GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, No. 44. Washington, April 9, 1867. The following Act of Congress is published for the information and government of all concerned: [PUBLIC-NO. 4.] AN ACT to clothe the maimed and destitute soldiers. 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 is hereby, authorized and required to furnish one complete suit of clothing to each invalid soldier who is an inmate of any regularly constituted "Soldiers' Home" in the United States, out of the stock on hand in the Quartermaster's Department. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That such clothing shall be delivered to the managers of such institutions upon their requisition therefor, accompanied with such certificates as to numbers and condition as the Secretary of War may prescribe. Approved, March 22, 1867. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 45. Washington, April 9, 1857. The following Resolution of Congress is published for the information and government of all concerned: [PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 7.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to turn over certain property of the United States at Camp Chase, Ohio, for the use of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and for other purposes. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, authorized to turn over the barracks, buildings, and other property of the United States now at Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, to the board of managers of the National Asylum for disabled volunteer soldiers, for the use and benefit of such soldiers. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, authorized to sell such surplus clothing, quartermaster's and medical stores, as he may deem expedient, at first prices, to the National Asylum for the use of disabled volunteer soldiers therein. Approved, March 22, 1867. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND), Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 46. Washington, April 9, 1867. The following Act of Congress is published for the information and government of all concerned: [PUBLIC-NO. 11.] AN ACT to authorize the entry and occupation of a portion of Long Island, in Boston Harbor, for military purposes. 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 is hereby, authorized to take possession of that portion of Long Island, in Boston harbor, Massachusetts, belonging to James T. Austin, for the purpose of erecting thereon a fort and such other structures as may be needed for military purposes, and there shall be paid for the same, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the suni of five thousand dollars, as agreed upon between Ivers J. Austin, the agent and representative of the said James T. Austin, and the Agent of the United States charged with the negotiation for the purchase of said property: Provided, That said amount shall not be paid until the Attorney General of the United States shall be satisfied that the title of said portion of said island has been fully transferred to the United States free from all incumbrance, and that the person receiving the money is competent to act in the premises. Approved, March 28, 1867. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: Assistant Adjutant General. |