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 546 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 229. 1873. the contracts made under this act shall provide for furnishing and setting all the said headstones, and shall not, in the aggregate, excced the sum hereby appropx-iand. Ainjmy c¤¤ti¤— For army contingencies, namely: such expenses as are not provided for g°"°'°s‘ by other estimates, embracing all bra11cl1cs of the military service, one hundred thousand dollars. Mgdical anq For purchase of medical and hospital supplies, pay of private physicians @$9**1 *“PPh°S» employed in emergencies, hire of hospital attendants, expenses of purvgy- ` ing-depots, of medical examining boards, and incidental expenses of the Chief medical medical department, two hundred thousand dollars; and the chief medical P“"‘C°YQL*'? ““· purvcyor of the army shall have, under the direction of the surgeon. §E;g:e&cF“ pup general, supervision of the purchase and distribution of all hospital and medical supplies. Army medical For the army medical museum and medical and other necessary works m“S°“m· for the library of the surgeon-genem1’s office, ten thousand dollars. En ineerdepoe For engineer depot at `Willettk point, New York, viz: Rcmodelling 8* Wd10W5Fo1m- portions of bridge cquipage, and for current expenses of the depot, purchase of engineering material for use in instruction of engineer battalion, and purchase and repair of instruments for general service of the corps of engineers, nine thousand dollars. T]-gm jyith m. For trials with corpcdoes for harbor and land defence, and to instruct pedoes. the engineer troops in their practical construction and application, bon thousand dollars. O,d,m,ce Sep For the ordnance service required to defray the current expenses at the vice. arsenals; of receiving stores and issuing arms and other ordnance supplies; of police and office duties; of rants, tolls, fuel, and lights; of stationery and office furniture; of tools and instruments for usa; of public animals, forage, .und vchiclcs; incidental expenses of the ordnance service, including those attending practical trials and tests of ordnance, small-arms, and other ordnance supplies, two hundred thousand dollars. Mewmc Mn_ For mm1u£¤.cturing metallic ammunition for small-arms, one hundred munition. and twenty-five thousand dollars. Ordnance For overhauling, preserving, and cleaning new ordnance stores on hand scores in arsenals. in the arsenals, seven1:y—iiv<~> thousand dollars. Se,.c,,,st 0,,,,. For purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores, to fill requisition of non. troops, and for sou-coast cannon, and for carriages for the same, two hundred thousand dollars. For alterations of tho carriages now in usc in sca-coast forts, one hundred thousand dollars. For repairing ordnance and ordnance stores in the hands of troops, twenty-five thousand dollars. Gaming guns. To enable the Secretary of War to provide Gatling guns, of light calibre, for the use of the army, sixty thousand dollars. d:;?<;gg;¤ fo1‘ For tha purchase of projoctilos for hoswy guns, fifty thousand dollars. Eicmmgé of And the Secretary of War IS hereby authorized, in his discretion, to cxpowder. change the unserviceablc and unsuitable powder on hand for new powder. Cjothing and For preservation of clothing and equipage from moth and mildew, two °q“‘P”g°· hundred thousand dollars, which shall be available for immediate usc. Equipments. For infantry, cavalry, and artillery equipments, consisting of knapsacks, haversacks, czmtcens, and great-coat. straps, sixty thousand dollars. Tests oi Gem For experiments and tests of two Gatling guns of large calibre for Hank Syming of heavy riiied ordnance recommended for trial by the board convened under act r¤fi¤d ordnance. of Juuc sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, aud, in the discretion of the Secretary, of any other systems for utilizing or improving tho cast-iron guns now in the service, fxfty thousand dollars in addition to any unexpcnded balance of appropriations made for the present fiscal year. Manufacture of For manufacture of arms at the national armory, one hundred thousand °'m¤· dollars.
 * ‘;§b§;'”;:§ %'€° defence of fortifications, Svc thousand dollars, and of the systems of heavy