New Orleans Republican., 1872-10-03
lGENERAI NArURB-No. Il2. !


An act making appropriations for the sup
port of the army Tor the year ending june
thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy.
three, and for otheg 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-
ton 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, Il Te
thousand dollars.
For the expenses Of the signal service of
Che 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
EF0OpEy escorts OF supplies TWO uuHuEBu
and forty thousand dollars.
For general expenses, such as the COM
: pensation of witnesses while on Court-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-
er7aavsa aYd Indian saOuts we million EayaO
hundred and seventy thousand nine hun
dred and forty four dollars.
For regular supplies of the Quartermas-
fer's department, to wit: For the regular
supplies of the Quartermaster's department,
Y consisting of fuel for officers, enlisted men,
guards, hospitals, storehouses and offices; of
forage in kind for the horses, mules and
oxen of the Quartermaster'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 infant 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 Quartermaster's 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,
tour million dollars.
For incidental expenses, viz: For postage
and kilograms or dispatches; extra pay to
soldiers employed, under the direction of
the Qnartermaster's 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 III 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 |
5erment of officers killed in action, or who |
die when ON duty in the field, or at posts |
on the frontiers, or at posts and other places |
when ordered by the Secretary of War, /
and of non-commissioned officers and sol
1Iersi authorized Office furniture, hire of
saeorers in the Quartermaster' department,
-ncludIng the hire of interpreters, spies and
guides Tor the army; compensation of clerks
20 olneers OF the Quartermaster's depart
nent; compensation of forage and wagon
masters authorized by the act of July fifth
eighteen hundred and thirty-elgbt. for tbe
apprehension of deserters and fhe exnense
Incident to their pursuit; and for. tha fol-
OWING expenditures required for the say. |
raj regiments of cavalry, the batteries Of
ight artillery, and such companies of in
antry and scouts as may be mounted
.amely: the purchase of travelling forces
and shoeing tools, horse and
mule shoes and nails, iron and steel for
hOeing, hire of veterinary surgeons, medi-
ines for. horses and mules, picket ropes,
nd for shoeing the horses of the corps
anaed; also generally, the proper and an.
lorlzed expenses for the movement and
Of an army not expressly as
gned to any other department, one million
NO hundred thousand dollars. {
hor purchase of horses for the cavalry s
nd artillery, and for Indian scouts aud for q
lch infantry as may be mounted. three G
1ndred thousand dollars. e
For transportation of the army, Including 81
aggage OF the troops when moving either Il
land or water; of clothing, camp and | W
.rrison equippage from the depots of Phil. Ii
elphia and Jetfersonville to the several :"
SITS and army depots, and from those de- ii
Is to the troops in the field; of horse ss
and of subsistence stores from re
. places of purchase, and from the places hi
delivery under contract to such places pt
the circumstances of the service may re- De
ire them to be senG of ordnance, ord re
nee stores and small arms from the foun- in
es and armores to the arsenals, toriifica- th
sss frontier posts and army depots pr
ight, wharfage, tolls and ferriages; the 60
,ehase and hire Of horses, mules, oxen vi