PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR, UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF BOSTON: HILLIARD, GRAY AND COMPANY. 1833. EXTRACT FROM AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PRINTING AND BIND- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War and he is hereby, authorized and directed, to contract with HILLIARD, GRAY AND CO. of Boston, or some other person or persons, for printing, binding and delivering, sixty thousand copies of the Abstract of Infantry Tactics, including Exercises and Manoeuvres of Light-Infantry and Riflemen, for the use of the Militia of the United States; also, five thousand copies of a System of Exercise and Instruction of Field-Artillery, including Ma nœuvres for Light or Horse-Artillery, as reported by the Secretary of War, on the eighth of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, agreeably to the proposals of said HILLIARD, GRAY AND Co., made to the Secretary of War, dated on the twenty-seventh of October, eighteen hundred and twentyseven, in their specimen marked B: and when so printed, bound and delivered, the Secretary of War is hereby directed to apportion the same among the several States and Territories, and in the District of Columbia, for the use of the Militia thereof, according to the number of the Militia in each State and Territory and the District of Columbia; and to forward to the Chief Magistrate of each State and Territory the number allowed to such State and Territory as aforesaid, to be by said Chief Magistrate distributed among the officers of the Militia of such State or Territory, for their use, and the use of their successors in office, under such rules and regulations as they may direct. And the Secretary of War will cause the number of copies apportioned to the District of Columbia to be distributed among the officers of the Militia in the District, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the President of the United States. HILLIARD, GRAY AND CO., BOSTON, will supply States, Booksellers, and others, with this Work, and also the Abstract of Infantry Tactics, in any quantity, on the most liberal terms. SIR, WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 1826. THE Board of Officers assembled at this place, under your orders of October 5, 1826, for, among other purposes, reporting "A System of Exercise and Instruction of Field-Artillery, including Manœuvres for Light or HorseArtillery,” have now the honour to submit, through its Recorder, (Lieutenant Eakin,) the annexed sheets. WINFIELD SCOTT, Maj. Gen. and President of the Board T. CADWALADER, Maj. Gen. Penn. Militia. WM. H. SUMNER, Adj. Gen of Massachusetts. B. DANIEL, Adj. Gen. Militia, North Carolina. ABRM. EUSTIS, Lieut. Col. 4th Artillery. Z. TAYLOR, Lieut. Col. 1st Regt. U. S. Infantry G. CUTLER, Lieut. Col. 3d Infantry. CHARLES J. NOURSE, U. S. A. To the HON, JAMES BARBOUR, Secretary of War. |