Chapter 108. Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for other purposes

6,631 words·~30 min read·/statutes-at-large/vol-40/chapter-108-2639050·

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

CHAP. 108.— An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for other purposes.June 27, 1918.[[H. R. 11185](/us/bill/65/hr/11185).][[Public, No. 179](/us/pl/65/179).] *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 nineteen:

Permanent establishment. permanent establishment. Professors, etc. For pay of seven professors, $26,500; For pay of one chaplain, $2,400; For pay of the master of the sword, $3,000; Cadets. For pay of cadets, $600,000. Extra pay to 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 captain or major, $1,100; For pay of one professor of ordnance and science of gunnery (lieutenant colonel) in addition to pay as major, $500;

For pay of one professor of law (lieutenant colonel) in addition to pay as major, $500; For pay of one professor of practical military engineering (lieutenant colonel) in addition to pay as major, $500; For pay of twelve assistant professors (captains) in addition to pay as first and second lieutenants, $4,800; For pay of three battalion commanders (majors) in addition to pay as captains, $1,800; For pay of one senior assistant instructor of Artillery tactics (major) in addition to pay as first lieutenant or captain, $600;

For pay of one senior assistant instructor of Cavalry tactics (major) in addition to pay as first lieutenant or captain, $600; For pay of one senior assistant instructor of Coast Artillery tactics (major) in addition to pay as first lieutenant or captain, $600; For pay of sixteen instructors of Cavalry, Artillery (Field and Coast), and Infantry tactics (captains) in addition to pay as first and second lieutenants, $6,400; For pay of one adjutant, in addition to his regular pay, $600;

For pay of one quartermaster and commissary of cadets and treasurer, in addition to his regular pay, $600; For pay of one line officer on duty in quartermaster’s department at academy, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, $400; For pay of one associate professor of mathematics (major), in addition to pay as captain, $600; For pay of one associate professor of modern languages (major), in addition to pay as captain, $600; For pay of one constructing quartermaster, in addition to his regular pay, $1,000; 621 For additional pay of professors and officers (and officers on Longevity.increased rank) for length of service, $12,000.

For pay of the Military Academy Band, field musicians, general Enlisted men.Army service, Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineer 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 Academy band.*Post*, p. 623.assistant leader, $972; Fifteen enlisted musicians, at $51 each per month, $9,180; Fifteen enlisted musicians, at $44 each per month, $7,920; Twenty enlisted musicians, at $38 each per month, $9,120;

Additional pay for length of service, $6,397. For pay of field musicians: One sergeant, $672; Field musicians. Two corporals, at $36 each per month, $864; Seven privates, first class, at $33 each per month, and twenty-one privates, second class, at $30 each per month, $10,332; Additional pay for length of service, $800. For pay of general Army service detachment: One first sergeant, General Army service detachment.at $51 per month, $612; Forty sergeants, at $38 each per month, $18,240;

Twenty corporals, at $36 each per month, $8,640; Four cooks, at $38 each per month, $1,824; Forty-five privates, first-class, at $33 each per month, $17,820; One hundred and thirty-four privates, at $30 each per month, $48,240; Additional pay for length of service, $20,907. Extra pay of the enlisted men of the Army service detachment, Quartermaster duty.quartermaster’s department, on extra duty at West Point, $33,000. For pay of Cavalry detachment: One first sergeant, at $51 per Cavalry detachmentmonth, $612;

One supply sergeant, at $38 per month, $456; Two stable sergeants, at $38 each per month, $912; Six sergeants, at $38 each per month, $2,736; Four cooks, at $38 each per month, $1,824; Twelve corporals, at $36 each per month, $5,184; Two buglers, at $30 each per month, $720; Four horseshoers, at $38 each per month, $1,824; Two farriers, at $36 each per month, $864; Three saddlers, at $36 each per month, $1,296; Two wagoners, at $36 each per month, $864; One mechanic, at $36 per month, $432;

Thirty-six privates, first-class, at $33 each per month, $14,256; Seventy-four privates, second class, at $30 each per month, $26,640; For additional pay of one sergeant in charge of mess, at $6 per month, $72; For additional pay for length of service, $15,600. For pay of Artillery detachment: One first sergeant, at $51 per Artillery detachment.month, $612; One supply sergeant, at $38 per month, $456; Two stable sergeants, at $38 each per month, $912; One chief mechanic, at $36 per month, $432;

Twelve sergeants, at $38 each per month, $5,472; One mess sergeant, at $44 per month, $528; Four cooks, at $38 each per month, $1,824; Eighteen corporals, at $36 each per month, $7,776; One saddler, at $38 per month, $456; Three horseshoers, at $38 each per month, $1,368; Five mechanics, at $36 each per month, $2,160; Three buglers, at $30 each per month, $1,080; Forty first-class privates, at $33 each per month, $15,840; One hundred and twelve privates, at $30 each per month, $40,320; 622 One electrician sergeant, first class, at $51 per month, $612;

One electrician sergeant, second class, at $44 per month, $528; One master gunner, at $48 per month, $576. For additional pay for expert first-class gunners at $5 each per month, first-class gunners at $3 each per month, and second-class, gunners at $2 each per month, $4,080; Additional pay for length of service, $4,344. Engineer detachment. For pay of Engineer detachment: One first sergeant, at $51 per month, $612; Three sergeants, first class, at $51 each per month, $1,836;

One quartermaster sergeant, at $44 per month, $528; Eight sergeants, at $44 each per month, $4,224; Twelve corporals, at $36 each per month, $5,184; Two cooks, at $38 each per month, $912; Two musicians, at $30 each per month, $720; Thirty-eight privates, first class, at $33 each per month, and thirty-eight privates, at $30 each per month, $28,728; For additional pay of one sergeant in charge of detachment mess, at $6 per month, $72; Additional pay for length of service, $8,604.

Marksmen, etc. Additional pay of marksmen, sharpshooters, and expert riflemen, $1,230. Travel, etc., on discharge. Travel allowances to enlisted men on discharge, $1,900. Interest on deposits due enlisted men, $1,570. Extra pay of enlisted men: Extra pay to enlisted men. For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as bugler at the cadet barracks, at 35 cents per day, $159.80; 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 of ordnance and gunnery, and one as skilled attendant in the museum, at 50 cents each per day, $782.50;

For extra pay of nine 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, two sergeants in charge of stables and horses, one clerk, one in charge of new riding hall and property, and one in charge of the remount detail, at 50 cents each per day for three hundred and sixty-five days, $1,642.50; For extra pay of twenty-three enlisted men (cavalrymen), three teamsters, eleven laborers employed in keeping clean the equipment used by cadets in riding and equitation other than military, seven specially qualified trainers engaged in training mounts used by cadets in riding and equitation other than military, and two laborers for harrowing and sprinkling and assisting in the care of the riding hall, at 35 cents each per day, $2,938.25;

For extra pay of one enlisted man on duty in charge of engineer property and fatigue, at 50 cents per day, $156.50. For extra pay of one enlisted man as clerk in the department of practical military engineering and to the officer in charge of waterworks and works of construction at the Military Academy, at 50 cents per day, $156.50; For extra pay of ten 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 assistant instructor of artillery tactics, and five enlisted men performing the duties of mechanics in the batteries, at 50 cents each per day, $1,621;

For extra pay of four teamsters (artillerymen), at 35 cents each per day, $511; For extra pay of eight laborers (artillerymen), employed in keeping clean the equipment used by cadets, at 35 cents each per day, $876.40; 623 For extra pay of one enlisted man as messenger in the office of the adjutant, United States Military Academy, at 35 cents per day, Sundays and holidays included, $127.75; For extra pay of one teamster (engineer soldier) employed in the department of practical military engineering, in connection with the water supply and on works of construction, at 35 cents per day, $127.75;

For pay of one battalion sergeant major, Infantry, $864: *Provided*, Battalion sergeant major.*Provisos*.At cadet corps headquarters.Retirement.That the enlisted man in the headquarters, United States Corps of Cadets, performing that duty has the rank, pay, and allowances of that grade: *And provided further*, That if performing the above duties at time of retirement the said enlisted man shall be retired with the rank, pay, and allowances of a retired sergeant major, Infantry.

For extra pay of thirty-eight noncommissioned officers (engineers, Assistant instructors.artillerymen, and cavalrymen) as assistant instructors of cadets, at 50 cents each per day, $6,935. For pay of one battalion sergeant major, Infantry, $768: *Provided*, Battalion sergeant major.*Proviso*.At Academy headquarters.That the enlisted man at headquarters, United States Military Academy, performing that duty shall have the rank, pay, and allowance of that grade. For extra pay of one first sergeant (cavalryman), at 50 cents per day, $182.50.

For extra pay of one ordnance soldier, in charge of machine guns, at 50 cents per day, $156.50. For pay of four sergeants (Coast Artillery) to be used as assistant Field Artillery assistant instructors.noncommissioned instructors of cadets and for the purpose of military administration to be attached to the United States Military Academy detachment of Field Artillery, $1,824. For additional pay of rated men (two plotters and two observers, first class), $400. pay of civilians.

Pay of civilians. For pay of one teacher of music, $1,700: *Provided*, That section Teacher of music.*Proviso*.Academy Band.Reorganization, etc.[R. S., sec. 1111, p. 204, amended](/us/rs/s1111/p204).Vol. 33, p. 853.eleven hundred and eleven of the Revised Statutes, as amended, be amended to read as follows: The Military Academy Band shall hereafter consist of one teacher of music, who shall be the leader of the band, one enlisted band sergeant and assistant leader, and of fifty enlisted musicians.

The teacher of music shall receive the pay and have the rank of a first lieu tenant, not mounted; the enlisted band sergeant and assistant leader shall receive $972 per year; and of the enlisted musicians of the band, fifteen shall each receive $51 per month, fifteen shall receive $44 per month, and the remaining twenty shall each receive $38 per month, and each of the aforesaid enlisted men shall also be entitled to the clothing, fuel, rations, and other allowances of musicians of the Regular Army; and the said teacher of music, the band sergeant and assistant leader, and the enlisted musicians of the band shall be entitled to the same benefits in respect to pay, emoluments, and retirement arising from longevity, reenlistment, and length of service as are, or may hereafter become, applicable to other officers or enlisted men of the Army.

For pay of seven clerks in the office of the quartermaster, as follows: Clerks, etc. One chief clerk, at $1,800; One clerk, at $1,500; Two clerks, at $1,400 each, $2,800; Two clerks, at $1,200 each, $2,400; One clerk and stenographer, at $1,200; *Provided*, That the clerk now holding the position of “order and *Proviso*.Retirement of order and purchasing clerk.purchasing clerk” in the quartermasters office shall, on his own application, after fifty years in the military and civil service of the 624United States, be entitled to be placed on the retired list of the Army with the pay of a retired pay clerk, Quartermaster Corps, of the same period of service.

For pay of nine clerks and stenographers employed at headquarters, United States Military Academy, in the offices of the superintendent and adjutant, as follows: One chief clerk, $1,800; One clerk, $1,500; Two clerks, at $1,400 each, $2,800; Two clerks, at $1,400 each, $2,800. Three clerks, at $1,000 each, $3,000. For pay of one clerk to the treasurer, $1,800. For pay of one clerk and stenographer in the office of the commandant of cadets, $1,200. Civilian instructors. For pay of two civilian instructors of French, to be employed under the rules prescribed by the Secretary of War, at $2,000 each, $4,000.

For pay of two civilian instructors of Spanish, to be employed under the rules prescribed by the Secretary of War, at $2,000 each, $4,000. 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, $3,000. For pay of one professional civilian instructor in military gymnastics, fencing, boxing, wrestling, and swimming, $1,500. For pay of two expert assistant civilian instructors in military gymnastics, fencing, boxing, wrestling, and swimming, $4,000: *Proviso*.Quarters, etc., allowed.*Provided*, That these civilian instructors employed in the department of modern languages and the department of tactics shall be entitled to public quarters and to the same allowances with respect to fuel and light as those of a first lieutenant when occupying public quarters.

For pay of one librarian, $3,000. For pay of one assistant librarian, $1,500. For pay of one custodian of gymnasium, $1,200. For pay of one superintendent of gas works, $1,500. For pay of one chief engineer of power plant, whose duties will include those of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus, $2,400. For pay of one assistant engineer of same, $1,100. For pay of eight firemen, $6,240. For pay of one draftsman in the department of civil and military engineering, $1,200.

For pay of mechanic and attendant skilled in the technical preparation necessary to chemical and electrical lectures and to the instruction in mineralogy and geology, $1,200. For pay of mechanic assistant in department of natural and experimental philosophy (to be appointed by the superintendent of the United States Military Academy), $840. For pay of one custodian of academy buildings, $1,000. For pay of one electrician, $1,600. For pay of one chief plumber, $1,600. For pay of one assistant plumber, $900.

For pay of one plumber’s helper, $600. For pay of one scavenger at $60 a month, $720. For pay of chapel organist and choirmaster, $1,500. For pay of superintendent of post cemetery, $1,200. For pay of engineer and janitor of Memorial Hall, $900. For pay of printer at headquarters, United States Military Academy, $1,600. For pay of assistant printer at headquarters, United States Military Academy, $1,100. 625 For pay of one janitress, Memorial Hall, $600. For pay of one master mechanic, $1,800.

For pay of attendant and skilled photographer in the department of drawing, $1,300. For pay of one stenographer, typewriter, and attendant in charge of the library in the department of law, to be appointed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, $900. For pay of one overseer of the waterworks, $720. For pay of one engineer of steam, electric, and refrigerating apparatus for the cadets’ mess, $900. For pay of one copyist, stenographer, clerk, librarian, typewriter, and attendant in the department of modem languages, to be appointed by the Superintendent United States Military Academy, $1,040.

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, $720. For pay of janitor for bachelor officers’ quarters, $600. For pay of three engineers for power plant, $3,600. For pay of two oilers for power plant, $1,440. For pay of one stenographer, typewriter, and attendant in the department of English and history, to be appointed by the superintendent, $840. For pay of one bookbinder at headquarters, United States Military Academy, $1,200.

For pay of two book sewers in bindery, $1,080. For pay of one skilled pressman in the printing office, headquarters, United States Military Academy, $1,100. For pay of one charwoman, headquarters, United States Military Academy, $480. For pay of one messenger for the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, $720. For pay of one skilled copyist, confidential stenographer, librarian, typewriter, and attendant in the department of mathematics, to be appointed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, $1,000.

For pay of one stenographer, typewriter, and clerk in the medical Stenographer, etc., medical department.department and department of military hygiene, to be appointed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy under the Act of Congress approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, Vol. 37, p, 860.$840. For pay of one confidential stenographer, copyist, librarian, typewriter, and multigraph operator in the department of natural and experimental philosophy, to be appointed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, $1,000.

All the money hereinbefore appropriated for pay of the Military Accounting.Academy shall be disbursed and accounted for by officers of the Quartermaster Corps as pay of the Military Academy and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. Total, pay of Military Academy, $1,198,237.95. Total, pay account. current and ordinary expenses. Current expenses. For the expenses of the members of the Board of Visitors, or so Board of Visitors.much thereof as may be necessary, $750. Contingencies for superintendent of the academy, $3,000.

Superintendent. Repairs and improvements, namely: Timber, plank, boards, joists, Repairs and improvements.wall strips, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet lead, zinc, nails, screws, locks, hinges, glass, paints, turpentine, oils, varnish, brushes, stone, brick, flag, lime, cement, plaster hair, sewer and drain pipe, blasting powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, machinery, mantels, and other similar materials, renewing roofs, and for pay of architect overseer and citi626zen mechanics, and labor employed upon repairs and improvements that can not be done by enlisted men, $50,000.

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, and repair, improvement, and maintenance of power plant, $60,000. For gas pipes, gas and electric fixtures, electric lamps, telephone and lighting supplies, lamp-posts, gasometers and retorts, and annual repairs of the same, $8,000.

For fuel for cadets’ mess hall, shops, and laundry, $10,000. Postage, etc. For postage and telegrams, $500. Stationery. For stationery, namely: Blank books, paper, envelopes, steel pens, rubbers, erasures, 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 contigencies not otherwise provided for, $3,000. Transportation. For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, including Pullman accommodations, and $3 per day or fraction thereof for subsistence and other expenses for the necessary number of days’ travel over the shortest usually traveled route, and for ferriages; for hire of camp sites for cadets on practice marches, for transportation of first class of cadets to and from Gettysburg battlefield, for transportation of first and second classes to and from Watervliet Arsenal and Sandy Hook Proving Ground or other ordnance establishments, including a visit to a steel mill, for expenses of officers detailed to accompany cadets on these trips, and for expenses of officers of tactical department in looking up camp sites, and so forth, $4,620.

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, $2,500. 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, $1,200.

For camp stools, camp and office furniture, and repairs to same; for doormats for cadet headquarters, sinks, and guardhouse; for stationery, typewriting supplies and repairs; for use of instructor and assistant instructors of tactics; for books and maps, binding books, and mounting maps; for plumes, silk and worsted sashes for cadet officers and acting officers; for furniture, curtains, and rugs for cadet reception room, and contingencies, $2,960. For the upkeep of athletic grounds, $500.

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, $5,000. For repairs to saddles, bridles, purchase of leather, curb chains, bits, stirrups, etc., and to keep the same in repair, $275. For purchase of carbons and for repairs and maintenance of searchlight for Coast Artillery night practice and for miscellaneous expenses connected with Coast Artillery fire-control stations, $125.

For repair of mattresses, machines, for replacing worn-out articles, and for miscellaneous purposes, in gymnasium, Cavalry barracks, $100. For riding hall: Providing material and lumber for hurdles and upkeep of wings, headposts, and so forth, and for repairing and maintaining electric lights, a power clipping machine for animals stabled at the riding hall, and for repairs to disk harrow used in keeping 627footing in condition, and for repairing the canvas screens used to divide the hall into sections, $600.

For general repairs and enlargement of cadet camp, to include Cadet camp.Enlargement, etc.authorized strength of the Corps of Cadets for fiscal year nineteen hundred and nineteen; repairs to camp grounds, tent platforms, painting, shower baths, renewing plumbing and flush bowls in underground sinks, $41,000: *Provided*, That $5,000 of this appropriation *Proviso*.Amount immediately available,be, and the same is hereby, made immediately available. For repair of obstacles on mounted drill ground and for constructing other obstacles for use in mounted instruction of cadets, and for maintenance of the track connecting same, $100.

For the purchase of thread, wax, needles, for new blades, sharpening old blades, and spare parts and accessories for power clipping machines and saddlers’ sewing machines in the Cavalry stables, $100. For the purchase of thread, wax, needles, for new blades, sharpening old blades, and for spare parts and accessories for power clipping machines and saddler’s sewing machine in the Artillery stables, $100. For material for preserving floors, rebronzing radiators, and miscellaneous expenses for cleaning Artillery barracks and stables, $75.

For purchase of tools, machines, and repairs to same, for Artillery gun shed, $2,500. 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, $100. For purchase of stationery and office supplies for office of senior assistant instructor of Field Artillery tactics, $75. For material for preserving floors, rebronzing radiators, and for miscellaneous expenses for cleaning Cavalry barracks and stables, $75.

For repair of mattresses, machines, and replacing worn-out articles in the drill hall and gymnasium pertaining to engineer barracks, and for miscellaneous expenses connected therewith, $100. 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, textbooks, books of reference, and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, $1,200.

For department of natural and experimental philosophy: Additions Department of natural and experimental philosophy.to apparatus to illustrate the principles of mechanics, acoustics, optics, and astronomy; books of reference, scientific periodicals, textbooks, stationery, materials, and repairs; and for repairs to the observatory buildings and repairs to clocks, and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, $2,350. For department of instruction in mathematics: Textbooks, books of Department of mathematics.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, $1,000.

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, $2,500. 628 Department of drawing.

For department of drawing: Drawing material, instruments, and stationery for use of instructors; repairs to models and purchase of new models; desks, stretchers, drawing boards, racks and stands; framing drawings; books and periodicals on art, architecture, topography, and technology; binding maps, books, etc.; repairs to stereopticon and purchase of lantern slides; photographic apparatus and material; purchase of new instruments and repair of old ones, for use of cadets; and for contingent expenses, $1,800.

Department of modern languages. For department of modern languages: For stationery, textbooks, books of reference, periodicals, for repairs to books and apparatus, and for office furniture and equipment; for printing examination papers, and other necessary papers, and for contingencies, $1,400. Department of law. For department of law: For stationery, textbooks, and books of reference for the use of instructors, furniture and repairs to the same, for rebinding books and periodicals, and for contingencies, $850.

Department of practical military engineering. For department of practical military engineering: For models, books of reference, scientific periodicals, and stationery; for purchase and repair of instruments, materials, and apparatus for use in instructing cadets in surveying, reconnaissance, signaling, and field telegraphy, military field engineering, and field fortification; for photographic and lithographic apparatus and materials for field photography and map reproduction; tools and materials for maintenance of the batteries of the academy; transportation of field parties; for extra-duty pay of engineer soldiers at 50 cents per day each when employed as assistants in photographic laboratory or as special skilled mechanics in the department, and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, $6,000.

Department of ordnance 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, $2,150.

For purchase of machines, tools, and material for practical instruction of cadets in wood and metal working, $500. 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, and pictures for use in demonstration; for the purchase of instruments and models; for shelves and cases for books, instruments, and models and records; and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, $500.

Department of English and history. For department of English and history: For purchase of stationery, textbooks, books of reference, office furniture, maps, map fixtures, and for repairs to same; for rebinding books and periodicals; and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for, $1,200. Lectures. For a course of lectures for the more complete instruction of cadets, $1,200. Automobile. For the purchase and maintenance of one automobile of the Ford type, $600. Total, current and ordinary expenses, $220,605.

Miscellaneous and incidental expenses. miscellaneous items and incidental expenses. Treasurer’s office. For commercial periodicals, stationery, office furniture and supplies, and for binding orders, circulars, and so forth, for the office of the treasurer, United States Military Academy, $210. Lighting, plumbing, etc. For gas coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, chimneys, wicking, and electric lamps and supplies, and for operating the gas plant, $13,500. 629 *Provided*, That $1,000 of this appropriation be, and the same is hereby, made immediately available.

For water pipe, plumbing, and repairs, 87,000: *Provided*, That $1,000 of this appropriation be, and the same is hereby, made immediately available. For material and labor for cleaning and policing public buildings, 84,500. For supplies for recitation rooms not otherwise provided for and for renewing and repairing furniture in same, 81,000. Increase and expense of library, namely: For purchase, preservation, Library.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, $7,200.

For contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of the Contingencies, academic board.academic board: For instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $500: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Technical supplies.That all technical and scientific supplies for the departments 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 purchase Musical 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, $1,500.

Repairs and improvements to the laundry machinery and apparatus Laundry,in the cadet laundry, and the purchase of new material, tools, and so forth, to be expended without advertising, and to be immediately available, $25,000. Repair and purchase of cooking utensils, chairs, tables, and other Cadet mess.furniture in the cadet mess, and the replacement of same, to be expended without advertising, to be immediately available, $10,000. For the policing of barracks and bathhouses, $15,000.

Policing. For supplying light and plain furniture to cadets’ barracks, $28,000. Cadet barracks. For maintaining the children’s school, the Superintendent of the Children’s school.Military Academy being authorized to employ the necessary teachers, $4,780. For the purchase of desks, chairs, and proper office furniture for the instructors’ office in the riding hall, $200. For purchase and repair of fire-extinguishing apparatus, $1,000: Fire protection.*Proviso*.Periodicals.[R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/s3643/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.

Total, miscellaneous items and incidental expenses, $119,390. buildings and grounds. Buildings and grounds. For cases, materials, fittings, fixtures, and other appliances and Ordnance museum, etc.repairs for ordnance museum in headquarters building, $1,500. 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, $150. For general repairs to the cadet laundry building and for emergency incidental expenses about building, to be expended without advertising, $400: *Provided*, That this sum be, and the same is *Proviso*.Amount for laundry.hereby, made immediately available. 630 For general incidental repairs and improvements to the cadet store building, including storerooms, office, tailor shops, and shoe repairing shops, $1,000.

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, mantles, 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, $165. 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, $50. New laundry. For labor and material for construction of new cadet laundry, *Provisos*.Reappropriation.*Ante*, p, 99.$125,000: *Provided*, That the balance of appropriation of $75,000 for new cadet laundry, appropriated in House bill Numbered fourteen, for fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen, is reappropriated as part Available for two years.of the $125,000: *And provided further*, That the appropriation shall remain available for a period of two years.

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, and for the protection and enforcement of rules to protect the water supply, $3,000. For construction of shed over hopper at unloading trestle at power station, $1,000. Power plant, etc. For installation of automatic stokers under four four hundred and forty-horsepower boilers in the power plant, $40,000.

For installation of mechanical soot blowers in six four hundred and forty horsepower boilers in the power plant, $3,600. For material and labor to resod about seven thousand square yards of the east parade ground and athletic field, $3,000. West academy building. For repairing and repainting the west academy building throughout, $7,500. Gymnasium. For the installation of filters, necessary piping for same, and upkeep, to filter or refilter the water in swimming tank of gymnasium, $5,500.

For paving the semi-inclosed area behind the gymnasium with wooden pavement for use as an outdoor gymnasium, $8,000. North dock. For dredging at and reconstruction of north dock, $9,151.30. For increasing the ventilation in stables at riding hall, $1,400. Addition to battery station. For construction of one combined plotting room and primary station for six-inch gun battery, complete with standard telephone installation, to be constructed as an addition to present station, to be immediately available, $6,000.

South cadet barracks. For grading and granolithic paving in area of south cadet barracks, $7,777. Artillery gun shed, stable, and barracks. For repairs to bayonet fencing ground, $150. For construction of an east wing to the present Artillery gun shed, similar to the west wing, $25,000. For construction of an addition to the south wing of the present Artillery stable to accommodate seventy-two additional animals, $40,000. Cavalry barracks. For construction of wings to the present Artillery barracks to accommodate sixty-three additional men, $40,000.

For construction of wings to the present Cavalry barracks to accommodate seventy men, $40,000. For repairs to quarters of steward of cadet mess, to be expended without advertising, to be immediately available, $150. For the purchase and maintenance of one light automobile truck of the Ford type, $650. 631 For the repair and restoration of retaining walls along the line of Retaining walls.the Poplopen pipe line, $3,000. For carrying on the development of the general plan for improvements Roads and grounds.to roads and grounds on the military reservation of West Point, designed under contract by authority of the Secretary of War, $3,000.

For repainting the interior of the library building, floors, walls, Library building.and ceilings, repairing lead frames in windows and plastering walls of towers formerly used for the location of astronomical instruments, $2,950. For repairs and necessary alterations and additions to the cadet Cadet hospital.hospital, as follows: For materials for rebronzing radiators and piping; material for waxing and polishing floors; suitable incandescent lights, droplights, mantles, tubes; for carpets, furniture and appliances; for repairs of damaged articles; and for miscellaneous expenses, $120.

For purchase of flowers and shrubs for hospital grounds, $100. For necessary repairs and replacements in steam-heating system Cadet mess.and steam lines and cooking apparatus, cadet mess, $300: *Provided*, That this sum be, and the same is hereby made immediately available. For repairs to cadet mess building, $2,000: *Provided*, That this appropriation be, and the same is hereby, made immediately available. For repairs and improvements to the West Point Army mess building, including supplying and renewing furniture and fittings, $2,500.

For the construction of fireproof sheet-metal shed for housing Fireproof shed.material of the United States military equipage employed in the instruction of cadets of the United States Military Academy, $5,000: *Provided*, That extra pay, not to exceed 50 cents per day, may be *Proviso*.Extra-pay allowance.paid enlisted men from any item under Current and Ordinary Expenses, Miscellaneous Expenses, and Buildings and Grounds, for labor involved, when in the opinion of the superintendent this will result in economy to the Government and the employment of enlisted men on such labor will not interfere with their regular duties.

For repair and upkeep of quarters of the sergeant, first class, Hospital Corps, at the cadet hospital, $50. Repairs to cadet barracks: For repairing and renewing plastering, Cadet barracks.painting, and calcimining, repairs to woodwork, reflooring, rearranging rooms, increasing sinks, baths, and other incidental repairs to the building, $15,000: *Provided*, That this appropriation be, and the same is hereby, made immediately available. For maintaining and improving the grounds of the post cemetery, $1,500.

For continuing the construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places, $1,000. For broken stone and gravel for roads, and for repairing sidewalks, Roads, sidewalks, etc.roads, paths, and bridges on the reservation, $10,000. For repairs of boilers, engines, dynamos, motors, refrigerating and Machinery, etc.other machinery in the cadet mess, and the replacement of same, to be expended without advertising, $1,500: *Provided*, That this appropriation be, and the same is hereby, made immediately available.

For the repair, improvement, and maintenance of the cadet polo field, and for the purchase of blackboards, gongs, and other necessary material for the same, $600. For waterproofing the post headquarters, bachelor, and gymnasium buildings, $2,000. For care and maintenance of organ in cadet chapel, $250. For general repairs to the buildings of the Coast Artillery fire-control system, including necessary exterior painting, repairs to steps, roofs, etc., $100. 632 For material and labor for repair of Field Artillery target range, clearing grounds for targets and firing positions for batteries, constructing roads and trails to firing positions and target range; and for miscellaneous expenses connected with the indoor instruction of cadets in field artillery during the winter season, $500.

Quartermaster garage. For Quartermaster Corps garage, $10,000. New cadet barracks, etc. For enlarging the Military Academy to accommodate the authorized number of cadets: Construction of cadet barracks and headquarters, to be located at the south of the area of the old or south barracks, $500,000. Officers’ quarters. Eight sets married officers’ quarters, $60,000. Twenty sets bachelor officers’ quarters, $60,000. Lieut. Col. E. J. Timberlake.Credit in accounts. *And provided further*, That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel E.

J. Timberlake, the sum of $2,580, disallowed on voucher numbered eleven, for December, nineteen hundred and fourteen, of his money accounts as quartermaster and now outstanding against him on the books of the Treasury. Printing outside of Government Printing Office allowed. Hereafter printing, binding, and blank books required for the use of the United States Military Academy may be done or procured elsewhere than at the Government Printing Office when in the opinion of the Secretary of War such work can be more advantageously done or procured locally, the cost thereof to be paid from the proper appropriation or appropriations made for the Military Academy.

Total, buildings and grounds, $1,051,613.30. Total, Military Academy, $2,589,846.25. Approved, June 27, 1918.