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128 THIRTY—·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Ssss. I. Ch. 124-. 1864. medicines for horses and mules, picket ropes, and for shoeing the horses of the corps named; also, generally, the proper and authorized expenses for the movements and operations of an army not expressly assigned to any other department, thirteen million dollars. Cavalry, &¤·, For the purchase of cavalry and artillery horses, twenty-one million h°”°s° dollars. Mileage. For mileage, or the allowances made to omcers of the army for the transportation of themselves and their baggage, when travelling on duty without troops, escorts, or supplies, seven hundred thousand dollars. Tmspomeioo, For transportation of the army, including the baggage of the troops when moving, either by land or water; of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, from the depots at Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and New York to the several posts and army depots, and from those depots to the troops in the field; and of subsistence stores from the places of purchase, and from the places of delivery under contract, to such places as the circumstances of the service may require them to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small arms, from founderies and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and army depots ; freights, wharfage, tolls, and ferriagcs; for the purchase and hire of horses, mules, oxen, and harness, and the purchase and repair of wagons, carts, and drays, and of ships, and other sea-going vessels, and boats required for the transportation of supplies and for garrison purposes ; for drayage and cartage at the several posts ; hire of teamsters; transportation of funds for the pay and other disbursing departments; the expense of sailing public transports on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific; and for procuring water at such posts as, from their situation, require it to be brought from a distance ; and for clearing roads, and removing obstructions from roads, harbors, and rivers, to the extent which may be required for the actual operations of the troops in the field, forty million dollars. Qosmio, For hire or commutation of quarters for officers on military duty; hire of quarters for troops; of storehouses for the safe-keeping of military stores; of grounds for summer cantonments; for the construction of temporary huts, hospitals, and stables, and for repairing public buildings at established posts, five million dollars. Stoves. For heating and cooking—stoves, one hundred thousand dollars. Telegraph. For constructing and extending the telegraph, for military purposes, and for expenses in operating the same, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Prisoners of For supplies, transportation, and care of prisoners of war, nine hundred '"“" thousand dollars. Steamqamg, For purchasing, constructing, and maintenance of steam—rams, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Clothing and For clothing for the army, camp and garrison equipage, and for excamp °q“‘P“g°‘ penses of offices and arsenals, fifty-eight million dollars. Contingencies. For contingencies of the army, four hundred thousand dollars. Medicines, &e. For medicines, instruments, and dressings, two million seven hundred and Efteen thousand dollars. Hospital stores. For hospital stores, bedding, and so forth, three million five hundred and eighty-seven thousand eight hundred and fifty-two dollars. For hospital furniture and field equipments, six hundred and eighteen thousand dollars. Books, station- For books, stationery, and printing, one hundred and twenty thousand MY. &¢· dollars. fmléo and com- For ice, fruits, and other comforts, three hundred thousand doll3I‘S· H08pm1C10th_ For hospital clothing, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ingitiz For citizen mirses, two hundred and ten thousand dollars. P:_,v;:%’;1‘;;i°*· For care of sick soldiers in private hospitals, thirty-one thousand two Pima_ hundred dollars. Artideial limbs. For artificial limbs for soldiers and seamen, forty-five thousand dollars.