Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 155.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January 31, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union.
Mr. Vinton, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported
the following bill:
A BILL
Making appropriations for the support of the army and of
volunteers, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

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11 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are
hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army and
of volunteers, for the year ending the thirtieth of June,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine:
For the pay of the army, three million six hundred and
seventy-four thousand eight hundred and eight dollars.
For commutation of officers’ subsistence, seven hun-
hundred and forty thousand and forty-one dollars.

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hundred and ninety-nine thousand two hundred dollars.
For payments in lieu of clothing for officers’ servants,
fifty-two thousand three hundred and forty dollars.
For clothing of the army camp and garrison equipage,
one million dollars.
For expenses of recruiting, one hundred and forty-five
thousand seven hundred dollars.
For bounties to recruits, one hundred and seventy-
four thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.
For three months’ extra pay to non-commissioned
officers, musicians, and privates, on enlistment, six thou-
sand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For pay of volunteers, including general and staff
officers, six million eighty-eight thousand three hundred
and twenty-seven dollars.
For the regular supplies of the quartermaster’s de-
partment, consisting of fuel; forage in kind for the autho-
rized number of officers’ horses, and for the horses, mules,
and oxen of the quartermaster’s department at the several
military posts and stations, and with the armies in the
field, and for the horses of the three regiments of
dragoons, the eight companies of light artillery, the regi-
ment of mounted riflemen, and the mounted volunteers; of
straw for soldiers’ bedding; and of stationery, including

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for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the pay and quar-
termaster’s department, and the printing of division and
department orders, and army regulations, four million
seven hundred and twelve thousand dollars.
For the incidental expenses of the quartermaster’s
department, consisting of postage on letters and packets
received or sent by officers on public service; expenses of
courts martial and courts of inquiry, including the addi-
tional compensation to judge advocates, recorders, mem-
bers and witnesses, while on that service, under the act of
the sixteenth of March, eighteen hundred and two; extra
pay to soldiers employed in the erection of barracks,
quarters, storehouses and hospitals, the construction of
roads, and other constant labor under the direction of the
quartermaster’s department, for periods of not less than
ten days, under the act of the second of March, eighteen
hundred and nineteen; expenses of expresses to an from
the frontier posts and armies in the field, of escorts to pay-
masters, other disbursing officers, and trains where military
escorts cannot be furnished; expense of the interment of
non-commissioned officers and soldiers; hire of laborers;
compensation of clerks to the officers of the quartermaster’s
department; compensation to wagon and forage masters
authorized by the act of the fifth of July, eighteen hundred

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86 and thirty-eight; for the apprehension of deserters, and
expenses incident to the pursuit; the various expendi-
tures necessary to keep the three regiments of dragoons,
the eight companies of light artillery, the regiment of
mounted riflemen, the battalion of volunteers mounted at
the expense of the United States, and the two companies
of volunteer artillery, complete, including the purchase of
travelling forges, blachsmith’s and shoeing tools, horse and
mule shoes, iron, veterinary surgeons and medicines, one
million five hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the purchase of horses required for the three re-
giments of dragoons, the eight companies of light artillery,
the regiment of mounted riflemen, the battalion of volun-
teers mounted at the expense of the United States, and
two companies of volunteer artillery, six hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
For constructing, repairing and enlarging barracks,
quarters, storehouses, hospitals, stables, wharves and ways,
at the several posts and army depots, for temporary can-
tonments, gun-houses for the protection of cannon, inclu-
ding the necessary tools and materials for the objects enu-
merated, and for the authorized furniture for barrack
rooms of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; rent of
quarters for officers, barracks and hospitals for troops
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111 tion, of storehouses for the safekeeping of military stores,
of grounds for summer cantonments, four hundred thou-
sand dollars.
For mileage, or the allowance made to officers for
the transportation of themselves and baggage when trav-
elling on duty without troops, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For transportation of the army, including the bag-
gage of troops, when moving either by land or water; of
clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and horse equip-
ments, from the depot at Philadelphia, to the several
posts and army depots; of subsistence from the places
of purchase, and from the places of delivery, under con-
tract, to such places as the circumstances of the service
may require it to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores,
and small arms, from the foundries and armories, to the
arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts and army depots,
five million eight hundred thousand dollars.
For subsistence in kind, six million two hundred and
forty-eight thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars
and fifty cents.
For medical and hospital department, two hundred
and ninety thousand dollars.
For contingencies of the army, fifty thousand dol-
lars.

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135 For armament of fortifications, fifty thousand dol-
lars.
For purchase of ordnance, ordnance stores and sup-
plies, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For current expenses of the ordnance service, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For the manufacture of arms at the national armo-
ries, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
For repairs, improvements, and new machinery at
Harper’s Ferry armory, fifty-one thousand two hundred
and twenty dollars.
For repairs, improvement, and new machinery at
Springfield armory, eighty-one thousand dollars.
For arsenals, one hundred and five thousand five
hundred and twenty-one dollars.
For purchase of land at Frankford arsenal, Penn-
sylvania, for a site for a manufactory of percussion caps,
twenty thousand dollars.
For erection of suitable buildings and machinery
therefor, fifteen thousand dollars.
For purchase of land at Springfield, Massachusetts,
adjacent to new arsenal and public buildings, ten thousand
dollars.
For purchase of land at Springfield, Massachusetts,

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thousand dollars.
For surveys with armies in the field, twenty thou-
sand dollars.
For the two contemplated military stations on the
line of communication with Oregon, thirty thousand dol-
lars.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army and of volunteers, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine: For the pay of the army, three million six hundred and seventy-four thousand eight hundred and eight dollars. For commutation of officers’ subsistence, seven hun- hundred and forty thousand and forty-one dollars.
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12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36	For the commutation of forage for officers’ horses, one hundred and ninety-nine thousand two hundred dollars. For payments in lieu of clothing for officers’ servants, fifty-two thousand three hundred and forty dollars. For clothing of the army camp and garrison equipage, one million dollars. For expenses of recruiting, one hundred and forty-five thousand seven hundred dollars. For bounties to recruits, one hundred and seventy- four thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. For three months’ extra pay to non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, on enlistment, six thou- sand two hundred and fifty dollars. For pay of volunteers, including general and staff officers, six million eighty-eight thousand three hundred and twenty-seven dollars. For the regular supplies of the quartermaster’s de- partment, consisting of fuel; forage in kind for the autho- rized number of officers’ horses, and for the horses, mules, and oxen of the quartermaster’s department at the several military posts and stations, and with the armies in the field, and for the horses of the three regiments of dragoons, the eight companies of light artillery, the regi- ment of mounted riflemen, and the mounted volunteers; of straw for soldiers’ bedding; and of stationery, including
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37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61	company and other blank books for the army, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the pay and quar- termaster’s department, and the printing of division and department orders, and army regulations, four million seven hundred and twelve thousand dollars. For the incidental expenses of the quartermaster’s department, consisting of postage on letters and packets received or sent by officers on public service; expenses of courts martial and courts of inquiry, including the addi- tional compensation to judge advocates, recorders, mem- bers and witnesses, while on that service, under the act of the sixteenth of March, eighteen hundred and two; extra pay to soldiers employed in the erection of barracks, quarters, storehouses and hospitals, the construction of roads, and other constant labor under the direction of the quartermaster’s department, for periods of not less than ten days, under the act of the second of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen; expenses of expresses to an from the frontier posts and armies in the field, of escorts to pay- masters, other disbursing officers, and trains where military escorts cannot be furnished; expense of the interment of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; hire of laborers; compensation of clerks to the officers of the quartermaster’s department; compensation to wagon and forage masters authorized by the act of the fifth of July, eighteen hundred
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62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86	and thirty-eight; for the apprehension of deserters, and expenses incident to the pursuit; the various expendi- tures necessary to keep the three regiments of dragoons, the eight companies of light artillery, the regiment of mounted riflemen, the battalion of volunteers mounted at the expense of the United States, and the two companies of volunteer artillery, complete, including the purchase of travelling forges, blachsmith’s and shoeing tools, horse and mule shoes, iron, veterinary surgeons and medicines, one million five hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For the purchase of horses required for the three re- giments of dragoons, the eight companies of light artillery, the regiment of mounted riflemen, the battalion of volun- teers mounted at the expense of the United States, and two companies of volunteer artillery, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For constructing, repairing and enlarging barracks, quarters, storehouses, hospitals, stables, wharves and ways, at the several posts and army depots, for temporary can- tonments, gun-houses for the protection of cannon, inclu- ding the necessary tools and materials for the objects enu- merated, and for the authorized furniture for barrack rooms of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; rent of quarters for officers, barracks and hospitals for troops where there are no public buildings for their accommoda
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87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111	tion, of storehouses for the safekeeping of military stores, of grounds for summer cantonments, four hundred thou- sand dollars. For mileage, or the allowance made to officers for the transportation of themselves and baggage when trav- elling on duty without troops, one hundred thousand dollars. For transportation of the army, including the bag- gage of troops, when moving either by land or water; of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and horse equip- ments, from the depot at Philadelphia, to the several posts and army depots; of subsistence from the places of purchase, and from the places of delivery, under con- tract, to such places as the circumstances of the service may require it to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small arms, from the foundries and armories, to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts and army depots, five million eight hundred thousand dollars. For subsistence in kind, six million two hundred and forty-eight thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents. For medical and hospital department, two hundred and ninety thousand dollars. For contingencies of the army, fifty thousand dol- lars.
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112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135	For armament of fortifications, fifty thousand dol- lars. For purchase of ordnance, ordnance stores and sup- plies, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For current expenses of the ordnance service, one hundred thousand dollars. For the manufacture of arms at the national armo- ries, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars. For repairs, improvements, and new machinery at Harper’s Ferry armory, fifty-one thousand two hundred and twenty dollars. For repairs, improvement, and new machinery at Springfield armory, eighty-one thousand dollars. For arsenals, one hundred and five thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars. For purchase of land at Frankford arsenal, Penn- sylvania, for a site for a manufactory of percussion caps, twenty thousand dollars. For erection of suitable buildings and machinery therefor, fifteen thousand dollars. For purchase of land at Springfield, Massachusetts, adjacent to new arsenal and public buildings, ten thousand dollars. For purchase of land at Springfield, Massachusetts,
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136 137 138 139 140 141 142	to be flowed by raising dam at upper water-shop, five thousand dollars. For surveys with armies in the field, twenty thou- sand dollars. For the two contemplated military stations on the line of communication with Oregon, thirty thousand dol- lars.