It shall be the duty of the officer commanding any such working party, to have a regular account, kept under his inspection of every day’s work performed by each non-commissioned officer or private, signed by the commanding officer, and to transmit monthly a fair abstract thereof to the paymaster of the district in which the labor may be performed, which paymaster will be authorised to draw the money on the said abstracts, and pay the men conformably therewith.
It is to be understood, that the extra daily pay and allowance, is only to be given for actual day’s work, and not to be granted, when from sickness or other causes, the work shall not actually be performed.
(Signed)
H. DEARBORN,
Secretary of war.
War department, June 25, 1801.
The above regulations, so far as they respect allowances of extra clothing, are considered as being superseded by the act fixing the military peace establishment, which grants fatigue clothing to all the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of that establishment, annually.
H. DEARBORN.
March 7, 1808.
The following rates are to govern in the allowance to officers for the transportation of their baggage, when ordered on distant commands.
| A colonel | 750 | pounds. |
| Lieut. colonel, | 600 | |
| Major, | 500 | |
| Captain, | 400 | |
| First lieutenant, | 300 | |
| Second do. | 250 | |
| Ensign, | 250 | |
| Surgeon, | 500 | |
| Surgeon’s mate, | 300 |