United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 17
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Chap. XVII.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and five.
Specific appropriations.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 five; 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 seven hundred and ninety-six dollars.
For forage, four thousand four hundred and eighty-eight dollars.
For the subsistence of the officers of the army and corps of engineers, thirty-one thousand three hundred and twenty-nine dollars, and fourteen cents.
For the subsistence of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand and nine dollars, and sixty-nine cents.
For clothing, eighty-five thousand dollars.
For bounties and premiums, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the medical and hospital department, twelve thousand dollars.
For camp equipage, fuel, tools, expense of transportation, and other contingent expenses of the war department, eighty-one thousand dollars.
For fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, one hundred and thirty-three thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars, and eighty-eight cents.
For purchasing maps, plans, books, and instruments for the war department, and military academy, five hundred dollars.
For the pay and subsistence of the commandants in Louisiana, five thousand nine hundred and seventy-one dollars, and seventy-seven cents.
For the Indian department, ninety-two thousand six hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations herein before made, shall be paid and discharged out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, Feb. 14, 1805.