Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-04

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An act to fix the pay of certain rear-admirals
on the retired list of the navy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That from
and after the thirtieth of June eighteen hun
dred and seventy, rear-admirils ON the re-
tired list of the navy, who were retired rs
captains when the highest grade in the navy
was captain. mt the age of sixty two years,
or after fOrty-hve years service, and who,
after their retirement were promoted To the
grade of rear-admiral. and performed the
duties of that grade in time of war, shall,
when not on duty, be entitled tn and receive
the pay of rear-admirals on the retired list.
Approved, June 5, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. ll2.
AN ACT making appropriations for the sup
port Of the army for the year ending june
thirty, eighteen hundred aud seventy three,
and for other purposes.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States OF
America, IN Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and the same are hereby,
appropriated. out of any moneys IN the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, Tor the sup
port of the army for the year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred aud seventy
three
For expenses ofthe Commanding Generals
Office, five thousand dollars.
For expenses of recruiting and trlnspOrta-
ton of recruits, one hundred and twenty
thousand live hundred and eighty dollars.
For contingent expenses VI the Adiutnt
Generals department ut the headquarters oi
military divisions aud departments five
thousand dollars.
For the expenses OF the sigual-servicc of
the army, twelve thousand five hundred dol
lars.
For pay of the army and for payment to
| discharged soldiers for colhing not drawn,
twelve million one hundred and five thou
sand five hundred and ninety-one dollars and
! thirty-twO cents.
For allowance to officers of the army for
| transportation of themselves and their bag
| gage, when travelling on duty, without troops,
| escorts or supplies two hundred aud forty
| thousand dollars
For general expenses, such rs the COM
pensation Of witnesses while on court-martial
| service, aud travelling expenses of paymas-
| tiers clerks. and postage on letters. and pack
ages, and kilograms received and sent by
officers OF the army on public business, mill
| tlry commissions and courts of inquiry, one
| hundred thousand dollars.
For subsistence of regular troops, engiu-
eers, and Indian scouts, two million seven
hundred and seventy thousand nine hundred
| and iurty-four dollars.
For regular supplies Of the Quartermaster' 5
department, to wit: For the regular supplies
OF the Qnartermasters department consisting
| of fuel for officers, enlisted men, guards
hospitals, storehOuses, and offices of forage
| in kind for the horses, mules, and oxen o
the Qunrtermastor's department ut the sew
eral posts and stations. and with the armies
| In the field; for the horses of the soyora
regiments Of cavalry, the batteries Of artil
lery, and such companies of infantry anC
| scouts AS may he mounted, and for the an
| thOriTed number of officers horses, including
bedding for the animals of straw for soldiers
bedding; and Of stationery, including banl
books for the Qnartermlster's department
certificates for discharged soldiers, blanl
forms for the Pay and Quartermaster's de
partments, and for printing OF division AN,
department orders and reports, four million
dollars.
For incidental expenses viz. For postage
and kilograms or dispatches; extra pay L
soldiers employed, under the direction OF tn
quartermastcrs department, in the erection
| Of barracks, quarters, stOruhouscs, and hos
pitals in the construction Of roads, and othe
constant labor, for periods of not less THAI
ten days, under the acts of March second
eighteen hundred and nineteen, and Angus
fourth, eighteen hundred and liity-four, in
Guiding those employed rs clerks nj division
and department headquarters; expenses q
expresses to and from the frontier posts AM
armies in the field; OF escorts to paymaster
and other disbursing officers, and to train
where military escorts cannot be furnished
expenses of the intermcnt of officers kile
in action, or who die when ON duty In Tia
: field, or at posts ON the frontiers, or ut post
and other places when ordered by the Score
tIry of War, and Of non-commissioned Off
! GERS and soldiers authorized office furniture
hire of laborers in the quartermaster's dc
! partment including the hire of Interpreters
D spies and guides for the army; compensation
of clerks to officers of the quarterlnaster'
: department; compensation of forage an,
wagon masters authorized by the act of Jul
filth, eighteen hundred and thirty eight; 70
the apprehension ,of deserters, and the CA
\ pense incident To their pursuit. and for tn
4 following expenditures required for the seN
I eral regiments oi cavalry, the batteries {
! light artillery, and such companies of infant
0 ry aud scouts rs may be mounted, namely
the purchase of travelling iOrges, blacl
! smiths and shooting tools, horse and mul
= shoes aud nails. iron and steel for shoelnl
Z hire Of veterinary surgeons, medicines f.
: horses and mules, plcket-ropes, and for sho,
. ing the horses of the corps named; also, gen
orally, the proper and authorized expense
9 for the movement and operations of an arm
q not expressly assigned to any other depar