The Arizona sentinel., 1876-01-15
Proposals for Subsistence Stores.
HEADQUARTERS DEPT OF ARIZONA,
 OFFICE CHIEF CoMMIsSARY OF

HEADQUARTERS DEPT OF ARIZONA,
 OFFICE CHIEF CONfmISSARY OF
 SUBSISTENCE.
 PRESCOTT, ARTZONA. Dec. l5, 1875. CEALED PROPOSALS, in triplicate, S will be received until l2 o'clock M, Thursday, February 3, 1876, for furnishing all tho Pork, B aeon, Flour Beans, HOml- ny, and Corn Meal required at the differ ent posts in the Department of Arizona (except Pork and Bacon at Camp Apsche) during the year commencing July l, 1876, and ending June 30, 1877, or such less time as the COmmissary General of Subsis- tence may direct.
 The following amounts are approximate. The contractor will be required to furnish all required, whether more or less:-
 Camp Apache, 100000 lbs. four 10000 lbs. beans.
 Camp Bowie, 6,O0O lbs pork. 5000 lbs. bacon; 25. 900 flour; 2.5O0 beans.
 Cemp Grant, 28O00 lbs. pork; I4.000 lbs bacon; 130 900 lbs. flour; I30O0 lbs beans.
 Camp Lowell. 17 ,00O lbs. pork; $500 lbs bacon; 90, 900 flour; 9,O0O lbs beans
 Camp McDOwell GOO lbs. pork; 5 1000 lbs. bacon; 60,0O0 lbs. flour; 6,O00 It's beans.
 Camp Moisvs, 1000 lbs pork; $500 lbs. bacon; 40, 900 lbs, four; 1000 besns,
 Camp Verde. 23,000 log. pOrh; I 800 lbs. bacon; l20,000 lbs. flour; l2,000 lbs beans.
 Fort Whipple, 14,O00 lbs. pork; 1000 lbs bacon; o0,U00 lbs. flour 8.O00 lbs beans.
 Yuma Depot, 5000 lbs. pork; 4,O0O lbs. bacon; 45, 900 lbs four 4,500 lbs. beans.
 For information as to the amounts of Corn Meal and Hominy required. atten- ton is invited to Instructions to Biddere. '"
 Due notice is to be given by the Post Commissaries to the contractors of the amounts required and time of each deliv- cry.
 The articles to be supplied under any contract made ID pursuance of this adver- tisement must be products of Arizona or the adjacent country.
 Samples of the Flour, Beans, Corn Meal and HOminy to be furnished as early as practicable with the bidders name and the contents plainly marked thereon.
 Prices must be stated in United States currency.
 Separate proposals for furnishing each of the articles at any post, or all of them at any one post, will be received, or one pro- pOsal may include all the amounts at each and every post.
 The right IS reserved of accepting or re- jecting any bid as nay be deemed best for lbe interest of the United States.
 Proposals must be accompanied by pro- per guarantee, signed by two responsible persons that within ten days after notiii- cation of the award of the contract, con- tract shall be entered into. A good and sufficient bond will be required from the party to whom any contract IS awarded, and also certificate from the Clerk of the County Court, or a magistrate, that each bOndsmen is worth that amount.
 Each bid will be accompanied by 8 copy of this advertisement and Instructions to Bidders"
 The contracts to be subject to the ap- proval of the Division and Department Commanders.
 In case of the abandonment of a post, the contract to terminate for that post
 For detailed information, copies of "In- structions to Bidders," adverti sements, &c., apply to the Military Headquarters, Santa Fe; Chief Commissary of Subsis- tence, San Francisco; Chief Commissary of Subsistence, Prescott; and any post in Arizona Bidders are invited to be present al the opening of the bids. Envelopes should be endorsed, "PrOpo- sals for" (name the artieles) and addressed | to the Chief Commissary of Subsistence, Department Of Arizona, Prescott, A. T.
 JOHN D. WILKINS,
 It. Col 8th Infantry, A. c. C. s. jas-A.