New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-02

o. wagons, carts and drays, and of shir
, ana other sea-golng vessels, and boats RI
CURED Tor the transportation of supplies an
for garrison purposes; for drayage and car
age at the several posts, hire of teamstert
transportation of funds for the pay an
other dlsbursing 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 t
, be brought from distance; and for clear
ing roads and removing Instructions from
roads, harbors and rivers to the exten
which may be required for the actual opera
tons of troops in the field four million dol
lars.
For hire of quarters for officers on mill
tary duty, hire Of quarters for troops, o
store houses for the safe-xeepng OF military
stores, of offices and of grounds for camps
and for summer can comments, and for tenn
porary frontier stations; for the cOnstruc
ton of temporary huts and stables and fOI
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
preserving and repacking stock Of clothing.
camp and garrison equipage, and ma
terials on hand at the Schuylkill arsenal
and other depots, seven hundred and sew
| 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 purveying depots, OF medical
examining boards, and incidental expenses
OF the medical department, three hundred
thousand dollars.
For providing surgical apparatus or APP
pllances 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 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
For the Army Medical Museum and medi-
cal and other necessary works for the lib
rary of the Surgeon Generals Office, ten
thousand dollars.
Engineer department at Willett's Point.
For protection of ponton boats, remodel
ing ponton material, and for current ex-
penses OF depot, i've 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 eng ineers, 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 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
practical trials and tests of ord
nance, slnall-arms, and other ordnance sup
plies, two hundred thousand dollars.
For manufacturing metallic ammunition
for small-arms, one hundred and twenty
i've thousand dollars.
For oVerhauling, preserving, and clean
ng new ordnance stores on hand in the
seventy five thousand dollars
For seacoast cannon, and carriages for
he same, one hundred and twenty thou
and dollars.
For experiments and tests of heavy rited
two hundred and seventy thou. |
and IplIaTas nrnUiInh hot thjC |
ion shall be applied to at least three models
t heavy ordnance, to be designated BY a
'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 proiectiIes
ecessary for testing the same shall be sup
lied from stores on hand.
For constructing and testing Moffat's
reech-loading tield-pieces, eight thousand
ollars; and for testing James CrOckett's +
raduatmg and accelerating cartridge, and :
1r experimenting with patent metallic :
artridge of Willis E. Moore, and other :
improvements in ammunition, five thousand
Ollars. ;
For purchase and manufacture Of other =
rdinance stores to fill requisition of troops, .
fly thousand dollars :
For manufacture Of arms at the national h
rmory, one hundred and fifty thousand =
ollars; provided, that no part of this ap- q
ropriation shall be expended until
reech-loading system for muskets and car
ines shall have been adopted for the mill d
Try service upon the recommendation of /
le board to be appointed by the Secretary $
War; which board shall consist of not s
SIS than five officers, as follows: one gen y
al officer, one ordnance officer, and three =
Ulcers OF the line, one to be taken from the d
.valry, one from the infantry and one )
ON the artillery; and provided further, v
at the system, when so adopted, shall be u u
9 only one to be used by the Ordnance u
apartment in the manufacture of muskets u
I'd carbines for the military service; and i
} royalty shall be paid by the govern u
ent of the United States for the use of i
i'd patent to any Of its officers or en- V
Dyes, or for any patent In which said off u
rs or employees may be directly or indl- J;
city interested. 81
SEC. :. That hereafter it shall be illegal IL
brand, mark, or tattoo on the body of @
y soldier by sentence of court-ma1tial IL
ID the word ''cOrpOTeal" shall be stricken III
ON the forty-ffth of the rules and article II
r the government Of the armies of the
lited States. g
June 6, 1872. pr
GENERAL NATURE-No. fl3Y ~
act to continue the act to authorize fbe a,
settlement of the accounts Of officers of al
he army and navy. as
2a If enacted by the Canota op1 IT,. NJ