Chapter 331. To allow credits in the accounts of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States
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CHAP. 331.— An Act To allow credits in the accounts of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States. March 4, 1923.[[H. R. 11528](/us/bill/67/hr/11528).][[Private, No. 266](/us/pvtl/67/266).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Comptroller Army.Credits in accounts of designated disbursing officers.General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed, in the settlement of the accounts of the following-named disbursing officers of the Army of the United States, to allow credit in the sums herein stated now standing as disallowances in said accounts on the books of the General Accounting office:
First. Brigadier General Frederick V. Abbot, Corps of Engineers Frederick V. Abbot.(now colonel, retired), credit in the sum of $509, now disallowed against him, covering expenses for board and lodging paid by him in excess of $1 per day to civilian employees of the Engineer Department, at Tobybanna, Pennsylvania, engaged on work done under urgent military necessity, which required immediate action to secure and place in the field the necessary forces to survey a certain territory and prepare maps and plans of same in order to provide sites for encamping and training troops.
Second. Major (now Colonel) George G. Bailey, Quartermaster George G. Bailey.Corps, credit in the sum of $137.09, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1909 and 1910. Third. First Lieutenant Joseph H. Barnard, Fifth Cavalry (now Joseph H. Barnard.major, Quartermaster Corps), credit in the sum of $4,555.06, now disallowed against him, which he expended for supplies furnished a students’ military camp at Ludington, Michigan, July, 1914. Fourth. Major John E. Baxter, Quartermaster Corps (now John E.
Baxter.colonel, retired), credit in the sum of $18.96, now disallowed against 1800him, which he expended during the period from May, 1908, to March, 1909. Fifth. Theodore A. Bingham. Brigadier General Theodore A. Bingham, Corps of Engineers (now brigadier general, retired), credit in the sum of $274, now disallowed against him, covering expenses for board and lodging paid by him in excess of $1 per day to civilian employees of the Engineer Department at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, engaged on work done under urgent military necessity which required immediate action to secure and place in the field the necessary forces to survey a certain territory and prepare maps and plans of same in order to provide sites for encamping and training troops.
Sixth. Paul S. Bond. Major (now Lieutenant Colonel) Paul S. Bond, Corps of Engineers, credit in the sum of $287.04, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1915. Seventh. Albert J. Bowley. Major Albert J. Bowley, Field Artillery (now brigadier general), credit in the sum of $301.27, now disallowed against him, which he expended during the period from July 1, 1912, to June 30, 1914, while serving as military attaché at Peking, China. Eighth. Laurence C. Brown. Captain Laurence C.
Brown, Artillery Corps (now colonel, Coast Artillery Corps), credit in the sum of $72, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1910. Ninth. Preston Brown. Captain Preston Brown, Eighth Infantry (now brigadier general), credit in the sum of $95.80, now disallowed against him, which he expended for supplies furnished a students’ military camp at Asheville, North Carolina, July, 1914. Tenth. Frederick W. Coleman. Captain Frederick W. Coleman, Quartermaster Corps (now colonel, Finance Department), credit in the sum of $12.90, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1916.
Twelfth. Thomas G. Hanson. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas G. Hanson, Quartermaster Corps (now colonel, retired), credit in the sum of $181.26, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1915. Thirteenth. Charles Keller. Major (now Colonel) Charles Keller, Corps of Engineers, credit in the sum of $6.75, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1912. Fourteenth. Isaac W. Littell. Lieutenant Colonel Isaac W. Littell, Quartermaster Corps (now brigadier general, retired), credit in the sum of $98.65, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1909.
Fifteenth. LT. Bentley Mott. ieutenant Colonel T. Bentley Mott, Field Artillery (now colonel, retired), credit in the sum of $55.33, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1911 while serving as military attache, American Embassy, Paris. Sixteenth. Terence E. Murphy. Captain Terence E. Murphy, Coast Artillery Corps (now lieutenant colonel, retired), credit in the sum of $15.98, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1915. Seventeenth. Willard D. Newbill. Major Willard D.
Newbill, Quartermaster Corps (now colonel, Field Artillery), credit in the sum of $40.19, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1915. Eighteenth. Henry L. Newbold. Major (now Colonel) Henry L. Newbold, Field Artillery, credit in the sum of $2,476.98, now disallowed against him, $319.37 of which he expended in 1911, and the remaining $2,157.61 in 1917, while serving as military attaché at Constantinople, Turkey. Nineteenth. James E. Normoyle. Major James E. Normoyle, Quartermaster Corps (now deceased), credit in the sum of $5, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1913.
Twentieth. Harry L. Pettus. Major Harry L. Pettus, Quartermaster Corps (now deceased), credit in the sum of $1,545, now disallowed against him, which he expended for services and materials in cutting and setting one granite memorial tablet in the Army War College, Washington, District of Columbia, which work was authorized by the Secretary of War under date of June 20, 1911. 1801 Twenty-first. First Lieutenant Walter C. Short, Sixteenth Infantry Walter C. Short.(now major of Infantry), credit in the sum of $531, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1916, for the purchase of two motor cycles required for the efficient and economical management of a school of musketry at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Twenty-second. Captain (now Colonel) David L. Stone, Infantry, David L. Stone.credit in the sum of $1,191, now disallowed against him, which he expended in good faith, but in excess of the amount authorized by law, in the construction of four buildings at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1911. Twenty-third. Captain Arthur P, Watts, Quartermaster Corps Arthur P. Watts.(now lieutenant colonel of Infantry), credit in the sum of $660.11, which he expended in 1913 and 1914 for electric current furnished houses leased for officers at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Twenty-fourth. Captain (now Colonel) Briant H. Wells, Infantry, Briant H. Wells.credit in the sum of $171, now disallowed against him, which he expended in September and October, 1912, for the hire or transportation for the use of certain officers while engaged in military map work. Twenty-fifth. Captain Orrin R. Wolfe, Quartermaster Corps Orrin R. Wolfe.(now colonel of Infantry), credit in the sum of $40, now disallowed against him, which he expended in 1911. That the Comptroller General of the United States is authorized Joseph S.
Hardin and P. A. Scholl.Credit for funds stolen from.and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph S. Hardin, Finance Department, the sum of $6,779.96, and in the accounts of Captain P. A. Scholl, Finance Department, the sum of $202.02, which amounts represent public funds which were stolen by a former employee. Approved, March 4, 1923.