have been adopted for the mill
airy service upon the Recommendation Of
he board to be appointed by the Secretary
i War, which board shall consist Of not
5ss than five officers, as follows; one gen
raj officer, .One ordnance officer, and three |
Ulcers Of the line, one to be taken from the
avalry, one from the infantry and one
rom the artillery; and provided further,
hat the system, when so adopted, shall be
be only one to be used by the Ordnance
department. in the manufacture of musbets
nd carbines for the military service; and
o royalty shall be paid by the govern !
tent of the United States for the use of
aid patent to any of its officers or en- y
loyes, or for airy patent In which said Off
ars or employees may be directly or indl- J
actly interested. s
SEC. :. That hereafter it shall be illegal l
} brand, mark, or tattoo on the body of I
ny soldier by sentence of court martial.
nd the word 'corporeal shall be stricken l
ON the forty fifth of the rules and article I
n the government OF the armies of the
nited States. e
Approved, June 6, 1872
GENERAL NATURE-No. ll3.3
n act to continue the act to authorize the j
settlement of the accounts of officers of a
the army and navy. a
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o
Representatives of the United States of il
merica III Congress assembled, That the II
t to authorize the settlement of the ac- t
UNITS Of the officers Of the army and navy, S
,proyed June twenty -third, eighteen hun C
ed and seventy, shall continue ana be il o
rec for two years from June twenty-third, 0
ghteen hundred and seventy-swo. and no n
lger. a
Approved June :, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. fly a
| act to authorize the appointment OF n
shipping commissioners by the several o.