Chapter 1404. Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 1404.— An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for other purposes. March 3, 1905. [[H. R. 17984](/us/bill/58/hr/17984).] [[Public, No. 137](/us/pl/58/137).] *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 stuns 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, nineteen hundred and six. permanent establishment.

Permanent establishment. For pay of seven professors, twenty-three thousand dollars: For pay of one associate professor of mathematics (major), in addition to pay as captain, five hundred dollars;850 *Provided,* That hereafter the associate professor of mathematics*Provisos*.Associate professor of mathematics. shall have pay and allowances of a major, and the position shall be filled by the detail of an officer from the Army at large; For pay of one chaplain, two thousand dollars:

For pay of the master of the sword, two thousand dollars;Master of the sword. *Provided,* That the master of the sword shall have the relative rank and shall be entitled to the pay, allowances, and emoluments of a captain mounted; For pay of cadets, two hundred and forty thousand dollars;Cadets. In all, for permanent establishment, two hundred and sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. For extra pay of officers of the Army on detached service at theExtra pay for officers.

Military Academy: For one commandant of cadets (lieutenant-colonel), in addition to pay as captain, not mounted, one thousand two hundred dollars: For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering (major), in addition to pay as captain, mounted, live hundred dollars: For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery (major), in addition to pay as captain, mounted, five hundred dollars; 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 (major), in addition to pay as captain, five hundred dollars; For additional pay of professors and officers (and officers on increasedLongevity. rank) or length of service, nine thousand eight hundred dollars;

In all, for extra pay of officers of Army on detached service at the Military Academy, twenty-four thousand three hundred dollars. For pay of the Military Academy Band, field musicians, generalEnlisted men. army service, cavalry and artillery detachment, and enlisted men on detached service, and extra pay for enlisted men on special duty: For pay of military band: One band sergeant and assistant leader,Band. six hundred dollars; 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, one thousand two hundred dollars; For interest on deposits of enlisted men on discharge, three hundred dollars; For pay of field musicians: One sergeant, with pay of first-dais musician, four hundred and eight dollars;

One corporal, one hundred and eighty dollars;851 Twenty-two privates, three thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars; Additional pay for length of service, ninety dollars; Clothing on discharge, nine hundred dollars; Travel allowance to enlisted men on discharge, seventy-five dollars; Interest on deposits of enlisted men repaid on discharge, fifty dollars; For pay of general army service: One first sergeant, four hundredGeneral army service. and eight dollars: Seven sergeants, one thousand five hundred and twelve dollars;

Two cooks, four hundred and thirty-two dollars; Eight corporals, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; One, hundred and fifty-seven privates, twenty-four thousand four hundred and ninety-two dollars; Additional pay for length of service, nine thousand four hundred and sixty dollars; Clothing on discharge, three thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars; Interest on deposits of enlisted men. one thousand one hundred and four dollars; For travel allowances due enlisted men on discharge, one dollar and ninety-six cents;

For pay of cavalry detachment: One first sergeant, three hundredCavalry detachment. dollars; Five sergeants, one thousand and eighty dollars; Two cooks, four hundred and thirty-two dollars; Five corporals, nine hundred 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; Eighty-one privates (cavalry), twelve thousand six hundred and thirtvsix dollars;

Additional pay for length of service, two thousand one hundred and eighty dollars; Clothing on discharge, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Travel allowance* to enlisted men on discharge, eight hundred and twenty dollars; Interest on deposits to enlisted men, one hundred dollars; For pay of artillery detachment: One first sergeant, three hundredArtillery detachment. dollars; Four sergeant-, 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 addler, 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 printer, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents;852 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 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 dav. 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 live 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; 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 (cavalryman) 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 arid to the officer in charge of water-works 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 arid thirteen dollars;853 For extra pay of two enlisted men as messengers in the office, of the adjutant United States Military Academy, at thirty-five cents each per day, two hundred and nineteen dollars and ten cents;

For extra pay of one enlisted man in charge of property and saddle equipment pertaining to riding and equitation other than military, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of one first sergeant (cavalryman), at fifty cents per day, one hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty 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, one hundred and three thousand five hundred and twenty-eight dollars and thirty-eight cents: *Provided,* That the extra pay provided by the preceding paragraphs*Provisos*.No duplications. shall not be paid to any enlisted man who receives extra-duty pay under existing laws or army regulations: *Provided further,* That theJoseph R.

Hawley.May be appointed brigadier-general, retired. President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized in his discretion to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint upon the retired list of the Army, with the rank of brigadier-general, Joseph R. Hawley, formerly a brigadier-general and brevet major-general of volunteers during the civil war: *Provided further* That the President of the United States, he, and he is hereby,Peter Josof Osterhaus.May be appointed brigadier-general, retired. authorized, in his discretion to nominate and by and with the consent of the Senate io appoint upon the retired list of the Army, with the rank of Brigadier-General, Peter Josof Osterhaus, formerly a Major General of Volunteers during the Civil War. pay of civilians.

For pay of one teacher of music, one thousand four hundred dollars;Pay of civilians. Section eleven hundred and eleven of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 1111. The Military Academy band shall hereafter consist ofBand reorganized.[R. S., sec. 1111, p. 204](/us/rs/s1111/p204). amended. one teacher of music, who shall be the leader of the band, one enlisted band sergeant, arid assistant leader, and of forty enlisted musicians. The teacher of music shall receive the pay of a second lieutenant, not mounted; the enlisted band sergeant and assistant leader shall receive six hundred dollars per year; arid of the enlisted musicians of the band, twelve shall each receive thirty-four dollars per month, twelve shall each receive twenty-five dollars per month, and the remaining sixteen shall each receive seventeen dollars per month, and each of the aforesaid enlisted men shall also be entitled to the clothing, fuel, rations, and other allowances of musicians of cavalry; and the said teacher of music, the band sergeant and assistant leader, and the enlisted musicians of the band shall be entitled to the same benefits in respect to pay, emoluments, and retirement and ng from longevity, reenlistment, and length of service as are, or may hereafter become, applicable to other officers or enlisted men of the Army.

” " 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 two civilian instructors of French, to be employed under rules prescribed by the Secretary of War, at two thousand dollars ger year each, four thousand dollars;854 For two civilian instructors in Spanish, at two thousand dollars per year each, to be employed under rules prescribed by the Secretary of War, four thousand dollars;

For two expert civilian instructors in fencing', broadsword exercises and other military gymnastics as may be required to perfect this part of the training of cadets, to be selected and appointed by the Superintendent of the Military Academy, three thousand dollars: For pay of one clerk and stenographer in the office of the quarter-master and disbursing officer, one thousand two hundred dollars: For pay of one clerk in office of the quartermaster, to be immediately available, and to be selected and appointed by the Superintendent, one thousand dollars:

For pav of one librarian, three thousand dollars: For pay of librarian’s assistant, one thousand dollars; For pay of one superintendent of gas works, one thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus for the academic building, the cadet barracks and office building, cadet hospital, chapel, and 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 mid military engineering, one thousand dollars; For pay of mechanic mid 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, nine hundred 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 superintendent of post cemetery, one thousand two 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 five hundred dollars; For pay of attendant mid skilled photographer in the department of drawing, one thousand dollars; For pay of one typewriter, copyist, and attendant in charge of the library in the department of law and history, seven hundred and fifty dollars; For pay of one stenographer mid typewriter in the adjutant’s office, six hundred dollars; For pay of one overseer of the waterworks, five hundred and forty dollars;

For pay of engineer of steam, electric, and refrigerating apparatus for the cadets mess, to be selected and appointed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of one assistant engineer of steam, electric, and refrigerating apparatus for the cadets* mess, to be selected and appointed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, seven hundred and twenty dollars;855 For pay of one copyist, typewriter, and attendant in the department of modern languages, to be selected and appointed by the Superintendent and to be immediately available, seven hundred and fifty dollars;

In all, to civilians employed at Military Academy, fifty-five thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. For current and ordinary expenses as follows:Current expenses. For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, threeBoard of Visitors. thousand five hundred dollars; Contingencies for Superintendent of the Academy, two thousand 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, mantles, and other similar materials, renewing roofs, and for pay of architect overseer and citizen mechanics, and labor employed upon repairs and improvements that cannot be done by enlisted men, forty thousand dollars;

For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal. wood, charcoal, stoves, grates,Fuel, etc. heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, tire bricks, clay, sand, and for repairs of steam heating apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, and furnaces, 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 halt, shops, and laundry, fourteen thousand dollars:

For postage and telegrams, three hundred and fifty dollars;Postage and telegrams.Stationery. For stationery, namely: Blank books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel pens, rubbers, erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax. wafers, folders, fasteners, rules, files, ink, inkstands, typewriters, typewriting supplies. Office furniture, penholders, tape, desk knives, blotting pads, and rubber bands, one thousand five hundred dollars: For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and for ferriages,Transportation. and for transportation of first class of cadets to and from Gettysburg battlefield, Watervliet Arsenal, and Sandy Hook proving grounds, three thousand dollars;

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

For camp stools, camp and office furniture and repairs to same, and door mats tor cadet barracks, sinks, and guardhouse, six hundred and fifty dollars; For stationery, typewriting supplies and repairs, for use of instructors and assistant instructors of tactics; for books and maps, binding books, and mounting maps, four hundred and twenty-five dollars; For repairs and improvements of dressing rooms, platform, and swimming tank, two hundred and twenty 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 purchase of one typewriter, complete, with cabinet for same, one hundred and twenty-five dollars;856 For bookcases for library in dialectic hull and Young Men’s Christian Association hall, one hundred dollars: For department of civil and military engineering: Models, maps,Department of civil and military engineering. purchase and repair of instruments, apparatus, drawing boards, desks, chairs, shelves, and cases for books and instruments, textbooks, books of reference, and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, one thousand dollars;

For department of natural and experimental philosophy: AdditionsDepartment of natural and experimental philosophy. to apparatus to illustrate the principles of mechanics, acoustics, optics, and astronomy; books of reference, scientific periodicals, textbooks, stationery, materials, and repairs; and for repairs to the observatory buildings and repairs to clocks, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars; For department of instruction in mathematics: Textbooks, booksDepartment of mathematics. 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, bookcases, and office fittings; and for contingencies; seven hundred and twentyfive dollars;

For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology: Chemicals,Department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. chemical-apparatus, glass and porcelain ware, paper, wire, sheet metal, ores, photographic apparatus and materials; rough specimens, fossils, and for apparatus and materials to be used in the practical determination of mineralogical and geological specimens; pencils and paper for the practical instruction in the same branches, and for gradual increase, and improvement of the cabinet; for repairs and additions to electric, magnetic, pneumatic, thermic, and optical apparatus; for purchase of laboratory and power-room machinery and apparatus and installation of same; for models, maps, and diagrams, books of reference, textbooks, and stationery for use, of instructors; and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for. three thousand six hundred and thirty dollars;

For department of drawing: Drawing material, instrument, andDepartment of drawing. stationery for use of instructors; repairs to models and purchase of new models; desks, stretchers, drawing boards, racks, and stands; framing drawings; books and periodicals on art, architecture, topography, and technology: binding maps, books, and so forth; repairs to stereopticon and purchase of lantern slides; photographic apparatus and material; preparation of new data sheets and illustrated pamphlets for use of cadets; purchase of new instruments and repair of old ones, for use of cadets: and for contingent expenses, one thousand two hundred and thirty dollars;

For twelve new desks for cadets, one hundred and twenty dollars; For one map-filing case, one hundred and fifty dollars; For one typewriter, with tabulator and cabinet, one hundred and thirty-two dollars; For one oscillating mimeograph, fifty dollars; For blueprinting frame, with window rails and pad, eighty dollars; For rapid photographic lens and shutter, one hundred and fifty dollars; 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 a ad for office furniture, and for printing examination papers, and other necessary papers, and for contingencies, five hundred and ninety-eight dollars:

For department of law and history: For stationery, textbooks, andDepartment 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 department of practical military engineering: For purchase andDepartment of practical military engineering. repair of instruments; transportation; purchase of tools, implements,857 and materials, and tor extra-duty pay of engineer soldiers, as follows, namely:

For instruments for use in instructing cadets in making recon noissances; 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 Held 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, hooks 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: Purchase and repair ofDepartment of ordnance and gunnery. 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 reference, textbooks, stationery, and lithographic printing materials, and for contingencies, four hundred and fifty dollars; Manufacture or purchase of models of breech mechanisms of cannon. rapidlire guns, small arms, and the various machines and tools used in their manufacture, for cadet instruction, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For purchase of machines, tools, and material for practical instruction of cadets in wood and metal working, five hundred dollars; For a course of lectures for the more complete instruction of cadets,Lectures. one thousand two hundred dollars; In all, for current and ordinary expenses, one hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars. miscellaneous items and incidental expenses. Miscellaneous items and incidental expenses. For commercial periodicals, stationery, office furniture and supplies,Stationery, etc. and for binding orders, circulars, and so forth, for the office of the treasurer, United States Military Academy, one hundred and eighty dollars;

For filing cabinets and card indexes for same for office of the treasurer, United States Military Academy, one hundred and fifty dollars; For stationery for office of commissary of cadets, namely: Record books, blank books, paper for printing menus, laundry lists, and so forth, envelopes, pens, mucilage, and other items of stationery, twenty-five dollars; For gas-coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, chimneys, and wickingLighting, plumbing, etc. for lighting the Academy building, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess hall, shops, hospital, offices, stables, and riding hall, sidewalks, camp, and wharfs, ten thousand dollars;

For water pipe, plumbing, and repairs, five thousand dollars; For cleaning public buildings (not quarters), two thousand five hundred dollars; For soap, lye, sapolio, buckets, scrubbing brushes, mops, dustpans, brooms, feather dusters, and so forth, 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; For renewing furniture in section rooms and repairing the same, three hundred dollars:858 Increase and expense of library, namely:Library.

For purchase, preservation, care, storage, binding and repair of hooks, 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 contiugent expenses not otherwise provided for: purchases to be made or open market on the written order of the Superintendent, ten thousand dollars; For contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of theContingent, academic board. academic hoard:

For instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, ant other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, one thousand dollars: *Provided, *That all technical and scientific supplies for the departments*Proviso*.Technical supplies. of instruction of the Military Academy shall be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may deem best; Purchase of instruments for band and repairs to same; for purchaseMusical supplies. of reeds, pads, strings, and other materials necessary for brass, wood, wind, and string instruments: for purchase of music stands and other equipments; for purchase of music for military band and orchestra and for extra parts; all to he purchased in open market on order oi Superintendent, two thousand three hundred dollars;

Repairs and improvements to the laundry machinery and apparatusLaundry. in the cadet laundry, and the purchase of new material, tools, and so forth, to he expended without advertising, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Repair of cooking utensils, chairs, tables, and other furniture in the cadet mess, and the replacement of same, to be expended without advertising, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; Gymnasium and athletic supplies: For repairs, new machines, athleticGymnasium. supplies, and fixtures for gymnasium, one thousand seven hundred dollars;

For furniture, curtains, and rugs for cadet reception room, one him deed and fifty dollars; For the policing of barracks, bath houses, supplying light and plainPolicing. furniture to cadet barracks, nine thousand dollars; In all, for miscellaneous items and incidental expenses, forty-six thousand five hundred and fifty-five dollars. buildings and grounds. For cases, materials, fittings, fixtures, and other appliances andBuildings and grounds. 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 general repairs to the cadet laundry buildings painting, and for emergency incidental expenses about building, to be expended without advertising, four hundred dollars: For the bettor tire protection of the cadet laundry, providing therein standpipe, hose, hose connection and swinging reel, two hundred and eighty-five dollars:

For painting mid general incidental repairs and improvements to the cadet store building, including storerooms, office, tailor shops, and shoe repairing shops, three hundred dollars; For materials and labor for repairs, alterations, and additions neededSoldiers’ hospital. at the soldiers’ hospital, as follows: For purchase of suitable incandescent lights, droplights, tubing, mantels, and so forth: for paraffin and turpentine for waxing floors:859 for brushes, paints, glass, putty, and for general repairs; for materials for rebronzing radiators; and for purchase of flowers, fruit trees, shrubs, plants, and so forth, for hospital grounds, one hundred and sixty-five dollars;

For materials, labor, and so forth, required for putting skylight in operating room, two hundred dollars; For repainting interior walls, ceilings, and woodwork of soldiers hospital, four hundred and fifty dollars: For waterworks: Renewal of material in filter beds; improving ventilationWaterworks. of filter house and water house; hose for use in cleaning filter beds and Waterhouse, and for use in tire 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 Fond, 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;

For repairs and necessary alterations and additions to the cadet hospital,Cadet hospital. as follows: Materials for rebronzing radiators and piping; material for waxing and polishing floors; suitable incandescent lights, droplights, mantles, tubes; for carpets, furniture, and appliances; for repairs of damaged articles, and for miscellaneous expenses, one hundred and twenty dollars; For purchase of flowers and shrubs for hospital ground, one hundred dollars; For one new bathroom, third floor, with fixtures and tiling; for iron bridge across court, and stairway leading to court; for subdividing operating room so as to make room for minor cases, dressing and anesthesia, with corresponding tiled walls; for enlarging and renovating present cadet mess room, and for new kitchen in basement, with plumbing, cooking apparatus, refrigerator, pantry, and dumb-waiter; for making two new entrances to basement: for new bathroom, first floor, with fixtures and tiling; for exhaust fan for shaft and fan inside dark room; for cement gutter along the lower base of lawn in front of hospital: for one hundred and twenty window screens; six thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars;

For repainting interior walls, ceilings, and woodwork of central building, and the north wing of cadet hospital, seven hundred and fifty dollars; For building provisional contagious-disease hospital, under directionContagious-disease building. of the Secretary of War. two thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available. Repairs to cadet, barracks:Cadet barracks. For repairing and renewing plastering, painting and calcimining, repairs to woodwork, reflooring, rearranging rooms, increasing sinks, baths, and other incidental repairs to the building, five thousand dollars;

For maintaining and improving the grounds of the post cemetery,Cemetery. two thousand dollars; For continuing the construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places, five hundred dollars; For broken stone and gravel for roads, and for repairing sidewalks,Roads, etc. roads, paths, and bridges on the reservation, five thousand dollars; For repairs to saddles, bridles, purchase of leather, curb chains, bits, stirrups, and so forth, and to keep same in repair, two hundred and fifty dollars;

For painting and repairing interior walls and woodwork of cadet mess building, one thousand dollars;860 For renewing roof of old portion of cadet mess and new copper down spouts for same, two thousand two hundred dollars; For construction of three-inch standpipes in north mid south halls of cadet mess, with suitable hose connections, and fifty feet of cotton hose on swinging brackets on first and second floors; also for installing and connecting with post tire-alarm system one fire-alarm box in basement, six hundred and fifty dollars:

For one steam road roller, of about six tons weight, to be immediatelySteam road roller. available, two thousand five hundred dollars: For completing work of macadamizing and laying brick gutters to road in front of quarters numbered twenty-two to forty, three thousand dollars; For material and labor to rebuild about two hundred and fifty feet of main sewer at north end of post, one thousand dollars; For regrading and draining ground occupied by cadet camp, surfacingCadet camp ground. company streets with broken stone, and substituting iron posts and rails for the present wooden posts and rails used to support tents, six thousand dollars;

For providing screen doors and windows for officers1 mess building and quarters, nine hundred dollars; For painting interior walls, ceiling, and ironwork of stairways inPainting, etc. the academy building and varnishing the woodwork, repairing plastering and plaster cornice throughout the building, six thousand five hundred dollars; For adding another story to quarters occupied by keeper of the post cemetery, two thousand five hundred dollars; For repairing ceiling of porch and repairing fence around stable and riding hall, one hundred and twenty-five dollars;

For repairing roof of riding hall, one hundred dollars; For putting in eighteen new sashes in riding hall, replacing glass in others and repairing same, two hundred and fifty dollars; For construction of new saddle room to hold fiat saddles, bridles, and equipments pertaining to riding instruction of cadets, one hundred and fifty dollars; For painting and whitewashing interior of cavalry stables, one thousand dollars; For painting woodwork throughout the cavalry barracks and repairing roof, one hundred and ninety dollars;

Lumber and other material for general repairs in cavalry barracks, cavalry stables, riding hall, and for constructing hurdles, heads and ring posts, training chutes, and so forth, two hundred dollars; For lavatory at cavalry barracks, eighty-five dollars; To use toward the restoration of Fort Putnam, on the United StatesFort Putnam. Military Reservation at West Point. New York, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, five thousand dollars; Total buildings and grounds, fifty-nine thousand eight hundred and ninety-five dollars.

In carrying out the provisions of the Act of June twenty-eighth,Construction of new building.Construction of new building. nineteen hundred and two, after general plans have been prepared and approved by the Secretary of War, he may, within the limit of cost fixed, proceed with their execution in such order as the detailed plans may be approved by him and in such manner, by contract or otherwise, as he may see fit. Approved, March 3, 1905.