The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-11-26
N4 LAWS
OF THE UNITED STA les.
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION
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.h; FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.
GENERAL NATURENo.-44.l s
AN ACT making appropriations for the sup
port OF the army for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sew
10 enty-fve, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of Amer
ica in Congress assembled, That the following
sums be, and the same are hereby, appropria
tee, out of any moneys in the treasury not 9TH
erwise appropriated, for the support OF the Ar
my Tor the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-fve, as follows:
For expenses Of the Commanding Generals
Office, five thousand dollars. ~,
For expenses Of recruiting and Transports
ton OF recruits, one hundred and five thousand
dollars. And ne money appropriated eby this
act shall be paid for recruiting the Army be-
You'd the number OF twenty-five thousand en-
listed men, including Indian scouts. Nothing,
however, in this act shall be construed to di-
minish the Signal Service, which shall be MAIN
tanned as now organized under the authority OF
| the Secretary OF War;.
For contingent expenses of the Adjutant-
Generals Department. at the headquarters OF
mitit nv divisions and department., three thou
sand dollars. s 4 .g..,
For expenses OF the Signal Service Of the
| Army, purchase, equipment, and repair OF elec-
| trio tield-telegraphs and signal equpments,
| twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
| For pay of the Army, and for allowances to
officers of the Army for transportation OF them
| selves and their baggage when travelling on
| duty without troops, escorts, or supplies, and
| for compensation of witnesses while on court
martial service for travelling expenses OF pay
masters clerks; for payment of postage on
| fo1,r
| ceived and sent by officers of the Army on pub
lie business eleven million four hundred thol-
sand dollars: Provided, That only actual tlslv-
| cling expenses shall be allowed to any person
holding employment or appointment under the
4 United States, aud all allowances for mileages
and transportation in excess OF the amount ac-
tually paid are hereby declared illegal; and no
credit shall be allowed to any one Of the dis
bursting Offices Of the United States for pay
ment or allowances in Violation OF this provis-
| ion. "a
! For subsistence of regular troops, engineers,
| and Indian scouts, two million four hundred
and nine thousand dollars.
For regular supplies of the Quartermaster's
| Department, to wit; For the regular supplies
of the Qnartermastcrs Department, consisting
! of stoves for heating and cooking; of fuel for
officers, enlisted men, guards, hospitals, store
houses, and offices; OF forage i'll kind for
the horses, mules, and oxen OF the Quarter
masters Department, at the several posts and
stations, and with the armies i'll the ii Id for
the horses of the several regiments OF cavalry,
the batteries of artillery, and such companies
Ct infantry and scouts as may DC mounted and
/ for the authorized number of officers horses,
). including bedding for the animals, of straw
for soldiers bedding; and of stationery. inclI.
1 ding blank books for the Quartermaster's De
partment, certiiica es for discharged soldiers,
blank forms for the Pay and Quarternaster's
Departments, and for printing Of di, ision and
4 department orders and reports, four million
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Pro-
That three hundred thousand dollars thus ap-
propriated may be applied by fne Comnissary-
i General of Subsistence prior to the first day Of
July. eighteen hundred and seventy-fOur, tC
the purchase Of subsistence Supplies intended
for the posts supplied through the Upper Mis-
souri, and for other distant pests.
+ For incidental expenses, to w.t. For postage
and kilograms or dispa elles; extra pay to SCI
eiers employed under the direction of the Quar-
tcrnaster's Department, in the erection OF bar
, racks quarters, store-houses, and hospitals IL
the construction OF +, ads and other constant la
Dor. for periods not less than ten days, underact
of March second, eighteen hundred and nine
teen, and August fourth, eighteen hundred ant
fifty-four, including those employed as clerk
; at division and department. headquarters; ex
penscs of expresses to and from the frontie
, POSTS and armies iii the field; OF escorts tt
I payn,asters and other disbursing officers, ant
!. 10 t.ais where military escorts cannot be turn
isliet; expenses OF internlent OF officers kilet
in action, or who die when on duty i'll the field
or ut posts on the frontiers, or when trav,lin!
OH orders, aid of non-commissiontd officer
and soldiers authoi lied olice-furniture hirt
LOT laborers iii the Quartermastcr's Depart
. ment, including the hire of interpreters, spies
| and guides for the Army compensation 0
/ clerks to officers of the QuarternHster's De
E partmcnt; compensation of forage and wagol
masters authorized by the act OF July fifth
) eighteen hundred and thirtycigllt; for the up
prehension Of dcserters, and the expense i'll
cidcnt to their pursuit; and for the followin!
expenditures required for the several regiment
of cavalry, the batteries OF light artillery, am
. such companies of Infantry and scouts as ma
be mounted, to wit, hire of veterinary surgeons
medicine f.r horses and mules, plcket-lopes
and for shoeing the horses OF the corps named
also, generally, the proper and authorized ex
penses for the movement and operations OF TN
Army not expressly assigned to any other lie
partmcnt. one million two hundred thousall
, | dollars. ..4-... "a, IS M g.
. For purchase of horses for the cavalry an
artillery, and for the Indian scouts, and TO
such infant as may be mounted, three hun
u bred thousand dollars. s
For TRANSFORMATION of the Army, including
baggage Of the troops when moving either b
/. land or water; of clothing camp and garrison
equipage from the depots OF Philadelphia an
+, Jeffersonyile to the several posts and army
depots, and from those depots to the troops i
the field; of horse-equipments and OF suoslS
tence-stores from the places Of purchase, an
! from the places Of delivery uiider contract {
such places as the circumstances OF the servlc
may require them to be sent; OF ordnance, orc
!. nancc-stores, and small-arnls from the 1ouno
s cries and arnnories to che arsenalss fortilca
tons. frontier posts and army depots; fire ghts
: wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; the purchas
! and hire OF horses, mules, oNen and harness
and the purchase and repair Of wagons, carts
and draws, and Of ships and other sea-Solh
vessels and boats required for the transports
ton of supplies and for garrison purposes; 10
diayage and carriage at the several posts mr.
of teamsters transportation OF fuhus lor I'll
pay and other discussing departments, tlle q
t peuse Of sailing public transports on the var
!, Gus rivers, the Gulf OF Mexico, and the Atlaf
: tic and Pacific; for procuring water at sue
posts as from their situation require IL 10 u
: brought from disrance; and f3r clearln
roads. a. d for removing Instructions 1rol
/. | roads. harbors,- and rivers to the extent WHO
- NAV be required for the actual operations
the troops in the field, four million COLLARS; ;,
That no part of the money appropriated
this act shall be paid to any railroad coilpail
), for the transportation OF any properly
t. troops of the United States over any fallaoa
/ which, in whole Or i'll part, was constructs 9 !,
e the aid of grant Of public land on the con '
= tion that such railroad should be ~ pun VI
highway for the use Of the Government on VI