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 644 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 25. 1863. and for the following expenditures required for the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of light artillery, and such companies of infantry as may be mounted, viz.: the purchase of travelling forges, blacksmiths’ and shocing tools, horse and mule shoes and nails, iron and steel for shoeing, hire of veterinary surgeons, 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, nineteen million one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. C,,,,,,;,- and For the purchase of cavalry and artillery horses, twenty-three million ¤r¤i11¤¤·yli<>¤S¤¤· one hundred and eighty-nine thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars. Mileage and For mileage, or the allowance made to officers of the army for the ' without troops, escorts, or supplies, one million of dollars. Trsmsportation For transportation of the army, including the baggage of the troops °*` lm mn}'- when moving, either by land or water; of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, from the depots at Philadelphia and New York and Cincinnati, to the several posts and army depots, and from those depots to the troops in the Held; and of subsistence 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, fortiHcations, frontier posts, and army depots; Heights, wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; 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 cartagc 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. water at such posts as, from their situation, require it to be brought from Clearing roads, a distance; and for clearing roads, and removing obstructions from roads, l¤=¤b<>¥¤.&<=· harbors, and rivers, to the extent which may be required for the actual operations of the troops in the Held, fifty-six million five hundred thousand dollars. Hire and com- For hire or commutation of quarters for officers on military duty; hire m¤*¤*i°¤ gif of quarters for troops; of storehouses for the safe keeping of military q°°m°”’ °` stores; of grounds for summer cantonments; for the construction of temporary huts, hospitals, and stables, and for repairing public buildings at established posts, eight million dollars. Heating, &c., For heating and cooking stoves, one hundred and forty thousand dolstoves. lm-S_ Telegraph. For telegraph for military purposes, and for expenses in operating the same, five hundred thousand dollars. Prisoners of For supplies, transportation, and care of prisoners of war, one million W"' five hundred thousand dollars. Contingemies. For contillgencies of the army, six hundred thousand dollars. 0lotliing,camp For clothing for the army, camp, and garrison equipage, and for ex- °‘l“‘P“€°· &°· penses of offices and arsenals, seventy-six million two hundred and eighty- one thousand nine hundred and eleven dollars and fifty-four cents. Medicines, For medicines, instruments, dressings, and so forth, for the regular For hospital stores, bedding, and so forth, for the regular army, one hundred thousand dollars. For hospital furniture and Held equipments, for the regular army, thirty thousand dollars. For medical books, stationery, and printing, for the regular army, eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
 * ?“:;l’§;:“‘°“ transportation of themselves and their baggage, when travelling on duty
 * ‘fjP"“1 “°’°’» army, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.