United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/8th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 11
Chap. XI.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military establishment of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four.[1]
Military appropriation.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 four, 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:
Pay.For the pay of the army of the United States, three hundred and one thousand four hundred and seventy-six dollars.
Forage.For forage, four thousand and fifty-six dollars.
Subsistence.For the subsistence of the officers of the army and corps of engineers, twenty-eight thousand and eighty-two dollars and eighty-three cents, and one half of a cent.
For the subsistence of non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, one hundred and sixty-three thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine dollars and thirty-seven cents, and one half of a cent.
Clothing.For clothing, eighty thousand dollars.
Bounties and premiums.For bounties and premiums, fourteen thousand dollars.
Medical.For the medical and hospital department, ten thousand dollars.
Field equipage.For camp equipage, fuel, tools, expense of transportation and other contingent expenses of the war department, seventy-one thousand dollars.
Fortifications and armories.For fortifications, arsenals, magazines, and armories, one hundred and nine thousand eight hundred and ninety-six dollars and eighty-eight cents.
Maps, &c.For purchasing maps, plans, books, and instruments for the war department and military academy, one thousand dollars.
Indian Department.For the Indian department, seventy-five thousand five hundred dollars.
Funds how provided.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations, herein before made, shall be paid and discharged, first, out of any balance remaining unexpended of former appropriations for the support of the military establishment, and secondly, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 10, 1804.
- ↑ The acts relating to the army of the United States, passed before February 10, 1804, were: Act of September 29, 1789, chap. 25. Repealed. Vol. i. page 95. Act of April 30, 1790, chap. 10. Repealed. ”” 119. Act of March 3, 1791, chap. 28. Repealed. ”” 222. Act of March 5, 1792, chap. 9. Obsolete. ”” 241. Act of May 8, 1794, chap. 24. Obsolete. ”” 366. Act of June 7, 1794, chap. 52. Obsolete. ”” 390. Act of March 3, 1795, chap. 44. Obsolete. ”” 430. Act of May 30, 1796, chap. 39. Expired. ”” 483. Act of March 3, 1797, chap. 16. Repealed. ”” 507. Act of April 27, 1798, chap. 33. Obsolete. ”” 552. Act of May 28, 1798, chap. 47. Repealed. ”” 558. Act of June 22, 1798, chap. 57. Obsolete. ”” 569. Act of March 2, 1799, chap. 31. Obsolete. ”” 725. Act of March 3, 1799, chap. 48. Obsolete. ”” 749.