Chapter XXV. making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for a Deficiency for the Signal Service for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-three
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Chap. XXV.— An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for a Deficiency for the Signal Service for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.February 9, 1863. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following sums be, andArmy appropriation. the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four:
For expenses of recruiting, transportation of recruits, and compensationRecruiting service. to citizen surgeons for medical attendance, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. 643 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 25. 1863. For bounties and premiums for recruits of the regular army, threeRecruits. hundred and twenty-four thousand dollars. For bounties for recruits of the volunteer service, five million dollars. For collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers, and all other necessaryDrilling, &c., volunteers. expenses, ten million seven hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of the army, nine million five hundred and ninety-six thousandPay of army. five hundred and thirty-eight dollars. For commutation of officers’ subsistence, one million six hundred andCommutation of subsistence, &c. twenty thousand and forty-eight dollars. For commutation of forage for officers’ horses, one hundred and four thousand six hundred dollars. For payments to discharged soldiers for clothing not drawn, one hundredPayments for and in lieu of clothing. and fifty thousand dollars.
For payments in lieu of clothing for officers’ servants, seventy-six thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars. For pay of volunteers under acts of twenty-second and twenty-fifth ofPay of volunteers.1861, ch. 9, 17.*Ante*, pp. 268, 274. July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred and sixty-six million four hundred and ten thousand nine hundred and eighty-one dollars and six cents. For subsistence in kind for regulars, volunteers, engineers, Indians, andSubsistence. hospital stewards, one hundred and forty million one hundred and thirty-two thousand six hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty cents.
For the regular supplies of the quartermaster’s department, consistingQuartermaster’s Department. of fuel for the officers, enlisted men, guard, hospitals, storehouses, and offices; of forage in kind for the horses, mules, and oxen of the quartermaster’s department at the several posts and stations, and with the armies in the field; for the horses of the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of artillery, and such companies of infantry as may be mounted, and for the authorized number of officers’ horses when serving in the field and at the outposts, including bedding for the animals; of straw for soldiers’ bedding, and of stationery, including blank books for the quartermaster’s department, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the pay and quartermaster’s departments; for the printing of division and department orders and reports, sixty-seven million two hundred and seventeen thousand seven hundred and ninety-one dollars.
For the incidental expenses of the quartermaster’s department, consistingIncidental expenses of quartermaster’s department. of postage on letters and packets received and sent by officers of the army on public service; expenses of courts-martial and courts of inquiry, including the additional compensation of judge advocates, recorders, members, and witnesses, while on that service, under the act of March sixteenth,1802, ch. 9, §§ 21, 22.Vol. ii. p. 136. eighteen hundred and two; extra pay to soldiers employed, under the direction of the quartermaster’s department, in the erection of barracks, quarters, storehouses, and hospitals; in the construction of roads, and on other constant labor, for periods of not less than ten days, under1819, ch. 45.Vol. iii. p. 488.1854, ch. 247, § 6Vol. x. p. 576. the acts of March second, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, including those employed as clerks at division and department head-quarters; expenses of expresses to and from the frontier posts and armies in the field; of escorts to paymasters and other disbursing officers, and to trains where military escorts cannot be furnished; expenses of the interment of officers killed in action, or who die when on duty in the field, or at posts on the frontiers, or at other posts and places when ordered by the Secretary of War, and of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; authorized office furniture; hire of laborers in the quartermaster’s department, including the hire of interpreters, spies, and guides for the army; compensation of clerks to officers of the quartermaster’s department; compensation of forage and wagon masters,1838, ch. 162, § 10.Vol. v. p. 257. authorized by the act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; for the apprehension of deserters, and the expenses incident to their pursuit;644 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 shoeing 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.
For the purchase of cavalry and artillery horses, twenty-three millionCavalry and artillery horses. one hundred and eighty-nine thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars. For mileage, or the allowance made to officers of the army for theMileage and transportation of officers. transportation of themselves and their baggage, when travelling on duty without troops, escorts, or supplies, one million of dollars. For transportation of the army, including the baggage of the troopsTransportation of the army. 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 field; 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 foundries and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and army depots; freights, 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 cartage 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 procuringWater.Clearing roads, harbors, &c. water at such posts as, from their situation, require it to be brought from a distance; and for clearing roads, and removing obstructions from roads, harbors, and rivers, to the extent which may be required for the actual operations of the troops in the field, fifty-six million five hundred thousand dollars.
For hire or commutation of quarters for officers on military duty; hireHire and commutation of quarters, &c. of quarters for troops; of storehouses for the safe keeping of military 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. For heating and cooking stoves, one hundred and forty thousand dollars.Heating, &c., stoves. For telegraph for military purposes, and for expenses in operating theTelegraph. same, five hundred thousand dollars.
For supplies, transportation, and care of prisoners of war, one millionPrisoners of war. five hundred thousand dollars. For contingencies of the army, six hundred thousand dollars.Contingencies. For clothing for the army, camp, and garrison equipage, and for expensesClothing, camp equipage, &c. of offices and arsenals, seventy-six million two hundred and eighty-one thousand nine hundred and eleven dollars and fifty-four cents. For medicines, instruments, dressings, and so forth, for the regularMedicines, hospital stores, &c. army, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.
For hospital stores, bedding, and so forth, for the regular army, one hundred thousand dollars. For hospital furniture and field 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. 645 For private physicians, and medicines furnished by them, for the regularPrivate physicians, &c. army, fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. For hire of clerks and laborers in purveying depots, for the regular army,Clerks and laborers. one thousand six hundred dollars.
For continuing meteorological observations and tabulating the same,Meteorological observations. under the direction of the surgeon-general, for the regular army, five hundred dollars. For contingencies, for the regular army, two thousand one hundred andContingencies. fifty dollars. For compensation of soldiers acting as cooks and nurses, under the actsPay of soldiers as cooks, &c.1856, ch. 125.1857, ch. 110. of August sixteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and March three, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, for the regular army, two thousand dollars.
For ice, fruits, and other comforts, under acts of August three, eighteenIce, fruits, &c.1861, ch. 42.1862, ch. 133. hundred and sixty-one, and July five, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for the regular army, twenty thousand dollars. For citizen nurses, under act of July five, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,Citizen nurses. for the regular army, four thousand dollars. For hospital clothing, for the regular army, fifteen thousand dollars.Hospital clothing. For care of sick soldiers in private hospitals, for the regular army,Private hospitals. eighteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For artificial limbs for soldiers, for the regular army and seamen, fiveArtificial limbs. thousand dollars. For medicines, instruments, dressings, and so forth, for the volunteers,Medicines, hospital stores, &c. for volunteers. four millions of dollars. For hospital stores, bedding, and so forth, for the volunteers, three million five hundred thousand dollars. For hospital furniture and field equipments, for the volunteers, one million dollars. For medical books, stationery, and printing, for the volunteers, one hundred thousand dollars.
For private physicians, and medicines furnished by them, for the volunteers,Private physicians, &c. four hundred thousand dollars. For hire of clerks and laborers in purveying depots, for the volunteers,Clerks and laborers. twenty-five thousand dollars. For continuing meteorological observations and tabulating the same,Meteorological observations, &c. under the direction of the surgeon-general, for the volunteers, one thousand dollars. For contingencies, for the volunteers, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.Contingencies.
For compensation of soldiers acting as cooks and nurses, under the actsPay of soldiers as cooks, &c.1856, ch. 125.1857, ch. 110. of August sixteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and March three, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, for the volunteers, seventy-five thousand dollars. For ice, fruits, and other comforts, under acts of August three, eighteenIce, fruits, &c.1861, ch. 42.1862, ch. 133. hundred and sixty-one, and July five, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for the volunteers, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars.
For citizen nurses, under act of July five, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,Citizen nurses. for the volunteers, one hundred thousand dollars. For hospital clothing, for the volunteers, eighty thousand dollars.Hospitals and hospital clothing. For care of sick soldiers in private hospitals, for the volunteers, one hundred and sixteen thousand five hundred dollars. For artificial limbs for volunteer soldiers and seamen, forty-five thousandArtificial limbs. dollars. For the army medical museum, five thousand dollars.
For medicines and medical attendance for negro refugees, (commonlyMedicines, &c. for contrabands. called contrabands,) fifty thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the adjutant-general’s department at departmentContingent expenses of adjutant-general’s department. head-quarters, two thousand dollars. For expenses of the commanding general’s office, ten thousand dollars.Commanding general’s office. 646THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 25, 26. 1863. For armament of fortifications, two million five hundred thousand dollars.Armament of fortifications.
For the current expenses of the ordnance service, nine hundred thousandOrdnance service. dollars. For ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies, including horse equipmentsOrdnance stores, supplies. for all mounted troops, six million five hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. For the manufacture of arms at the national armory, two million eightManufacture of arms. hundred and eighty thousand dollars. For repairs and improvements and new machinery at the nationalRepairs, &c. at National armory. armory at Springfield, Massachusetts, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For the purchase of gunpowder and lead, two million four hundredGunpowder and lead. and eighty thousand dollars. For additions to and extensions of shop room, machinery, tools, andArsenals. fixtures, at arsenals, five hundred thousand dollars. For purchase and manufacture of arms for volunteers and regulars, andPurchase, &c., of arms, ordnance, &c. ordnance and ordnance stores, fourteen million nine hundred and sixty thousand dollars. For surveys of military defences, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.Military defences.
For purchase and repair of instruments, ten thousand dollars.Purchase, &c. of instruments. For printing charts of lake surveys, fifteen thousand dollars.Charts of lake surveys. For continuing the survey of the northern and northwestern lakes, includingSurvey of lakes. Lake Superior, one hundred and six thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine dollars. For the signal service of the United States army, one hundred andSignal service. fifteen thousand eight hundred and ninety-one dollars.
For deficiency for signal service for the United States army for theDeficiency for signal service. year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, twelve thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That no money shall be paid fromNo money to be paid as salary in any office, unless authorized, &c.,nor to any person appointed to fill certain vacancies. the Treasury of the United States to any person acting or assuming to act as an officer, civil, military, or naval, as salary in any office, which office is not authorized by some previously existing law, unless where such office shall be subsequently sanctioned by law, nor shall any money be paid out of the Treasury, as salary, to any person appointed during the recess of the Senate, to fill a vacancy in any existing office, which vacancy existed while the Senate was in session and is by law required to be filled by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, until such appointee shall have been confirmed by the Senate.
Approved, February 9, 1863.