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THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 124. 1864. 129 For citizen physicians, and medicines furnished by them, four hundred ,CmZ€¤ PbZv'Siand ive thousand dollars. °l°ms’ &°' For hire of clerks and laborers in purveying depots, seventy-five thou- Purveying sand dollars. d°P°ts· For examining and recording meteorological observations taken at the Meteorological military posts of the United States army, seven hundred and fifty dollars. °bS°mm°°S' For army medical museum, five thousand dollars. Medical mu- — For contingent expenses of the medical department, forty-seven thou- s°lgg,,m,g8Dci,s_ sand eight hundred and thirty-eight dollars. For laboratory for testing and rearranging medicines and hospital sup- Laboratory. plies, five thousand dollars. For washing and washing-machines for hospitals where matrons can- washing and not be employed, nfteen thousand dollars. ¤¤¤ohi¤¤¤· For expenses of the commanding general’s office, ten thousand dollars. C°m{}‘°”g“€ For the secret service, one hundred thousand dollars. gm§;;°;.,:,(;,,§$,Q,_ For armament of fortifications, two million dollars. Armmpont of For the current expenses of the ordnance service, five hundred thou- f°’°’£°“°°“s‘ sand dollars. For ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies, including the purchase Ordnance md and manufacture of arms, accoutrements, and horse equipments for volun· ¤¤•>r¢¤· tcers and regulars, twenty million dollars. For the manufacture of arms at the national armory, two million Eve Manufacture hundred thousand dollars. of arms. For repairs, improvements, and new machinery at the national armory, Repairs, &c., one hundred thousand dollars. at in-m01'.Y· For the purchase of gunpowder and lead, two million dollars. G‘mP°Wd°' For repairs and improvements at arsenals, including new and addi- unmjsgls tions to present buildings, and machinery, tools, and fixtures, two million ° dollars. For the signal service of the army, one hundred thousand dollars. Signal 5,,,,0% For compensation of two clerks in the signal-office, two thousand eight hundred dollars. Sec. 2. And be zt jini/ter enacted, That all persons of color who have Pay, rations, been or may be mustered into the military service of the United States &¤·» of P€Y5<>¤$ d shall receive the same uniform, clothing, arms, equipments, camp equi- ?,{§,°l(,:, $i;;; page, rations, medical and hospital attendance, pay and emoluments, other service. than bounty, as other soldiers of the regular or volunteer forces of the United States of like arm of the service, from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four ; and that every person of color who shall hereafter be mustered into the service shall receive such sums in bounty as the President shall order in the different states and parts of the United States, not exceeding one hundred dollars. SEO. 3. And be it further enacted, That all persons enlisted and mus- pounties to be tered into service as volunteers under the call, dated October seventeen, Paid tg °°’“‘¥’;h eighteen hundred and sixty-three, for three hundred thousand volunteers, ggtulscgggsdzg ` who were at the time of enlistment actually enrolled and subject to draft colorin the state in which they volunteered, shall receive from the United States the same amount of bounty without regard to color. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all persons of color who pay bounties, were free on the nineteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, &¢-Lofi oolowi and who have been enlisted and mustered into the military service of the S°]d‘°”‘ United States, shall, from the time of their enlistment, be entitled to receive the pay, bounty, and clothing allowed to such persons by the laws existing at the time of their enlistment. And the Attorney-General of Attorney-Genthe United States is hereby authorized to determine any question of law gal '¤°d°*°'ml¤°, arising under this provision. And if the Attorney-General aforesaid °' shall determine that any of such enlisted persons are entitled to receive any pay, bounty, or clothing, in addition to what they have already received, the Secretary of War shall make all necessary regulations to