Chapter 174. Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 174.— An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and for other purposes. April 19, 1910. [[H. R. 20579](/us/bill/61/hr/20579).] [[Public, No. 139](/us/pl/61/139).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Military Academy appropriations. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven. permanent establishment.

Permanent establishment. For pay of eight professors, thirty thousand five hundred dollars:Professors, etc. *Provided,* That the head of the department of English and history*Provisos.* Appointment of professor of English and history. Rank, pay, etc. [R. S., sec. 1309, p. 225](/us/rs/s1309/p225), amended. shall hereafter have the same status as the professors at the head of the other departments of instruction at the Military Academy, and the President of the United States is hereby authorized, by and with the consent of the Senate, to appoint a civilian in the department of English and history, United States Military Academy, a professor at the Military Academy, with the rank, pay, allowances, title, and status of the other professors: *Provided further,* That the provisions of lawRetirement. relating to retirement for disability in line of duty shall not apply in the case of this professor until after he shall have served fifteen years at the Military Academy.

For pay of one chaplain, two thousand four hundred dollars; For pay of the master of the sword, two thousand four hundred dollars; For pay of cadets, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars;Cadets. For extra pay of officers of the army on detached service at the MilitaryExtra pay for officers. Academy: For pay of one Superintendent of the United States Military Academy (colonel), in addition to pay as major, one thousand dollars; For pay of one professor of ordnance and science of gunnery (lieutenant-colonel), in addition to pay as major, five hundred dollars;

Hereafter any officer detailed from the Medical Corps of the armySenior medical officer to be professor of military hygiene. as senior medical officer of the post at the Military Academy, whose rank shall not be below that of lieutenant-colonel, shall be the professor of military hygiene. For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering (major), in addition to pay as captain, six hundred dollars; For pay of eight assistant professors (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, three thousand two hundred dollars;

For pay of two batallion commanders (majors), in addition to pay as captains, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of four senior assistant instructors of artillery and infantry tactics, 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, six hundred dollars; 313 For pay of one quartermaster and commissary of cadets and treasurer, 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 his regularConstructing quartermaster. pay, one thousand dollars: *Provided,* That this increased salary*Proviso.*Restriction. shall only apply during the time this office is held by the present incumbent; For additional pay of professors and officers (and officers onLongevity. increased rank) for length of service, twelve thousand 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, five thousand six 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, one thousand dollars; 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; Nine corporals, two thousand two hundred and sixty-eight dollars;

Two cooks, seven hundred and twenty dollars; One hundred and eighty privates, thirty-two thousand four hundred dollars; Additional pay for length of service, seventeen thousand five hundred and twenty-eight dollars; Extra pay of the enlisted men of the army service detachment,Extra pay, Quartermaster’s Department Quartermaster’s Department, on extra duty at West Point, twenty-four thousand dollars; For pay of cavalry detachment: One first sergeant, five hundredCavalry detachment. and forty dollars;

One stable sergeant, three hundred and sixty dollars; Five sergeants, one thousand eight hundred 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, six thousand five hundred and sixty-four dollars; 314 For pay of artillery detachment: One first sergeant, five hundredArtillery detachment. 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 thousand six hundred and eighty dollars; Additional pay for length of service, two thousand three hundred dollars; Bonus to enlisted men reenlisting within three months from date ofReenlistment bon us. discharge, three thousand and seventy-five dollars;

Travel allowances to enlisted men on discharge, two thousand fiveTravel, etc., on discharge. hundred and seventy dollars; Clothing not drawn due enlisted men on discharge, fifteen thousand and thirty-five dollars; Interest on deposits due enlisted men, one thousand five hundred and ninety-five dollars; 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 employed 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 employed 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 employed as machinist, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; 315 For extra pay of one ordnance soldier employed as clerk, at fiftyExtra pay, enlisted men—Continued. cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents;

For extra pay for 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 employed 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 employed 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 employed 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;

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 two enlisted men employed 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 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-live 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 dolíais;

For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as skilled attendant in ordnance museum, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty 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. 316 pay of civilians. Pay of civilians. For pay of one teacher of music, one thousand seven hundred dollars; For pay of clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster, one thousand five hundred dollars;

For pay of clerk to adjutant in charge of cadet records, one thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of one clerk to the adjutant, one thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of clerk to treasurer, one thousand six hundred dollars; For pay of one clerk to the quartermaster, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of two civilian instructors in French, to be employed under rules prescribed by the Secretary of War, two thousand dollars per year each, four thousand dollars; For pay of 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 pay of 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; For pay of one professional civilian instructor in gymnastics, athletics, and swimming, one thousand five 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 assistant librarian, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of one custodian of gymnasium, to be selected and appointedAthletic trainer. by the Superintendent of the Military Academy under Schedule A, classified positions excepted from examination under rule two, clause three, civil-service rules, who shall be qualified to act as trainer for the various cadet athletic teams, 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 eight 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 chief 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; 317 For pay of engineer and janitor for Memorial Hall, nine hundredPay of civilians—Continued. dollars; For pay of printer at headquarters, United States Military Academy, one thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of one assistant printer at headquarters, United States Military Academy, one thousand 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 one hundred dollars; For pay of one typewriter, copyist, and attendant in charge of the library in the department of law, seven hundred and fifty dollars; For pay of one stenographer and typewriter in the adjutant’s office, one. thousand dollars; For pay of one overseer of the waterworks, seven hundred and twenty dollars;

For pay of one engineer of steam, electric, and refrigerating apparatus for the cadet’s mess, eight hundred and forty 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; 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; For pay of one attendant in the department of philosophy for the handling of models and materials used in the instruction of cadets, four hundred and eighty dollars; For pay of one copyist, typewriter, and attendant in the department of English and history, seven hundred and fifty dollars;

For pay of one bookbinder at headquarters, United States Military Academy, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of two book sewers in bindery, at thirty dollars per month each, seven hundred and twenty dollars; For pay of one skilled pressman in the printing office, headquarters, Uniteci States Military Academy, one thousand dollars; 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. For the expenses of the members of the Board of Visitors, one thousandBoard of Visitors. five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; Contingencies for superintendent of the academy, two thousandSuperintendent. dollars; Repairs and improvements, namely: Timber, planks, boards,Repairs, etc. joists, wall strips, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet lead, zinc, nails, screws, locks, hinges, glass, paints, turpentine, oils, varnish, brushes, stone, brick, flag, lime, cement, plaster hair, sewer and drain pipe, blasting powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, machinery, mantels, and other similar materials, renewing roofs, and for pay of architect overseer and citizen mechanics, and labor employed upon repair’s and improvements that can not bo done by enlisted men, forty thousand dollars;

For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood, charcoal, stoves, grates, heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, fire bricks, clay, sand,318 and for repairs of steam-heating and coal-conveying apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, furnaces, and mica, thirty thousand dollars; For gas pipes, gas anti 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 seventy-five dollars;Postage and telegrams. For stationery, namely: Blank books, paper, envelopes, quills,Stationery. 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 bunds, two thousand 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, 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 one typesetting or typecasting machine, to be immediately available, three thousand seven hundred dollars; For furniture, shelving for paper stock, and contingencies, necessary in the new building, six hundred dollars; For department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics:

TanDepartment of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics. bark or other proper cover for riding shall, 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,Gymnasium, etc., supplies. athletic 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, three thousand five hundred 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 purchase of carbons and for repairs and maintenance of searchlight for coast artillery night practice, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; For construction of obstacles on new cavalry drill grounds and preparing ground in vicinity of same, one hundred dollars; For furnishing and equipping the new gymnasium and runningNew gymnasium. track with apparatus, machines, appliances, fixtures, mattresses, measuring apparatus, furniture for erecting same; and for gymnastic and athletic supplies; to be immediately available, seven thousand dollars;

For furnishing the new fencing armory with fencing strips; for foil, saber, and bayonet racks; mask and jacket closets; furniture; and for foils, sabers, blades, masks, gloves, fencing jackets and shoes; and for repairs; to be immediately available, two thousand dollars; 319 For furnishing the new sparring and wrestling room with mats, pads, racks, carpet; and for gloves; to be immediately available, one thousand dollars; For furnishing main dressing room, officers’ dressing room, and instructors dressing room with lockers, mats, and furniture; to be immediately available, one thousand five hundred dollars;

For furnishing the swimming tank, shower baths, and rubbing room with rubber mats, swimming pulleys, platform, belts, and furniture; to be immediately available, five hundred dollars; For department of civil and military engineering: For models,Department of civil and military engineering. 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 two hundred 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, 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 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, diagrams, books of reference, text-books, 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, and technology; binding maps, books, and so forth; repairs to stereonticon 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 five hundred and thirty dollars;

For purchase of additional filing cases for maps, six 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, four hundred and ninety-eight dollars; For department of law: For stationery, text-books, and books ofDepartment of law. reference for the use of instructors, maps, map fixtures, furniture, and for repairs to the same, for rebinding books and periodicals, and for contingencies, three hundred and fifty dollars; 320 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 reconnoisances; photographic apparatus and material for field photography; drawing instruments and material for platting recon noisances; 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: 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 and contingencies, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For purchase of machines, tools, and material for practical instructions of cadets in wood and metal working, two thousand 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 department of English and history: For purchase of stationery,Department of English and history. text-books, books of reference, office furniture, maps, map fixtures, and for repairs to same, for rebinding books and periodicals, 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; 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, 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, six thousand dollars; For material and labor for cleaning and policing public buildings (not quarters), three thousand five hundred dollars; 321 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, one thousand five hundred dollars;

Repairs and improvements to the laundry machinery and apparatusLaundry, kitchen, 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, including a new dishwashing machine, to be expended without advertising, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For the policing of barracks and bath houses, eight thousand fourPolicing. hundred dollars;

For supplying light and plain furniture to cadets’ barracks, threeCadet barracks, furniture, etc. 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; *Provided,* That section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight, Revised*Proviso.*Periodicals.[R.S.,sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/s3648/p718). Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign, professional, and other newspapers and periodicals, to be paid for from any of the foregoing appropriations. buildings and grounds.

Buildings and grounds. For cases, materials, fittings, fixtures, and other appliances andOrdnance museum, laboratory, etc. 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, four thousand dollars; 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 additionsSoldiers’ hospital. needed at the soldiers’ hospital, as follows: 322 Purchase of suitable incandescent lights, droplights, tubing, mantels, and so forth; Tor 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, drop-lights, mantels, 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 repairing all exterior woodwork and windows in hospital, where required, including storm windows, eight hundred and fifty dollars; For new bowl and flush tank in water-closet near cadet hospital kit chen and making necessary connections, sixty dollars; For furnishing and connecting radiatore in the assistant surgeon’s office in basement, in eye room, and in noncommissioned officers’ room, second story, one hundred and sixty-four dollars;

For furnishing and connecting new enameled sink in dispensary and supplying same with proper faucets for hot and cold water, forty-six dollars; For tiling floors and walls of vestibules, lavatories, bathrooms, and so forth, of upper and lower north wards, to correspond with other wards of hospital, four thousand dollars; For construction of new toilet for use of cadets at sick call, to be located in or near waiting room of basement, three hundred and eighty-two dollars; For alterations and repaire to quarters of the sergeant, first class, cadet hospital, as follows:

For repairing all interior walls, ceilings, and woodwork; for new sink for kitchen and renewal of wooden tops to stationary washtubs of kitchen, one hundred and ten dollars; Repairs to cadet barracks:Cadet barracks. For repairing and renewing plastering, painting, and calcimining, repaire to woodwork, reflooring, rearranging rooms, increasing sinks, baths, and other incidental repairs to the building, ten 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 dangerousWalls, roads, etc. places, one thousand dollars; For broken stone and gravel for roads, and for repairing sidewalks, roads, paths, and bridges on the reservation, six thousand dollars; For repair of boilers, engines, dynamos, motors, refrigerating andMachinery. other machinery in the cadet mess, and the replacement of same, to be expended without advertising, five hundred dollars; For preserving and marking Revolutionary forts, redoubts, andHistoric sites. batteries, and other historic sites, situated within the limits of the West Point Military Reservation, one thousand five hundred dollars;

For purchase of one power clipping machine and motor for cavalry stables, two hundred and fifty dollars; For purchase of one sewing machine, for leather, for saddler’s shop of cavalry detachment, two hundred and fifteen dollars; 323 For purchase of gymnasium apparatus for the drill hall in the bar-racks of the cavalry detachment, one thousand dollars; For one small electric motor, driving pulley, and accessories for artillery stables, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; For one machine to sew leather for the artillery saddler’s shop, two hundred and fifteen dollars;

For repairs to mattresses and machines and for replacing worn-out articles in gymnasium of artillery barracks, one hundred dollars; For the construction of one skeleton emplacement for twelve-inchMortar emplacement. mortars for the instruction of cadets, six thousand eight hundred dollars; For one electric blueprinting machine, to be immediately available, eight hundred and fifty dollars; For organ for new chapel, to be immediately available, and to beNew organ. expended without advertising upon the written order of the superintendent, ten thousand dollars, or so-much thereof as may be necessary;

For carrying on the development of the general plan for improvementsImproving grounds. to roads and grounds on the military reservation of West Point, designed under contract by authority of the Secretary of War, three thousand dollars; The Secretary of War is authorized to purchase, in his discretion,Additional land, etc. and at a price not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for the use of the United States Military Academy and in lieu of the hotel provided for in the general plans, the buildings and grounds known as Ladyelilfe Academy, formerly Cranston’s Hotel, adjacent to the Military Academy reservation, from the appropriation “ForVol. 32, p. 419. continuing the work of increasing the efficiency of the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, and to provide for the enlargement of buildings, and for other necessary work of improvement in connection therewith,” authorized in Acts of CongressVol. 33, pp. 451, 860. approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two, April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four, March third, nineteen hundred and five, and June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred andVol. 34, p. 531. six, in accordance with the general plan approved by the Secretary of War, January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and four.

For continuing the work of increasing the efficiency of the UnitedEnlargement of buildings, etc. States Military Academy, West Point, New York, and to provide for the enlargement of buildings, and for other necessary work of improvement in connection therewith, as authorized in Acts of CongressVol. 32, p. 419. approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two (Public, One hundred and eighty-one), April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundredVol. 33, pp. 451, 860. and four (Public, One hundred and ninety-two), March third, nine-teen hundred and five (Public, One hundred and thirty-seven), and June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and six (Public, Three hundredVol. 34, p. 531. and ten), in accordance with the general plan approved by the Secretary of War January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and four, to remain available until expended, one million dollars.

Hereafter, for six years from July first, anno Domini, nineteenCadets.Admission of successors after three years’ course. hundred and ten, whenever any cadet shall have finished three years of his course at the United States Military Academy, his successor may be admitted to the Academy; and the corps of cadets is hereby increased to meet this provision. The portion of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act makingHazing.Vol. 31, p. 911.[R. S., sec. 1319, p. 226](/us/rs/s1319/p226), amended. appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes,” approved March second, nineteen hundred and one, prescribing penalty for hazing, is hereby amended to read as follows:

" “That the superintendent of the United States Military Academy,Regulations to prescribe penalty for. subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, shall make appropriate regulations for putting a stop to the practice of hazing, such regulations to prescribe dismissal, suspension, or other adequate324 punishments for infractions of the same, and to embody a clear definition of hazing. “That any cadet who shall be charged with offenses under suchCourt-martial trials. regulations which would involve his dismissal from the academy shall be granted, upon his written request, a trial by a general court-martial, and any cadet dismissed from the, academy for hazing shallEffect of dismissal. not thereafter be reappointed to the corps of cadets nor be eligible for appointment as a commissioned officer in the Army or Navy or Marine Corps until two years after the graduation of the class of which he was a member.

“That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions ofInconsistent laws repealed. this Act are hereby repealed.” " The regulations of the United States Military Academy upon theDisposal of pending cases. subject of hazing having been modified, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to dispose of any cases which are now pending, and in which final action has not yet been taken, under the provisions of the said regulations as modified. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to permit Mr.

JuanJuan Torroella y Rooney.Admitted for instruction. Torroella y Rooney, of Cuba, to receive instruction at the Military Academy at West Point: *Provided,* That no expense shall be caused*Provisos.*No expense. to the United States thereby, and that the said Juan Torroella y Rooney 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 saidOath and service.[R.,S., secs. 1320,1321, p. 227](/us/rs/s1320/1321/p227).

Juan Torroella y Rooney the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. The consent of Congress is hereby granted to the acceptance byCuba and Panama.Details of officers under. officers of the army, in the discretion of the President, of such military details under the Governments of Cuba and Panama as may be requested by the Presidents of these Republics: *Provided,* That such*Provisos.*Limit. details shall not exceed five in number: *And provided further,* ThatRestriction on pay, etc. no officer so detailed shall receive any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from the Government of Cuba or Panama.

Hereafter in administering the Act of Congress approved FebruaryVolunteers.Decision of Department as to date of muster conclusive.Vol. 29, p. 593. twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the relief of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces,” the decision of the War Department as to the right of any person to be held and considered to have been mustered into the service of the United States under the provisions of said Act shall be conclusive, and no claims shall be allowed or considered under said Act after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and eleven.

Approved, April 19, 1910.