Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-26
THE ARMY.


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THE ARMY.
The Army Appropriation Biil-Rcsunnc oi
Its Principal Features.
The following is u synopsis of the item'
and provisions Of the army appropriation
bill as finally passed by both houses Of con
gress:
SECTION L. Expenses Of General 81 er.
mans headquarters, $2,500.
Expenses of recruiting, $4,000; fixes the
total number of enlisted men, including
scouts and hospital stewards, but additional
to 450 signal service men.
Expenses of adjutant general at head
quarters of military department, $4,000.
Apparatus and equipments for signal ser
vice, $10,5OO.
Pay of the army, mileage aud miscella-
neous expenses, $ll ,5Sg, ,2S9.1S.
Subsistence department, $!,3l5,0O0 less
$500, 900 heretofore appropriately.
Quartermaster's deparment-fuel, forage,
&c -S3, $50, COO; incidental expenses, ST.
100000; purchase of horses, 100000;
transportation, $4,200,00O; hire Of build
ings, exclud ng quarters for officers, $780,
600, of which $G0.000 is to be used for
building storehouses and Offices at Omaha |;
hospitals, SIG, 900; clothing and equipage
SS00,000 cemeteries. $l59,0O0; and con.
tingent expenses, $4,000.
Medical department, $4,000; medical
history Of the war, $3O.29S.73.
Engineer depot at Willetts Point. S., 600.
Ordinance service, Sl00,000; small arms
ammunition, S75, 900; preserving and clean
ing the ordnance stores, S25, 900; repairing
ordnance stores, S25,00O; purchase and
manufacture Of stores, 900; infantry,
cavalry and artillery equipments, $75, 900 !;
manufacture of arms at armories, $4,000 !;
trial grounds at Sandy Hook, Sl2, 500; con-
verting ten-inch smooth-bore guns into
rifles, $4,000.
For building new military post north
or ast:.of the Black Hills, 100000.
For new post near where Milk river
crosses the southern line Of Montana, $780,.
600.
Section 2. All registers hereafter shall
publish the lineal rank Of every line officer,
separately for different corps, and record Of
previous service, whether in the regular or
volunteer ranks or as a volunteer officer.
Section 8. All appointments hereafter as
second lieutenant shall be filled by gradu-
ates, if there are any unassigned (the mill
tary academy bill forbids assignments ex-
cept to actual vacancies); if any vacancies
still remain, non-commissioned officers, who
have been recommended and passed the re-
quired examination, shall be appointed; !;
but if any vacancies still remain, after these
classes are exhausted, civilians may be ap-
pointed.
Section provides that non-commissioned
officers, who have served two years and have
received the recommendations of the COM
pany and regimental commander, shall be
examined by board of five officers, con.
vsned each year by the department COM
mander, shall be examined, and, if passed
by the board, the names shall be forwarded
to the secretary of war, June l, each year.
Section abolishes laundressts, to take
effect on the expiration of the enlistments OF
their husbands, if married.
Section 6 6requires all headquarters, except
that of Gen. Sherman, to be established At
points where there are government build
ings, except the secretary of war shall direct
otherwise by an order in writing.
Section provides that the time any off,
Ger has served a. an enlisted man, regular
or volunteer, shall be allowed in computing
longevity pay or for retirement. 1t also fix
es the retired list at four hundred instead of
three hundred.
Section 8 cuts off Communication for fuel to
officers, but provides that they may be fur
nlshed oak wood at So cash per cord, for
actual use. or fuel at it's equivalent in oak
wood. Forage in kind may be issued for
horses kept and owned by officers on duty
with troops in the field or at posts west Of
the Mississippi river, fxes the allowance Of
horse. for Gen. Sherman at FIVE, and Gen.
Sheridan four, instead Of cash allowances Of
$50 per month as before, and reduces the
allowance for major generals from five to
three, and of brigadiers from four to three
under the above provision. All other off,
GERS are allowed the same as before.
Section fixes the computation of quar-
tiers for Gen. Sherman at $125 per month in
stead Of $500. as before, and Of Gen. sheri-
dan at $40 instead of $l0S; and for all 9th
er officers where there are no public quar-
ters, at $40 per room instead of $l8, a.
before.
6ection 10 Provides that the whole ques-
ton Of army reform and reorganization
shall be referred to 3 joint committee Of three
senators and FIVE representatives, to be des-
ignated BY the vice president aud speaker,
with power to send for persons or papers,
employ clerk and stenoxrspher and sit du.
ring the recess. If requested the secretary
Of was may detail one or more officers to
act o. secretaries.
Section 4 lspeei6es the line of inquiry BY
the joint committee provided by section 10.
TO examine ~ to number and pay Of officers