Chapter 570.
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CHAP. 570.— An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.June 29, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Military Academy appropriated. 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-seven:
For pay of eight professors, twenty-five thousand four hundred andPay of professors and others. sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven 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 pay of eight assistant professors, in addition to pay as first lieutenants, four thousand dollars. For pay of three 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*Proviso*. exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.
For pay as 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 no 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. 88 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-seven any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
For additional pay of professors and officers (on increased rank) forAdditional pay. length of service, eleven thousand five hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents. For current expenses, as follows:Current expenses. For repairs and improvements, timber, planks, boards joists, wall-strips,Repairs and improvements. 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.
For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood, stoves, grates, furnaces,Fuel and apparatus. ranges and fixtures, firebricks, clay, sand, renewing certain worn-out furnaces of old and obsolete patterns, changing and putting in place improved arch-plates in steam-heating apparatus, renewing and extending system of pipes in academic building, repairs of steam-heating apparatus, grates, stoves, ranges, and furnaces, raising chimney to boiler-house (fifteen feet) to proper height, sixteen thousand three hundred dollars; one thousand six hundred dollars of which sum shall be immediately available.
For gas-pipes, fixtures, lampposts, gasometers, and retorts and annualLights. repairs of the same, nine hundred dollars. For fuel for cadets’ mess-hall, shops, and laundry, three thousandFuel, mess-hall, etc. dollars. For postage and telegrams, three hundred dollars.Postage, etc. For stationery, blank-books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel pens, rubber's,Stationery. erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fasteners, rates, tiles, ink, inkstands, pen-holders, tape, blotting-pads, and rubber bands, six hundred dollars.
For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages, oneTransportation, etc. thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For printing: For type, materials for office, diplomas for graduates,Printing. annual registers, blanks, and monthly reports to parents of cadets, one thousand dollars. For clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster, one thousandClerks. two hundred dollars. For clerk to adjutant, in charge of cadet records, one thousand two 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, textbooks, 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, textbooks,Department of modem 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; textbooks, books of reference, binding, and stationery for instructors, one hundred dollars; hire of draughtsman to draw figures, make corrections and copies of subjects rendered necessary by revision of textbooks in mathematics, fifty dollars; in all, one hundred and seventy-five dollars. 89 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, textbooks, 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 textbooks,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, cavalry, and infantry 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 hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For department of law: For stationer;-, textbooks, and books of referenceDepartment of law. for use of instructors, 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, textbooks, 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, textbooks, 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; in-trenching 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, 90sponges, glue, alcohol, transfer paper, hectograph, cloth, stationery, and contingencies, two hundred dollars; in all, five hundred dollars.
For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three thousandExpenses, Board of Visitors. dollars. For miscellaneous and incidental expenses: For gas coal, oil. candles,Incidental expenses. lanterns, matches, and wicking for lighting the Academy, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess-hall, shops, hospital, offices, stables and riding-hall, sidewalks, 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, and rubbers for recitation-rooms, three hundred Compensation.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.Librarian’s assistant. Library. For increase and expense of library, namely: For periodicals, binding new books, and scientific, historical, biographical, and general literature, one thousand five hundred dollars. For additional tables and chairs, furniture, and contingent repair’s toFurniture. library rooms, two hundred dollars. For furniture for cadet hospital, and repairs of the same, one hundred dollars. For purchase of bedding and necessary articles for the use of candidates previous to their admission into the Academy, and for the purpose of defraying the cost of subsistence and other necessary expenses of indigent candidates who fail to pass the preliminary examination, five hundred dollars.
For contingencies for superintendent of the Academy, one thousandContingencies. dollars. For renewing furniture (desks and benches) in section-rooms, and repairingRenewing and repairing furniture. the same, five hundred dollars. public works. For buildings and grounds: For repairing roads and paths, includingBuildings and grounds. roads and bridges on reservation, five hundred dollars. For continuing construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places,Wall. five hundred dollars.
For cadet barracks: To complete the reflooring of fifty-one rooms andBarracks. eight halls, two thousand dollars; scraping and painting the ceilings and halls, the woodwork inside and out, and completing the repairs to the same and the piazza, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. For altering, repairing, and converting into suitable quarters for Repairing, etc., officers' Quarters.officers the old cadet hospital, three thousand five hundred dollars. For water-works:
Renewal of material in filter-beds; improving ventilationWater-works. 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, June 29, 1886.