Chapter XV. *making appropriations for the support of the Military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and ten.* March 2, 1810. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That for defraying
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Chap. XV.— An Act *making appropriations for the support of the Military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and ten.* March 2, 1810. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That for defraying the expenses of the military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and ten, for the Indian department, and for the expense of fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, the fol-lowing sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say:
For the pay of the army of the United States, eight hundred and sixty-nineSpecific appropriations. thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars. For forage, sixty-four thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars. For subsistence, six hundred and eighty-five thousand five hundred and thirty-two dollars and five cents. For clothing, two hundred and ninety-three thousand eight hundred and four dollars. For bounties and premiums, thirty thousand dollars. For the medical and hospital departments, fifty thousand dollars.
For camp equipage, fuel, tools and transportation, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars. For ordnance, two hundred thousand dollars. For fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, including two thousand dollars for such a number of additional military storekeepers as may be required, two hundred and eighty-three thousand five hundred and seventy-four dollars and seventy-five cents. For purchasing maps, plans, books and instruments, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For contingencies, fifty thousand dollars. For the salary of clerks employed in the military agents’ offices, and in the office of inspector of the army, three thousand five hundred dollars. For the Indian department, one hundred and forty-six thousand six hundred dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the several sums specifically appropriated by this act, shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 2, 1810.