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THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. IUI. 1849. 371 separate and fixed or permanent ·* posts" of the army of the United Stiles. For commutation of image for officers} horses, one hundred and four Forage, thousand seven hundred and thirty-six dollars. SWL73G- For payments in lieu of clothing for officers’ servants, thirty-six ,HCl¤fhi¤3 Y0! thousand two hundred dollars. g3§f£i°0_s€r`“w’ For expenses of recruiting, thirty-eight thousand and Fifty-two dollars. Recruiting, For three months’ extra pay to non-commissioned olhcers, musicians, $3gQQ A on and privates, on reénlistment, ten thousand dollars. reerilistmgniz For the regular supplies of the quartermastefs department, consist· lilgioooi ing of {nel, forage in kind for the authorized number of officers horses, piicscggl :;,,:3: and for the horses, mules, and oxen of the quartermaste-r’s department, nmstcr’s_d¤836t- at the several military posts and stations, and with the armies in the m°“t· $°`°O· · Field, and for the horses of the first and second regiments of dragoons, the {our companies of light artillery, and the regiment of mounted ritlemen; of straw for soldiers’ bedding, and of stationery, including company and other blank books for the army, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the pay and quartermastefs department, and hir the printing of division and department orders and army regulations, Eve hundred thousand dollars. For the incidental expenses of the quartermaster’s department, con· I“°ld°¤*’~l °¤· sistinnr of postace on letters and packets received and sent bv officers {muses Oi qua],. a ·: , éfihftsler S JB- on public service; expenses of courts martial and courts of inquiry, pgqpwnt, including the additional compensation to judge advocates, recorders, l’2'°’OW‘ members, and witnesses, while on that service, under the act of March sixteenth, eighteen hundred aud two; extra pay to soldiers employed in 1802, ch. 9. the erection of barracks, quarters, storehouses, and hospitals, the construction of roads, and other constant labor, under the direction of the quartermastefs department, for periods of not less than ten days, under the act of second March, eighteen hundred and nineteen; expenses of 1819, ch, 45, expresses to and from the frontier posts and armies in the field, of escorts to paymasters, other disbursing officers, and trains, where military escorts cannot be furnished; expense of the interment of noncommissioned officers and soldiers, hire of laborers in the quartermaster’s department; compensation of clerks to the officers of the quartermastefs department; compensation to wagon and forage mas~ ters, authorized by the act of the fifth of July, eighteen hundred and 1838 Cb_16g_ thirty-eight; for the apprehension of deserters, and the expenses inci- i dent to their pursuit; the various expenditures necessary to keep the first and second regiment of dragoons, the four companies of light artillery, and the regiment of mounted riflemen complete, including the purchase of travelling forges, blacksmiths’ and shoeing tools, horse and mule shoes, iron, hire of veterinary surgeons, medicines for horses and mules, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For the purchase of horses required for the first and second regi- Horses for draments Oi dragoons, the four companies of light artillery, and the 1*9gi- gggaisnd hght ment of mounted riflemen, one hundred thousand dollars. g;oo,o66_ For constructing, repairing, and enlarging barracks, quarters, hospi- Constructing, tals, storchouses, stables, wharves, and ways, at the several posts and regal6P?- yd army depots; for temporary cantonments, gun-houses for the protection ssc;;?`;?, ui of cannon, including the necessary tools and materials for the objects $300,000- enumerated, and for the authorized furniture for barrack rooms of noncommissioned officers and soldiers; rent of quarters for officers, barracks and hospitals for troops, where there are no public buildings for their accommodation; for storehouses for the safe-keeping of military stores, and of grounds for summer cantonments and encampments, three hundred thousand dollars. For mileage, or the allowance made to officers for the transportation