THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. _Sess. I. Ch. 78. *1850. 505 the following basis, to wit :_ that there shall be allowed to each com- 1862,eh,110,Q8. missioned officer as aforesaid, whilst serving as aforesaid, a per diem, in addition to their regular pay and allowances, of two dollars each, and to each enlisted man as aforesaid, whilst serving as aforesaid, a per diem, in addition to their present pay and allowances, equal to the pay proper of each as established by existing laws, said extra pay of the enlisted men to be retained until honorably discharged —-This addi- To continue tional pay to continue until the first of March, eighteen hundred and ygél Mmh 1» fifty-two, or until otherwise provided. ' For commutation of forage for officers’ horses, one hundred and Commutation three thousand seven hundred and seventy-six dollars. °‘” ‘°°"“g°· For payments in lieu of clothing for officers’ servants, thirty-five Mcnepin lieu thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars. Q§";£’,;_"‘g f°" For expenses of recruiting, fifty-six thousand six hundred and six- Recruiting. teen dollars. For three months’ extra pay to non-commissioned olhcers, musicians, Extra pay for and privates, on re-enlistment, ten thousand dollars. ’°‘°“u‘*m°'**“· For clothing and camp and garrison equipage, and horse equip- C1othing,camp ments, one hundred and two thousand eight hundred and seventy-one ;‘g;£°€°· eq:;;: dollars. ments_ For the regular supplies of the quartermastefs department, consist- Y Q¤¤r¢¤rm¤-=— ing of fuel, forage in kind for the authorized number of 0Hicers’ horses, :3;,, g2g3f;; mules, and oxen of the quartermaster's department, at the several mill- supplies. tary posts and stations, and with the armies in the field and for the horses for the first and second regiments of dragoons, the eight companies of light artillery, and the regiment of mounted rifiemen, 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 quartermaster’s department, and for the printing of division and department orders and army regulations, eight hundred and fifty thousand and sixty-one dollars. For the incidental expenses of the quartermaster’s department, con- I¤¤id¢¤¤l <·>¤· Sistiug of postage on letters and packets received and sent by officers ltfrrgiitgisquggf on public service, expenses of courts martial and courts of inquiry, in- putment. cluding the additional compensation to judge advocates, recorders, members, and witnesses, while on that service, under the act of March WW °h· 9· the sixteenth, 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 quartermastefs department, for periods of not less than ten days, under the act of the second of March, eighteen hundred and 1819, oh. 45. nineteen, expenses of expresses to and from the frontier post 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 non-commissioned officers and sbldiers, hire of laborers in the quartermaster’s department; compensation to wagon and forage masters, authorized by the act of the fifth of July, eighteen hundred 1838.ch- 162- and thirty-eight; for the apprehension of deserters, and the expenses incident to their pursuit; the various expenses necessary to keep the first and second regiments of dragoons, the four companies of light artillery, and the regiment of mounted riflemen complete, including the purchase of travelling forges, blacksmith’s and shoeing tools, horse and mule shoes, iron, hire of veterinary surgeons, medicines for horses and mules, and hire of guides, interpreters, and spies, four hundred and fifty-four thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven dollars. For the purchase of horess [horses] required for the first and second Horses for ara- Téglments of dragoons, the eight companies of light artillery, and lllé gg3m' gggfgé regiment of mounted riflemen, one hundred and seventy thousand nine ridemen. hundred and twelve dollars. Von. IX. PUn.—64
