Chapter 312. making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for tile fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight
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CHAP. 312.— An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for tile fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.March 1, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Military Academy appropriations. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight:
For pay of eight professors, twenty-five thousand five hundred andPay of professors, instructors, etc. eighty-one dollars and ninety-three cents. For one commandant of cadets, in addition to pay of captain in the line, one thousand two hundred dollars. For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars. For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars.
For pa,y of eight assistant professors, in addition to pay as first lieutenants, four thousand dollars. For pay of three senior instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics, in addition to pay as second lieutenants, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of four assistant instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics, in addition to pay as second lieutenants, two thousand four hundred dollars. For pay of adjutant, in addition to pay as second lieutenant, four hundred dollars: *Provided*, That the sum paid to said officer shall not exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.
For pay of treasurer, quartermaster, and commissary of cadets, in addition to pay as captain of infantry, seven hundred dollars. For pay of one master of the sword, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of cadets, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars; and noCadets. cadet shall receive more than at the rate of five hundred and forty dollars a year. For pay of the teacher of music, one thousand and eighty dollars. For pay of the Military Academy band, nine thousand two hundredBand. and forty dollars; which shall be in full for the pay of the said band for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, an,y law to the contrary notwithstanding.
For additional pay of professors and officers (on increased rank) forAdditional pay. length of service, ten thousand six hundred and ninety dollars. For current expenses as follows:Current expenses. For repairs and improvements, timber, planks, boards, joists, wall-strips, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet-lead, zinc, nails, screws, locks, hinges, glass, paints, turpentine, oils, varnish, brushes,stone, brick, flag, lime, cement, plaster, hair, sewer and drain pipe, blasting-powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, mantels, and other similar materials, and for pay of overseer and master builder and citizen mechanics and labor employed upon repairs and improvements that cannot be done by enlisted men, ten thousand dollars. 437 For fuel and apparatus, namely:
Coal, wood, charcoal, stoves, grates,Fuel, lights, etc. heaters, furnaces, ranges, and fixtures, firebrick, clay, sand, repairs of steam-heating apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, and furnaces, mica, fifteen thousand dollars. For gas-pipes, fixtures, lamp posts, gasometers, and retorts, and annual repairs of the same, nine hundred dollars. For fuel for cadets’ mess-hall, shops, and laundry, three thousand dollars. For postage and telegrams, three hundred dollars.Postage.Stationery.
For stationery, blank-books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel pens, rubbers, erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fasteners, rules, files, ink, inkstands, pen-holders, tape, blotting-pads, and rubber bands, six hundred dollars. For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages, oneTransportation. thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For printing: For type, materials for office, diplomas for graduates,Printing. annual regisisters, blanks, and monthly reports to parents of cadets, one thousand dollars.
For clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster, one thousandClerks. five hundred dollars. For clerk to adjutant, in charge of cadet records, one thousand five hundred dollars. For clerk to treasurer, one thousand two hundred dollars. For department of natural and experimental philosophy: For additionsDepartment of natural and experimental philosophy- to apparatus to illustrate the principles of mechanics, acoustics, optics, and astronomy, one thousand dollars; books of reference, text-books, stationery, materials, and repairs, four hundred dollars; for pay of mechanic assistant, one thousand dollars; repairs to the observatory building and clocks, four hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For department of modern languages: For stationery, text-books,Department of modern languages. books of reference for the use of instructors, and for printing examination papers, two hundred dollars; in all, two hundred dollars. For department of instruction in mathematics, namely: For repairsDepartment of mathematics. and materials for preservation of models and instruments, twenty-five dollars; text-books, books of reference, binding and stationery for instructors, seventy-five dollars; in all, one hundred dollars.
For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology: For chemicals,Department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. chemical apparatus, glass and porcelain ware, paper, wire, sheet-metal, ores, photographic apparatus and materials, five hundred dollars; rough specimens, fossils, files, alcohol, lamps, blowpipes, pencils, and paper for practical instruction in mineralogy and geology, and for gradual increase and improvement of the cabinet, four hundred dollars; repairs and additions to electric, magnetic, pneumatic, and thermic apparatus, and apparatus illustrating optical properties of substances, seven hundred and fifty dollars; pay of mechanic employed in chemical and geological section-rooms and in lecture-rooms, one thousand dollars; models, maps, and diagrams, books of reference, text-books, and stationery for the use of instructors, one hundred and eighty dollars; contingencies, one hundred dollars; in all, two thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars.
For department of history, geography, and ethics: For text-books,Department of history, geography, and ethics. books of reference, and stationery for use of instructors, and repairs, one hundred and fifty dollars. For department of artillery, cavalry, and infantry tactics, namely:Department of artillery, etc., tactics. For tanbark for riding-hall, three hundred dollars; repairing camp-stools and camp-furniture, one hundred dollars; furniture for offices and reception-room, one hundred dollars; stationery for use of instructor and assistants, one hundred and fifty dollars; books and maps, seventy-five dollars; supply of fixtures for gymnasium, and repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; foils, fencing gloves, jackets, gaiters, and repairs, two 438 hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For department of law: For stationery, text-books, and books of referenceDepartment of law. for use of instructors, and for repairing and rebinding same, and shelving, two hundred and fifty dollars. For department of civil and military engineering: For models, maps,Department of civil and military engineering. purchase and repairs of instruments, text-books, books of reference, and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, five hundred dollars; extra pay of enlisted man employed as draughtsman, one hundred dollars; in all, six hundred dollars.
For department of ordnance and gunnery: For addition to models;Department of ordnance and gunnery. drawing apparatus illustrating course of instruction; repairs of electroballistic machines, galvanic batteries, and models; for addition to firing-houses and practical instruction-room; for books of reference, text-books, and stationery for the use of instructors, three hundred dollars. For department of practical military engineering: For purchase andDepartment of practical military-engineering. repair of instruments, transportation, purchase of tools, implements, and materials, and for extra-duty pay of engineer soldiers, as follows, namely:
Astronomical and meteorological instruments and lights for use in instructing cadets in practical astronomy; reconnoitering instruments for use in their practical instruction in making reconnaissances; photographic apparatus and material for field photography; drawing instruments and material for plotting reconnaissances; surveying instruments; instruments and material for signaling and field telegraphy; transportation of field parties; tools and material for the preservation and repair of one wooden ponton and one canvas ponton bridge train; sapping and mining tools and material; profiling material; rope; cordage; end materials for rafts and for spar and trestle bridges; intrenching tools; tools and material for the repair of Fort Clinton and the batteries at the Academy, and extra-duty pay of engineer soldiers employed upon the same; extra-duty pay of two engineer soldiers, at fifty cents per day each, when performing special skilled mechanical labor in the department of practical military engineering; for models, books of reference, and stationery, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For department of drawing: For books of reference, periodicals onDepartment of drawing. art and technology, one hundred dollars; models for topographical, mechanical, and freehand drawing, one hundred dollars; repairs to desks, models, racks, stools, stretchers, and tables, one hundred dollars; drawing material for use of instructors, cardboard, tacks, brushes, sponges, glue, alcohol, transfer-paper, hectograph, cloth for screens, colored diagrams, cloth, stationery, and contingent expenses, two hundred dollars; in all, five hundred dollars.
For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three thousandBoard of Visitors. dollars. For miscellaneous and incidental expenses: For gas-coal, oil, candles,Miscellaneous expenses. lanterns, matches, chimneys, and winking for lighting the Academy, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess-hall, shops, hospital, offices, stables and riding-hall, sidewalks, camp, and wharves, three thousand five hundred dollars; water-pipes, plumbing, and repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; cleaning public buildings (not quarters), six hundred dollars; brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, soap, and cloths, two hundred dollars; chalk, crayons, sponges, slate, rubbers, and cord for recitation-Compensation.rooms, three hundred dollars; compensation of chapel organist, two hundred dollars; compensation of librarian, one hundred and twenty dollars; pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus for the academic building, the cadet barracks, and office building, cadet hospital, chapel, and philosophical building, including the library, one thousand two hundred dollars; pay of assistant engineer of same, one thousand dollars; pay of five firemen, two thousand seven hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.
For pay of librarian’s assistant, one thousand dollars.Library. 439 For increase and expense of library, namely: For periodicals, stationary,Library. binding new books, and scientific, historical, biographical, and general literature, one thousand live hundred dollars. For additional tables and chairs, furniture, and contingent repairs toFurniture. library rooms, two hundred dollars. For furniture for cadet hospital, and repairs of the same, one hundred dollars. For contingencies for superintendent of the Academy, one thousand dollars.Contingencies, superintendent.
For renewing furniture (desks and benches) in section-rooms, and repairingRepairs. the same, five hundred dollars. For contingent fund, to be expended under the direction of the academicContingencies, academic board. board; for instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, one thousand dollars. public works.Buildings and grounds.Repairs. For buildings and grounds: For repairing roads and paths, including roads and bridges on reservation, five hundred dollars.
For continuing construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places,Wall. five hundred dollars. For erection of sixteen sets of quarters for enlisted men and theirQuarters. families, to be built of brick and in sets of four each, each set to contain four rooms, and to be immediately available, fourteen thousand dollars. For remodeling and rebuilding the academic building, putting an additionalAcademic building. story thereon, and rendering it fireproof and suitable for section-rooms for instruction of cadets, seventy thousand dollars, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, upon plans and detailed specifications to be approved by the academic board For the erection of a gymnasium for cadets, and for repairs and alterationsGymnasium. to present gymnasium building, thirty-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available.
For erection of new shops for mechanics employed in the quartermaster’sShops. department, to be immediately available, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. For repairs to north wharf, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.Repairs to wharf For water works: Renewal of material in filter-beds improving ventilationWaterworks. of filter-house and water-house; hose for use in cleaning filter-beds and water-house and for use in fire-service at same; tools, implements, and materials for use of the two keepers and for repairs of siphon-house, filter-house, and of four and one half miles of supply-pipes; for shed for tools, and storage of fuel for keeper at Round Pond, and for tool-house at filter: for gauges at Round Pond and Delafield Pond, and stairs for access to same, five hundred and twenty dollars.
Approved, March 1, 1887.