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CHAP. 209.— AN ACT Making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve. March 3, 1911.[[H. R. 31237](/us/bill/36/hr/31237).][[Public, No. 453](/us/bill/36/pl/453).] *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 they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the ArmyArmy appropriations. for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve:
Contingencies of the Army:Contingencies of the Army.For all contingent expenses of the Army not otherwise provided for, and embracing all branches of the militant service, including the office of the Chief of Staff, to be ex- pended under the immediate orders of the Secretary of War, forty thousand dollars. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF.Office of Chief of Staff. Army War College: Army War College.For expenses of the Army War College, being for the purchase of the necessary stationery, office, toilet, and desk furniture, textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers and periodicals, printing and binding, maps, police utensils, employment of temporary, technical, or special services, and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, including twenty-five dollars per month additional to regular compensation to chief clerk of division for superintendence of the War College Building, ten thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso*.That hereafter the Chief of the Division of Militia Affairs,Chief of Militia Affairs Division to be a general of the line.Office of the Chief of Staff, shall be detailed from the general officers of the line of the Army, and while so serving shall be an additional member of the General Staff Corps.
Contingencies, military-information section, General Staff Corps: For contingent expensesContingent expenses.of the military-information section, General Staff Corps, including the purchase of law books, professional books of reference, professional and technical periodicals and news- papers, and of the military attachés at the United States embassies and legations abroad; and of the branch office of the militaryinfor- mation section at Manila, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, ten thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso*.That section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicalsPeriodicals.to be paid for from thisR.
S., sec. 3648, p. 718.appropriation. United States service schools: Service schools.To provide means for the theoretical and practical instruction at the Staff College (including the Army School of the Line, Army Field Engineer School, and the Army Signal School) at Fort Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.Kansas, and the Mounted Service School at Fort Riley, Fort Riley, Kans.Kansas, by the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, the purchase of modern instruments and material for theoretical and practical instruction and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, to be allotted in such pro portions as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be for the est interests of the military service, twenty-five thousand dollars.
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.Adjutant General's Department. Contingencies, headquarters of military’ departments: For contingent expenses at the headquartersContingencies at headquarters.of the several military divisions and departments, including the staff corps serving thereat, being for the purchase of the necessary articles of office, toilet, and desk furniture, binding, maps, technical books of reference, professional and technical newspapers and periodicals, and police utensils, to be allotted by the Secretary of War, and to be expended in the discretion of the several military division and department commanders, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
UNDER THE CHIEF OF ARTILLERY.Under Chief of Coast Artillery. 1038Coast artillery school, Fort Monroe, Virginia: Coast artillery school, Fort Monroe, Va.For incidental expenses of the school, including chemicals, stationery, hard- ware; cost of special instruction of officers detailed as instructors; extra-duty pay to soldiers necessarily employed for periods not less than ten days as artificers on work in addition to and not strictly in line with their military duties, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, draftsmen, printers, lithographers, photographers, engine drivers, telegraph operators, teamsters, wheelwrights, masons, machinists, painters, overseers, laborers; office furniture and fixtures, machinery, and unforeseen expenses, ten thousand dollars.
For purchase of engines, generatore, motors, machines, measuring instruments, special apparatus Special apparatus, etc.and materials for the division of the enlisted specialists, seven thousand dollars. For purchase of special apparatus and materials and for experimental purposes for the department of artillery, three thousand dollars. For purchase of generating, measuring, and mine apparatus, and materials for use in instruction of. artillery troops in their special duties in connection with the loading and planting of submarine mines,Submarine mines.five thousand five hundred dollars.
For purchase and binding of professional booksBooks.of recent date treating of military and scientific subjects for library and for use of school, two thousand five hundred dollars. *Provided,* That section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicalsPeriodicals.to be paid for from this R. S., 3648, p. 718.appropriation. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER.Signal Service. Signal Service of the Army:
For expenses Expenses.of the Signal Service of the Army, as follows: Purchase, equipment, and repair of field electric telegraphs, signal equipments and stores, binocular glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other necessary instruments, including necessary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges; war balloons and aeroplanes, including their maintenance and repair; telephone apparatus (exclusive of exchange service) and maintenance of the same; electrical installations and maintenance at military posts; fire control and direction apparatus and material for fichi artillery; maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines and cables, including salaries of civilian employees, supplies, and general repairs, and other expenses connected with the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, of which sum twenty five thousand dollars shall be immediately available; *Provided, however,**Proviso.*That not more than one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars of said amount shall be used for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of aeroplanesLimit for aerial machines.and other aerial machines.
Washington-Alaska military cable and telegraph system:For defraying the cost of such extensions and betterments of the Washington-Alaska military cableWashington-Alaska cable, etc.and telegraph system as may be approved by the Secretary of War,Extensions, etc.to be available until the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen from the receipts of the Washington-Alaska military cable and telegraph system that have been covered into the Treasury of the United States, the extent of such extensions and the cost thereof to be reported to Congress by the Secretary of War, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 1039 PAY OF OFFICERS OF THE LINE.Pay.
For pay of officers of the line, Line officers.seven million two hundred and eleven thousand one hundred dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the accounting officers of the Treasury, in the settlement of claims, shall not stop No stoppages for payments for exercise of higher command.against the amount found due the payments for exercise of higher command which were made between April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and March eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, in accordance with regulations and decisions then existing: *Provided further,* That where disallowancesDisallowances to be reopened, etc.or stoppages on account of pay received for exercise of higher command between said dates have been made in the settlement of claims, the Auditor for the War Department is hereby authorized and directed to reopen said settlements and to credit the claimants the full amount due on their claims: *And provided further,* Restriction on claims.That nothing herein contained shall be construed as authorizing the accounting officers of the Treasury to allow any claim for increase of pay for the exercise of a higher command between the dates of April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and March eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, which may now be pending or hereafter presented, except in accordance with the decision of March eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Donn C.
Mitchell. For nay of officers for length of service,Longevity.to be paid with their current monthly pay, one million five hundred and ninety-nine thousand five hundred and seventy dollars. PAY OF ENLISTED MEN.Enlisted men. For pay of enlisted men of all grades, including recruits, fifteen million six hundred and nineteen thousand six hundred and sixty- two dollars. For additional pay for length of service,Longevity.one million four hundred and ninety thousand dollars. CORPS OF ENGINEERS.Engineer battalion.
For pay of enlisted men, four hundred and seventy-six thousand nine hundred and seventy-six dollars. Additional pay for length of service, sixty-five thousand dollars. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.Ordnance Corps. For pay of enlisted men, two hundred and sixteen thousand and thirty-six dollars. Additional pay for length of service, one hundred and one thousand five hundred dollars. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.Quartermaster sergeants. For pay of two hundred post quartermaster sergeants, at forty- five dollars per month each, one hundred and eight thousand dollars.
Additional pay for length of service, thirty-eight thousand dollars. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT.Commissary sergeants. For pay of two hundred and seven post commissary sergeants, at forty-five dollars per month each, one hundred and eleven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. Additional pay for length of service, forty-five thousand dollars. 1040 SIGNAL CORPS.Signal Corps. For pay of forty-two master signal electricians, at nine hundred dollars each, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars.
For pay of one hundred and thirty-two first-class sergeants, at five hundred and forty dollars each, seventy-one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. For pay of one hundred and forty-four sergeants, at thirty-six dollars per month each, sixty-two thousand two hundred and eight dollars. For pay of twenty-four cooks, at thirty dollars per month each, eight thousand six hundred and forty dollars. For pay of one hundred and fifty-six corporals, at twenty-four dollars per month each, forty-four thousand nine hundred and twenty- eight dollars.
For pay of five hundred and fifty-two first-class privates, at eighteen dollars per month each, one hundred and nineteen thousand two hundred and thirty-two dollars. For pay of one hundred and sixty-eight privates, at fifteen dollars per month each, thirty thousand two hundred and forty dollars. Additional pay to twelve sergeants, serving as mess sergeants, at six dollars per month each, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars. Additional pay for length of service, fifty-six thousand dollars.
HOSPITAL CORPS.Hospital Corps. For pay of enlisted men, nine hundred and forty thousand and eighty dollars. Additional pay for length of service, one hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars. SERVICE SCHOOL DETACHMENT.Service school detachment. For pay of five sergeants, first class, Hospital Corps, at fifty dollars each per month, three thousand dollars. For pay of six privates, first class, Hospital Corps, at eighteen dollars each per month, one thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars.
Clerks, messengers, etc.PAY TO CLERKS, MESSENGERS, AND LABORERS AT HEADQUARTERS OF DIVISIONS, AND DEPARTMENTS, AND POSTS COMMANDED BY GENERAL OFFICERS, AND OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF. One chief clerk, at the office of the Chief of Staff, two thousand dolíais per annum. Fifteen clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each per annum. Sixteen clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each per annum. Forty clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each per annum: *Provided,* That one of said clerks shall be employed as stenographer for the military information division in the Philippine Islands.
Seventy-four clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each per annum. Eighty-five clerks, at one thousand dollars each per annum. Two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each per annum. One clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum. One captain of the watch, at nine hundred dollars per annum. Three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each per annum. 1041 One gardener, at seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum. One packer, at eight hundred and forty dollars per annum.
Two messengers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each per annum. Seventy-four messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each per annum. Two messengers, at six hundred dollars each per annum. One laborer, at six hundred and sixty dollars per annum. Two laborers, at six hundred dollars each per annum. One laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars per annum. Five charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each per annum. In all, three hundred and fifty-one thousand two hundred and forty dollars.
And said clerks, messengers, and laborers shall be employed and assigned Assignment.by the Secretary of War to the offices and positions in which they are to serve: *Provided,**Proviso.*That no clerk, messenger, or laborer at headquarters of divisions, departments, posts commanded by general officers, or office of the Chier of Staff shall be assigned to duty Duty in War Department forbidden.with any bureau in the War Department. FOR PAY OF OFFICERS OF THE STAFFStaff officers.CORPS AND STAFF DEPARTMENTS.
Adjutant General’s Department: For pay of officers in the Adjutant General’s Department, Adjutant General's Department.eighty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, twenty-two thousand dollars. Inspector General’s Department: For pay of officers in the Inspector General’s Department, Inspector General’s Department.fifty-nine thousand dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, sixteen thousand dollars.
The Corps of Engineers: For pay of officers in the Corps of Engineers, Engineer Corps.four hundred and sixty thousand three hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, one hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. Ordnance Department: For pay of officers in the Ordnance Department, Ordnance Department.two hundred and twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, fifty-five thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.
Quartermaster’s Department: For pay of officers in the Quartermaster’s Department, Quartermaster’s Department.two hundred and sixty-five thousand five hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, seventy-five thousand four hundred and forty dollars. Subsistence Department: For pay of officers in the Subsistence Department,Subsistence Department.one hundred and forty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars.
For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, thirty-four thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. Medical Department: For pay of officers in the Medical Department, Medical Department.one million four hundred and sixty-four thousand six hundred dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That hereafter the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to detail an officer of the Medical Corps to take charge of the first-aid department of the American Red Cross.Detail to American Red Cross. 1042 For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, one hunched and sixty-five thousand and sixty dollars.
Pay Department: For pay of officers in the Pay Department,Pay Department.one hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, thirty-eight thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Judge Advocate General’s Department: For pay of officers in the Judge Advocate General’s Department,Judge Advocate Generals Department.forty-six thousand five hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, eight thousand five hundred dollars.
Signal Corps: For pay of the officers of the Signal Corps, Signal Corps.one hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, twenty-nine thousand three hundred dollars. Bureau of Insular Affairs: For pay of officers of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs Bureau.thirteen thousand dollars. For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, two thousand dollars. retired officers.Retired officers.
For pay of officers Pay.on the retired list and for officers who may be placed thereon during the current year, two million nine hundred and twelve thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For additional pay to such officers for lengthLongevity.of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For increased pay to retired officers assigned to active dutyOn active service., fifty thousand four hundred dollars. For additional pay to such officers for lengthLongevity.of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay, twenty thousand dollars. retired enlisted men.Retired enlisted men.
For pay of the enlisted menPay.of the Army on the retired list, two million one hundred and forty-seven thousand six hundred and seventy dollars. MISCELLANEOUS.Miscellaneous. For pay of seventy-five hospital matrons, Hospital matrons.nine thousand dollars. For pay of one Superintendent Nurse Corps,Female Nurse Corps.one thousand eight hundred dollars. For one hundred and twenty-five nurses (female), eighty-eight thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. For pay of forty-two veterinariansVeterinarians., at one thousand seven hundred dollars each, seventy-one thousand four hundred dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That hereafter so much of section twenty, of the Act approved February second, nineteen hundred and one, as provides that veterinarians shall receive the pay and allowances of second lieutenants,Retire as second lieutenants.mounted, shall be interpreted to authorize their retirement under the lawsVol. 31, p. 753.governing the retirement of second lieutenants.
For additional pay to such veterinarians, for length of service,Longevity.to be paid with their current monthly pay, eleven thousand dollars. For pay of thirty-one dental surgeons,Dental surgeons.fifty-seven thousand nine hundred andPost, p. 1054.sixty dollars. For contract surgeons,Contract surgeons.thirty-six thousand dollars. 1043 For pay of ninety paymasters’ Paymasters' clerks.clerks, one hundred and forty-three thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.*Post*, p. 1044. For pay of paymasters’ messengers,Messengers.nineteen thousand dollars.
For traveling expenses Traveling expenses.of paymasters’ clerks and expert accountant of the Inspector General’s Department, nineteen thousand five hundred dollars. For expenses of courts-martial, Courts-martial, etc.courts of inquiry, military com- missions, and compensation of reporters and witnesses attending the same, thirty-five thousand dollars. For additional pay to officer in charge of public buildingsOfficer, buildings and grounds, D. C.and grounds at Washington, District of Columbia, one thousand dollars.
For commutation of quartersCommutation of quarters, officers.to commissioned officers and veterinarians on duty without troops at stations where there are no public quarters, four hundred and seventy thousand dollars. For travel allowanceTravel, enlisted men.to enlisted men on discharge, nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For clothing not drawnClothing not drawn.due to enlisted men on discharge, eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For interest on soldiers’ deposits,Interest on deposits.one hundred thousand dollars, and so much as may be necessary to pay back such deposits.
For pay of translatorTranslator.and librarian of the military information division. General Staff Corps, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For pay of expert accountantExpert accountant.for the Inspector General’s Department, two thousand five hundred dollars. For extra pay to enlisted men Extra pay, sea-coast fortifications.employed on extra duty for periods of not less than ten days in the offices of district artillery engineers, and district ordnance officers, and as switchboard operators, at sea- coast fortifications, ten thousand nine hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty-five cents.
For extra pay to enlisted men employed on extra duty as switchboard operatorsSwitchboard operators at interior posts.at each interior post of the Army, eleven thousand two hundred and forty-two dollars. For extra pay to enlisted men of the line of the Army and to enlisted men of the Signal Corps employed in the Territory of AlaskaAlaska cable, etc., service.on the Alaskan cable and telegraph system, for periods of not less than ten days, at the rate of thirty-five cents per day, thirty-six thousand dollars.
For mileage to officersMileage to officers, etc.and contract surgeons when authorized by law, six hundred thousand dollars. For additional ten per centum increase on pay of officersOfficers.on foreign serviceAdditional pay, foreign service., two hundred and sixty-six thousand dollars. For additional twenty per centum increase to enlisted menEnlisted men.on foreign service, nine hundred and thirty thousand dollars. For pay of one computerComputer.for artillery board, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For payment of exchangeLoss by exchange.by special disbursing agents of the Pay Department serving in foreign countries, and when specially authorized by the Secretary of War special disbursing agents of the Pay Department serving in Alaska, six hundred dollars. For subsistence, mileage, and commutation of quarters to officersAttendance of militia at service schools.of the national guard attending service and garrison schools, twenty thousand dollars. For three months’ additional payAdditional pay.to enlisted men reenlisting within the period of three months from date of discharge from first enlistment,First reenlistments.one hundred thousand dollars.
For six months’ additional pay to beneficiaries of officers and enlisted men who die while in active service from wounds or disease Deaths from wounds.not the result of their own misconduct, one hundred thousand dollars. For additional pay to officers below the grade of major required to be mounted and who furnishOfficers furnishing mounts.their own mounts, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. 1044 For amount required to make monthly payment to Jennie Carroll,Jennie Carroll.widow of James Carroll, late major and surgeon, United States Army, as per Act of CongressVol. 85, p. 1325.approved May twenty-third, nineteen hundred and eight, one thousand live hundred dollars.
For amount required to make monthly payment to Mabel II. LazearMabel H. Lazear., widow of Jesse W. Lazear, late acting assistant surgeon, United States Army, as per Act of CongressVol. 35. p. 1325.approved May twenty- third, nineteen hundred and eight, one thousand live hundred dollars. For Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry,Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry.composed of two battalions of four companies each: Pay of officersOfficers., sixty-live thousand seven hundred dollars. For additional pay for lengthLongevity.of service, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars.
Pay of enlisted men,Enlisted men.one hundred and thirty thousand two hundred and twenty-four dollars. Additional pay for lengthLongevity.of service, thirty-live thousand dollars. PHILIPPINE SCOUTS.Philippine Scouts. For pay of Officers.officers: For fifty-two captains, one hundred and twenty-four thousand eight hundred dollars. For pay of sixty-four first lieutenants, one hundred and twenty- eight thousand dollars. For pay of sixty-four second lieutenants, one hundred and eight thousand eight hundred dollars.
For pay of twelve majors, in addition to pay as captain, six hundred dollars each, seven thousand two hundred dollars. Additional pay for lengthLongevity.of service, eighty-nine thousand eight hundred and ten dollars. For pay of enlisted menEnlisted men., five hundred and eighty-nine thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars and forty cents. For additional pay for lengthLongevity.of service, sixty-five thousand dollars. All the money hereinbefore appropriated for pay of the ArmyPay accounts.and miscellaneous, except the appropriation for mileage of officers and contract surgeons when authorized by law, shall be disbursed and accounted for by officers of the Pay Department as pay of the Army, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund.
Hereafter the pay and allowances of ArmyPaymasters’ clerks. paymasters’ clerks Pay and allowances.shall be the same as provided by law Vol. 35. p. 128.for Navy paymasters’ clerks on shore duty, and they shall also be entitledto the same right of retirement with the same retired payRetired pay.as is now allowed Navy paymasters’ clerks: *Provided,**Proviso.*That Army paymasters’ clerks shall be subject to the rules and articles of war.Subject to Articles of War. Encampment and maneuvers, Organized Militia:
For paying the expenses of the Organized MilitiaOrganized Militia.of any State, Territory, or of the District of Columbia, which may be authorized by the Secretary of War to participate in such encampments Expenses of Encampments with Army.as may be established for the field instruction of the troops of the Regular Army, as provided by sections fifteen and twenty-one of the Act Vol. 32, pp. 777,779.of January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three, entitled, “An Act to promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes,” to be immediately available and to remain available until the end of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. *Provided,* That for reimbursement to Brigadier General Frank M.
RumboldFrank M. Rumbold., adjutant general, State of Missouri, on account of expenditure of personal funds advanced by him for making payment to the troops of the State militiaReimbursement for advances to Missouri Militia.who participated with troops of the Regular Army in the joint encampmentVol 32. p. 777.held at Fort Riley, Kansas, under 1045 the provisions of section fifteen of the militia law, from September first to tenth, nineteen hundred and ten, the Secretary of War is authorized to pay the sum of ten thousand eight hundred and thirty- four dollars and twenty-one cents from funds heretofore appropriated *Ante*, p. 1044.for “Encampment and maneuvers, Organized Militia, nineteen hundred and ten and nineteen hundred and twelve:” *Provided further,**Proviso.*That said expenditure by Brigadier General Rumbold shall be regarded as a payment to the troops by the United States as evidenced by receiptedExpenditure recognized.rolls now held by the War Department. .
Equipment of Coast Artillery, armories, Organized Militia:Militia coast artillery.Dummy guns and mortars; mounts for dummy guns and mortars; dummy ammunition; loading appliances; range and position finding equipment;Equipment of armories.aiming and laying devices; subcaliber tubes and mountings therefor; labor and material necessary to install dummy guns and mortars, and to provide appliances and devices for instructional purposes in armory buildings provided by States for Coast Artillery companies of the Organized Militia, three hundred and thirty-eight thousand one hundred and seventy dollars.
Upon the request of the governors of the several States and Territories concerned, the President may detach officers Details of instructors, etc., for organized militia.of the active list of the Army from their proper commands for duty as inspectors and in structors of the Organized Militia, as follows, namely: Not to exceed one officer for each regiment and separate battalion of infantry, or itsequi valent of other troops : *Provided,**Provisos.*That line officers detached for duty with the Organized Militia under the provisionsVacancies from details.hereof, together with those detached from their proper commands, under the provisions of law, for other duty the usual period of which exceeds one year, shall be subject to the provisions of section twenty-seven of the Act Vol. 31, p. 755.approved February second. nineteen hundred and one, with reference to details to the staff corps, but the total number Number limited.of detached officers hereby made subject to these provisions shall not exceed two hundred: *And provided further,* That the number of such officers detachedProportion of detached officers.from each of the several branches of the line of the Army shall be in proportion to the authorized commissioned strength of that branch; they shall be of the grades first lieutenant to colonel, inclusive, and the number detached from each grade shall be in proportion to the number in that Filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenants.grade now provided by law for the whole Army.
The vacancies hereby caused or created in the grade of second lieutenant Order of appointment.shall be filled in accordance with existing law, one-half in each fiscal year until the total number of vacancies shall have been filled: *Provided,* That hereafter vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant occurring in any fiscal year shall be filled by appointment in the following order, namely: First, of cadets graduated from the United States Military Academy during that fiscal year; second, of enlisted men whoso fitness for promotion shall have been determined by competitive examination ; third, of candidates from civil life between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven years.
The President is authorized to make rides and regulations to carry these provisions into effect: *Provided,* That the Quartermaster’s DepartmentQuartermaster’s Department.is hereby increased by two colonels, three lieutenant colonels, seven majors, and eighteen captains, the vacancies Officers added.thus created to be filled by promotion and detail in accordance with section twenty-six of the Act Vol.31,pp. 751,755.approved February second, nineteen hundred and one. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT.Subsistence Department.
Purchase of subsistence supplies: Supplies, purchases. etc.For issue, as rations to troops, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, nurses, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, general prisoners of war (including Indians held by the Army as prisoners, 1046 but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), Indians employed with the Army, without pay, as guides and scouts, and military convicts at posts; for the subsistence of the masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army transport service: hot coffee for troops traveling when supplied with cooked or travel rations; meals for recruiting parties, and applicants for enlistment while held under observation; authorized issues of soap, candles, matches, toilet paper, salt, vinegar, flour, and towels; authorized issues of toilet articles, barbers’, laundry, and tailors’ materials, for use of military convicts confined at military posts without pay or allowances, and applicants for enlistment while held under observation; for issues of toilet kits to recruits upon their first enlistment; ice for issue to organizations of enlisted men at such places as the Secretary of War may determine; for sales to officers and enlisted men of the Army; coffee roasters and cooking apparatus in the field, and when traveling (except on transports), bake ovens and apparatus pertaining thereto; scales, weights, measures, utensils, tools, stationery, blank books and forms, office furniture, commissary chests and outfits, and field desks of commissaries: *Provided,**Provisos.*That the sum of twelve thousand dollars is authorized to be expended for supplying meals or furnishing commutation of rations to enlisted men of the Regular Army and the Organized Militia who may be competitors in the national rifle match:National rifle match.*And provided further,* That no competitor shall be entitled to commutation of rations in excess of one dollar and fifty cents per day,Restriction.and when meals are furnished no greater expense than that sum per man per day for the period the contest is in progress shall be incurred.
For payments:Payments.Of commutation of rationsCommutation of rations.to the cadets at the United States Military Academy in lieu of the regular established ration, at the rate of thirty cents per ration; of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, enlisted men and male and female nurses when stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, and when traveling on detached duty where it is impracticable to carry rations of any kind, enlisted men selected to cont est for places or prizes in department and Army rifle competitions while traveling to and from places of contest, male and female nurses on leaves of absence, applicants for enlistment and military convicts while traveling under orders; of commutation of rations in lieu of the regular established ration for members of the Nurse Corps (female) while on duty in hospital, at forty cents per ration, and for enlisted men, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, and military convicts sick therein, at the rate of thirty cents per ration (except that at the general hospital at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, fifty cents per ration and at other general hospitals forty cents per ration are authorized for enlisted patients therein), to be paid to the surgeon in charge; of compensation of civilians employedCompensation of civilians.in the Subsistence Department; of extra pay to enlisted men Extra pay. enlisted men, etc.employed on extra duty in the Subsistence Department for periods of not less than ten days, at rates fixed by law; of extra-duty pay at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of War for mess stewards and cooks at recruit depots, who are to be graduates at the schools for bakers and cooks, and instructor cooks at the schools for bakers and cooks; for printing, advertising, commercial newspapers, and use of telephones; for temporary buildings, cellars, and other means of protecting subsistence supplies (when not provided by the Quartermaster’s Department); for providing prizes Prizes for bakers and cooks.to be established by the Secretary of War for enlisted men of the Army who graduate from the Army schools for bakers and cooks, the total amount of such prizes at the various schools not to exceed nine hundred dollars per annum; for other necessary expenses incident to the purchase, testing, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistenceAmount.supplies for the Army ; in all, nine million thirty-three 1047 thousand five hundred and seventvnine dollars and forty cents, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, and accounted for as “Subsistence of the Army,” and for that purpose to constitute one fund: *Provided,*Supplies to other bureaus, etc.That hereafter when under the Army Regulations subsistence supplies are furnished to another bureau of the War Department, or to another executive department of the Government or employees thereof, payment therefor shall be made in cash by the proper disbursing officer of the bureau, office, or department concerned, or by the employee to whom the sale is made.
When the transaction isRates. between two bureaus of the War Department the price to be chargedTo War Department bureaus.shall be the contract or invoice price of the supplies. When the transaction is between the Subsistence Department and anotherOther departments, etc.executive department of the Government or employees thereof, the price to be charged shall include the contract or invoice price and ten per centum additional to cover wastage in transit, and the cost of transportation.
Quartermaster’s Department.quartermaster's department. Regular supplies: Regular supplies of the Quartermaster’s Regular supplies.Department, including their care and protection, consisting of stoves and heating apparatus required for heating offices, hospitals, barracks and quarters, and recruiting stations, and United States military prison; also ranges and stoves, and appliances for cooking and serving food at posts, and repair and maintenance of such heating and cooking appliances; for furnishing heat and light for the authorized allowance of quarters for officers and enlisted men, for contract surgeons and contract dental surgeons when stationed at, and occupying public quarters at, military posts, for officers of the national guard attending service and garrison schools, and for recruits, guards, hospitals, storehouses, oilices, the buildings erected at private cost in the operation of the Act Vol. 32, p. 282.approved May thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two; for sale to officers, and including also fuel and engine supplies required in the operation of modern batteries at established posts; for post bakeries; for ice machines and their maintenance where required for the health and comfort of the troops and for cold storage; for the construction, operation, and maintenance of laundries at military posts in the United States and its island possessions; for the necessary furniture, text-books, paper, and equipment for the post schools and libraries; for the tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess halls, each and all for the enlisted men, including recruits; of forage Forage, etc.in kind for the horses, mules, and oxen of the Quartermaster’s Department at the several posts and stations and with the armies in the field, and for the horses of the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of artillery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as may be mounted, and for the authorized number of officers’ horses, including bedding for the animals; of straw for soldiers’ bedding, and of stationery, typewriters and exchange of same, including blank books for the Quartermaster’s Department, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the Pay and Quartermaster’s Departments, and for printing department orders and reports: *Provided,**Provisos.*That no part of the appropriations for the Quartermaster’s Department shall be expended on printingPrinting.unless the same shall be done at the Government Printing Office, or by contract after due notice and competition, except in such cases as the emergency will not admit of the giving notice of competition, and in eases where it is impracticable to have the necessary printing done by contract the same may be done, with the approval of the Secretary of War, by the purchase of material and lure of the necessary labor for the 1048 purpose.
For the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, whenever the ice machinesIce machines, etc., steam laundries, and electric plants shall not come in competition with private enterpriseDisposal of surplus products.for sale to the public, and in the opinion of the Secretary of War it becomes necessary to the economical use and administration of such ice machines, steam laundries, and electric plants as have been or may hereafter be established in pursuance of law, surplus ice may be disposed of, laundry work may be done for other branches of the Government, and surplus electric light and power may be sold on such terms and in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War: *Provided,* That the funds received from such salesUse of proceeds, etc.and in payment for such laundry work shall be used to defray the cost of operation of said ice, laundry, and electric plants; and the sales and expenditures herein provided for shall be accounted for in accordance with the methods prescribed by law, and any sums remaining, after such cost of maintenance and operation have been defrayed, shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation from which the cost of operation of such plant is paid, Amount.eight million three hundred and thirty-three thousand three hundred and eighty-seven dollars and thirty-three cents.
For the purchase of the necessary instruments, office furniture, stationery, and other authorized articles required for the equipmentEquipment of post schools.and use of the officers’ schools at the several military posts, nine thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. Incidental expenses: Incidental expenses.Postage; cost of telegrams on official business received and sent by officers of the Army; extra pay to soldiers employed on extra duty, under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department, in the erection of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, in the construction of roads and other constant labor for periods of not less than ten days, and as clerks for post quartermasters at military posts, and for prison overseers at posts designated by the War Department for the confinement of general prisoners, and for the United States military prison guard; for expenses of expresses to and from frontier posts and armies in the field, of escorts to paymasters and other disbursing officers, and to trains where military escorts can not be furnished; authorized office furniture, hire of laborers in the Quartermaster’s Department, including the care of officers’ mounts when the same are furnished by the Government and the hire of interpretéis, spies, or guides for the Army; compensation of clerks and other employees to the officers of the Quartermaster’s Department, and clerks, foremen, watchmen, and organist for the United States military prison, and incidental expenses of recruiting; for the apprehension, securing, and delivering of deserters, including escaped military prisoners, and the expenses incident to their pursuit, and no greater sum than fifty dollars for each deserter or escaped military prisoner shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be paid to any civil officer or citizen for such services and expenses; for a donation of five dollars to each dishonorably discharged prisoner upon his release from confinement, under court-martial sentence, involving dishonora ble discharge; for the following expenditures required for the several regiments of Cavalry,Horse expenditures. the batteries of Light Artillery, and such companies of Infantry and scouts as may be mounted, the authorized number of officers’ homes, and for the trains, to wit:
Hire of veterinary surgeons, purchase of medicines for horses and mules, picket ropes, blacksmith’s tools and materials, horseshoes and blacksmith’s tools for the Cavalry service, and for the shoeing of horses and mules, and such additional expenditures as are necessary and authorized by law in the movements and operations of the Army, and at military posts, and not expressly assigned to any other department, Amount.two million one hundred thousand dollars. 1049 Horses for Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineers:
For the purchase of horses Horses, etc.for officers entitled to public mounts, for the Cavalry, Artillery, Signal Corps, and Engineers, the United States Military Academy, service schools, and stall colleges, and for the Indian scouts, and for such Infantry and members of the Hospital Corps in field campaigns as may be required to be mounted, and the expenses incident thereto, including not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars for the purchase of land accessible to the horse-raising section of the State or VirginiaLand in Virginia for horse raising., for the assembling, grazing, and training of horses purchased for the mounted service, five hundred and seventeen thousand one hundred and sixty-five dolíais and fifty cents: *Provided,**Provisos,*That the number of homes purchased under this appropriation, added to the number now on hand, shall be limitedLimit.to the actual needs of the mounted service, including reasonable provisions for remounts, and, unless otherwise ordered by the Secretary of War, no part of this appropriation shall be paid out for horses not purchased by contract after competition duly invited by the Quartermaster’s Department and an inspection under the direction and authority of the Secretary of War.
When practicable, horses shall be purchased in the open market at all military posts or stations, when needed, at a maximum price to be fixed by the Secretary of War: *Provided,* That no part of this appropriation shall be used for breedingBreeding forbidden.purposes: *Provided further,* That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any horses below the standardStandard required.set by Army Regulations for Cavalry and Artillery homes, except when purchased for instruction of cadets at the United States Military Academy: *Provided further,*That hereafter from the enlisted force of the Army now provided by law the President may authorize the organization of remount detachmentsRemount detachments.at each of the remount depots, and may authorize the appointment therein of such noncommissioned officers, mechanics, artificers, farriers, horseshoers, and cooks as may be necessary for the administration of such remount depots: *Provided,* That nothing herein shall be so construed Restriction.as to authorize an increase in the total number of enlisted men of the Army now authorized by law.
Barracks and quarters:Barracks and quarters.For barracks, quartern, stables, store- houses, magazines, administration and office buildings, sheds, shops, and other buildings necessary for the shelter of troops, public animals, and stores, and for administration purposes, except those pertaining to the Seacoast Artillery; for repairing public buildings at military posts; for extra-duty pay to enlisted men and hire of employees; for rental of the authorized allowance of quarters for officers on duty with the troops at posts and stations where no public quarters are available; of barracks or authorized allowance of quarters for non- commissioned officers and enlisted men on duty where public quarters are not available; of grounds for cantonments, camp sites, and other military purposes, and of buildings or portions of buildings for occupation by troops, for use as stables, storehouses, and offices, and for other military purposes; for the hire of recruiting stations and lodgings for recruits; for such furniture for the public rooms of officers’ messes and for officers’ quarters at military posts, as may be approved by the Secretary of War; for wall lockers in permanent barracks and refrigerators in barracks and quarters; for screen doom, window screens, storm doors and sash, and window shades for barracks, offices, and quarters, and for flooring and framing for tents: *Provided,**Provisos.*That no part of the moneys so appropriated shall be paid for commutation of fuelCommutation restrictions.or quarters to officers or enlisted men: *Provided further,* That the number of and total sum paid for civilian employee'sCivilian employees.in the Quartermaster General’s Department, including those paid from the fund appropriated for regular supplies, incidental expenses, barracks and quarters, Army transportation, clothing, camp and garrison equipage, 1050 shall be limited to the actual requirements of the service, and that no employee paid therefrom shall receive a salary of more than one hundred and fifty dollars per month, except upon the approval of the Secretary of War: *Provided further,* That twenty-five thousand dollars of the sum herein appropriated may be used for the construction and completion of a chapel in the Yellowstone National Park Fort Yellowstone and Fort Sam Houston.on or near the military reservation of Fort Yellowstone; and that ten thousand dollars of the sum herein appropriated may be used for the completion of the chapelCons traction of chapels.building at Fort Sam Houston, Texas: *And provided further,* That of the sum herein appropriated two hundred and twenty-one thousand seven hundred dollars shall be immediately available Amount immediately available.for the construction of barracks and quarters, one million eight hundred and fifty-six thousand and fifty dollars.
Military post exchange: For continuing the construction, equipment, and maintenance of suitable buildings at military posts and stations for the conduct of the post exchangePost exchanges., school, library, reading, lunch, amusement rooms, and gymnasium, including repairs to buildings erected at private cost in the operation of the Act approved May thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two, to be expended in the discretion and under the direction of the Secretary of War, forty thousand dollars.
Transportation of the Army and its supplies: For transportation Transportation.of the Army and its supplies, including transportation of the troops when moving either by land or water, and of their baggage, including the cost of packing and crating; for transportation of recruits and recruiting parties; of applicants for enlistment between recruiting stations and recruiting depots; of persons on their discharge from the United States military prison to their homes (or elsewhere as they may elect), provided the cost in each case shall not be greater than to the place of last enlistment; of supplies furnished to the militia for the permanent equipment thereof; of the necessary agents and other employees; of clothing and equipage and other quartermaster’s stores from Army depots or places of purchase or delivery to the several posts and Army depots, and from those depots to the troops in the field; of horse equipments and of subsistence stores from places of purchase and from the places of delivery under contract to such places as the circumstances of the service may require them to be sent; of ordnance and ordnance stores, and small arms from the foundries and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and Army depots; for payment of wharfage, tolls, and ferriage; for transportation of funds of the Army; for the hire of employees; for the payment of Army transportation lawfully due such land-grantPayment to landgrant railroads.railroads as have not received aid in Government bonds (to be adjusted in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme Court in cases decided under such land-grant Acts), but in no cage shall more than fifty per centum of full amount of service be paid: *Provided,**Provisos.*That such compensation shall be computed upon the basis of the tariffBasis of computation.or lower special rates for like transportation performed for the public at large, and shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service: *Provided further,* That in expending the money appropriated by this Act a railroad company which has not received aid in Fifty per cent to roads not bond aided.bonds of the United States, and which obtained a grant of public land to aid in the construction of its railroad on condition that such railroad should be a post route and military road, subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and other Government services, and also subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charge for such Government transportation, having claims against the United States for transportation of troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property over such aided railroads, shall be paid out of the moneys appropriated by the foregoing provision only on the basis of such rate for the transportation of such troops and 1051 munitions of war and military supplies and property as the Secretary of War shall deem just and reasonable under the foregoing provision, such rate not to exceed fifty per centum of the compensation for such Government transportation as shall at that time be charged to and paid by private parties to any such company for like and similar transportation; and the amount so fixed to be paid shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service; for the purchase and hire of draft and pack animalsDraft and pack animals, etc.in such numbers as are actually required for the service, including reasonable provision for replacing unserviceable animals; for the purchase, hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of such harness, wagons, carts, drays, and other vehicles as are required for the transportation of troops and supplies, and for official, military and garrison purposes; for drayage and cartage at the several depots; for the hire of teamsters and other employees; and for extra-duty pay of enlisted men driving teams, repairing means of transportation, and employed as train masters; for the purchase and repair of ships, boats, Ship, boats, etc.and other vessels required for the transportation of troops and supplies and for official, military and garrison purposes; for expenses of sailing public transports and other vessels on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: *Provided,* That hereafter when, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, accommodations are available, transportation on vessels of the Army transport service may be furnished the officers, employees, and enlisted men of the Revenue-Cutter ServiceTransportation to RevenueCutter Service., and their families, without expense to the United States, and also secretaries and supplies of the Army and Navy department of the Young Men’s Christian Association:
Young Men’s Christian Association.*Provided further,* That hereafter when there is cargo space available without displacing military supplies, transportation may be provided for merchandise of American production consigned to residents and mercantile firms of the island of Transportation to Guam.Guam, rates and regulations therefor to be prescribed by the Secretary of War: *Provided further,* That hereafter in the performance of their official and military duties officersOfficers on official duties.of the Army are authorized, under such regulations as may be established by the Secretary of War, to use means of transportation herein provided for: *And provided further,* That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to remove any suspensions or disallowances in the accounts of quartermasters for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and nine, nineteen hundred and ten, and nineteen hundred and eleven, for the temporary hire of motor vehiclesMotor vehicles., and for the repair, operation, and maintenance of Disallowances for temporary hire removed.motor vehicles in the Quartermaster’s Department, when approved by the Secretary of War as necessary for the public service; and for the purchase and repair of harbor boats,Harbor boats, etc.and repair of boats for the Seacoast Artillery service, eleven million twenty-three thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and six cents.
Roads, walks, wharves, and drainage: For the construction and repairs Military posts.by the Quartermaster’s Department of roads, walks, and wharves; Roads, wharves, etc.for payment of extra-duty pay to enlisted men employed in opening roads and in building wharves; for the pay of employees; for the disposal of drainage; for dredging channels and for care and improvement of grounds at military posts and stations, four hundred and forty-nine thousand three hundred and fifteen dollars and seventy-nine cents.
Water and sewers at military posts: Water, sewers, etc.For procuring and introducing water to buildings and premises at such military posts and stations as from their situation require it to be brought from a distance; for the purchase and repair of fire apparatus; for the disposal of sewage; for repairs to water and sewer systems and for hire of employees, two million two hundred and fifty thousand nine 1052 hundred and three dollars and twenty-seven cents: *Provided,**Provisos.*That not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars of this sum may be used for the improvement and protection of the water supplyProtecting water supply, etc.and for the improvement of the grounds of the Fort D.
A. RussellFort D. A. Russell, Wyo.target and maneuver reservation, Wyoming, and that from the sum hereby appropriated the Secretary of War is authorized, in his discretion, to acquire by purchase or condemnation proceedings certain tracts of land required for the maneuvering of troops and other military purposes, lying within the limits of the aforesaid reservation:Fort Meade, S. Dak.*Provided further,* That not to exceed seventeen thousand two hundred dollars of this sum may be used for the protection of the water supplyProtecting water supplyof Fort Meade, South Dakota, and that from the sum hereby appropriated the Secretary of War is authorized, in his discretion, to acquire by purchase or condemnation proceedings one and one-quarter sections of land located on Dead Mans Creek, South Dakota.
Construction and maintenance of military and post roads, bridges, and trails, Alaska:Alaska.For the construction and maintenance of military and post roads,Military and post roads, etc.bridges, and trails in the District of Alaska, to be expended under the direction of the board of road commissioners described in section two of an ActVol. 33, p. 616.entitled “An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and five, and to be expended conformably to the provisions of said Act, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to remain available until the close of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen: *Provided,**Proviso.*That hereafter the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, assign suitable retired officersRetired officers may serve as road commissioners.of the Army to active dutyPay.as members of the board of road commissioners for Alaska, and in the case of any officer so assigned the provisions of so much of the ActVol. 33, p. 264.of Congress approved April twenty-third, nineteen hundred and four, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes,” as relates to the assignment of retired officers to active duty shall apply.
Barracks and quarters, Philippine Islands: Phillipine IslandsContinuing the work of providing for the proper shelter and protection of officers and enlisted menBarracks and quarters.of the Army of the United States lawfully on duty in the Philippine Islands, including repairs and payment of rents, the acquisition of title to building sites, and such additions to existing military reservations as may be necessary, and including also shelter for the animals and supplies, and all other buildings necessary for post administration purposes, six hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That no part of said six hundred thousand dollars shall be expended for the construction Restriction on amount for officers’ quarters.of quarters for officers of the Army, the total cost of which, including the heating and plumbing apparatus, wiring and fixtures, shall exceed in the case of quarters of a general officer the sum of twelve thousand dollars; of a colonel or officer above the rank of captain, ten thousand dollars; and of an officer of and below the rank of captain, six thousand dollars.
Clothing, and camp and garrison equipage: Clothing, and camp and garrison equipage.For cloth, woolens, materials, and for the manufacture of clothing for the Army, for issue and for sale at cost price according to the Army regulations; for altering and fitting clothing and washing and cleaning, when necessary; for equipage, and for expenses of packing and handling and similar necessaries; for a suit or citizen’s outer clothing, to cost not exceeding ten dollars, to be issued upon release from confinement to each prisoner who has been confined under a court-martial sentence. 1053 involving dishonorable discharge; for indemnity to officers and men of the Army for clothing and bedding, and so forth, destroyed since April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, by order of medical officers of the Army for sanitary reasons, four million nine hundred and one thousand two hundred and seventy-one dollars and sixty-seven cents.
Construction and repair of hospitals: For construction and repair of hospitalsHospitals.at military posts already established and occupied, including the extra-duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, and including also all expenditures for construction and repairs required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, Hot Springs, Ark.and for the construction and repair of general hospitals and expenses incident thereto, and for additions needed to meet the requirements of increased garrisons, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Quarters for hospital stewards: For construction and repair of quarters for hospital stewardsQuarters for hospital stewards.at military posts already established and occupied, including the extra-duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, ten thousand dollars. Shooting galleries and ranges: For shelter, shooting galleries, rangesShooting ranges, etc.for small-arms target practice, repairs, and expenses incident thereto, such ranges and galleries to be open, as far as practicable, to the National Guard and organized rifle clubs under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War, one hundred and twenty-five thousand nine hundred and eighty-five dollars.
Maintenance of the Army War College: For supplying the necessary fuel for heating the Army War CollegeArmy War College.building at Washington Barracks and for lighting the building and grounds; also for pay of a chief engineer, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; an assistant engineer, at nine hundred dollars; four firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one elevator conductor, at seven hundred and twenty dollars, twelve thousand seven hundred dollars. Transportation of officers’ horses:
Transportation of officers’ horses.The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to remove any suspensionsSuspensions of payments for, removed.in the accounts of quartermasters for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and nine and nineteen hundred and ten for payments for the transportation of officers’ authorized horses during the said period; and payment from unexpended balances Allowance from balances.in the Treasury of the appropriation “Transportation of the Army and its supplies” for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and nine and nineteen hundred and ten, is hereby authorized and directed to be made to common carriers having claims against the United States for transportation of officers' authorized horses du ring the period hereinbefore mentioned; and reimbursement Reimbursement of suspended accounts.is hereby authorized and directed, from unexpended balances hereinbefore mentioned, to officers of the Army for payments made by them to disbursing officers on account of suspensions made by the accounting officers of the Treasury for transportation of their authorized horses. medical department.Medical Department.
Medical and Hospital Department : For the purchase of medical and hospital supplies,Supplies, etc.including ambulances and disinfectants, for militaryposts, camps,hospitals,hospital ships, and transports ; for expenses of medical supply depots; for medical care and treatment not other- wise provided lor, including care and subsistence in private hospitals, of officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the Army, of applicants for enlistment, and of prisoners of war and other persons in military custody or confinement, when entitled thereto by law, 1054 regulation, or contract : *Provided,**Proviso.*That this shall not apply to officers and enlisted men who are treated in private hospitals Private treatment.or by civilian physicians while on furlough; for the proper care and treatment of epidemic and contagious diseasesContagious diseases.in the Army or at military posts or stations, including measures to prevent the spread thereof, and the payment of reasonable damages not otherwise provided for, for bedding and clothing injured or destroyed in such prevention; for the pay of male and female nurses, not including tue Nurse Corps Nurses, etc.(female), and of cooks and other civilians employed for the proper care of sick officers and soldiers, under such regulations fixing their number, qualifications, assignment, pay, and allowances as shall have been or shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War; for the pay of civilian physicians employed to examine physically applicants for enlistment and enlisted men, and to render other professional services from time to time under proper authority; for the pay of other employees of the Medical Department ; for the payment of express companies and local transfers employed directly by the Medical Department for the transportation of medical and hospital supplies, including bidders’ samples and water for analysis; for supplies for use in teaching the art of cooking to the Hospital Corps; for the supply of the Army and Navy HospitalHospital, Hot Springs, Ark.at Hot Springs, Arkansas; for advertising, laundry, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, seven hundred thousand dollars.
Army Medical Museum and Library: For Army Medical Museum,Museum.preservation of specimens, and the preparation and purchase of new specimens, five thousand dollars. For the library,Library.of the Surgeon General’s office, including the purchase of necessary books of reference and periodicals, ten thousand dollars. Hereafter there shall be attached to the Medical Department a dental corps, Dental corps.which shall be composed of dental surgeons and acting dental surgeons,Dental surgeons and acting dental surgeons authorized.the total number of which shall not exceed the pro- portion of one to each thousand of actual enlisted strength of the Army; the number of dental surgeons shall not exceed sixty, and the number of acting dental surgeons shall be such as may, from time to time, be authorized by law.
All original appointments Appointments.to the dental corps shall be as acting dental surgeons, who shall have the same official status, pay, and allowances as the contract dental surgeons now authorized by law. Acting dental surgeons who have served three years in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of War shall be eligible for appointmentExaminations and promotions.as dental surgeons, and, after passing in a satisfactory manner an examination which may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, may be commissioned with the rankRank.of first lieutenant in the dental corps to fill the vacancies existing therein.
Officers of the dental corps shall have rank in such corps according to date of their commissions therein and shall rank next below officers of the Medical Reserve Corps. Their right to command shall be limited to the dental corps. The pay and allowances Pay and allowances.of dental surgeons shall be those of first lieutenants, including the right to retirement on ac- count of age or disability, as in the case of other officers: *Provided,**Provisos.*That the time served by dental surgeons as acting dental or contract dental surgeons shall be reckoned in computing the increased service payService pay.of such as are commissioned under this Act.
The appointees as acting dental surgeons must be Qualifications.citizens of the United States between twenty-one and twenty-seven years of age, graduates of a standard dent al college, of good moral character and good professional education, and they shall be required to pass the usual physical examination required for appointment in the Medical Corps, and a professional examination which shall include tests of skill in practical dentistry 1055 and of proficiency in the usual subjects of a standard dental college Eligibility of contract dental surgeons.course: *Provided,* That the contract dental surgeons attached to the Medical Department at the time of the passage of this Act may be eligible for appointment as first lieutenants, dental corps, without limitation as to age: *And provided further,* That the professional examinationExaminations waived.for such appointment may be waived in the case of con- tract dental surgeons in the service at the time of the passage of this Act whose efficiency reports and entrance examinations are satisfactory.
The Secretary of War is authorized to appoint boards of three examinersBoard of examiners.to conduct the examinations herein prescribed, one of whom shall be a surgeon in the Army and two of whom shall be selected by the Secretary of War from the commissioned dental surgeons. BUREAU OF INSULAR AFFAIRS.Bureau of Insular Affairs. Care of insane Filipino soldiers:Care of insane soldiers.For the care, maintenance, and treatment at asylums in the Philippine IslandsPhilippine Islands.of insane natives of the Philippine Islands cared for in such institutions conformably to the ActVol. 28, p. 122.of Congress approved May eleventh, nineteen hundred and eight, three thousand dollars.
Care of insane soldiers, Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry:For the care, maintenance, and treatment at asylums in Porto RicoPorto Rico.of insane soldiers of the Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry, seven hundred and twenty dollars. engineer department.Engineer Department. Engineer depots: For incidental expenses for the depots,Incidental expenses at depots.including fuel, lights, chemicals, stationery, hardware, machinery, pay of civilian clerks, mechanics, and laborers, extra-duty pay to soldiers necessarily employed for periods not less than ten days as artificers on work in addition to and not strictly in the line of their military duties, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, draftsmen, printers, lithographers, photographers, engine drivers, telegraph operators, teamsters, wheelwrights, masons, machinists, painters, overseers, laborers; for lumber and materials and for labor for packing and crating engineer supplies; repaire of, and for materials to repair, public buildings, machinery, and unforeseen expenses, twenty thousand dollars.
For purchase and repair of instruments Purchase, etc., of instruments.to be issued to officers of the Corps of Engineers and to officers detailed and on duty as acting engineer officers for use on public works and surveys, ten thousand dollars. Engineer School, Washington, District of Columbia: Engineer School, Washington Barracks D. C.Equipment and maintenance of the Engineer School at Washington Barracks, District of Columbia, Equipment.including purchase of instruments, machinery, implements, models, and materials, for the use of the school and for instruction of engineer troops in their special duties as sappers and minere; for land mining, pontoniering, and signaling; for purchase and binding of professional works and periodicals of recent date treating of military and civil engineering and kindred scientific subjects for the library of the United States Engineer School; for incidental expensesIncidental expenses.of the school, including fuel, lights, chemicals, stationery, hardware, machinery, and boats; for pay of civilian clerks, draftsmen, electricians, mechanics, and laborers; compensation of civilian lecturers and payment of tuition fees of student officers at civil technical institutions; for extra-duty pay to soldiers necessarily employed for periods not less than ten days as artificers on work in addition to and not strictly in the line of their military duties, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, draftsmen, printers, lithographers. photographers, engine drivers, telegraph operators, 1056 telephone operators, teamsters, wheelwrights, masons, machinists, painters, overseers, laborers; for repairs of and materials to repair public buildings and machinery; for unforeseen expenses; for travel expensesTravel expenses.of officers on journeys approved by the Secretary of War and made for the purpose of instruction: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the traveling expenses herein provided for shall be in lieu of mileageIn lieu of mileage.and other allowances; and to provide means for the theoretical and practical instruction at the Engineer School by the purchase of text-books, Text-books, etc.books of reference, scientific and professional papers, and for other absolutely necessary expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Engineer equipment of troops: For pontoon material, Pontoon material, etc.tools, instruments, and supplies required for use in the engineer equipment of troops, including the purchase and preparation of engineer manuals, seventy-five thousand dollars. For construction of pontoon shedPontoon shed.at Washington Barracks, District of Columbia, for shelter for new pontoon and bridge material, which has heretofore been stored in the open air, fifteen thousand dollars. Civilian assistants to engineer officers:
For services of surveyors, Surveyors, etc.survey parties, draftsmen, photographers, master laborers, and clerks to engineer officers on the staff of division, corps, and department commanders, forty-two thousand dollars. Contingencies, Engineer Department, Philippine Islands:Philippine Islands. Contingencies.For contingent expenses incident to the operationsContingenciesof the Engineer Department in the Philippine Islands, to be expended at the discretion of the Secretary of War, five thousand dollars.
Hereafter whenever pressing obligations are required to be paid by a disbursing officer Payment of pressing obligations from available balances.of the Engineer Department and there is an insufficient balance to his official credit under the proper appropriation or appropriations for the purpose, he is authorized to make payment from the total available balance to his official credit, provided sufficient funds under the proper appropriation or appropriations have been allotted by the Chief of Engineers for the expenditure.
Adjustment.When such disbursements are made the accounts of the disbursing officer shall show the charging of the proper appropriations, the balances under which will be adjusted by the disbursing officer on receipt of funds or by the accounting officers of the Treasury. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.Ordnance Department. Ordnance service: For the current expensesCurrent expenses.of the Ordnance Department, in connection with purchasing, receiving, storing, and issuing ordnance and ordnance stores, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, light, water, and advertising, stationery, and office furniture, tools, and instruments of service; for incidental expenses of the ordnance service and those attending practical trials and tests of ordnance, small arms, and other ordnance stores; and for publications for libraries of the Ordnance Department, including the Ordnance Office, and payment for mechanical labor in the office of the Chief of Ordnance, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand dollars.
Ordnance stores—Ammunition: Manufacture and purchase of ammunitionAmmunition for small arms, etc. and materials therefor for small arms for reserve supply; ammunition for burials at the National Soldiers’ Home in Washington, District of Columbia; ammunition for firing the morning and evening gun at military posts prescribed by General Orders, Numbered Seventy, Headquarters of the Army, dated July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and its several branches, including National Soldiers’ Home in Washington, District of Columbia, and soldiers’ and sailors’ State homes, five hundred thousand dollars. 1057 Small-arms target practice:
Ammunition, targets, and other accessories for small-arms and machine-gun target practice Target practice.and instruction; marksmen’s medals, prize arms, and insignia for all arms of the service; and ammunition, targets, target material, and other accessories may be issued for small-arms target practice and instruction at the educational institutions and State soldiers’ and sailors’ orphans’ homes, to which issues of small arms are lawfully made, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, provided the total value of the stores so issued to the educational institutions does not exceed thirty thousand dollari, one million dollaro.
Manufacture of arms: For manufacturing, repairing, procuring, and issuing arms Manufacturing, etc., arms.at the national armories, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollaro: *Provided,**Provisos.*That whenever in his opinion a sufficient number of automatic pistols of the standard service type, holsters, and pistol-cartridge boxes therefor,Issue of automatic pistols for Organized Militia.shall have been procured and be available for the purpose, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to issue, on the requisition of the governors of the several States and Territories, or of the commanding general of the Militia of the District of Columbia, such number of standard pistols, holsters, and pistol-cartridge boxes therefor as are required for arming all of the Organized Militia in said States, Territories, and District of Columbia, without charging the cost or valueNo charge to annual allotment.thereof, or any expense connected there with, against the allotment to said State, Territory, or District of Columbia, out of the annual appropriation provided by section sixteen hundred and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes,R.
S., sec. 1661, p. 290.as amended, or requiring payment Vol. 84. p. 449.therefor, and to exchange, without receiving any money credit therefor, ammunition, or parts thereof, suitable to the new standard pistol, Exchange of old material.round for round, for corresponding ammunition suitable to the old revolver theretofore issuedAccounting, etc.to said States, Territory, or District by the United States: *Provided,* That the said standard pistols, holsters, and pistol-cartridge boxes therefor shall be receipted for and shall remain the property of the United States and be annually accounted for by the governors of the States and Territories and the commanding general of the Militia of the District of Columbia as now required by law, and that each State, Territory, and District shall, on receipt of the new pistols, holsters, and pistol-cartridge boxes, and ammunition, turn in to the Ordnance Department of the United States Army, Return of old revolvers, etc.without receiving any monev credit therefor and without expense for transportation, all United States revolvero and ammunition therefor, holsters, anil revolver-cartridge, boxes now in its possession.
To provide means to carry into effect the foregoing provisions, the necessary money, Appropriation for cost of exchanging, etc.not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars, to recover the cost of exchanging or issuing the new pistols, ammunition therefor, holsters, and pistol-cartridge boxes to be exchanged or issued hereunder, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Ordnance stores and supplies: For overhauling, cleaning, repairing, and preserving ordnance and ordnance storesPreserving, etc., ordnance.in the hands of troops and at the arsenals, posts, and depots; for purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to fill requisitions of troops; for Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery equipments, Equipments.including horse equipments for Cavalry and Artillery, eight hundred thousand dollars.
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to release to the cityFort Marion, Fla.of Saint Augustine, Florida, a strip of land not exceeding twenty-three feet in width, on the north line of Fort Marion Reservation Strip of land released to Saint Augustine.for the purpose of restoring the street formerly known as Clinch Street, extending from San Marco Avenue on the western boundary of said reservation eastward to the Matanzas River. 1058National trophy and medals for rifle contests:Rifle contests.For the purpose of furnishing a national trophy and medals and other prizesTrophy,medals,and prizes.to be provided and contested for annually, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, said contest to be open to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the National Guard or Organized Militia of the several States, Territories, and of the District of Columbia, members of rifle clubs and civilians, and for the cost of the trophy, prizes, and medals herein provided for, and for the promotion of rifle practice throughout the United States, including the reimbursement of necessary expenses of members of the National Board for the Pro- motion of Rifle Practice, to be expended for the purposes hereinbefore prescribed under the direction of the Secretary of War, ten thousand dollars.
Automatic rifles:Automatic rifles.For the purchase, manufacture, and test of automatic rifles, including their sights and equipments, Purchase, etc.to be available until the close of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, two hundred thousand dollars. Field Artillery for Organized Militia: For the purpose of procuring Field ArtilleryField Artillery material.material for the Organized Militia of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, Issue to Organized Militia authorized.without cost to the said States, Territories, or the District of Columbia, but to remain the property of the United States and to be accounted for in the manner now prescribed by law, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, under such regulations as he may prescribe, on the requisitions of the governorsRequisitions from governors, etc.of the several States and Territories or the commanding general of the Militia of the District of Columbia, to issue said artillery material to the Organized Militia ; and Amount.the sum of seven hundred and seventy thousand dollars is hereby appropriated and made immediately available and to remain available until the end of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, for the procurement and issue of the articles constituting the same, seven hundred and seventy thousand dollars.
On and after the passage of this Act, every line officerLine officers.on the active list below the grade of colonel who has lost in lineal rank through the system of regimental promotion Promotion to rank lost by regimental promotion.in force prior to October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, may, in the discretion of the President, and subject to examination for promotion as prescribed by law, be advanced to higher grades in his arm up to and including the grade of colonel, in accordance with the rank he would have been entitled to hold had promotion been lineal throughout his arm or corps since the date of his entry into the arm or corps to which he permanently belongs: *Provided,**Provisos.*That officers advanced to higher grades under the provisions of this Act shall be additional officersTo be additional numbers.in those grades: *Provided further,* That nothing in this Act shall operate to interfere withNot to affect promotions under existing law.or retard the promotion to which any officer would be entitled under existing law: *And provided further,* That the officers advanced to higher gradesStatus of officers advanced.under this Act shall be junior to the officers who now rank them under existing law, when these officers have reached the same grade.
Approved, March 3, 1911.