The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-16
GENERAL NATURE No. 56.l

IOENEhAII NATURE M. OOs
AN ACT making appropriations to sup
ply deficiencies in the appropriations 70
the service Of the government for tn
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eigh
teen hundred and seventy-three, and 70
other purposes,
(Oontinued.]
WAR DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMAsTER
~ ses GENERAL.
Contingent: For stationery, office-fur
niture, repairs, and so forth, for the fisca
year eighteen hundred and seventy-three
two Thousand dollars.
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.
Quartermaster's department:
Regular supplies: For stoves for heat
ing and cooking fuel for officers, enlisted
men, guards, hospitals, storehouses, an6
offices; forage for the horses, mules, and
oxen Of the QuarteImaster's department al
the several posts and stations, and with
the armies in the field, and for the horses
Of the several regiments of cavalry and bat
teries of artillery, and such companies OF
infantry and scouts as may be mounted,
and for the authorized number of officers
horses, including bedding for the animals.
straw for soldiers bedding, stationery, in
GLIDING blank books for the Quartermas-
ter's department, certificates of discharged
soldiers, blank forms for the Pay and
Quartermaster's departments, and for the
printing of division and department orders
and reports, each item being for the fiscal
year eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
three hundred and ten thousand dollars.
For stoves for heating and cooking, fuel
for officers, enlisted men, guards, hospis
tails, storehouses, and offices, for fiscal year
eighteen hundred and seventy three; forage
for the horses, mules, and oxen of the
Quartermaster's department at the several
posts and stations, and with the armies in
the field, and for the horses of the several
regiments of cavalry and batteries of artil-
lery, such companies Of infantry and scouts
as may be mounted, and for the authorized
number of officers horses, including bed
ding for the animals, straw for soldiers
bedding, stationery, including blank books
for the Quartermaster' department, GER
tificates of discharged soldiers, blank forms
for the Pay and Quartermaster' depart
ments, and for the printing Of division and
department orders and reports, each item
being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred
and seyenty-three, five hundred and ninety
thousand dollars.
For incidental expenses, consisting of
postage and kilograms or dispatches re-
ceived and sent ON public business, extra
pay to soldiers employed under the direc-
ton 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 pc
RODS not less than ten days, including
those employed as clerks at division and
department headquarters, and hospital
stewards on clerical duty /; expenses of ex-
presses to and from the frontier-posts and
armies in the field OF escorts to paymas-
ters and other disbursing officers, and to
trains, where military escorts cannot be fur
nished; expenses of the interment Of officers
killed in action, or who die when on duty
in the field or at posts on the frontier or
other places, when ordered by the Secre-
tary Of War, and of non-commissioned
ofhcers and soldiers authorized office-fdr-
nlture hire OF labor III the Quartermaster's
department, including the hire of inter-
prefers, spies. and guides for the army
compensation of clerks for officers of the
Quartermaster's department compensa-
ton of forage and wagon masters for the
apprehension, securing, ard delivering of
deserters, and the expenses incident to
their pursuit, and for the following expen-
dture. required Tor the several regiments
OF cavalry, the batteries oil light artillery,
and such companies OF infantry and scouts
as may be mounted, VIZ: the purchase of
travelllng-forges, blacksmths' and shoeing
tools, horse and mule shoes and nails, iron
and steel Tor shoeing; hire OF veterinary
surgeons medicines for horses and mules;
plcKet-ropes, ana 1or shoeing the horses OF
the corps named; also, generally, the
proper and authorized expenses for the
movement and operation OF the army not
expressly assigned 10 any other DEPART
ment, ior the hscal year eighteen hundred
ana seVenty-tWo, TWO hundred Thousand
doIiars.
for incidental expenses, as above set
Iortn, LOT nscai year eighteen hundred and
seventy-three, one hundred Thousand dol
lars. t
army transportation
for transportation OF the army, lnclud-
ltg the baggage OF the troops, when moving
eitner py lana OF wafer OF clothing, camp,
ana garrison equlpage, from the depots
az Phladeiphla ana Jeflersonvllle to the
several posts ana army depots, ana from
snese aepo.s 70 me troops 10 the neid OF
norse-equlpments ana OF subsistence stores
rom tne places OF purchase ana from the
P,aces VI uehVerY, uhuer contract, 10 such
places az VIC circumstances Oh the service
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