New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-12

! 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 a distance; and for clear
ing roads and removing distractions from
roads, harbors and rivers to the extent
which may be required for the actual opera
tons Of troops in the field, four million dol
| lars.
For hire Of quarters for officers s on mill :
| tary duty, hire Of quarters for troops, OF
store houses for the safe-keeping OF military
stores, of offices and OF grounds for camps,
/ and for summer environments, and Tor tem-
porary frontier stations; for he conStruc-
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 do&ars.
For heating and cooking Stoves ten th0ga
| sand dollars.
| For purchase and manufacture OF cR0tfb
! ing, camp and garrison equipage, and for
| preserving and repaCking stock of clothing,
| camp and garrison equipage. and ma
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 exc
pens6s as are not provided for by Otheg ssti-
mates, embracing all branches Of the mile
tary service, seveHty-fiye 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
plianCes for the relief OF persons disabled
in the military ard naval service Of the
United States, and not inciudeol 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-
nual session, showing the name and resi-
dence of each person relieved, and the matt
ure and cost Of the apparatus provided
For the Army Medical Museum and nedi-
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, 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 Of siege 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; police 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, small-arma, and other ordnance sup
plies, two hundred thousand dollars.
For manufacturing metallic ammunition
five thousand dollars.
I. For OyerhauIing, preserving, and clean
ing new ordnance stores on hand in the
arsenals, seventy five thousand dollars.
For sea coast cannon, and carriages for
tho same, one hundred and twenty thou
sand dollars.
For experiments and tests Of heavy rifed
ordnance, two hundred and seventy thou
sand dollars; provided, that this appropIia-
ton shall be applied to at least three models
of heavy ordnance, to be designated by a
board Of officers to be appointed by the
Secretary Of War. which report shall in
clude both classes. breeUh and muZzlt load
ing cannon, and the powder and proi4ctiles
necessary for testing the same shall be sup
piled from stores on hand.
For constructing and testing Motiat's
breeCh-l0ading telp-piCcas, eight thousand
dollars; and for testing James Crocketts
graduating and aGcelerating cartridge, and
for experimenting with patent metallic
cartridge OF Willis e. Moore, and other
improvements in ammunition, five thousand
dollars.
For purchase and manufacture Of other
ordinance stores to Gil requistion OF troops,
fifty thousand dollars.
For manufacture Of arms at the national
armory, one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars; provided, that no part Of this APP
preparation shall be expended until q
bines shall have been adopted for the mill
tary service upon the recommendation of
the board to be appointed by the Secretary
of War, which board shall consist of not
less than five officers, as follows; one gen
eral officer one ordnance officer, and three
officers of the line, one TO be takeG from the
cavalry, one from the infantry and one
from the artillery; and provided further,
that the system, when SO adopted, shall be
the only one to be used by the Ordnance
Department. in the manufacture Of mnskets
and carbines for the military service; and
no royalty shall be paid by the govern
ment Of the United States for the use OF
said patent to any of its officers or EN-.
ployes, Or for any patent IN which said of1i0
GERS or employees may be directly or indI-
rectly interested.
SEC "a That hereafter it shalt Be illegal
to brand, mark, or tattoo on the body OF
any soldier by sentence Of court-martial,
and the word "corpOreal - shall be stricken
from the forty fifth Of the rules and article !
for the government Of the GSgn!iea % the
United States
Approved, June G. 1919
GENERAL NArUREA~%o. fl39
an act to continue the act to autharize the
settlement OF the accounts Oh ot8cegs Of |
the army and navy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and fIouse !
of Representatives of the United States of ="
America in Congress assembled That the !
act to authorize the settlement OF th9 ae- J
counts OF the officers Of the army ana navyo |
approved June twenty third, eighteen hun
dred and seventy, shall continue gnu be IL !
force for tive years from June twenty-thirdo !
eighteen hundred and s8BeBty5ysos and no !
longer.