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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 42 STAT. · June 30, 1923 · Chapter 253

Chapter 253. Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 253.— An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and for other purposes. June 30, 1922.[[H. R. 10871](/us/bill/67/hr/10871).][[Public, No. 259](/us/pl/67/259).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, War Department appropriations. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—Department military activities, etc.MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND OTHER EXPENSES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT INCIDENT THERETO. Secretary’s Office.office of secretary of war. Secretary, Assistant, assistant and chief clerk, etc.Salaries; Secretary of War, $12,000; Assistant Secretary, $10,000; Assistant and Chief Clerk, who shall sign such official papers and documents as the Secretary may direct, $4,000; private secretary to to the Secretary, $2,500; clerk to the Secretary, $2,000; stenographer to the Secretary, $2,000; clerk to the Assistant Secretary, $2,400: assistant chief clerk, $2,400; disbursing clerk, $2,750; principal clerks—one $2,500, one $2,250, one $2,000; chiefs of divisions—two at $2,500 each, two at $2,200 each, one $2,000; deputy disbursing clerk, $2,000; chief telegrapher, $1,800; clerks—ten of class four, ten of class three, two at $1,500 each, nineteen of class two, two at $1,300 each, twenty-seven of class one, one $1,100, five at $1,000 each; foreman, $1,400; carpenter, $1,200; engineer, $1,200; assistant engineer, $720; skilled laborer, $1,080; chief messenger, $1,000; messengers—two at $1,000 each, six at $840 each; four assistant messengers at $720 each; telephone supervisor, $1,020; thirteen telephone switchboard operators at $840 each; five laborers at $660 each; chauffeurs—one $1,000, two at $840 each; skilled laborer, $900; six watchmen at $720 each; messenger boy, $480; charwoman, $240; in all, $207,080. contingent expenses, war department.
Department continent expenses.For purchase of professional and scientific books, law books, including their exchange; books of reference, blank books, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, maps; typewriters and adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; furniture and repairs to same; carpets, matting, linoleum, filing equipment, photo supplies, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuel gas, and heating apparatus for buildings, electric power, electric light; repairs to, alterations and installations in Government-owned buildings (outside of the State, War, and Navy Department Building) occupied by the War Department and its bureaus; maintenance,717 repair, and operation of motor trucks and motor cycles, and one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges; street car fares, not exceeding $750; and other absolutely necessary expenses, including a per diem allowance not to exceed $4 in lieu of subsistence, $95,000.
For stationery for the department and its bureaus and offices,Stationery. $40,000. For postage stamps for the department and its bureaus, as requiredPostage stamps. under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matters addressed to Postal Union countries, $375. For printing and binding for the War Department, its bureausPrinting and binding.*Proviso*.Medical bulletins. and offices, $275,000: *Provided*, That the sum of $3,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the publication, from time to time, of bulletins prepared under the direction of the Surgeon General of the Army, for the instruction of medical officers, when approved by the Secretary of War, and not exceeding $45,000 shall be available for printing and binding under the direction of the ChiefChief of Engineers. of Engineers. contingencies of the army.
For all contingent expenses of the Army not otherwise providedArmy contingencies. for and embracing all branches of the military service, including the office of the Chief of Staff; for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, including the employment of translators and exclusive of all other personal services in the War Department or any of its subordinate bureaus or offices at Washington, District of Columbia, or in the Army at large, but impossible to be anticipated or classified; to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of War, and for such purposes as he may deem proper, including the payment of a per diem allowance not to exceed $4, in lieu of subsistence, to employees of the War Department traveling on official business outside of the District of Columbia and away from their designated*Provisos*.Sale of war supplies, adjusting contracts, etc. posts, $95,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $67,000 of the money herein appropriated shall be expended for the payment of salaries of civilian employees connected with the sale of war supplies and the adjustment of war contracts and claims: *Provided further*, ThatSurplus foodstuffs to friendly foreign States. the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to sell to any foreign State or Government with which the United States is at peace, upon such terms as he may deem expedient, any foodstuffs now on hand and found to be surplus, which are not needed for military purposes, or which are likely to spoil, and for which there is no adequate domestic market: *Provided further*, That none of theRestriction on transferring surplus property to other activities. funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the payment of expenses connected with the transfer of surplus property of the War Department to any other activity of the Government where the articles or lots of articles to be transferred are located at any place at which the total surplus quantities of the same commodity are so small that their transfer would not, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be economical: *Provided further*, That none of the funds appropriatedCivilian pay restriction. or made available under this Act shall be used for the payment of any salary in excess of $5,000 per annum to any civilian employee in the War Department, unless otherwise specifically provided by law.
General Staff Corps.General Staff Corps. contingencies, military intelligence division.Military intelligence division. For contingent expenses of the Military Intelligence Division,Contingent expenses. General Staff Corps, including the purchase of law books, professional books of reference; subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals;718 drafting, clerical, and messenger services in the Military Intelligence DivisionMilitary attachés abroad. in Washington, District of Columbia’ and of the military attachés at the United States embassies and legations abroad and rental of offices for such military attachés; the cost of special instruction at home and abroad, and in maintenance of students and attachés; for the hire of interpreters, special agents, and guides and for such other purposes as the Secretary of War may deem proper, includingObserving military operations of foreign armies. $10,000 for the actual and necessary expenses of officers of the Army on duty abroad for the purpose of observing operations of armies of foreign States at war, to be paid upon certificates of the Secretary of War that the expenditures were necessary for obtaining military information, $162,500; to be expended under theProviso.Periodicals.[R.
S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/s3648/p718). direction of the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation. Office personnel, Chief of Staff.Clerks, messengers, and laborers, office of the Chief of Staff: Chief clerk, $2,500; clerks—one $2,250, four at $2,000 each, six at $1,800 each, ten at $1,600 each, twenty at $1,400 each, twenty at $1,200 each, twenty at $1,000 each; chief messenger, $1,000; messengers—two at $840 each, six at $720 each; laborer, $720; in all, $119,270.
Adjutant General’s Department.Adjutant General’s Department. Headquarters of military departments, etc.contingencies, headquarters of military departments, and so forth. Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses at the headquarters of the several territorial departments, corps areas, armies, territorial districts, tactical corps, divisions, and brigades, including the Staff Corps serving thereat, being for the purchase of the necessary articles of office, toilet, and desk furniture, stationery, ice, and potable water for office use when necessary, binding, maps, technical books of reference, professional and technical newspapers and periodicals, payment for which may be made in advance, and police utensils, to be allotted by the Secretary of War, and to be expended in the discretion of the commanding officers of the several military departments, corps areas, districts, armies, and tactical commands, $6,000.
Army War College.Army War College. Instruction, etc., expenses.For expenses of the Army War College, heretofore known as the General Staff College, being for the purchase of the necessary stationery; typewriters and exchange of same; office, toilet, and desk furniture; textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers and priodicals; printing and binding; maps; police utensils; for lighting the Army War College Building and grounds; employment of temporary, technical, or special services and expenses of special lecturers; and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, including $25 per month additional to regular compensation to chief clerk for superintendence of the Army War College Building; alsoCivilian personnel. for pay of the following:
Chief clerk, $2,000; clerks—two at $1,800 each, seven at $1,600 each, seven at $1,400 each, eight at $1,200 each, four at $1,000 each; chief engineer, $1,400; assistant engineer, $1,000; captain of the watch, $900; six watchmen, at $720 each; four firemen, at $720 each; packer, $840; four messengers, at $720 each; laborers—one $720, one $600; gardener, $720; five charwomen, at $240 each; in all, $70,380. 719 general service schools, fort leavenworth, kansas.Fort Leavenworth, Kans, For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific andInstruction expenses, School of the Line, and General Staff School. professional papers, instruments, and material for instruction; employment of temporary, technical, special and clerical services, including the services of one translator at the rate of $150 per month; and for other necessary expenses of instruction, at the School of the Line and the General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, $35,000. military post exchanges.Post exchanges.
For continuing the construction, equipment, and maintenance ofMaintenance, etc. suitable buildings at military posts and stations, for the conduct of the post exchange, school, library, reading, lunch, amusement rooms; for the conduct and maintenance of hostess houses, chapels, and gymnasiums, including repairs to buildings erected at private cost,Recreation building, etc.Vol. 32, p. 282. in the operation of the Act approved May 31, 1902; for the rental of films, purchase of slides, supplies for and making repairs to moving-picture outfits and for similar and other recreational purposes at training and mobilization camps now established, or which may be hereafter established, $115,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $30,000*Provisos*.Libraries and hostess houses. from this appropriation may be expended for the conduct and maintenance of libraries and not to exceed $60,000 may be expended for the conduct and maintenance of hostess houses: *Provided further*,Pay restriction.
That no person may be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation exceeding $3,500 per annum and not more than two may be employed at $3,500 per annum. quartermaster supplies, equipment, and so forth, reserveReserve Officers’ Training Corps. officers’ training corps. For the procurement and issue, under such regulations as may beQuartermaster supplies, etc., to units of. prescribed by the Secretary of War, to institutions at which one or more units of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps are maintained, of such public animals, means of transportation, supplies, tentage, equipment, and uniforms as he may deem necessary, and to forage at the expense of the United States public animals so issued, and to pay commutation in lieu of uniforms at a rate to be fixed annually by the Secretary of War; for transporting said animals and other authorized supplies and equipment from place of issue to the several institutions and training camps and return of same to place of issue when necessary; for the establishment and maintenance of campsInstruction camps, expenses. for the further practical instruction of the members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and for transporting members of such corps to and from such camps, and to subsist them while traveling to and from such campsCommutation of travel allowance, etc. and while remaining therein so far as appropriations will permit; or in lieu of transporting them to and from such camps and subsisting them while en route, to pay them travel allowance at the rate of 5 cents per mile for the distance by the shortest usually traveled route from the places from which they are authorized to proceed to the camp and for the return travel thereto, and to pay the return travel pay in advance of the actual performance of the travel; for pay for students attending advanced camps at the rate prescribed for soldiers of the seventh grade of the Regular Army; or the payment of commutation of subsistence to members of theSubsistence. senior division of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, at a rate not exceeding the cost of the garrison ration prescribed for the Army, as authorized in the Act approved June 3, 1916, as amendedVol. 39, p. 193.Vol. 41, p. 776.*Provisos*.Uniforms, etc., from Army surplus stocks. by the Act approved June 4, 1920, $3,100,000, to remain available until December 31, 1923: *Provided*, That uniforms and other equipment720or material issued to the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in accordance with law shall be furnished from surplus or reserve stocks of the War Department without payment from this appropriation, except for actual expense incurred in the manufacture or issue, in so far as said stocks are in excess of actual requirements of the RegularPrice current at time of issue to govern payments tor.
Army for the fiscal year 1923: *Provided further*, That in no case shall the amount paid from this appropriation for uniforms, equipment, or material furnished to the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps from stocks under the control of the War Department be in excess of the price currentAdditional mounted, etc., units forbidden. at the time the issue is made: *Provided further*, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used tor the organization or maintenance of additional mounted, motor transport, tank, or air units in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
Ordnance stores, etc.ordnance stores, equipment, and so forth, reserve officers’ training corps. Arms, ordnance equipments, etc., for units.For arms and ordnance equipment, including overhauling and repairing of personal equipments, machine-gun outfits, and horse equipments for use in connection with the Reserve Officers’ TrainingVol. 39, p. 193. Corps, established by the Act entitled “An Act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for otherVol. 41, p. 777. purposes,” approved June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920, $100.
Other schools and colleges.military supplies and equipment for schools and colleges. Military supplies, equipments, etc., for.Vol. 41, p. 780.[R. S., sec. 1225 p.216](/us/rs/s1225/p216).For the procurement and issue as provided in section 55-c of the Act approved June 4, 1920, and in section 1225, Revised Statutes, as amended, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, to schools and colleges, other than those providedVol. 41, p. 776. for in section 40 of the Act above referred to, of such arras, tentage, and equipment, including the transporting of same, and the over-hauling and repair of personal equipments, machine-gun outfits, and horse equipments, as the Secretary of War shall deem necessary for*Proviso*.Ordnance purchases excluded. proper military training in said schools and colleges, $500: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of arms or other ordnance equipment.
Civilian training camps.civilian military training camps. Uniforms, transportation, etc., expenses, on attending.Vol. 39, p. 194; Vol. 41, p. 779.*Ante*, p. 1383.For furnishing, at the expense of the United States, to warrant officers, enlisted men, and civilians attending training camps maintained under the provisions of section 47-d of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920, uniforms, including altering, fitting, washing, and cleaning when necessary, subsistence, and transportation, or in lieu of such transportation and of subsistence for travel to and from camps, travel allowances at 5 cents per mile, as prescribed in said section 47-d; for suchMaintenance. expenditures as are authorized by said section 47-d as may be necessary for the establishment and maintenance of said camps, $1,800,000:*Proviso*.Age limitation modified. *Provided*, That the funds herein appropriated shall not be used for the training of any person who is over twenty-seven years of age except those who received training within the fiscal year 1922 and except veterans of the war with Germany who may be accepted ifUniforms, etc., from Army surplus stocks. not over thirty-five years of age: *Provided further*, That uniforms and other equipment or material furnished in accordance with law for use at civilian military training camps shall be furnished from surplus or reserve stocks of the War Department without payment from this appropriation, except for actual expense incurred m the manufacture or issue, in so far as said stocks are in excess of actual721 requirements of the Regular Army for the fiscal year 1923: *Provided further*,Price current at time of issue to govern payments for.
That in no case shall the amount paid from this appropriation for uniforms, equipment, or material furnished in accordance with law for use at civilian military training camps from stocks under control of the War Department be in excess of the price current at the time the issue is made. adjutant general’s office.Adjutant General’s Office. Salaries: Chief clerk, $2,750; assistant chief clerk, $2,400; fiveCivilian personnel in. chiefs of divisions at $2,400 each; twelve principal clerks at $2,000 each; clerks—eighty-nine of class four, ninety of class three, one hundred and fifty-four of class two, three hundred and eighty-eight of class one, forty-eight at $1,000 each; engineer, $1,400; firemen—one $1,000, one $720; skilled mechanic, $1,200; typewriter repairer, $1,100; eighteen messengers at $840 each; thirty-five assistant messengers at $720 each; four watchmen at $720 each; five skilled laborers at $840 each; twenty laborers at $660 each; eleven messenger boys at $480 each; eleven charwomen at $240 each; in all, $1,148,490; all employees provided for by this paragraph for The Adjutant General’s Office of the War Department shall be exclusively engaged on the work of this office for the fiscal year 1923.
For expenses incident to completion of the work of furnishing toFurnishing States, etc., with statements of military service of persons therefrom during World War. adjutants general of States and the District of Columbia statements of service of all persons from those States and the District of Columbia who entered the military service during the war with Germany, including the employment of clerical and other help in the office of The Adjutant General of the Army, $230,000, to be immediately available. office of the inspector general.Inspector General’s Office.
Salaries: Chief clerk, $2,000; clerks—two of class four, two of class three, three of class two, four of class one, one $1,000; messenger, $840; in all, $19,640. office of the judge advocate general.Judge Advocate General’s office. Salaries: Chief clerk and solicitor, $2,500; patent expert, $3,600;Civilian personnel in. clerks—two of classCivilian personnel in. four, four of class three, six of class two, twenty of class one, two at $1,000 each; messenger, $840; assistant messenger, $720; four charwomen at $240 each; in all, $53,020.
Finance Department.Finance Department. pay, and so forth, of the army.Pay, etc., of the Army.*Ante*, p. 625. Pay of officers: For pay of officers of the line and staff $33,890,771:Line and staff officers.*Provisos*.Limit of officers on active list, after January 1, 1923. *Provided*, That after January 1, 1923, the sum herein appropriated for the pay of officers shall not be used for the pay of more than twelve thousand commissioned officers on the active list of the Regular Army and the emergency officers in service under-physical reconstruction: *Provided further*, That on and afterNumber in each grade thereafter.Vol. 41, p. 760.*Post*, p. 840.
January 1, 1923, there shall be officers as now authorized by law except that there shall be four hundred and twenty colonels, five hundred and seventy-seven lieutenant colonels, one thousand five hundred and seventy-five majors, three thousand one hundred and fifty captains, two thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven first lieutenants and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-one second lieutenants, and these numbers shall not be exceeded except as hereinafter provided; nine hundred and eighty-three officers ofMedical Department.722 the Medical Corps, one hundred and fifty-eight officers of the Dental Corps, one hundred and twenty-six officers of the Veterinary Corps,Chaplains.Philippine Scouts included. seventy-two officers of the Medical Administrative Corps, and one hundred and twenty-five chaplains; and the numbers herein provided shall include the officers of Philippine Scouts who shall continue to be carried on the promotion list and who shall be promoted to grades from first lieutenant to colonel, inclusive, in the same manner as prescribed by law for other officers on the promotion list:Limitation on promotions prior to January 1, 1923. *Provided further*, That prior to January 1, 1923, there shall be no promotions to grades below brigadier general of officers of the Regular Army except of officers of the Medical Department and Chaplains, and vacancies now existing in any grade below brigadier general not actually filled by the acceptance of an appointment tendered prior to the date of approval of this Act shall not be filled,Thereafter. and beginning January 1, 1923, there shall be no promotions or appointments to any grade or to the branches of the Medical Department or Chaplains that would cause the numbers herein authorizedExceptions. for such grade or branch to be exceeded, except that the colonels, exclusive of those in the Medical Department and professors, remaining on the active list on January 1, 1923, and not included in the four hundredDisposition of excess of authorized number. and twenty junior colonels on that date shall be carried as additional numbers so long as they remain in that grade and shall not prevent promotions due to vacancies occurring among the four hundred and twenty authorized colonels: *Provided further*, That officers in excess of the numbers authorized herein and not removed from the active list by other means shall be disposed of as follows:Medical Department and chaplains.
Those of the Medical Department and Chaplains shall, prior to January 1, 1923, be eliminated from the active list as hereinafterElimination of others. provided; those other than of the Medical Department and Chaplains shall, prior to January 1, 1923, be eliminated from the activeContinued as additional numbers. list as hereinafter provided except that not more than a total of eight hundred now in grades from colonel to first lieutenant inclusive shall either be continued as additional officers in their grades untilRecommissioned in lower grades prior to January 1, 1923. absorbed, or those in grades below lieutenant colonel shah, in inverse order of standing on the promotion list beginning with the lowest on the list in each grade, be discharged and recommissioned in the next lower grade prior to January 1, 1923, and officers accepting recommission in a lower grade shall be carried on the promotion list in the positions they now occupy and shall, while serving in such lower grade, take rank among the officers of the Regular Army in accordance with their length of service notwithstanding the date of their new commission; and any officer shall be eligible for recommission andWith less than ten years’ service. service in the branch in which now commissioned; officers selected for elimination of less than ten years’ commissioned service may, upon recommendation of the board herein provided for, be dischargedRetirement.With more than ten and less than twenty years’ service. with one year’s pay; or those of more than ten years’ and less than twenty years’ commissioned service may, upon recommendation of the board, be placed on the unlimited retired list with pay at the rate of 212 per centum of their active pay multiplied by the number ofMore than twenty years. complete years of such commissioned service; or those of more than twenty years’ commissioned service may, upon recommendation of the board, be placed on the unlimited retired list with pay at the rate of 3 per centum of their active pay multiplied by the number of complete years of such commissioned service, not exceeding 75 perDetermination of additional numbers, and grade reductions. centum: *Provided further*, That, of the eight hundred or less officers to be absorbed or recommissioned under the preceding proviso, a suitable number of officers in grades from colonel to first lieutenant, inclusive, shall be continued as additional until absorbed and a suitable number in each grade from major to first lieutenant shall be recommissioned in the next lower grade, such suitable numbers to be723 determined by the President upon the recommendation of the boardBoard to recommend. of general officers hereinafter provided for: *Provided further*, ThatCommissioned service determined. commissioned service for the purposes of this Act shall include only active commissioned service in the Army performed while under appointment from the United States Government whether in the Regular, provisional, or temporary forces: *Provided further*, ThatAppointment as warrant officer may be accepted in lieu of discharge. any officer of less than ten years ’ commissioned service but of more than twenty years’ service accredited toward retirement or for increased pay for length of service may, in lieu of discharge with one year’s pay as hereinbefore provided, if he so elects, be appointed a warrant officer and carried as an additional number in that grade; or he may, if he so elects, be retired with the rank of warrant officerRetirement as warrant officer. with pay at the rate of 2 per centum of the pay of a warrant officer multiplied by the number of years of such accredited service: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of War shall convene a board ofBoard of general officers to recommend eliminations, etc. five general officers which may include retired officers, whose call to active duty for this purpose is hereby authorized, which board, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War, shall recommend to the President the officers to be eliminated from the active list under the provisions of this Act, the number of officers in various grades to be recommissioned in the next lower grade as hereinbefore provided, and the number of officers in various grades to be continued as additional until absorbed as hereinbefore provided: *Provided further*, That officers shall be assigned to the several branches of thePercentage of assignments to branches of the Army.
Army so that the number assigned to any branch, except of the Medical Department and Chaplains, shall be 70 per centum of theVol. 41, p. 759. number prescribed for such branch under the Act of June 4, 1920, but the President may increase or diminish the number of officers assigned to any branch by not more than a total of 30 per centum. For pay of officers, National Guard, $100. National Guard. For pay and allowances of the officers of the Officers’ ReserveOfficers’ Reserve Corps.*Provisos*.Period of pay allowed.
Corps, $1,000,000: *Provided*, That no portion of this appropriation shall be expended for the pay of a reserve officer on active duty for a longer period than fifteen days, except such as may be detailed for duty with the War Department General Staff under section 3a andGeneral Staff duty. section 5
(b)of the Army Reorganization Act approved June 4,Vol. 41, pp. 760, 763. 1920, or who may be detailed for courses of instruction at the generalOther details. or special service schools of the Army, or who may be detailed for duty as instructors at civilian military training camps appropriated for in this Act, or who may be detailed for duty with tactical units of the Air Service, as provided in section 37a of the Army ReorganizationVol. 41, p. 776. Act approved June 4, 1920, or not to exceed three reserve officers in the Judge Advocate General’s Department, or except one officer of the Medical Reserve Corps: *Provided further*, That pay and allowancesMedical Reserve Corps. of such additional officers and nurses of the Medical Reserve Corps as are required to supplement the like officers and nurses of the Regular Army in the care of beneficiaries of the United StatesCare of Veteran s’Bureau patients in Army hospitals by. Veterans’ Bureau treated in Army hospitals may be paid from the funds allotted to the War Department by that bureau under existing law. For pay of warrant officers, $1,800,000: *Provided*, That no vacanciesWarrant officers.*Provisos*.Reduction in number. in the grade of warrant officer, exclusive of warrant officers in the Mine Planter Service, shall be filled until the number in such grade is reduced to six hundred, and thereafter the number shall not be increased above six hundred: *Provided further*, That nothing containedBand leaders not affected. herein shall prevent the appointment of qualified band leaders for authorized bands: *Provided further*, That within sixty days after the approval of this Act the number of warrant officers in the ArmyArmy Mine Planter Service to be reduced to forty. Mine Planter Service shall be reduced to forty, and thereafter the number shall not be increased above forty. 724 Aviation increase.*Proviso*.Flying service pay extended to all branches.Vol. 41, p. 768.For aviation increase, to officers of the Army, $950,000: *Provided*, That the authorization for increase of flying pay contained in section 13a of the Act of June 4, 1920, shall be construed to include any officer of any branch of the service who may be ordered by proper authority to perform duty requiring him to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights. Longevity pay.For additional pay to officers for length of service, $5,209,784. Enlisted men.Pay of enlisted men: For pay of enlisted men of the line and*Proviso*.Average number provided for. staff, not including the Philippine Scouts, $56,866,399: *Provided*, That the total authorized number of enlisted men, not including the Philippine Scouts, shall be one hundred and twenty-five thousand. National Guard.Enlisted Reserve Corp.Aviation increase.*Proviso.*Limit.For pay of enlisted men of National Guard, $100. For pay of enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, $5,000. For aviation increase, to enlisted men of the Army, $200,000: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not be available for increased pay on flying status to more than five hundred enlisted men. Flying cadets allowed.Vol. 41, p. 1098.Nothing contained in Public Resolution Numbered 59 of the Sixty-sixth Congress shall be held to prohibit the enlistment of flying cadets to the number of five hundred. Philippine Scouts.For pay of the enlisted men of the Philippine Scouts, $1,046,000. Longevity pay.For additional pay for length of service to enlisted men, $2,100,940. Retired list.Officers.Pay of persons with retired status: For pay of the officers on the retired list, $6,000,000. On active duty.Enlisted men.On active duty.For increased pay to retired officers on active duty, $207,560. For pay of retired enlisted men, $6,000,000. For pay and allowances of retired enlisted men on active duty,Pay clerks. $13,600. For pay of retired pay clerks, $13,500. Veterinarians.For pay of retired veterinarians, $3,570. Headquarters of territorial departments, corps areas, etc.Pay of Army field clerks and civil service messengers at headquarters of the several territorial departments, corps areas. Army and corps headquarters, territorial districts,Army field clerks, etc. tactical divisions and brigades, service schools, camps and ports of embarkation and debarkation: Army field clerks—seven at $2,000 each, thirty-two at $1,800 each, fifty-three at $1,600 each, seventy at $1,400 each, ninety-eight at $1,200 each; sixty-five messengers, at $720 each; in all, $418,800. Assignment to War Department duty forbidden .No clerk, messenger, or laborer at headquarters of tactical divisions, military departments, brigades, service schools, and office of the Chief of Staff shall be assigned to duty in any bureau of the War Department. Contract surgeons.Miscellaneous: For pay and allowances of contract surgeons, $41,100. Nurses.For pay of nurses, $710,000. Hospital matrons.For pay of hospital matrons, $3,000. Expenses of courts martial, etc.For expenses of courts-martial, courts of inquiry, military commissions, retiring boards, and compensation of reporters and witnesses attending same, and expenses of taking depositions and securing other evidence for use before the same, $70,000. Rental allowances.For rental allowances, including quarters for enlisted men on dutySubsistence allowances.Soldiers’ deposits, interest.Expert accountant. where public quarters are not available, $6,097,644. For subsistence allowances, $5,316,713. For interest on soldiers’ deposits, $100,000. For pay of expert accountant for the Inspector General’s Department, $2,500. Loss by exchange.For payment of exchange by officers serving in foreign countries and when specially authorized by the Secretary of War, by officers disbursing funds pertaining to the War Department when serving in Alaska or at Fort Apache, Arizona, and all foreign money received shall be charged to and paid out by disbursing officers of the Army at the legal valuation fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, $5,000. 725 For additional pay to officers below the grade of major required toOfficers furnishing mounts. be mounted and who furnish their own mounts, $50,000. All the money hereinbefore appropriated for pay of the Army andAccounting and disbursing as one fund. miscellaneous shall be disbursed and accounted for as pay of the Army, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Restriction on employing additional persons. That under this provision no amount shall be used for the employment of any additional persons over the number for which the specific appropriations herein provide. For amount required to make monthly payments to Jennie Carroll,Jennie Carroll. widow of James Carroll, late major, United States Army, $1,500. For amount required to make monthly payments to Mabel H.Mabel H. Lazear. Lazear, widow of Jesse W. Lazear, late acting assistant surgeon, United States Army, $1,500. For amount required to make monthly payments to John R. Kissinger,John R. Kissinger. late of Company D, One hundred and fifty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, also late of the Hospital Corps, United States Army, $1,200. For compensation of clerks and other employees of the FinanceEmployees of Finance Department.*Proviso*.Auditing World War contracts. Department, $1,460,000: *Provided*, That $500,000 of this amount shall be available only for the compensation and traveling expenses of clerks and other employees engaged on work pertaining to the audit of World War contracts, and of this amount not to exceed $25,000Personal services in War Department to ffice. shall be available for personal services, at salaries not in excess of $3,000 per annum, in the office of the Chief of Finance, War Department. The Army shall be reduced by the Secretary of War so that theArmy to be reduced to meet pay for the fiscal year. sum herein appropriated shall defray the entire cost of the pay of the officers and enlisted men of the line and staff during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923. mileage of the army.Mileage. For mileage to commissioned officers, warrant officers, members ofOfficers, etc. the Officers’ Reserve Corps when ordered to active duty, contract surgeons, expert accountant, Inspector General’s Department, Army field clerks and field clerks of the Quartermaster Corps, when authorized by law, $1,350,000: *Provided*, That the mileage allowance to*Proviso*.Officers’ Reserve Corps in service. members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps when called into active service, for training for fifteen days or less shall not exceed 4 cents per mile. claims for damages to and loss of private property.Private property damages, etc. For payment of claims of not to exceed $500 in amount for damagesPayment of claims for. to and loss of private property incident to the training, practice, operation, or maintenance of the Army that have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, from time to time, $50,000: *Provided*, That settlement*Proviso*.Settlement through General Accounting Office. of such claims shall be made by the General Accounting Office, upon the approval and recommendation of the Secretary of War, where the amount of damages has been ascertained by the War Department, and payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full satisfaction of such damages. claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of the army forDestruction of private property. destruction of private property. For the payment of claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses ofPaying claims of officers, etc., for, in service. the Army for private property lost, destroyed, captured, abandoned, or damaged in the military service of the United States, under theVol. 41, p. 1436. provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1921, $50,000. 726 World War service pay and allowances.claims of officers, members of the nurse corps, and enlisted men for pay and allowances, world war. Unexpended balances continued to settle claims of officers, etc., for.Not exceeding $500,000 of the unexpended amount of the appropriations for pay, and so forth, of the Army for the fiscal years 1919 and 1920 is hereby made available for payment for the adjustment and settlement of claims of officers, members of the Nurse Corps, and enlisted men for pay and allowances growing out of service in the World War from April 6, 1917, to June 30, 1919, and from July 1, 1919, to June 30, 1920, inclusive, and shall remain upon the books of the Treasury to the credit of those appropriations until June 30, 1923. Back pay, bounty, etc.arrears of pay, bounty, and so forth (certified claims). Paying, Civil War Volunteers.Vol. 14, p. 322.Commutation of rations.For arrears of pay of two and three year volunteers, for bounty to volunteers and their widows and legal heirs, for bounty under the Act of July 28, 1866, and for amounts for commutation of rations to prisoners of war in States of the so-called Confederacy, and to soldiers on furlough, that may be certified to be due by the General Accounting Office during the fiscal year 1923, $1,000. Pay, etc.pay, and so forth, of the army, war with spain (certified claims). Paying, War with Spain, etc.For arrears of pay and allowances on account of service of officers and men of the Army during the war with Spain and in the Philippine Islands that may be certified to be due by the General Accounting Office during the fiscal year 1923, and that are chargeable to the appropriations that have been carried to the surplus fund, $500. Chief of Finance, Office of.Office of the Chief of Finance. Civilian personnel in.Salaries: Assistant to Chief of Finance, $5,000; chief clerk, $2,750; chiefs of divisions—one $3,000, one $2,750; principal clerks—one $2,400, one $2,250, four at $2,000 each; clerks—thirty-two of class four, twenty of class three, forty-four of class two, sixteen at $1,300 each; sixty of class one; two messengers, at $840 each; two assistantRed Cross accounts. messengers, at $720 each; auditors for Red Cross accounts—one $3,500, one $3,000, two at $2,750 each; in all, $285,270. Quarters master Corps.Quartermaster Corps. Subsistence.Purchase of supplies for issue, etc.Subsistence of the Army: Purchase of subsistence supplies: For issue as rations to troops, including warrant officers of the Mine Planter Service, enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps and retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, nurses, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, general prisoners of war (including Indians held by the Army as prisoners, but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), Indians employed with the Army as guides and scouts, and general prisoners at posts;Transport Service. for the subsistence of the masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army Transport Service; hot coffee for troops traveling when supplied with cooked or travel rations; meals for recruiting parties and applicants for enlistment while under observation;Sales to officers, etc. for sales to officers, including members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps*Provisos*.Competitors in national rifle match. while on active duty, and enlisted men of the Army: *Provided*, That the sum of $12,000 is authorized to be expended for supplying meals or furnishing commutation of rations to enlisted men of the Regular Army and the National Guard who may be competitors in the national rifle match: *Provided further*, That no competitor shall727 be entitled to commutation of rations in excess of $1.50 per day, andRation restriction, etc. when meals are furnished no greater expense than that sum per man per day for the period the contest is in progress shall be incurred. For payments: Of commutation of rations to the cadets of the UnitedPayments.Commutation of rations. States Military Academy in lieu of the regular established ration; of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, enlisted men when stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, including enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps and retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, and when traveling on detached duty where it is impracticable to carry rations of any kind, enlisted men selected to contest for places or prizes in department and Army rifle competitions while traveling to and from places of contest, applicants for enlistment, and general prisoners while traveling under orders. For payment of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations for enlisted men, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, civilian employees who are entitled to subsistence at public expense, and general prisoners sick therein, to be paid to the surgeon in charge; advertising; for providing prizes to be establishedAdvertising, prizes for bakers and cooks, etc. by the Secretary of War for enlisted men of the Army who graduate from the Army schools for bakers and cooks, the total amount of such prizes at the various schools not to exceed S900 per annum; and for other necessary expenses incident to the purchase, testing, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence supplies for the Army; in all, $16,750,000. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for theRestriction on prices at sales commissaries. payment of expenses of operating sales commissaries other than in Alaska at which the prices charged do not include the customary overhead costs of freight, handling, storage, and delivery, notwithstandingVol. 23, p. 108. the provisions of the Act of July 5, 1884. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for paymentUtilities to include overhead costs in sales of services and supplies. of expenses of operating any utility of the War Department selling services or supplies at which the cost of the services or supplies so sold does not include all customary overhead costs of labor, rent, light, heat, and other expenses properly chargeable to the conduct of such utility. Regular supplies of the Army: Regular supplies of the QuartermasterRegular quartermaster supplies. Corps, including their care and protection; construction and repair of military reservation fences; stoves and heating apparatus required for the use of the Army for heating offices, hospitals, barracks and quarters, and recruiting stations, and United States disciplinary barracks; also ranges, stoves, coffee roasters, and appliances for cooking and serving food at posts in the field and when traveling, and repair and maintenance of such heating and cooking appliances; and the necessary power for the operation of moving-picture machines; authorized issues of candles and matches; for furnishing heat and light for the authorized allowance of quartersHeat and light to officers’ quarters, etc. for officers, including members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps when ordered to active duty, and enlisted men, warrant officers, and field clerks, including enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, and retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty; contract surgeons when stationed at and occupying public quarters at military posts; for officers of the National Guard attending service and garrison schools, and for recruits, guards, hospitals, storehouses, offices, theRecreation buildings.Vol. 32, p. 282 buildings erected at private cost, in the operation of the Act approved May 31, 1902, and buildings for a similar purpose on military reservations authorized by War Department regulations; for sale to officers, and including also fuel and engine supplies required in the operation of modern batteries at established posts; for post bakeries,Bakeries, Ice machines, laundries, etc. including bake ovens and apparatus pertaining thereto and the repair thereof; for ice machines and their maintenance where required for728 the health and comfort of the troops and for ice for issue to organizations of enlisted men and offices at such places as the Secretary of War may determine, and for preservation of stores; materials for cleaning and preserving ordnance and ordnance stores except at establishments under the direct control of the Chief of Ordnance; for cold storage; for the construction and maintenance of laundries at military posts in the United States and its island possessions;Supplies for schools, etc. authorized issues of soap, toilet paper, and towels; for the necessary furniture, textbooks, paper, and equipment for the post schools and libraries, and for schools for noncommissioned officers; for the purchase and issue of instruments, office furniture, stationery, and other authorized articles for the use of officers’ schools at the several military posts; for purchase of relief maps for issue to organizations, commercial newspapers, market reports, and so forth; for the tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess halls, each andForage, etc., for animals. all for the enlisted men, including recruits; for forage, salt, and vinegar for the horses, mules, oxen, and other draft and riding animals of the Quartermaster Corps at the several posts and stations and with the armies in the field, and for the horses of the several regiments of Cavalry and batteries of Artillery, and such companies of Infantry and Scouts as may be mounted; for remounts and for the authorized number of officers’ horses, including bedding for the animals; for seeds and implements required for the raising of forage at remount depots and on military reservations in the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, and for labor and expenses incident thereto, including, when specifically authorized by the Secretary of War, the cost of irrigation;Stationery, printing, etc. for straw for soldiers’ bedding, stationery, typewriters and exchange of same, including blank books and blank forms for the Army, certificates for discharged soldiers, and for printing department orders*Provisos*.Allotments designated. and reports, $11,500,000: *Provided*, That from this appropriation, not to exceed $850,000 shall be expended for the pay of civilian employees; not to exceed $1,250,000 shall be expended for power, heat, and electric current; not to exceed $57,000 shall be expended for maintenance and repair of buildings (including repair of machinery) for laundries; not to exceed $225,000 shall be expended for the maintenance and repair of heating apparatus (other than stoves); not to exceed $175,000 for maintenance and repair of electric wiring and fixtures; not to exceed $15,000 for the repair and exchange of typewriters; not to exceed $3,500,000 for fuel; not to exceed $4,500,000 for forage; including salt and vinegar and bedding for animals, and straw for soldiers’ bedding; not to exceed $200,000 for ice; and not to Horses and mules not in use to be sold.exceed $125,000 shall be expended for stationery: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to sell as soon as possible after the approval of this Act, upon such terms and under such conditions as he may deem most advantageous to the best interests of the Government, such horses and mules now being held at remount stations and posts or with organizations of the National Guard or units of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps as are not in actual use. Clothing, etc.Purchase, manufacture, etc.Clothing and equipage: For cloth, woolens, materials, and for the purchase and manufacture of clothing for the Army, including enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps and retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, for issue and for sale; for payment of commutation of clothing due to warrant officers of the Mine Planter Service and to enlisted men; for altering and fitting clothing and washing and cleaning when necessary; for operation of laundries; for the authorized issues of laundry materials for use of general prisoners confined at military posts without pay or allowances, and for applicants for enlistment while held under observation; for equipment and repair of equipment of dry-cleaning plants, salvage and sorting storehouses, hat repairing shops, shoe repair shops, clothing repair729 shops, and garbage reduction works: for equipage, including authorizedEquipage, toilet articles, etc. issues of toilet articles, barbers’ and tailors’materials, for use of general prisoners confined at military posts without pay or allowances and applicants for enlistment while held under observation; issue of toilet kits to recruits upon their first enlistment, and issue of house-wives to the Army; for expenses of packing and handling and similar necessaries; for a suit of citizen’s outer clothing, to cost not exceedingIssue of citizen’s outer clothing, etc. $30, to be issued when necessary to each soldier discharged otherwise than honorably; to each enlisted man convicted by civil court for an offense resulting in confinement in a penitentiary or other civil prison; and to each enlisted man ordered interned by reason of the fact that he is an alien enemy, or, for the same reason, discharged without internment; for indemnity to officers and men of the Army for clothingIndemnity for destroyed clothing, etc. and bedding, and so forth, destroyed since April 22, 1898, by order of medical officers of the Army for sanitary reasons, $5,000,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Sales at current prices plus overhead costs. That hereafter authorized sales of clothing and other quartermaster supplies shall be at the average current prices, plus all overhead costs, to be determined and fixed by the Secretary of War. Incidental expenses of the Army: Postage; hire of laborers inIncidental expenses.Civilian employees, etc. the Quartermaster Corps, including the care of officers’ mounts when the same arc furnished by the Government; compensation of clerks and other employees of the Quartermaster Corps, and clerks, foremen, watchmen, and organist for the United States disciplinary barracks, and incidental expenses of recruiting; for the apprehension, securing, and delivering of deserters, including escaped military prisoners, and the expenses incident to their pursuit; and no greater sum than $50 for each deserter or escaped military prisoner shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be paid to any civil officer or citizen for such services and expenses; for a donation of $10 to each dishonorably discharged prisoner upon his release from confinement under court-martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge; and such additional expenditures as are necessary and authorized by law in the movements and operation of the Army and at military posts, and not expressly assigned to any other department, $4,750,000. Transportation of the army and its supplies: For transportationTransportation. of the Army and its supplies, including transportation of the troops when moving either by land or water, and of their baggage, including warrant officers, members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps, enlisted men of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, and retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, including the cost of packing and crating; for transportation of recruits and recruiting parties, of applicants for enlistment between recruiting stations and recruiting depots; for travel allowance to officers and enlisted men on discharge; for paymentTravel allowance, National Guard.Vol. 39, p. 217 of travel allowance as provided in section 3 of the Act approved February 28, 1919, to enlisted men of the National Guard on their discharge from the service of the United States, and to members of the National Guard who have been mustered into the service of the United States, and discharged on account of physical disability; for paymentNational Guard Officers on discharge.Vol. 31, p. 902. of travel pay to officers of the National Guard on their discharge from the service of the United States, as prescribed in the Act approved March 2, 1901; for travel allowance to discharged prisoners and persons discharged from the Government Hospital for the Insane after transfer thereto from such barracks or place to their homes (or elsewhere, as they may elect), provided the cost in each case shall not be greater than to the place of last enlistment; of the necessary agents and other employees, including per diem allowances in lieu of subsistencePer diem subsistence. not exceeding $4 for those authorized to receive the per diem allowance; for payment of transportation costs for dependents ofTransporting dependents.*Ante*, p. 627. officers and enlisted men as provided by law; of clothing and equipage and other quartermaster stores from Army depots or places of pur-730 chase or delivery to the several posts and Army depots and from those depots to the troops in the field; of horse equipment; of ordnance and ordnance stores, and small arms from the foundries and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and ArmyPayment to land grant railroads, not bond aided. depots; for payment of wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; for transportation of funds of the Army; for the payment of Army transportation lawfully due such land-grant railroads as have not received aid in Government bonds (to be adjusted in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme Court in cases decided under such land-grant Acts), but in no case shall more than 50 per centum of full amount of service be*Provisos*.Compensation rates. paid: *Provided*, That such compensation shall be computed upon the basis of the tariff or lower special rates for like transportation performed for the public at large, and shall be accepted as in full for allFifty per cent to roads not bond aided. demands for such service: *Provided further*, That in expending the money appropriated by this Act a railroad company which has not received aid in bonds of the United States and which obtained a grant of public land to aid in the construction of its railroad on conditions that such railroad should be a post route and military road, subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and other Government services, and also subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charge for such Government transportation, having claims against the United States for transportation of troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property over such aided railroads, shall be paid out of the moneys appropriated by the foregoing provisions only on the basis of such rate for the transportation of such troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property as the Secretary of War shall deem just and reasonable under the foregoing provision, such rate not to exceed 50 per centum of the compensation of such Government transportation as shall at that time be charged to and paid by private parties to any such company for like and similar transportation; and the amount so fixed to be paid shall be accepted as in full for allFull payment to excepted roads. demands for such service: *Provided further*, That nothing in the preceding provisos shall be construed to prevent the accounting officers of the Government from making full payment to land-grant railroads for transportation of property or persons where the courts of the United States have held that such property or persons do not come within the scope of the deductions provided for in the land-grantDraft and pack animals, vehicles, etc. Acts; for the purchase and hire of draft and pack animals in such numbers as are actually required for the service, including reasonable provision for replacing unserviceable animals; for the purchase, hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of such harness, wagons, carts, drays, other vehicles, and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles as are required for the transportation of troops and supplies and for official, military, and garrison purposes; for drayage and cartage atShips, boats, etc. the several depots; for the repair of ships, boats, and other vesselsTransports. required for the transportation of troops and supplies and for official, military, and garrison purposes; for expenses of sailing public transports and other vessels on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico,Limit for animals and vehicles. and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, $17,000,000: *Provided*, That not more than $10,000 of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of draft or pack animals or animal-drawn vehicles:Motor vehicle restriction. *Provided further*, That no money appropriated by this Act shall be expended for the hire, operation, maintenance, or repair of any motor-propelled vehicle which shall be employed wholly or in part for personal, social, or similar use, except such use as is prescribed by order for the transportation of Army personnel in connection withHarbor boat employees. the recreational activities of the Army: *Provided further*, That $150,000 of the appropriation hereby made shall be available for additional pay for employees on harbor boats, quartermaster service, in lieu731of subsistence: *And provided further*, That none of the funds appropriatedPurchases of motor vehicles restricted. or made available under this Act or any of the unexpended balances of any other Act shall be used for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger or freight carrying vehicles for the Army except those that are purchased solely for experimental purposes. Water and sewers at military posts: For procuring and introducingWater, sewers, etc., at posts. water to buildings and premises at such military posts and stations as from their situations require to be brought from a distance; for the installation and extension of plumbing within buildings where the same is not specifically provided for in other appropriations; for the purchase and repair of fire apparatus, including fire-alarm systems; for the disposal of sewage, and expenses incident thereto; for repairs to water and sewer systems and plumbing; for hire of employees, $1,900,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $25,000*Proviso*.New construction work limited. of this appropriation shall be expended for new construction work. horses for cavalry, artillery, engineers, and so forth.Horses. For the purchase of horses of ages, sex, and size as may bePurchase, etc. prescribed by the Secretary of War for remounts for officers entitled to public mounts for the Cavalry, Artillery, Signal Corps, and Engineers, the United States Military Academy, service schools, and staff colleges, and for the Indian Scouts, and for such Infantry and members of the Medical Department in field campaigns as may be required to be mounted, and the expenses incident thereto (including $25,000 for purchase of remounts, and $150,000 for encouragementEncouraging breeding of riding horses. of the breeding of riding horses suitable for the Army, including cooperation with the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, and for the purchase of animals for breeding purposes and their maintenance), $180,000: *Provided*, That the number of*Provisos*.Number limited. horses purchased under this appropriation, added to the number now on hand, shall be limited to the actual needs of the mounted service, including reasonable provisions for remounts, and unless otherwise ordered by the Secretary of War no part of this appropriation shall be paid out for horses not purchased by contract alter competition duly invited by the Quartermaster Corps and an inspection under the direction and authority of the Secretary of War. When practicable,Open market purchases. horses shall be purchased in open market at all military posts or stations, when needed, within a maximum price to be fixed by the Secretary of War: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriationStandard required. shall be expended for the purchase of any horse below the standard set by Army Regulations for Cavalry and Artillery horses, except when purchased as remounts or for instruction of cadets at the United States Military Academy: *And provided further*, That noPolo ponies. part of this appropriation shall be expended for polo ponies except or West Point Military Academy, and such ponies shall not be used at any other place: *And provided further*, That the Secretary of WarAcceptance of donated breeding animals, etc. may, in his discretion, and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, accept donations of animals for breeding and donations of money or other property to be used as prizes or awards at agricultural fairs, horse shows, and similar exhibitions, in order to encourage the breeding of riding horses suitable for Army purposes: *And provided further*, That the Secretary of War shall report annuallyReport of expenditures, etc. to Congress, at the commencement of each session, a statement of all expenditures under this appropriation, and full particulars of means adopted and carried into effect for the encouragement of the breeding of riding horses suitable for the military service. 732 Military posts.military posts. Construction of buildings, etc.Fort Benning, Ga.For the construction and enlargement at military posts of such buildings as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary, including all appurtenances thereto, $916,000, including $400,000*Proviso*.Appartment buildings. for continuing construction of post at Fort Benning, Georgia: *Provided*, That apartment buildings may be constructed out of this appropriation at a cost not to exceed $150,000 each, and to provideLetterman Hospital, Calif. for not less than eighteen families each; $55,000 for construction of one hospital ward at Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco,Edgewood Arsenal, Md., and Camp Lewis, Wash.Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leaven-worth, Kans. California; $262,000 for general construction at Edgewood Arsenal and Camp Lewis; and $198,000 for continuing construction and enlargement of barracks for guards at the United States disciplinary barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Hawaiian Islands.military posts, hawaiian islands. Schofield Barracks.Refrigerating plant.For a refrigerating plant at Schofield Barracks, Hawaiian Islands, including the necessary structures and equipment requisite for completing and placing the same in readiness for operation, $150,000. Storehouses.For construction of six standard storehouses, including all appurtenances thereto, at not exceeding $9,000 each, $54,000. Water supply.Reappropriation, etc.*Ante*, p. 62.The appropriation of $600,000 made in the Deficiency Appropriation Act for fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, which was approved June 16, 1921, for the installation of a pipe line to replace the present water main from Koolau Reservoir to Schofield Barracks, fiscal year 1922, is reappropriated and made available for fiscal year 1923:*Proviso*.Discretionary application. *Provided*, That the funds so reappropriated may be expended for any modified or alternative supply system which the Secretary of War on further investigation may determine to be more economical and satisfactory. Barracks and quarters.barracks and quarters. Construction, repairs, etc.For barracks, quarters, stables, storehouses, magazines, administration and office buildings, sheds, shops, and other buildings necessary for the shelter of troops, public animals, and stores, and for administration purposes, except those pertaining to the Coast Artillery; for construction of reclamation plants; for constructing and repairing public buildings at military posts; for hire of employees;Rental allowances. for rental of the authorized allowance of quarters for officers, including members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps when ordered to active duty, on duty with the troops at posts and stations where no public quarters are available; of barracks or authorized allowance of quarters for noncommissioned officers and enlisted men, men on duty where public quarters are not available, including enlisted men of the Regular Army Reserve, retired enlisted men, and membersGrounds for sites, etc. of the enlisted Reserve Corps when ordered to active duty; for grounds for cantonments, camp sites, and other military purposes, and for buildings or portions of buildings for occupation by troops, for use as stables, storehouses, and offices, and for other military purposes;Furnishings, etc. for the hire of recruiting stations and lodgings for recruits; for wall lockers in permanent barracks and refrigerators in barracks and quarters; for screen doors, window screens, storm doors and sash, and window shades for barracks and officers’ quarters, and for flooring and framing for tents, and for the National Guard when called*Proviso*.Rent for military attachés excluded. or drafted into the service of the United States, $3,350,000: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not be available for rent for military attachés. 733 barracks and quarters, philippine islands.Philippine Islands. Continuing the work of providing for the proper shelter andShelter for troops in. protection of officers and enlisted men of the Army of the United States lawfully on duty in the Philippine Islands, including repairs and payment of rents, the acquisition of title to building sites, and such additions to existing military reservations as may be necessary, and including also shelter for the animals and supplies, and all other buildings necessary for post administration purposes, and for shelter and repair thereof, and rentals for United States troops in China,Rentals in China. $5200,000: *Provided*, That no part of said sum shall be expended for*Proviso*.Construction of officers’ quarters, restricted. the construction of quarters for officers of the Army except in case of emergency with the approval of the Secretary of War, in which case the total cost, including the heating and plumbing apparatus, wiring, and fixtures, shall not exceed in the case of quarters of a general officer the sum of $8,000; of a colonel or officer above the rank of captain, $6,000; and of an officer of and below the rank of captain, $4,000. roads, walks, wharves, and drainage.Roads, wharves, etc. For the construction and repair by the Quartermaster Corps ofConstruction, repairs, etc. roads, walks, and wharves; for the pay of employees; for the disposal of drainage; for dredging channels; and for care and improvement of grounds at military posts and stations, $500,000: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Camps, etc., excluded. none of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act shall be used for the permanent construction of any roads, walks, or wharves connected with any of the National Army cantonments or National Guard camps. shooting galleries and ranges.Shooting galleries and ranges. For shelter, grounds, shooting galleries, ranges for small-armsExpenses of. target practice, machine-gun practice, field-artillery practice, repairs, and expenses incident thereto, including flour for paste for marking targets, hire of employees, such ranges and galleries to be open as far as practicable to the National Guard and organized rifle clubs under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War, $24,800. rent of buildings, quartermaster corps.Rent. For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District ofBuildings in District of Columbia. Columbia for military purposes during the fiscal year 1923, $112,362: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not be available if space is*Proviso*.Restriction. provided by the Public Buildings Commission in Government-owned buildings. sewerage system, fort monroe, virginia, wharf, roads, andFort Monroe, Va. sewer. For repair and maintenance of wharf and apron of wharf, includingWharf, etc. all necessary labor and material therefor, fuel for waiting rooms; water, brooms, and shovels, $15,000; wharfinger, $900; four laborers, $2,880; in all, $18,780; for one-third of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, $6,260. For rakes, shovels, and brooms; repairs to roadway, pavements,Roads, etc. macadam and asphalt block; repairs to street crossings; repairs to street drains, $2,500; six laborers cleaning roads, at $720 each; in all, $6,820; for two-thirds of said sum to be supplied by the United States, $4,546.67. 734 Sewers, etc.For waste, oil, motor and pump repairs, sewer pipe, cement, brick, stone, and supplies, $1,200; two engineers, at $1,200 each; two laborers, at $720 each; in all, $5,040; for two-thirds of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, $3,360. Hospitals.construction and repair of hospitals. Construction, repair, etc.For construction and repair of hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, including all expenditures for construction and repairs required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for the construction and repair of general hospitals and expenses incident thereto, and for additions needed to meet theTemporary camp hospitals, etc. requirements of increased garrisons, and for temporary hospitals in standing camps and cantonments; for the alteration of permanent buildings at posts for use as hospitals, construction and repair of temporary hospital buildings at permanent posts, construction and repair of temporary general hospitals, rental or purchase of grounds, and rental and alteration of buildings for use for hospital purposes in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including necessary temporary quarters for hospital personnel, outbuildings, heating and laundry apparatus, plumbing, water and sewers, and electric work, cooking*Proviso*.New construction forbidden. apparatus, and roads and walks for the same, $529,360: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the construction of new hospitals. Quarters for hospital stewards.quarters for hospital stewards. Maintenance.For maintenance and repair of quarters for hospital stewards at military posts already established and occupied, $10,000. Quartermaster General’s Office.Office of the Quartermaster General. Civilian personnel in.Salaries: Chief clerk, $2,750; principal clerks—two at $2,400 each, five at $2,250 each, four at $2,000 each: clerks—twenty-two of class four, thirty of class three, sixty-eight of class two, two hundred and three of class one, twenty-two at $1,000 each; draftsmen—one $2,400, one $2,000, one $1,800, tour at $1,600 each, four at$l,400 each; electrical engineer, $3,200; marine engineer, $3,500; executive assistant, $4,000; architect, $3,600; structural engineer, $3,600; mechanical engineer, $3,600; civil engineers—one $3,600, one $3,000; traffic clerks—two at $2,000 each, one $1,800; textile expert, $2,000; carpenter, $1,200; mimeograph operator, $1,200; two multigraph operators at $1,200 each; four photostat operators at $1,200 each; blue-print operator, $1,000; four blueprinters at $900 each; five messengers at $840 each; ten assistant messengers at $720 each; four laborers at $720 each; in all, $557,780. Cemeterial Division.Compiling data, etc., of disposition of remains from abroad.*Post*, p. 757.The sum of $50,000 of the appropriation available for the fiscal year 1923 for the “Disposition of remains of officers, soldiers, and civilian employees,” may be expended for personal services in the Cemeterial Division, office of the Quartermaster General, for compiling, recording, preparing, and transmitting data incident to bringing*Proviso*.Pay restriction. home and disposition of remains from abroad: *Provided*, That no person shall be employed under this allotment at a rate of compensation exceeding $1,800 per annum except one person at $3,000. Signal Corps.Signal Corps. Signal Service.signal service of the army. Telegraph and telephone systems.Purchases, operation, etc.Telegraph and telephone systems: Purchase, equipment, operation, and repair of military telegraph, telephone, radio, cable, and signaling systems; signal equipment and stores, heliographs, signal lanterns,735 flags, and other necessary instruments; wind vanes, barometers, anemometers, thermometers, and other meteorological instruments; photographic and cinematographic work performed for the Army by the Signal Corps; motor cycles, motor-driven and other vehicles for technical and official purposes in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of communication or signaling systems, and supplies for their operation and maintenance; professional and scientific books of reference, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, and maps for use in the office of the Chief Signal Officer and the Signal Corps School, Camp Alfred Vail, New Jersey; telephoneTelephones, etc. apparatus, including rental and payment for commercial, exchange, message, trunk-line, long-distance, and leased-line telephone service at or connecting any post, camp, cantonment, depot, arsenal, headquarters, hospital, aviation station, or other office or station of the Army, excepting local telephone service for the various bureausException. of the War Department in the District of Columbia, and toll messages pertaining to the office of the Secretary of War; electric time service; the rental of commercial telegraph lines and equipment and their operation at or connecting any post, camp, cantonment, depot, arsenal, headquarters, hospital, aviation station, or other office or station of the Army, including payment for individual telegraph messages transmitted over commercial lines; electrical installationsElectrical installs lions at posts, etc. and maintenance at military posts, cantonments, camps, and stations of the Army, fire control and direction apparatus and matériel for Field Artillery; salaries of civilian employees, includingCivilian employees. those necessary as instructors at vocational schools; supplies, general repairs, reserve supplies, and other expenses connected with the collecting and transmitting of information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise; experiments investigation, research, purchase and developmentExperimental research, etc. or improvements in apparatus, and maintenance of signaling and accessories thereto, including patent rights and other rights thereto, including machines, instruments, and other equipment for laboratory and repair purposes; tuition, laboratory fees, and so forth, for Signal Corps officers detailed to civilian technical schools for the purpose of pursuing technical courses of instruction along Signal Corps lines; lease, alteration, and repair of such buildings required for storingBuildings for supplies, etc. or guarding Signal Corps supplies, equipment, and personnel when not otherwise provided for, including the land therefor, the introduction of water, electric light and power, sewerage, grading, roads and walks, and other equipment required, $1,825,000: *Provided*, That not*Proviso*.Allotments for designated purposes. to exceed $475,000 from this appropriation may be expended for salaries and wages of civilian employees; not to exceed $475,000 may be expended for commercial and existing Government-owned telephone and telegraph service; not to exceed $500,000 may be expended for signal equipment for organizations; not to exceed $5,000 may be expended for pigeon service; not to exceed $75,000 may be expended for photographic and cinematographic service; and not to exceed $75,000 may be expended for the operation and maintenance of CampCamp Alfred Vail, N.J. Alfred Vail. washington-alaska military cable and telegraph system.Washington-Alaska cable, etc. For defraying the cost of such extensions, betterments, operation,Operation expenses, etc. and maintenance of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System as may be approved by the Secretary of War, to be available until the close of the fiscal year 1924, from the receipts of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System which have been covered into the Treasury of the United States, the extent of such extensions and betterments and the cost thereof to be reported to Congress by the Secretary of War, $140,000. 736 Fire-control installations.seacoast defenses, united states. Seacoast defenses.United States.For operation and maintenance of fire-control installations at seacoast defenses, $140,000. seacoast defenses, insular possessions. Insular possessions.For operation and maintenance of fire-control installations at seacoast defenses, $25,000. seacoast defenses, panama canal. Panama Canal.For operation and maintenance of fire-control installations at seacoast defenses, $10,000. Chief Signal Officer’s Office.Office of the Chief Signal Officer. Civilian personnel in.Salaries: Chief clerk, $2,000; clerks—four of class four, four of class three, seven of class two, eight of class one, three at $1,000 each; two messengers, at $840 each; one assistant messenger, $720; laborer, $660; in all, $41,060. Draftsmen, etc., paid from other appropriations.The services of skilled draftsmen and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed only in the Signal Office to carry into effect the various appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, and for the Signal Service of the Army, to be paid from such appropriations, in addition to the foregoing*Proviso*.Limit. employees appropriated for in the Signal Office: *Provided*, That the entire expenditures for this purpose for the fiscal year 1923 shall not exceed $35,000, and the Secretary of War shall each year in the annual estimates report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. Air Service.Air Service. air service, army. Designated purposes.Flying schools, aviation stations, etc.For creating, maintaining, and operating at established flying schools and balloon schools courses of instruction for officers, students, and enlisted men, including cost of equipment and supplies necessary for instruction, purchase of tools, equipment, materials, machines, textbooks, books of references, scientific and professional papers, instruments, and materials for theoretical and practicalAircraft operation, construction, etc. instruction; for maintenance, repair, storage, and operation of airships, war balloons, and other aerial machines, including instruments, materials, gas plants, hangars, and repair shops, and appliances of every sort and description necessary for the operation, construction, or equipment of all types of aircraft, and all necessary spare parts andLanding, etc., runways. equipment connected therewith and the establishment of landing and take-off runways; for purchase of supplies for securing, developing, printing, and reproducing photographs in connection with aerial photography; improvement, equipment, maintenance, and operation of plants for testing and experimental work, and procuring and introducing water, electric light and power, gas and sewerage, including maintenance, operation, and repair of such utilities at such plants;Helium gas production. for the acquisition of land or interest in land by purchase, lease, or condemnation where necessary to explore for, procure, or reserve helium gas, and also for the purchase, manufacture, construction, maintenance, and operation of plants for the production thereof and experimentationCivilian employees, etc. therewith; salaries and wages of civilian employees as may be necessary, and payment of their traveling and other necessary737 expenses as authorized by existing law; transportation of materials in connection with consolidation of Air Service activities; experimental investigation and purchase and development of new types of aircraft, accessories thereto, and aviation engines, including patents and other rights thereto, and plans, drawings, and specifications thereof; for the purchase, manufacture, and construction of airships,Purchase, manufacture, etc., of aircraft, etc. balloons, and other aerial machines, including instruments, gas plants, hangars, and repair shops, and appliances of every sort and description necessary for the operation, construction, or equipment of all types of aircraft, and all necessary spare parts and equipment connected therewith; for the marking of military airwaysMilitary airways. where the purchase of land is not involved; for the purchase, manufacture, and issue of special clothing, wearing apparel, and similar equipment for aviation purposes; for all necessary expenses connectedDisposing of surplus equipment, etc. with the sale or disposal of surplus or obsolete aeronautical equipment, and the rental of buildings, and other facilities for the handling or storage of such equipment; for the services of such consultingConsulting engineers, etc. engineers at experimental stations of the Air Service as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, including necessary traveling expenses; purchase of special apparatus and appliances, repairs, and replacements of same used in connection with special scientific medical research in the Air Service; for printing and binding, includingPrinting, office supplies, etc. supplies, equipment, and repairs for such Air Service printing plants outside of the District of Columbia as may be authorized in accordance. with law; for publications, station libraries, special furniture, supplies and equipment for offices, shops, and laboratories; for special services, including the salvaging of wrecked aircraft, $12,700,000:*Provisos*.Allotments for designated purposes. *Provided*, That not to exceed $2,750,000 from this appropriation may be expended for pay and expenses of civilian employees other than those employed in experimental and research work; not exceeding $400,000 may be expended for experimentation, conservation, and production of helium; not exceeding $3,500,000 may be expended for experimental and research work with airplanes or lighter-than-air craft and their equipment, including the pay of necessary civilian employees; not exceeding $450,000 may he expended for the production of lighter-than-air equipment; and not exceeding $324,000 may be expended for improvement of stations, hangars, and gas plants for the Regular Army: *Provided further*, That not less than $2,053,000 shall be expended for the production and purchase of new airplanesNew airplanes, etc. and their equipment, spare parts, and accessories: *Provided further*, That claims not exceeding $250 inPaying damage claims. amount for damages to persons and private property resulting from the operation of aircraft at home and abroad may be settled out of the funds appropriated hereunder when each claim is substantiated by a survey report of a board of officers appointed by the commanding officer of the nearest aviation post and approved by the Chief of Air Service and the Secretary of War: *Provided further*, That claimsAggregate limited. so settled and paid from the sum hereby appropriated shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of $4,000: *Provided further*, ThatPeriodicals.[R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/s3648/p718). section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation. The sum of $48,500 of the appropriation for the Air Service for theFormer contract obligations.Payment of, from appropriation for 1920.Vol. 41, p. 108. fiscal year 1920 contained in the “Act making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes,” approved July 11, 1919, shall remain available until June 30, 1923, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed prior to June 30, 1920. Hereafter whenever contracts which are not to be performed withinContracts in excess of $500, etc., to be in writing. six months are made on behalf of the Government by the Chief of738 Air Service or by officers of the Air Service authorized to make them, and are in excess of $500 in amount, such contracts shall be reduced toOther cases. writing and signed by the contracting parties. In all other cases contracts shall be entered into under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Chief of Air Service. Office of Chief of Air Service.office of the chief of air service. Civilian personnel in.Salaries: Chief clerk, $2,400; principal clerks—one at $2,400, two at $2,250 each, two at $2,000 each; clerks—six of class four, ten of class three, thirty-eight of class two, eighty of class one; addressograph operator, $900; messengers—two at $840 each, one $720; two messenger boys, at $480 each; two laborers, at $720 each; in all, $195,000. Aeronautical engineers, etc., in Department office.The services of aeronautical engineers, skilled draftsmen, and such technical and other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Air Service to carry into effect the various appropriations for aeronautical purposes, to be paid from such appropriations, in addition to the foregoing employees appropriated for in the office of the Chief of Air*Proviso*.Limitation, etc. Service: *Provided*, That the entire expenditure for this purpose for the fiscal year 1923 shall not exceed $90,000, and the Secretary of War shall each year in the annual estimates report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. Medical Department.Medical Department. medical and hospital department. Medical and hospital supplies, etc.For the manufacture and purchase of medical and hospital supplies, including disinfectants, for military posts, camps, hospitals, hospital ships and transports, for laundry work for enlisted men and Army nurses while patients in a hospital, and supplies required for mosquito destruction in and about military posts in the Canal Zone; for the purchase of veterinary supplies and hire of veterinary surgeons;Private treatment. for expenses of medical supply depots; for medical care and treatment not otherwise provided for, including care and subsistence in private hospitals, of officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the Army, of applicants for enlistment, and of prisoners of war and other persons in military custody or confinement, when entitled*Provisos*.Not applicable if on furlough, etc. thereto by law, regulation, or contract: *Provided*, That this shall not apply to officers and enlisted men who are treated in private hospitals or by civilian physicians while on furlough; for the proper care andContagious diseases expenses. treatment of epidemic and contagious diseases in the Army or at military posts or stations, including measures to prevent the spread thereof, and the payment of reasonable damages not otherwise provided for, for beading and clothing injured or destroyed in such prevention: for the pay of male and female nurses, not including the Army Nurse Corps, and of cooks and other civilians employed for the proper care of sick officers and soldiers, under such regulations fixing their number, qualifications, assignments, pay, and allowances as shall have been or shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War; for the pay of civilian physicians employed to examine physically applicants for enlistment and enlisted men and to render other professional services from time to time under proper authority; for the pay ofTuition of officers, etc.Vol. 41, p. 786. other employees of the Medical Department; for tuition of officers of the Medical Department, including the Army Nurse Corps, under section 127-a of the Army Reorganization Act approved June 4, 1920; for the payment of express companies and local transfers employed directly by the Medical Department for the transportation739 of medical and hospital supplies, including bidders’ samples and water for analysis; for supplies for use in teaching the art of cooking to the enlisted force of the Medical Department; for the supply of the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas; for advertising,Hot Springs Hospital, Ark. printing, binding, laundry, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, $1,000,000: *Provided*, That noUse for Medical and Surgical History of War with Germany, forbidden. part of this appropriation shall be used for payment of any expense connected with the publication of the Medical and Surgical History of the War with Germany. hospital care, canal zone garrisons.Panama Canal. For paying the Panama Canal such reasonable charges, exclusiveCare of troops, etc., at hospitals of. of subsistence, as may be approved by the Secretary of War for caring in its hospitals for officers, enlisted men, military prisoners, and civilian employees of the Army admitted thereto upon the request of proper military authority, $40,000: *Provided*, That the subsistence*Proviso*.Subsistence payments. of the said patients, except commissioned officers, shall be paid to said hospitals out of the appropriation for subsistence of the Army at the rates provided therein for commutation of rations for enlisted patients in general hospitals. army medical museum.Army Medical Museum. For Army Medical Museum, preservation of specimens, and thePreserving, etc., specimens. preparation and purchase of new specimens, $7,500. library, surgeon general’s office.Library. For the library of the Surgeon General’s Office, including thePurchase of books, etc. purchase of the necessary books of reference and periodicals, $12,000. Office of the Surgeon General.Surgeon General’s Office. Salaries: Chief clerk, $2,250; principal assistant librarian, $2,250;Civilian personnel in. principal clerk, $2,000; pathologist, $1,800; microscopist, $1,800; two assistant librarians, at $1,800 each; anatomist, $1,600; entomologist, $1,600; photographer, $1,500; translator, $1,800; clerks—fifteen of class four, fourteen of class three, thirty-four of class two, fifty-five of class one, nine at $1,000 each, two at $900 each; multi-graph operator, $1,200; engineer, $1,400; skilled mechanic $1,000; two messengers, at $840 each; six assistant messengers, at $720 each; chauffeur, $840; three firemen, at $720 each; three watchmen, at $720 each; superintendent of building (Army Medical Museum and Library), $200; six laborers, at $660 each; four charwomen at $240 each; in all, $213,880. Bureau of Insular Affairs.Insular Affairs Bureau. care of insane filipino soldiers.Care of insane soldiers. For care, maintenance, and treatment at asylums in the PhilippineIn Philippine Islands Islands of insane natives of the Philippine Islands cared for in suchVol. 35, p. 122. institutions conformable to the Act of Congress approved May 11, 1908, $2,000. care of insane soldiers of porto rico regiment of infantry. For care, maintenance, and treatment at asylums in Porto Rico of insane soldiers of the Sixty-fifth Infantry, formerly known as the Porto RicoIn Porto Rico. Regiment of Infantry, $50. 740 Office of Chief of Insular Bureau.office of chief of bureau of insular affairs. Civilian personnel in.Salaries: Chief clerk, $2,250; clerks—ten of class four, six of class three, nine of class two, twelve of class one, six at $1,000 each; three messengers at $840 each; laborer, $660; in all, $66,030. Engineer Corps.Corps of Engineers. Engineer depots.engineer depots. Incidental expenses.For incidental expenses for the depots, including fuel, lights, chemicals, stationery, hardware, machinery, pay of civilian clerks, mechanics, laborers, and other employees; for lumber and materials and for labor for packing and crating engineer supplies; repairs of, and for materials to repair, public buildings, machinery, and instruments, and for unforeseen expenses, $110,000. School, D.C.engineer school. Equipment, maintenance, etc.For equipment and maintenance of the Engineer School, including purchase and repair of instruments, machinery, implements, models, boats, and materials for the use of the school and to provide means for the theoretical and practical instruction of Engineer officers and troops in their special duties as sappers and miners; for land mining, pontoniering, and signaling; for purchase and binding of scientific and professional works, papers, and periodicals treating on military engineering and scientific subjects; for textbooks and books of referenceIncidental expenses. for the library of the United States Engineer School; for incidental expenses of the school, including chemicals, stationery, hardware, machinery, and boats; for pay of civilian clerks, draftsmen, electricians, mechanics, and laborers; for compensation of civilianTuition at civil institutions, etc. lecturers and for payment of tuition fees of not to exceed fifty student officers at civil technical institutions in addition to the 2 per centum of commissioned officers authorized to attend technical, professional,Vol. 41, p. 786. and other educational institutions as provided for in section 127a of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended by the ActTravel expenses of officers. of June 4, 1920; for unforeseen expenses; and for travel expenses of officers on journeys approved by the Secretary of War and made for*Provisos*.In lieu of mileage. the purpose of instruction: *Provided*, That the traveling expenses herein provided for shall be in lieu of mileage and other allowances; and for other absolutely necessary expenses: *Provided further*, ThatPeriodicals.[R. S., sec. 3848, p. 718](/us/rs/s3848/p718). section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation, $35,000. Equipment of troops.engineer equipment of troops. Materials, supplies, tools, etc.For pontoon material, tools, instruments, supplies, and appliances required for use in the engineer equipment of troops, for military surveys, and for engineer operations in the field, including the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of the necessary motor cycles; the purchase and preparation of engineer manuals and procurement of special paper for same, and for a reserve supply of above equipment, $75,000. Civilian assistants.civilian assistants to engineer officers. Services of surveyors, etc.For services of surveyors, survey parties, draftsmen, photographers, master laborers, clerks, and other employees to Engineer officers on the staffs of division, corps, and department commanders, $40,000. 741 engineer operations in the field.Field operations. For expenses incident to military engineer operations in the field,Incidental expenses, etc. including the purchase of material and a reserve of material for such operations, the rental of storehouses within and outside of the District of Columbia, the purchase, operation, maintenance, and repair of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and such expenses as are ordinarily provided for under appropriations for “Engineer Depots,” “Civilian assistants to engineer officers,” and “Military Surveys and Maps,” $95,000: *Provided*, That when to the*Provisos*.Purchase of options on materials. interest of the Government funds appropriated under this head may be used for the purchase of options on materials for use in engineer operations in the field: *Provided further*, That so muchTemporary construction work for training. of this appropriation as is necessary to provide facilities for Engineer training of troops may be expended for military construction work of a temporary character at camps and cantonments and in training areas, for training purposes only. contingencies, engineer department, philippine islands.Philippine Islands. For contingent expenses incident to the operations of the EngineerEngineer contingencies in. Department in the Philippine Islands, to be expended at the discretion of the Secretary of War, $2,500. military surveys and maps.Military surveys and maps. For the execution of topographic and other surveys, the securingExpenses of executing. of such extra topographic data as may be required, and the preparation and printing of maps required for military purposes, to be immediately available and remain available until December 31,*Proviso*.Assistance of other offices. 1923, $25,000: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War is authorized to secure the assistance, wherever practicable, of the United States Geological Survey, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, or other mapping agencies of the Government in this work and to allot funds there-for to them from this appropriation. seacoast defenses, united states.Fortifications.Seacoast defenses, United States. For preparation of plans for fortifications and other works of defense,Plans, etc. $10,000. For construction of gun and mortar batteries, $100,000. Gun and mortar batteries.Installing electric plants, etc. For the installation and replacement of electric light and power plants at seacoast fortifications in the United States, and the purchase and installation of searchlights for seacoast defenses in the United States, $270,000. Sea walls. For construction of seawalls and embankments, $8,000. Preservation, etc. For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available, and of structures for the submarine mine defense of the United States and for maintainingSubmarine mine defense. channels for access to submarine mine wharves, $250,000. For maintenance and repair of searchlights and electric light andMaintaining electric plants, etc. power equipment for seacoast fortifications, and for tools, electrical and other supplies, and appliances to be used in their operation, including the purchase of reserve lights, $110,000. For contingent expenses incident to the construction of seacoastConstruction expenses. fortifications and their accessories, under the Engineer Department, $25,000. seacoast defenses, insular possessions.Insular possessions. For preparation of plans for fortifications and other works ofPlans, etc. defense in the insular possessions, $6,000. 742 Seacoast batteries, Hawaii.For construction of seacoast batteries in the Hawaiian Islands, $215,000. Installing electric plants, etc., Hawaii.For the installation and replacement of electric light and power plants at the defenses of the Hawaiian Islands, $120,000. Fort Mills, Philippines.For the construction of engineer wharf, Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, $15,000. Preservation, etc.Submarine mine defense.For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications, including structures for submarine mine defense, for which there may be no special appropriation available, and for maintaining channels for access to submarine mine wharves in the insular possessions, $55,000. Maintaining electric plants, etc.For maintenance and repair of searchlights and electric light and power equipment for seacoast fortifications and for tools, electrical and other supplies, and appliances to be used in their operation in the insular possessions, $60,000. Panama Canal.seacoast defenses, panama canal. Plans, etc.For preparation of plans for fortifications and other works of defense, including surveys for roads, Canal Zone, $3,000. Seacoast batteries.For the construction of seacoast batteries on the Canal Zone, $40,000. Sea walls.For construction of sea walls and embankments, $4,000. Preservation, etc.For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications of the Panama Canal, for which there may be no special appropriationSubmarine mine defense. available, including structures erected for submarine mine defense, and for maintaining channels for access to submarine mine wharves, $40,000; Maintenance of electric plants, etc.For maintenance and repair of searchlights and electric light and power equipment for fortifications, and for tools, electrical and other supplies, and appliances to be used in their operation, $40,000. Office of Chief of Engineers.office of chief of engineers. Civilian personnel in.Salaries: Chief clerk, $2,250; two chiefs of divisions at $2,000 each; clerks—eight of class four, twelve of class three, seventeen of class two, twenty-six of class one, six at $1,000 each, three at $900 each; three messengers, at $840 each; two assistant messengers, at $720 each; laborer, $660; in all, $108,170. Draftsmen, etc., payable from other appropriations.The services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers, to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, surveys, preparation for and the consideration of river and harbor estimates and bills, fortifications, engineer equipment of troops, engineer operations in the field, and other military purposes, to be paid from such appropriations:*Proviso*.Limit. *Provided*, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year 1923 shall not exceed $150,000; the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. Ordnance Department.Ordnance Department. ordnance service. Current expenses.For the current expenses of the Ordnance Department in connection with purchasing, receiving, storing, and issuing ordnance and ordnance stores, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, light, water, and advertising, stationery, typewriters, and adding machines, including their exchange, and office furniture, tools, and instruments of service; for incidental expenses of the Ordnance Service and those743 attending practical trials and tests of ordnance small arms, and other ordnance stores; for instruction purposes; for publications for libraries of the Ordnance Department, including the Ordnance Office; subscriptions to periodicals, which may be paid for in advance; and payment for mechanical labor in the office of the Chief of Ordnance; and for maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled or horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, $1,250,000: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Material to be of American manufacture. all material purchased under the appropriations in this Act for the Ordnance Department of the United States Army shall be of American manufacture, except in cases when, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, it is to the manifest interest of the United States to make purchases abroad, which material shall be admitted free of duty. ordnance stores, ammunition.Ordnance stores. For the development, manufacture, purchase, and maintenance ofManufacture of airplane bombs, ammunition for small arms, etc. airplane bombs; of ammunition for small arms and for hand use for reserve supply; of ammunition for burials at the National Soldiers’ Home in Washington, District of Columbia, and of ammunition for firing the morning and evening gun at military posts prescribed by General Orders, Numbered 70, Headquarters of the Army, dated July 23, 1867, and at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and its several branches, including National Soldiers’ Home at Washington, District of Columbia, and Soldiers’ and Sailors’ State homes; for manufacture and purchase of ammunition, targets, andFor small arms, etc., target practice. other accessories for small arms, hand and machine gun target practice and instruction; and ammunition, targets, target materials, and other accessories which may be issued for small-arms target practice and instruction at the educational institutions and State soldiers’ and sailors’ orphans’ homes to which issues of small arms are lawfully made, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, $650,000. manufacture of arms.Manufacture of arms. For manufacturing, repairing, procuring, and issuing arms at theAt arsenals tor issue. national armories, $375,000. ordnance stores and supplies.Stores and supplies. For overhauling, cleaning, repairing, and preserving ordnance andPreserving, etc. ordnance stores in the hands of troops and at the arsenals, posts, and depots, except material for cleaning and preserving at places other than establishments under the direct control of the Chief of Ordnance; for purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to fillPurchase, etc. for troops. requisitions of troops, $150,000. automatic rifles.Automatic machine rifles. For the purchase, manufacture, test, repair, and maintenance ofPurchase, manufacture, etc. automatic machine rifles, or other automatic or semiautomatic guns, including their mounts, sights, and equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture, to remain available until June 30, 1924, $250,000. tanks.Tanks. For the purchase, manufacture, test, maintenance, and repair ofPurchase, etc., of, and other armored vehicles. tanks and other self-propelled armored vehicles, to remain available until June 30, 1924, $200,000. 744 Field artillery armament.field artillery armament. Mountain, field and siege cannon.For purchase, manufacture, and test of mountain, field, and siege cannon, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture, $500,000. Ammunition for.For purchase, manufacture, maintenance, and test of ammunition for mountain, field, and siege cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, the machinery necessary for its manufacture, and the necessary storage facilities, $300,000. Altering, etc., mobile artillery.For alteration and maintenance of the mobile artillery, including the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, and materials necessary for the work and the expenses of the mechanics engaged thereon, $450,000. Ammunition, etc., for practice.For purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition, subcaliber guns, and other accessories for mountain, field, and siege artillery practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture, $65,000. Proving grounds.proving grounds, army. Current expenses.For current expenses of the ordnance proving grounds, comprising the maintenance of rail and water transportation, repairs, alterations, accessories, and service of employees incidental to testing and proving ordnance and ordnance matériel, hire of assistants for the Ordnance Board, purchase of instruments and articles required for testing and experimental work, building and repairing butts and targets, clearing and grading ranges, $200,000. Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.rock island bridge, rock island, illinois. Bridges, etc., expenses.For operating, repair, and preservation of Rock Island bridges and viaduct, and maintenance and repair of the arsenal street connecting the bridges, $30,000. For special repairs and strengthening of bridge, $141,000. Testing machines.testing machines. Operating expenses, etc.For necessary professional and skilled labor, purchase of materials, tools, and appliances for operating the testing machines, for investigative test and tests of material in connect ion with the manufacturing work of the Ordnance Department, and for instruments and mate-rials for operating the chemical laboratory in connection therewith, and for maintenance of the establishment, $26,250. Arsenals.repairs of arsenals. Repairs, etc.For repairs and improvement of arsenals and depots, and to meet such unforeseen expenditures as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, including machinery for manufacturing purposes in the arsenals, $600,000. Seacoast defenses.United States.Seacoast Defenses, United States. Armament.armament of fortifications. Seacoast cannon.For purchase, manufacture, and test of seacoast cannon for coast defense, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture, $400,000. Ammunition for, etc.For purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for seacoast cannon, and for modernizing projectiles on hand, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture, $300,000. 745 For purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition, subcaliberAmmunition, etc., for seacoast artillery practice. guns, and other accessories for seacoast artillery practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture, $50,000. For alteration and maintenance of seacoast artillery, including theAltering, etc., seacoast artillery. purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, materials necessary or the work, and expenses of civilian mechanics, $350,000. seacoast defenses, insular possessions.Insular possessions. For purchase, manufacture, and test of seacoast cannon for coastSeacoast cannon. defenses, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, $125,000. For purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for seacoastAmmunition for, etc. cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection there-with, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture, $67,700. For alteration and maintenance of the seacoast artillery, includingAltering, etc., seacoast artillery. the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, and materials necessary for the work, and expenses of the civilian mechanics, $85,000. seacoast defenses, panama canal.Panama Canal. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for seacoastAmmunition for seacoast cannon, etc. and land defense cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture, $85,000; For the alteration and maintenance and installation of the seacoastAltering, etc., seacoast artillery. artillery, including the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, and materials necessary for the work, and expenses of civilian mechanics, $60,000. office of chief of ordnance.Office of Chief of Ordnance. Salaries: Chief clerk, $2,500; chief of division, $2,000; principalCivilian personnel in. clerk, $2,000; clerks—nine of class four, twelve of class three, twenty-five of class two, forty-four of class one, twelve at $1,000 each, four at $900 each; two messengers, at $840 each; two assistant messengers, at $720 each; laborer, $660; in all, $149,080. The services of skilled draftsmen and such other services as theDraftsmen, etc., from other appropriations. Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Ordnance to carry into effect the various appropriations for the armament of fortifications and for the arming and equipping of the National Guard, to be paid from such appropriations: *Provided*, That the entire expenditures for this purpose for the*Proviso*.Limit. fiscal year 1923 shall not exceed $200,000, and the Secretary of War shall each year in the annual estimates report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. Chemical Warfare Service.Chemical Warfare Service. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of chemical warfare gasesPurchase, manufacture, of gases, etc. or other toxic substances, gas masks, or other offensive or defensive materials or appliances required for gas warfare purposes, including all necessary investigations, research, design, experimentation, and operations connected therewith; purchase of chemicals, special scientific and technical apparatus and instruments; construction,Buildings, machinery, etc. maintenance, and repair of plants, buildings, and equipment, and the machinery therefor; receiving, storing, and issuing of supplies, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, gasoline, lubricants, paints and oils, rope and cordage, light, water, advertising,746 stationery, typewriters and adding machines, including their ex-change, office furniture, tools, and instruments; for incidental expenses; for civilian employees; for libraries of the Chemical Warfare Service and subscriptions to periodicals which may be paid for inOrganizing special gas troops, etc. advance; for expenses incidental to the organization, training, and equipment of special gas troops not otherwise provided for, including the training of the Army in chemical warfare, both offensive and defensive, together with the necessary schools, tactical demonstrations,Current expenses. and maneuvers; for current expenses of chemical projectile filling plants and proving grounds, including construction and maintenance of rail transportation, repairs, alterations, accessories, building and repairing butts and targets, clearing and grading ranges, $600,000. Office of Chief of Chemical Warfare Service.office of chief of chemical warfare service. Civilian personnel in.Salaries: Clerks—one of class four, one of class three, five of class two, five of class one; messenger, $840; in all, $17,240. Promotion of rifle practice.National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice. Civilian Instruction.quartermaster supplies and services for rifle ranges for civilian instruction. Quartermaster supplied for rifle ranges, etc.To establish and maintain indoor and outdoor rifle ranges for the use of all able-bodied males capable of bearing arms, under reasonable regulations to be prescribed by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and approved by the Secretary of War; for the employment of labor in connection with the establishment of outdoor and indoor rifle ranges, including labor in operating targets;Instructors, etc. for the employment of instructors; for clerical services: for badges and other insignia; for expenses incidental to instruction of citizens of the United States in marksmanship, and their participation in inter-national matches, $20,000. National rifle contests.national trophy and medals for rifle contests. Furnishing national trophy, medals, prizes, etc.For the purpose of furnishing a national trophy and medals and other prizes to be provided and contested for annually, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, said con-test to be open to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the National Guard or Organized Militia of the several States, Territories, and of the District of Columbia, members of rifle clubs, and civilians, and for the cost of the trophy, prizes, and medals herein provided for, and for the promotion of rifle practice throughout the United States,Reimbursement. including the reimbursement of necessary expenses of members of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, to be ex-pended for the purposes hereinbefore prescribed, under the direction of the Secretary of War, $7,500. Ordnance equipment.ordnance equipment for rifle ranges for civilian instruction. Arms,etc., for target practice at rifle ranges.For arms, ammunition, targets, and other accessories, for target practice for issue and sale in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and approved by the Secretary of War, in connection with the encouragement of rifle practice, in pursuance of the provisions of law, $100. 747 Chief of Infantry. infantry school, fort benning, georgia.Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific andInstruction expenses. professional papers; instruments and material for instruction, employment of technical and special services, including the services of one translator at the rate of $150 per month, and for the necessary expenses of instruction at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, $35,000. tank service.Tank Service. For payment of the necessary civilian employees to assist inCivilian employees. handling the clerical work in the office of the tank center, tank schools, and the various tank organization headquarters; and for the payment of the necessary mechanics to assist in repairing and preserving tanks in the hands of tank units, $26,500. Incidental expenses in connection with the operation of the tankTank schools. schools, $3,700. Chief of Cavalry. cavalry school, fort riley, kansas.Cavalry School, Fort Riley, Kans. For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific andInstruction expenses. professional papers, instruments, and materials for instruction; employment of temporary, technical, or special services; and for other necessary expenses of instruction at the Cavalry School, Fort Riley, Kansas, $15,000. Chief of Field Artillery. field artillery schools.Field Artillery Schools. For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific andInstruction expenses. Fort Sill, Okla., Camp Knox, Ky., and Camp Bragg, N. C. professional papers, instruments, and matériel for instruction; employment of temporary, technical, or special services, including the services of one translator at the rate of $150 per month; and for other necessary expenses of instruction, at the Field Artillery Schools at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Camp Knox, Kentucky, and Camp Bragg, North Carolina, $24,640. instruction in Field artillery activities.Field Artillery activities. To provide means for the theoretical and practical instruction in Instruction at brigade firing renters. Field Artillery activities at the three brigade firing centers at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Camp Bragg, North Carolina, and Camp Knox, Kentucky, by the purchase of modem instruments and material for theoretical and practical instruction, for the tuition of officers detailed as students at civil educational institutions, and for all other necessary expenses, to be allotted in such proportion as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be for the best interests of the service, $4,577. Chief of Coast Artillery. coast artillery school, fort monroe, virginia.Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va. For incidental expenses of the school, including chemicals, stationery,Instruction expenses. printing and binding; hardware; materials; cost of special instruction of officers detailed as instructors; employment of temporary, technical, or special services; for office furniture and fixtures, machinery, motor trucks, and unforseen expenses, $11,900. 748 Special apparatus, etc.For purchase of engines, generators, motors, machines, measuring and nautical instruments, special apparatus, and materials for the enlisted specialists division, $10,540. For purchase of special apparatus and materials and for experimental purposes for the artillery and military art departments, $1,200. For purchase of engines, generators, motors, machines, measuring instruments, special apparatus, and materials for the engineering department, $2,000. Books, etc.For purchase and binding of professional books treating of military and scientific subjects for library, for use of school, and for temporary*Provisos*.Periodicals.[R. S., sec. 3648, p.718.](/us/rs/s3648/p718) use in coast defenses, $2,360: *Provided*, That section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation:Special price for typewriters. *Provided further*, That purchase and exchange of typewriting ma-chines, to be paid for from this appropriation, may be made at the special price allowed to schools teaching stenography and typewriting without obligating typewriter companies to supply these machines to all departments of the Government at the same price. Fortifications.Seacoast defenses. United States.seacoast defenses, united states. Constructing fire control stations, etc.For construction of fire-control stations and accessories, including purchase of lands and rights of way, purchase and installation of necessary lines and means of electrical communication, including telephones, dial and other telegraphs, wiring and all special instruments, apparatus, and materials, coast-signal apparatus, subaqueous, sound, and flash ranging apparatus, including their development, and salaries of electrical experts, engineers, and other necessary employees connected with the use of coast artillery; purchase, manufacture,Range finders, etc. and test of range finders and other instruments for fire control at the fortifications, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, $60,000. Accessories for submarine mine practice.For purchase, manufacture, and test of submarine-mine matériel, and other accessories for submarine-mine practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture, $3,000. Submarine mine supplies, etc.For maintenance of submarine mine matériel within the limits of continental United States; purchase of necessary machinery, tools, and implements for the repair shop of the torpedo depot, UnitedFort Totten depot, N.Y. States Army, at Fort Totten, New York, and for torpedo depot administration and experimental work, $24,269. War instruction supplies.For maintenance of Coast Artillery war-instruction matériel at Coast Artillery posts, including necessary material and labor therefor, $1,000. Insular possessions.seacoast defenses, insular possessions. Constructing fire control stations, etc.For construction of fire-control stations and accessories, including purchase of lands and rights of way, purchase and installation of necessary lines and means of electrical communication, including telephones, dial and other telegraphs, wiring and all special instruments, apparatus, and materials; coast signal apparatus, subaqueous sound and flash ranging apparatus, including their development, and salaries of electrical experts, engineers, and other necessaryRange finders, etc. employees connected with the use of coast artillery; purchase, manufacture, and test of range finders and other instruments for fire control at the fortifications, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture, at the following localities: Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, $30,000. Submarine mine supplies, etc.For maintenance of the submarine mine matériel in the insular possessions, $10,000. 749 seacoast defenses, panama canal.Panama Canal For alteration, maintenance, and repair of submarine mine matériel,Submarine mine supplies. $5,000. office of chief of coast artillery.Office of Chief of Coast Artillery. Salaries: Chief clerk, $2,000; clerks—one of class four, two of classCivilian personnel in. three, three of class two, four of class one, two at $1,000 each; messenger, $720; in all, $18,720. Militia Bureau.Militia Bureau. arming, equipping, and training the national guard.National Guard. For procurement of forage, bedding, and so forth, for animals,Forage etc., for animals. $1,400,000. For compensation of help for care of matériel, animals, and equipment,Care of equipment, etc. $1,200,000. For expenses, camps of instruction, $8,100,000. Instruction camps. For expenses, selected officers and enlisted men, military serviceService schools instruction. schools, $250,000. For pay of property and disbursing officers for the United States,Property, etc., officers. $60,000. For general expenses, equipment and instruction, National Guard,Equipment and instruction expenses. $850,000. For travel of officers and noncommissioned officers of the Regular ArmyTravel, Army officers. in connection with the National Guard, $300,000. For repair of Federal property issued to the National Guard,Property repairs. $20,000. For transportation of equipment and supplies, $375,000. Transporting supplies. For expenses, sergeant-instructors, $250,000. Sergeant instructors. For office rent, and so forth, instructors, $10,000. For pay of National Guard (armory drills), $11,000,000. Armory drills pay. arms, uniforms, equipment, and so forth, for field service,Field service. national guard. To procure by purchase or manufacture and issue from time toPurchase or manufacture of arms, equipment, etc., for issue.Requisitions from governors, etc. time to the National Guard upon requisition of the governors of the several States and Territories, or the commanding general, National Guard of the District of Columbia, such number of United States service arms with all accessories, Field Artillery and Coast Artillery matériel, Engineer, Signal, and sanitary matériel, accouterments, field uniforms, clothing, equipage, publications, and military stores of all kinds, and a reserve supply of such arms, matériel, accouterments, field uniforms, clothing, equipage, and military stores of all kinds, as are necessary to arm, uniform, and equip for field service the National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, $2,000,000: *Provided*, That members of the National*Provisos*.Army pay for service less than one month.*Post*, p. 841 Guard who have or shall become entitled for a continuous period of less than one month to Federal pay at the rates fixed for the Regular Army, whether by virtue of a call by the President, of attendance at school or maneuver, or of any other cause, and whose accounts have not yet been settled, shall receive such pay for each day of such period; and the thirty-first day of a calendar month shall not be excluded from the computation: *Provided further*, That the SecretaryClothing, equipment, etc., from surplus Army stores. of War is hereby directed to issue from surplus or reserve stores and matériel now oh hand and purchased for the United States Army such articles of clothing and equipment and Field Artillery, Engineer, and Signal matériel and ammunition as may be needed by the National Guard organized under the provisions of the Act entitledVol. 39, p. 197.750 “An Act for making further and more effectual provision for theVol. 41 p. 780.Not charged to militia funds.Purchases excluded. national defense, and for other purposes,” approved June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act approved June 4, 1920. This issue shall be made without charge against militia appropriations. None of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used for purchase of arms, Field Artillery, Engineer or Signal matériel, public animals, or chevrons. Reduction of mounted, etc., units.The mounted, motorized, air, and tank units of the National Guard shall be so reduced that the appropriations made in this Act shall cover the entire cost of maintenance of such units for the National Guard during the fiscal year 1923. Militia Bureau, War Department.Militia Bureau, War Department. Civilian personnel in.Salaries: Chief clerk, $2,000; clerks—three of class four, four of class three, nine of class two, twenty-one of class one, fifteen at $1,000 each; messenger, $840; two assistant messengers, at $720 each; two laborers, at $660 each; in all, $70,200. Military Academy.United States Military Academy. Pay.pay of military academy. Professors, etc.Permanent Establishment: For seven professors, $27,000; chaplain, $2,400; master of the sword, $3,500; constructing quartermaster, inLongevity. addition to his regular pay, $1,000; additional pay of professors andSubsistence allowance. officers for length of service, $11,345; subsistence allowance of professors and officers, $4,599; in all, $49,844. Cadets.For one thousand three hundred cadets, $1,014,000. Enlisted men.Academy band.Military Academy Band: Master sergeant; fifteen staff sergeants; fifteen privates, first class; twenty privates; specialists—-fifteen, second class, twenty, third class; additional pay for length of service; in all, $39,882. Field musicians.Field Musicians: Staff sergeant; two corporals; seven privates, first class; twenty-one privates; twenty-eight specialists, sixth class; additional pay for length of service; in all, $13,450. Service detachment.Service Detachment: First sergeant; forty-seven sergeants; twenty corporals; fifty-five privates, first class; one hundred and fifty-three privates; specialists—forty, third class, fifty, fourth class, eighty, class; additional pay for length of service; in all, $156,648. Cavalry detachment.Cavalry Detachment: First sergeant; fourteen sergeants; sixteen corporals; sixty-five privates, first class; one hundred and twenty-four privates; specialists—ten, fourth class, thirteen, fifth class, two, sixth class; additional pay for length of service; in all, $99,039. Artillery detachment.Artillery Detachment: First sergeant; twenty-three sergeants: twenty-one corporals; seventy-five privates, first class; one hundred and eighteen privates; specialists—eight, fourth class, fifteen, fifth class, three, sixth class; additional pay for qualification in gunnery; additional pay for length of service; in all, $105,543. Engineer detachment.Engineer Detachment: First sergeant; three staff sergeants; nine sergeants; twelve corporals; thirty-nine privates, first class; fifty-two privates; specialists—two, third class, three, fourth class, two, sixth class; additional pay for length of service; additional pay for qualification in marksmanship; in all, $53,433. Signal Corps detachment.Signal Corps Detachment: Master sergeant; technical sergeant; staff sergeant; two sergeants; two corporals: three privates, first class; two privates; specialist, fifth class (chauffeur); additional pay for length of service; in all, $8,127. Coast Artillery detachment.Coast Artillery Detachment: First sergeant; master sergeant; technical sergeant; staff sergeant; five sergeants; twenty-one privates,751 first class; nine specialists, fifth class; additional pay for qualification in gunnery; additional pay for length of service; in all, $18,285. Miscellaneous: Travel allowance due enlisted men on discharge;Travel allowance, interest on deposits, etc. interest on deposits due enlisted men; warrant officer and two staff sergeants, for duty in the Cadet Corps headquarters; two master sergeants; staff sergeant; additional pay for length of service; in all, $15,418. Civilians: Teacher of music, $2,000; two chief clerks at $1,800 each;Civilians.Pay of designated employees. clerks—one $1,500, six at $1,400 each, two at $1,200 each, six at $1,000 each; four clerks and stenographers at $1,200 each; clerk and stenographer to superintendent, $1,500; clerk to the treasurer, $1,800; expert architectural draftsman, $2,500; two civilian instructors of French and two civilian instructors of Spanish, to be employed under rules prescribed by the Secretary of War, at $2,000 each; two expert civilian instructors in fencing, broadsword exercises, and other military gymnastics, at $1,500 each; professional and expert assistant civilian instructors in military gymnastics, fencing, boxing, wrestling, and swimming—two at $2,000 each, one $1,500; librarian, $3,000; assistant librarian, $1,500; custodian of gymnasium, $1,200; superintendent of gas works, $1,500; chief engineer of power plant, $2,700; assistant chief engineer of power plant, $1,100; three assistant engineers of power plant at $1,200 each; eight firemen at $780 each; two oilers at $720 each; draftsman, $1,200; mechanic and attend-ant, $1,200; mechanic assistant, $840; custodian of academy buildings, $1,000; electrician, $1,600; chief plumber, $1,600; assistant plumber, $900; plumber’s helper, $600; scavenger, $720; chapel organist and choirmaster, $2,000; superintendent of post cemetery, $1,200; engineer and janitor of Memorial Hall, $900; printer, $1,600; assistant printer, $1,100; janitress, Memorial Hall, $600; master mechanic, $1,800; clerk and photographer, $1,300; stenographers, typewriters, attendants, copyists, clerks, librarians, or multigraph operators—one $1,040, two at $1,000 each, one $900, two at $840 each; overseer of waterworks, $720; engineer of steam, electric, and refrigerating apparatus, $1,200; mechanic and attendant, $720; janitor, $600; bookbinder, $1,200; two book sewers at $540 each; skilled pressman, $1,100; charwoman, $480; messenger, $720; in all, $106,880: *Provided*, That the civilian instructors employed in the*Proviso*.Quarters, etc., of civilian instructors. departments of modern languages and tactics shall be entitled to public quarters, fuel, and light. In all, pay, Military Academy, $1,680,549. All the moneys hereinbefore appropriated for pay of the MilitaryDisbursement and accounting as one fund. Academy shall be disbursed and accounted for as pay of the Military Academy, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. maintenance, united states military academy.Maintenance. Current and ordinary expenses: For the expenses of the membersCurrent expenses.Board of visitors. of the Board of Visitors, or so much thereof as may be necessary, $750. Contingencies for superintendent of the academy, $3,000. Contingencies, superintendent.Repairs and improvements. Repairs and improvements, namely: Timber, plank, boards, joists, wall strips, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet lead, zinc, screws, nails, locks, hinges, glass, paints, turpentine, oils, labor, and so forth, $55,000. For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood, and so forth, includingFuel, light, etc. labor, $65,000. For gas pipes, gas and electric fixtures, and so forth, $10,000. For fuel for cadets’ mess hall, shops, and laundry, $15,000. For postage and telegrams, $1,200. Postage, etc. For stationery, namely: Blank books, paper, and so forth, $3,500. Stationery. 752 Transportation.For transportation of materials, cadets, discharged cadets, and so forth, $15,000. Printing, etc.Printing and binding, and so forth, $3,000. Department of Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry tactics.For department of Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry tactics: Tan bark or other proper covering for riding hall, to be purchased in open market upon written order of the superintendent, $1,500. For camp stools, office furniture, and so forth, $4,000. For gymnasium and athletic supplies, and so forth, S7,500. For the maintenance of one automobile, $300. For repairs to saddles, bridles, and so forth, $500. For the purchase of carbons and for repairs and maintenance of searchlights, and so forth, $250. For the purchase of stationery and office supplies for the office of senior instructor of Coast Artillery tactics, $75. For the purchase of machines, tools, textbooks, and material for the practical instruction of cadets in the maintenance, repair, and operation of all classes of motor transportation and automobile or internal combustion engines, $1,000. For repair of mattresses, machines, and so forth, in gymnasium of Cavalry barracks, $100. For material for hurdles, and so forth, riding hall, $600. Cadet camp maintenance.For general maintenance and repairs to the site of the cadet camp, $10,000. For repair of obstacles on mounted drill ground, and for constructing other obstacles, and so forth. $100. For the purchase of thread, wax, needles, and so forth, in the Cavalry stables, $200. For the purchase of thread, wax, needles, and so forth, in the Artillery stables, $200. For material for preserving floors, and so forth, Artillery barracks and stables, $150. For the purchase of tools, machines, and so forth, Artillery gun shed, $500. For repair to mattresses, machines, and so forth, in drill hall and gymnasium of Artillery barracks, $100. For the purchase of new and upkeep of worn-out rubber matting in squad rooms of Artillery barracks, $150. For purchase of stationery and office furniture in office of senior assistant instructor of Field Artillery tactics, $100. For material for preserving floors, and so forth, Cavalry barracks and stables, $100. For repair of mattresses, machines, and so forth, in drill hall and gymnasium of Engineer barracks, $100. Instruction materials, etc., for specified departments.For department of civil and military engineering: Textbooks, stationery, and so forth, $,1200. For department of natural and experimental philosophy: Text-books, apparatus, and so forth, $3,500. For department of instruction in mathematics: Textbooks, stationery, and so forth, $1,250. For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology, $2,500. For department of drawing: Drawing materials, and so forth, $2,000. For department of modem languages: Stationery, and so forth, $1,900. For department of law: Books, stationery, and so forth, $2,000. For department of practical military engineering: Models, books, stationery, and so forth, $4,500. For department of ordnance and gunnery: Models, instruments, books, and so forth, $2,150. For the purchase of machines, tools, and so forth, for practical instruction of cadets in wood and metal working, $500. 753 For department of military hygiene, 3500. For department of English and history: For purchase of stationery, books, and so forth, $1,000. For department of economics and government and political history: Purchase of textbooks, stationery, and so forth, $1,000. For a course of lectures for the more complete instruction of cadets,Lectures. $1,200. For the maintenance of one automobile truck, $300. In all, current and ordinary expenses, $219,475. Miscellaneous items and incidental expenses: For commercialMiscellaneous.Treasurer’s office. periodicals, stationery, and so forth, for the office of the treasurer United States Military Academy, $300. For gas coal, oil, candles, and so forth, for operating the gasLighting, plumbing, etc. plant, $18,000. For water pipe, plumbing, and repairs, $8,000. For material and labor for cleaning and policing public buildings, $6,620. For supplies for recitation rooms not otherwise provided for and for renewing and repairing furniture in same, $1,000. Increase and expense of library, $7,200. Library. For contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of theAcademic board. academic board: For instruments, hooks, repairs to apparatus, and other incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $500: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Purchases. 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. Band expenses. For the purchase and repair of instruments and maintenance of the band, $1,500. For the repair and purchase of cooking utensils, chairs, and soCadet mess, utensils, etc. forth, cadet mess, which may be expended without advertising, to be immediately available, $3,000. For the policing of barracks and bathhouses, $25,000. Policing. For supplying light and plain furniture to cadets’ barracks, $10,000. Cadet barracks, etc,, furniture. For the purchase and repair of cocoa matting for the aisleways in the stables of the riding hall, $300. For maintaining the children’s school, and so forth, $6,500. Children’s schools. For purchase and repair of fire-extinguishing apparatus, $1,000. Fire protection. In all, miscellaneous items and incidental expenses, $88,920. Buildings and grounds: For cases, materials, and so forth,Buildings and grounds. ordnance museum in headquarters building, $1,500. For repairs to ordnance laboratory and other buildings pertainingOrdnance museum, etc. to department of ordnance and gunnery, $150. For general repairs to cadet laundry building, and so forth, 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, and so forth, soldiers’ hospital, $165. For repair and upkeep of quarters of the staff sergeant, Medical Department, at soldiers’ hospital, $50. For water works, $3,000. Waterworks. For the repair and restoration of retaining walls along the line ofWalks, roads, etc. the Poplopen pipe line, $3,000. For carrying on the development of the general plan for improvements to roads and grounds, $3,000.Cadet hospital. For repairs and necessary alterations and additions to the cadet hospital, as follows: For materials for radiators, piping, furniture, and so forth, $120. For purchase of flowers and shrubs for hospital grounds, $100. For repairing the cadet exchange, $1,000. 754 Cadet mess, repairs, etc.For necessary repairs and replacements in steam-heating system and line in cadet mess, which may be expended without advertising, $1,300. For repairs to the cadet mess building, which may be expended without advertising and to be immediately available, $1,000. Army mess.For repairs and improvements to the West Point Army mess building, including supplying and renewing furniture and fittings, $2,500. Powerplant.Altering coal bunkers in power plant, $10,000. For repair and maintenance of the cadet boathouse and the purchase and maintenance of boats and canoes for the instruction of cadets in rowing, $750. For the repair and upkeep of quarters of the master sergeant, Medical Department, at the cadet hospital, $50. Cadet barracks, repairs.For repairs to the cadet barracks, to be immediately available, $15,000. Cemetery, etc.For maintaining and improving grounds of post cemetery, $2,000. For continuing the construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places, $1,000. For broken stone and gravel for roads, $10,000. Repairs to boilers etc.For repairs of boilers, engines, dynamos, motors, and so forth, cadet mess, which may be expended without advertising, to be immediately available, $3,350. For the repair and improvement of cadet polo field, $600. Waterproofing, etc.For waterproofing the post headquarters, bachelor, gymnasium, and other large 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, $100. For material and labor for repair of Field Artillery target range, $500. For repair and upkeep of stable numbered four, and corral, for purchase of paint, nails, and so forth, $300. Steel hangar.Army surplus material, etc., transferred without expense, for construction, etc.For erection of steel hangar now on hand, $1,500. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to turn over to the United States Military Academy without expense all such surplus material as may be available and necessary for the construction of buildings; also surplus tools and matériel required for use in the instruction of*Provisos*.Leaves of absence to construction employees. cadets at the academy: *Provided*, That the constructing quarter-master, United States Military Academy, is hereby exempted from all laws and regulations relative to employment and to granting leaves of absence to employees with pay while employed on construction workExpenditures without advertising. at the Military Academy: *Provided further*, That the funds appropriated herein for the United States Military Academy may be expended without advertising when in the opinion of the responsible constructing officer and the superintendent it is more economical and advantageous to the Government to dispense with advertising. In all, buildings and grounds, $65,685. In all, “Maintenance, United States Military Academy,” $379,080. In all, Military Academy, $2,059,629. Wages to civilian employees not to exceed rates paid by private individuals.No part of the moneys appropriated in this Act shall be used for paying to any civilian employee of the United States Government an average daily wTage or salary larger than that customarily paid by private individuals for corresponding work in the same locality. Material to be of American manufacture.Exception.All material purchased under the provisions of this Act shall be of American manufacture, except in cases when, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, it is to the manifest interest of the United States to make purchases abroad, which material shall be admitted free of duty. Limit on purchases from private ordnance manufacturers.Except as expressly otherwise authorized herein, no part of the sums appropriated by this Act for military purposes shall be expended755 in the purchase from private manufacturers of ordnance and ordnance supplies at a price in excess of 25 per centum more than the cost of manufacturing such material by the Government, or, where such material is not or has not been manufactured by the Government, at a price in excess of 25 per centum more than the estimated cost of manufacture by the Government. That no part of the appropriations made in this Act shall be availableNo pay to officers etc., using time measuring devices on work of employees. for the salary or pay of any officer, manager, superintendent, foreman, or other person having charge of the work of any employee of the United States Government while making or causing to be made with a stop watch, or other time-measuring device, a time study of any job of any such employee between the starting and completion thereof, or of the movements of any such employee while engaged upon such work; nor shall any part of the appropriationsBonuses, etc., restricted. made in this Act be available to pay any premium or bonus or cash reward to any employee in addition to his regular wages, except for suggestions resulting in improvements or economy in the operation of any Government plant. No part of the moneys appropriated in each or any section of thisRestriction on purchases from other than arsenals. Act for military purposes shall be used or expended for the purchase or acquirement of any article or articles that at the time of the proposed acquirement can be manufactured or produced in each or any of the Government arsenals of the United States for a sum less than it can be purchased or procured otherwise. The following unexpended balances or portions of unexpendedDesignated unexpended balances, etc., covered into the treasury. balances or combined unexpended balances or combined portions of unexpended balances of appropriations for the support of the Military Establishment and for other purposes shall be carried to the surplus fund and be covered into the Treasury immediately upon the approval of this Act: Arming and equipping the militia, $178,120.96; field artillery for Organized Militia, $549.84; temporary office building, War Department, $4,907.10; military posts, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, $856.60; transportation for refugee American citizens from Mexico $50,846.69; transportation to China of Chinese refugees, $31,165; memorial archway at Vicksburg, Mississippi, $500; National Memorial Celebration and Peace Jubilee, Vicksburg, Mississippi $23,229.63; medals for officers, men, and so forth, of National Guard, War with Spain, and Mexican border service, $207.87; equipping Army transports with lifeboats and rafts, $2,218.08; exchange of Army cold-storage plant, Chicago, Illinois, $500; supply depot, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, $1,017.49; Army supply depot, Fort Mason, California, $2.64; road to national cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina, $235.09; Signal Service of the Army, $407.10; repair and restoration of defenses of Galveston, Texas, $1,797.81; seawalls and embankments, Panama Canal, $3,270.99; land defenses, Panama Canal, $1,165.30; terminal storage and shipping buildings, $21,440.43; armament of fortifications, Act of February 28, 1920, $2,619; proving ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, $92,449.23; ordnance depot, Panama Canal, $35,980.22; storage facilities at armories and arsenals, $1.45; automatic rifles, $2,439.20; ordnance depot, Honolulu, Hawaii, $42.68; Army powder factory, $2.40; international rifle competition, Camp Perry, Ohio, $2,202.38; inland and port storage and shipping facilities, $2,000,000; Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $165,777.64; Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey, $92,824.11; Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, $243,384.04; San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, Texas, $3,723.31; Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, Massachusetts, $1,945.01; Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, New York, $2,237.62; Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts, $5,788.58; total appropriations recovered, $2,973,855.49. 756 Radiodynamic torpedo control.Unexpended balance of fund to procure rights of, covered into the Treasury.Vol. 39, p. 347.Such portion of the appropriation of $750,000 for procurement of the exclusive rights of John Hays Hammond, junior, and the Radio Engineering Company of New York (Incorporated) to their discoveries and inventions in the art of control by radiodynamic energy of the movement of water-borne carriers of high explosives, made in the Fortification Appropriation Act approved July 6, 1916, as remains unexpended on January 1, 1923, shall be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury. TITLE II.—Nonmilitary activities. NONMILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Quarter master Corps.Quartermaster Corps. National cemeteries.national cemeteries. Maintenance, etc.For maintaining and improving national cemeteries, including fuel for superintendents, pay of laborers and other employees, purchase of tools and materials, and including care and maintenance of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater and Chapel and grounds in the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, $134,798. Arlington Memorial Amphitheater.Reappropriation for repairs.Vol. 41, p. 36.The unobligated balance of $5,000 of the appropriation for construction of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater and Chapel is hereby made available for expenditure under the direction of the Quarter-master General, United States Army, for repairs to the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater and Chapel. Superintendents.For pay of seventy-six superintendents of national cemeteries, including not to exceed $1,500 for the superintendent at Mexico City, $63,720. Repairs to roadways.*Provisos*.Encroachment by rail-roads forbidden.For repairs to roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress, $12,000: *Provided*, That no railroads shall be permitted upon the right of way which may have been acquired by the United States to a national cemetery, or to encroach upon any roads or walks constructed thereon and maintainedRestriction. by the United States: *Provided further*, That no part of this sum shall be used for repairing any roadway not owned by the United States within the corporate limits of any city, town, or village. Limited to one approach.No part of any appropriation for national cemeteries or the repair of roadways thereto shall be expended in the maintenance of more than a single approach to any national cemetery. Headstones for soldiers’ graves, etc.For continuing the work of furnishing headstones of durable stone or other durable material for unmarked graves of Union and Confederate soldiers, sailors, and marines, and soldiers, sailors, and marines of all other wars, in national, post, city, town, and[R. S., sec. 4877, p. 944](/us/rs/s4877/p944).Vol. 20, p. 281; Vol. 34, p. 56.Civilians.Vol. 33, p. 396: Vol. 34, p. 741. village cemeteries, naval cemeteries at navy yards and stations of the United States, and other burial places, under the Acts of March 3, 1873, February 3, 1879, and March 9, 1906;Confederates. continuing the work of furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of civilians interred in post cemeteries under the Acts of April 28, 1904, and June 30, 1906; and furnishing headstones for the unmarked graves of Confederate soldiers, sailors, and marines in national cemeteries, $70,000. Antietam battlefield, Md.Preserving, etc.For repair and preservation of monuments, tablets, observation tower, roads, and fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States upon public lands within the limits of the Antietam battle field, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, $5,000. Superintendent.For pay of superintendent of Antietam battle field, said superintendent to perform his duties under the direction of the Quarter-master Corps and to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War, at his discretion, the person selected for this position to be an honorably discharged Union soldier, $1,500. 757 Disposition of remains of officers, soldiers, and civilianDisposition of remains of officers, soldiers, etc. employees: For interment, cremation (only upon request from relatives of the deceased), or of preparation and transportation to their homes,or to such national cemeteries as may be designated by proper authority, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, of the remains of officers, cadets, United States Military Academy, acting assistant surgeons, members of the Army Nurse Corps, and enlisted men in active service, and accepted applicants for enlistment;*Ante*, p. 734. for interment or preparation and transportation to their homes of the remains of civilian employees of the Army in the employ of the War Department who die abroad, in Alaska, in the Canal Zone, or on Army transports, or who die while on duty in the field; interment of military prisoners who die at military posts; for the interment and shipment to their homes of remains of enlisted men who are discharged in hospitals in the United States and continue as inmates of said hospitals to the date of their death; for interment of prisoners of war and interned alien enemies who die at prison camps in the United States; forRemoval from abandoned posts, etc. removal of remains from abandoned posts to permanent military posts or national cemeteries, including the remains of Federal soldiers, sailors, or marines interred in fields or abandoned private and city cemeteries; and in any case where the expenses of burial or shipmentReimbursement of individuals. of the remains of officers or enlisted men of the Army who die on the active list are borne by individuals, where such expenses would have been lawful claims against the Government, reimbursement to such individuals may be made of the amount allowed by the Government for such services out of this sum, but no reimbursement shall be made of such expenses incurred prior to July 1, 1910; expenses of the segregationAmerican cemeteries in Great Britain and France.Care etc., of graves abroad of bodies in permanent American cemeteries in Great Britain and France; for the care and maintenance of graves of officers, soldiers, and civilian employees of the Army abroad, including the erection of necessary buildings and improvements at permanentUnexpended balances available.Vol. 41, pp. 184, 896, 1386. American cemeteries and care and maintenance thereof; the sum of $543,320 of the unobligated balances of the appropriations for “Disposition of remains of officers, soldiers, and civilian employees,” for the fiscal years 1920, 1921, and 1922 is hereby made available for the fiscal year 1923 for the purposes set forth in this paragraph: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Retired officers, etc., on active duty included. That the above provisions shall be applicable in the cases of officers and enlisted men on the retired list of the Army who have died or may hereafter die while on active duty by proper assignment and also to citizens of the United States who may have died while serving in the armies of the Allies associated with the American forces: *Provided further*, That the funds made available by PublicFunds for buying land for cemeteries, etc., in Europe continued available.*Ante*, p. 490.*Post*, p. 1162.Unobligated balances covered in. Resolution Numbered 44, Sixty-seventh Congress, for the purchase of real estate and improvement of cemeteries in Europe for American military dead shall remain available for the purposes specified in that resolution until June 30, 1923: *Provided further*, That the sum of $4,000,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation “DispositionVol. 41, pp. 184, 896, 1386. of remains of officers, soldiers, and civil employees,” for the fiscal years 1920, 1921, and 1922, shall be carried to the surplus fund and be covered into the Treasury upon the approval of this Act. Confederate Mound, Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois:Confederate Mound, Chicago, Ill. For care, protection, and maintenance of the plat of ground known as “Confederate Mound” in Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, $500. For care, protection, and maintenance of Confederate StockadeConfederate Stockade, Ohio. Cemetery, Johnstons Island, in Sandusky Bay, Ohio, $350. Confederate burial plats: For care, protection, and maintenanceConfederate burial plats. of Confederate burial plats, owned by the United States, located and known by the following designations: Confederate Cemetery, North Alton, Illinois; Confederate Cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio; Confederate section, Greenlawn Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indi758 and; Confederate Cemetery, Point Lookout, Maryland, and Confederate Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois, $1,250. Little Rock, Ark.Burial of Hot Springs Hospital patients in national cemetery at.Burial of deceased indigent patients: For burying in the Little Rock (Arkansas) National Cemetery, including transportation thereto, indigent ex-soldiers, ex-sailors, or ex-marines of the United States service, either Regular or Volunteer, who have been honorably discharged or retired and who die while patients at the Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas, to be disbursed at a cost not exceeding $35 for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, $100. Burial places in Cuba and China.For repairs and preservation of monuments, tablets, roads, fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States in Cuba and China to mark the places where American soldiers fell, $1,000. Medical Department.Medical Department. Artificial limbs.Artificial limbs: For furnishing artificial limbs and apparatus, or commutation therefor, and necessary transportation, $35,000. Surgical appliances.Appliances for disabled soldiers: For furnishing surgical appliances to persons disabled in the military or naval service of the United States prior to April 6, 1917, and not entitled to artificial limbs or trusses for the same disabilities, $750. Trusses.[R. S., sec. 1176, p. 211](/us/rs/s1176/p211).Trusses for disabled soldiers: For trusses for persons entitled thereto under section 1176, Revised Statutes of the United States,Vol. 20, p. 353. and the Act amendatory thereof, approved March 3, 1879, $1,000. World War Medical and Surgical History.medical and surgical history of the world war. Preparation of.Toward the preparation for publication under the direction of the Secretary of War of a medical and surgical history of the War with Germany, including personal services, printing and binding at the Government Printing Office and the necessary engravings and illustrations,*Proviso*.Limit of cost. $16,600: *Provided*, That the total cost of such history shall not exceed $150,000. Engineer Corps.Corps of Engineers. Buildings and grounds, D. C., etc.buildings and grounds in and around washington. Care, etc., executive departments grounds.For improvement, care, and maintenance of grounds of executive departments, $1,000. Washington Monument.Washington Monument: For custodian, $1,200; for steam engineer,Operating force. $960; for assistant steam engineer, $84Q; for fireman, $660; for assistant fireman, $660; for conductor of elevator car, $900; tor attendants—one on floor $720, one on top floor $720; for three night and day watchmen, at $720 each; in all, $8,820. Operating supplies.For fuel, lights, oil, waste, packing, tools, matches, paints, brushes, brooms, lanterns, rope, nails, screws, lead, electric lights, heating apparatus, oil stoves for elevator car and upper and lower floors; repairs to engines, boilers, dynamos, elevator, and repairs of all kinds connected with the Monument and machinery; and purchase of all necessary articles for keeping the Monument, machinery, elevator, and electric plant in good order, $6,000. Sunday opening.For extra services of employees and for additional supplies and materials to provide for the opening of the Monument to the public on Sundays and legal holidays, $2,500. Installing electric current connections.The foregoing appropriations for the Washington Monument shall be immediately available to the extent required to provide conduit*Proviso*.Reduction of force when completed. and cable installations for securing electric current for power, light, and heat, and to provide payment therefor: *Provided*, That when759 such installation is completed the services of one engineer, two firemen, and such other employees as may no longer be needed shall be dispensed with. Building where Abraham Lincoln died: For painting and miscellaneousLincoln’s deathplace. repairs, $200. Birthplace of George Washington, Wakefield, Virginia: For repairsWakefield, Va. Maintenance. to fences and cleaning up and maintaining grounds about the monument, $100. For watchmen for the care of the monument and dock at Wakefield,Watchmen. Virginia, the birthplace of Washington, $300. Lincoln Memorial: Custodian, $1,200; three watchmen, at $720Lincoln Memorial.Maintenance expenses. each; three laborers, at $660 each; heat, light, miscellaneous labor, and supplies, $3,910; extra services of employees and for additional supplies and materials to provide for opening the Lincoln Memorial to the public on Sundays and legal holidays, $1,750; in all, $11,000. For completing the construction of a reflecting pool in west PotomacReflecting Pool, Potomac Park. Park, $75,000. survey of northern and northwestern lakes.Northern and northwestern lakes. For survey of northern and northwestern lakes, Lake of the Woods,Survey, etc., of, and connecting waters. and other boundary and connecting waters between said lake and Lake Superior, Lake Champlain, and the natural navigable waters embraced in the navigation system of the New York canals, includingNew York canals. all necessary expenses for preparing, correcting, extending, printing, binding, and issuing charts and bulletins, and of investigating lake levels with a view to their regulation, $75,000. california débris commission.California Débris Commission. For defraying the expenses of the commission in carrying on theExpenses.Vol. 27, p. 507. work authorized by the Act approved March 1, 1893, $15,000. prevention of deposits, harbor of new york.New York Harbor. For the prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within thePreventing injurious deposits in. harbor and adjacent waters of New York City: For pay of inspectors, deputy inspectors, crews, and office force, and for maintenance of patrol fleet, and expenses of office, $109,260. construction and maintenance of military and post roads,Alaska. bridges, and trails, alaska. For the construction, repair, and maintenance of military and postRoads, bridges and trails in.Construction, etc., expenses, under road commissioners.Vol. 34, p. 192.*Ante*, p. 491. roads, tramways, ferries, bridges, and trails, Territory of Alaska, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Road Commissioners described in section 2 of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved January 27, 1905, as amended by the Act approved May 14, 1906, and to be expended conformably to the provisions of said Act as amended, to be immediately available: *Provided*, That if an appropriation for this*Proviso*.Obligations authorized for fiscal year 1924, prior to appropriation. purpose for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, shall not have been made prior to March 1, 1923, the Secretary of War may authorize the Board of Road Commissioners to incur obligations for this purpose of not to exceed 75 per centum of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, payment of these obligations to be made from the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, $465,000. 760 River and harbor improvements.rivers and harbors. Appropriations Immediately available.Preserving, maintaining,etc., authorized works.*Post*, p. 1038.To be immediately available and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers: Examinations, surveys, etc.*Proviso*.Limited to authorizations.For the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore authorized as may be most desirable in the interests of commerce and navigation, $42,815,661. For examinations, surveys, and contingencies for rivers and harbors for which there may be no special appropriation, $325,000: *Provided*, That no part of this sum shall be expended for any preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate not authorized by law. Muscle Shoals, Ala.muscle shoals. Continuing work on Dam No. 2.For the continuation of the work on Dam Numbered Two on the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but not to become available until the 1st day of October, 1922, $7,500,000. Flood control.For works authorized by the Flood Control Act of March 1, 1917, as follows: Prosecuting work.Vol. 39, p. 948.Flood control: For prosecuting work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act approved March 1, 1917, as follows: Mississippi River.*Ante*, p. 498.Sacramento River, Calif.Mississippi River, $6,670,000. Sacramento River, California, $400,000. Waterways transportation.Transportation Facilities, Inland and Coastwise Waterways. Expenses operating inland, canal, and coast-wise facilities.For additional expense incurred in the operation of boats, barges, tugs, and other transportation facilities on the inland, canal, and coastwise waterways acquired by the United States in pursuance ofVol. 40. p. 456.Vol. 41, p. 458. the fourth paragraph of section 6 of the Federal Control Act of March*Proviso*.Services of experts, etc. 21, 1918, and operated in pursuance of section 201 of the Transportation Act approved February 28, 1920, $330,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $30,000 of this appropriation may be used for the payment of experts, clerks, and other employees in the War Department inVol. 41, p. 458.Pay restriction. accordance with the provisions of section 201
(e)of the TransportationPay restriction. Act, 1920, approved February 28, 1920, but no person shall be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation in excess of $3,000 per annum except one at $4,000. Military parks.National Military Parks. Chickamauga and Chattanooga.chickamauga and chattanooga national military park. Continuing establishment, etc.For continuing the establishment of the park; compensation and expenses of civilian commissioner, maps, surveys, clerical and other assistance, including $300 for necessary clerical labor under direction of the chairman of the commission; maintenance, repair, and operation of one motor-propelled and one horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicle; office and all other necessary expenses; foundations for State monuments; mowing; historical tablets, iron and bronze; iron gun carriages; roads and their maintenance; purchase of small tracts of*Proviso*.Passenger vehicle from Army supply. lands heretofore authorized by law, $38,400: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to furnish, from motor vehicles under control of the War Department, and without payment therefor, one suitable motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle for use in the maintenance of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. 761 gettysburg national military park.Gettysburg. For continuing the establishment of the park; acquisition of lands,Continuing establishment, etc. surveys, and maps; constructing, improving, and maintaining avenues, roads, and bridges thereon; fences and gates; marking the lines of battle with tablets and guns, each tablet bearing a brief legend giving historic facts and compiled without censure and without praise; preserving the features of the battle field and the monuments thereon; compensation of civilian commissioner, clerical, and other services, expenses, and labor; purchase and preparation of tablets and gun carriages and placing them in position; maintenance, repair, and operation of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, and all other expenses incident to the foregoing, $45,000. guilford courthouse national military park.Guilford Courthouse. For continuing the establishment of a national military park atContinuing establishment, etc.Vol. 39, p. 996. the battle field of Guilford Courthouse, in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to establish a national military park at the battle field of Guilford Courthouse,” approved March 2, 1917, $7,840. shiloh national military park.Shiloh. For continuing the establishment of the park; compensation ofContinuing establishment, etc. secretary and superintendent; clerical and other services; labor; historical tablets; maps and surveys; roads; purchase and transportation of supplies, implements, and materials; foundations for monuments; office and other necessary expenses, including maintenance, repair, and operation of a motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, $20,000: *Provided*, That no persons shall be employed hereunder at*Proviso*.Pay restriction. a rate of compensation exceeding $3,000 per annum. vicksburg national military park.Vicksburg. For continuing the establishment of the park; compensation ofContinuing establishment, etc. civilian commissioners; clerical and other services, labor, iron gun carriages, mounting of siege guns, memorials, monuments, markers, and historical tablets giving historical facts, compiled without praise and without censure; maps, surveys, roads, bridges, restoration of earthworks, purchase of lands, purchase and transportation of supplies and materials; and other necessary expenses, $23,440. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.Support. For support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, as follows: Central Branch, Dayton, Ohio: Current expenses: For pay ofDayton, Ohio.Current expenses. officers and noncommissioned officers of the home, with such exceptions as are hereinafter noted, and their clerks, weighmasters, and orderlies; chaplains, religious instruction, and entertainment for the members of the home, printers, bookbinders, librarians, musicians, telegraph and telephone operators, guards, janitors, watchmen, fire company, and property and materials purchased for their use, including repairs, not done by the home; articles of amusement, library books, magazines, papers, pictures, and musical instruments, and repairs not done by the home; stationery, advertising, legal advice, payments due heirs of deceased members: *Provided*, That all receiptsProviso.Effects of deceased members. on account of the effects of deceased members during the fiscal year shall also be available for such payments; and for such762 other expenditures as can not properly be included under other heads of expenditures, $55,000; Subsistence.Subsistence: For pay of commissary sergeants, commissary clerks, porters, laborers, bakers, cooks, dishwashers, waiters, and others employed in the subsistence department; food supplies purchased for the subsistence of the members of the home and civilian employees regularly employed and residing at the branch, their freight, preparation, and serving; aprons, caps, and jackets for kitchen and dining-room employees; tobacco; dining-room and kitchen furniture and utensils, bakers’ and butchers’ tools and appliances, and their repair not done by the home, $285,000; Household.Household: For furniture for officers’ quarters; bedsteads, bedding, bedding material, and all other articles required in the quarters of the members and of civilian employees permanently employed and residing at the branch, and their repair, if not repaired by the home; fuel, including fuel for cooking, heat, and light; water; engineers and firemen, bathhouse keepers, janitors, laundry employees, and for all labor, materials, and appliances required for household use, and repairs, if not repaired by the home, $125,000; Hospital.Hospital: For pay of medical officers and assistant surgeons, matrons, druggists, hospital clerks and stewards, ward masters, nurses, cooks, waiters, readers, drivers, funeral escort, janitors, and for such other services as may be necessary for the care of the sick; burial of the dead; surgical instruments and appliances, medical books, medicine, liquors, fruits, and other necessaries for the sick not purchased under subsistence; bedsteads, bedding, and bedding materials, and all other special articles necessary tor the wards; hospital furniture, including special articles and appliances for hospital kitchen and dining room; carriage, hearse, stretchers, coffins; and for all repairs to hospital furniture and appliances not done by the home, $125,000; Transportation.Transportation: For transportation of members of the home, $1,000; Repairs.Repairs: For pay of chief engineer, builders, blacksmiths, carpenters, painters, gas fitters, electrical workers, plumbers, tinsmiths, steam fitters, stone and brick masons, and laborers, and for all appliances and materials used under this head; and repairs of roadsProviso.New buildings forbidden. and other improvements of a permanent character, $57,000: *Provided*, That no part of the appropriation for repairs for any of the branch homes shall be used for the construction of any new building; Farm.Farm: For pay of farmer, chief gardener, harness makers, farm hands, gardeners, horseshoers, stablemen, teamsters, dairymen, herders, and laborers; tools, appliances, and materials required for farm, garden, and dairy work; grain, and grain products, hay, straw, fertilizers, seed, carriages, wagons, carts, and other conveyances; animals purchased for stock or work (including animals in the park); gasoline; materials, tools, and labor for flower garden, lawn, park, and cemetery; and construction of roads and walks, and repairs not done by the home, $20,000; In all, Central Branch, $668,000. Specified objects at branches.For “Current Expenses,” “Subsistence,” “Household,” “Hospital,” “Transportation,” “Repairs,” and “Farm,” at the following branches, including the same objects respectively specified herein under each of such heads for the Central Branch, namely: Milwaukee, Wis.Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Current expenses, $38,000; subsistence, $140,000; household, $70,000; hospital, $70,000; transportation, $500; repairs, $30,000; farm, $8,000; in all, $356,500. Togus, Ma.Eastern Branch, Togus, Maine: Current expenses, $40,000; subsistence, $100,000; household, $90,000; hospital, $48,000; transportation, $500; repairs, $28,000; farm, $18,000; in all, $324,500. 763 Southern Branch, Hampton, Virginia: Current expenses, includingHampton, Va. the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger vehicles, $54,000; subsistence, $195,000; household, $90,000; hospital, $80,000; transportation, $1,000; repairs, $44,000; farm, $12,000; in all, $476,000. Western Branch, Leavenworth, Kansas: Current expenses, $44,000;Leavenworth, Kans. subsistence, $185,000;household, $100,000; hospital, $80,000; transportation, $500; repairs, $35,000; farm, $18,000; in all, $462,500. Pacific Branch, Santa Monica, California: Current expenses,Santa Monica, Calif. $48,000; subsistence, $250,000; household, $100,000; hospital, $100,000; transportation, $2,500; repairs, $45,000; farm, $14,000; in all, $559,500. Marion Branch, Marion, Indiana: Current expenses, $25,000;Marion, Ind. subsistence, $120,000; household, $50,000; hospital, $90,000; transportation, $300; repairs, $25,000; farm, $9,000; in all, $319,300. Danville Branch, Danville, Illinois: Current expenses, $54,000;Danville, Ill. subsistence, $220,000; household, $100,000; hospital, $85,000; transportation, $500; repairs, $35,000; farm, $11,000; in all, $505,500. Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennessee: Current expenses,Johnson City, Tenn. $25,000; subsistence, $120,000; household, $60,000; hospital, $80,000; transportation, $1,500; repairs, $20,000; farm, $16,000; in all, $322,500. Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota: CurrentHot Springs, S. Dak. expenses, $27,000; subsistence, $70,000; household, $60,000; hospital, $40,000; transportation, $2,000; repairs, $18,000; farm, $6,000; in all $223,000. For the fiscal year 1924 and annually thereafter moneys allotted toRestriction on use of Veterans’ Bureau allotments. the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers by the Veterans’ Bureau for support, maintenance, and care of World War veterans shall not be used to augment the appropriations made for the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The provision in this Act that “The Governor of the PanamaPanama Canal purchases.*Port*, p. 765. Canal, so far as the expenditure of appropriations contained in this Act may be under his direction, shall, when it is more economical, purchase needed materials, supplies, and equipment from available surplus or reserve stocks of the War Department” shall not apply as to reserve stock where purchases are made for the Panama Canal proper. Clothing for all branches: For clothing, underclothing, hats, caps,Clothing for all branches. boots, shoes, socks, and overalls; labor, materials, machines, tools, and appliances employed, and for use in the tailor shops, knitting shops, and shoe shops, or other home shops in which any kind of clothing is made or repaired, $225,000. Board of managers: President, $4,000; secretary, $500; generalBoard of managers.Salaries, etc. treasurer, who shall not be a member of the board of managers, $5,000; chief surgeon, $4,500; assistant general treasurer, $3,500; inspector general, $3,500; clerical services for the offices of the president, general treasurer, chief surgeon, and inspector general, $19,000; clerical services for managers, $2,700; traveling expenses of the board of managers, their officers and employees, including officers of branch homes when detailed on inspection work, $14,000; outside relief, $100; legal services, medical examinations, stationery, telegrams, and other incidental expenses, $1,700; in all, $58,500. In all, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, $4,500,800. State or Territorial homes.Aid to.Vol. 25, p. 450; Vol, 41, p. 399. State and Territorial homes for disabled soldiers and sailors: For continuing aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of . disabled volunteer soldiers, in conformity with the Act approved August 27, 1888, as amended, including all classes of soldiers admissible to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,764*Proviso*.Collections from inmates. $850,000: *Provided*, That for any sum or sums collected in any manner from inmates of such State or Territorial homes to be used for the support of said homes a like amount shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for, but this proviso shall not apply to any State or Territorial home into which the wives or widows of soldiers are admitted and maintained. Panama Canal.The Panama Canal. Limitations not applicable to appropriations for.The limitations on the expenditure of appropriations for salaries and wages of civilian employees hereinbefore made in this Act shall not apply to the appropriations for the Panama Canal. All expenses.Objects specified.For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, including the following: Compensation of all officials and employees; foreign and domestic newspapers and periodicals; law books not exceeding $500; textbooks and books of reference; printing and binding, including printing of annual report; rent and personal services in the District of Columbia; purchase or exchange of typewriting, adding, and other machines; purchase or exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled andClaims for damages, etc. horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles; claims for damages to vessels passing through the locks of the Panama Canal, as authorized by the Panama Canal Act; claims for losses of or damages to property arising from the conduct of authorized business operations; claims for damages to property arising from the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal; acquisition ofDisposal of unserviceable material, etc. land and land under water, as authorized in the Panama Canal Act; expenses incurred in assembling, assorting, storing, repairing, and selling material, machinery, and equipment heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal which are unserviceable or no longer needed, to be reimbursed from the proceeds of such sales; expenses incident to conducting hearings and examining estimates for appropriations on the Isthmus; expenses incident to any emergency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, pestilence, or like character not foreseen or otherwise provided forPer diem subsistence. herein; per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence when prescribedVol. 38, p. 680. by the Governor of the Panama Canal to persons engaged in field work or traveling on official business, pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August 1, 1914; and for such other expenses not in the United States as the Governor of the Panama Canal may deem necessary best to promote the maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal, all to be expended under the direction of the Governor of the Panama Canal and accounted for as follows: Maintenance and operation.Governor.Purchase of supplies, etc.For maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal: Salary of the governor, $10,000; purchase, inspection, delivery, handling, and storing of material, supplies, and equipment for issue to all departments of the Panama Canal, the Panama Railroad, other branches ofPayment to alien cripples.Vol. 39, p. 750. the United States Government, and for authorized sales, payment in lump sums of not exceeding the amounts authorized by the injury compensation Act approved September 7, 1916, to alien cripples who are now a charge upon the Panama Canal by reason of injuries sustained while employed in the construction of the Panama Canal,Additional from receipts. $2,659,434, together with all moneys arising from the conduct of business operations authorized by the Panama Canal Act; Sanitation, etc.For sanitation, quarantine, hospitals, and medical aid and support of the insane and of lepers, and aid and support of indigent persons legally within the Canal Zone, including expenses of their deportation when practicable, and including additional compensation to any765 officer of the United States Public Health Service detailed with the Panama Canal as chief quarantine officer, $525,000; For civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone:Civil government expenses. Salaries of district judge, $7,500; district attorney, $5,000; marshal, $5,000; and for gratuities and necessary clothing for indigent discharged prisoners, $930,000; Total, Panama Canal, $4,114,434, to be available until expended. Available until expended.Purchases to be from Army surplus, etc., stock. The Governor of the Panama Canal, so far as the expenditure of appropriations contained in this Act may be under his direction, shall, when it is more economical, purchase needed materials, supplies, and equipment from available surplus or reserve stocks of the War Department. No part of the foregoing appropriations for the Panama Canal shallSalary increases not allowed. be used to pay the salary for any position at a rate in excess of the rate in effect for such position on June 30, 1921. Except in cases of emergency or conditions arising subsequent toNumber of employees limited to estimates.Exceptions.Construction employees, etc. and unforeseen at the time of submitting the annual estimates to Congress, and except for those employed in connection with the construction of permanent quarters, offices and other necessary buildings, dry docks, repair shops, yards, docks, wharves, warehouses, storehouses and other necessary facilities and appurtenances for the purpose of providing coal and other materials, labor, repairs, and supplies, there shall not be employed at any time during the fiscal year 1923, under any of the foregoing appropriations for the Panama Canal, any greater number of persons than are specified in the notes submitted, respectively, in connection with the estimates for each of said appropriations in the Budget for said year, nor shall thereRate of pay restricted. be paid to any such person during that fiscal year any greater rate of compensation than was authorized to be paid to persons occupying the same or like positions on July 1, 1921; and all employmentsReport of emergency employments, etc. made or compensation increased because of emergencies or conditions so arising shall be specifically set forth, with the reasons therefor, by the governor in his report for the fiscal year 1923. In addition to the foregoing sums there is appropriated for theMoney from designated sources to credit of original appropriations. fiscal year 1923 for expenditures and reinvestment under the several heads of appropriation aforesaid, without being covered into the Treasury of the United States, all moneys received by the Panama Canal from services rendered or materials and supplies furnished to the United States, the Panama Railroad Company, the Canal Zone government, or to their employees, respectively, or to the Panama Government, from hotel and hospital supplies and services; from rentals, wharfage, and like service; from labor, materials, and supplies and other services furnished to vessels other than those passing through the canal, and to others unable to obtain the same elsewhere; from the sale of scrap and other by-products of manufacturing and shop operations; from the sale of obsolete and unserviceable materials, supplies, and equipment purchased or acquired for the operation, maintenance, protection, sanitation, and government of the canal and Canal Zone; and any net profits accruing from such business toNet profits to be covered into the Treasury. the Panama Canal shall annually be covered into the Treasury of the United States. 766 Operating water-works, etc., tor Panama and Colon.In addition there is appropriated for the operation, maintenance, and extension of waterworks, sewers, and pavements in the cities of Panama and Colon, during the fiscal year 1923, the necessary portions of such sums as shall be paid as water rentals or directly by the Government of Panama for such expenses. Approved, June 30, 1922.
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