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ARMY-Continued.

Deficiency appropriation for,; for transportation, &c., of.the.; for arrears of
pay to officers and soldiers of the,; for contingencies of the, for 1879 and
prior years; for contingencies of the, for same period to pay the judg-
ment, including costs, &c., rendered against Lieut. Royal E. Whitman, 3d
Cavalry; for pay of the,; and for pensions.

(See SUBSISTENCE STORES)

Appropriation for the support, &c., of the insane of the,

(See PAYMENTS)

Act authorizing the placing of Captain and Brevet Colonel Joseph Conrad,
of the 11th Infantry, on the retired list of the, as a colonel, with the pay
and emoluments of a retired officer of that grade.
Announces to the, the retirement of Major-General Irvin McDowell

ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL.

Appropriation for an, at Hot Springs, Arkansas.

ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.

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100

102

_116

--(VII) 119

Act authorizing the Secretary of War to pay over to the Secretary of the,
$7,500, to aid in the erection of a statue or monument to General James
A. Garfield_.

ARMY PRIZES.

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-(VIII) 32

Publishes rules and regulations to govern in target practice for,
The contest for, provided for in par. 5, G. O. No. 53, of 1882, A. G. O., will take
place this year at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, commencing October 25th,
(See ARMY TEAM); designates Colonel J. C. Tidball, aide-de-camp, to
take charge of the contest for,; the competition for, how conducted; the
General of the Army or an officer of his personal staff to be present at
the contest and present the,

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Abolishes the, at Fort Union, N. M.; the buildings and grounds pertaining
to the, to be turned over to the Quartermaster's Department for the use
of the line of the Army.

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Appropriations for, for the fiscal year

102

Appropriation for furnishing, and appliances, or commutation therefor, and
transportation

__102

Certain, to be supplied to the soldiers' and sailors' reunion at Topeka,
Kansas

Batteries E, 1st, F, 2d, F, 3d, F, 4th, and D, 5th, designated as additional
light-batteries, and assigned to posts..

Joint resolution to supply, &c., to the encampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic at Bismarck, Kansas

-(VI) 46

-(IX) 85

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ARTILLERY SCHOOL.

At the, Fort Monroe, the non-commissioned officer and privates of the band
will be apportioned among the batteries serving at that post. (See BANDS)--63
Appropriation for the, at Fort Monroe, Va..

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Opinion of the, respecting the limitation of the retired list of the Army.
Act making it the duty of the, to examine all claims of the title to the
premises to be improved under the appropriation for improving the
Potomac River in the vicinity of Washington, &c.

A. W. DRIPS POST No. 74.

BANDS.

Act to deliver four condemned cannon and four cannon-balls to, G. A. R.,
at Maquoketa, Iowa...

Amends paragraph 159 of the Regulations, respecting,..

BARRACKS.

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(III) 122

63

Plans and estimates submitted under section 1136, Revised Statutes, respect-
ing permanent, will hereafter be prepared in duplicate..
Authorizes the sale of the military, and the lands upon which they are
located, in the city of Savannah, Georgia....

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-(V) 46

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

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BARRACKS-Continued.

Act to authorize the use of unoccupied, in the establishment of additional
industrial training-schools for Indian youth_.

BEDDING.

Amends paragraph 1900 of the Regulations, respecting,.

BEEF-CATTLE.

Corrects paragraph 2147 of the Regulations, respecting contracts for,-

BINDING.

Appropriation for public printing and, for the War Department

BOARD.

-(II) 109

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102

Joint resolution relating to the report of the Special Ordnance, authorized
by act of March 3, 1881," to make examination of all inventions of heavy
ordnance and improvements of heavy ordnance and projectiles that may
be presented to them, including guns now being constructed or con-
verted under the direction of the Ordnance Bureau.".
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.

-(VI) 79

A, to examine Calumet River from its mouth to the Fork at Calumet Lake,
and report upon the practicability and the best method of perfecting and
maintaining a channel for through navigation to said Fork at Lake
Calumet

BOARD OF SURVEY.

BOOKS.

Amends paragraph 222 of the Regulations respecting action of, when a
soldier deserts the service.

Corrects paragraph 200 of the Regulations, respecting the, to be kept with
a company

BOUNTY.

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Deficiency appropriation for payment of amounts for, to volunteers who
served in the war of the rebellion; for payment of amounts for additional,
under act of July 28, 1866; and for, to volunteers and their widows and
legal heirs for 1871 and prior years

Appropriation for collection and payment of, prize-money, and other claims
of colored soldiers and sailors

Act respecting, to soldiers who under this act have been relieved from the
charge of desertion

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Amends paragraph 1753 of the Regulations, respecting the, of public
horses, mules, oxen, wagons, carts, ambulances, tools, and all other pub-
lic property

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Act granting four pieces of condemned cannon to the Selectmen of the
town of, for a specific purpose_-

-(XIV) 59

Corrects paragraph 529 of the Regulations, respecting, for the troops.
(See RAILWAY BRIDGE)

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-(VI) 41

Act authorizing the Hannibal and Southwestern Railway Company to con-
struct a, over the Missouri River at or near Arrow Rock, Missouri -(III) 46
Act to authorize the Saint Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk Railroad Company
to construct a, across the Missouri River at the most accessible point
within five miles above the city of Saint Charles, Missouri.
Act to authorize the Mercer County Bridge Company, or the Keithsburg
Bridge Company, or both of them, to build a, across the Mississippi River
at or near Keithsburg, Illinois.

-(1) 51

-(II) 51

-(V) 79

-(III) 82

Act authorizing the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company to construct
and maintain a railroad, over the Missouri River_.

Act to authorize the Rock Island and Southwestern Railway Company to
construct a, over the Mississippi River at New Boston, Illinois.
Act authorizing the Saulte Sainte Marie Bridge Company to construct a,
across the Sainte Marie River, for the use and connection of rail-
roads..

Act authorizing the construction of a, across the Arkansas River at the
town of Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas

Act to authorize the construction of a street-railway and wagon-road, over
the Rio Grande River between the city of El Paso, Texas, and Paso del
Norte, Mexico

--(IV) 85

-(I) 109

-(IV) 82

BRIDGE Continued.

Act to authorize the Maine Shore-Line Railway Company to construct a,
over the Saint Croix River.

-(VIII) 119
Act to authorize the Upper Iowa and Mississippi River Railway Company to
construct and maintain a ponton railway, across the Mississippi River (IX) 119
Joint resolution to authorize the New York and Canada Bridge Company
to construct and maintain a, across the Saint Lawrence River..

BRIDGES.

-(X) 119

Act authorizing the Texas and Saint Louis Railway Company to build cer-
tain, in the State of Arkansas.

-(III) 79

Act to authorize the construction of, over the rivers Saint Mary's, Satella,
Little Satella, and Crooked, in the States of Georgia and Florida..
-(V) 85
Act authorizing the New Orleans and Northwestern Railroad Company to
construct, over the channels of Pearl River and Lake Pontchartrain__(VI) 85
BRIMFIELD, MASS.

Act donating to the Selectmen of the town of, four condemned cannon for
a specified purpose

BUREAU OF MILITARY JUSTICE.

--(III) 59

Act announcing number of clerks and messengers allowed in the, and
allowance for contingent expenses, including law books for judge-advo-
cates stationed at department headquarters.

CADETS.

Announces assignment of, to corps and regiments in the Army. (See GRAD-
UATES)

CALIFORNIA (STATE OF.)

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(See INDIAN HOSTILITIES)

(IV) 79

CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS.

Appropriation for traveling expenses of, prior to July 1, 1879_

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Amends paragraphs 2273, 2274, and 2275 of the Regulations, respecting, for
appointment in the Medical Corps.

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Amends paragraph 837 of the Regulations, respecting, for admission to the
Soldiers' Home

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CANNON.

Grants the use of, &c., at the encampment of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lic of the Department of Pennsylvania on the battle-field of Gettysburg,
in July, 1882-

IV) 41

Act donating, and cannon-balls for use and ornament about a suitable sol-
diers' monument at Portland, Maine-

Act authorizing the Secretary of War to donate four condemned iron, to
the Ladies' Soldiers' Monument Society of Portsmouth, Ohio.
Act donating condemned, and cannon-balls to the city of Topeka, Kansas,
for monumental purposes...

Grants the use of, &c., at the soldiers' reunion to be held at Grand Island,
Nebraska, in the month of August, 1882.

(V) 41

-(VI) 51

-(I) 59

-(II) 59
Act donating condemned, and cannon-balls for monumental purposes to
Charles Russell Lowell Post No. 7, G. A. R., of Boston, Mass.; to the
towns of Woburn, Winchester, Wakefield, in Massachusetts; to Post No.
78 of the G. A. R., district of Massachusetts; to the McPherson Post No.
73 of the G. A. R., of the district of Massachusets; to the Selectmen of
the town of Paxton, Mass.; to the Selectmen of the town of Brimfield,
Mass.; to the William H. Bartlett Post No. 3 of the G. A. R., of Taun-
ton, Mass.; also for Ferncliff Cemetery, in Springfield, Ohio
Act to furnish condemned, for soldiers' cemetery in the city of Gallipolis,
Ohio

(III) 59

(IV) 59

Act donating condemned, to the Soldiers' Monument Association of Bir-
mingham, Connecticut.

Act to donate condemned, to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Association of Bell-
aire, Ohio

-(V) 59

Act to donate condemned, to the citizens of Otsego, Michigan...

Act donating condemned, to Sampson Post No. 22 of the G. A. R., of Roch-
ester, New Hampshire

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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

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CANNON-Continued.

(IX) 59

Act to donate condemned, to the township of Milan, Ohio..
Act donating condemned, to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monumental Associ-
ation of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania_

-(X) 59

Act donating condemned, to E. E. Sturtevant Post No. 2 of the G. A. R., of
Concord, New Hampshire, and also to Storer Post No. 1 of the G. A. R.,
at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

(XI) 59

(XII) 59

-(XIV) 59

Act to donate condemned, to the city of Mansfield, Ohio.
Act to furnish condemned, for the Soldiers' Cemetery at Hamilton, Ohio (XIII) 59
Act granting condemned, to the town of Brandon, Vt...
Act to furnish condemned, and cannon-balls to the National Cemetery at
Louisville, Kentucky; also for the soldiers' burying ground in Oakwood
Cemetery, in the village of Hyde Park, Illinois; also to the National
Cemetery at Memphis, Tenn.; also to General Shunk Post G. A. R., at
Marion, Indiana.

-(XV) 59

Joint resolution granting condemned, and cannon-balls to the Morton
Monument Association..

--(XVI) 59

---(XVII) 59

Joint resolution granting condemned, and cannon-balls to the city of
Waterloo, Iowa.

Act donating condemned, and cannon-balls to the Soldiers' Monument
Association of Birmingham, Connecticut

Act granting condemned, to the Anna M. Ross Post No. 94 of the G. A. R.,
of Philadelphia

--(I) 82

Act authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver certain, for monumental
purposes to the Grand Army of the Republic at Westminster, Mass.; also
to the Danville Light Battery A, Illinois National Guard, for monumental
purposes

(II) 82

VI) 82

(VII) 82

Act authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver condemned, to the Jeff. C
Davis Post No. 16 of the G. A. R., at Vincennes, Indiana
Act granting condemned, to Otis Chapman Post No. 103 of the G. A. R.,
at Chicopee, Massachusetts--

(III) 85

(I) 103

Act granting four condemned cast-iron, and twenty cannon-balls to the
city of Marshalltown, Iowa...

Act donating condemned cast-iron, and cannon-balls to Post Dick Lambert
of the G. A. R., at Ironton, Ohio, for the soldiers' monument at that place (II) 103
Act granting condemned cast-iron, to Abe Lincoln Post No. 29 of the G.
A. R., at Council Bluffs, Iowa, for monumental purposes
Act donating condemned, for the soldiers' monument at the village of East
Bloomfield, New York

(III) 103

-(IV) 103

(V) 103

Act donating condemned, to Nelson Post No. 194 of the G. A. R., at New-
port, Kentucky, for monumental purposes; also condemned, and cannon-
balls to the Monumental Association of Pickaway County, Ohio-
Act donating condemned, and cannon-balls to Post No. 14 of the G. A. R.,
at Logansport, Indiana, for monumental purposes; condemned, to the
Post of the G. A. R., at Winchester, Indiana; and condemned, and can-
non-balls to Eugene A. Rawson Post, G. A. R., Fremont, Ohio
(VI) 103
Act donating condemned, and cannon-balls to Robert D. Lathrop Post No.
138 of the G. A. R., department of New York; condemned, and spher-
ical shot to the Soldiers' Monument Association of the city of Utica,
New York; condemned, and cannon-balls to Post No. 208, G. A. R., at New
Brighton, Pennsylvania; also to the Post of the G. A. R., at Georgetown,
Massachusetts; also for G. A. R. Post at Whitehaven, Pennsylvania;
also same for G. A. R. Post at Danville, Pennsylvania; also condemned,
to Edwin M. Stanton Post of the G. A. R., at Steubenville, Ohio; also for
Dahlgren Post, G. A. R., New York City; also for Englewood, Illinois,
Grand Army of the Republic Association
-(VII) 103
Act donating two condemned (and obsolete) mortars and four, balls to the
post of the G. A. R. at Peru, Indiana; condemned (and obsolete) mortars
and four, balls to General Harrison Post of the G. A. R., at Kokomo,
Indiana; one cast-iron, and carriage to the Post of the G. A. R. at Cla-
rinda, Iowa; condemned, and cannon-balls to the Post of the G. A. R. at
Keosaugus, Iowa; also to the Ladies' Monument Association of Mount
Vernon, Ohio; condemned, to the Charles Sumner G. A. R. Post of Grave-
laud, Mass; and condemned, and cannon-balls to Post 183 of the G. A. R.
at Rochester, Pennsylvania

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(I) 122

CANNON-Continued

Act donating coudemned, to the Soldiers' Monument Association of Cham-
bersburg, Pennsylvania; condemned, and cannon-balls to the soldiers'
monument at Lancaster, Pennsylvania; also to the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Monumental Association of Delaware, Ohio; also condemned, to William
Logan Rodman Post No. 1 of the G. A. R., New Bedford, Mass.; also to
the post of the G. A. R. at Fall River, Mass.; and also condemned, and
cannon-balls to Post No. 82 of the G. A. R., at Marblehead, Mass
--(II) 122
Act donating condemned, and cannon-balls to the A. W. Drips Post No.
74, G. A. R., at Maquoketa, Iowa; also to the George Strong Post, G. A.
R., at Fairfield, Iowa; also to the G. A. R., Lawrence, Mass
Act granting condemned, and cannon-balls to the post of the G. A. R. at
Peabody, Mass.; and also to George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., in Indiana-
polis, Indiana

-(III) 122

(IV) 122

Act to donate condemned, and cannon-balls to the A. E. Burnside Post No.
109 of the G. A. R., at South Chicago, Ill.
Joint resolution granting condemned, and cannon-balls to "Tip" Best
Post No. 75, G. A. R., of Montrose, Iowa

Act to furnish condemned, and cannon-balls to Sergeant Thomas Ridge, for
soldiers' cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Act donating condemned, to the Selectmen of the town of Hatfield, Massa-
chusetts.

Act donating condemned, and cannon-balls to Edward Pye Post No. 179
of the G. A. R

-(V) 122

(VI) 122

(VII) 122
-(VIII) 122

(XIV) 122

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Appropriation to aid in defraying the expenses of the, to be held at Wash-
ington's Headquarters, in the city of Newburg, State of New York, in
1883

CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

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--(VIII) 82

Act to grant to the, of New Jersey, the right of way for railroad purposes
through the land of the United States powder-depot near Dover, New
Jersey-

CERTIFICATES OF DISABILITY.

(See DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS, MEDICAL OFFICERS)
CHARLES RUSSELL POST No. 7.

--(I) 110
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Act donating two condemned cannon and two condemned carriages to, of
the G. A. R., of Boston, to be used for monumental purposes, &c

CHARLES SUMNER POST.

Act donating four condemned cannon to the, G. A. R..

--(III) 59

CHARLOTTE.

CHATEAUGAY RAILROAD COMPANY.

Authorizes the loan of one hundred flags to the mayor and committee of
citizens of, North Carolina

(I) 122

(V) 58

Act to authorize the Secretary of War to release to the, for railroad pur-
poses only, a right of way across lands of the United States at Platts-
burg, New York.

-(I) 46

CHEVRON.

Amends paragraph 2746 of the Regulations, respecting the service-in-war,
and the campaign, &c.
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Amends paragraph 2745 of the Regulations to read as follows: each "ser-
vice," "service-in-war," and "campaign" chevron

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CHEVRONS.

Amends paragraphs 2727, 2743, and 2746 of the Regulations, respecting the,
worn by non-commissioned officers, and the service, service-in-war, and the
campaign, worn by all enlisted men

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CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.

Act announcing number of clerks, skilled draughtsmen, civil engineers,
messengers, and laborers for the office of the,; appropriation for contin-
gent expenses, &c..

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