United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/10th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 27
Chap. XXVII.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and eight.
Specific appropriations.
[Obsolete.]Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for defraying the expense of the military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and eight; for the Indian department, and for the expense of fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say:
For the pay of the army of the United States, three hundred and two thousand nine hundred and fifty-two dollars.
For forage, four thousand six hundred and eight dollars.
For the subsistence of the army and corps of engineers, two hundred and forty-two thousand five hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty-five cents.
For clothing, eighty-five thousand dollars.
For bounties and premiums, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the medical and hospital departments, fifteen thousand dollars.
For camp equipage, fuel, tools and transportation, ninety thousand dollars.
For fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, two hundred and eighteen thousand six hundred and forty-two dollars, and five cents.
For purchasing maps, plans, books, and instruments, fifteen thousand dollars.
For contingencies, eighteen thousand dollars.
For ordnance, forty-five thousand dollars.
For tents, twenty thousand dollars.
For extra transportation of military stores, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the Indian department, one hundred and forty thousand six hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums herein specifically appropriated, shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1808.