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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 44 STAT. · June 30, 1928 · Chapter 167

Chapter 167. Making appropriations for the military and non military activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 167.— An Act Making appropriations for the military and non military activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes.February 23, 1927.[[H. R. 16249](/us/bill/69/hr/16249).][[Public, No. 630](/us/pl/69/630).] *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, 1928, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I— MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND OTHER EXPENSES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT INCIDENT THERETODepartment military activities. office of secretary of warSecretary’s Office. Secretary, Assistants, and civilian personnel.Salaries: Secretary of War, $15,000; Assistant Secretary, $10,000; Assistant Secretary, $7,500, and other personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, *Provisos*.Restriction on exceeding average salaries.$193,849; in all, $226,349: *Provided*, That in expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the Vol. 42. p. 1488.payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average If only one person in a grade.of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, and in grades in which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for Advances for unusually meritorious cases.the grade, except that in unusually meritorious eases of one position in a grade advances may be made to rates higher than the average of the compensation rates of the grade but not more often than once Not applicable to clerical-mechanical service.in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate: *Provided*, That this restriction shall not apply
(1)to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of No reduction in fixed salaries required.Vol. 42, p. 1490.Transfers to another position without reduction.the clerical-mechanical service, or
(2)to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such Act,
(3)to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or a different bureau, office, or other appropriation unit, or Higher salary rates allowed.(4) to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, and is specifically authorized by other law. contingent expenses, war department Department contingent expenses.For purchase of professional and scientific books, law books, including their exchange; books of reference, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, maps; typewriting 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 (other than those under the supervision of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital) occupied by the War Department and its bureaus; maintenance, 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 traveling expenses, $88,340. 1107 For stationery for the department and its bureaus and offices.Stationery. $62,500. For postage stamps for the department and its bureaus, as requiredPostage. under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matters addressed to Postal Union countries, $250. For printing and binding for the War Department, its bureaus andPrinting and binding. offices, and for all printing and binding for the field activities under the War Department, except such as may be authorized in accordance with existing law to be done elsewhere than at the Government*Proviso*.Medical bulletins. Printing Office, $500,000: *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 $64,000For Chief of Engineers. shall be available for printing and binding under the direction of the Chief 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 in the 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, $12,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Transfer of surplus property to other activities restricted. That none of the 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. General Staff CorpsGeneral Staff Corps. contingencies, military intelligence divisionMilitary Intelligence Division. For contingent expenses of the Military Intelligence Division,Contingent expenses. General Staff Corps, and of the military attachés at the United States embassies and legations abroad, including the purchase of law books, professional books of reference, and subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals: for 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, including $5,000 for theObserving military operations of foreign armies. 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, $60,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall apply neither to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals nor to other payments made from appropriations contained in this Act in compliance with the laws of foreign countries under which the military attaches are required to operate. Salaries, office of Chief of Staff: For personal services in theCivilian personnel. Office of Chief of Staff. District of Columbia, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $217,038. 1108Adjutant General’s DepartmentAdjutant General’s Department. contingencies, headquarters of military departments, and so forthHeadquarters of military departments, etc. 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 article of office, toilet, and desk furniture, stationery, ice, and potable water for office use, 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 alloted 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, $4,500. army war collegeAnny War College. Instruction expenses.For expenses of the Army War College, being for the purchase of the necessary special stationery; textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers and periodicals; maps; police Employees.utensils; employment of temporary, technical, or special services and expenses of special lecturers; for the pay of employees; and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, $68,390. command and general staff school, fort leavenworth, kansasFort Leavenworth, Kans. Command and General Staff School.For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, instruments, and material for instruction; employment of temporary, technical, special, and clerical services; and for other necessary expenses of instruction, at the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, $40,599. military post exchangesPost exchanges. Maintenance, etc.For continuing the construction, equipment, and maintenance of suitable buildings at military posts and stations, for the conduct of the post exchange, school, reading, lunch, and amusement rooms; for the conduct and maintenance of libraries, including periodicals and other publications, and subscriptions for newspapers for which payment may be made in advance, service clubs, chapels, and Recreation buildings.Vol. 32, p. 282.gymnasiums, including repairs to buildings erected at private cost, in the operation of the Act approved May 31, 1902, and including salaries and travel for civilians employed in the hostess and library services, and for transportation of books and equipment for these services; for the rental of films, purchase of slides 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, $82,400. adjutant general’s officeAdjutant General’s Office. Civilian personnel.Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $1,355,000; all employees provided for by this paragraph for The Adjutant General’s office of the War Department shall be exclusively engaged on *Proviso*.Balance for administrative expenses, Adjusted Compensation Act available.Vol. 43, p. 695.work of that office: *Provided*, That the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $3,600,000 for administrative expenses, World War Adjusted Compensation Act, contained in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1924, approved December 5, 1924, shall remain available until June 30, 1928. 1109 Inspector General’s DepartmentInspector General’s Department. office of the inspector generalInspector General’s Office. Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia inCivilian personnel. accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $25,180. Judge Advocate General’s DepartmentJudge Advocate General’s Department. office of the judge advocate generalJudge Advocate General’s Office. Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia inCivilian personnel. accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $100,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Experts for patent infringement suits. That not to exceed $36,900 may be used for the employment of such experts, at rates of pay to be fixed by the Secretary of War, and other employees as may be required by the Judge Advocate General of the Army for the preparation of evidence for use in behalf of the Government in claims or suits filed in Federal courts on account of alleged patent infringements and other causes and for like services in connection with other patent matters and other causes and for necessary per diem and traveling expenses in connection therewith, as authorized by law. Finance DepartmentFinance Department. pay, and so forth, of the armyPay of the Army. For pay of officers of the line and staff, $30,440,500; pay of officers,Officers.National Guard.Aviation increase. National Guard, $100; pay of warrant officers, $2,227,920; aviation increase to commissioned and warrant officers of the Army,Longevity. $1,397,624; additional pay to officers for length of service, $6,924,971; pay of enlisted men of the line and staff, not including the PhilippineEnlisted men. Scouts, $48,954,250, and, in addition, unobligated balancesAdditional. under the following appropriations are reappropriated in amountsReappropriations of balances for designated objects. not to exceed those set after each of such appropriations: Clothing and equipage, 1925, $45,000; barracks and quarter’s, 1925, $35,000; printing and binding. War Department, 1925, $50,000; salaries, Adjutant General’s office, 1925, $80,000; pay of the Army, 1925, $195,000; Army transportation, 1925, $500,000; Organized Reserves 1925, $250,000; finance service, 1926, $80,000; Organized Reserves. 1926, $80,000; incidental expenses of the Army, 1926, $80,000; Army transportation, 1926, $80,000; land, Fort Bliss, Texas, 1926, $275,000; pay of Military Academy, 1926, $3,961; in all, $1,753,961; pay of enlisted men of National Guard, $100; aviation increase to enlisted men of the Army, $400,000; pay of the enlisted men of the Philippine Scouts, $938,960; additional pay for length of service to enlisted men.Longevity, enlisted men.Retired List.Officers.Enlisted men. $2,721,187; pay of the officers on the retired list, $7,356,991; increased pay to retired officers on active duty, $210,000; pay of retired enlisted men, $9,743,250; increased pay and allowances of retired enlisted men on active duty, $10,000: pay of retired pay clerks, $6,750; payPay clerks. of retired veterinarians, $3,570; pay of not to exceed sixty-five civil-serviceVeterinarians.Civil service messengers at headquarters. messengers at $1,080 each at headquarters of the several Territorial departments, corps areas, Army and corps headquarters, Territorial districts, tactical divisions and brigades, service schools, camps, and ports of embarkation and debarkation, $68,040; pay andContract surgeons, nurses, etc. allowances of contract surgeons, $40,000; pay of nurses, $757,960; pay of hospital matrons, $600; rental allowances, including allowancesRental and subsistence allowances. for quarters for enlisted men on duty where public quarters are not available, $6,370,998; subsistence allowances, $5,813,933; inter-est on soldiers’ deposits, $75,000; payment of exchange by officersLoss by exchange. serving in foreign countries, and when specially authorized by the 1110Secretary of War, by officers disbursing funds pertaining to the War Department, when serving in Alaska, 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, $1,000; Officers furnishing mounts.additional pay to officers below the grade of major required to be mounted and who furnish their own mounts, $225,000; in all, To be one fund.$124,088,704; and the money herein appropriated for “Pay, and so forth, of the Army” shall be accounted for as one fund. Assignment of Army clerks, to Department, 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. Pay forbidden to retired officer selling supplies to Army.None of the money appropriated in this Act shall be used to pay any officer on the retired list of the Army who for himself or for others engages in the selling, contracting for the sale of, negotiating for the sale of, or furnishing to the Army or the War Department any supplies, materials, equipment, lands, buildings, plants, vessels To officer retired before 64 years; employed by parties making direct sales to Department or Army.or munitions. None of the money appropriated in this Act shall be paid to any officer on the retired list of the Army who, having been retired before reaching the age of sixty-four, is employed in the United States or its possessions by any individual, partnership, corporation, or association regularly or frequently engaged in making direct sales of any merchandise or material to the War Department or the Army. mileage of the armyMileage. Officers, etc.For mileage, reimbursement of actual traveling expenses, or per diem allowances in lieu thereof, as authorized by law, to commissioned officers, warrant officers, contract surgeons, and expert accountant, Inspector General’s Department, $767,000. EXPENSES OF COURTS-MARTIAL Courts martial, etc., expense.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, $100,000. apprehension of deserters, and so forthDeserters, etc. Payment for apprehension, etc., of.For the apprehension, securing, and delivering of soldiers absent without leave and 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 Donations to discharged prisoners.for such services and expenses; for a donation of $10 to each prisoner discharged otherwise than honorably upon his release from confinement under court-martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge? $125,000. finance serviceFinance service. Pay of clerks, etc.For compensation of clerks and other employees of the Finance Department, $1,050,000. claims for damages to and loss of private propertyPrivate property, damages, etc. Payment of claims for.For payment of claims not exceeding $500 each in amount for damages to or loss of private property incident to the training, practice, operation, or maintenance of the Army that have accrued, 1111or may hereafter accrue, from time to time, $6,000: *Provided*, ThatProviso. settlement of such claims shall be made by the General AccountingSettlement by General Accounting Office. 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 for destruction of private propertyDestruction of private property of officers, etc. For the payment of claims of officers, enlisted men, and nursesPayment of claims for, in the service. of the Army for private property lost, destroyed, captured, abandoned,Vol. 41, p. 1436. or damaged in the military service of the United States, under the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1921, $50,000. office of the chief of financeOffice of Chief of Finance. Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia inCivilian personnel accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $351,500. Quartermaster CorpsQuartermaster Corps. Subsistence of the Army: Purchase of subsistence supplies: ForSubsistence. issue as rations to troops, including retired enlisted men whenPurchase of supplies.Issue of rations. ordered to active duty, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, 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 by the Army as guides and scouts, and general prisoners at posts; 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; for sales toSales to officers, etc. officers, including members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps while on active duty, and enlisted men of the Army: *Provided*, That the sumProvisos. of $12,000 is authorized to be expended for supplying meals or furnishingCompetitors, national rifle match. commutation of rations to enlisted men of the Regular Army while competitors in the national rifle match: *Provided further*,Commutation restricted. That no competitor shall be entitled to commutation of rations in excess of $1.50 per day, and 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 the regulationPayments. allowances of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough,Commutations allowance. enlisted men when stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, including 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 when 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 while sick in hospitals, to be paid to the surgeon in charge; advertising; for providingAdvertising. prizes to be established by the Secretary of War for enlisted menPrizes for cooks and bakers. 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 $900 per annum; and for other necessary expenses incident 1112to the purchase, testing, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence supplies for the Army; in all, $11,676,923, Additional.and, in addition, unobligated balances under the following Reappropriations of balances for designated objects.appropriations for the fiscal year 1925 are reappropriated in amounts not to exceed those set after each of such appropriations: Mileage of the Army, $65,000; finance service, $200,000; Organized Reserves, $75,000; regular supplies of the Army, $150,000; incidental expenses of the Army, $275,000; Army transportation, $1,500,000; water and sewers at military posts, $50,000; pay of National Guard for armory drills, $200,000; pay of Military Academy, $148,000; arms, uniforms, equipment, and so forth, for field service, National Guard, $28,039; in all, $2,691,039. Utilities to include overhead costs on sales of services and supplies therefrom.None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for payment, 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 quartermaster supplies.Regular supplies of the Army: Regular supplies of the Quarter-master 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 Heat and light to quarters, etc.appliances; authorized issues of candles and matches; for furnishing heat and light for the authorized allowance of quarters for officers, enlisted men, and warrant officers, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, contract surgeons when stationed at and occupying public quarters at military posts, officers of the National Guard attending service and garrison schools, and for Recreation buildings.Vol. 32, p. 282.recruit^ guards, hospitals, storehouses, offices, the 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 Mar Department regulations; for sale to officers, and including also fuel and engine supplies required in the operation of Bakeries, ice machines, and laundries.modern batteries at established posts; for post bakeries, including bake ovens and apparatus pertaining thereto and the repair thereof: for ice machines and their maintenance where required for 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; for cold storage; for the construction and maintenance of laundries at military posts in the United States and its island possessions; authorized issues of soap, Supplies for schools.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 commercial newspapers, market reports, and so forth: for the tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess halls, Forage, etc., for animals.each and 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, for the horses of the several regiments of Cavalry and batteries of Artillery and such companies of Infantry and Scouts as may be mounted, and for remounts and for the authorized number of officers’ horses, including bedding for the animals; for seeds and implements required for the raising of 1113forage at remount depots and on military reservations in the Hawaiian, Philippine, and Panama Canal Departments, and for labor and expenses incident thereto, including, when specifically authorized by the Secretary of War, the cost of irrigation; for the purchase of implements and hire of labor for harvesting hay on military reservations; for straw for soldiers’ bedding, stationery,Stationery, printing, etc. typewriters and exchange of same, including blank books and blank forms for the Army, certificates for discharged soldiers, and for printing department orders and reports, $12,936,034, of which amountAmount for fuel immediately available. not exceeding $2,500,000 shall be available immediately for the procurement of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1928. Clothing and equipage: For cloth, woolens, materials, and forClothing.Purchase, manufacture, etc. the purchase and manufacture of clothing for the Army, including 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 repair shops, and garbage reduction works; for equipage, including authorized issues of toilet articles, barbers’Equipage, toilet articles, etc. 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 housewives to the Army; for expenses of packing and handling and similar necessaries; for a suitIssue of citizen’s outer clothing. of citizen’s outer clothing and when necessary an overcoat, the cost of all not to exceed $30, to be issued 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 ArmyIndemnity for destroyed clothing. for clothing and bedding, and so forth, destroyed since April 22, 1898, by order of medical officers of the Army' for sanitary reasons, $6,571,995, of which amount not exceeding $60,000 shall be availableAmount for fuel immediately available. immediately for the procurement of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1928. Incidental expenses of the Army: Postage; hire of laborers inIncidental expenses. the Quartermaster Corps, including the care of officers’ mounts when the same are furnished by the Government; compensation ofCivilian employees. 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 operation of coffee-roasting plants; for payment of entrance fees for Army rifle and pistol teams participating in competitions; for tests andTests, etc., by Bureau of Standards. experimental and development work and scientific research to be performed by the Bureau of Standards for the Quartermaster Corps; for lecture fees at the Army Music School 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, $3,626,724. Army transportation: For transportation of the Army and itsTransportation of troops and supplies. supplies, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty; of authorized baggage, including that of retired officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men when ordered to active duty and upon relief therefrom, and including packing and crating; of recruits and 1114recruiting parties; of applicants for enlistment between recruiting stations and recruiting depots; of necessary agents and other Transporting dependents, etc.employees, including their traveling expenses; of dependents of officers and enlisted men as provided by law; of discharged prisoners, and persons discharged from Saint Elizabeths Hospital after transfer thereto from the military service, to their homes (or elsewhere as *Proviso*.Cost restriction.they may elect): *Provided*, That the cost in each case shall not be greater than to the place of last enlistment; of horse equipment; and of funds for the Army; for the purchase or construction, not Boats, etc.exceeding $81,000, alteration, operation, and repair of boats and other vessels; for wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; for drayage and cartage; for the purchase, manufacture (including both material and labor), Vehicles, draft and pack animals, etc.maintenance, hire, and repair of pack saddles and harness; for the purchase, hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of wagons, carts, drays, other vehicles, and horse-drawn and motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles required for the transportation of troops and supplies and for official military and garrison purposes; for purchase and hire of draft and pack animals, including replacement of Travel allowances, National Guard, on discharge.Vol. 31, p. 902.Vol. 42, p. 1021.unserviceable animals; for travel allowances to officers and enlisted men on discharge; to officers of National Guard on discharge from Federal service as prescribed in the Act of March 2, 1901; to enlisted men of National Guard on discharge from Federal service, as prescribed in amendatory Act of September 22, 1922; and to members of the National Guard who have been mustered into Federal service and discharged on account of physical disability; in all, $14,683,253, Amount for fuel and transportation, immediately available.of which amount not exceeding $1,000.000 shall be immediately available for the procurement and transportation of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1928. Motor vehicle restriction.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 with the recreational activities of the Army. Purchase of motor vehicles restricted.None of the funds appropriated or made available in this Act shall be used for the purchase of motor-propelled freight-carrying vehicles for the Army except those that are purchased solely for experimental purposes, nor shall any of such funds be used for the purchase or exchange of more than one hundred and twenty-five motor-propelled passenger-carry in g vehicles (at a cost not to exceed $1,000 each, including the value of a vehicle exchanged) for the Army in excess of those that are purchased solely for experimental purposes. houses for cavalry, artillery, engineers, and so forthHorses. Purchase, etc.For the purchase of horses within limits as to age, sex, and size to be prescribed by the Secretary of War for remounts for officers entitled to public mounts, for the United States Military Academy, and for such organizations and members of the military service as may be required to be mounted, and for all expenses incident to such Encouragement of breeding riding horses.purchases (including $150,000 for encouragement of the breeding of riding horses suitable for the Army, in cooperation with the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, including the purchase of animals for breeding purposes and their *Provisos*.Number limited.maintenance), $504,750: *Provided*, That the number of horses purchased under this appropriation shall be limited to the actual needs of the Open market purchases.mounted service, including reasonable provision for remounts. When practicable, 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 1115appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any horseStandard required. 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, except that not to exceed $100 of this appropriation shall be available for the purchase of native Chinese horses of specifications to be approved byPolo ponies limited. the Secretary of War for the actual needs of the American forces in China: *And provided further*, That no part of this appropriationNative horses in China. shall be expended for polo ponies except for West Point Military Academy, and such ponies shall not be used at any other place: *And provided further*, That the Secretary of War may, in hisAcceptance of donated breeding animals, etc. 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. military postsMilitary posts. For payment of obligations incurred under the contract authorizationPayment of construction obligations.*Ante*, p. 878. for construction at military posts of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances thereto as provided in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926, $3,520,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. military posts, hawaiian islands For every expenditure requisite for filling and grading the marsh-landsFort De Russy, Hawaii.Reclamation of.Vol. 12, p. 1445. of the United States Military Reservation at Fort De Russy. Hawaii, as authorized in the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the reclamation of the United States Military Reservation, Fort De Russy, Honolulu, Hawaii,” approved March 4, 1923, $100,000. barracks and quartersBarracks and quarters. For construction, repair, and rental of barracks, quarters, stables,Construction, repairs, etc. storehouses, magazines, administration and office buildings, sheds, shops, garages, reclamation plants, and other buildings necessary for the shelter of the Army and its property, including retired officers and enlisted men when ordered to active duty; for rental ofRentals. grounds for military purposes, of recruiting stations,, and of lodgings for recruits and applicants for enlistment; for repair of such furniture for Government-owned officers’ quarters and officers’ messes as may be approved by the Secretary of War; for wall lockers, refrigerators, screen doors, window screens, storm doors and sash, window shades, and flooring and framing for tents. $4,528,837: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall be available for rental of*Provisos*.Rent for military attachés. offices, garages, and stables for military attaches: *Provided further*, That not exceeding $27,000 of this appropriation shall beCamp Marfa, Tex.Purchase of land.*Ante*, p. 1024. available for the purchase of approximately four hundred and forty-eight acres of land on which Camp Marfa at Marfa, Texas, is located: *Provided further*, That $13,917, or so much thereof as mayFort Ontario, N. Y.Repairs to buildings, etc. be necessary, shall be used for completing the repair of buildings within the old fort at Fort Ontario, New York, and placing them in habitable condition: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $15,000“Castle,” Fort Niagara, N. Y.Repairs. of this appropriation shall be expended for continuing work incident to and of repairing the old building known as the “Castle” at Fort Niagara, New York. In addition to this amount, the SecretaryAdditional from private contributions. of War is authorized to expend such sums as may be contributed from private sources for the rehabilitation of such old building. 1116 Barracks and Quarters, Philippine IslandsPhilippine Islands. Shelter of troops in.Continuing the work of providing for the proper shelter and 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 Rentals in China.repair thereof, and rentals for United States troops in China. *Proviso*.Use for officers’ quarters forbidden.Water, sewers, etc., at posts.$350,000: *Provided*, That no part of the said sum shall be expended for the construction of quarters for officers of the Army. Water and sewers at military posts: For procuring and introducing water to buildings and premises at military posts and stations: 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; and Amount immediately available for fuel, and Fort. Frank, P. I.for hire of employees. $2,881,661. of which amount not exceeding $125,000 shall be available immediately for the procurement of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1928 and not exceeding $5,820 for *Proviso*.New construction work limited.installing pipe line at Fort Frank, Philippine Islands: *Provided*, That not to exceed $50,000 of this appropriation shall be expended for new construction work. roads, walks, wharves, and drainageRoads, wharves, etc. Construction, repairs, etc.For the construction and repair by the Quartermaster Corps of roads, walks, and wharves; for the pay of employees; for the disposal of drainage; for dredging channels: and for care and improvement *Proviso*.Cantonments, etc., excluded.of grounds at military posts and stations, $1,007,000: *Provided*, That none of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act shall be used for the permanent construction of any new roads, walks, or wharves connected with any of the National Army cantonments or National Guard camps. shooting galleries and rangesShooting galleries and ranges. Expenses of.For shelter, grounds, observation towers, shooting galleries, ranges for small-arms target practice, machine-gun practice, field, mobile, and railway 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, $40,000. rent of buildings, quartermaster corpsRent. Buildings, D. C.For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District of *Proviso*.Restriction.Columbia for military purposes, $14,400: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not be available if space is provided by the Public Buildings Commission in Government-owned buildings. fort monroe, virginiaFort Monroe, Va. Wharf.For repair and maintenance of wharf and apron of wharf, including all necessary labor and material therefor, fuel for waiting rooms; water, brooms, and shovels, $20,280; for one-third of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, $6,760. 1117 For rakes, shovels, and brooms; repairs to roadway, pavements,Roads. macadam and asphalt block; repairs to street crossings; repairs to street drains, and labor for cleaning roads, $8,469; for two-thirds of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, $5,646. For waste, oil, motor and pump repairs, sewer pipe, cement, brick,Sewer. stone, supplies, and personal services. $6,690; for two-thirds of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, $4,460. construction and repair of hospitalsHospitals. For construction and repair of hospitals at military posts alreadyConstruction, repairs, etc. 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 the requirements of increased garrisons, and for temporary hospitals inTemporary camp hospitals, etc. 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 purposesRentals, etc. 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 apparatus, and roads and walks for the same, $571,434: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the*proviso.*New construction forbidden. construction of new hospitals. Office of the Quartermaster GeneralQuartermaster General’s Office. Salaries: For personal services in, the District of Columbia inCivilian personnel. accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $683,878. In addition to the foregoing employees appropriated for in theTechnical experts, etc. office of the Quartermaster General, the services of technical experts and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed in the office of the Quartermaster General, to be paid from the appropriation for “ Incidental expenses of the Army ”: *Provided*, That the entire expenditures for this purpose for the fiscal*Proviso*.Limit, etc. year 1928 shall not exceed $15,000, and there shall be included in the Budget for each fiscal year a statement of the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. Signal CorpsSignal Corps. signal service of the armySignal Service. Telegraph and telephone systems: Purchase, equipment, operation,Telegraph and telephone Systems. and repair of military telegraph, telephone, radio, cable, and signaling systems; signal equipment and stores, heliographs, signal lanterns,Purchase, Operation, etc. flags, and other necessary instruments; wind vanes, barometers, anemometers, tiler mo meters, 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 of the Signal Corps and in the office of the Chief Signal Officer; telephone apparatus, including rentalTelephone. and payment for commercial, exchange, message, trunk-line, long- 1118distance, and leased-line telephone service at or connecting any post, camp, cantonment, depot, arsenal, headquarters, hospital, aviation Exception.station, or other office or station of the Army, excepting local telephone service for the various bureaus 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 official individual telegraph messages transmitted over Electrical installations.commercial lines; electrical installations and maintenance thereof at military posts, cantonments, camps, and stations of the Army, fire-control and direction apparatus and material for Field Artillery; Civilian employees, etc.salaries of civilian employees, including those necessary as instructors at vocational schools: supplies, general repairs, reserve supplies, and other expenses connected with the collecting and transmitting of Experimental research, etc.information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise; experimental investigation, research, purchase, and development 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 Buildings for supplies.technical courses of instruction along Signal Corps lines; lease, alteration, and repair of such buildings required for storing 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. $2,228,552. seacoast defenses, united statesFire control installations.Coast defenses.United States. For operation and maintenance of fire-control installations at seacoast defenses, $126,000. seacoast defenses, insular possessions Insular possessions.For operation and maintenance of fire-control installations at seacoast defenses, insular possessions, $25,000. seacoast defenses, panama canal Panama Canal.For operation and maintenance of fire-control installations at seacoast defenses, Panama Canal, $15,000. office of the chief signal officerChief Signal Officer's Office. Civilian personnel.Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $56,836. 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 employees appropriated for in the Signal Office: *Proviso*.Limit, etc.*Provided*, That the entire expenditures for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928 shall not exceed $36,700, and the Secretary of War shall each year in the Budget report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. 1119 Air CorpsAir Corps.*Ante*, p. 780. air corps, army For creating, maintaining, and operating at established flyingDesignated purposes. 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 reference, scientific and professional papers, instruments and materials for theoretical and practical instruction; for maintenance, repair, storage, and operation ofAircraft operation, construction, etc. 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 and equipment connected therewith and the establishmentLanding, etc., run-ways. 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; for the procurement of helium gas;Helium gas.Civilian employees. salaries and wages of civilian employees as may be necessary, and payment of their traveling and other necessary expenses as authorized by existing law; transportation of materials in connection with consolidation of Air Corps activities; experimental investigation and purchasePurchase, manufacture, etc., of aircraft. and development of new types of aircraft, accessories thereto, and aviation engines, including plans, drawings, and specifications thereof, and the purchase of letters patent, applications for letters patent, licenses under letters patent and applications for letters patent; for the purchase, manufacture, and construction of airships, 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 airways whereMarking military airways, etc. 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 connectedDisposal 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 not more thanConsulting engineers. four consulting engineers at experimental stations of the Air Corps as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, at rates of pay to be fixed by him not to exceed $50 a day for not exceeding fifty days each and 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 Corps; for maintenanceOutside printing, supplies, etc. and operation of such Air Corps 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,Special services.*Provisos*.Designated allotments.Civilian employees. including the salvaging of wrecked aircraft, $20,396,300: *Provided*, That not to exceed $2,781,908 from this appropriation may be expended for pay and expenses of civilian employees other than those employed in experimental and research work; not exceeding $200,000 may be expended for the procurement of helium from the Bureau of Mines, which may be transferred in advance, in amounts as required, to that bureau; not exceeding $2,200,000 maybe expendedExperimental and research work. 1120for experimental and research work with airplanes or lighter-than-air craft and their equipment, including the pay of necessary civilian employees; not exceeding $275,000 may be expended for the production of lighter-than-air equipment; not exceeding $1,062,935 may be expended for improvement of stations, hangars, and gas plants for the Regular Army and for such other markings and fuel supply stations and temporary shelter as may be necessary, of which New airplanes, etc.$775,000 shall be available immediately; not less than $9,492,550 shall be expended for the production and purchase of new airplanes and their equipment, spare parts, and accessories, of which $975,000 shall Incurred obligations.*Ante*, p. 269.be available immediately and of which not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the contract authorization for these purposes carried in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, approved April 15, Damage claims.1926; not more than $6,000 may be expended for settlement of claims (not exceeding $250 each) for damages to persons and private property resulting from the operation of aircraft at home and abroad 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 Corps and the Secretary of Periodicals, etc.[R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/s3648/p718).War: *Provided further*, That section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation:Restriction on exhibition flights. *Provided further*, That none of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used for the purpose of giving exhibition flights to the public other than those under the control and direction of the War Department, and if such flights are given by Army personnel upon other than Government fields a bond of indemnity, in such sum as the Secretary of War may require for damages to person or property, shall be furnished the Government by the parties desiring the Additional amount authorized for new airplanes, etc.exhibition: *Provided further*, That in addition to the amount herein appropriated and specified for expenditure for the production and purchase of new airplanes and their equipment, spare parts and accessories, the Chief of the Air Corps, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1929, for the production and purchase of new airplanes and their equipment, spare parts, and accessories to an amount not in excess of $4,495,000, Action of Secretary a contractual obligation.and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof. Incurred obligations.Balance of former appropriation available to June 30, 1928.Vol. 43, p. 491.The sum of $95,784 of the appropriation for the Air Corps for the fiscal year 1925 contained in the “Act making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes,” approved June 7, 1924, shall remain available until June 30, 1928, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed prior to July 1, 1925. office of the chief of air corpsOffice of Chief of Air Corps. Civilian personnel.Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $206.294. Legal assistant, aeronautical engineers, etc., in department office.The services of legal assistant, 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 Corps 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 *Proviso*.Limitation, etc.of the Chief of Air Corps: *Provided*, That the entire expenditure for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928 shall not exceed $12,000, and the Secretary of War shall each year in the Budget report to Congress 1121the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. Medical DepartmentMedical Department. army medical and hospital department For the manufacture and purchase of medical and hospital supplies,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; for expenses of medical supply depots: for medical care andPrivate treatment. 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 thereto by law, regulation, or contract: *Provided*, That this shall not*Provisos*.Not applicable it on furlough.Contagious diseases expenses. apply to officers and enlisted men who are treated in private hospitals or by civilian physicians while on furlough; for the proper care and 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 bedding 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 of other employees of the Medical Department; for tuition ofTuition of officers and Nurse Corps.Vol. 41, p. 786. 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 transportation 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 supplyHot Springs Hospital, Ark. of the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas; for advertising, laundry, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, $1,087,370: *Provided*, That no part ofUse for Medical, etc., History of War with Germany forbidden. 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 garrisonsCanal Zone. For paying the Panama Canal such reasonable charges, exclusiveCare of troops at Panama Canal Hospital. 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. 1122 army medical museumArmy Medical Museum. Preservation, etc., of specimens.For Army Medical Museum, preservation of specimens, and the preparation and purchase of new specimens, $7,500. library, surgeon general’s officeLibrary. Purchase of looks.For the library of the Surgeon General’s office, including the purchase of the necessary books of reference and periodicals, $19,500. Office of the Surgeon GeneralSurgeon General’s Office. Civilian personnel.Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $261,347. Bureau of Insular AffairsInsular Affairs Bureau. Army CARE OF insane FILIPINO SOLDIERSCare of insane soldiers. In the Philippines.For care, maintenance, and treatment at asylums in the Philippine Islands of insane natives of the Philippine Islands, conformable to the Act of Congress approved May 11, 1908, $400. care of insane porto rican soldiers In Porto Rico.For care, maintenance, and treatment at asylums in Porto Rico of insane Porto Rican soldiers of the Forty-second and Sixty-fifth Regiments of Infantry, $50. office of chief of bureau of insular affairsOffice of Chief of Insular Affairs. Civilian personnel.Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $78,463. Corps of EngineersEngineer Corps. engineer depotsDepots. 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, $87,000. engineer schoolSchool. 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 reference for the library of the United States Engineer School; Incidental expenses.for incidental expenses of the school, including chemicals, stationery, hardware, machinery, and boats; for pay of civilian clerks, drafts-men, electricians, mechanics, and laborers; for compensation of Tuition at civil institutions.civilian lecturers and for payment of tuition fees of not to exceed fifty student officers at civil technical institutions in addition to the 11232 per centum of commissioned officers authorized to attend technical, professional, and other educational institutions as provided for in sectionVol. 41, p. 786. 127a of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920; for unforeseen expenses; and for travelTravel expenses of officers. expenses of officers on journeys approved by the Secretary of War and made for the purpose of instruction, $29,910: *Provided*, That*Provisos*.In lieu of mileage. the traveling expenses herein provided for shall be in lieu of mileage and other allowances: and for other absolutely necessary expenses: *Provided further*, That section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall notPeriodicals.[R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/s3648/p718). apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation. engineer equipment of troopsEquipment of troops. For pontoon material, tools, instruments, supplies, and appliancesMaterials, supplies, etc. 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 for a reserve supply of above equipment, $85,408. engineer operations in the fieldField operations. For expenses incident to military engineer operations in the field,Incidental expenses. 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 operation, maintenance, and repair of horse-drawn and motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, for services ofSurveyors, assistants, etc. surveyors, survey parties, draftsmen, photographers, master laborers, clerks, and other employees to Engineer officers on the staffs of division, corps area, and department commanders, and such expenses as are ordinarily provided for under appropriations for “ Engineer*Provisos*.Purchase of options on materials. depots ” and “ Military surveys and maps,” $81,223: *Provided*, That when to the 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 much of this appropriation as is necessary toTemporary construction work for training only. provide facilities for engineer training of troops may be expended for military construction work of a temporary character at camps and cantonments and at training areas, for training purposes only. military surveys and mapsMilitary maps and surveys. 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 and for research and development of surveying by means of aerial photography and in field reproduction methods, to be immediately available and remain available until December 31, 1928, $80,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*. That the Secretary of War is authorized to secure the assistance,Assistance of other offices. 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 therefor to them from this appropriation. seacoast defenses, united statesFortifications.Seacoast defenses. United States. For the preparation of plans for fortifications and other worksPlans, etc. of defense, $6,100. For construction of gun and mortar batteries, $100.Gun and mortar batteries. 1124 Installing electric plan ts and searchlights.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, $81,100. Preservation, etc.For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available, and of Submarine mine defense.structures for the submarine mine defense of the United States and for maintaining channels for access to submarine mine wharves, $229,000. Maintaining searchlights, 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, including the purchase of reserve lights, $55,640. seacoast defenses, insular possessionsInsular possessions. Plans, etc.For preparation of plans for fortifications and other works of defense in the insular possessions, $2,000. Installing electric plants and searchlights, Hawaii.For the installation and replacement of electric light and power plants and the purchase and installation of searchlights at the seacoast fortifications of the Hawaiian Islands, $12,000. Preservation, etc.For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications, including structures for submarine mine defense, for which there may be no Submarine mine defense.Maintaining searchlights and electric plants.special appropriation available, and for maintaining channels for access to submarine mine wharves, in the insular possessions. $60,000. 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, $34,000. Seacoast batteries, Hawaii.For construction of seacoast batteries in the Hawaiian Islands, $100. seacoast defenses, panama canalPanama 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 for defense of the Panama Canal, $369,201. Installing electric plants and searchlights.For the installation and replacement of electric light and power plants, and the purchase and installation of searchlights for the seacoast fortifications on the Canal Zone, $45,680. Preservation, etc.For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications of the Panama Canal, for which there may be no special appropriation Submarine mine defense.available, including structures erected for submarine mine defense, and for maintaining channels for access to submarine mine wharves, $46,000. Maintaining searchlights and electric plants.For maintenance and repair of searchlights and electric fight and power equipment for fortifications and for tools, electrical and other supplies, and appliances to be used in their operation, $32,600. office of chief of engineersChief of Engineers’ Office. Civilian personnel.Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $116,820. 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 *Proviso*.Limitations, etc.such appropriations: *Provided*, That the expenditures on this account 1125for the fiscal year 1928 shall not exceed $140,000; the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties and the amount paid to each. Ordnance DepartmentOrdnance Department. ordnance serviceOrdnance service. For the current expenses of the Ordnance Department in connectionCurrent expenses. with purchasing, receiving, storing, and issuing ordnance and ordnance stores, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, light, water, and advertising, stationery, typewriting and adding machines, including their exchange, and office furniture, tools, and instruments of service; for incidental expenses of the ordnance service and those 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, $1,023,000: *Provided*, That the Ordnance Department is hereby*Proviso*.Consulting engineers authorized. authorized to employ under its various appropriations not exceeding four consulting engineers as the Secretary of War may deem necessary at rates of pay to be fixed by him not to exceed $50 a day for not exceeding fifty days each and necessary traveling expenses. ordnance stores, ammunitionAmmunition. For the development, manufacture, purchase, and maintenanceManufacture of airplane bombs, ammunition for small arms, etc. of airplane bombs, pyrotechnics, grenades, ammunition for small arms, targets, and accessories for bomb, small arms, and machine-gun target practice; and ammunition for military salutes at Government establishments and institutions to which the issues of arms for salutes are authorized, $2,864,521. manufacture of armsManufacture of arms. For developing, manufacturing, repairing, procuring, and issuingAt arsenals for issue. arms at the national armories, $312,848. ordnance stores and suppliesOrdnance stores and supplies. For overhauling, cleaning, repairing, and preserving ordnancePreserving, etc. and ordnance stores in the hands of troops and at the arsenals, posts, and depots, for purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to fillPurchase for troops. requisitions of troops, including materials for cleaning and preserving ordnance and ordnance stores, $577,000. automatic riflesAutomatic rifles. For the development, purchase, manufacture, test, repair, andPurchase, manufacture, etc. maintenance of 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, 1929, $221,500. tanksTanks. For the development, purchase, manufacture, test, maintenance,Purchase, etc., of and other armored vehicles. and repair of tanks and other self-propelled armored vehicles, to remain available until June 30, 1929, $237,500. 1126 field artillery armamentField artillery. Mountain, field, and siege cannon.For development, purchase, manufacture, and test of mountain, field, and siege cannon, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture, $505,500. 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, $469,100. 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, $575,000. Ammunition, etc., for practice.For purchase, manufacture, and test of subcaliber guns, ammunition, and other accessories for mountain, field, and siege artillery practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture, $279,000. ' proving grounds, armyProving grounds. 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 material, 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, $169,000. rock island bridge, rock island, illinoisRock Island, Ill. Operating, etc., bridges.For operating, repair, and preservation of Rock Island bridges and viaduct, and maintenance and repair of the arsenal street connecting the bridges, $30,000. testing machinesTesting machines. Operating expenses.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 connection with the manufacturing work of the Ordnance Department and for instruments and materials for operating the chemical laboratory in connection therewith, and for maintenance of the establishment, $20,000. repairs of arsenalsArsenals. 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, $750,000. gauges, dies, and jigs for manufactureGauges, dies, and jigs. Procuring, for armament manufacture.Vol. 39, p. 215.For the development and procurement of gauges, dies, jigs, and other special aids and appliances, including specifications and detailed drawings, to carry out the purpose of section 123 of the National Defense Act, approved June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act approved June 4, 1920, $75,000. seacoast defenses, united statesSeacoast defenses.United States. armament of fortificationsArmament, Seacoast cannon.For development, purchase, manufacture, and test of seacoast cannon for coast defense, including their carriages, sights, im 1127plements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture, $199,500. For purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for seacoastAmmunition for. cannon, and for modernizing projectiles on hand, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture, $144,000. For purchase, manufacture, and test of subcaliber guns, ammunition,Ammunition, etc., for practice. and other accessories for seacoast artillery practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture, $220,800. For alteration and maintenance of seacoast artillery, includingAltering, etc., sea-coast artillery. the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, materials necessary for the work, and expenses of civilian mechanics, $229,053, seacoast defenses, insular possessionsInsular possessions. For purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for seacoastAmmunition for seacoast cannon. cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture, $251,074, 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 canalPanama. For purchase, manufacture, and test of seacoast cannon for coastSeacoast cannon. defense, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture, $167,500. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for sea-coastAmmunition for. and land defense cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture, $374,660. 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, $62,300. office of chief of ordnanceOffice of Chief of Ordnance. Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia inCivilian personnel. accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $155,685. 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*Proviso*.Limitation, etc. for the fiscal year 1928 shall not exceed $250,000, and the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. Chemical Warfare ServiceChemical Warfare Service. For purchase, manufacture, and test of chemical warfare gasesPurchase, manufacture, etc., of gases. 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, maintenance, and repair of plants, buildings, and equipment, mid thePlants, buildings, machinery, etc. 1128machinery therefor; receiving, storing, and issuing of supplies, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuels, gasoline, lubricants, paints and oils, rope and cordage, light, water, advertising, stationery, typewriting and adding machines, including their exchange, 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 in advance; Organizing special gas troops.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, $1,304,780. office of chief of chemical warfare serviceChief of Chemical Warfare Service. Office civilian personnel.Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $21,272. Chemists, etc., for Office in the Department.The services of chemists and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed only in the office of the Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service to carry into effect the appropriation for Chemical Warfare Service, to be paid from such *Proviso*.Limitation, etc.appropriation: *Provided*, That the total expenditures for this purpose for the fiscal year 1928 shall not exceed $19,160. and the Secretary of War shall each year in the Budget report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each. Chief of Infantry infantry school, fort benning, georgiaInfantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. Instruction expenses.For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers; instruments and material for instruction, employment of temporary, technical, special, and clerical services, and for the necessary expenses of instruction at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, $33,858. tank serviceTank service. Civilian employees.For payment of the necessary civilian employees to assist in handling the clerical work in the office of the tank center, tank schools, and the various tank organization headquarters, including the office of the Chief of Infantry; and for the payment of the necessary mechanics to assist in repairing and preserving tanks in the hands of tank units. $24,018. Tank schools.Incidental expenses in connection with the operation of tank schools, $1,000. Chief of Cavalry cavalry school, fort riley, kansasCavalry School, Fort Riley, Kans. Instruction expenses.For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, instruments, and materials for instruction; employment of temporary, technical, special, and clerical services; and for other necessary expenses of instruction at the Cavalry School, Fort Riley, Kansas, $17,172. 1129 Chief of Field Artillery field artillery school, fort sill, oklahomaField Artillery School, Fort Sill, Okla. For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific andInstruction expanses. professional papers, instruments, and material for instruction; employment of temporary, technical, special, and clerical services; and for other necessary expenses of instruction at the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, $18,820. instruction in field artillery activitiesField Artillery activities. To provide means for the theoretical and practical instruction inInstruction at brigade firing centers. Field Artillery activities at the two brigade firing centers at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, by the purchase of modern 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, $4,000. Chief of Coast ArtilleryChief of Coast Artillery. coast artillery school, fort monroe, virginiaCoast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va.Instruction expenses. For purchase of engines, generators, motors, machines, measuring and nautical instruments, special apparatus, and materials and for experimental purposes for the engineering and artillery and military art departments and enlisted specialists division; for purchase and binding of professional books treating of military and scientific subjects for library, for use of school, and for temporary use in coast defenses; for incidental expenses of the school, including chemicals, stationery, 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, and motor trucks; and unforeseen expenses; in all, $24,966: *Provided*, That section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall not*Provisos*.[R. S., sec. 3648 p. 718](/us/rs/s3648/p718). apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation: *Provided further*,Special typewriters, etc. That purchase and exchange of typewriting machines, 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. seacoast defenses, united statesFortifications.Seacoast defenses, United States. For construction of fire-control stations and accessories, includingConstructing fire-control stations, etc. 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, $148,500. For purchase, manufacture, and test of submarine-mine materiaAccessories for sub-marine mine practice.l and other accessories for submarine-mine practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture, $590. 1130 Submarine mine supplies, etc.For maintenance of submarine-mine material within the limits of continental United States; purchase of necessary machinery, tools, and implements for the repair shop of the torpedo depot, United Fort Totten, depot.States Army, at Fort Totten, New York, and for torpedo depot administration and experimental work, $24,500. War instruction material.For maintenance of Coast Artillery war-instruction material at Coast Artillery posts, including necessary material and labor therefor, $100. SEACOAST DEFENSES, INSULAR POSSESSIONSInsular 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 necessary employees connected with the use of coast artillery; purchase, Range finders, etc., Hawaii.manufacture, and test of range finders and other instruments for fire control at the fortifications, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture in the Hawaiian Islands, $118,500. Submarine mine material.For maintenance of the submarine mine material in the insular possessions, $1,680. seacoast defenses, panama canalPanama Canal. Constructing fire-control stations, etc.For the 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 Range 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, $138,430. Submarine mines, etc.For purchase, alteration, maintenance, and repair of submarine mines and necessary appliances to operate them, $3,020. office of chief of coast artilleryOffice of Chief of Coast Artillery. Civilian personnel.Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $23,150. United States Military AcademyMilitary Academy. ray of military academy Pay. Professors, etc.Permanent establishment: For eight professors, $30,016; chaplain, $4,000; constructing quartermaster, in addition to his regular pay, $1,000; additional pay of professors and officers for length of service, $11,381; subsistence allowance of professors and officers, $4,155; in all, $50,552. Cadets.For cadets, $899,451. Civilians.Civilians: For pay of employees, $230,300. Disbursing and accounting.All of the money hereinbefore appropriated for pay of the Military Academy shall be disbursed and accounted for as pay of the Military Academy, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. 1131 The civilian instructors employed in the departments of modernQuarters, etc., for civilian instructors. languages and tactics shall be entitled to public quarters, fuel, and light. maintenance, united states military academyMaintenance. For text and reference books for instruction; increase and expenseDesignated expenses. of library (not exceeding $3,680); office equipment and supplies; stationery, blank books, forms, printing and binding, and periodicals; diplomas for graduates (not exceeding $1,100); expense of lectures; apparatus, equipment, supplies, and materials for purposes of instruction and athletics, and maintenance and repair thereof; musical instruments and maintenance of band; care and maintenance of organ: equipment for cadet mess; postage, telephones and telegrams; freight and expressage; transportation of cadets and accepted cadets from their homes to the Military Academy and discharged cadets, including reimbursement of traveling expenses; for payment of com-mutation of rations for the cadets of the United States Military Academy in lieu of the regular established ration; maintenance of children’s school (not exceeding $8,800): contingencies for superintendent of the academy (not to exceed $3,000); expenses of the members of the Boai'd of Visitors (not exceeding $750); contingentBoard of Visitors. fund, to be expended under the direction of the Academic Board (not exceeding $500); improvement, repair, and maintenance of buildings and grounds (including roads, walls, and fences); shooting galleries and ranges; cooking, heating, and lighting apparatus and fixtures and operation and maintenance thereof; maintenance of water, sewer, and plumbing systems; maintenance of and repairs to cadet camp; fire extinguishing apparatus; machinery and tools and repair of same; maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile and one motor truck; policing buildings and grounds; furniture for official purposes at the academy and repair and maintenance thereof; fuel for heat, light, and power; and other necessary incidental expenses in the discretion of the superintendent; in all, $1,066,284. public works, united states military academyPublic works. For completing the construction of a new mess hall, cadet store, dormitories, and drawing academy, including equipment, $861,000:Constructing designated buildings. Section 3648, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign, professional, and other newspapers and periodicals to bePeriodicals.[R. S., sec. 3648, p, 718](/us/rs/s3648/p718). paid from any of the foregoing appropriations for the Military Academy. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to turn over to theArmy surplus material, etc., transferred without expense for instruction, etc. 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 material required for use in the instruction of cadets at the academy: *Provided*, That the constructing*Proviso*.Leave of absence to construction employees. quartermaster, 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 work at the Military Academy: *Provided further*,Expenditures without advertising permitted. 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. 1132 Militia BureauMilitia Bureau. National GuardNational Guard. arming, equipping, and training the national guardArming, etc. Forage, etc.For procurement of forage, bedding, and so forth, for animals used by the National Guard. $1,265,677. Care of animals.For compensation of help for care of materials, animals, and equipment, $2,250,000. Field training, etc.For expenses, camps of instruction, field and supplemental training, $10,192,000. Service schools instruction.For expenses, selected officers and enlisted men. military service schools, $375,000. Property, etc., officers.For pay of property and disbursing officers for the United States, $80,000. Equipment and instruction expenses.For general expenses, equipment and instruction, National Guard, $600,000. Travel, Army officers.*Proviso*.War Department General Staff.For travel of officers and noncommissioned officers of the Regular Army in connection with the National Guard, $350,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $2,000 of this sum shall be expended for travel of officers of the War Department General Staff in connection with the National Guard. Transporting supplies.For transportation of equipment and supplies. $250,000. Army enlisted men.For expenses of enlisted men of the Regular Army on duty with the National Guard, including the hiring of quarters in kind, $425,000. Pay, armory drills.For pay of National Guard (armory drills), $9,498,000. Interchangeable appropriations.When approved by the Secretary of War 10 per centum of each of the foregoing amounts under the appropriation for “Arming, equipping, and training the National Guard ” shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named, but no one *Proviso*.Report of, to Congress.item shall be increased by more than 10 per centum: *Provided*, That a report of amounts so transferred between appropriations shall be submitted to the Congress at the first regular session after the close of the fiscal year 1928. ARMS, UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT, AND SO FORTH, FOR FIELD SERVICE. NATIONAL GUARDField service. Procuring arms, etc., for issue.Requisitions from governors.To procure by purchase or manufacture and issue from time to 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 military equipment and stores of all kinds and a reserve supply thereof, including horses con form mg to the Regular Army standards for use of the Cavalry, Field Artillery, and mounted organizations of the National Guard, as are necessary to arm. uniform, and equip for field service the National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, and to repair such of the aforementioned articles of equipage and military stores as are or may become damaged when, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War, such repair may be determined to be an economical measure and as necessary New airplanes, etc.for their proper preservation and use, $4,512,280, of which not less than $787,500 shall be available only for the production and purchase of new airplanes and their equipment, spare parts, and accessories: *Proviso*.Clothing, equipment, etc., from Army surplus stores.*Provided*, That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to issue from surplus or reserve stores and material on hand and purchased for the United States Army such articles of clothing and equipment and Field Artillery, Engineer, and Signal material and ammunition as 1133may be needed by the National Guard organized under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act for making further and more effectualVol. 39, p. 197.Vol. 41, p. 780. provision for the national defense, and for other purposes,” approved June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act approved June 4, 1920. ThisWithout charge to militia appropriations. issue shall be made without charge against militia appropriations except for actual expenses incident to such issue. The mounted, motorized, air, medical, and tank units and motorReduction of mounted, etc., units. transport, military police, wagon and service companies 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 1928. Militia Bureau, War DepartmentMilitia Bureau. Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia inCivilian personnel. accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $132,000. organized reservesOrganized Reserves. Officers’ Reserve Corps: For pay and allowances of members of theOfficers’ Reserve Corps.Pay, etc., for active duty. Officers’ Reserve Corps on active duty for not exceeding fifteen days’ training, $2,145,030; For pay and allowances of members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps on active duty for more than fifteen days in accordance with law, $756,510; For mileage, reimbursement of actual traveling expenses, or perMileage, etc., allowances. diem allowances in lieu thereof as authorized by law, $361,901: *Provided*, That the mileage allowance to members of the Officers’*Proviso*.Limit. Reserve Corps when called into active service for training for fifteen days or less shall not exceed 4 cents per mile; In all, $3,263,441. Enlisted Reserve Corps: For pay, transportation, subsistence,Enlisted Reserve Corps.Pay, etc. clothing, and medical and hospital treatment, $100. Correspondence courses: For conducting correspondence coursesCorrespondence courses. for instruction of members of the Reserve Corps, including necessary supplies, procurement of maps and textbooks, and transportation, $17,000. Manuals: For purchase of training manuals, including GovernmentTraining manuals. publications, $20,000. Headquarters and camps: For establishment, maintenance, andHeadquarters and training camps.Establishment, maintenance, etc. operation of divisional and regimental headquarters and of camps for training of the Organized Reserves; for miscellaneous expenses incident to the administration of the Organized Reserves, including the maintenance and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; for the actual and necessary expenses, or per diem in lieu thereof, at rates authorized by law, incurred by officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army traveling on duty in connection with the Organized Reserves; for reimbursement for the use, including upkeep and depreciation costs, of supplies, equipment, and matériel furnished in accordance with law from stocks under the control of the War Department, except that no part of this appropriationUse for new airplanes, etc., forbidden. shall be expended for the production and purchase of new airplanes and their equipment, spare parts, and accessories; for transportation of baggage, including packing and crating, of reserve officers on active duty for not less than six months; for medical andMedical and hospital treatment, etc., if injured in line of duty. hospital treatment, continuation of pay and allowances not to exceed six months, and transportation when fit for travel to their homes of members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps and Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Army injured in line of duty while on active duty under proper orders or while voluntarily participating in aerial flights in 1134 Government-owned aircraft by proper authority as an incident to their military training, and for the preparation and transportation Burial expenses.Vol. 43, p. 364.to their homes and burial expenses of the remains of members of the Organized Reserves who die while on active duty, as provided in *Proviso*.Divisional, etc., headquarters.section 4 of the Act of June 3, 1924, $858,100: *Provided*, That not to exceed $100,000 of this amount may be used for establishment and maintenance of divisional and regimental headquarters. Other funds not to be used.None of the funds appropriated elsewhere in this Act except for printing and binding shall be used for expenses in connection with the Organized Reserves, but available supplies and existing facilities at military posts shall be utilized to the fullest extent possible. Pay period for officers.No portion of the appropriation shall be expended for the pay of a reserve officer on active duty for a longer period than fifteen days, Department General Staff duty.Vol. 41, pp, 760, 765.Other details.except such as may be detailed for duty with the War Department General Staff under section 3a and section 5
(b)of the Army Reorganization Act approved June 4, 1920, or who may be detailed for courses of instruction at the general or special service schools of the Army, or who may be detailed for duty as instructors at Air Corps.Vol. 41, p. 776.civilian military training camps, appropriated for in this Act, or who may be detailed for duty with tactical units of the Air Corps, as provided in section 37a of the Army Reorganization Act approved *Proviso*.Medical Reserve Corps for Veterans’ Bureau patients in Army hospitals.June 4, 1920: *Provided*, That the pay and allowances 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 States Veterans’ Payment from Army funds.Bureau treated in Army hospitals may be paid from the funds allotted to the War Department by that bureau under existing law. citizens’ military trainingCitizens’ military training. RESERVE OFFICERS* TRAINING CORPSReserve Officers’ Training Corps. Quartermaster supplies, etc., for units of.For the procurement, maintenance, and issue, under such regulations as may be 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, including cleaning and laundering of uniforms and clothing at camps; and to forage, at the expense of the United States, public animals so issued, and to pay commutation in lieu of uniforms at Training-camp expenses.a rate, including renovating costs, not to exceed $7.15; 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 purchase of training manuals, including Government publications; for the establishment and maintenance of camps 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 camps and while Commutation of travel allowance.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 reimbursement for the use, including upkeep and depreciation costs, of supplies, equipment, and matériel furnished in accordance with law from stocks under the control of the War Department; for pay for students attending advanced camps at the rate prescribed for 1135soldiers of the seventh grade of the Regular Army; for the paymentSubsistence commutation to senior division members.Vol. 39, p. 193; Vol. 41, p. 779. of commutation of subsistence to members of the 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 amended by the Act approved June 4, 1920; for medical and hospital treatment, subsistence untilMedical and hospital treatment of injured in lino of duty.Vol. 41, pp. 778, 779. furnished transportation, and transportation when fit for travel to their homes of members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps injured in line of duty while at camps of instruction under the provisions of section 47a' and section 47d of the National Defense Act approved June 3, 1916, as amended; and for the cost of preparationBurial expenses. and transportation to their homes and burial expenses of the remains of members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps who die while attending camps of instruction as provided in section 4Vol. 43, p. 365. of the Act approved June 3, 1924; and for the cost of maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles, $2,645,914, to remain available until December 31, 1928: *Provided*, That uniforms*Provisos*.Uniforms, etc., from Army surplus stocks. and other equipment or 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: *Provided further*, That in no case shall the amountPrice current to govern payments. 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 current at the time the issue is made: *Provided further*, That none of theAdditional mounted units forbidden. funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the organization or maintenance of additional mounted, motor transport, or tank units in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps: *Provided further*, That none of the funds appropriated elsewhere in this Act, exceptUse of other funds forbidden. for printing and binding, shall be used for expenses in connection with the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps: *Provided further*, ThatTransporting.students to national rifle match. not to exceed $15,000 of the total appropriated by this Act may be expended for the transportation of authorized Reserve Officers’ Training Corps students who may be competitors in the national rifle match, and to subsist them while traveling to and from said match and while remaining thereat. military supplies and equipment for schools and collegesOther schools and colleges. For the procurement and issue as provided in section 55c of theIssue of military supplies, equipment, etc., to.Vol. 41, p. 780.[R. S. sec. 1225, p. 216](/us/rs/s1225/p216).Vol, 41, p. 776. 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 provided for in section 40 of the Act above referred to, of such arms, tentage, and equipment, and of ammunition, targets, and target materials, including the transporting of same, and the overhauling and repair of personal equipments, machine-gun outfits, and horse equipments, and targets and target equipment as the Secretary of War shall deem necessary for proper military training in said schools and colleges, $8,900: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shallOrdnance purchases forbidden. be expended for the purchase of arms or other ordnance equipment. citizens’ military training campsCitizens’ Military Training Camps. For furnishing, at the expense of the United States, to warrantUniforms, transportation, etc., expenses for attendance.Vol. 39, p. 193; Vol. 41, p. 779. officers, enlisted men, and civilians attending training camps maintained under the provisions of section 47d 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 neces 1136sary, 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 47d; for such expenditures as are authorized by said section 47d as may be Maintenance, etc.necessary for the establishment and maintenance of said camps, including recruiting and advertising therefor, and the cost of maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles; for reimbursement for the use, including upkeep and depreciation costs, of supplies, equipment, and materiel furnished in accordance with law from stocks under the control of the War Department; for gymnasium and athletic supplies (not exceeding $15,000); for mileage, reimbursement of traveling expenses, or allowance in lieu thereof as authorized by law, for officers of the Regular Army and Organized Reserves, traveling on duty in connection with citizens’ military training camps; for purchase of training manuals, including Medical and hospital treatment if injured in line of duty.Vol. 41, pp. 778, 779.Government publications; for medical and hospital treatment, subsistence until furnished transportation, and transportation when fit for travel to their homes of members of the citizens’ military training camps injured in line of duty while attending camps of instruction under the provisions of section 47a and section 47d of the National Defense Act approved June 3, 1916, as amended, and for the cost of preparation and transportation to their homes and burial expenses Vol. 43, p. 365.of the remains of civilians who die while attending camps of instruction, as provided in section 4 of the Act approved June 3, 1924; in *Proviso*.Age limitation.all, $2,801,240, to remain available until December 31, 1928: *Provided*, That the funds herein appropriated shall not be used for the training of any person in the first year, or lowest course, who shall have reached his twenty-fourth birthday before the date of Use of other funds forbidden.enrollment: *Provided further*That* none of the funds appropriated elsewhere in this Act except tor printing and binding shall be used for expenses in connection with citizens’ military training camps:Uniforms, etc., from Army surplus stock. *Provided further*, That uniforms and other equipment or material furnished in accordance with law for use at citizens’ 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 in the manufacture or issue:Price current to govern. *Provided further*, That in no case shall the amount paid from this appropriation for uniforms, equipment, or matériel furnished in accordance with law for use at citizens’ 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. Use of Army reserve supplies restricted.Under the authorizations contained in this Act no issues of reserve supplies or equipment shall be made where such issues would impair the reserves held by the War Department for two field armies or one million men. National Board for Promotion of Rifle PracticePromotion of rifle practice. quartermaster supplies and services for rifle ranges for civilian instructionCivilian instruction. Quartermaster supplies 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 reason-able 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, including not exceeding $20,060 in the District of Columbia; for badges and other insignia; for the transportation of employees, instructors, and 1137civilians to engage in practice; for the purchase of materials, supplies, and services, and for expenses incidental to instruction ofParticipation in matches. citizens of the United States in marksmanship, and their participation in national and international matches, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, and to remain available until expended, $110,690: *Provided*, That out of this appropriation there*Proviso*.Transportation, meals, etc., for rifle teams. may be expended not to exceed $80,000 for the payment of transportation, for supplying meals, or furnishing commutation of subsistence of civilian rifle teams authorized by the Secretary of War to participate in the national matches. national trophy and medals for rifle contestsRifle contests. For the purpose of furnishing a national trophy and medals andFurnishing national trophy, medals, etc., for annual. other prizes to be provided and contested for annually, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, said contest 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, including the reimbursement of necessary expense ofReimbursing members of National Board. members of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, to be expended for the purposes hereinbefore prescribed, under the direction of the Secretary of War, $7,500. ordnance equipment for rifle ranges for civilian instructionOrdnance equipment. For arms, ammunition, targets, and other accessories for targetArms, ammunition, etc,, for target practice at riße ranges, etc. 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, $241,650. 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, fore-man, 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 appropriations made inCash rewards restricted. this Act be available to pay any premiums 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. Equipment or material purchased outside of the United StatesFree admission of imported equipment, etc. from funds appropriated in this Act shall be admitted free of duty. TITLE II.— NONMILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENTNonmilitary activities. Finance DepartmentFinance Department. For amount required to make monthly payments to Jennie Carroll, widow of James Carroll,Jennie Carroll. late major, Ünited 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. 1138 John R. Kissinger.For amount required to make monthly payments to 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, Clyde L. West.*Post*, p. 1753.For amount required to make monthly payments to Clyde L. West, late of Company B, Eighth Infantry, and Hospital Corps, United States Army, $1,200. Quartermaster CorpsQuartermaster Corps. national cemeteriesNational cemeteries. Maintenance.For maintaining and improving national cemeteries, including fuel for superintendents, pay of superintendents, including the superintendent at Mexico City, laborers and other employees, purchase of Arlington, Va.tools and materials, and including care and maintenance of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater and Chapel and grounds in the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, and permanent American military cemeteries abroad, $539,132. Repairs to roadways.*Provisos*.Encroachments ts by railroads forbidden.For repairs to roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress, $15,000: *Provided*, That no railroad 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 Repairs restricted.maintained 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’, etc., graves.For continuing the work of furnishing headstones of durable stone or other durable material for unmarked graves of Union and Con-federate soldiers, sailors, and marines, and soldiers, sailors, and marines of all other wars in national, post, city, town, and village [R. S., sec. 4877, p. 94](/us/rs/s4877/p94).Vol. 20. p. 281; Vol.cemeteries, naval cemeteries at navy yards and stations of the United States, and other burial places, under the Acts of March 3, 1873, 34, p. 56.Civilians.February 3, 1879, and March 9, 1906: 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: Confederates.and furnishing headstones for the unmarked graves of Confederate soldiers, sailors, and marines in national cemeteries, $235,000. Antietam battle field.Preservation, 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 Superintendent.battle field, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and for pay of superintendent, said superintendent to perform his duties under the direction of the Quartermaster Corps and to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War, at his discretion, the person selected for this position to have been either a commissioned officer or enlisted man who has been honorably mustered out or discharged from the military service of the United States and who may have been disabled for active field service in line of duty, $6,500. Disposition of remains of officers, etc.Disposition of remains of officers, soldiers, and civilian 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 1139active service, and accepted applicants for enlistment; 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; for 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; for removal of remains from abandoned posts toRemoval from abandoned posts, etc. permanent military posts or national cemeteries, including the remains of Federal soldiers, sailors, or marines interred in fields, abandoned graves, or abandoned private and city cemeteries; andReimbursement to individuals. in any case where the expenses of burial or shipment 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; for expenses of theAmerican cemeteries In Great Britain and France.*Proviso*.Retired officers and enlisted men on active duty included. segregation of bodies in permanent American cemeteries in Great Britain and France, $100,000: *Provided*, 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. Confederate Mound, Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois: ForConfederate Mound, Chicago, Ill. care, protection, and maintenance of the plat of ground known as Confederate Mound in Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, $500. For care, protection, and maintenance of Confederate StockadeConfederate Stockade Cemetery, 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, Indiana; Confederate Cemetery, Point Lookout, Maryland; and Confederate Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois, $1,250. . Burial of deceased indigent patients: For burying in the LittleLittle Rock, Ark. Rock (Arkansas) National Cemetery, including Burial of Hot Springs patients in national cemetery at.transportation thereto, indigent ex-soldiers, ex-sailors, or ex-marines of the United States service, either Regular or Volunteer, who have been honor-ably 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. For repairs and preservation of monuments, tablets, roads, fences,Burial places in Cuba and China. and so forth, made and constructed by the United States in Cuba and China to mark the places where American soldiers fell, $1,000. National Military ParksMilitary parks. chickamauga and chattanooga national military parkChickamauga and Chattanooga. For continuing the establishment of the park; compensation andContinuing establishment of. expenses of the superintending, maps, surveys, clerical and other assistance; exchange (not to exceed $800), maintenance, repair, and operation of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle; maintenance, repair, and operation of one horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicle; office and all other necessary expenses; foundations for 1140State monuments; mowing; historical tablets, iron and bronze; iron gun carriages; roads and their maintenance, including posts and guard rails on highways, $60,000. Memorials, etc., allowed Spanish War veterans who were encamped there.Vol. 29, p. 21.Notwithstanding the restrictive provisions of the Act of February 26, 1896 (Twenty-ninth Statutes, page 21), the Secretary of War is authorized in his discretion to permit without cost to the United States the erection of monuments or memorials to commemorate encampments of Spanish War organizations which were encamped in said park during the period of the Spanish-American War. gettysburg national military parkGettysburg. Continuing establishment of.For continuing the establishment of the park; acquisition of lands, 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 with-out praise; preserving the features of the battle field and the monuments thereon; compensation of superintendent, 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, $53,026. guilford courthouse national military parkGuilford Courthouse, Continuing establishment of.Vol. 39, p. 996.For continuing the establishment of a national military park at 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, $9,115. petersburg national military parkPetersburg. Commencing establishment of.*Ante*, p. 822.For commencing the establishment of a national military park at the battle fields of the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to establish a national military park at the battle fields of the siege of Petersburg, Virginia,” approved July 3, 1926, $15,000. shiloh national military parkShiloh. Continuing establishment of.For continuing the establishment of the park; compensation of superintendent of the park; 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 one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, $31,672. vicksburg national military parkVicksburg. Continuing establishment of.For continuing the establishment of the park; compensation of 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, $23,826. survey of battle fieldsBattle fields. Surveys, investigations, etc., of.For defraying the cost of studies, surveys, and field investigations authorized in the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the study and 1141investigation of battle fields in the United States for commemorative*Ante*, p. 726. purposes,” approved June 11, 1926, $15,000. national monumentsNational monuments. For maintaining and improving national monuments establishedMaintaining, etc. by proclamation of the President under the Act of June 8, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 225). and administered by the Secretary of War, including Fort McHenry, Maryland, including payFort McHenry, Md., included. of the caretakers, laborers, and other employees, purchase of tools and materials, light, heat, and power, $21,961. SIGNAL CORPSSignal Corps. washington-alaska military cable and telegraph systemWashington-Alaska cable, etc. For defraying the cost of such extensions, betterments, operation,Operation, 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 1929, 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, $168,080. Medical DepartmentMedical Department Artificial limbs: For furnishing artificial limbs and apparatus, orArtificial limbs. commutation therefor, and necessary transportation, $28,500. Appliances for disabled soldiers: For furnishing surgical appliancesSurgical appliances to persons disabled in the military or naval service of the United States prior to April 6, 1917, or subsequent to July 1, 1921, and not entitled to artificial limbs or trusses for the same disabilities, $800. Trusses for disabled soldiers: For trusses for persons entitledTrusses.R. S., sec. 1176, p. 211.Vol. 20, p. 353. thereto under section 1176, Revised Statutes of the United States, and the Act amendatory thereof, approved March 3, 1879, $300. medical and surgical history of the world warMedical and Surgical History of World War. Toward the preparation for publication under the direction ofPreparation of. the Secretary of War of a medical and surgical history of the war with Germany, including personal services, $14,500. Corps of EngineersEngineer Corps. birthplace of george washington, wakefield, virginiaWashington’s birthplace. For watchmen for the care of the monument and dock at Wake-field,Watchmen. Virginia, the birthplace of Washington, $720. For improvement and maintenance of reservation and monumentMaintenance of monument, etc. at Wakefield, Virginia, the birthplace of Washington, $3,480. california debris commissionCalifornia DébrisCommission, 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. construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, and trails, alaskaAlaska, For the construction, repair, and maintenance of roads, tramways,Roads, bridges, trails, etc., in. ferries, bridges, and trails, Territory of Alaska, to be expended under 1142Construction expenses, etc., under road commissioners.Vol. 34, p. 192.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, $1,000,000, to be immediately available, and to include $1,000 compensation to the president of the Board of Road Commissioner’s for Alaska, in addition to his regular pay and allowances. Juneau.For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the Construction of wharf at.construction of a Government wharf at Juneau, Alaska, as authorized by the public resolution entitled “Joint resolution authorizing *Ante*, p. 676.the construction of a Government dock or wharf at Juneau, Alaska,” approved May 28, 1926, $22,500. rivers and harborsRivers and harbors. Appropriations immediately available.To be immediately available and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers: Preserving, constructing, etc., authorized projects.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; tor survey of northern and northwestern lakes, Lake of the Boundary waters, etc., surveys.Woods, and other boundary and connecting waters between the said lake and Lake Superior, Lake Champlain, and the natural navigable waters embraced in the navigation system of the New York canals, including all necessary expenses for preparing, correcting, extending, printing, binding, and issuing charts and bulletins and of New York Harbor deposits.investigating lake levels with a view to their regulation; and for the prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within the 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, $50,000,000. Examinations, surveys, etc.For examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors for which there may be no special appropriation, $150,000: *Proviso*.Limited to authorizations.*Provided*, That no part of this sum shall be expended for any preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate not authorized by law. muscle shoalsMuscle Shoals. Operating, etc., works at Dam No. 2, Tennessee River.For operating, maintaining, and keeping in repair the works at Dam Numbered 2, Tennessee River, including the hydroelectrical development, $300,000, to remain available until June. 30. 1928, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers. flood controlFlood control. Mississippi River.Vol. 39, p. 948; Vol. 42, p. 1505.Flood control, Mississippi River: For prosecuting work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Acts approved March 1, 1917. and March 4, 1923, $10,000,000, of which Riprapping bank, etc., at Vicksburg, Miss.not to exceed $150,000 may be expended for the purpose of riprapping the bank and channel-mattressing the river at Vicksburg, Mississippi, at such a point and in such a manner as may be necessary to make possible the permanent establishment of an interchange terminal at that point between railways and the vessels of the Inland Waterway Corporation. 1143 Flood control. Sacramento River, California: For prosecutingSacramento River, Calif.Vol. 39, p. 948. work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act, approved March 1, 1917, $400,000. National Home for Disabled Volunteer SoldiersNational Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. For support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,Support. as follows: Central Branch, Day ton, Ohio: Current expenses: For pay ofDayton, Ohio. officers and noncommissioned officers of the home, with such exceptionsCurrent expenses. 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; articles of amusement, library books, magazines, papers, pictures, musical instruments, and repairs not done by the home; stationery, advertising, legal advice, payments due heirs of deceased members: *Provided*, That all receipts on account of the effects of*Proviso*.Receipts from deceased members. deceased members during the fiscal year shall also be available for such payments; and for such other expenditures as can not properly be included under other heads of expenditure, $83,500; Subsistence: For pay of commissary sergeants, commissary clerks,Subsistence. 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, 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, $430,000; Household: For furniture for officers’ quarters; bedsteads, bedding,Household. bedding material, and all other articles, including repairs, required in the quarters of the members and of civilian employees permanently employed and residing at the, branch; fuel; 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, $195,632; Hospital: For pay of medical officers and assistant surgeons,Hospital. 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 all other special articles necessary for 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, $365,000; Transportation: For transportation of members of the home,Transportation. $1,000; Repairs: For pay of chief engineer, builders, blacksmiths, carpenters,Repairs. 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 roads and other improvements of a permanent character, $85,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*.New buildings forbidden. 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: For pay of farmer, chief gardener, harness makers, farmFarm. hands, gardeners, horseshoers, stablemen, teamsters, dairymen, herders, and laborers; tools, appliances, and materials required for farm, 1144garden, 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, $*28,000; In ail, Central Branch, $1,188,132. Specified expenses 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, $69,000; subsistence, $290,000; household, $153,000; hospitals, $287,000; transportation, $500; repairs, $60,000; farm, $17,000; in all, Northwestern Branch, $876,500, Togus, Me.Eastern Branch, Togus, Maine: Current expenses, $57,500; subsistence, $113,000; household, $105,000; hospital, $72,000; transportation, $500; repairs, $35,000; farms, $26,000; in ail, Eastern Branch, $409,000. Hampton, Va.Southern Branch, Hampton. Virginia: Current expenses, $65,000; subsistence, $262,200; household, $126,000; hospital, $160,000; transportation, $1,000; repairs, $50,000; farm, $15,000; in all, Southern ranch, $679,200, Leavenworth, Kans.Western Branch, Leavenworth, Kansas: Current expenses, $71,600; subsistence, $245,000; household, $145,000; hospital, $148,000; transportation, $500; repairs, $51,000; farm, $25,200; in all, Western Branch, $686,300, Santa Monica, Calif,Pacific Branch, Santa Monica, California: Current expenses, $80,-000; subsistence, $500,000; household, $145,000; hospital, $370,000; transportation, $1,000; repairs, $65,000; farm, $30,000; in all, Pacific Branch, $1,191,000. Marion, Ind.Marion Branch, Marion, Indiana: Current expenses, $57,000; subsistence, $265,000; household, $102,000; hospital, $306,000; transportation, $1,000; repairs, $55,000; farm, $20,000; in all, Marion Branch. $806,000. Danville, Ill.Danville Branch, Danville, Illinois: Current expenses, $67,500; subsistence, $23 5,000; household, $118,000; hospital, $108,000; transportation, $500; repairs, $55,000; farm, $16,000; in all, Danville Branch, $600,000. Johnson City, Tenn.Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennessee: Current expenses, $57,000; subsistence. $225,000; household, $94,000; hospital, $250,000; transportation, $500; repairs, $50,000; farm, $33,000; in all. Mountain Branch, $709,500. Hot Springs, S. Dak.Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota: Cur-rent expenses, $45,000; subsistence, $115,000; household, $70,000; hospital, $110,000: transportation, $500; repairs, $24,000; farm, $6,000; in all, Battle Mountain Sanitarium, $370,500. Clothing, all branches.For clothing for all branches; labor, materials, machines, tools, and appliances employed and for use in the tailor shops and shoe shops, or other home shops in which any kind of clothing is made or repaired, $180,000. Board of Managers.Salaries and expenses.Board of Managers: President, $4,000; secretary, $500; general 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. $19,500; 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, $59,000. 1145Total. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, $7,755,132.State or Territorial homes.Continuing aid toVol. 25, p. 450. 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, $570,000: *Provided*, That for any sum or sums collected in any manner from*Proviso*.Collection from inmates. 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. The Panama CanalPanama Canal. The limitations on the expenditure of appropriations hereinbeforeLimitations not applicable to appropriations for. made in this Act shall not apply to the appropriations for the Panama Canal. For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the maintenanceAll expenses. and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, including the following: Compensation of allObjects specified. 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 and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles; claims for damages toClaims for damages. 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 of land and land under water, as authorized in the Panama Canal Act; expenses incurred in assembling, assorting, storing, repairing, and selling material, machinery, and equipmentDisposal of unserviceable materials, etc. 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 for herein; traveling expenses, when prescribedTraveling expenses. by the Governor of the Panama Canal to persons engaged in field work or traveling on official business; 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: For maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal; salary ofMaintenance and operation.Governor.Purchase of supplies, etc. the governor, $10,000; purchase, inspection, delivery, handling, and storing of materials, supplies, and equipment for issue to all departments of the Panama Canal, the Panama Railroad, other branches of the United States Government, and for authorized sales, paymentPayment to alien cripples. in lump sums of not exceeding the amounts authorized by the InjuryVol. 39, p. 750. 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; in all, $5,830,000, together with all moneys arising from the conductAdditional from receipts. of business operations authorized by the Panama Canal Act; 1146 1146 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 Artificial limbs, etc., for injured employees.deportation when practicable, and the purchase of artificial limbs or other appliances for indigent persons who were injured in the service of the Isthmian Canal Commission or the Panama Canal prior to September 7, 1916, and including additional compensation to any officer of the United States Public Health Service detailed with the Panama Canal as chief quarantine officer, $670,000; Civil government expenses.For civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, including salaries of district judge, $10,000; district attorney, $5,000; marshal, $5,000; and gratuities and necessary clothing for indigent discharged prisoners, $1,100,000; Available until expended.Purchases from Army surplus stocks.Total. Panama Canal, $7,600,000, to be available until expended. 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 stocks of the War Department. Moneys from designated sources credited to original appropriations.In addition to the foregoing sums there is appropriated for the fiscal year 1928 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 Net profits to be covered into the Treasury.canal and Canal Zone; and any net profits accruing from such business to the Panama Canal shall annually be covered into the Treasury of the United States. Operation of water-works, etc., for 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 1928, the necessary portions of such sums as shall be paid as water rentals or directly by the Government of Panama for such expenses. Approved, February 23, 1927.
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