Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-09

For subsistence Of regular troops engineers and In
dian scouts two million yS a
ment. to WITT For the regular supplies OF the Quarter
5 ers
hospitals store houses. and ofces OF forage IN kind
for the horses mules. aud oxen of the
Se ARMIES in the ed for the horses Of the
regiments of cavalry the batteries of artillery and
mounted and for the authorized number Of officers
horses including bedding for the animals Of straw for
books for the Quartermaster department, certificates
for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the Pay and
Quartermasters departments and for printing OF di-
vision and department orders and reports four million
| five hundred thousand dollars. non
S Snder Il the dlrscton Of the depart
Constant labor for periods Of less than ten days
nineteen. and August fourth, eighteen hundred and
fifty four including those employed clerks at divis
i TO and from the frontier posts and armies in the
field of escorts to paymasters and other disbursing Of
in action or who die when duty in the field. at
on Ordered b the Of War; q
commissioned officers and soldiers authorized Office
furniture hire of aborers in the Quartermasters de-
partment including the hire of interpreters spies and
guides for the army OF clerks to officers
forage and wagon masters authorized by the act of July
fifth eighteen hundred and thirty eight; for the ap
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their pursuit and for the following expenditures
quired for the several regiments of cavalry the bate
and scouts as may BE- mounted namely purchase
of travelling FORCES blacksmlths and sh0eBg TOOLS
horse and mule shoes and nails iron and steel for shoe
ing hire of veterinary surgeons medicines for horses
and mules picketropes and for shoeng the horses OF
horized expenses for the movement and operations
an army not expressly assigned to any other depart
| ment one million three hundred thousand dollars
For purchase of horses for the cavalry and for In
dian scouts. and for such infantry as may be mounted
hndsa aaa ~ the arm
| the troops when moving either by land or water
epots Of @ and ctrsonye to the
al posts and depos and from these depots to the
from the places OF purchase and from the places of de-
livery under contract, to such places as the circum-
ordnance ordnance stores, and small arms from the
boundaries and armorles to the arsenas
Sper post Thy SePPeba;e ned r
mules oxen and harness. and the purchase and repair
of carts and drays and Of ships ana other sea-
ton of supplies and for garrison purposes for drayage
at nnds for
ing departments the expense OF sailing pubilc trans,
ports the various rivers. the Cult OF Mexico and
posts as from their situation, require 1t to be brought
from distance and for clearing roads and removing
distractions from roads, harbOrs and rivers to the
tent which may be required for the actual operations
of the troops in the field, four million five hundred
For hire of Quarters for officers on military duty hire
of quarters for troops of stOre-houses for the safe
keeping of military stores Offices and of grounds for
camps and for summer environments and for Temporal
ry frontier stations for the construction Of temporary
Established posts and for establishing two new posts
between the Missouri river and Fort Ellis, one million
seven hundred thousand dollars.
For construction and repair of hospitals one hun
bred thousand dollars. r
| For purchase and manufacture of clothing camp
and garrison equpage, and materials on hand at the
Schuykill arsenal and other depotss one million five
hundred and twenty three thousand five hundred and
when the new Uniform IS distributed to the troops the
III of the a be
public auction after due public notice by advertise
ment and the gross proceeds of such sales shall be
For. establishing and maintain ng national mil>
itary cemeteries, two hundred and seventy five
thousand dollars: Provided, That the head
stones required by an act entitled IAN act to
establish and protect national cemeteries" ap-
proved February twenty second, eighteen hun
bred and sixty seven, and the act amendatOry |
seventy two, shall be of durable stone, and of |
such design and weight as shall keep them in |
place when set and the contract for supplying
the same shall be awarded by the Secretary of |
War, after sixty days advertisement in ten
newspapers of general circulation to some re-
sponsible person or pensions whose samples and |
bids shall in the greatest measure combine the |
elemets of durability, decency and cheapness /; |
and the sum of one million dollars is hereby |
appropriated for said puapose out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated and |
the Secretary of War shall first determine for |
the various cemeteries the size and model for |
such headstones and the standard of quality |
and color of the stone to be used and bids shall
be made and decided with reference thereto !; |
and the contracts made under this act shall pro-
vide for furnishing and setting all the said |
headstones, and shall not in the aggregate ex- |
coed the sum hereby appropriated.
For army contingencies, namely: such ex-
penses as are not provided for by other esti- |
mates, embracing all branches of the military |
service, one hundred thousand dollars.
For purchase of medical and hospital sup
plies, pay of private physicians employed in |
emergencies, hire of hospital attendants, expen-
ses Of purveying depots, of medical examining |
boards, and incidental expenses of the Medical |
department, two hundred thousand dollars and |
have, under the direction of the Surgeon Gen
eral, supervision of the purchase and distribu-
ton of all hospital and medical supplies
For the Army Medical Museum and medical |
and other necessary works for the library of |
the Surgeon Generals office, ten thousand dol |
lars. rL
For engineer depot at Willetts point, New
York, viz: Remodeling portions of bridge |
equipage, and for current expenses of the de- |
pot, purchase of engineering material for use |
in instruction of engineer battalion, and pur-
chase and repair of instruments for general SER
vice of the corps of engineers, nine thousand |
dollars.
For trials with torpedoes for harbor and land
defence, and to instruct the engineer troops in
their practical construction and application, ten
thousand dollars. rrE o1t
For the ordnance service required to defray |
the current expenses at the arsenals receiving
stores and issuing arms and other ordnance sup
plias of police and Office duties of rents tolls,
fuel, lights; of stationery and Office furniture
of tools and instruments for use; of public ami
mails, forage and vehicles; incidental expenses
of the ordnance service including those attend
ing practical trials and tests of ordnance, small
arms and other ordnance supplies, two huns
dred thousand dollars. a O.
For manufacturing metallic ammunition for
small arms, one hundred and twenty five thou
sand dollars. 49,. -.t.f -, 800 - $50.
For overhauling, preserving and cleaning
new ordnance stores on hand in the arsenals'
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