The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-07
OFFICIAL.
T AVIS OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED
IL AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE
FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS-.
GENERAL NATuRE-So. u,.l

w. " ttt CNttt btto hNtC 90 Nv WV
grsss assembled, That the following sums b
and the same are hereby, appropriated, out OF any
moneys In the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, for the support OF the army for the year end
ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy.
three /: I
For expenses Of the Commanding General'i
Office, Ave thousand dollars.
For the expenses Of recruiting and transporta-
tion of recruits, one hundred and twenty thou
sand Ave hundre ! and eighty dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Adjutant Gener-
ais 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 arrrv v, and for payment to dis.
charged soldiers for clothing not drawn, twelve
mil ion one hundred and five thousand five hun
| drrd and ninety-one dollars and thirty-two cents
For al !owsnces to officers of the army for trans
| po~rtation Of themselves and their baggage, when
travelling on duty, without troops, escorts or sup
| plies, two hundred and forty thousand dollars.
For general expenses, such ms the compensation
| of witnesses while on court. martial service, aud
travelling expenses OF paymasters' clerks, and
| postage on letters, and packs gee, and kilograms
received and sent by officers OF the army on pub.
lie business, military commissions and courts of
inquiry, one hundred thousand dollars.
For Subsistence of regular troops, engineers, and
Indian sc outs, two million sewn hundred and
seventy thousand nine hundred and forty-four
dollars.
partment, to wit: For the regular supplies Of the
Qu~artermnster's department, consisting of fuel for
officers. enlisted men, guards, hospitals, store
houses, and Offices of forage In kitd for the
horses, muller, and oxen of the Quartermaster's
department, OF the several posts and stations, and
with tse armies in the field; for the horses Of the
tillery, and such companies Of infantry and scouts
as may be mounted, and for the authorized mum :
Der of officers horses, Inc uding bedding for the
animals of straw for soldiers bedding; and OF
stationery, including blank books for the Quar-
termaster's department, certificates for disch arged
soldiers, blank forms for the Pay and Quarter,
masters departments, and for printing of divi-
sion and department orders and reports, four
million dollars.
For Incidental expenses, viz: For postage and
kilograms or dispatches; extra pay to so dieIs
employed, under the direction of the Gu .rtermas-
ter's department, in the erection of barracks,
quarters, storehouses, and hospitals. In the con-
s~truction Of roads and other constant labor, fer
periods ofpot iess than ten days. under the acts
of March second, eighteen hundred and nineteen,
and August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty
four. including those employed as clerks at divi-
sion and department headquarters; expenses of ex.
presses to and from tho frontier posts and armies
in the field; of escorts to paymasters aud other dis.
bursting officers, and to trains where military es-
corts cannotbefurnished; ex penscs of the ntsrment
of officers kill ed in action, or who die when on
duty in the field, or at posts on the frontiers, or
at posts AMI other places when ordered by the
Secretary of War, and of OFF,
GERS and soldiers; authorized office furniture, hire
of laborers In the Qnartermastef's department, in
GLIDING the hire of interpreters, spies, and guides
for the army compensation Of clerks to oiic rs
of the Quartermaster's department; cnmpensa-
ton Of forage and wagon masters authorized by
the net ofJuly fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty
eight for the apprehension Of dsserters, and the
expense incident to their pursuit; and for the
following expenditures required for the several
regiments of cavalry, the batteries of light a%riillt-
rs, and such companies of infantry and scouts as
may be mounted, namely: the purchase oftravel-
ing FORCES, blaeksmiths' and shooting tools, horse
and mule shoes and nails, iron and steel for shoe
Ing, hire of veterinary surgeons, medicines for
horses and mu es, picket-ropes, and for shoelng
the horses of the corps named also, generally,
the proper and authorized expenses for the move
ments and operations of an army not expressly
assigned to any other department., one million
two hundred thousand dollars.
For purchase of horses for the cavalry and ar
t.ilery, and for Indian scouts and for such infan-
try as may be mounted, three hundred thousand
dollars.
For transportation Of the army, including
baggage Of troops when moving either by land or
water; of clothing, camp, and garrison e~quipaee
from the depots of Philadelphia and Jacksonville
to the several posts and amy depets, and from
those depots to the troops in the field of horse
equipments aud OF subsistence stores from the
pieces Of purchase, and from The places of delivery
under contract to such places as the circumstances
OF the service may require them to be sent; Of
ordnance, ordnance stores, and small-arms from
the founderies and armories to the arsenals, forti
fnati ons, frontier posts, and army depots freight,
wharfage, tolls, and ferriases the purchase and
hire of horses, mules, oxen, aud harness. ana the
purchase and rep. air of wagons, carts, and drays,
and of ships and othrr sea-going vessels, and
and for garrison purposes for drayape and ra,t.
Are at ,be several pnsts' hire of tesnsters trans
n,rtation Of fnpds for the nav and o,bar d;shur-
sing departments. the pxnensa of sailing mill.
yanspo,ts on the various rivers ths GnIf of MAY
leo. and the All ,nti. and Pacific. for nyocnyino
water at such posts rs. from THAR situation re-
quire it to be br ought from a distance: and for
clearing roads and removing obstructions from,
roads. harbors, and rivers to the extent which
tro' ms i'm The aeld. f,ur million dol ars
Enrt iraf n "a ~ ri are fhr NffrnFa n n Nn,ltfarr, l,k,
hire of Quarters for troops, Of storr.hoT.es for
safv-keepins of military store,. of offices. ana m
grounds for camps, and for summer cantonm,nt,,
and for temporary frontier stations. for the con.
~struction OF temper ary huts and .tabl, g.; and for
repairing public buildings at esta hi, bed nnsts
one million two bundled nd frty Thousand doI,'
lars ~
For instruction an repairs of hospitals. ma
hundred Thousand dollars.
For heating and cooking stoves. ten tbousapd
dollars.
For purchase and manufacture of clothing camp
and garrison eauipage, and for preserying and
repacking stock Of clothing, camp, and garrison
eauinage' and materials on hand at the schnvI"
kitI arsenal and other depots, ssyen hundred and
seventy thousand dollars.
For Tho necessary expenses If sucb salas NJ sto,.s
or mat, rial belonging /, the army establisbms,t
as NAV be author,ze by law. ,ei thoussnd dol.
lars.
For establishing and maintaining national mill
tary csmstsries, two hundred and fftv thousand
dollars.
For army contingencies n,melv snch axn.nsas
as are not provided for by other estimatas am
bracing ali branches OF tho military service.
seventy-Avs thousand dollars. 1880
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