Act authorizing the President to place Captain and Brevet Colonel Joseph
Conrad, of the 11th Infantry, on the, of the Army, as a colonel, with the
pay and emoluments of a retired officer of that grade
Places the name of Major General Irvin McDowell on the, of the Army.
RETIRED OFFICERS.
Respecting the ten per centum increase of pay to, (See DECISION)
(See SUBSISTENCE STORES) -
(See ANNUAL RETURNS OF MUSKETRY PRACTICE)
REVISED STATUTES.
Publishes table which exhibits the sections of the, relating to the military
service which are altered, affected, or repealed by legislation of the
Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses
Act to amend section 4702, title 57, of the, respecting pensions, marriages,
&c_
Act to amend section 5254, title 63, of the, of the United States, concerning
the use of piers and cribs in the Mississippi River, by adding the words
"Saint Croix River" after the words "Mississippi River"
Act to amend section 4702, title 57, of the, of the United States, respecting
pensions
Prescribes the manner in which the, prescribed by G. 0. No. 56, current
series, as part of the equipment of company sergeants, and the, and saber
for cavalry (and mounted batteries of artillery), will be worn, &c.
REVOLVER PISTOL.
(See EQUIPMENT).
RIFLE TEAMS.
Publishes substitute for G. O. No. 44, of 1881, for the purpose of securing
uniformity in selecting the, and in conducting the competitions prescribed
therein.
Act reserving, to the United States for postal telegraph across a bridge to
be built over the Missouri River by the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad
Company
Act to grant the, for railroad purposes through the lands of the United
States powder depot near Dover, New Jersey.
-(I) 110
Act granting to the St. Tammany Water Works Company the, to lay con-
duits, pipes, arches, and aqueducts under the waters of Lake Pontchar-
train, to connect its northern shores with the city of New Orleans, and
over and under any of the public waters or lands of the United States
between New Orleans and said shore of said lake
Respecting the acquiring of sites and the erection of suitable posts for the
protection of the,
Act to authorize the construction of a street-railway and wagon-road bridge
over the, between the city of El Paso, Texas, and Paso del Norte,
Mexico
Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation
of certain works on, and harbors.......
Act to construct a, and approaches from Mound City, Illinois, to the
Mound City National Cemetery
--(V) 82
Appropriation for the, from Fort Scott, Kansas, to the national cemetery
near that place; for the, from Chattanooga National Cemetery to the
city of Chattanooga, Tennessee; for the improvement of the military,
from Yankton to Fort Randall, Dakota.
ROBERT D. LATHTROP Post No. 138.
Act donating four condemned cannon and four cannon-balls to, of the G. A.
R., Department of New York
ROCK ISLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Act to authorize the, to construct a bridge over the Mississippi River at
New Boston, Illinois_
Prescribes, &c., for "School of Application".
RUSSIAN HEBREW REFUGEES.
Joint resolution to loan twenty-five wall tents to the colony of, at Cimarron,
Foote County, Kansas-
Announces the approval by the Secretary of War of the new light artillery,
and that it is being made at the National Armory, for sale to officers-
SAINT CROIX RIVER.
Act to authorize the Maine Shore Line Railway Company to construct a
bridge over the,
SAINTE MARIE RIVER, MICH.
Act authorizing the Saulte Sainte Marie Bridge Company to construct a
bridge across the,
Joint resolution to authorize the New York and Canada Bridge Company
to construct and maintain a bridge across the,
SAINT LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY.
Act authorizing the, to construct and maintain a bridge across the Arkansas
River at the town of Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
SAINT LOUIS, HANNIBAL AND KEOKUK RAILROAD COMPANY.
Act to authorize the, to construct and maintain a bridge over the Missouri
River at the most accessible point within five miles above the city of
Saint Charles, Missouri
Act respecting the, &c., of the Assistant Secretaries of War and Navy
Joint resolution respecting the, of the chief clerk of the War Depart-
ment__.
Act to authorize the Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad Company and
the East Georgia and Florida Railroad Company to construct a bridge
over the,
Act authorizing the Texas and Saint Louis Railway Company to build a
bridge over the,
Act to turn over to, of the G. A. R. of Rochester, New Hampshire, four
condemned cannon
SAULT SAINTE MARIE BRIDGE COMPANY.
Act to authorize the East Georgia and Florida Railroad Company to con-
struct a bridge over the,
Act to authorize the, to construct a bridge across the Sainte Marie River__(IV) 85
SAVANNAH, GA.
Authorizes the sale of the military barracks and the lands upon which
they are located, in the city of,
Corrects paragraph 2147 of the Regulations, respecting the sale of, from
the ration
Directs that the nickel-plated, be worn on all occasions by officers of the
Army
Declares the, for Cavalry and Infantry now established; announces Colonel
Elwell S. Ótis, 20th Infantry, as its commander, and prescribes the rules
and course of instruction
Commanding officers, in every case if possible, to designate a commissioned
medical officer to accompany, and expeditions against hostile Indians ------101
Appropriation for completing a, on the west side of Governor's Island,
New York Harbor, and constructing a, on its southeastern portion_---
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
Act abolishing the military reservation at Fort Abercrombie, in the State
of Minnesota, and authorizing the, to have the lands embraced therein
made subject to homestead entry and sale the same as other public
lands
Act respecting the disposition by the, of the Fort Benton military reserva-
tion_.
Act respecting the duties and salary of the Assistant,.
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
Act to authorize the, to examine and report to Congress the amount of all
claims of the States of Texas, Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska, California,
Kansas, and Nevada, and the Territories of Washington and Idaho, for
money expended and indebtedness assumed by said States and Territories
in repelling invasions and suppressing Indian hostilities
Act making appropriations to be used by the, in the purchase and distribu-
tion of subsistence stores to aid in the relief of destitute persons in the
district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries, &c______(II) 32
Act placing the appropriation for continuing the improvement of Galveston
Harbor, Texas, under the direction of the,
Joint resolution authorizing the, to supply artillery and camp equipage to
the soldiers' and sailors' reunion at Topeka, Kansas.
Joint resolution authorizing the, to furnish tents to the State of Indiana on
the occasion of an encampment of troops of said State
Act authorizing the, to donate to the Ladies' Soldiers' Monument Society
of Portsmouth, Ohio, four condemned iron cannon
Joint resolution authorizing the, to loan such tents as can be spared from
the Rock Island Arsenal, to be used at the soldiers' reunion at Belle
Plaine, Iowa.
Joint resolution authorizing the, to use rations for the relief of destitute
persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River.
Act to authorize the, to sell the military barracks, and the lands upon
which they are located, in the city of Savannah, Ga.
Act to authorize the, to release a right of way across lands of the United
States at Plattsburg, New York
Act authorizing the, to place the name of Alexander Jones upon the rolls
of Co. E, 2d North Carolina Mounted Infantry
Joint resolution authorizing the, to use Government vessels for the trans-
portation and distribution of rations furnished by the United States to
the sufferers by the Mississippi overflow.
Act directing the, to pay over to the Society of the Army of the Cumber-
land $7,500, to aid in the erection of a statue or monument to General
James A. Garfield
Authorizes the, to use hospital tents for the relief of sufferers from the
overflow of the Mississippi River..
Act to authorize the, to change the name of Charles Alton Howard, 2d
Lieut. 9th Cavalry, on the register, rolls, and records of the Army, to
Alton Henry Budlong
Act authorizing the, to deliver certain condemned cannon and cannon-
balls to Charles Russell Lowell Post No. 7 of the G. A. R., of Boston; to
the towns of Woburn, Winchester, and Wakefield, in the State of
Massachusetts; to Post No. 78 of the G. A. R., and to McPherson Post
Act authorizing the, to issue, on the requisition of the governor of a State
bordering on the sea or gulf coast, and having a permanent camping-
ground for the encampment of the militia not less than six days annually,
two heavy guns and four mortars, with carriages and platforms.
-(III)
Deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses of the office of the,.
-(IV) 58
Joint resolution authorizing the, to loan one hundred flags to the mayor
and committee of citizens of Charlotte, North Carolina.-
Act authorizing the, to deliver condemned cannon and cannon-balls to the
city of Topeka, Kansas, for monumental purposes
Act authorizing the, to deliver certain condemned cannon and cannon.
balls to Post Bosworth, Portland, Maine
SECRETARY OF WAR-Continued.
No. 73 of the G. A. R., District of Massachusetts; to the selectmen of
the town of Parton, Massachusetts; to the selectmen of the town of
Brimfield, Mass; to Wm. H Bartlett Post No. 3 of the G. A. R., of
Taunton, Mass.; and also for Ferncliff Cemetery, in Springfield, Ohio (III) 59
Act to authorize the, to furnish condemned cannon for the soldiers' ceme-
tery at Gallipolis, Ohio.
Act authorizing the, to deliver condemned cannon to the order of the
president of the Soldiers' Monument Association of Birmingham, Con-
necticut
Act authorizing the, to deliver condemned cannon to the Soldiers' and
Sailors' Association of Bellaire, Ohio..
Act to authorize the, to turn over certain condemned cannon to Sampson
Post No. 22, G. A. R., of Rochester, New Hampshire
Act authorizing the, to deliver one condemned cannon to the citizens of
Otsego, Michigan.
Act authorizing the, to deliver condemned cannon to the mayor of Milan,
Act authorizing the, to deliver condemned cannon to the Soldiers' and
Sailors' Monumental Association of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Act to authorize the, to turn over to E. E. Sturtevant Post No. 2 of the G. A.
R., of Concord, New Hampshire, six condemned cannon, and also six
condemned cannon to Stover Post No. 1 of the G. A. R., of Portsmouth,
New Hampshire
-(X) 59
Act to authorize the, to deliver condemned cannon to the mayor of the
city of Mansfield, Ohio, to be placed on the public square of said city__(XII) 59
Act to authorize the, to furnish condemned cannon for the soldiers' ceme-
tery at Hamilton, Ohio.
Act authorizing the, to deliver condemned cannon to the selectmen of the
town of Brandon, Vermont
Act to authorize the, to furnish condemned cannon and cannon-balls for
the National Cemetery, at Louisville, Kentucky; also for the soldiers'
burying-ground in Oakwood Cemetery, in the village of Hyde Park,
Cook County, Illinois; also for the National Cemetery at Memphis, Ten-
nessee; and also to General Shunk Post, G. A. R., at Marion, Indiana__(XV) 59
Joint resolution authorizing the, to give certain condemned cannon and
cannon-balls to the Morton Monument Association
Joint resolution authorizing the, to deliver condemned cannon and cannon-
balls to the authorities of the city of Waterloo, Iowa..
Act authorizing the, to assume full control over the harbor of refuge on
Lake Huron at Sand Beach, Michigan, and to prescribe such regulations,
&c., as he shall deem needful to fully protect and preserve the said harbor
and its several channels, &c., and to appoint a custodian of said harbor,
and also to hire a steam-launch or tug to be stationed at and used about
said harbor, under the direction of said custodian, for the purpose of
enforcing the provisions of this act
Joint resolution that the transmission by the, to the House of Representa-
tives or the Senate, of the report of the board selected under the authority
of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1881, shall be deemed and taken
as a compliance by the, with the provisions of said act.
Joint resolution authorizing the, to furnish tents for the use of the Grand
Army of the Republic at the national encampment to be held in Baltimore
on the 21st and 22d of June, instant, and of the Society of the Army of
the Potomac at their annual meeting at Detroit, Michigan, on the 14th
and 15th days of June, instant.
Joint resolution authorizing the, to turn over to the Governor of Minnesota
such tents, poles, and pins as he may require for the use of the militia
and volunteer organizations of the State at their summer and fall en-
campment.
Act to authorize the, to deliver condemned cannon and cannon-balls to the
order of the Soldiers' Monument Association of Birmingham, Connecticut (1) 82
Act authorizing the, to donate condemned cannon to the Anna M. Ross
Post No. 94 of the G. A. R., of Philadelphia
Act to authorize the, to deliver certain cannon to the Grand Army of the
Republic post at Westminster, Massachusetts, and to the Danville Light
Battery A, Illinois National Guard...
SECRETARY OF WAR-Continued.
Act to authorize,the, to deliver certain cannon to Jeff. C. Davis Post No. 16
of the G. A. R., at Vincennes, Indiana
-(VII) 82
Joint resolution authorizing the, to expend a sum not to exceed $10,000 in
the erection of a suitable monument or column on the grounds belonging
to the State of New York and known as Washington's Headquarters--(VIII) 82
Act to authorize the, to loan tents to the Northwestern Missouri and South-
western Iowa Veteran Soldiers' Association.
Act to authorize the, to deliver to Otis Chapman Post No. 103 of the G. A.
R., condemned cannon for monumental purposes
Act for the, to cause to be made a survey and map of the land necessary to
extend the Washington Aqueduct, &c., and of the land necessary for a
reservoir; and a like survey and map of the land necessary for a dam
across the Potomac River at the Great Falls, including the land now
occupied by the dam, and the land required for the extension of said dam
across Conn's Island to and upon the Virginia shore, &c.
--(VII) 85
Joint resolution authorizing the, to supply artillery and camp equipage to
the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Bismarck Grove,
in Douglas County, Kansas-
Joint resolution authorizing the, to make payment, temporarily, of certain
employés of the War Department
Act making appropriation for compensation of the, and for an Assistant,
(See POSTAGE STAMPS).
Act directing the, to appoint a board of engineers who shall examine Calu-
met River and report upon the practicability and the best method of per-
fecting and maintaining a channel for through navigation to the Fork at
Lake Calumet
Publishes order of the, announcing that the President has designated
Battery E, 1st Artillery, Battery F, 2d Artillery, Battery F, 3d Artillery,
Battery F, 4th Artillery, and Battery D, 5th Artillery, as additional
light batteries.
Act providing that the Assistant, and Navy shall perform such duties as
may be prescribed by the respective Secretaries, or as may be required by
law, and if such Assistant Secretaries shall be first appointed during the
recess of the Senate their salaries may be paid them until the end of the
next session of the Senate
Act authorizing the, to deliver to the city of Marshalltown, Iowa, four
condemned cannon and twenty cannon-balls_
Act directing the, to deliver to Post Dick Lambert of the G. A. R., at
Ironton, Ohio, four condemned cannon and four large cast-iron cannon-
balls.
Act authorizing the, to furnish to Abe Lincoln Post No. 29 of the G. A. R.,
at Council Bluffs, Iowa, four condemned cannon.
Act directing the, to deliver to the authorities of East Bloomfield, Ontario
County, New York, four condemned cannon.
--(IV) 103
Act authorizing the, to donate four condemned cannon to Nelson Post No.
194 of the G. A. R., at Newport, Kentucky, and also five condemned
cannon and five cannon-balls to the Monumental Association of Pickaway
County, Ohio
Act authorizing the, to furnish two condemned cannon and two cannon-
balls to Post No. 14 of the G. A. R., at Logansport, Indiana; to the post
of the G. A. R. at Winchester, Indiana, four condemned cannon; and to
Eugene A. Rawson Post, G. A. R., Fremont, Ohio, four condemned
cannon and four cannon-balls.
-(VI) 103
Act directing the, to deliver to the Robert D. Lathrop Post No. 138 of the
G. A. R., Department of New York, four condemned cannon and four
large cannon-balls; to the "Soldiers' Monument Association" of the
city of Utica, New York, four cannon, of 24 or 32-pounders, and spherical
shot; to Post No. 208, G. A. R., at New Brighton, Pennsylvania, four
condemned cannon and four cannon-balls; two condemned cannon and
four cannon-balls to the post of the G. A. R. at Georgetown, Massachu-
setts; four condemned cannon and four cannon-balls for G. A. R. Post at
Whitehaven, Pennsylvania; also same for G. A. R. Post at Danville,
Pennsylvania; four condemned cannon and twelve cannon-balls to
Edwin M. Stanton Post of the G. A. R., at Steubenville, Ohio; four con-
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