The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-11


Of roads and other constant labor, for peri
DDS not less than ten days, including thos'
employed as clerks at division and depart
ment headquarters, and hospital.steward
ON clerical duty; expenses OF expresses Z
and from the fiOntierpOsts and armies II
the field; of escorts TO paymasters ant
other disbursing officers, and to trains
where military escorts cannot be fur
nished; expenses of the interment of OH
GERS killed In action, or who die when OF
duty In the field or at posts on the frontier
or other places, when ordered by the Sec
etary of War, and of non-commissionet
officers and soldiers; authorized Otiice-fur
niture; hire of labor In the QuartermaS
ter'S department, including the hire of in
terpreters, spies, and guides for the army
compensation of clerks for officers of tht
Quartelmasier'S department; compensa
tion of clerks for officers of the Quatter
masters department; compensation o
forage and wagon masters: for the anpre
hension, securing, and delivering of de
serters, and the expenses incident TO theil
pursuit, and for ihe following expendi
lures, required for the several regiment.
of cavalry, the batteries of light artillery
and such companies OF infantry and scout.
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traveiingAforges, backsmiths' and shoeing
tools. horse and mule shoes and mails, ir0r
and steel for shoeing; hire of veterinary
surgeons; medicine for horses and mules
picket-ropeS; and for Shoeing the horse.
of The corps named; also, generally, The
proper and authorized expenses for the
movement and operations of the armynoI
expressly assigned 10 any other depart
ment, for fiscal year eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, two hundred thousand dol
lars.
For incidental expenses, as above sci
forth, for tiscal year eighteen hundred and
seventy-three, one hundred thousand dol
lars.
Army transportation.
For TRANSPORTATION of the army, includ
ing the baggage of troops, while moving
either by land or water OF clothing, camp
and garrison eqnirage, from The denots al
| Philadelphia and Jetfersonville 10 the scv.
eral posts and army depots, and from these
depots TO the troops in the field of horse
equipments and of subsistence stores from
! the PAGES of purchase and from the places
| of delivery, under contract, 10 such places
as the circumstances of the service may
require them 10 be sent; of ordnance, ord.
nance stores, and small-arms, from The
tOundries and arnories 10 the arSenals,
tortificati0ns, frontier posts and army de-
| pots; freights, wharfage, tolls, and fer
riages; the purchase and hire Of horses,
/ mules, oxen, and harness, and the pul-
/ chase and repair of wagons, carts, and
drays, and OF carts and other sea-going
vessels, and OF boats required for the trans
| pOrtatiOn of supplies and for garrison pur-
| poses; for dr1yage and carriage at the sew
eral posts; hire of teamsters; Transports
tion of funds for the pay and other dis
| bursting departments; the expense of sail
| ing public transorts on the various rivers,
the Gulf Of Mexico, the Atlantic, and the
Pacific; for procuring water AT such posts
| as from their situation require that it
should be brought from distance; and
for cleaning roads and for removing OBJ
structiOns from roads, harbors, and rivers,
to the extent which may be required for
| the actual operations of the troops in the
| field, for fiscal year eighteen hundred and
seventy.tWo, six hundred thousand dol
lars.
For transportation of the army, inclnd-
| ing the items rs above set forth, for fiscal
year eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
| five hundred thousand dollars.
| Barracks and quarters: For rent or hire
of quarters for troops, and for officers on
military duty; of stOre-houses for safe
| keeping OF military stores; of offices; of
| grounds Tor camps and environments, and
| for temporary frontier stations; for con-
| structiOn and repair of temporary huts, of
stables and other military buildings at
| established posts, and for repairs of build
| ings occupied by the army, for fiscal year
eighteen hundred and seventy-:hree, two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Clothing and equipage: For purchase
and manufaeture of clothing, camp and
garrison eqtipage, and for preserving and
repacking stock of clothing, camp and
garrison equipage, and materials on hand
at the Schuylkill arsenal and other depots,
for fiscal year eighteen hundred and sey-
enty-three, one hundred and thirty thou
sand dollars.
PAY DEPARTMENT.
General expensesof Paymaster-General's
Office:
For postage on letters and packages, and
kilograms received and sent by officers of
the army on public business; the addi-
tional compensation of judge-advocates,
recorders, members, and witnesses, white
on court-maftial service, and the travel
ing expenses Of paynlaster's clerks, for
fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy
two, six thousand dollars.
For postage on letters and packages re-
ceived and sent by officers of the army on
public service; cost of telegrams: COM
Densation of citizen witnesses attending
upon courts-martial, military commits
sions, courts of inquiry, and travelling ex-
penses of paymasIers' clerks, for fiscal
year eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
seventy-five thousand dollars.
Mileage, Paymaster-Gencral's office: For
allowances made to officers of the army
for transportation of themselves and their
baggage when travelling on duty without
Troops, escort, or supplies, for fiscal year
eighteen hundred and Seventy-three, sew
enty-five thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of War to pay
certain indebtedness incurred by the Off
Ger in charge Of public buildings and
grounds In the city OF Washington during
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight
cen hundred and seventy, in furnishing
he Executive Mansion, one thousand four
hundred and ninety-tlVe dollars and thir-
ty-six cents; and the officer in charge of
the public buildings and grounds shall
have the rank, pay, and emolument OF Il
colonel.
10 enable the Secretary of War to pay
w. II. Shirley, for additional clerical SER
vices heretofore employed by him in the
investigation and settlement Of accounts
for abandoned and captured property, one
thousand dollars.
SIGNAL SERVICE.
Observation and report Of storms: For
expenses of the manufacture, purchase. or
repair OF meteorological and other neces-
sary instruments for telegrapbing reports;
for expense Of storm-signals, announcing
The probable approach and force Of storms;
for hire, furniture, and expenses of offices
maintained fOrpnblic use, in cities or posts