APPROPRIATIONS,

Publishes act making, for the construction. &c., of certain fortifications...(I) 30
to improve the mouth of the Mississippi River. (II) 30
for the relief of sufferers by the overflow of the
Mississippi River

for the support of the Army.

construction of a post on the north fork of
the Loupe River

support of the Military Academy.

legislative, &c., expenses of the Government

for year ending June 30, 1875

sundry civil expenses of the Government.
repair, &c., of certain public works on rivers
and harbors.

to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the
Quartermaster's and Subsistence Departments.
Respecting balance of, for collection and payment of bounty to colored
soldiers and sailors...

Prescribes disposition to be made of balances of certain, for the service of
the Quartermaster's and Subsistence Departments

Publishes law respecting disposition of balances of unexpended, which
shall have remained two fiscal years on the books of the Treasury..
AQUEDUCT. (See WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.)
ARM-CHESTS. (See PACKING-BOXES.)

ARMORIES.

ARMS.

ARMY.

Publishes act making appropriations for certain. -

Cannot be issued to Indians not employed as scouts.
Rules to govern responsibility for Company, &

Calls attention to regulations requiring bi-monthly reports on state of, in
the hands of troops

Respecting sale of, to settlers

Publishes opinion of the Attorney General on question, Whether a State
can sell the, issued to it for arming the militia?

(See OFFICERS)

.41

.58

58

.63

.68

.91

82

.79

.38

58

68

81

.9

66

92

.9, 103
132

.5, 15, 17, 39, 66, 69, 92, 95, 102, 119, 122

Announces promotions and appointments in the,
(See ENLISTED MEN)..

Publishes act making appropriations for the support of the,
Discontinues temporarily the recruiting service of the,.
(See INSPECTOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT, ARTILLERY)
Publishes act reorganizing several staff corps of the,
(See CADETS)

At Fort Leavenworth to be turned over to the Quartermaster's Depart-

ment..

Publishes act making appropriations for certain,

.8

ARTILLERY.

Publishes act granting the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company right of
way through the grounds of the, at Pittsburgh, Pa..

81

(1) 86

Publishes act authorizing an additional major in the Second Regiment of.;
office to expire when number of majors in each artillery regiment shall
be reduced to three.

.(II) 67

ASYLUM.

(See INSANE ASYLUM)

(See FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL AND ASYLUM)..

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Publishes opinion of the, on question. What is Indian country?.

(II) 32

..8L

.40

ATTORNEY GENERAL—Continued.

Publishes opinion of the, on subject of Government aid to telegraph lines,

&e....
question, Can a State sell the arms issued to
it for arming the militia?

.36

.132

BAGGAGE.

Transportation of field allowance of, granted officers changing stations.......69
BARDSTOWN TURNPIKE COMPANY.

Respecting compensation for two bridges built by the, for the military
service.

Secretary of War to deliver four condemned cannon and sixteen cannon-
balls to the Soldiers' Monument Association of,

(II) 56

BOARD.

Announces names of members of the, to represent the Government at the
centential exhibition in Philadelphia

28

(See MILITARY PRISON BOARD)

.79

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

BOARD OF ENGINEERS.

Appointed a. to investigate and report a plan for reclamation of alluvial
basin of the Mississippi River subject to overflow.

73

Appoints a, to make a survey of the mouth of the Mississippi River..............
BOARD OF EXAMINATION

74

At recruiting depots to reject every man ascertained to have borne an un-
satisfactory character on previous enlistment...

..126

BONDS.

BOOKS. (See RECORD-BOOKS.)

BOUNTY.

Publishes act rendering available an unexpended balance of appropriation
for the collection and payment of, to colored soldiers and sailors...
BOXES. (See PACKING-BOXES.)

BREECH-LOADING ARMS.

Old form of monthly report on, to be discontinued..........

BRIDGES.

Publishes act providing for payment of, of the Louisville and Portland
Canal Company

42

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92

Publishes act to establish a pontoon railway, across the Mississippi River
at Prairie du Chien, and authorizing construction of a similar bridge at
or Dear Clinton, Iowa

(I) 60

Respecting compensation for certain, built for the military service, by the
Bardstown Turnpike Company

(I) 61

Publishes act for the construction of a military, across the North Platte
River at or near Fort Laramie

81

Publishes act authorizing construction of a, across the eastern branch of
the Potomac River, near Washington
Publishes act authorizing construction of a, across the Mississippi River
at or near La Crosse, Wis

(I) 87

..(II) 87

BROOMS.

For use of troops to be purchased from appropriation for camp and garri
son equipage, and properly accounted for.

.94

Announces monthly allowance of, for issue to troops.

120

BUFFALO RIVER.

BUILDINGS. (See PUBLIC BUILDINGS.)

Publishes act to dredge and protect channel at mouth of the,

.(1) 23

Publishes act authorizing sale of Government, on the military reservation
of Fort Reynolds, Col. Ter

(I) 88

Government, on reservation of Fort Leavenworth to be used, so far as prac-
ticable, for the purposes of the Military Prison..

52

BUREAU OF MILITARY JUSTICE.

To consist of one Judge Advocate General, ranking as Brigadier General.

BUREAUS.

Chiefs of, and others not to ask official opinions or decisions of officers con-
nected with other branches of the Government without first submitting
questions to the War Department

CADETS.

Announces assignment of, to corps and regiments of the Army.
(See GRADUATES)...

CALIFORNIA.

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93

.102

..(II) 61

Publishes act requiring the Secretary of War to ascertain amount of ex-
penses incurred by the State of, in suppressing Indian hostilities
CAMP DATE CREEK, ARIZ. TER.

Publishes act authorizing the Secretary of War to turn over to the Interior
Department such part of the military reservation of, no longer required
for military purposes.....

CAMP EQUIPAGE.

Publishes instructions relating to procuring and issuing,

price-list of,

CANAL COMPANY. (See LOUISVILLE AND PORTLAND CANAL COMPANY.)
CANNON. (See ORDNANCE.)

. (II) 88

.114

.131

Secretary of War to deliver to the authorities of Rhode Island a certain,
marked "Battery B, 1st Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, battle
of Gettysburg'

(I) 19

(III) 34

(II) 56

Secretary of War to deliver ten condemned brass, to the authorities of
Concord, Mass.

Secretary of War to deliver one condemned, to Prescott Post, Grand Army
of the Republic, Providence, R. I...
Secretary of War to deliver ten condemned brass, to the municipal au-
thorities of Lexington, Mass.

Secretary of War to deliver certain condemned, and shot to certain Posts
of the Grand Army of the Republic and other associations for monu-
mental purposes

Secretary of War to transfer twenty condemned bronze, to the Fairmount
Park Association, Philadelphia, Pa...

.(III) 85

(III) 60

(II) 85

CANVAS. (See TENTS.)

CARBINES.

Each company of Cavalry allowed for hunting purposes to retain five, of
the old pattern, and all ammunition therefor on hand ...

CARTRIDGES.

CASUALTIES.

Regulates sale of, to enlisted men for hunting purposes..

.103

103

.27, 77, 117

Publishes act authorizing issue of clothing to enlisted men of Companies I
of the 2d and E of the 3d, to replace that lost by them at the late fire
at Fort Sanders..

Each company of, allowed for hunting purposes to retain five carbines of
the old pattern and all ammunition therefor on hand..

Publishes act granting for a public, portion of the military reservation
near Salt Lake City.

(1) 47

CHALMETTE, LA.

Instructions to disbursing officers respecting, (paragraphs 3 and 4 revoked
by G. O. No. 21)

...10

CHANNEL

Secretary of War to deliver four condemned cannon and sixteen cannon.
balls to the Soldiers' Monument Association of,

(II) 56

(See BUFFALO RIVER)

(See MISSISSIPPI RIVER).

(I) 23

CHESTER, PA.

(I) 55

Secretary of War to deliver four condemned cannon and sixteen cannon-
balls to the Soldier' and Sailorss Monument Association of,. . . . .

(II) 56

CHOLERA.

Secretary of War to detail a medical officer to visit towns at which the,
prevailed in 1873

29

CITIZENS. (See EMPLOYÉS.)

CIVIL OFFICERS.

Of the Government not allowed to receive any compensation or perquisites
beyond legal salary or compensation

Publishes Presidential order forbidding, of the Government to accept
State or Territotial offices, and explanatory letter of the Secretary of
State

CLERKS.

Secretary of War authorized to employ temporary, to speedily copy certain
papers called for by Congress..

Fixes clerical force of the War Department; number of temporary, and
others to be reduced as fast as practicable, (See GENERAL SERVICE ;) not
allowed to receive additional compensation from any source whatever,
(See DEPARTMENTS)

In the War Department forbidden to ask official opinions or decisions of
officers connected with other branches of the Government without first
submitting the questions to the Secretary of War..

CLINTON, IOWA.

CLOTHING,

Publishes act authorizing issue of disused, to the sufferers by the overflow
of the Mississippi River

.68

.90

(I) 44

.68

113

Publishes act authorizing construction of a pontoon railway bridge across
the Mississippi River at or near,..............

(I) 60

(I) 35, 41

..54

(I) 56, 81
..66

(See OVERCOATS, OVERSHOES, MITTENS).
Publishes act authorizing issue of disused, to sufferers by the inundation
of the valleys of the Alabama. Tombigbee, and Warrior Rivers..
Publishes rules to govern responsibility for company,

Publishes act authorizing Secretary of War to turn over 10,000 suits of old,
to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

(I) 89

Publishes instructions relative to procuring and issuing, and camp equi-
page

Publishes act authorizing issue of, to certain enlisted men to replace that
lost by them at the late fire at Fort Sanders..
(See METALLIC SCALES).

(II) 89

.91

114

(See ISSUF)

116

Announces Division Depots established to facilitate distribution of, to the
several posts and stations

124

Forbids sale of new uniform, to citizens in the public service, (See EM-
PLOYÉS)

..130

Publishes price-list of,

...131

COLUMBIA HOSPITAL.

Publishes act making appropriations for the support of the, in Washington
City.

.81

COMMISSARY SERGEANTS.

At stations where subsistence in kind cannot be furnished, entitled to
commutation therefor at the rate of forty cents per day, (revoked by
G. O. No. 11)

.7

COMMISSIONERS. (See BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.)

Publishes act making an appropriation for compensation of the two civil,
on the Military Prison Board.

.79

COMMUTATION.

Authorizes, of rations at forty cents per day to Commissary Sergeants,
Hospital Stewards, Signal-Service Men &c., at stations where subsist
ence in kind cannot be furnished, (revoked by G. O. No. 11).

.7

CONCORD, MASS.

Secretary of War anthorized to deliver ten condemned brass cannon to the
authorities of, for a monument at the Old North Bridge, commemorative
of first repulse of British troops, April 19, 1775

CONTRACT SURGEONS.

.(III) 34

Number of, limited to seventy-five

78

CONVICTS.

Publishes act making appropriations for the support of military, in State

COUNSEL.

Applications of officers for services of, to be forwarded through the mili-
tary channel

(See SENTENCE)

COURT MARTIAL.

Respecting liability to duty of officers serving on..

COURT OF INQUIRY,

Publishes report of in the case of General O. O. Howard

Captain W. H. Bell

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.50

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.75

.96

14

50

79

Publishes joint resolution authorizing a special, in the case of General O.
O. Howard

Respecting liability to duty of officers serving on.
Publishes act making an appropriation for copying record of the, in the
case of General D. C. Buell

DAKOTA.

Secretary of War to ascertain expenses incurred by the territorial authori
ties of in arming, &c., the volunteers called out in 1862 to suppress
Indian hostilities

DECISIONS. (See OPINIONS)

DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA.

...(II) 19

Authorizes issues of blanket-lined overcoats, overshoes, and mittens to the
troops at certain posts in the

DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA.

Clothing Depot at Omaha, Neb., to supply the posts in the,

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Republishes sections of laws establishing the,

DEPARTMENT OF MISSOUR'.

Clothing Depot at Fort Leavenworth to supply the posts in the,
DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS.

Clothing Depot at Fort Leavenworth to supply the posts in the,

Brigadier General O. 0. Howar! to command the,......

.54

.124

15

124

124

Headquarters of the, to be connected by telegraph with certain posts....(II) 55
DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA.

DEPARTMENT OF THE PLATTE.

Clothing Depot at Omaha, Neb., to supply the posts in the,

DEPARTMENTS.

Commanders of, to exercise their authority to carry out the retrenchment
measures of the War Department

Enlisted men-not exceeding five-on duty at headquarters of, entitled to
commutation of rations at the rate of forty cents per day, (revoked by
G. O. No. 11).....

Commanders of, may direct sale of arms to actual setlers at exposed fron-
tier settlements

Commanders of, may modify rule exempting from duty members of a
Court Martial, &c., which adjourn for a period less than three days
Commanders of, to provide for bi-monthly examination of accounts of dis-
bursing officers under their orders

DEPARTMENT. (Executive.)

75

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1

.7

.9, 103

.50

64

Announces names of members of the Board to represent the several, at
the centennial exhibition in Philadelphia

28

Heads of the several, to require from employés such hours of labor as
necessary but not exceeding time for which said Departments are by law
required to be open

68

DEPOTS.

Announces, established to facilitate the distribution of clothing to the
Army..

124

Boards of examination at recruiting. to reject every man ascertained to
have borne an unsatisfactory characte: on previous enlistment...

.1:26

DESERTERS.

Who surrendered under the President's proclamation not entitled to
retained pay due them at time of desertion; enlisted in other regiments
cannot have such service estimated in making good time lost; entitled
to pay only from date of surrender....

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