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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Fasssd al fhs First ssssfos OF fhs Forty
third CosSrsss.
NORTHUMBERLAND

GENERAL NATURE-No. al
AN ACT making appropriations for the support
OF the Army for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy q We
and for other purposes.
BE IL enacted by ne Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdttres Of the United States of America IA Con-
9Tess assembled, That the following sums be,
and the same are hereby, Appropriated out OF
any moneys In the Treasury not otherwise ap-
proprlsteo for the support of the Army for tie
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-tve, as follows:
For expenses of the Commanding Generals
Office, five thousand dollars
For expenses OF recruiting and transportation
OF recruits, one hundred and five thousand dol
ers. And no money appropriated by this act
shal De PAID Tor recruiting the army beyond
the number OF twenty-five thousand enlisted
men, including Indian scouts. Nothing, how
ever, IN this act shall be construed to diminish
Tie Signal Service, which shall be msintained
As Low organised under the authority Of the
Secretary OF War.
Fer contingent expenses of the AdIutant-
Generals Department at the headquarters of
military divisions and departments, three thou
sand dollars.
For expenses of the Signal Service of the
army, purchase. equipment, and repair OF cleo
the Held telegraphs and signal-equipments,
twelve thousand five hundred dollar s.
f0r pay OF the Army, and for allowances 70
officers OF the army for transportation OF them
selves and their baggage when travelling on duty
Mlthout troops, escorts, or supplies, and FOR
compensation OF witnesses while on court-n Ar
tlal service; Tor travelling expenses OF paymas
IeTs' clerks; Tor payment OF Hostage on letters
and packages, and cost of kilograms received
and seLt by officers of the Army on public bust
ness, eleven million four hundred thousand dol
lars: PrOUided, That only actual travelling ex
perses shall be allowed 10 any person holding
eml 10! mt or appointment under the United
states, and all allowances for mileages and
transportation in excess OF the amount actually
paid ARE hereby declared illegal: ami no credf
shall be allowed to any Ofthe disbursing OFF GER
~ the United States for payment or allowance
In violation OF this provision.
For subsistence Of regular troops, engineers,
anu Trojan scosts, Two million four hundred
and line thousand dollars.
Fer regular supplies of the Quartermsster's
department, TO wit: Fer the regular supplies
OF the Quartermaster's Department, consisting
OF stoves for heating and cooking; OF fuel for
ofhcers, enlisted men, guards, hospitals, store
houses, and offices; or forage in kind for the
horses, mules, and oxen of the Quartermaster's
Department, at the several posts and stations,
and with the armit IN the field; for the horses
OF the several regiments Of cavalry, the batteries
OF artillery, and such companies OF infantry and
scouts as may be mounted, and for the author
lied number or officers horses, including bed
ding for the animals; OF straw for soldiers bed
ding; and OF stationery, including blank books
Tor the Quartermaster's Department, certii-
Gates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for
tie Pay and Quartermaster's Departments, and
for printing Of division and department orders
ana n Forts, four million two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars: Proriied, That three hum
cred thousand dollars thus appropriated may ne
applied Dy the Commissary- General or sub
slstence prior 70 the first day OF July, eighteen
hundred and seventy-four, to the purchase OF
subsistence supplies Intended for the posts sup
plied through the Upper Missouri, and for otner
distant posts.
For incidental expenses, TO wit: For postage
and telegrams or dispatches; extra pay u sol
diers employed under the direction Of the Quar-.
ternAster's Department, in the erection OF bar
racks, quarters, store houses, and hospitals; in
the construction OF roads and other constant
labor, for periods Of not less than ten days,
under the acts OF March second, eighteen hun
dred ana nineteen, and August fourth, eighteen
hundred and hfty-fonr, including those en-
ployed as clerks at division and department
headquarters; expenses Of expresses to and from
the fronter~pOsts and armies In the field; of
escorts TO pay masters and other dis5ursing Of
fcers. and to trains where military escorts can
not be furnished; expenses OF the interment OF
officers killed in action, or who die when on
duty in the teld or at posts on the frontiers, or
when travelling on orders, and of non-commis-
stoned officers and soldiers; authorized Off ce-
furniture; hire Of lab0rers in the Quartermas.
ter's Department, including the hire OF inter-
prefers, spies, and guides for the Army; COM
pensatlon of clerks TO officers Of the Quarter
masters Department; compensation or forage
and wagon masters authorized by the act of
July nth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight;
for the apprehension OF deserters, and the ex-
pense incident to their pursuit, and for the fol-
lowing expenditures required for the several re-
giments OF cavalry, the batteries OF light artil-
.ery, and such companies of infantry and scouts
as may be mounted, to wit, hire Of veterinary
surgeons, medicine for horses and mules, picket
ropes, and for shoeing the horses Of the corps
named; also, generally, the proper and author
lied expenses for the movement and operations
of the army not expressly assigned 10 any other
department, one million tive hundred thousand
dollars.
For purchase of horses for the cavalry and
artillery, and for the Indian scouts, and for
such infantry as may be mounted, three hun
dred thousand dollars.
For transportation of the Army, including
baggage Of the troops when moving either by
land or water; of clothing, camp and garrison
| st44psge from the depots Of Philadelphia and
J,fitnonviLe to the several posts and army
depots. and from those depots- 20 the troops In
| tie field; Of horse equipment1 and OF suesist-
| froIa the places Of delivery 1nder contract TO
| srea places as the circumstances Of the service
| MAJ II quipe them to be sent Of ordnance, ord
nancs-stores, and small Arms from the founde-
ries Armories to the arsenals, fortiications,
fronter-posts, and army-depots; freights, wharf
age, tolls, and ferriagees the purchase and hire
i OF horses, mules, oxen, and harness, and the
purchase and repair Of wagons, carts, and drays,
1 and Of ships and other sea-eoing vessels and
boa-s required for the transportation OF supplies
| and for garrison purposes; for drayage and
| caItage ut the several posoD; hire OF teamgeers
transportation Of funds for the pay and Other
disbursing departments; the expense Of sailing
public transports On tAe various rivers, TIA
Gulf Of Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific
for procuring waRr at such posts @ from thei
situation require It 70 be brought from Q dis
lance; and for clearing roads. snd fog removing
| obetructions from roads. harbofs, and rivers q
| the extent which may be required for the actual
operations Of the troops In the nelds four millic<
| dollars.
Thaf no part Of the money appropriated b
| this act shall be pad 70 any rGAroad csmpsp
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