294 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 43. 188.;. 19'76· W1- 19, ¤h· the act approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and serenity-six; and 15% P· 71- after the number of officers shall be- reduced as above p1·0v1deel,the Whole number of commissioned officcrs on the active list in the Marme (jorps shall not exceed seventy-five. _ Retired-list am- For pay of officers on the retired-list: For one colonel, three majors, ¤¤¤- two assistant quartermasters, three captains, two first lieutenauts, and three second lieutenants, fourteen thousand eight hundred and nmoteen dollars. _ Non-commir For pay of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and pnvates: For ¤?°P°d °¤°°¤’· m'!' one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, 5‘:t'::°’ md Pu` and one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one huudreil and forty sergeants, one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, D1I18ty·81X drummers and Hfers, aud one thousand five hundred pmvates, one hundred and ninety-four thousand five hundred and twenty-six dollars. Clerks, muon- For ten clerks and two messengers, eight thousand and seventeen 8•¤· M- dollars and ilfty cents; payments to discharged soldiers for clothing undrawn, ten thousand dollars; transportation of officers travelling under orders without troops, four thousand dollars; commutation of quarters for officers where there are no public buildings, two thousand dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand and seventeen dollars and fifty cents. Provisions, For provisions for the Marine Corps, and for diference between cost gf gltions and commutation thereof for detailed men, thirty thousand 0 rs. 0l<>¢hi¤z· For clothing, thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. Fuel. For fuel, nine thousand dollars. nmiury star!. For military stores, namely: For pay of one chief armorer, at three dollars per day ; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge-boxes, bayonetscabbards, haversacks, blanket-bags, canteens, musketrslings, swords, iiags, knapsacks, drums, tifcs, bugles, and other instruments, two thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of ammunition, five hundred dollars; purchase and repair of instruments for the band and purchase of music, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, four tnomnu eight hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-Eve cents. Transportation For transportation of troops and for expenses of recruiting, five thou- _ ad '°‘ sand dollars. Repairs of bar- For repairs of barracks, and rent of buildings to be used for the manumhv °*°· fhcture of clothing, stores for supplies, and oilioes of assistant quartermaster at Philadelphia, and for hire of quarters where there are no public buildings, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. pm-:.,8.,, For forage for tour public horses, one for messenger to commandant and staff, Washington, District of Columbia, and three for general use at marine barracks, Mare Island, Calitornia, and League Island, Penusylvania, three hundred and sixty dollars. For the purchase of forage, two thousand three hundred and forty Promo. dollars: Provided, That no commutation for forage shall be paid. contingencies. For contingencies, namely: For freight; ierriage; toll; cartagc; i'um·ru.l expenses of marines; stationery ; telegraphing; rent of telephone; apprehension of descrters; per elicm to enlisted men employed on constant labor for periods not less than ten days; repair of gas and water tixtures; ohice and barmck tiuniture; mess utensils for enlisted men; packing-boxes; wrapping-paper;0i1-cloth;crash; rope; twine; carpenter’s tools; tools for police purposes; purchase and repair of hose; repairs to public carryall; purchase and repair of harness; repair of hre—extinguishers; purchase and repair of haud·carts and wheelbarrows; purchase and repair of cooking-stoves, ranges, and so forth; stoves where there are no grates ; purchase of icc; towels and soap for offices; improving parade-grounds; repair of pumps and wharves laying drain and water pipes; introducing gas; and for other purposes, including gas and oil for marine barracks maintained at the various navy-yarels and stations; and water at marine barracks, Boston, Massa-
