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TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess.1I. Ch.55. 1838.
Statute II.April 6, 1838.
[Obsolete.]
Subsistence ofofficers.
Forage for of-ficers’ horses.
Clothingfor of-ficers’ servants.
Payments inlieu of clothing.
Subsistence,exclusive of thatof officers.Clothing,campand garrisonequipage, &.C.
Medical andhospital dept.
Supplies fur-nished by Qr.Mr.’s dept.
Barracks,quarters, store-houses, &c.
Transportationof officers’ bag-gage.
Transportationof troops andsupplies, &c.
Incidental ex-penses of Qr.Mr.’s dept.
Chap. LV.— An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for theyear one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight ,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money inthe Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the armyduring the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; that is to say :
For the pay of the army, one million and ninety-one thousand onehundred and ninety-three dollars.
For the subsistence of officers, three hundred and forty-seven thou-sand seven hsindred and forty-nine dollars.
For forage of officers’ horses, seventy thousand nine hundred andeighty-seven dollars.
For clothing for officers’ servants, twenty-six thousand five hundredand fifty dollars.
For payments in lieu of clothing to discharged soldiers, thirty thou-sand dollars.
For subsistence, exclusive of that of officers, seven hundred andthirty thousand nine hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.
For clothing of the army, camp and garrison equipage, cookingutensils, and hospital furniture, four hundred and thirteen thousand twohundred and ninety-nine dollars.
For the medical and hospital department, thirty-nine thousand twohundred dollars.
For the regular supplies furnished by the (Quartermaster’s department,consisting of fuel, forage, straw, stationery, and printing, two hundredand three thousand dollars.
For barracks, quarters, store-houses, embracing the repairs andenlargement of barracks, quarters, store-houses, and hospitals, at theseveral posts; the erection of temporary cantonments at such posts asshall be occupied during the year, and of gun-houses for the protectionof the cannon at the forts on the seaboard; the purchase of the necessarytools and materials for the objects wanted, and of the authorized furni-ture for the barrack rooms; rent of quarters for officers; of barracksfor troops at posts where there are no public buildings for their accom-modation ; of store-houses for the safe-keeping of subsistence, clothing,&c., and for grounds for summer cantonments, encampments, and mili-tary practice, ninety-five thousand dollars.
For the allowance made to officers for the transportation of theirbaggage, when travelling on duty without troops, fifty thousand dollars.
For the transportation of troops and supplies, viz : transportation ofthe army, including the baggage of troops when moving either by landor water ; freight and ferriages; purchase or hire of horses, mules,oxen, carts, wagons, and boats, for the purpose of transportation, or forthe use of garrison; drayage and cartage at the several posts ; hire ofteamsters, transportation of funds for the Pay department; expense ofsailing a public transport between the posts on the Gulf of Mexico ; andof procuring water at such posts as, from their situation, require it;the transportation of clothing from the depot at Philadelphia to the sta-tions of the troops; of subsistence from the places of purchase, and thepoints of delivery under contracts, to such places as the circumstancesof the service may require it to be sent; of ordnance from the foundriesand arsenals to the fortifications and frontier posts, and of lead from thewestern mines to the several arsenals, the sum of one hundred andninety-five thousand dollars.
For the incidental expenses of the (Quartermaster’s department, con-sisting of postage on public letters and packets; expenses of courtsmartial and courts of inquiry, including the compensation of judge