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CHAP. 207.— AN ACT Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and for other purposes. March 3, 1911.[[H. R. 32316](/us/bill/36/hr/32316).][[Public, No. 451](/us/bill/36/pl/451).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury Military Academy appropriations.not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve.

PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT.Permanent establishment. For pay of seven professors, twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars ;Professors, etc. 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, three hundred thousand dollars;Cadets. For extra pay of officers of the Army on detached service at the Military Academy:Extra pay for officers. 1016 For pay of one commandant of cadets (lieutenant colonel), in addition to pay as captain, one thousand one hundred and forty dollars;

For pay of one professor of ordnance and science of gunnery (lieutenant colonel), in addition to pay as major, five hundred dollars; For pay of one professor of law (lieutenant colonel), in addition to pay as major, five hundred dollars; For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering (major), in addition to pay as captain, six hundred dollars; For pay of nine assistant prof essors (captains), two of whom are hereby authorized hereafter for the department of English and history and the department of ordnance and gunnery, one for each department, respectively, in addition to pay as first lieutenants, three thousand six hundred dollars;

For pay of two battalion commanders (majors), in addition to pay as captains, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of three senior assistant instructors of artillery and infantry tactics and practical military engineering (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, one thousand two 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;

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, Constructing quartermaster.in addition to his regular pay, one thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That this increased salary shall only apply during the time this office is held by the present incumbentRestriction.; For additional pay of professors and officers (and officers on increased rank) for length of serviceLongevity., twelve thousand dollars; For pay of the Military Academy band, field musicians, general Army service, cavalry and artillery detachments, and enlisted men on detached service, Enlisted men.and extra pay for enlisted men on special duty:

For pay of military band: Military band.One band sergeant and assistant leader, 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: Field musicians.One sergeant, six hundred dollars; 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, six hundred dollars; For pay of General Army service.general Army service: One first sergeant, five hundred 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; 1017 One hundred and eighty privates, thirty-two thousand four hundred dollars; Additional pay for length of service, eighteen thousand dollars; Extra pay of the enlisted men of the Army service detachment, Quartermaster's Department,Extra pay, Quarter-masters Department.on extra duty at West Point, twenty- four thousand dollars; For pay of cavalry detachment: Cavalry detachment.One first sergeant, five hundred 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; One horseshoer, three hundred and sixty dollars; One farrier, two hundred and fifty-two 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, seven thousand and eightyeight dollars;

For pay of artillery detachment: 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 dolíais; 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, live hundred and forty dollars; One electrician sergeant, second class, four hundred and thirty-two 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, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

Bonus to enlisted men Reenlistment bonus.reenlisting within three months from date of discharge, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars; Travel allowances to enlisted men Travel, etc., on discharge.on discharge, eight hundred and three dollars and four cents; Clothing not drawn due enlisted men on discharge, eight thousand and seventy-one dollars; Interest on deposits due enlisted men, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; For extra pay of three enlisted Extra pay, enlisted men.men employed as clerks in the office of the adjutant, United States Military Academy, at fifty cents each per day, five hundred and forty-nine 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-six 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-two dollars and fifteen cents; 1018 Extra pay, enlisted men—Continued.For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as trumpeter at the cadet barracks, at thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and sixty dollars and thirteen 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; For extra pay of one ordnance soldier employed as clerk, at fifty, cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents ;

For pay of one noncommissioned officer in charge of Army service detachment mess, seventy-two dollars; 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 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; 1019 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-three dollars; For extra pay of two teamstere (cavahymen), at thirty-five cents each per day, two hundred and fifty-six dollars and twenty cents; For extra pay of nine laborers (cavahymen) 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: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That hereafter the pay and allowances of the acting first sergeantActing first sergeant, engineers.of the United States Military Academy detachment of engineers shall be the same as the pay and allowances of a first sergeant of a company of engineers: *And provided further,* That when an acting first sergeant of the detachment of engineers may hereafter be retired, Retired pay.his retired pay and allowances shall be the same as the pay and allowances of a retired first sergeant of a company of engineers.

For extra pay of two cooks of engineers, at twelve dollars per month each, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars; 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,**Proviso.*That the extra pay provided by the preceding paragraphs shall not be paid No duplication.to any enlisted man who receives extraduty 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 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 eight hundred dollars; For pay of one clerk to the quartermaster, one thousand four 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 or 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 four 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, Athletic trainer.who shall hereafter be selected and appointed Appointment.by the Superintendent of the Military Academy 1020 Pay of civilians— Continued.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 pay of chapel organist and choir master, one thousand 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 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 two 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 clerk and stenographer in adjutant’s office (to be immediately available), 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 cadets’ 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; 1021 Pay of civillian Continued.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, nine hundred and sixty dollars; For pay of one skilled pressman in the printing office, headquarters, United States Military Academy, one thousand dollars; For pay of one charwoman, four hundred and eighty dollars;

For pay of six clerks in the office of the adjutant, headquarters, United States Military Academy, seven thousand dollars; For pay of one messenger for the superintendent of the United States Military Academy, seven hundred and twenty 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 thousand dollars, or so much thereof Board of Visitors.as may be necessary; Contingencies for superintendent Superintendent.of the academy, three thousand dollars; Repairs and improvements, Repairs, etc.namely: Timber, planks, boards, 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 repairs and improvements that can not be done by enlisted men, forty thou- sand dollars ;

For fuel and apparatus, Fuel, etc.namely: Coal, wood, charcoal, stoves, grates, heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, fire bricks, clay, sand, and for repairs of steam-heating and coal-conveying apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, furnaces, and mica, thirty-three 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, Postage and telegrams.three hundred and seventy-five dollars; For stationery,Stationery.namely: Blank books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel pens, rubbers, erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fasteners, rides, files, ink, inkstands, typewriters, typewriting sup- plies, office furniture, penholders, tape, desk knives, blotting pads, and rubber bands, and for contingencies not otherwise provided for, two thousand five hundred dollars;

For transportation Transportation.of materials, discharged cadets, anil for ferriages; for transportation of first class of cadets to and from Gettysburg battlefield; for transportation of first and second classes of cadets to and from Watervliet Arsenal and Sandy Hook Proving Grounds or other ordnance establishment; and for expenses of 1022 officers detailed to accompany cadets on these trips, three thousand six hundred dollars; Printing: Printing.For printing and binding, type, materials for office, including repairs to motors and machinery, diplomas for graduates, annual registers, blanks, and monthly reports to parents of cadets, and contingencies, two thousand dollars;

For one sewing machine and electric motor, complete, for use in book bindery, seventy-five dollars ; For department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics: Department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics.Tan bark or other proper cover for riding tall, to be purchased in open market upon written order of the superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For camp stools, camp and office furniture, and repairs to same; for doormats for cadet barracks, sinks, and cadet headquarters; 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 plumes, silk and worsted sashes for cadet officers and acting officers; for furniture, curtains, and nigs for cadet reception room, one thousand four hundred and forty-five dollars ;

Gymnasium and athletic supplies: Gymnasium, etc., supplies.For repairs, new machines, 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 dollaro;

For purchase of carbons, oils, cleaning materials, spare parts and repairs and maintenance of searchlight, and for purchase of rubber matting and heating apparatus for coast artillery fire-control stations, five hundred dollars : For the purchase and installation of power cable for the searchlight for the instruction of cadets, four hundred and twenty-five dollars; For one typewriting machine and cabinet, for the senior instructor of artillery tactics, one hundred and twenty-five dollars;

For construction of additional obstacles on new cavalry drill grounds and to repair old obstacles, and the care of ground in the vicinity of same, one hundred dollars; For repair of typewriter, ten dollars ; For repair of mattresses, machines, and for replacing worn-out articles in gymnasium of cavalry barracks, one hundred dollars; For repair of power clippers in cavalry stables and replacing wornout parts, twenty-five dollars; For renewing two hundred and twenty-six tent floors in cadet camp, to be immediately available, five hundred dollars;

For department of civil and military engineering: Department of civil and military engineering.For models, maps, 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 two hundred dollars; For department of natural and experimental philosophy:Department of natural and experimental philosophy. Additions 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, and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollaro; 1023 For department of instruction in mathematics:

Department of mathematics.Textbooks, books of reference, binding, and stationery; for tables of logarithms; for rulers and triangles; for purchase of geometrical drawings and models; for cases for geometrical models; for desks, chairs, bookcases, and office fittings; and for contingencies, seven hundred and twenty- five dollars; For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology: Department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology.Chemicals, 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, textbooks, and stationery for use of instructors; and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, two thousand five hundred dollars ;

For department of drawing: Department of drawing.Drawing material, instruments, and 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 fort h ; 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 five hundred and thirty dollars ;

For department of modern languages: Department of modern languages.For stationery, textbooks, 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:Department of law.For stationery, textbooks, and 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, three hundred and fifty dollars;

For the department of practical military engineering: Department of practical military engineering.For purchase and repair of instruments; transportation; purchase of tools, implements, and materials, and for extra-duty pay of engineer soldiers, as follows, namely: For instruments for use in instructing cadets in making reconnoissances; photographic apparatus and material for field photography; drawing instruments and material for platting reconnoissances; surveying instruments; instruments and material for signaling and field telegraphy; transportation of field parties; tools and material for the preservation, augmentation, and repair of wooden pontoon, and one canvas pontoon train; sapping and mining tools and material; rope; cordage; material for rafts and for spar and trestle bridges; intrenching tools; tools and material for the repair of Fort Clinton and the batteries of the academy, and for extra-duty pay of engineer soldiers, at fifty cents per day each, when performing special skilled mechanical labor in the department of practical military engineering; for models, books of reference, and stationery, and for extra pay of one engineer soldier as assistant in photographic laboratory, and m charge of photographic laboratory, photographic apparatus, materials, and supplies, at fifty cents per day, two thousand dollars;

For the purchase of surveying instruments, one thousand dollars; For department of ordnance and gunnery: Department of ordnance and gunnery.Purchase and repair of instruments, models, and apparatus, and purchase of necessary 1024 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, 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 instruction of cadets in wood and metal working, two thousand dollars; For department of military hygiene: Department of military hygiene.For stationery, textbooks, 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 textbooks; 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: Department of English and history.For purchase of stationery, textbooks, 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 Lectures.for the more complete instruction of cadets, one thousand two hundred dollars; MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.Miscellaneous and incidental expenses.

For commercial periodicals, stationery, Stationery, etc.office furniture and supplies, and for binding orders, circulars, and so forth, for the office of the treasurer, United States Military Academy, two hundred and ten dollars; Lighting, plumbing, etc.For gas-coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, chimneys, and wicking 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; 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, Library.namely: 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, Contingent, academic board.to be expended under the direction of the academic board: For instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, one thousand dollars; *Provided,**Proviso.*That all technical and scientific Technical supplies.supplies for the departments of instruction of the Military Academy snail be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may deem best; Purchase of instruments for band Musical supplies.and repairs to same:

For purchase 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; and for contingent expenses not other- 1025 wise provided for; all to be purchased in open market on order of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; Repairs and improvements to the laundry machinery and apparatus in the cadet laundry, Laundry, kitchen, etc.and the purchase of new material, adding machine, 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 seven hundred and fifty dollars; For the purchase of cooking and baking apparatus, new tables, chairs, and so forth, to be immediately available, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; For the policing Policing.of barracks and bath houses, nine thousand three hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; For supplying light and plain furniture to cadets’ barracks, Cadet barracks, furniture, etc.three thousand six hundred dollars;

For maintaining the children’s school, Children’s school.the Superintendent of the Military Academy being authorized to employ the necessary teachers, three thousand five hundred and twenty dollars: For one chemical fire engine Fire engine.with necessary equipment, seven hundred dollars; *Provided,**Proviso.*That section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign, professional, and\ other newspapers and periodicals, Periodicals.to be paid for from any of the foregoing appropriations.R.

S., sec. 3648, p.718. BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.Buildings and grounds. For cases, materials, fittings, fixtures, and other appliances and repairs for ordnance museumOrdnance museum, laboratory, etc.in headquarters building, one thousand five 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 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, oilice, tailor shops, and shoe-repairing shops, five hundred dollars; For screening the doors and windows in cadet mess, one thousand and forty-five dollars; For materials and labor for repairs, alterations, and additions needed at the soldiers’ hospital, 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 painting interior walls and ceilings of entire hospital, four hundred dollars; For painting exterior woodwork, tin roofs, leaders and gutters of entire hospital, three hundred and fifty dollars; For building two cupboards with drawers for pantry, fifty-eight dollars; For rebuilding of stone steps in front of the building, forty-five dollars; For repairs and additions to quarters of sergeants, first class, Hospital Corps, at soldiers’ hospital, as follows: 1026 For tile drain around building below foundation, and waterproofing of foundation walls, one hundred and forty dollars;

For fitting building with storm doors and windows throughout (two storm doors and seventeen storm windows required), one hundred and twenty-eight dollars; For waterworks: Waterworks.For the maintenance and operation of the filter 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 cadet hospital, Cadet hospital.as follows:

For materials for rebronzing radiators and piping; material for waxing and polishing floors; suitable incandescent lights, droplights, 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 sash and interior blinds throughout building, twenty- five dollars; For repairing concrete floor in basement of kitchen extension, one hundred and fifty dollars;

For replacing broken tiles in wards, and refastening marble door jambs, where required, fifteen dollars; For repairing of lift to hospital corps kitchen, repairing of shaft of same, and refinishing floors of landing with terrazo, fifty dollars; For stamp metal wainscoting behind all steam radiators located near plastered walls, eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; For connecting hot-water pipe leading to operating room, hospital corps lavatories, second and third floors, with hot-water main leading from cadet mess, sixty-one dollars;

For heavy wire partition, with door, separating cadet hospital mess storeroom from passageway, one hundred and fifty dollars; For alterations and repairs to the quarters of the sergeant, first class, cadet hospital, as follows: For repairing brickwork of chimneys, forty-five dollars; For reshingling of roof, three 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 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 wallWalls, roads, etc.in dangerous 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 and other machineryMachinery.in the cadet mess, and the replacement of same, to be expended without advertising, five hundred dollars;

For completion of work in connection with the restoration of Fort Putnam,Fort Putnam.on the United States Military Academy Reservation at West Point, New York, four thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Proviso.*That no part of this sum shall be expended Condition.unless said work shall be fully completed thereby. For plaster and other models, Models, relief plans, etc.relief plans, and maps to illustrate the facts of geology, photography, geography, hydrography, the processes and results of the useful arts, of the art of war, fortifications, artillery, and the like, to be displayed on the walls of the buildings of the academy, five thousand dollars; 1027 For carrying on the development of the general plan for improvementsImproving grounds, etc.to roads and grounds on the military reservation of West Point, designed under contract by authority of the Secretary of War, three thousand dollars;

For continuing the work of increasing the efficiency of the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, and to provide for the enlargement of buildingsEnlargement of buildings, etc.and for other necessary work of improvement in connection therewith, as authorized in Acts of Congress approved June twenty-eighth, Vol. 32, p. 419.nineteen hundred and two (Public, One hundred and eighty-one), April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four Vol. 33, pp. 451, 860.(Public, One hundred and ninety-two), March third, nineteen hundred and five (Public, One hundred and thirtyseven), and June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred Vol. 34, p. 531.and six (Public, Three hundred 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, three hundred thousand dollars.

The consent of the United States is hereby given to the city of Miles City, Montana, Fort Keogh, Mont.to locate, construct, maintain, and operate a pumping station with accessory equipment, upon the property of the United States at Fort Keogh, Pumping station for Miles City allowed on.in the State of Montana, upon the approval of the Secretary of War as to the location of the works and the design and character of the construction, and under such terms, conditions, and regulations as may from time to time be prescribed Terms, etc.by him regarding the use of the reservation for this purpose and the operation and maintenance of the plant.

Approved, March 3, 1911.