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Early United States War Budget and Indian Treaties Summary
Long 1854 appropriation act details army and naval funding, supplies, and pay. It lists amounts for dragoons, engineers, ordnance, fort repairs, weapon purchases, and for various Indian treaties and settlements, including Shawnee and Miami claims, with allocations for education, roads, and surveys. It references Fort Leavenworth, Harper’s Ferry, and Pacific railway explorations, plus coastline surveys and the Navy’s 1855 pay and provisions.
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Adjutant General’s Department
Ponton Bridge
Ordnance Service
Cce
The
United States
Snd
Senate
Harper's Ferry
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Lake Bapetier
Ormed Department
Mississippi
Lake Superior
Corps of Lical Engineers
Barlow
Military Academy
West Point
Quartermaster’s Department
Pacific
Army
Coast Survey
Treasury
Benicia
California
Sohn E Mookey
Army Officers
Secretary of War
United States Army
Joseph L. Folsman
San Francisco
Yisy
Anne Domini
Guy
Sid Fotsom
Shawnees
Kaskaskia
Peoria
WEA
Pianresitaw
John Grigg
Sasha-quash
Indian Office
Weas
Fort Gibson
Mendota and
Big Sioux River
Src
Battalion of Volunteers
Cel J C Freemont
Califee
Tegan
P. B. Reading
Mexico
Congress
Hed River
Department of War
Red River
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Territory
Naval Service
House of Representatives
United States of America
Engineer Corps
Navy
Navy-Yard
Marine Corps
Bes
United States Observatory
Nevy