National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-07-27
NAVY DEPARTMENT, /
CCIrcular.l

rCIrcularl NAVY DEPARTMENT., I
WAsHINGTnN, July 1, 1874.
The following provision Of the act entitled " ~
Act making appropriations for the support 81 &c
army for the fiscal year ending June thtTftefh.
one MouS6nd eight hundred and geventy.fve, ana
for other purposss,"is hereby published for the
information or all concerned:
"ProUided, That only actual travelling expenses
shall be allowed to any person holding employ
ment or appointment under the United states,
snd all allowances for miIeages and transports-
hereby declared illegal; and no credit shall be
allowed to any of the disbursng officers Of the
United States FOR payments or allowances In Tlo-
lstion Of this provision"
For the purpose OF putting into practical opera
tiOn the foregoing provision, the following order
transportation in lieu Of mileage for officers Of
the navy and other persons holding employment
or appointment under the Navy Department or
any bureau thereof, and travelling under orders
from competent authority, will be confined to
actual travelling expenses usual and essential 70
the ordinary comforts Of travellers Of the nrst
class, and will embrace the following Items Of ex'
penditure only:
First Fares on railroads, steamboats, and pack
cts; hack and other conveyance for self and bag
gage to and IRON points Of arrival ana departure,
and fees for baggage, express and portersi also,
hire Of special transportation, either by land or
water, when there are no regular means OF con:
Veysnce, and charges for ferriRges, tolls and
housekeeping when transportation is hired.
Second. Customary stste-room accommodations
on steamers, boats, &c; sleepingear fare for one
car, and lodgings at hotels en- route. When de-
laws at hotels incident to and necessary for the
performance Of the duties for which the travel iS
ordered actual board at the hotel will be allowed
upon the production Of the hotel bill and receipt,
and Q certificate that the delay was necessary, ct
q rate not greater than Ave dollars per day when
travelling under special orders, or three dollars
and my cents per day when the otacer is de
tsched and ordered 70 mex duty: and Is presumed
No charge will Be allowed for hotel bills when
the detention Is unnecessary for the execution Of
the orders under which the journey Is performed.
Meals furnished on steamers or other means Of
fare Will not, OF course, be made an extra charge.
Whenever special expenditures are made Tor
meals they will be allowed, but for no other ttemq
Of refrsshmsnt than the ordinary food provided
for travellers.
Every oficer or other person attached to the
navy who is travelling under orders Will keep .
memorandum Of the expenditures herein allowed,
noting each item upon its being made, and the
certificate or afndaTit upon the voucher viii set
forth that the different charges in detail therein
have been taken from and verified by his memo
randum, and that they are correct and just The
memoranda will be retained by those who have
been reimbursed, and exhibited II called for BY
Third. Disturbing ofnesrs of the navy will pay
the travelling accounts Of officers and others hold
ing employment or appointment under the Navy
Department, or any Of Its bureaus, OF their GER
tihcates setting forth the correctness OF the ae-
counts, as per attached memoranda; that the
journey was performed under orders, copy Of
usually Travelled routes, and In the customary
manner; that the amount charged for subsistence
was actually paid; that the number Of days for
which It was charged was necessarily consumed
in delays incident 70 travel IN the performance of
the duty ordered. The amount paid for travelling
expenses will be indorSsd By the diSbursing oacer
on the original.
Citizens, not employees Of the United States,
witnesses before naval courts, will continue to be
paid 80 heretofore, viz: two dollars per diem and
ten cents per mile, and their accounts authenti-
Gated BY their afdRTts similar to the certificates
prescribed for oficers, and the certificate Of an
officer that the journey and services were per-
formed on duty, Will be paid BY the same disburs-
ing officers, and from the appropriations as pre-
scribed BY existing regulations. Judge Adyo-
Gates in their certificates Of attendance, will dis
criminate between citizen witnesses and those
who are employees Of the United States.
Other existing rules and regulations regarding
the transportation and payment Of officers and
others, which DO not conflict with the require
ments Of this circular, will remain IN force.
GEO. NJ. robson,
Secretary Of the Navy.