New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-14
GENERAL NATURE-NO. a !


the following Sums be, and the same are
hereby, appropriated, out OF any moneys IN
the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the support of the army tor the year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy five, as follows:
For expenses of the Commanding Gener-
ais office, five thousand dollars.
For expenses of recruiting and transporta-
ton OF recruits, one hundred and five thou
sand dollars. And no money appropl lated
by this act shall be paid tor recruiting the
army beyond the number of twenty live
thousand enlisted men, including Indian
scoute. Nothing, however, in this act shall
be construed to diminish the Signal Ser
vice, which shall Ge maintained as now
organized under the authority OF the Sec
Rotary Uf War.
For contingent expenses of the Adjutant
Generals department at the headquarters
OF military di, .sions and departments,
three thousand dollars.
For expenses of the signal ser, zee OF toe
army, purchase, equipment and repair OF
electric field telegraphs and signal equip
nents, twelve thousand five hundred dol
lars.
For pay of the al ny. and for allowances
to officers OF the a. my for transportation OF
themselves and their baggage when travel
ing on duty without troops, escorts or sup
Plies. and for compensation of witnesses
while on courtmartial service; for travelling
expenses OF paymasters' clerks; tor pay
ment of postage on letters and packages,
and cost of kilograms received anu sent by
officers of the army on public business, eleV-
en- million four hundred thousand dollars;
| provided that only actual travelling expenses
shall be allowed TO any person holding EN-
plovInent or appointment under the United
States and all allowances for mleage aud
TRANSPORTATION in excess of the amount az
tually pail. are hereby declared illegal; and
no credit shall be allowed IL : " OF the DIS
bursting officers OF the Ur'tr States for
| payluent or allowances II Violation 0t this
| provision.
For subsistence Of regular troops, engi-
ueers, and Indian scouts, two nj ion four
| hundred and nine thousand dollars.
For regular supplies OF the qaarteTnas-
| ter's department., to wit: For the regular
| supplies Of the quarteIma~ters depart
meut, consisting Of stoves for neat
| ing and cooking; OF fnel for officers,
| enlisted men, guards, hospitals, store
| houses. and offices; Of forage III kind tor the
horses. mules and oxen Of the ouarterdias-
| tcy's department. at the savera. posts aud
| stations. and with the armies III the field:
| for the horses vi the several reg lneats OF
| cavalry, the batteries OF artillery, and such
| COMPANIES Of infantry and scouts as may
| be mounted, AID for tie authorized number
| Of officers horses, ineludi1? bedding Cor
| the animals: Of straw for eoluiers' bedding;
| and OF stationary. ilcluding blank books
| for the pu3rteiua5tcr's deD2rtm 1t. certil-
| Gates for discharged soldiers, blank forms
| for the pay and Culrtermas'2rs depart
ments. ana for pilu.. ng OF division aad
| depar, anent orders and reports. tour II illion
two hundred and t''ty Thousand dollars:
| provided, That three hundred thousand
| dollars Thus app opri4ted may be applied
| by the coInrnissary general OF sG6sis-
| tence prior to the first day Of
| july, eighteen hundred aud seventy
| ionr, to the purchase OF subsistence sup
| plies tut 'ndFd Tor the posts suprj'ed through
| the upper Mssou'. :, aud fer other distant
| posts.
For incidental expenses, to VI: For
| postage and kilograms or dispatches; extra
| pay 10 soldiers employed rnder the drT6c.
| tion of the quarternastcr's department. ii
| the erection If birracks, quarters. store
houses and hos ,ita IL; IN the. con sttuction OF
| roads and other constant labor, for periods
| of not less than ten days, under the ao:s Of
| March second, eighteen hundred and nine
teen. aud August fourth. eighteen hundred
| and tiftv-four, including those employed az
! clerks AZ div sion aud department head
| quarters: expenses ofeXpresse5 10 and from
| the frontier posts and armies in the field:
| of escoi,S to pay m8 sters aud other Gisburs-
lag officers, and TO trains where military es-
| corts can nos Se furnished: expenses OF the
| iutermenu of oili GERS k''le. in action, or who
| die when on duty in the field, or at posts on
| the frontiers, or when travelling on orders,
| and OF n0n-caminissioned officers and sol
| diers: authorized office furniture; Lire Of
| laborers in the Iuartermaster'S department.
| including the hire of Interpreters, spies and
| guides tor the army; compensation OF
clerks to officers OF the quarternasbee de-
| partment: compensation OF forage and
| wagon masters authorized by the act OF
July fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty
| eight; for the apprehension OF deseiters
| and the expense incident to their pursuit;
and for the following expenditures reguired
| for the several regiments o. cavalry, the
batteries of light artillery, and such com
| panies of infantry aud scouts as may be
| mounted. to wit: Hire of veterinary sur
| geops, medicine for horses and mules,
| PICKET ropes, and for shoe;ng the horses OF
| the corps named; also, generally, the proper
| a1d authorized expenses for the movement
| III operations OF the army not expressly
assigned to any other department, one mai
| lion two hundred thousand dSllar5.
For purchase of horses for the cavalry
| and artillery, and for the Indian scouts, and
| for such infantry as may be mounted, thee
| hundred thousand dollars.
! For transportation of the army. including
| baggage of the troops when moving either
| by land or water: Of clothing, camp and
| garrison equipage from the depots OF Phil
| delphia and Jefers0ny''e 10 the several
! posts and army depots and from those
| dep0ts to the troops III the neld; OF horse
| eouipments and OF subsistence stores from
! the places of purchase, and from the
places of delivery under contract to such
| places as the circumstances of the service
| NAV REQUIRE them to be sent; OF ord
| nance, ordnance stores, and small arms
| from the boundaries and armorlcs 10 the
| arsenals, Notifications, frontier posts and
| army depots; freight, wharfage, tolls, and
| ferria ges the purchase and hire OF horses,
| mules, oxen and harness, and the purchase
| and repair of wagons. carts and draFs, ana
of ships aud other seagoing vessels aua
boats required for the transportation OF
| supplies and for garrison purposes; Tor
| drayare and carriage at the several posts;
| hire OF teamsters, transportation OF idaus
| for the nav aud other discussing depart
| ments; the expense OF sailing public trans
| ports on the various 1lyers, the Gu't VI
| Mexico. and the Atlantic and PacIhc: Ior
| procuring water at such posts as from their
| situation require it to be brought from
| distance: aud for clearing roads, and for
| removing distractions from roads, harDors
| and rivers to the extent which may De
required for the actual operations OF the
troops in the field, four million dollars:
That no part of the money appropriated
by this act shall be paid to any railroad
7 company for the transportation OF any prop
l erry or troops of the United States over any
railroad which. in whole or in part, was
constructed by the aid of grant of public
land on the condition that such railroad