New Orleans Republican., 1872-10-04
IGEyERAL NATURE-No. lt2.l

An act making appropriations IOF Lle sup
port 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, five thousand dollars.
For expenses Of recruiting and transpOrta-
tlOn of recruits, one hundred and twenty
thousand five 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 one dollars
and thirty-two cents.
For allowances to officers of the army for
transportation of themselves and their bag
gage, when travelling on duty, without
and forty thousand dollars.
For general expenses, such as the com
pensati0n of witnesses while on c0urt-mar
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
dred and forty four dollars.
For regular supplies of the Quartermas-
ter's department. to wit: For the regular
supplies of the Quartermaster's department,
consisting of fuel for officers, enlisted men,
guards, hospitals, storeh0uses and offices; Of
forage in kind for the horses, mules and
oxen Of the QuarteTmaster'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 infar try
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 Quartermasters 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 Quartermasters department, in the
erection of barracks, quarters, store houses
and hospitals, in 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 and department headquarters;
of expresses to and from the
frontier posts and armies IN 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
ferment Of officers killed in action, or who
die when on duty in the field, or at postsg VI
on the frontiers, or at posts and other places
when ordered by the Secretary of War;
and of commissioned officers and sol
diers authorized Office furniture, hire Of
laborers in the Quartermaster department.
the hire of interpreters, spies and
guides for the army; compensation OF clerks
TO officers of the Quartermaster's depart |
ment; compensation Of forage and wagon
authorized by the act of July fifth,
eighteen hundred and thirty-elght; for the |
apprehension of deserters and the expense |
incident ~ their pursuit; and for the fol |
lowing expenditures required for the sew |
eral regiments of cavalry, the batteries of |
light artillery, and such companies of in |
fantrv and scouts as may be mounted. |
namely: the purchase of travelling forges
and shoeiug tools, horse and |
mule shoes and nails iron and steel for
shoeing hire of veterinary surgeons, medi- |
cines for horses and mules, picket ropes, |
and for shoeing the horses OF the corps |
named; also, generally, the proper and au
thorized expenses for the movement and |
operations Of an army not expressly as |
signed to any other department, one million |
two hundred thousand dollars.
For purchase of horses for the cavalry |
and artillery, and for Indian scouts aud for |
such infantry as may be mounted, three |
hundred thousand dollars.
For transportation of the army, including
baggage of the troops when moving either
)y land or water; of clothing, camp and
garrison equippage from the depOts OF Phil
ldelphia and Jeffersouville to the several
losts and army depUts, and from those de- \
,Ots to the troops in the field; of horse
and Of subsistence stores from
he places Of purchase, and from the places
lf delivery under contract to such places
Is the circumstances of the service may re-
luire them to be senC; OF ordnance, ord
lance stores and small arms from the four
lries and armories to the arsenals, toTtifca-
ioEs, frontier posts and army depots
reight, Wharfage, tolls and ferriages: the
purchase and hire of horses, mules, oxen
nd harness, and the purchase and repair |