New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-20
IGEYERAL NATURE-No. 1921

An act making appropriations for the sup
port of the army Tor 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, flor
the support Of the army for the year ending
June thlrtieth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-three:
For expenses of the Commanding Gen
erals office, five thousand dollars
For expenses Of recruiting and transpOrta-
flon 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 dollars
and thirty-tw0 cents.
For allowances to officers of the army for
transportation of themselves and their bag
gage, when travelling on duty, without
troops, escorts or supplies, two hundred
and forty thousand dollars.
For general expenses, such as the com
pensatlon 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 Oh regular troops, engl-
neers ana lnQian scouts, Two mIlI0n seven
nd ~ 4hppcanI min b,,,,
ured ana tOfty TOUR dollars.
For regular supplies of the Quartermas-
ter's department, 10 WIZ For the regular
supplies OF the Quartermasters department,
consisting OF fuel Tor othcers, enlisted men,
guards, hospitals, st0rehouses and Offices; Of
forage IN klnd 1Or the horses, mules and
oxen Oh the Quartermasters department,
at the several posts ana stations, and with
the armies IN the held; tor the horses of the
several regiments OF cavalry, the batteries
OF artillery, and such companies OF infantry
ana scouts as may De mounted, ana Tor the
authorized humper OF noIses, lncludlng
bedding Tor the ANIMALS; OF straw Tor sol
dIers' bedding, ana OF stationery, including
blank books tor the Quartermasters de-
partment, eerCiIieates Ior dlscharged SOL
oilers, 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 paw to
soldiers employed, under the direction of
the Quartermaster'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;
expenses Of expresses to and from the
frontier posts and armies IN the field; of es-
oorts to Daymasters and other discussing
officers. and to traius where military escorts
can not be furnished; expenses Of the in
terment of officers killed in action, or who
die when on duty in the field, or at posts
N. the frontiers. or at posts ana other places
when ordered by the Secretary of War.
ana of non-commissioned officers and SOL
iiers; authorized Office furniture, hire of
lahnrers in the Ouartermastep's DEPARTMENT.
Including The hire DC interpreters. snies and
guides for the army: condensation of clerks
to officers Of the Ouarternaster's drDart.
ment compensation of forage and WAGON
masters authorized by the acf of .Inl,- fiffL
eighteen hundred and thirtv-eIghf. far tbe
apprehension of deserters and the expense
incident to their pursuit; and for tile foI-
lowing expenditures required for tLe sew
eral regiments OF cavalry, the batteries of
light artillery, and such companies OF in