Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-01-07

AM NIaT making HppTOpTIHI1UnE BuDpUfT
the army for the year ending June thirty, eighteen
huRdred and seventy-three, and for other pur-
poses.D
BE 70 enacted By the senat. and Houss Of Rpressnta-
tipes Of The United States of America IN Congress as
ssHbied, That the following sums be, and the same
are hereby, appropriated out Of any moneys In the
Of the army for the year ending June thirteth egh
teen hundred and aeventy-three:
For expenses OF the Commanding Generals once
FSor expenses Of recruiting and transportation Of
recruits one hundred and twenty thousand ave hum
az I and eighty dollars.
F1r contingent expenses OF the Adjutant General'a
department at the headquartera OF military divi-
sioas and departmental, 1ve thousand dollars.
For the expenses OF the signal service OF the army
twelve thousand ave hundred dollars-
For the pay OF the army, and for payment TO dis-
charged soldiers for clothing not drawn, twelve mill
lion one hundred and I've thousand five hnn-l
dred and ninety-one dollars.and thirty-two cents.
For allowances To officers of the army for trans
portatlon OF themselves and their baggage, when
.aUveS Wo SH SUSarsa Snd forty thousand do
~ For general expenses. such ss the compensation
of witnesses while on court martial service, and
travelling expenses of paymasters' clerks and post
age on lie ters and packages, and teegrams received
and sent by officers OF the army public business,
military commissions and courts Of inquiry, one
hundred thousand dollars
For subsistence Of regular troops, engineers,
and Indan scouts, two million seven hundred and
seventy thousand nine hundred and forty-four dol
lars.
partment, to wit: For the regular supplies OF the
Quartermasters department. consisting Of fuel fer
Gflcers enlisted men, guards hospitals, sterehDuBeB
and oiices Of forage In kind for the horses muies
and oxen OF the Quartermaster's department at the
BeVe raj posts and stations and with the armies In
The eid for the horses of the several regiments OF
cavalry the batteries OF artillery and such compa-
nIes of infantry and scouts may be mounted, and
the authorized numuer OF onicers horses i1clu-
ding bedding FOR the animals; of straw for soldiers
bedding; and OF stationery including blank books
discharged soldiers. blshk forms for the Pay and
QIarternaster's departments, and for printing of
division and department. orders and reports, four
For Incidental expenses viz: For postage and tel
e. rams or dispatches; extra pay to soldiers employ
ed, under the direction of the q artermasters de-
pArtment In the erection of barracks, quarters,
vt0rerhouses, and hospitals I'm the construction of
roads and other constant labor, for periods OF not
lesa than ten days, under the act OF March second,
eighteen hundred and nineteen. and august fourth
ployed as clerks at division and department head
quarters; expenses OF expresses TO and from the
frontier posts and armies In the Held OF escorts TO
payInasters and other dlsbursing officers, and TO
trains where military escorts cannot be furnished:
expenses of the interment of officers killed in ac-
ton or who die when on duty in the field, or at
posta and other places when ordered by the Secre-
tary Of War, and OF non commissioned officers and
soldiers authorized ofiice furniture hire of labor
ers In the QuartermaBters department. lncuulng
the hire of Interpreters spies and guides lor inc
t,ru asteris department. compensation or forage
and wagon masters authorized by the act of July
dfth eighteen hundred and thlrtyeight for the ap-
prehension OF deserters, and the expense incident
10 their pursuit; and for the following expenditures
REQUIRED 1OT L1e heVtIhl VI ShNhIJI tHo
batteries Of light artl lery; and such companies or
infantry and scouts as may be mounted, namely:
the purchase Of travelling fSrges. biacksmiths and
and steel for sh0eing hire OF veterinary surgeons,
medicines for horses and mules, picket-ropes, and
for shnelng the horses OF the corps named; also,
generally the proper and authorized expenes for the
mo ement and operations OF an army not expressly
assigned to any other department, one million two
For purchase OF horses for the cavalry and ar
tilery, and for Indian scouts and for such infan-
try aR m mounted. three hundred Thousand dol
Ia q. -
OF the troops when moving either by land or water
OF clothing, camp, aud garrison equpage from the
depots ~ Philadelphia and JeffersOnVille to the sew
to the troops In the field; OF horse equipments and
of subsistence stores from the places of purchase,
and from the places Of delivery under contract TO
such places as the circumstances OF the service may
require them TO be sent; OF ordnance, ordnance
HtOres and small-arm8 from the foundertes and ar
mories to the arsenas fortlncatOns frontier posts,
and army depOts; freight, wharfage, tolls and fer
rages the purchase and hire Of horses, mules oxen
aud harness, and the purchase and repair of wag-
ons, carts, and drays, and OF ships and other sea
going vessels, and boats required for the transpor
tatiOn OF supplies and for garrison purposes: for
irayage and carriage at the several pests, hire of
teamsters, transportation of funds for the pay and
other dsbursing departments, the expense OF sail
ing public transports the various rivers, the Gulf
of Mexico and the Atlantic and Pacihci for pro-
curing water at such posts as from their situation,
require it to be brought from distance; and for
Clearing roads and removing distractions from
required for the actual operations OF the troops In
the Held, feur million dollars.
Por hire OF quarters for oficers on military duty,
hire Of quarters for troops, OF storehouseH for the
tafe-keeplng Of military stores, OF ofices, and OF
grounds for camps, and for summer cantonmepts,
and fer temporary frontier stations; for the con-
ktructiOn of temporary huts and stables: and
for repairing public buildings at established posts,
one million two hundred and nifty thousand dol
lars,
For construction and repairs of hospitals, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For purchase and manufacture of clothing, camp
aud garrison equipage. and for preserving and re-
packing stock OF clothing, camp, and garrison equip
age aud materials on hand at the Schuylkill arsenal
and other depots, seven hundred and seventy thous
For the necessary expenses of such sales Of
stores o. material S 70 10 tss aS y rem
dollars
dollars
For army contingencies, namely, sueh expenses
as are not provided for by other estimates, embra-
cling all branches OF the military service seventy
i've thousand dollars.
pay ofprivate physicians employed in emergencies,
hire of hospital attendants, expenses OF purvcying
depots, OF medical examining board, and incidental
expenses Of the Medical department, three hundred
thousand dollars.
For providing surgical apparatus or appliances
or the relief of persons disabled in tho military
aud naval service OF the ULtted states, and not In
Guided within the terms Of any law granting artinci
al limbs, other special relief, ten THOUSAND dol
lars to ba expended under the direction of the Sec
'etiry OF War: PTOpided That report shall be made
10 Congress at lis next annual session. showing the
name AID residence of ca h person relieved, and
the nature Of and cost of the apparatus as proVl
ded
For the armv Medical Museum and medical and
nrh necessary works for The library Of the surgeon
G'neral's Once, ten thousand dellars.
engineer department at Willetts point:
Flr protection of ponton-bOats, TemOdeling-pon-
ton material and for current expenses OF depot, nVt
ihau and dollars.
For modification and repair of building, nve thou
sad dollars.
For tue erection of new chapel, five thousand dol
lars.
FJr repairs of instruments for general service
n the corps Of engineers, ten thousand dollars.
For the purchase of siege and mining material ant
Tor simple Photographic apparatus for copying map
ote thousand dollars.
For expenses OF trials with tarpedOes for harbo
aid land defense, and material for same, ten thou
sand dollars.
For the ordnance required to defray the curren
'Xp nses a. the aTaenals; of receiving stores ant
issuing arms and other ordnance Buppllesi OF polio
abd oice duties; OF rents, tolls, fuel and lights
Inens for use; of public animals, forage and vehl
ges; Incidental expenses of the ordnance service
Including those attending practical trials and tests
Ot ordnance, small arms, and other ordnance sup
Plies, two hundred thousand dollars.
For manufacturing metallic ammunition 10
small arms, one hundred and twenty-five thousant
dollars,
For overhauling, preserving and cleaning new
% dnance stores on hand In the arsenals, seventy
hye thousand dollars.
For sea coast cannon aud carriages for the same