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GENERAL ORDERS,

No. 32.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S Office,

Washington, March 22, 1882.

The following acts, extracts of an act, and joint resolutions of Congress are published for the information and government of all concerned: LAN ACT making an appropriation for the base and pedestal of a monument to the late Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Point, United States Navy.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circle at the intersection of Massachusetts and Connecticut avenues in Washington City shall hereafter be called the "Du Pont Circle"; and the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of War, in the preparation of the circle and of the base for a proposed statue of the late Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, United States Navy, to be erected thereon.

Approved February 25, 1882.

IL JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, of which sum so much as is necessary shall be used by the Secretary of War in the purchase and distribution of subsistence stores to aid in the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries; and he is authorized to co-operate with the authorities of the several States of which such district is a part in making distribution of the same.

Approved February 25, 1882.

III AN ACT for the relief of William H. Gill.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint William H. Gill a military storekeeper in the Quartermaster's Department, with the same grade and rank he held at the time of his resignation: Provided, That he shall receive no pay or allowances whatever for the time he shall have been out of service, nor

shall he be required to refund the pay or allowances received by him at the time he was mustered out of the service: And provided further, That the acceptance of any benefit under this act by the said William H. Gill shall be taken and construed to be by his election a bar to any claim for pay or allowances from the date of his muster out to the date of his acceptance of a commission under the provisions of this act.

SEC. 2. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby suspended for the purposes of this act, and only so far as they affect William H. Gill.

Approved March 4, 1882.

IV. AN ACT making an appropriation for continuing the improvements of Galveston Harbor, State of Texas.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose continuing the improvements of Galveston Harbor, in the State of Texas, which improvements are now being prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War, and the appropriation for which is wholly insufficient to continue the work to the end of the current fiscal year; and the expenditure of the sum hereby appropriated is placed under the direction and control of the Secretary of War.

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Approved March 4, 1882.

AN ACT to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums, or 80 much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appropri ated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and prior years, namely:

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For mileage of officers of the Army when traveling under orders, twenty thousand dollars.

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The Secretary of War is authorized to use the unexpended balance of the appropriations for the improvement of the Susquehanna River above and below Havre de Grace in the construction of the channel and breakwaters of the "Fishing Battery" below Havre de Grace.

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SEC. 3. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to cause to be paid the rent for the second and third stories of the building situated on the northeast corner of "F" and Tenth streets northwest in the city of Washington and occupied by a part of the force of the Surgeon General's Office for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, said payment to be made out of the appropriation for contingent expenses for the Office of the Surgeon General for said fiscal year at the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Approved March 6, 1882.

VI. JOINT RESOLUTION to authorize the Secretary of War to use hospital tents for the relief of sufferers from the overflow of the Mississippi River.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to use the hospital tents now possessed by the War Department, so far as may be necessary, to furnish temporary shelter to the destitute people who have been driven from their homes by the present overflow of the Mississippi River[.] Approved March 10, 1882.

VII JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to use Government vessels for the transportation and distribution of rations furnished by the United States to the sufferers by the Mississippi overflow.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be authorized, in his discretion, to use the steamers and other boats and vessels belonging to or now employed by the Government upon the Mississippi River and its tributaries, or so many thereof as may be necessary, in the transportation and distribution of the rations and supplies furnished by the United States, or individuals, to the sufferers by the recent overflow

of said rivers, the expense of manning, equipping and navigating such steamers and boats to be defrayed out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which necessary sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose.

Approved March 11, 1882.

VIII. AN ACT directing the Secretary of War to pay over to the Society of the Army of the Cumberland seven thousand five hundred dollars, to aid in the erection of a statue or monument to General James A. Garfield.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay over to the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, out of the proceeds of the sales of any condemned ordnance or ordnance stores, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, to be used in the erection of a statue or monument at Washington, District of Columbia, to the memory of General James A. Garfield. Approved March 11, 1882.

BY COMMAND OF GENERAL SHERMAN:

OFFICIAL:

R. C. DRUM,

Adjutant General.

Assistant Adjutant General.

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