Chapter 22. Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 22.— An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes. May 29, 1917. [[H. R. 14](/us/bill/65/hr/14).] [[Public, No. 18](/us/pl/65/18).] *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 eighteen:
Permanent establishment.permanent establishment. Professors, etc.For pay of seven professors, $27,000; For pay of one chaplain, $2,400; Master of the sword.For pay of the master of the sword, $3,000; *Proviso*.Relative rank, etc.*Provided*, That the master of the sword shall have the relative rank and shall be entitled to the pay, allowances, and emoluments of a major during the active service of the present incumbent of that office. Cadets.For pay of cadets, $540,000; Extra pay to officers.For extra pay of officers of the Army on detached service at the Military Academy:91 For pay of one commandant of cadets (lieutenant-colonel), in addition to pay as captain, $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 (captain), in addition to pay as first lieutenant, $400; For pay of twelve instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics (captains), in addition to pay as first and second lieutenants, $4,900; For pay of one adjutant, in addition to pay as captain or lieutenant, $600; For pay of one quartermaster and commissary of cadets and treasurer, in addition to pay as captain, $600; For pay of one line officer, on duty in quartermasters’ 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; For additional pay of professors and officers (and officers on increasedLongevity. rank) for length of service, $12,000. For pay of the Military Academy band, field musicians, generalEnlisted men. Army service, Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineering detachment, and enlisted men on detached service, and extra pay for enlisted men on special duty:
For pay of one band sergeant and assistant leader, $900;Academy band. Twelve enlisted musicians, at $45 per month, $6,480; Twelve enlisted musicians, at $36 per month, $5,184; Sixteen enlisted musicians, at $30 per month, $5,760; Additional pay for length of service, $5,124. For pay of field musicians: One sergeant, $600;Field musicians. Two corporals, $504; Twenty-two privates, at $15 each per month, $3,960; Additional pay for length of service, $664. For pay of general Army service:
One first sergeant, $540;General Army service. Forty sergeants, $14,400; Twenty corporals, $5,040; Four cooks, $1,440; One hundred and seventy-nine privates, at $15 each per month, $32,220; 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, $30,000. For pay of Cavalry detachment: One first sergeant, $540;Cavalry detachment. One supply sergeant, $360;
Two stable sergeants, at $30 each per month, $720; Six sergeants, $2,160; Four cooks, $1,440; Twelve corporals, $2,916; Two buglers, $360;92 Four horseshoers, $1,440; Two farriers, $504; Three saddlers, $756; Two wagoners, $504; One mechanic, at $21 a month, $252. One hundred and ten privates, at $15 each per month, $19,800; For additional pay of one sergeant in charge of mess, at $6 per month, $72; Additional pay for length of service, $13,800. Artillery detachment.For pay of Artillery detachment:
One first sergeant, $540; One supply sergeant, $360; Two stable sergeants, $720; One chief mechanic, $288; Ten sergeants, $3,600; One mess sergeant, at $36 a month, $432; Four cooks, $1,440; Sixteen corporals, $4,032; One saddler, at $21 a month, $252; Two horseshoers, at $21 each per month, $504; Five mechanics, at $21 each per month, $1,260; Two buglers, $360; One hundred and twenty-five privates, at $15 each per month, $22,500; One electrician sergeant, $540; One electrician sergeant, second class, $432;
One master gunner, $480; 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 (increase $1,600), $5,200; Additional pay for length of service, $7,932. Engineer detachment.For pay of Engineer detachment: One first sergeant, at $45 per month, $540; One quartermaster sergeant, at $36 per month, $432; Eight sergeants, at $36 each per month, $3,456; Ten corporals, at $24 each per month, $2,880;
Two cooks, at $30 each per month, $720; Two musicians, at $15 each per month, $360; Thirty-eight privates, first class, and thirty-eight privates, $15,080; 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, $2,280. Travel, etc., on discharge.Travel allowances to enlisted men on discharge, $2,000. Clothing not drawn due enlisted men on discharge, $9,000.
Interest on deposits due enlisted men, $1,000. Extra pay to enlisted men.For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as bugler at the cadet barracks, at 35 cents per day, $159.80.4 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 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 in charge of stables and horses, one clerk, and one in charge of new riding hall and property, and property contained therein, $1,173.50.
For extra pay of nineteen enlisted men (cavalrymen), two teamsters, eleven laborers employed in keeping clean the equipment used 93by cadets in riding and equitation other than military, four 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, $1,460.48. 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 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 50 cents each per day, $1,304.
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. 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, $768.Battalion sergeant major. *Proviso*. Pay, etc. *Provided*, That the enlisted man in the headquarters, United States Corps of Cadets, performing that duty has the rank, pay, and allowance of that grade. For extra pay of thirty-eight noncommissioned officers (artillerymen)Assistant artillery instructors. as assistant instructors of cadets, at 50 cents each per day, $6,935. pay of civilians.Pay of civilians. For pay of one teacher of music, $1,700.
For pay of four clerks in the office of the quartermaster, as follows: One clerk, at $1,500; two, at $1,400 each; and one clerk and stenographer, at $1,200. 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, $1,600; One clerk, $1,500; Two clerks, at $1,400 each; one clerk, $1,300; one clerk, $1,100; $5,200. Three clerks, at $1,000 each, $3,000. For pay of one clerk to treasurer, $1,800.
For pay of one clerk and stenographer in the office of the commandant of cadets, $1,200. For two civilian instructors in French, to be employed under rules prescribed by the Secretary of War, $2,000 per year each, $4,000. For two civilian instructors in Spanish, at $2,000 per year each, to be employed wider rules prescribed by the Secretary of War, $4,000. For 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. 94 For pay of one professional civilian instructor in gymnastics, athletics, and swimming, $1,500.
For pay of one expert assistant civilian instructor in military gymnastics, fencing, boxing, wrestling, and swimming, $1,500. For pay of one librarian, $3,000. For pay of librarian’s assistant, $1 ,300. For pay of 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 assistant engineer of same, $1,100.
For pay of eight firemen, $6,240. For pay of one draftsman in department of civil and military engineering, $1,200. 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, $1,200. For pay of mechanic assistant in department of natural and experimental philosophy, $1,000. 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 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 for Memorial Hall, $900. For pay of printer at headquarters, United States Military Academy, $1,600. For pay of one assistant printer at headquarters, United States Military Academy, $1,100. 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, librarian, typewriter, and attendant in the department of modern languages, to be appointed by the Superintendent of the 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 attendant in the department of philosophy for the handling of models and materials used in the instruction of cadets, $480. For pay of one copyist, typewriter, and attendant in the department of English and history, to be appointed by the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, $840.
For pay of one bookbinder at headquarters, United States Military Academy, $1,200. For pay of two book sewers in bindery, $1,080. 95 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 medicalStenographer, etc. 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, $840.Vol. 37, p. 860. All the money hereinbefore appropriated for the pay of the MilitaryAccounting. 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.
For current and ordinary expenses as follows:Current expenses. For the expenses of the members of the Board of Visitors, $750, orBoard of Visitors. so much thereof as may be necessary, $750. Contingencies for superintendent of the academy, $3,000.Superintendent. Repairs and improvements, namely: Timber, planks, boards,Repairs and improvements. joists, wall strips, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet lead, zinc, nails, screws, locks, hinges, glass, paints, turpentine, oils, varnish, brushes, stone, brick, flag, lime, cement, plaster hair, sewer and drain pipe, blasting powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, machinery, mantels, and other similar materials, renewing roofs, and for pay of architect overseer and citizen mechanics, and labor employed upon repairs and improvements that can not be done by enlisted men, $40,000.
For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood, charcoal, stoves,Fuel, lighting, etc. 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, $45,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*. Immediately available. That $5,000 of this sum shall be immediately available. For gas pipes, gas and electric fixtures, electric lamps, telephone and lighting supplies, lamp-posts, gasometers and retorts, and annual repairs of the same, $6,500;
For fuel for cadets’ mess hall, shops, and laundry, $10,000; For postage and telegrams, $375;Postage, etc. For stationery, namely, blank books, paper, envelopes, steel pens,Stationery. 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, $2,500; For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, including PullmanTransportation. 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 battle field, for transportation of first and second class to and from Watervliet Arsenal and Sandy Hook Proving Ground or other ordnance establishments, including a visit to a steel mill, and for expenses of officers detailed to accompany cadets on these trips, $8,000.
Printing: For printing and binding, type, materials for office, includingPrinting. repairs to motors and machinery, diplomas for graduates, annual registers, blanks, and monthly reports to parents of cadets, and contingencies, $2,500. 96 For one paper-cutting machine with electric motor and installation, with permission to exchange an old machine in part payment, $600. For one improved job press, ten by fifteen inches, complete with motor attached and all equipments, $300. For one rotary perforator with motor attached, $375.
For various up-to-date improvements to Monotype typesetting machine, including installation, $275. 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, $2,100.
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, $4,000. For repairs to saddles, bridles, purchase of leather, curb chains, bits, stirrups, and so forth, 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, and for replacing worn-out articles in gymnasium of Cavalry barracks, $100. For riding hall: Providing material and lumber for hurdles and upkeep of wings, head posts, 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 footing in condition, and for repairing the canvas screens used to divide the hall into sections, $600.
For general repairs to cadet camp, including camp grounds, repairs to tent platforms, painting, shower baths, underground sinks, renewing plumbing, flushes and bowls in underground sinks, to be immediately available, $2,500. For one hundred new tent floors for cadet camp, to be immediately available, $1,500. 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 saddler’s sewing machines in 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, $1,000. 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, $100.97 For purchase of one mimeograph machine with accessories and for stationery and office supplies for office of senior assistant instructor of Field Artillery tactics, $175. For material for preserving floors, rebronzing radiators, and for miscellaneous expenses for cleaning Cavalry barracks and stables, $75.
For a portable frame shed for storing tent platforms and other camp furniture, to be immediately available, $3,000. For repair of mattresses, machines, and replacing worn-out articles in the drill hall and gymnasium pertaming 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, $1,850. 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, book-cases, 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 or 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.
For department of drawing: Drawing material, instruments, andDepartment of drawing. stationery for use of instructors; repairs to models and purchase of new models; desks, stretchers, drawing boards, racks, and stands; framing drawings; books and periodicals on art, architecture, topography, and technology; binding maps, books, and so forth; repairs to 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.
For the purchase of new furniture and equipment necessary to fit New drawing equipment.up the drawing department for the instruction of the larger number of cadets authorized, $6,000. For department of modern languages: For stationery, textbooks,Department of modern languages. and books of reference for use of instructors, for repairs of books and apparatus and for office furniture, and for printing examination papers, and other necessary papers, and for contingencies, $1,200.
For department of law: For stationery, textbooks, and books ofDepartment of law. reference for the use of instructors, furniture, and repairs to the same, for rebinding books and periodicals, and for contingencies, $850. For department of practical military engineering: For models,Department of practical military engineering. books of reference, scientific periodicals, and stationery; for purchase and repair of instruments, materials, and apparatus for use in 98instructing cadets in surveying, reconnoissance, 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, $3,500.
For the purchase and maintenance of rowboats and canoes for the instruction of cadets in rowing, $500. 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, $1,800.
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 print ing 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. 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, and wicking, and electric lamps and supplies, and for operating the gas plant, $10,000. For water pipe, plumbing, and repairs, $7,000. For material and labor for cleaning and policing public buildings, $4,050. For supplies for recitation rooms not otherwise provided for and for renewing and repairing furniture in some, $200, to be made immediately available, $1,000. Library.Increase and expense of library, namely:
For purchase, preservation, care, storage, binding and repair of books, periodicals, pamphlets, maps, pictures, and manuscripts; purchase of furniture, cases, stationery, and fittings; for expenses of making copies of military manuscripts in other libraries, and for contingent expenses not otherwise provided for; purchases to be made in open market on the written order of the superintendent, $7,200. Contingencies, academic board.For contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of the academic board:
For instruments, books, repairs to apparatus, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $500. 99 *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, $1,500.
Repairs and improvements to the laundry machinery and apparatusLaundry. in the cadet laundry, and the purchase of new material, tools, and so forth, to be expended without advertising, $2,500. Repair and purchase of cooking utensils, chairs, tables, and otherCadet mess. furniture in the cadet mess, and the replacement of same, to be expended without advertising, to be immediately available, $3,000. For the policing of barracks and bathhouses, $14,000.Policing. For supplying light and plain furniture to cadets’ barracks, $20,000.Cadet barracks.
For maintaining the children’s school, the Superintendent of theChildren’s school. Military Academy being authorized to employ the necessary teachers, $4,320. For purchase and repair of fire-extinguishing apparatus, $1,000.Fire protection. *Provided*, That section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight, Revised*Proviso*. Periodicals. [R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/s3648/p718). Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign, professional, and other newspapers and periodicals, to be paid for from any of the foregoing appropriations. buildings and grounds.Buildings and grounds.
For cases, materials, fittings, fixtures, and other appliances, andOrdnance museum, laboratory, etc. repairs for ordnance museum in 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.
For general incidental repairs and improvements to the cadet store building, including storerooms, office, tailor shops, and shoe-repairing shops, $1,000. For materials and labor for repairs, alterations, and additions Soldiers’ hospital.needed at the soldiers’ hospital, as follows: Purchase of suitable incandescent lights, droplights, 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. For waterworks: For the maintenance and operation of the filter Waterworks.beds, reservoir, 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, $2,500.
For labor and material for construction of new cadet laundry, New laundry.$75,000. For necessary repairs and replacements in steam-heating systemCadet mess. and steam lines and cooking apparatus, cadet mess, $300. For repairs to cadet mess building, $2,000. 100 For repairs and improvements to the West Point Army mess building, including supplying and renewing furniture, $1,029. 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, 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 painting all interior walls, woodwork, and ceilings, $1,000: For the repair and upkeep of quarters of the sergeant, first class, Hospital Corps, at the cadet hospital, $50.
Cadet barracks.Repairs to cadet barracks: For repairing and renewing plastering, painting, and calcimining, repairs to woodwork, reflooring, rearranging rooms, increasing sinks, baths, and other incidental repairs to the building, $15,000. Cemetery.For maintaining and improving the grounds of the post cemetery, $1,500. Wall, roads, etc.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, paths, and bridges on the reservation, $10,000.
Machinery, repairs, etc.For repair of boilers, engines, dynamos, motors, refrigerating and other machinery in the cadet moss, and the replacement of same, to be expended without advertising, $1,500. For the repair, improvement, and maintenance of the cadet polo field, and for the purchase of blackboards, gongs, and other necessary material for same, $600. For waterproofing the post headquarters, bachelor, and gymnasium buildings, $2,000. For the care and maintenance of organ in the cadet chapel, $250.
For the installation of mirrors in the riding hall, $600. For the purchase and repair of cocoa matting for the aisle ways in the riding hall, $200. For permanent seats for gallery at riding hall, $500. For a shower bath, fittings, and so forth, for cadet toilet at the riding hall, $100. For a picket line at the riding hall, $250. For repairs to skylights in riding hall and for stopping leaks around same, $200. For repairs to water pipes in the tower squad room of the riding hall, $150.
For the purchase and installation of a gas cooking range in the kitchen of the Cavalry barracks, $200. For a bayonet fencing ground, and for swinging and self-righting dummies, for head-posts, and so forth, to equip the same, $1,500. For general repairs to the buildings of the Coast Artillery fire-control system, including necessary exterior painting, repairs to steps, roofs, and so forth, $100. 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.
William Harold Kehoe. May be appointed second lieutenant of Infantry, and retired.That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint William Harold Kehoe, late a cadet at the Military Academy at West Point, to the position of second lieutenant of Infantry of the Army, and to place him upon the retired list with the pay of a retired second lieutenant of Infantry. 101 That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby,Clyde R.
Altman. May be appointed second lieutenant of In fantry, and retired. authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint Clyde R. Altman, late a cadet at the Military Academy at West Point, to the position of second lieutenant of Infantry of the Army, and to place him upon the retired list with the pay of a retired second lieutenant of Infantry. Approved, May 29, 1917.