Chapter 214. Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 214.— An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes. May 28, 1908.[[H. R. 21875.]](/us/bill/70/hr/21875)[[Public, No. 154.]](/us/pl/70/154) *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, For pay of eight assistant professors (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, three thousand two hundred dollars;431 For pay of two battalion commanders (majors), in addition to pay as captains, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For pay of one instructor of English and history, to be selectedInstructor i n English, etc. and appointed by the Secretary of War. three thousand dollars; For pay of four senior assistant instructors of artillery and infantry tactics and ordnance and gunnery and practical military engineering (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, one thousand six hundred dollars; For pay of seven instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics (captains), in addition to pay as second lieutenants, four thousand nine hundred dollars;

For pay of one adjutant, who shall not be above the rank of captain, of his grade, six hundred dollars; For pay of one treasurer and quartermaster and commissary of cadets, in addition to pay as captain, six hundred dollars; For pay of one line officer, on duty in quartermaster’s department at Academy, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, four hundred dollars; For pay of one associate professor of mathematics (major), in addition to pay as captain, six hundred dollars; For pay of one associate professor of modern languages (major), in addition to pay as captain, six hundred dollars;

For pay of one constructing quartermaster in addition to pay as major, one thousand dollars; For additional pay of professors and officers (and officers on increasedLongevity. rank) for length of service, twelve thousand dollars; In all, for extra pay of officers of Army on detached service at the Military Academy, thirty-three thousand five 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,Military band. nine hundred dollars; Twelve enlisted musicians, at forty-five dollars per month, six thousand four hundred and eighty dollars; Twelve enlisted musicians, at thirty-six dollars per month, five thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars; Sixteen enlisted musicians, at thirty dollars per month, five thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars; Additional pay for length of service, two thousand two hundred and sixty-eight dollars;

Clothing on discharge, one thousand one hundred dollars; Travel allowance to enlisted men on discharge, seventy-five dollars; For interest on deposits of enlisted men on discharge, three hundred dollars; For pay of field musicians: One sergeant, six hundred dollars;Field musicians. One corporal, two hundred and fifty-two dollars; Twenty-two privates, at one hundred and eighty dollars each, three thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars; Additional pay for length of service, five hundred and sixteen dollars;

Clothing on discharge, five hundred dollars; Travel allowance to enlisted men on discharge, fifty dollars; Interest on deposits due enlisted men on discharge, forty dollars; Hereafter the monthly pay during the first enlistment of enlistedPay.*Ante*, p. 110. men of the band and field musicians of the United Stated Military Academy shall be as hereinbefore stated, and the continuous service Say of all grades shall be the same as provided in the Act approved lay eleventh, nineteen hundred and eight, entitled “ An Act making 432 appropriation for the support of the Anny for the fiscal year ending*Proviso.*Music outside military posts.

June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine:” *Provided*, That the band or members thereof and the field musicians of the Military Academy shall not receive remuneration for furnishing music outside the limits of the military reservation when the furnishing of such music places them in competition with local civilian musicians. For pay of general army service: One first sergeant, five hundredGeneral army service. and forty dollars; Eight sergeants, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars:

Two cooks, seven hundred and twenty dollars; Nine corporals, two thousand two hundred and sixty-eight dollars; One hundred and eighty privates, thirty-two thousand four hundred dollars; Additioual pay for length of service, seventeen thousand one hundred and seventy-two dollars: Clothing on discharge, five thousand three hundred and ten dollars; Interest of deposits of enlisted men, eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; For travel allowances due enlisted men on discharge, two hundred and sixty dollars;

Extra pay of the enlisted men of the Army service detachment,Extra-duty pay. Quartermaster’s Department, on extra duty at West Point, twenty-two thousand dollars; For pay of cavalry detachment: One first sergeant, five hundredCavalry detachment. and forty dollars; Six sergeants, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; Two cooks, seven hundred and twenty dollars; Eight corporals, two thousand and sixteen dollars; Two trumpeters, three hundred and sixty dollars; Two farriers and blacksmiths, five hundred and four dollars;

One saddler, two hundred and fifty-two dollars; One wagoner, two hundred and fifty-two dollars; Seventy-seven privates (cavalry), thirteen thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars; Additional pay for length of service, five thousand three hundred and sixty-four dollars; Clothing on discharge, one thousand eight hundred dollars: Traveling allowances to enlisted men on discharge, eight hundred and twenty dollars; Interest on deposits to enlisted men, one hundred dollars;Artillery detachment.

For pay of artillery detachment: One first sergeant, five hundred and forty dollars; One quartermaster-sergeant, three hundred and sixty dollars; One stable sergeant, three hundred and sixty dollars; One chief mechanic, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars; Six sergeants, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; Three cooks, one thousand and eighty dollars; Twelve corporals, three thousand and twenty-four dollars; Four mechanics, one thousand and eight dollars; Two trumpeters, three hundred and sixty dollars;

One hundred and two privates, eighteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; One electrician sergeant, five hundred and forty dollars: One master gunner, four hundred and eighty dollars; For additional pay for first and second class gunners, one thousandAdditional for gunners. two hundred and sixty dollars; Additional pay for length of service, two thousand dollars; Clothing on discharge, one thousand five hundred dollars; Interest on deposits due enlisted men, one hundred and twenty-five dollars;

Travel allowances to enlisted men on discharge, nine hundred dollars; 433 For extra pay of two enlisted men employed as clerks in the officeExtra pay, enlisted men. 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;

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 two enlisted men employed in the chemical department, at fifty cents per day, three hundred and thirteen dollars; 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 one ordnance soldier as draftsman and lithographic printer, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of one ordnance soldier as machinist, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of one ordnance soldier as clerk, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of one ordnance soldier when employed in department of ordnance and gunnery, 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 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, five hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty cents; 434 For extra pay of three enlisted men (artillerymen) when performing extra mechanical labor, at fifty cents each per day, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents;

For extra pay of one first sergeant (artilleryman) at thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents; 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 thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents; For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as clerk in charge of clothing room in quartermaster’s storehouse, 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 civil and military engineering, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents;

For extra pay of one sergeant (cavalryman) in charge of stables and horses, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of two teamsters (cavalrymen) at thirty-five cents each per day, two hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of nine laborers (cavalrymen) employed in keeping clean the equipments used by cadets in riding, nine hundred and eighty-five dollars and ninety-five cents; For extra pay of one sergeant of engineers, acting first sergeant, one hundred and eight dollars;

For extra pay of two cooks of engineers, at twelve dollars per month each, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars; 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 eighty-three thousand nine hundred and ninety-six dollars and eighty-seven cents; *Provided*, That the extra pay provided by the preceding paragraphs*Proviso.*No duplication. 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.

For pay of one teacher of music, one thousand seven 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 six hundred dollars; For oue clerk to the quartermaster, one thousand two hundred dollars; For two civilian instructors of French, to be employed under rides prescribed by the Secretary of War, two thousand dollars per year each, four thousand dollars;

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, three thousand dollars; 435 For pay of one professional civilian instructor in gymnastics, athletics, and swimming, one thousand live hundred dollars;

For pay of one clerk and stenographer in the office of the quartermaster and disbursing officer, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of one clerk in the office of the quartermaster, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of one librarian, three thousand dollars; For pay of librarian’s assistant, one thousand two hundred 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, seven thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; For pay of one draftsman in department of civil and military engineering, one thousand two hundred 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 two hundred 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 five hundred dollars; For pay of one civilian plumber, one thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of assistant plumber, nine hundred dollars; For pay of one plumber’s helper, six 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 assistant printer at headquarters, United States Military Academy, seven hundred and twenty dollars; For pay of one janitress, Memorial Hall, six hundred dollars; For pay of one master mechanic, one thousand eight 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 in the department of law and history, seven hundred and fifty dollars; For pay of one stenographer and typewriter in the adjutant’s office, eight hundred and forty dollars: For pay of one overseer of the waterworks, five hundred and forty dollars; For pay of one assistant engineer of steam, electric, and refrigerating apparatus for the cadets’ mess, seven hundred and twenty dollars; For pay of one copyist, typewriter, and attendant in the department of modern languages, seven hundred and fifty dollars;

For pay of one mechanic and attendant skilled in the operation necessary for the preparation of lectures and of material in the department of drawing, seven hundred and twenty dollars; For pay of janitor for bachelor officers’ quarters, six hundred dollars; For pay of one chief engineer of power plant, two thousand four hundred dollars; 436 For pay of three engineers for power plant, three thousand six hundred dollars; For pay of two oilers for power plant, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars;

In all, to civilians employed at Military Academy, sixty-nine thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; Total pay of Military Academy, six hundred and eighteen thousand six hundred and sixteen dollars and eighty-seven cents; All the money hereinbefore appropriated for pay of the Military Academy shall be disbursed and accounted for by officers of the Pay Department as pay of the Military Academy, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. For current and ordinary expenses as follows:Current expenses.*Provisos.*Board of Visitors.R.

S., sec. 1827. p. 227.Composed of members of Committees on Military Affairs of both Houses. *Provided*, That hereafter the Board of Visitors to the Military Academy shall consist of five members of the Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate and seven members of the Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the respective chairmen thereof, who shall annually visit the Military Academy on such date, during the session of Congress or not more than thirty days prior thereto, as may be fixed by the chairmen of the said committees; and the Superintendent of the Academy and the members of the Board of Visitors shall be notified of such date by the chairmen of the said committees, acting jointly, at least fifteen days before the meeting. the expenses of the members of the Board shallExpenses. be their actual expenses while engaged upon their duties as members of said Board, and their actual expenses for travel by the shortest mail routes: *Provided further*, That so much of sections thirteenAppointments.R.

S.. setts. 1327-1329. p. 227, amended. hundred and twenty-seven, thirteen hundred and twenty-eight, and thirteen hundred and twenty-nine, Revised Statutes of the United States, as is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, is hereby repealed. For the expenses of the members of the Board of Visitors, two thousandExpenses. dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; Contingencies for Superintendent of the Academy, two thousandContingent. 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, forty 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 and coal conveying apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, and furnaces, mica, thirty thousand dollars: For gas pipes, gas and electric fixtures, electric lamps, telephone and lighting supplies, lamp-posts, gasometers and retorts, and annual repairs of the same, six thousand five hundred dollars; For fuel for cadets’ mess hall, shops, and laundry, ten 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 437 battlefield, Watervliet Arsenal, and Sandy Hook proving grounds, and for expenses of officers detailed to accompany cadets on these trips, three thousand dollars.

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

For camp stools, camp and office furniture, and repairs to same: for door mats for cadet barracks, sinks, and guardhouse; for stationery, typewriting supplies and repairs, for use of instructor and assistant instructors of tactics; for books and maps, binding books, and mounting maps: for silk and worsted sashes for cadet officers and acting officers; for furniture, curtains, and rugs for cadet reception room, one thousand four hundred and forty-five dollars; Gymnasium and athletic supplies:

For repairs, new machines, athleticGymnasium, etc., supplies. supplies and fixtures for gymnasium; for foils, masks, belts, fencing gloves, fencing jackets, gaiters, sabers, and repairs; for repairs and improvements to dressing rooms, platform, and swimming tank, two thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars; For repairs to saddles, bridles, purchase of leather, curb chains, bits, stirrups, and so forth, and to keep the same in repair, two hundred and fifty dollars; For two electric clocks, to be immediately available and to be expended without advertising, fifty dollars:

For department of civil and military engineering: For 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, text-books, books of reference, and stationery for the use of instructors, aud contingencies, one thousand two hundred dollars; For department of natural and experimental philosophy: AdditionsDepartment of natural mid experimental philosophy. to apparatus to illustrate the principles of mechanics, acoustics, optics, and astronomy; books of reference, scientific periodicals, text-books, stationery, materials, and repairs; and for repairs to the observatory buildings and repairs to clocks, and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars;

For department of instruction in mathematics: Text-books, 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 twenty-five 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, two thousand five hundred dollars;

For department of drawing: Drawing material, instruments, 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, 438 and technology; binding maps, books, and so forth; repairs to stereopticon and purchase of lantern slides; photographic apparatus and material; 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 the preparation of topographical relief models, one hundred 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 and 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, text-books, 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, 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; instrumentsand 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: 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, text-books, stationery, and lithographic printing materials, and for contingencies, four hundred and fifty dollars; 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;

For purchase of machines, tools, and material for practical instructions of cadets in wood and metal working, five hundred dollars; For department of military hygiene: For stationery, text-books,Department of military hygiene. and books of reference for use of instructors; for the preparation of plates, purchase of paper and other expenses incidental to the printing of syllabuses of lectures on parts of the subject not covered by the regular text-books; for the purchase of charts, photographs, and pictures for use in demonstration; for the purchase of instruments and models; for shelves and cases for books, instruments, and models and records; and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, 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 seventeen thousand three hundred and sixty-eight dollars.439 miscellaneous items and incidental expenses.Miscellaneous 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, two hundred and ten dollars;

For gas-coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, chimneys, wicking, andLighting, plumbing, etc. electric lamps and supplies 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 material and labor for cleaning and policing public buildings (not quarters), three thousand live hundred dollars;

For supplies for recitation rooms not otherwise provided for and for renewing and repairing furniture in same, six 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 contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of theContingent, academic board. academic board: For instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, and 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 be purchased in open market on order of Superintendent, two thousand three hundred dollars;

Repairs and improvements to the laundry machinery and apparatusLaundry, etc. in the cadet laundry, and the. purchase of new material, tools, and so forth, to be 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; For the policing of barracks and bath houses, eight thousand fourPolicing, etc. hundred dollars; and for supplying light and plain furniture to cadet barracks, three thousand six hundred dollars;

For maintaining the children’s school, the Superintendent of theChildren’s school. Military Academy being authorized to employ the necessary teachers, three thousand five hundred and twenty dollars; For necessary alterations and additions to the Library Building asLibrary Building. follows: For galleries in the officers’ study, map room, reading room, and periodical room, nine hundred and fifty dollars: For steel shelves in the present map and chart room, to extend over the present shelving to the ceiling, nine hundred dollars;

In all, for miscellaneous items and incidental expenses, fifty-two thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars; Total Military Academy, seven hundred and eighty-eight thousand nine hundred and fourteen dollars and eighty-seven 440 cents. 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, and materials for roads and walks, and for repairs to machinery and tools, one hundred and fifty dol lars;

For general repairs to the cadet laundry building, and for emergency incidental expenses about building, to be expended without advertising, four hundred dollars; For general incidental repairs and improvements to the cadet store building, including storerooms, office, tailor shops, and shoe repairing shops, five hundred dollars; For materials and labor for repairs, alterations, and additions neededSoldiers’ hospital. at the soldiers’ hospital, as follows: Purchase of suitable incandescent lights, droplights, tubing, mantels, and so forth; for paraffin and turpentine for waxing floors; 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 waterworks: For the maintenance and operation of the filterWaterworks. beds, reservoirs, and pipe lines, including the tools, implements, and materials required therefor; and for policing the grounds and repairing the roads in the vicinity of the reservoirs, filters, and intake dam, two thousand dollars; For repairs and necessary alterations and additions to the cadetCadet hospital. hospital, as follows: For 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 grounds, one hundred dollars; For tiling floors and walls of north lower ward, including vestibules,Tiling. lavatory, bathrooms, and so forth, to correspond with all other wards in the hospital, four thousand dollars; For repainting all ceilings and sidewalls throughout the building, which are not faced with tiles, and for repainting all interior woodwork and which is now painted and refinishing in hard oil all interior woodwork which is now so finished, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

For renewing leaders where necessary, repairing gutters and tin roof of north wing and painting all tin work, nine hundred dollars; 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 buildjng, five thousand dollars; For maintaining and improving the grounds of the post cemetery,Cemetery. one thousand five hundred dollars;

For continuing the construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places, one thousand dollars; For broken stone and gravel for roads, and for repairing sidewalks,Roads, etc. roads, paths, and bridges on the reservation, six thousand dollars: For continuing work in connection with the restoration of FortFort Putnam. Putnam, on the United States Military Academy Reservation at West Point, New York, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, five thousand dollars; 441 For one garbage crematory and installation of same, two thousandGarbage crematory. two hundred dollars;

For hose connections, hose and reels for tire protection in the basement of the cadets mess, one hundred dollars; For repair of boilers, engines, dynamos, motors, refrigerating and other machinery in the cadet mess, and the replacement of same, to be expended without advertising, live hundred dollars; For a tile or terrazzo floor and tile wainscoting in the servants’Tiling, etc. dining room, south scullery, south hallway, vestibule, southeast corner of Grant Hall; south serving room, in the cadet mess, three thousand six hundred dollars;

For construction of one primary station, one secondary station, oneSearchlights. battery commander’s station, one searchlight station, two emplacement booths, and for the purchase of one searchlight and operating machinery, twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars; For purchase of gymnasium apparatus for the drill hall in the barracksGymnasium apparatus. of the artillery detachment, one thousand dollars; For purchase of one power clipping machine for artillery detachment, one hundred dollars;

For purchase of one sewing machine, for leather, for the saddler’s shop of the artillery detachment, seventy-five dollars; For material and labor for the work of forestry improvement onForestry improvement. the United States Military Reservation at West Point, two thousand dollars; For erection of brick stables with slate roof for ambulances and animalsStables, soldiers’ hospital. belonging to the soldiers’ hospital, five thousand dollars; For iron flooring for a portion of the third floor and for removing all the present wooden flooring in library building, two hundred and fifty dollars;

Total buildings and grounds, fifty-six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars. No pay shall be withheld from Major G. S. Bingham, Quartermaster’sG. 8. Bingham.Pay not to be withheld. Department, United States Army, because of the acceptance of the quartermaster’s steamer Joseph E. Johnston. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to permit not exceedingFour Filipinos re ceived for instruction. four Filipinos, to be designated, one for each class, by the Philippine Commission, to receive instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point: *Provided*, That the Filipinos undergoing*Provisos.*Pay, etc. instruction, as herein authorized, shall receive the same pay, allowances, and emoluments as are authorized by law for cadets at the Military Academy appointed from the United States, to be paid out of the same appropriations: *And provided further*, That said Filipinos undergoingTo serve in Philippine Scouts. instruction on graduation shall be eligible only to commissions in the Philippine Scouts.

And the provisions of section thirteen hundred and twenty-one, Revised Statutes, are modified in the case of theR. S., sec. 1321, p. 227. Filipinos undergoing instruction, so as to require them to engage to serve for eight years, unless sooner discharged, in the Philippine Scouts. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to permit Colon EloyColon Eloy Alfaro, of Ecuador.Admitted for instruction.*Provisos.*No expense. Alfaro, of Ecuador, to receive instruction at the Military Academy at West Point: *Provided*, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby, and that the said Colon Eloy Alfaro shall agree to comply with all regulations for the police and discipline of the Academy, to be studious, and to give his utmost efforts to accomplish the courses in the various departments of instruction: *And provided further*, That in the case of the said Colon Eloy Alfaro the provisions ofGath and service.R.

S., secs. 1320, 1321, p. 227. sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. Approved, May 28, 1908.