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BARRACK MASTER'S DEPARTMENT,

duties of officers of the, respecting articles furnished to Congress
supernumerary officers in the, to be discharged

abolished.

BARRACKS,

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elected physician and surgeon-general of army in Northern Department..

BARTLETT, JOSIAH,

mentioned.

Member of committee

BATCHELDER, RICHARD N.,

mentioned.

BATES, ALFRED E.,

mentioned...

BATHORSES,

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appointed deputy paymaster-general to the troops on the frontiers of Vir-

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appointed deputy muster master for the New York Department .
promoted muster master general..

mentioned..

BEDLOE, WILLIAM,

mentioned.

BEEF (see CATTLE; Barrels),

exportation of, prohibited.

committee to provide fresh.

States' quotas of ...

how delivered and paid for.

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BEEF Continued.

part of quota of, from Maryland may be retained in that State...
fresh, to be issued daily...

BEER,

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mentioned.

BELLS (see CHURCH BELLS).

BELTON, JOHN,

to superintend the making and altering 100 muskets.
BENET, STEPHEN V.,

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by the Public Printer not to exceed allotment to bureaus.

BINNEY, BARNABAS,

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to investigate plan for reclamation of alluvial basin of Mississippi River..

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BOARD OF ORDNANCE,

composition of subordinate..

488, 553

BOARD OF ORDNANCE AND FORTIFICATION,

composition and duties of the....

523, 602

BOARD OF TREASURY,

mentioned

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prepare regulations for the Quartermaster's Department..
employ agents for the purchase of forage

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number of wagoners enlisted and regulations respecting them to be reported
to the

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to superintend the Quartermaster's Department..

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procure from the Quartermaster-General returns of all officers, agents,
etc., of the department.....

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discharge supernumerary officers in the barrack master's department..
purchase covered wagons for the artillery...

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direct disposition of goods seized or contracted for in Philadelphia .. 159–290
suspend or dismiss all supernumerary officers in the Quartermaster's
Department

furnish the Southern army with tents.

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make contracts for supplying the Army with beer, vegetables, soap, etc. 265
cooperate with General Washington in effectual measures for supplying
the Army

(see MASSACHUSETTS BAY.)

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inquire what measures have been taken by the Pennsylvania legislature
to lay up magazines.

order purchases of flour and provisions, etc.

employ agents to purchase meat

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appoint directors and subdirectors of the company of bakers
make regulations for conducting the hides department..

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prepare instructions, etc., for the conduct of the clothier's department.
appoint commissaries of hides and make regulations for their govern-

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ment.

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give orders for supplying prisoners of war with indian meal in lieu of
flour..

advise State executive powers of any considerable additions to stock of
clothing...

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contract for a number of cannon of the new construction

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furnish certain military stores to the Southern army

ammunition and equipments to the artillery and cavalry in the
Southern army; employ artificers to repair arms.
relative to officers and artificers at the Springfield laboratory.

reports of..
mentioned

287, 291, 490, 491, 560
153, 161, 162,

163, 168, 170, 173, 174, 176, 178, 260, 263, 270, 274, 277, 279,
280, 283, 285, 288, 296, 298, 299, 304, 305, 308, 316, 317, 319,
382, 490, 549, 550, 554, 555, 559, 560, 562, 563, 564, 565

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BOARD OF WAR AND ORDNANCE,

to appoint agents to purchase necessaries for the Army.
all contracts for casting cannon turned over to the..

to submit estimate for a brass foundry

appoint persons to manufacture flints..

contract with Mr. Byers as superintendent of a brass foundry.

for battering cannon, mortars, etc.

appoint a field commissary of military stores.

surveyor of ordnance

procure a quantity of shot and shell.

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remove unnecessary officers in department of military stores.
vacate contract with Mr. Byers

mentioned.

BOARDS (see Medical board; LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD),
appointed to reorganize mode of making coast surveys

consider subject of fortifications, torpedoes, etc
examine all inventions of heavy ordnance, etc

to report on property of the Signal Corps.......
BOARDS OF ENGINEERS,

appointed

BOARDS OF ENROLLMENT,

composition and duties of..

BOARDS OF EXAMINATION,

composition and duties of....

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to pass on officers and men prior to detail for signal duty.

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to be furnished by officers of the Quartermaster's Department...

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paymasters and military storekeepers at arsenals and
armories.....

commissioner and assistants of Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen, etc

of officers of the Pay Department, when to be renewed

Books,

for the inspecting and mustering department....

respecting purchase of, for the Adjutant-General's Office..
BOSTON HARBOR, MASS.,

mentioned.

BOUDINOT, ELIAS,

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appointed commissary-general of prisoners, with rank of colonel..

empowered to appoint deputies...

mentioned.

BOUNTY,

wagoners to receive same, as enlisted men of the Army.

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BREVETS (see UNIFORMS),

may be issued to certain officers who in 1777 held a commission by, higher

than their present rank...

conferrable for gallant services

ten years' service in any one grade..

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only by consent of the Senate...

on volunteer officers for services prior to appointment in
Regular Army..

when, entitled to pay or emoluments

BREWEN, JEREMIAH,

appointed to superintend the artificers.....

BREWER, JONATHAN,

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construction of, across the Detroit River.

Great Kanawha River, West Virginia..

location of, across Mississippi River at Hickman, Ky
(see NATIONAL ROAD; NORTH RIVER BRIDGE.)
examination and construction of...

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