Chapter 275. Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 275.— An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes.August 9, 1912.[[H. R. 21450](/us/bill/62/hr/21450).][[Public, No. 253](/us/62/pl/253).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Military Academy appropriations. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen. 252 permanent establishment.Permanent establishment.

Professors, etc.For pay of seven professors, twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of one chaplain, two thousand four hundred dollars; For pay of the master of the sword, two thousand four hundred dollars; Cadets.*Provisos*.Additional cadet from District of Columbia.[R. S., sec. 1315, p. 226. amended](/us/rs/s1315/p226).For pay of cadets, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That section thirteen hundred and fifteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, fixing the membership of the Corps of Cadets at the United States Military Academy, is hereby amended by changing the clause “one from the District of Columbia” so as to Time of physical examination.read “two from the District of Columbia”: *Provided further*, That hereafter any candidate designated as principal or alternate for appointment as cadet may present himself at any time for physical examination at West Point, New York, or other prescribed places, as Graduates allowed mileage from home to post.may be designated by the Secretary of War: *Provided further*, That hereafter a graduate of the Military Academy shall receive mileage as authorized by law for officers of the Army from his home to the station which he first joins for duty;

Extra pay for officers.For extra pay of officers of the Army on detached service at the Military Academy: For pay of one commandant of cadets (lieutenant colonel), in addition to pay as major, five hundred 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; *Proviso*.Assistants in English and history.For pay of ten assistant professors (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, four thousand dollars: *Provided*, That hereafter two assistant professors shall be authorized in the department of English and history, one for English and one for history;

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

Constructing quartermaster.*Proviso*.Allowance to present officer.Vol. 36, p. 1016, repealed.For pay of one constructing quartermaster, in addition to his regular pay, one thousand dollars: *Provided*, That so much of the Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, as provided that the increase of salary of the constructing quartermaster should only apply during the term the office was held by the then253 incumbent is hereby repealed, and the additional pay thus provided is available for the present incumbent from the date he entered upon his duties;

For additional pay of professors and officers (and officers on in-creased rank)Longevity. for length of service, twelve thousand dollars; For pay of the Military Academy band, field musicians, generalEnlisted men. Army service, cavalry and artillery detachments, and enlisted men on detached service, and extra pay for enlisted men on special duty: For pay of Military Academy band: One band sergeant and assistantAcademy band. 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 five hundred and thirty-two dollars; For pay of field musicians: One sergeant, six hundred dollars;Field musicians. One corporal, two hundred and fifty-two dollars; Twenty-two privates, at one hundred and eighty dollars each, three thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars;

Additional pay for length of service, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; For pay of general Army Service Corps: One first sergeant, fiveGeneral Army service. hundred and forty dollars; Eight sergeants, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; Nine corporals, two thousand two hundred and sixty-eight dollars; Three cooks, one thousand and eighty dollars; 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, Extra pay, Quarter-master’s Department.Quartermaster’s Department, on extra duty at West Point, twenty-four thousand dollars; For pay of cavalry detachment: One first sergeant, five hundredCavalry detachment. and forty dollars; One stable sergeant, three hundred and sixty dollars; Five sergeants, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Three cooks, one thousand and eighty dollars; Eleven corporals, two thousand seven hundred and seventy-two dollars;

Two trumpeters, three hundred and sixty dollars; Two horseshoers, seven hundred and twenty 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; One hundred privates (cavalry), eighteen thousand dollars; Additional pay for length of service, eight thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of artillery detachment: One first sergeant, five hundredArtillery detachment. and forty dollars;

One quartermaster sergeant, three hundred and sixty dollars; One stable sergeant, three hundred and sixty dollars; One chief mechanic, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars; Six sergeants, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; Three cooks, one thousand and eighty dollars; Twelve corporals, three thousand and twenty-four dollars; Four mechanics, one thousand and eight dollars; Two trumpeters, three hundred and sixty dollars; 254 One hundred and two privates, eighteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars;

One electrician sergeant, five 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, two thousand one hundred and three dollars and ten cents; Additional pay for length of service, two thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars and thirty-two cents; Engineer detachment to be maintained.Hereafter there shall be maintained at the United States Military Academy an engineer detachment, which shall consist of one first sergeant, one quartermaster sergeant, eight sergeants, ten corporals, two cooks, two musicians, thirty-eight first-class privates, and thirty-eight second-class privates;

Pay.For pay of such engineer detachment, twenty-four thousand dollars; additional pay for length of service, six thousand four hundred *Provisos*.Rating.and eight dollars: *Provided*, That the enlisted men of said detachment shall receive the same pay and allowances as are now or may be hereafter authorized for corresponding grades in the battalions of No increase of Army.engineers: *Provided further*, That nothing herein shall be so construed as to authorize an increase in the total number of enlisted men of the Army now authorized by law;

Reenlistment bonus.Bonus to enlisted men reenlisting within three months from date of discharge, two thousand three hundred and ninety-six dollars; Travel, etc., on discharge.Travel allowances to enlisted men on discharge, eight hundred and fifty-three dollars and fifty-two cents; Clothing not drawn due enlisted men on discharge, seven thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and sixty cents; Interest on deposits due enlisted men, eight hundred and twenty-five dollars and sixteen cents;

Extra pay, enlisted men.For extra pay of three enlisted 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-five dollars; For extra pay of four enlisted men employed as printers, at head-quarters United States Military Academy, at fifty cents each per day, six hundred and twenty-six dollars;

For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as watchman, at thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-three cents; For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as trumpeter at the cadet barracks, at thirty-five cents per day, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty-nine cents; For extra pay of two enlisted men employed in the philosophical department observatory, one as a mechanic and one in care of apparatus, at fifty cents each per day, three hundred and thirteen dollars:

For extra pay of two enlisted men employed in the chemical department, at fifty cents each 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 five ordnance soldiers employed, one as draftsman in charge of museum, one as machinist, one as clerk, one in the department or ordnance and gunnery, one as skilled attendant in the255 museum, and one employed as carpenter and painter, at fifty centsExtra pay, enlisted men—Continued. each per day, seven hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents;

For pay of one noncommissioned officer in charge of Army service detachment mess, seventy-two dollars; For extra pay of seven enlisted men (cavalrymen) employed, two when performing especially skilled mechanical labor, one as saddler, one in charge of property and saddle equipment pertaining to riding and equitation other than military, one sergeant m charge of stables and horses, one clerk, and one in charge of new riding hall and property, and property contained therein, one thousand one hundred and seventy-three dollars and fifty cents;

For extra pay of twelve enlisted men (cavalrymen), two teamsters, nine laborers in keeping clean the equipment used by cadets in riding and equitation other than military, and two laborers for harrowing, sprinkling, and assisting in caring for the new riding hall, at thirty-five cents each per day, one thousand two hundred and forty-one dollars and forty-three 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 or construction at the Military Academy, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; For extra pay of eight enlisted men (artillerymen), three performing extra mechanical labor, one sergeant in charge of stables, horses, and mules, one enlisted man employed as clerk and stenographer to senior instructor of artillery tactics, and three enlisted men performing the duty of mechanics in the batteries, at fifty cents each per day, one thousand and fifty dollars and fifty cents;

For extra pay of three teamsters (artillerymen), at thirty-five cents each per day, three hundred and eighty-three dollars and twenty-five 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 three enlisted men employed as clerks in the office of the quartermaster and one as clerk in charge of clothing room in quartermaster’s storehouse, at fifty cents each per day, six hundred and seventy-eight dollars;

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; For extra pay of one sergeant of engineers, acting first sergeant, one hundred and eight dollars; For extra pay of two cooks of engineers, at twelve dollars each per month, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars; For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as janitor and substitute teacher in the children’s school, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents; *Provided*, That the extra pay provided by the preceding paragraphs*Proviso*.No duplication. shall not be paid to any enlisted man who receives extra-duty pay under existing laws or Army regulations. 256 pay of civilians.Pay of civilians.

For pay of one teacher of music, one thousand seven hundred dollars; For pay of four clerks in the office of the quartermaster, as follows: One clerk, at one thousand five hundred dollars; two, at one thousand four hundred dollars each: and one clerk and stenographer, at one thousand two hundred dollars, five thousand five hundred dollars; For pay of nine clerks and stenographers employed at headquarters United States Military Academy, eleven thousand dollars; For pay of one clerk to treasurer, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

For pay of one clerk and stenographer in the office of the commandant of cadets, one thousand dollars; For pay of two civilian instructors in French, to be employed under rules prescribed by the Secretary of War, at two thousand dollars each per annum, four thousand dollars; For pay of two civilian instructors in Spanish, to be employed under rules prescribed by the Secretary of War, at two thousand dollars each per annum, 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 librarian, three thousand dollars; For pay of assistant librarian, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of custodian of gymnasium, 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 choirmaster, 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; 257 For pay of one janitress, Memorial Hall, six hundred dollars;Pay of civilians— Continued. 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 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 typewriter, copyist, stenographer, librarian, and attendant in the department of modem 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 or one chief engineer of power plant, two thousand four hundred dollars; For pay of three engineers for power plant, three thousand six hundred dollars; For pay of two oilers for power plant, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars;

For pay of one attendant in the department of philosophy for the handling of models and materials used in the instruction of cadets, four hundred and eighty dollars; For pay of one copyist, typewriter, and attendant in the department of English and history, seven hundred and fifty dollars; For pay of one bookbinder at headquarters, United States Military Academy, one thousand two hundred dollars; For pay of two book sewers in bindery, 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 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, oneBoard of Visitors. thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; *Provided*, That the Act approved May twenty-eighth, nineteen *Provisos*.Vol. 35, p. 436, amended.hundred and eight, be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:

" That hereafter the Board of Visitors to the Military Academy shallComposed of members of Military Affairs Committees of both Houses. consist of five members of the Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate and seven members of the Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the respective chairmen thereof; the members so appointed shall visit the MilitaryVisits. Academy annually at such time as the chairmen of said committees shall appoint, and the members from each of said committees may visit said academy together or separately as the said committees may elect during the session of Congress; and the superintendent of the academy and the members of the Board of Visitors shall be notified of such date by the chairmen of the said committees.

The expensesExpenses limited. of the members of the board shall be their actual expenses while engaged upon their duties as members of said board not to exceed five258 dollars per day and their actual expenses of travel by the shortest Appointments.[R. S., secs. 1327-1329, p. 227. amended](/us/rs/s1327/s1329/p227).mail routes: *Provided further*, That so much of sections thirteen hundred and twenty-seven, thirteen hundred and twenty-eight, and thirteen hundred and twenty-nine, Revised Statutes of the United States, as is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

" Superintendent.Contingencies for superintendent of the academy, three thousand dollars; Repairs, etc.Repairs and improvements, 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 dram pipe, blasting powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, machinery, mantels and other similar materials, renewing roofs, and for pay of architect, overseer, and citizen mechanics, and labor employed upon repairs and improvements that can not be done by enlisted men, forty thousand dollars;

Fuel, lighting, etc.For fuel and apparatus, 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, forty 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; Postage and telegrams.Stationery.For postage and telegrams, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; For stationery, namely: Blank books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel pens, rubbers, erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fasteners, rules, files, ink, inkstands, typewriters, typewriting supplies, office furniture, penholders, tape, desk knives, blotting pads, and rubber bands, and for contingencies not otherwise provided for, two thousand five hundred dollars;

Transportation.For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and for ferriages, for transportation of first class of cadets to and from Gettysburg Battlefield, Watervliet Arsenal, and Sandy Hook Proving Grounds, or other ordnance establishment; and for expenses of 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;

Department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics.For department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics: Tan bark or other proper cover for riding hall, 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 rugs for cadet reception room, one thousand four hundred and forty-five dollars;

Gymnasium and athletic 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 dollars; 259 For one typewriter and cabinet, one hundred and twenty dollars;

For repair of obstacles on cavalry drill ground and for the building of a track connecting same, five hundred dollars; 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 dollar’s; For repair of mattresses, machines, and for replacing worn-out articles in gymnasium of cavalry barracks, one hundred dollars; For purchase of thread, wax, needles, for new blades, sharpening old blades, and for spare parts and accessories for power cupping machines and saddlers sewing machine in the artillery stables, one hundred dollars;

For repairs to mattresses, machines, and for replacing worn-out articles in the drill hall and gymnasium of artillery barracks, and for miscellaneous expenses connected therewith, one hundred dollars; For extending the drainage system at the cadet camp, made necessary on account of the larger camp required to accommodate the increased number of cadets, to be immediately available, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; For renewing two hundred and twenty-six tent floors in cadet camp, to be immediately available, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For department of civil and military engineering: For models,Department of civil and military engineering. maps, purchase and repair of instruments, apparatus, drawing boards, desks, chairs, shelves, and cases for books and instruments, text-books, books of reference, and stationery for the use of instructor’s, and contingencies, one thousand two hundred dollars; For department of natural and experimental philosophy: AdditionsDepartment of natural and experimental philosophy. to apparatus to illustrate the principles of mechanics, acoustics, optics, and astronomy; books of reference, scientific periodicals, text-books, stationery, materials, and repairs; and for repairs to the observatory buildings and repairs to clocks, and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars;

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

For department of drawing: Drawing material, instruments, andDepartment of drawing. stationery for use of instructors; repairs to models and purchase of new models; desks, stretchers, drawing boards, racks, and stands; framing drawings; books and and periodicals on art, architecture, topography, and technology; binding maps, books, and so forth; repairs to stereopticon and purchase of lantern slides; photographic apparatus and material; purchase of new instruments and repair of 260old ones, for use of cadets; and for contingent expenses, one thousand five hundred and thirty dollars;

For furniture and instruments for the cadets’ drawing rooms, one thousand five hundred dollars; Department of modern languages.For department of modern languages: For stationery, textbooks, and books of reference for use of instructors, for repairs of books and apparatus, for office furniture, for printing examination papers and other necessary papers, and for contingencies, five hundred and ninety-eight dollars; Department of law.For department of law: For stationery, textbooks, and books of reference for the use of instructors; furniture, and for repairs to the same; for rebinding books and periodicals; and for contingencies, three hundred and fifty dollars;

Department of practical military engineering.For 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 reconnaissances; 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 per-forming special skilled mechanical labor in the department of practical military engineering; for models, books of reference, and stationery, and for extra pay of one engineer soldier as assistant in photographic laboratory, and in charge of photographic laboratory, photographic apparatus, materials, and supplies, at fifty cents per day, two thousand dollars;

For the purchase of surveying instruments, one thousand dollars; *Provided*, That this appropriation shall be immediately available: *Provisos*.Immediately available.Sale of unserviceable material, etc.*And provided further*, That when any instrument, apparatus, implements, or materials which have been heretofore or may hereafter be purchased or acquired for the use of any department of instruction or for the maintenance and operation of the waterworks are no longer needed or are no longer serviceable they may be sold in such manner Use of proceeds.as the superintendent may direct and the proceeds credited to the appropriation for the department or the waterworks for which they were purchased or acquired.

For the purchase of barges and small boats for the instruction of cadets in rowing, four hundred dollars; Department of ordinance and gunnery.For department of ordnance and gunnery: For purchase, manufacture, and repair of instruments, models, machinery, and apparatus; for purchase of samples of arms and accouterments other than those supplied to the military service; for books of reference, textbooks, stationery, office furniture and supplies; for services of skilled mechanic (civilian) employed in the department of ordnance and science of gunnery, and for contingencies, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

For purchase of machines, tools, and material for practical instruction of cadets in wood and metal working, two thousand dollars; Department of military hygiene.For 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, and261 pictures for use in demonstration; for the purchase of instruments and models; for shelves and cases for books, instruments, and models and records; and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, five hundred dollars;

For department of English and history: For purchase of stationery,Department of English and history. 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, nine hundred dollars; For a course of lectures for the more complete instruction of cadets,Lectures. one thousand two hundred dollars; miscellaneous items and incidental expenses.Miscellaneous and incidental expenses.

For commercial periodicals, stationery, office furniture and supplies,Treasurer’s office. and for binding orders, circulars, and so forth, for the office of the treasurer, United States Military Academy, two hundred and ten dollars; For gas-coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, chimneys, and wicking,Lighting, plumbing, etc. and electric lamps and supplies for lighting the academy building, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess hall, shops, hospital, offices, stables and riding hall, sidewalks, camp, and wharfs, ten thousand dollars;

For water pipe, plumbing, and repairs, 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, namely:Library. For purchase, preservation, care, storage, binding and repair of books, periodicals, pamphlets, maps, pictures, and manuscripts; purchase of furniture, cases, stationery, and fittings; for expenses of making copies of military manuscripts in other libraries, and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for; purchases to be made in open market on the written order of the superintendent, ten thousand dollars;

For contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of theContingent, academic board. academic board: For instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, one thousand dollars; *Provided*, That all technical and scientific supplies for the departments*Proviso*.Technical supplies. of instruction of the Military Academy shall be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may deem best. Purchase of instruments for band and repairs to same:

For purchaseMusical supplies. of reeds, pads, strings, and other materials necessary for brass, wood, wind, and string instruments; for purchase of music stands and other equipments; for purchase of music for military band and orchestra and for extra parts; and for contingent expenses not otherwise 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 apparatusLaundry, kitchen, etc. in the cadet laundry, 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 policing of barracks and bath houses, ten thousand dollars;Policing. For supplying light and plain furniture to cadets’ barracks, three Cadet barracks.thousand six hundred dollars; 262 Children’s school.For maintaining tho children’s school, the Superintendent of the Military Academy being authorized to employ the necessary teachers, four thousand one hundred and twenty dollars;

Fire extinguishers.For purchase and repair of fire-extinguishing apparatus, one thousand dollars; *Proviso*.Periodicals.[R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/s3648/p718).*Provided*, That section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign, professional, and other newspapers and periodicals, to be paid for from any of the foregoing appropriations. buildings and grounds.Buildings and grounds. Ordnance museum, laboratory, etc.For cases, materials, fittings, fixtures, and other appliances and repairs for ordnance museum 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, office, tailor shops, and shoe-repairing shops, five hundred dollars;

Soldiers’ hospital.For materials and labor for repairs, alterations, and additions needed at the soldiers’ hospital, as follows: Purchase of suitable incandescent lights, drop-lights, 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 repair of porch banisters around entire building; stair banisters inside or building, recasing three windows in furnace room; building cellar doors; flooring and ceiling attic overhead; and for waterproofing cellar walls of furnace room, six hundred and forty-five dollars; For constructing a two-story brick addition to hospital, twenty-four by forty-eight feet, to be used as a squad room, lecture hall, and recreation room; for partitioning off one end of upper story of present hospital and fitting up as a lavatory, with two washstands, a slop sink, a urinal, two water-closets, a shower bath, and a bathtub, two thousand dollars;

For the repair and upkeep of quarters of the sergeant, first class, Hospital Corps, at soldiers’ hospital: For miscellaneous minor repairs and general upkeep of quarters, and so forth, seventy-five dollars; Waterworks.For 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;

Cadet hospital.For repairs and necessary alterations and additions to the 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; 263 For purchase of flowers and shrubs for hospital grounds, one hundred dollars; For reputtying windows, for two new sinks, for ventilating lockers, concreting basement floor, painting basement storerooms, repairing leaders and downspouts, installing wire screenings in condemnation room, for additional shutters, storm windows and radiators, and painting woodwork of contagion hospital, one thousand six hundred and twenty-three dollars;

Repairs to cadet barracks:Cadet barracks. For repairing and renewing plastering, painting, and calcimining, repairs to woodwork, reflooring, rearrranging rooms, increasing sinks, baths, and other incidental repairs to the building, seven thousand five hundred dollars; For maintaining and improving the grounds of the post cemetery,Cemetery. one thousand five hundred dollars; For continuing the construction of breast-high wall in dangerousWalls, roads, etc. places, one thousand dollars;

For broken stone and gravel for roads, and for repairing sidewalks, roads, paths, and bridges on the reservation, six thousand dollars; For repair of boilers, engines, dynamos, motors, refrigerating and other machinery in the cadet mess, and the replacement of same, to be expended without advertising, five hundred dollars; For construction of concrete retaining wall in rear of skeleton-mortar battery, two thousand five hundred dollars; For addition to officers’ quarters Number thirty-three, includingAddition to officers’ quarters. plumbing, heating and lighting, material and labor, to be immediately available, four thousand eight hundred dollars;

For the construction and equipment of gallery ranges for rifle andShooting gallery, etc. pistol in the basement of the gymnasium, three thousand seven hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty-six cents; For one track and trolley complete for handling ammunition in the mortar battery, seventy-five dollars; For plaster and other models, relief plans, and maps, pictures andModels, relief plans, etc. views, to illustrate the facts of geology, photography, geography, hydrography, the processes and results of the useful and fine arts, of the art of war, fortifications, artillery, and the like, to be dis-played on the walls of the buildings of the academy for transportation of such material to West Point, and for wall and other cases for its preservation and display, three thousand dollars;

For the care and maintenance of organ in the cadet chapel, one hundred and fifty dollars; For concreting cellars of sixteen sets of enlisted men’s quarters, two thousand six hundred dollars; For carrying on the development of the general plan for improvementsImproving grounds. to roads and grounds on the military reservation or West Point, designed under contract by authority of the Secretary of War, three thousand dollars; For repairs to quarters of the sergeant, first class, Hospital Corps, cadet hospital, thirty dollars;

For completion of the East Academic Building, including finishedEast Academic Building. grading, approaches, and so forth, in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the Secretary of War, to be immediately available and to remain so until completion, ninety-five thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars; For full settlement of the claim of John G. Pavek for use andJohn G. Pavek. occupation of his property by the United States from May twentieth,Payment for use of property. nineteen hundred and eight, to March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and nine, eight hundred dollars;

Hereafter the Secretary of War may grant the superintendent ofSuperintendent. the academy leave of absence without deduction from pay or allowancesLeave of absence allowed.[R. S,, sec. 1330, p. 228](/us/rs/s1330/p228). for the same period that the superintendent may grant leave264 of absence to other officers of the academy under the provisions of section thirteen hundred and thirty of the Revised Statutes. Lt. Col. J. M. Carson. jr.Credit allowed.No pay shall be withheld from Lieutenant Colonel J.

M. Carson, junior, Deputy Quartermaster General, United States Army, because of the payment by him in May, nineteen hundred and nine, when major and quartermaster, United States Army, for eight horses or polo ponies purchased pursuant to instructions from the Secretary of War for use in the instruction of cadets at the United States Military Academy. Promotion of professor.That any officer of the United States Army now holding the position of permanent professor at the United States Military Academy who on July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, should have served not less than thirty-three years in the Army, one-third of which service shall have been as professor and instructor at the Military Academy, shall on that date have the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel in the Army.

Approved, August 9, 1912.