New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-08

, Tor garrison purposes; for drayage and cart
age at the several posts, hire of teamsters
transportation of funds for the pay anC
J 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 sucE
posts as. from their situation, require it tt
: 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 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 for tenn
porary frontier stations; for the construc-
ton OF temporary butts 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 dollars.
For heating and cooking stoves, ten thou
sand dollars.
For purchase and manufacture of cloth
ing, camp and garrison equipage. and for
preserving and repacking stock Of clothing,
camp and garrison equipage, and ma
terials on hand at the SchuylkiII arsenal
| 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 Nv law
| ten thousand dollars
| For establishing and maintaining national
military cemeteries two hundred and fifty
| thousand dollars.
| For army contingencies, namely, such ex-
| penses as are not provided for by other esti-
mates, embracing all branches of the mill
tary service, seyenty-fye thousand dollars
For purchase of medical and hospital sun
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 an
pla4ces tor the renet OF persons disabled
II the military and naval service of the
United States, and not included within the
terms OF any Jaw granting artificial limbs,
or other special relief, ten thousand dollars
to be expended under the direction of the
Secretary of War; provided, that report
snail be made to Congress, at its next an
nuai session, showing the name and resi-
dence OF each person relievedt and the nat
ure and cost Of the apparatus provided.
For the Army Medical Museum and medi- |
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; of 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
practical trials and tests of ord
nance, small-arms, and other ordnance sup
plies, two hundred thousand dollars.
For manufacturing metallic ammunition
Tor small-arms, one hundred and twenty
i've thousand dollars.
For oyerhauling, preserving, and clean
ng new ordnance stores on hand in the
irsenals, seventy five thousand dollars.
For sea coast cannon, and carriages for
he same, enc hundGed and twenty thou
and dollars
For experiments and tests of heavy rifed
two hundred and seventy thou
and dollars; provided, that this apprOpria-
ion shall be applied to al least three models
# heavy ordnance, to be designated by a
BOARD of officers to be appointed by the
secretary of War: which report shall in
Jude both classes, breech and muzzle load
ng cannon, and the powder and proiectiles
necessary for testing the same shall be sup ,
died from stores on hand. )
For constructing and testing Moffat's
,reech-loading tield-pieces, eight thousand :
LolIars and fer testing James Crockett's :
,raduating and accelerating cartridge, and +
or experimenting with patent metallic a
artridge of Willis E. Moore and other 9
improvements in ammunition, five thousand E
Ollars. =
For purchase and manufacture of other =
rdinance stores to fill requisition Of troops, q
fly thousand dollars. c
For manufacture Of arms at the national \
rmOry, one hundred and fifty thousand =
olIars; provided that no part of this ap- q
roprlation shall be expended until a
reech-oading system for muskets and car
ines shall have been adopted for the mill a
lry service upon the recommendation of II
le board to be appointed by the Secretary s.
War, which board shall consist Of not 81
'ss than five officers as follows one gen. q
ral officer, ,One ordnance officer, and three ?
Ulcers of the line, one to be taken from the a
lvalry, one from the infantry and one 81
ON the artillery; and provided further, !,
lat the system, when SO adopted, shall be u
he only one to be used by the Ordnance a
apartment in the manufacture of muskets u
I'D carbines for the military service; and Is
} royalty shall be paid by the govern u
ent of the United States for the use of Is
nd patent to any of its officers or EN- "
Dyes, or for any patent in which said off HI
rs or employees may be directly or indl- y
city Interested 81
SEC. 7. That hereafter it shall be illegal III
brand, mark, or tattoo on the body of %
y soldier by sentence of court-martiaI, M
I'd the word corporal shall be stricken III
ON the forty fifth Of the rules and article u
r the government of the armies of the
nited States &C
June 6, 1872 Pr
GENERAL NATURE-No. 1877 -
I act to continue the act to authorize the dr.
settlement of the accounts of officers of an
the army and navy. as
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of I'M
nerica in Congress assembled, That the MI
to authorize the settlement of the ac- tn
lnts of the officers of the army and navy. sh
proved June twenty third, eighteen hun co
adj and SEVENTY shall cnntinf1a op1 ha ~ or