Chapter 995. Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 995.— An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes. March 3, 1903.[[Public, No. 145](/us/pl/57/145).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums be, Military Academy appropriations. 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, nineteen hundred and four. permanent establishment.

Permanent establishment. For pay of seven professors, twenty-two thousand five hundred Pay of professors, etc. dollars; For pay of one chaplain, two thousand dollars; For pay of one associate professor of mathematics, two thousand dollars; For pay of the master of the sword, one thousand six hundred dollars; For pay of cadets, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, Cadets. *Proviso*. Appointment from Porto Rico. That in addition to the Corps of Cadets now authorized by law, there shall be one from Porto Rico, who shall be a native of said island, to be appointed by the President of the United States;

In all, for permanent establishment, two hundred and seventy-eight thousand one hundred dollars. For extra pay of officers of the Army on detached service at the Extra pay for officers. Military Academy: For pay of one Superintendent of the United States Military Academy (colonel), in addition to pay as captain, not mounted, one thousand seven hundred dollars; For one commandant of cadets (lieutenant-colonel), in addition to pay as captain, not mounted, one thousand four hundred and eighty dollars;

For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering (major), in addition to pay as captain, mounted, five hundred dollars; For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery (major), in addition to pay as captain, mounted, five hundred dollars; 1012 For pay of eight assistant professors (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, not mounted, four thousand dollars; For pay of five senior instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics, ordnance and gunnery, and practical military engineering (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, not mounted, two thousand five hundred dollars;

For pay of six assistant instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics (captains), in addition to pay as second lieutenants, not mounted, three thousand six hundred dollars; For pay of one adjutant, in addition to pay as second lieutenant, not mounted, six hundred dollars; For pay of one treasurer and quartermaster, and commissary of cadets, in addition to pay as captain, not mounted, seven hundred dollars; For pay of one line officer on duty in Quartermaster’s Department, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, mounted, four hundred dollars;

For pay of one associate professor of modern languages, in addition *Proviso*. Associate professor of modern languages. to pay as captain, five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War shall assign an officer of the Army to the Military Academy as associate professor of modern languages, and that such officer, while so serving, shall receive the pay and allowances of a major; Longevity. For additional pay of professors and officers (and officers on increased rank) for length of service, nine thousand three hundred and fifty-four dollars and twenty-five cents;

In all, for extra pay of officers of Army on detached service at the Military Academy, twenty-five thousand eight hundred and thirty-four dollars and twenty-five cents. Enlisted men. For pay of the Military Academy Band, field musicians, general army service, cavalry and artillery detachment, and enlisted men on detached service, and extra pay for enlisted men on special duty: Band. For pay of military band, twelve enlisted musicians, at thirty-four dollars per month, four thousand eight hundred and ninety-six dollars;

Twelve enlisted musicians, at twenty-five dollars per month, three thousand six hundred dollars; Sixteen enlisted musicians, at seventeen dollars per month, three thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars; Additional pay for length of service, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight dollars; Clothing on discharge, nine hundred and fifty dollars; For pay of field musicians, one sergeant, with pay of first-class musician, four hundred and eight dollars; One corporal, one hundred and eighty dollars;

Twenty-two privates, three thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars; Additional pay for length of service, eighty dollars; Clothing on discharge, six hundred and seventy-five dollars. General Army Service. For pay of General Army Service: One first sergeant, three hundred dollars; Six sergeants, one thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars; Two cooks, four hundred and thirty-two dollars; Seven corporals, one thousand two hundred and sixty dollars; One hundred and thirty-four privates, twenty thousand nine hundred and four dollars;

Additional pay for length of service, nine thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars; Clothing on discharge, four thousand dollars; Cavalry detachment. For pay of cavalry detachment: One first sergeant, three hundred dollars; Five sergeants, one thousand and eighty dollars; 1013 One cook, two hundred and sixteen dollars; Four corporals, seven hundred and twenty dollars; Two trumpeters, three hundred and twelve dollars; Two farriers and blacksmiths, three hundred and sixty dollars;

One saddler, one hundred and eighty dollars; One wagoner, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars; Fifty-eight privates (cavalry), nine thousand and forty-eight dollars; Additional pay for length of service, one thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars; Clothing on discharge, two thousand one hundred dollars; Interest on deposits due enlisted men, one hundred dollars; Traveling allowances to enlisted men on discharge, six hundred and fifty dollars; For pay of artillery detachment:

One first sergeant, three hundred Artillery detachment. dollars; Four sergeants, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; One cook, two hundred and sixteen dollars; Three corporals, five hundred and forty dollars; One farrier and blacksmith, one hundred and eighty dollars; One saddler, one hundred and eighty dollars; One wagoner, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars; Two trumpeters, three hundred and twelve dollars; Forty-six privates, seven thousand one hundred and seventy-six dollars;

Additional pay for length of service, one thousand two hundred dollars; Clothing on discharge, one thousand two hundred dollars; Interest on deposits due enlisted men, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; Travel allowances to enlisted men on discharge, six hundred and fifty dollars; For extra pay of one ordnance soldier as draftsman and lithographic Extra pay, enlisted men. printer, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of one ordnance soldier as machinist, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents;

For extra pay of one ordnance soldier as clerk, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of one ordnance soldier when employed in department of ordnance and gunnery, at thirty-five cents per day, eighty-four dollars; For extra pay of two enlisted men employed as clerks in the office of the adjutant, United States Military Academy, at fifty cents each per day, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; For extra pay of two enlisted men employed as clerks in the office of the commandant of cadets, at fifty cents each per day, three hundred and sixty-five dollars;

For extra pay of four enlisted men as printers, at headquarters United States Military Academy, at fifty cents each per day, six hundred and twenty-six dollars; For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as watchman, at thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-three cents; For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as trumpeter at the cadet barracks, at thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty-nine cents; For extra pay of one enlisted man employed in the philosophical department observatory as a mechanic, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; 1014 For extra pay of one enlisted man employed in the philosophical department in care of apparatus, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents;

For extra pay of one enlisted man employed in the chemical department, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of one enlisted man employed in the department of drawing, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of one enlisted man employed in the mathematical department, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of two enlisted men (cavalrymen) when performing special skilled mechanical labor, at fifty cents each per day, three hundred and thirteen dollars;

For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as saddler, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of one enlisted man on duty in charge of engineer property and fatigue, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of four enlisted men as assistants and attendants at the library, at fifty cents each per day, six hundred and eighty-four dollars; For extra pay of one enlisted man as clerk in the department of practical military engineering and to the officer in charge of waterworks and works of construction at the Military Academy, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents;

For extra pay of three enlisted men as clerks in the office of the quartermaster, United States Military Academy, at fifty cents each per day, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of two enlisted men (artillerymen), when performing extra mechanical labor, at fifty cents each per day, three hundred and thirteen dollars; For extra pay of two enlisted men as messengers in the office of the adjutant, United States Military Academy, at thirty-five cents per day, two hundred and nineteen dollars and ten cents;

In all, for pay of Military Academy Band, field musicians, general army service, cavalry detachment, artillery detachment, enlisted men on detached service, and extra pay of enlisted men on special duty at the Military Academy, ninety-two thousand eight hundred and eighty-four dollars and forty-two cents; *Proviso*. No duplication. *Provided*, That the extra pay provided by the preceding paragraphs shall not be paid to any enlisted man who receives extra-duty pay under existing laws or army regulations. pay of civilians.

Pay of civilians, clerks, etc. For pay of one teacher of music, one thousand four hundred dollars; For clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster, one thousand five hundred dollars; For clerk to adjutant in charge of cadet records, one thousand five hundred dollars; For one clerk to the adjutant, one thousand two hundred dollars; For clerk to treasurer, one thousand five hundred dollars; For one clerk to the quartermaster, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of one librarian, two thousand five hundred dollars;

For pay of librarian’s assistant, one thousand dollars; For pay of one superintendent of gas works, one thousand five hundred dollars; 1015 For 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 five hundred dollars; For pay of assistant engineer of same, one thousand dollars; For pay of eleven firemen, six thousand six hundred dollars;

For pay of one draftsman in department of civil and military engineering, one thousand dollars; For pay of mechanic and attendant skilled in the technical preparations necessary to chemical and electrical lectures and to the instruction in mineralogy and geology, one thousand dollars; For pay of mechanic assistant in department of natural and experimental philosophy, one thousand dollars; For pay of custodian of academy building, one thousand dollars; For pay of one electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For pay of one civilian plumber, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of assistant plumber, seven hundred and twenty dollars; For pay of one scavenger, at sixty dollars a month, seven hundred and twenty dollars; For compensation of chapel organist, two hundred dollars; For pay of keeper of post cemetery, nine hundred dollars; For pay of engineer and janitor for Memorial Hall, nine hundred dollars; For pay of printer at headquarters United States Military Academy, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For pay of one janitress, Memorial Hall, six hundred dollars; For pay of one master mechanic, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of attendant and skilled photographer in the department of drawing, one thousand dollars; For pay of one typewriter, copyist, and attendant, in charge of the library of the department of law and history, to be selected and appointed by the superintendent, seven hundred and fifty dollars; For one stenographer and typewriter in the adjutant’s office, to be selected and appointed by the superintendent, six hundred dollars;

For pay of one overseer of waterworks, five hundred and forty dollars; In all, to civilians employed at Military Academy, thirty-eight thousand one hundred and thirty dollars. For current and ordinary expenses as follows: Current expenses. For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three Board of Visitors. thousand dollars; Contingencies for Superintendent of the Academy, one thousand Superintendent. dollars; Repairs and improvements, namely: Timber, planks, boards, joists, Repairs, etc. 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, machinery, mantels, and other similar materials, renewing roofs, and for pay of architect overseer and citizen mechanics, and labor employed upon repairs and improvements that can not be done by enlisted men, thirty thousand dollars;

For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood, charcoal, stoves, grates, Fuel, etc. heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, fire bricks, clay, sand, and for repairs of steam heating apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, furnaces, and mica, thirty thousand dollars; For gas pipes, gas and electric fixtures, electric lamps, and lighting supplies, lamp-posts, gasometers and retorts, and annual repairs of the same, two thousand five hundred dollars; For fuel for cadets’ mess hall, shops, and laundry, four thousand dollars; 1016 Postage and telegrams.

Stationery. For postage and telegrams, two hundred dollars; For stationery, namely: Blank books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel pens, rubbers, erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fasteners, rules, files, ink, inkstands, typewriting supplies, penholders, tape, desk knives, blotting pads, and rubber bands, one thousand five hundred dollars; Transportation. For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages, two thousand dollars; Printing. Printing:

For printing and binding, type, materials for office, including repairs to motor and machinery, diplomas for graduates, annual registers, blanks, and monthly reports to parents of cadets, one thousand five hundred dollars; Department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics. For department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics: Tanbark or other proper cover for riding hall, to be purchased in open market upon written order of the Superintendent, five hundred dollars;

For repairing camp stools and camp furniture, three hundred dollars; For repairs and improvements of dressing rooms, platform, and swimming tank, two hundred and twenty dollars; For stationery, typewriting supplies and repairs, for use of instructor and assistant instructors of tactics, two hundred and fifty dollars; For books and maps, binding books, and mounting maps, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; For silk and worsted sashes for cadet officers and acting officers, two hundred and twenty dollars;

For foils, masks, belts, fencing gloves, fencing jackets, gaiters, sabers, and repairs, four hundred dollars; For door mats for cadet barracks, sinks, and guardhouse, fifty dollars; For repairs and furniture for offices, three hundred dollars; One typewriter, complete, and typewriter cabinet, to be immediately available, one hundred and ten dollars; Department of civil and military engineering. For department of civil and military engineering: Models, maps, purchase and repair of instruments, apparatus, drawing boards, desks, chairs, shelves, and cases for books and instruments, text-books, books of reference, and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, one thousand dollars;

Department of natural and experimental philosophy. For department of natural and experimental philosophy: For additions to apparatus to illustrate the principles of mechanics, acoustics, optics, and astronomy, one thousand dollars; For books of reference, scientific periodicals, text-books, stationery, materials, and repairs, four hundred dollars; For repairs to the observatory buildings, repairs to clocks, four hundred and fifty dollars; *Proviso*. Instrument cases, etc. *Provided*, That any of the above-named sums for the department of natural and experimental philosophy, not expended for the purposes named, may be expended for instrument cases, shelves, and fittings, in the lecture room, office, and section rooms used by the department of natural and experimental philosophy.

Department of mathematics. For department of instruction in mathematics: For text-books, books of reference, binding, and stationery; for tables of logarithms; for rules and triangles; for purchase of geometrical drawings and models; for cases for geometrical models; for office desks, chairs, book cases and office fittings, and for contingencies, seven hundred and twenty-five dollars; Department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology:

Chemicals, chemical apparatus, glass and porcelain ware, paper, wire, sheet metal, ores, photographic apparatus and materials, five hundred dollars; For rough specimens, fossils, and for apparatus and materials to be used in the practical determinations of mineralogical and geological specimens, pencils and paper for the practical instructions in the 1017 same branches, and for gradual increase and improvement of the cabinet, two hundred dollars; For repairs and additions to electric, magnetic, pneumatic, thermic, and optical apparatus, nine hundred dollars;

For oil engine, modern electric apparatus not in department, and storage cells, one thousand five hundred 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; For department of drawing: For drawing material for use of Department of drawing. instructors, tacks, sponges, brushes, glue, alcohol, tumblers, saucers, towels, soap, ink, stationery, and contingent expenses, three hundred dollars;

For repairs to models, desks, stretchers, racks, stands, and materials, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; Photographic material for enlarging room and general photographic work, two hundred and fifty dollars; For slides and apparatus for lectures, fifty dollars; For books and periodicals on art, architecture, and technology, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; Frames for retained drawings of cadets and wall models, fifty dollars; For binding periodicals, loose sheets of maps, books, and so forth, fifty dollars;

For twenty-five new stretcher boards, sixty-two dollars and fifty cents; For two Batson sketching cases, seventy dollars; For one typewriter desk, thirty dollars and fifty cents; For department of modern languages: For stationery, text-books, Department of modern languages. and books of reference for use of instructors, for repairs of books and apparatus and for office furniture, and for printing examination papers, and for contingencies, four hundred and fifteen dollars; For department of law and history:

For stationery, text-books, and Department of law and history. books of reference for the use of instructors, maps, map fixtures, furniture, and for repairs to the same, for rebinding books and periodicals, and for contingencies, five hundred dollars; For two sets Spruner-Britschneider historical maps, one hundred and twenty dollars; For department of practical military engineering: For purchase Department of practical military engineering. and repair of instruments; transportation; purchase of tools, implements, and materials, and for extra-duty pay of engineer soldiers, as follows, namely:

For instruments for use in instructing cadets in making reconnoissances; photographic apparatus and material for field photography; drawing instruments and material for platting reconnoissances; surveying instruments; instruments and material for signaling and field telegraphy; transportation of field parties; tools and material for the preservation, augmentation, and repair of wooden pontoon, and one canvas pontoon train; sapping and mining tools and material; rope; cordage; material for rafts and for spar and trestle bridges; intrenching tools; tools and material for the repair of Fort Clinton and the batteries of the Academy, and for extra-duty pay of 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, and for extra pay of one engineer soldier as assistant in photographic laboratory, and in charge of photographic laboratory, photographic apparatus, materials, and supplies, at fifty cents per day, two thousand dollars;

For department of ordnance and gunnery: For purchase and repair Department of ordnance and gunnery. of instruments, models, and apparatus, and purchase of necessary material; for the purchase of samples of arms and accouterments other than those supplied to the military service; for books of refer-1018ence, text-books, stationery, and lithographic printing materials, and for contingencies, four hundred and fifty dollars; For purchase of ammunition for rapid-fire guns now on hand, three hundred dollars;

For manufacture or purchase of models of breech mechanisms of cannon, rapid-fire guns, small arms, and the various machines and tools used in their manufacture, for cadet instruction, one thousand two hundred dollars; Lectures. For a course of lectures, for the more complete education of cadets, one thousand two hundred dollars; In all, for current and ordinary expenses, ninety-two thousand four hundred and seventy-eight dollars. Miscellaneous items and incidental expenses. miscellaneous items and incidental expenses.

For stationery for office of the treasurer, United States Military Academy, namely: Blank books, paper, envelopes, pens, mucilage, typewriting supplies and repairs, and other items of stationery, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; For binding orders, circulars, etc., for record in the office of the treasurer, United States Military Academy, twenty-five dollars; For purchase of one typewriter, complete, and typewriter cabinet, to be expended without advertising, one hundred and ten dollars:

For window shades and rugs for office of the treasurer, United States Military Academy, to be expended without advertising, one hundred and ten dollars; For commercial periodicals and journals, and market reports, thirty dollars; Lighting. For gas-coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, chimneys, and wicking for lighting the Academy building, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess hall, shops, hospitals, offices, stables and riding hall, sidewalks, camp, and wharfs, eight thousand dollars;

Plumbing. For water pipe, plumbing, and repairs, five thousand dollars; For cleaning public buildings (not quarters), two thousand dollars; For soap, lye, sapolio, buckets, scrubbing brushes, mops, dustpans, brooms, feather dusters, and other similar articles and materials for policing public buildings (not quarters), one thousand dollars; For chalk, crayons, sponges, slate, rubbers, rulers, pointers, card, and toilet paper, and so forth, for recitation rooms, three hundred dollars;

Increase and expense of library, namely: Library. For purchase, preservation, care, storage, binding and repair of books, periodicals, pamphlets, maps, pictures, and manuscripts; purchase of furniture, cases, stationery, and fittings; for expenses of making copies of military manuscripts in other libraries, and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for; purchases to be made in open market on the written order of the Superintendent, ten thousand dollars; For carpets and furniture and appliances for cadet hospital, and for repairs of damaged articles and for miscellaneous expenses, one hundred dollars;

Contingent, academic board. For contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of the academic board: For instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, one thousand dollars: *Proviso*. Technical supplies. *Provided*, That all technical and scientific supplies for the departments of instruction of the Military Academy shall be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may deem best; For renewing furniture in section rooms, and repairing the same, three hundred dollars; 1019 For purchase of instruments for band, to be purchased in open Musical supplies. market on the order of the Superintendent, five hundred dollars;

For purchase of reeds, pads, strings, and other materials necessary for string instruments, to be purchased in open market on the order of the Superintendent, two hundred dollars; For repairs to instruments, music stands, and other equipments, to be purchased in open market on the order of the Superintendent, three hundred dollars; For purchase of music for band, to be purchased in open market on the order of the Superintendent, five hundred dollars; To increase the present repertoire of the band library to forty parts; to purchase music folios, with patent holders, and a set of instruments, eight hundred dollars;

For general repairs to laundry machinery and the replacing of worn-out Laundry. parts, five hundred and twenty-five dollars; For one dozen rattan laundry baskets, to be expended without advertising, ninety-six dollars; For constructing sorting boxes of galvanized-steel wire, to be expended without advertising, three hundred dollars; For an amount in addition to that provided by existing law for the purchase of one boiler for the cadet laundry, to be expended without advertising and to be immediately available, two hundred and nineteen dollars;

For wooden sorting tables and bins for storage of soiled clothing, to be expended without advertising, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; For repair of cooking utensils and the replacement of worn-out cooking utensils in the cadet mess, to be immediately available and to be expended without advertising, six hundred dollars; For repairs of chairs, tables, and other furniture in the cadet mess, and the replacement of same, to be immediately available and to be expended without advertising, two hundred dollars;

Gymnasium and athletic supplies: For repairs, new machines, athletic Gymnasium. supplies, and fixtures for the gymnasium, one thousand five hundred dollars; For furniture, curtains, and rugs for cadet reception room, one hundred and fifty dollars; In all, for miscellaneous items and incidental expenses, thirty-four thousand one hundred and sixty-five dollars. buildings and grounds. Buildings and grounds. For cases, materials, fittings, fixtures, and other appliances and repairs for ordnance museum in academy building, three hundred dollars;

For repairs to ordnance laboratory and other buildings pertaining to the department of ordnance and gunnery, painting buildings, and materials for roads and walks, and for repairs to machinery and tools, one hundred and fifty dollars; For painting and general incidental repairs and improvements to the cadet store building, including storerooms, office, tailor shops, and shoe repairing shops, three hundred dollars; For installation of one button-hole machine, with electric motor to drive same, to be expended without advertising, one hundred and seventy-five dollars;

For purchase of ten sewing machines and individual electric motors for same, to be expended without advertising, seven hundred and fifty dollars; For concrete floor in the central portion of the first floor of the cadet laundry, six hundred and thirty-two dollars; For six water-closets, installed complete, with necessary cabinet-work, eight hundred and fifteen dollars; 1020 For materials and labor for repairs, alterations, and additions needed at the soldiers’ hospital, as follows:

For purchase of suitable incandescent lights, droplights, tubing, mantles, and so forth, thirty dollars; For screens for all transoms, and storm windows for all windows not provided with same, two hundred and fifty dollars. For paraffin and turpentine for waxing floors, twenty-five dollars; For brushes, paints, glass, putty, and for general repairs, thirty dollars; For material for rebronzing radiators, thirty dollars; For purchase of flowers, fruit trees, shrubs, plants, and so forth, for hospital grounds, fifty dollars;

For painting the interior and exterior of the hospital stewards’ quarters at soldiers’ hospital, and general repairs for the same, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; Waterworks. For water works: Renewal of material in filter beds; improving ventilation 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 pipe; for shed for tools and storage of fuel for keeper of Round Pond, and for tool house at filter; for gauges at and for stairs for access to same, and all other necessary work of maintenance and repairs, one thousand two hundred dollars;

Cadet hospital. Repairs and additions to the cadet hospital, as follows: For material for rebronzing radiators and piping, thirty dollars; For paraffin and turpentine for waxing and polishing floors, fifty dollars; For purchase of flowers and shrubs for hospital grounds, seventy-five dollars; For purchase of suitable incandescent lights, droplights, mantles, tubes, and so forth, forty dollars; For wiring hospital for electric lighting and for placing therein electric fans, electric heaters, electric light fixtures, and so forth, with necessary attachments therefor, three thousand two hundred dollars;

Cadet barracks. Repairs to cadet barracks: For repairing and renewing plastering, painting and calcimining, repairs to woodwork, reflooring, rearranging rooms, increasing sinks, baths, and for other incidental repairs to the building, ten thousand dollars; For granolithic pavement in areas on north and west sides of cadet barracks, and for rebuilding area walls, four thousand dollars; Cemetery. For maintaining and improving the grounds of the post cemetery, two thousand dollars;

For cleaning, repairing, resetting, and so forth, about three hundred, more or less, old monuments and headstones in the post cemetery, two thousand five hundred dollars; Roads, etc. For continuing the construction of roads in front and rear of line of new officers’ quarters, grading, blasting, retaining walls, sewers, and so forth, three thousand dollars; For continuing the construction and repair of the roads between the site of the old south guardhouse and the southern boundary of reservation, and for continuing the laying of a stone walk along the same, one thousand dollars;

For continuing the construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places, five hundred dollars; For broken stone and gravel for roads, two thousand dollars; For continuing the repair of sidewalks of the post, one thousand dollars; 1021 For repairing roads and paths, including roads and bridges on reservation, one thousand live hundred dollars; For constructing a wagon road from the railroad station to the south end of post, twenty thousand dollars, to be immediately available;

For continuing the laying of water mains and construction of sewerage Water and sewerage. for quarters recently built, five thousand dollars; For grading target range, increasing the number of targets and Target range. capacity of the range, to be immediately available, ten thousand dollars; For renewal of plumbing of engineer barracks, six hundred dollars; For eighty-eight upright lockers for engineer barracks, four hundred and fifty dollars; For painting inside of engineer barracks, two hundred dollars;

For lumber and other material for general repairs of cavalry stables and riding hall, two hundred dollars; For repairing roof of riding hall, two hundred dollars; For whitewashing and painting interior of riding hall (walls, ceiling, and woodwork), three hundred dollars; For repairs to saddles, bridles, purchase of leather, curb chains, bits, and so forth, and to keep the same in repair, two hundred and fifty dollars; For painting woodwork throughout cavalry barracks, one hundred and fifty dollars;

To change front of quarters numbered forty-six and rearrange it, five thousand dollars; For completing sea wall, six thousand dollars; Sea wall. For gas and electric-light fixtures for new building for officers’ mess Officers’ new quarters. and quarters, to be immediately available, two thousand dollars. For relaying terrace platform of memorial hall, in addition to the Terrace platform. amount already appropriated for this purpose, to be immediately available and the total amount to be available until expended, five thousand dollars;

Total buildings and grounds, ninety-one thousand one hundred and Purchase of “Dassouri” tract. fifty-seven dollars. That twenty thousand dollars of the appropriation made by Act of June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military *Ante*, p. 419. Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes,” under the head of the item “To increase the efficiency of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York,” is hereby made available for the purchase of the “Dassouri” tract of land, containing two hundred and twenty acres, more or less, adjoining the military reservation at West Point, New York.

That the unexpended balance of the appropriation of ten thousand Improving Academy building. eight hundred and ninety-four dollars, contained in the Act approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two, “For increasing the *Ante*, p. 419. section room and lavatory facilities of the Academy building and furnish same, to be immediately available,” is hereby made available until Balance continued. expended and applicable for such changes in and improvements to the building, in addition to those specified at the time that the appropriation was made, as may now be found necessary.

That section five of the Act entitled “An Act to increase the efficiency General Staff Corps. *Ante*, p. 831. of the Army,” approved February fourteenth, nineteen hundred and three, is hereby amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 5. That the Chief of Artillery shall hereafter serve as an Chief of Artillery to serve as additional member. Rank, pay, etc. additional member of the General Staff, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a brigadier-general, and when the next vacancy occurs in the office of colonel of artillery it shall not be filled, and thereafter the number of Number of artillery colonels limited. 1022 colonels of artillery shall not exceed thirteen; and the provisions of In effect Aug. 15, 1903. the foregoing sections of this Act shall take effect on August fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three.

” " Approved, March 3, 1903.