The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-06-26


ey in the treasury not otherwise appropriated
and the Secretary Of War shall first deter
| mine for the various cemeteries the size an(
model for such headstones, aud the STANDARD
| Of quality and color Of the stone to be used
and bids shall be made and decided with ref
erence thereto and contracts may be mad,
for separate quantities OF such headstones;ant
and the contracts maze under this &C
shall provide for furnishing and setting al
the said headstones, aud shall not in the ag
gregate exceed the sum hereby appropria
ted.
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 fprivate physicians employed il
emergencies, hire of hospital attendants, ex.
penses of purveying-depots, of medical exam.
ming boards, aud incidental expenses Of TIE
Medical department, two hundred thousand
dollars; aud the chief medical purveyor OF
the army shall have, under the direction Of
the Surgeon-G eneral, supervision of the pur
chase anu distribution Of all HOSPITAL and med.
ica supplies.
For the Army Medical Museum and med
cai aud other necessary works for the libra
ry of the Surgeon-G Generals Office, ten thcr-
sand dollars.
For engineer depot at Willets 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, aud
purchase and repair Of instruments for gen.
era service OF the corps of engineers, nine
thousand dollars.
For trials with torpedoes for harbor and
land defence, and to lns.ruct the engineer
troops in their practical construction and ap-
plcation, ten thousand dollars.
For the ordnance service required to defray
the current expenses at the arsenais; OF re-
ceving stores and issuing arms aud other
or, nance supplies; of police duties of rents,
tolls, fuel, and lights: of stationery and Of
fee iuruiture;of tools and Instruments for use;
of public animals, forage. and vehicles in
cldentai expenses Of the ordnance service,
including those attending practical trials and
tests of ordnance, small-arms, aud other ord
ma, &c supp lies, two hundred thousand dol
lars.
For manufacturing metallic ammunition
for small arms one hundred aud twenty live
lho,f and dtllars.
For overhauling, preserving, and cleaning
new ordnance stores ON band III the arseuals,
seventy five thousand dollars.
For purchase and manufacture of ordnance
stores, to fill rcquistion Of troops, and for sea-
IN fbn
TWO hundred thousand dollars.
For alterations of the carriages now in
use in sea coast forts; one hundred thousand
dollars.
For repairing ordnance and ordnance
stor es 10 the hands of troops, twenty five
thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary Of War to provide
Gatlipg guns, uf light caiibro, for the use OF
the army, SIXTY thousand dollars.
For the purchase of projectlles for heavy
guns, fifty thousand dollars And the Sc
cretary of War is hereby authorized, in his
discretion. to exchange The unservceable and
unsuitable powder Oh hand for new powder.
For preservation Of clothing and equipage
from moth and midew, two hundred thou
sand dollars, which shall be available tor
immediate use.
For infantry, cavalry, ana artillery equip :
ments, consisting Of kuapsacks, haversacks.
cauteens. and great-coat straps, sixty thou
sand dollars.
For experiments and tests Of two Calling
guns Of large calbre for flank defence OF
Qualifications, FIVE thousand dollars, and OF the
systems of heavy rifed ordnance recommen-
ded for trial by the board convened under
act of June sixth, eighteen hundred aud sew
enty-5wo, and, in the discretion Of the Secre-
tary, of any other systems for utilizing or
improving the cast-iron guas now IN the SER
vice, fifty thousand dollars in addition to any
u1ex pended balance CT appropriations made
for the present fiscal year.
For manufacture of arms at the national
armory, one hundred Thousand dollars.
For improved machinery and instruments
for testing American iron and steel, twenty
five Thousand dollars.
Approved March 1878.