The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-13

partment headqu os If expresses to and from the
cierc and armies in the held OF escorts to
ffOnllel-Poo nJ other disbursing officers, aud to
paymastes military escorts cannot be furnished
I,es Of the nterment OF officers killed in action
ca Who die when duty ii the field at posts on
The frontier other places, when ordered by the Sec
retary of War, and OF non-cOmmissiOned officers and
soldiers authorized otcefurniture; hire of labor in
the Ourtermasters department, Including the hire of
interpreters, spies, and guides for the army: com
pcnsation of clerks for officers of the Oua-fermas
ter's department; compensation Of forage and wag-
on maslersc for the apprehension, securing and de-
lyering OF deserters, and the expenses Incident IA
their pursuit, and for the following expcnditurea
required Tor the several regiments of cavalry the
batteries of light artillery and such companies OF
infantry and scouts as may be mounted viz: the
purchase OF travelling blacksmiths' and shoe
ing toois horse and mule shoes and nails iron ana
steel ior shoeing; hire Of veterinary surgeons m @
cihes Tor horses and mules picket-ropes; anu enep
sn0eing the horses Of the corps named as'i fr the
any, the proper and authorized expen nt expressy
assSned 70 nu M otb 6nartment, for fiscal year
eighteen hundred and seventy-'"''
Thousand dollars. ,,o cot forth for is-
cal year egbteen hundred and seventy -'hieo' oho
hundred thousand dollars
Army Of the army, including the bag
gage of the troops, when io1 I carlson saninaoo
water u. oots at Philade phia and Jefersonvle to
no several posts and army depots, and from these
e to The troops in the eld; of horse equipments
~ snbsistenoe stores from the places OF purchase
and from the places OF delivery, under contract, to
such nlaces as the circumstances OF the service NAV
require them to be sent; Of ordnance, ordnance
stores and smal-arms, from the 1onaderies and ar
moIies the arsenals notifications, frontier posts
and Amy depots treghts, Wharfage, tolls and fer
rages; the purchase and hire Of horses mules oxen
and harness. and the purchase and repair of wagons
carts, and drays, and Of ships and other going
vessels and of boats required for the transportation OF
supplies and for garrison purposes for drayage and
carriage at the several posts hire OF teamsers trans
portaon funds for the Pay and other disbursing de-
partments; the expense of sailing public transports
on the various rivers the Gulf of Mexico the ATTAIN
tic, and the Pacific; for procuring water at such
posts as from their situation require that it be brought
1;om distance; and for cleaning roads and for re-
moving distractions from roads, harbors and rivers
to the extent which may be required for the actual
operations OF troops in the field for fiscal year eight
cen hundred and seventy-two six hundred thousand
dollars.
For transportation Of the army, including the
ems as above set forth, for fiscal year eighteen hun
dfed and seventy-three, five hundred thousand dol
lars.
Barracks and quarters: For rent or hire Of quar-
.eps i9r troops and for officers on military duty; Of
store-houses for safe-keeping of military stores of
ohces; OF grounds for camps and environments, and
and Tor temporary frontier stations; for construc
ton and repair of temporary huts, OF stables and
other military buildings at established posts and for
repair OF buildings occupied by the army, for fiscal
year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars.
Clothing and equipage For purchase and manu-
facture OF clothing, camp and garrison equpags and
for preserving and repackng stock of clothing camp
and garrison equipage, and materials hand at the
Schuylkil arsenal and other depots, for fiscal year
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, one hundred
and thirty thousand dollars.
PAY DEPARTMENT
General expenses Of Paymaster- Generals Office.
For postage on letters and packages and kilograms
received and sent by officers Of the army on public
business; the additional compensation of Judge
advocates recorders, members, and witnesses, while
on cour-martial service, and the travelling expenses
OF paymasters clerks, for fiscal year eighteen hun
dred and saycnty-two, six thousand dollars
For postage on letters and packages received and
sent by officers OF the army on public servce cost
tecgramsj compensation of citizen witnesses at
tending upon courts-martial, military commissions
courts of inquiry, and travelling expenses of pay
masters clerks for fiscal year eighteen hundred and
sey seventy seventy-ive thousand dollars.
ances made to officers of the army for transportation
OF themselves and their baggage when travelling on
year eighteen hundred and seycntv-three seventy
five thousand dollars '
To enable the Secretary of War to pay certain in
debtedness incurred by the officer in charge of pub
lie buildings and grounds in the city of Washington
during the fiscal year ending June thirtieh eighteen
Mansion, one thousand four hundred and ninetv-fve
dollars and cents; and the officer in charge
Of the public buildings and grounds shall have the
rank, pay, and emolument of colonel.
To enable the Secretary of War to nav w H Sbir-
ley, for additional clerical services heretofore en-
poyed by him in the investigation and settlement of
accounts Tor abandoned property, one thousand dol
lars.
SIGNAL SERVICE.
Observation and report of storms For expenses
OF che manufacture, purchase or repair of meteoro
logical and other necessary instruments for telegraph
ing reports; for expenses of storm signals announc-
ing the probable approach and force Of storms; for
instrument sheters for hire furniture and expenses
of offices maintained for public use in cities or posts
receiving reports for maps, bulletins and so forth
to be displayed in chambers Of commerce and boards
scientific and other associations; for books and sta
uonery; md for incidental expenses not otherwise
provided for for the fiscal year of eighteen hundred
anu seVenty-threa, lightweight thousand dollars.
MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT.
To enable the Secretary OF the Treasury TO settle
the accounts of disbursing officers for expenditures
already made in pursuance of law, which will not in
volve any actual expenditure transfer on the books
OF the treasury of two hundred and seventy-fiye
Thousand dollars is hereby authorized
To pay bills for medical attendance and medicines
furnished by citizens to officers and on detached
service, such bills not having been presented until
after the close of the fiscal year. eight thousand dol
lars.
For payment of costs and charges of State peni-
tentiares for the care, clothing maintenance, and
medical attendance of United States military con-
vlcts confined in them, five thousand dollars.
MARINE CORPS.
For deficiency in the appropriation for clothing
for the marine corps, ten thousand dollars
For deficiency in the appropriation for contingent
cieS In the marine corps, ten thousand dollars.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
For clerks, copyists, messengers, and laborers In
the office of the Secretary, eight thousand dollars
Contingent expenses: For expenses of packing and
distributing official documents, for fiscal year ending
two thousand dollars.
For the expense of preparing, engraving, and
printing fifty maps for the Statistical Atlas of the
United States, based the results of the ninth CEN
sus, to be compiled by Francis A Walker. and to be
published in an edition Of three thousand copies,
For compensation of Francis A. Walker late Com
missioner of Indian Affairs, for extra services and
labor performed by him while such commissioner in
finishing the report Of tile census, fifteen hundred
dollars.
PUBLIC LANDS.
For Office of surveyor-general of IDAHO for fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, ten dollars and eighty-seven cents
For Office OF surveyor-general of Oregon: For
clerks in his office for the fiscal year ending june
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy one hum
dred and sixty-one dollars and ninety one cents
Surveyor general of Washington Territory: For
clerks in his Office for fiscal year ending June Thrift
eth eighteen hundred and seventy sxty-eiglt dollars
and Dinety-four cents.
For surveyor-general. of California: For rent of
office, fuel books stationery and other incidental ex
penses for fiscal year ending June thirtiet eighteen
hundred and seventythrec, four hundred and eighty
dollars and four cents.
For recorder of liabilities in Missouri for fiscal
years ending june thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-three one thousand dollars
For surveying the public lands in Nevada at rates
not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile for standard
twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for Sec
ton lines, four hundred ana seyenty-eobt dolIars
and lightweight cents.
For surveying the public lands in Montana at rates
not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile for standard
Sec
ton lines, one thousand and eight dollars and fifty
eight cents.
For surveying the public lands in Oregon at rates
not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile for standard,
twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for Sec
ton lines, seven hundred and ninety eight dollars
and siXty-seven cents.
For surveying the public lands in Wyoming at
rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile for stan
dard twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for
section lines one hundred and forty-six dollars and
forty-eight centr.
For surveying the public lands in Nebraska at
rates not exceeding ten dollars per mile for standard
seven dollars for township and six dollars for sec
ton lines, hundred and thirty dollars and nine
cents.
For surveying the public lands in Kansas at rates
not exceeding ten dollars per mile for standard sew
en- dollars for township, and six dollars for section
lines, six hundred and nnety-two dollars and five
cents.
For surveying the eastern boundary OF Nevada,
two hundred dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Idaho at rates
not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile for standard
twelve dollars for township and ten dollars for Sec
ton lines, one thousand and thirteen dollars and
eight cents. The foregoing for surveys of public
lands for deficiencies in the appropriations for
the fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy-one
eighteen hundred and seventytwo and eighteen hun
dred and seventy-three
For the building for the penitentiary in Wyoming
Territory, being amount of deficiency in the pro
ceeds of internal set apart for this PURPOSE
for the fiscal year ending June thrtieth eighteen
hundred and seventy-one thirteen thousand one
hundred and ninety-six dollars and seventy-six
nutc