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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 46 STAT. · June 30, 1931 · Chapter 348

Chapter 348. Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 348.— An Act Making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes. May 28, 1930.[[H. R. 7955](/us/bill/71/hr/7955).][[Public, No. 278](/us/pl/71/278).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, War Department appropriations, fiscal year 1931. 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, 1931, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I.—Military activities. MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND OTHER EXPENSES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT INCIDENT THERETO Department salaries.salaries, war department Secretary, Assistant.Secretary of War, $15,000; Assistant Secretary of War, $10,000. Civilian personnel in specified offices.For compensation for other personal services in the District of Columbia, as follows: Secretary of War.*Proviso*.No field service unless expressly authorized.Office of Secretary of War, $269,247: *Provided*, That no fieldservice appropriation shall be available for personal services in the War Department except as may be expressly authorized herein.
Chief of Staff.Office of Chief of Staff, $228,154. Adjutant General.Adjutant General’s office, $1,437,460. Inspector General.Office of the Inspector General, $27,845. Judge Advocate General.*Proviso*.Experts, etc., for patent infringement suits.Office of the Judge Advocate General, $113,509: *Provided*, That not to exceed $34,849 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.
Chief of Finance.Office of the Chief of Finance, $373,087. Quartermaster General.Chief Signal Officer.Chief of Air Corps.Office of the Quartermaster General, $825,795. Office of the Chief Signal Officer, $106,129. Office of the Chief of Air Corps, $233,585. Surgeon General.Office of the Surgeon General, $273,494. Insular Affairs Bureau.Chief of Engineers.*Provisos*.Draftsmen, etc., payable from other appropriations.*Post*, p. 1607.Office of Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs, $83,593.
Office of Chief of Engineers, $123,366: *Provided*, That 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, and preparation for and the consideration of river and harbor estimates and bills, to be Limitations, etc.paid from such appropriations: *Provided further*, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year 1931 shall not exceed $205,930; 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 Ordnance.Office of Chief of Ordnance, $441,798. Chemical Warfare Service.Chief of Coast Artillery.Militia Bureau.Office of Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, $52,169. Office of Chief of Coast Artillery, $25,300. Militia Bureau, War Department, $149,164. In all, salaries, War Department, $4,788,695. Restriction on exceed Ing average salaries.Vol. 42, p. 1488; Vol. 45. p. 776.[U. S. C., p. 65; Supp. IV, p. 25](/us/usc/p65/p25).*Post*, p. 1003.In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations, contained in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended (U.
S. C., title 5, secs. 661–673, U. S. C., Supp. III,433title 5, sec. 673), with the exception of the Assistant Secretaries ofException. War 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 of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such Act, as amended, and in grades in whichIf only one position in a grade. only one position is allocated the salary or such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, exceptAllowance in unusually meritorious casca. that in unusually meritorious cases 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 in any fiscal year and then only to the next higher rate: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Restriction not applicable to clerical-mechanical service.No reduction in fixed pay.Vol. 42, p. 1490.[U.
S. C., p. 66; Supp. IV, p. 26](/us/usc/p66/p26).Transfers to another position without reduction. this restriction shall not apply
(1)to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of 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
(4)to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rateHigher salary rates allowed. higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law. When specifically approved by the Secretary of War, transfersTransfers of appropriations between bureaus, etc., to meet increases from reallocations. may be made between the appropriations in this Act under the respective jurisdiction of any bureau, office, corps, or branch, in order to meet increases in compensation resulting from the reallocation by the Personnel Classification Board of positions under any such organization unit. Any such transfers shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. contingent expenses, war department For purchase of professional and scientific books, law books,Department contingent expenses. 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; 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; postage to Postal Union countries; and other absolutely necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, $100,000. For stationery for the department and its bureaus and offices,Stationery. $57,000. For printing and binding for the War Department, its bureauPrinting and binding. and 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 Printing Office, $500,000: *Provided*, That the sum of $3,000,*Proviso*.Medical bulletins. 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 exceedingFor Chief of Engineers. $65,000 shall be available for printing and binding under the direction of the Chief of Engineers. MILITARY ACTIVITIESMilitary activities. No money appropriated by this Act for objects which the economicMoney solely for use of economic surveys. survey now being conducted by the War Department, when com-434pleted and approved, may show as not being wholly or partly required shall be available for obligation for any other object. contingencies of the army Army contingencies.For all contingent expenses of the Army not otherwise provided 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 or War, and for such purposes as he may deem proper, and for examination of estimates *Proviso*.Transfer of surplus property to other activities restricted.of appropriations in the field, $12,000: *Provided*, 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 Corps.General Staff Corps Military Intelligence Division.contingencies, military intelligence division Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of the Military Intelligence Division, 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 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 the actual and necessary expenses of Observing operations of foreign armies.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, $57,480, to be expended *Proviso*.Conditions waived.[R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/sec3648/p718).[U. S. C., p. 1009](/us/usc/p1009).under the direction of the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That section 3648, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 529), 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 attachés are required to operate. Army War College.army 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 utensils; employment of temporary, technical, or special services, Employees, etc.and expenses of special lecturers; for the pay of employees; and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, $80,760. Adjutant General’s Department.Adjutant General’s Department Headquarters of military departments, etc.contingencies, headquarters of military departments, and so forth Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses at the headquarters of the several territorial departments, corps areas, armies, territorial districts,435tactical corps, divisions, and brigades, including the Staff Corps serving thereat, being for the purchase of the necessary articles of office, toilet, and desk furniture, stationery, ice, and potable water for office use, binding, maps, technical books of reference, professional and technical newspapers and periodicals, payment for which may be made in advance, and police utensils, to be allotted by the Secrteary 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. command and general staff school, fort leavenworth, kansasFort Leavenworth, kans. For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific andComtnand and General Staff School. 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, $42,879. welfare of enlisted menWelfare of enlisted men. For the equipment and conduct of school, reading, lunch, andEquipment of post exchanges, etc. amusement rooms, service clubs, chapels, gymnasiums, and libraries, including periodicals and other publications and subscriptions for newspapers for which payment may be made in advance, 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, $72,000. Finance DepartmentFinance Department. pay, and so forth, of the armyPay, etc., at the Army. For pay of not to exceed an average of twelve thousandOfficers. commissioned officers of the line and staff, $31,258,400; pay of officers, National Guard, $100; pay of warrant officers, $1,862,548; aviationAviation increase. increase to commissioned and warrant officers of the Army, $1,647,236; additional pay to officers for length of service, $7,891,681; payLongevity. of enlisted men of the line and staff, not including the PhilippineEnlisted men. Scouts, $52,112,480; pay of enlisted men of National Guard, $100;Longevity. aviation increase to enlisted men of the Army, $543,279; pay of enlisted men of the Philippine Scouts, $1,100,786; additional pay for length of service to enlisted men, $3,288,013; pay of the officers onRetired list. the retired list, $9,060,135; increased pay to retired officers on activeOfficers. duty, $168,650; pay of retired enlisted men, $11,802,195; increasedEnlisted men. pay and allowances of retired enlisted men on active duty, $7,560;Retired pay clerks. pay of retired pay clerks, $5,062; pay of retired veterinarians, $1,785;Retired veterinarians.Civil service messengers at headquarters. pay of not to exceed sixty-five civil-service messengers at $1,200 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, $78,000; pay and allowances of contract surgeons,Contract surgeons, nurses, etc. $55,776; pay of nurses, $873,400; pay of hospital matrons, $600; rental allowances, including allowances for quarters for enlisted menRental and subsistence allowances, etc. on duty where public quarters are not available, $6,465,796; subsistence allowances, $5,838,437; interest on soldiers’ deposits, $50,000; payment of exchange by officers serving in foreign countries, andLoss by exchange. when specially authorized by the Secretary of War, by officers dis-436bursing 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, $500; additional pay to officers below Officers furnishing mounts.the grade of major required to be mounted and who furnish their Amount from purchase of discharges by enlisted men.own mounts, $225,000; in all, $134,357,519, less $800,000 to be supplied by the Secretary of War for this purpose from funds received during the fiscal year 1931 from the purchase by enlisted men of the Army of their discharges, $133,557,519 ; and the money herein appropriated Accounted for as one fund.for “Pay, and so forth, of the Army” shall be accounted for as one fund. 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, or munitions. None of the money appropriated in this Act shall be To officer retired before 64 years, employed by parties making direct sales to Department or Army.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.mileage of the army 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, $686,152. expenses of courts-martial Courts martial, etc., expenses.For expenses of courts-martial, courts of inquiry, military commissions, retiring boards, and compensation of reporters and witnesses attending same, contract stenographic reporting services, and expenses of taking depositions and securing other evidence for use before the same, $80,000. Deserters, etc.apprehension of deserters, and so forth Payment for apprehension of, etc.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 Donation 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, $150,000. Finance Service.finance service Pay of clerks, etc.For compensation of clerks and other employees of the Finance Department, $1,110,000. Private property damages.claims for damages to and loss of private property 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, or Proviso.may hereafter accrue, from time to time, $100: *Provided*, That settle-437ment of such claims shall be made by the General Accounting Office,Settlement by General Accounting Office. upon the approval and recommendation of the Secretary of War, where the amount of damages has been ascertained by the War Department, and payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full satisfaction of such damages. claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of the army 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, or damaged in the military service of the United States,Vol. 41, p. 1436.[U. S. C., p. 989](/us/usc/p989). under the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1921 (U. S. C., title 31, secs. 218–222), $11,600. Quartermaster CorpsQuartermaster Corps. Subsistence of the Army: Purchase of subsistence supplies: ForSubsistence.Purchase of supplies for issue as rations. issue as rations to troops, including retired enlisted men when 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 forSales to officers, etc. enlistment while under observation; for sales to officers, including members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps while on active duty and enlisted men of the Army. For payments: Of the regulationPayments.Commutation allowances. allowances of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, enlisted men when stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, including 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 beAdvertising.Prizes for bakers and cooks. paid to the surgeon in charge; advertising; for providing prizes to be established by the Secretary of War for enlisted men of the Army who graduate from the Army schools for bakers and cooks, the total amount of such prizes at the various schools not to exceed $900 per annum; and for other necessary expenses incident to the purchase, testing, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence supplies for the Army; in all, $24,669,783. Regular supplies of the Army: Regular supplies of theRegular quartermaster supplies. Quartermaster Corps, including their care and protection; stoves required for the use of the Army for heating offices, hospitals, barracks, and quarters, and recruiting stations, and United States disciplinary barracks; also ranges, stoves, coffee roasters, and appliances for cooking and serving food at posts in the field and when traveling, and repair and maintenance of such heating and cooking appliances;Heat and light to quarters, etc. authorized issues of candles and matches; for furnishing neat and light for the authorized allowance of quarters for officers, enlisted men, and warrant officers, including retired enlisted men when438ordered to active duty, contract surgeons when stationed at and occupying public quarters at military posts, officers of the National Recreation buildings.Vol. 32, p. 282.[U. S. C., p. 219](/us/usc/p219).Guard attending service and garrison schools, and for recruits, guards, hospitals, storehouses, offices, the buildings erected at private cost, in the operation of the Act approved May 31, 1902 (U. S. C., title 10, sec. 1346), and buildings for a similar purpose on military Bales to officers.reservations authorized by War Department regulations; for sale to officers, and including also fuel and engine supplies required in the operation of modern batteries at established posts; for post Bakeries, ice, etc.bakery and bake-oven equipment and apparatus; 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; Supplies for schools.authorized issues of soap, toilet paper, and towels; for the necessary furniture, textbooks, paper, and equipment for the post schools and libraries, and for schools for noncommissioned officers; for the purchase and issue of instruments, office furniture, stationery, and other authorized articles for the use of officers’ schools at the several military posts; for purchase of commercial newspapers, market reports, and so forth; for the tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess halls, each and all for the enlisted men, including Forage, etc., for animals.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 forage 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 Stationery, printing, etc.harvesting hay on military reservations; for straw for soldiers’ bedding, stationery, typewriters and exchange of same, including blank books and blank forms for the Army, certificates for discharged soldiers, and for printing department orders and reports, $11,393,570, of which amount not exceeding $4,000,000 shall be available immediately for the procurement and transportation of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1931. Clothing.Purchase, manufacture, etc.Clothing and equipage: For cloth, woolens, materials, and for 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 Laundries.of the Mine Planter Service and to enlisted men; for altering and fitting clothing and washing and cleaning when necessary; for operation of laundries, including purchase and repair of laundry machinery; 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 Equipage, toilet kits, etc.shops, clothing repair shops, and garbage reduction works; for equipage, including authorized issues of toilet articles, barbers’ and tailors materials, tor use of general prisoners confined at military posts without pay or allowances and applicants for enlistment while under observation; issue of toilet kits to recruits upon their first enlistment, and issue of housewives to the Army; for expenses Issue of citizen’s outer clothing.of packing and handling and similar necessaries; for a suit of citizens outer clothing and when necessary an overcoat, the cost of439all 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, etc. for clothing and bedding, and so forth, destroyed since April 22, 1898, by order of medical officers of the Army for sanitary reasons, $8,486,571, of which amount not exceeding $60,000 shall be availableAmount for fuel immediately available. immediately for the procurement and transportation of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1931. 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 of clerksCivilian employees. 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. experimental and development work and scientific research to be performed by the Bureau of Standards for the Quartermaster Corps; for inspection service and instruction furnished by the DepartmentInspection service by Agricultural Department. of Agriculture which may be transferred in advance; for 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 departments, $3,904,738:*Proviso*.Limitation on employment of average number of officers, enlisted men, and civilians. *Provided*, That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for any expense incident to the employment of an average number of officers, enlisted men, or civilian employees greater than the largest number employed during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1929, in connection with work incident to the assurance of adequate provision for the mobilization of matériel and industrial organizations essential to war-time needs. 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 recruiting parties; of applicants for enlistment between recruiting stations and recruiting depots; of necessary agents and other employees, including their traveling expenses; of dependents ofDependents of officers, etc. 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 they may elect): *Provided*, That the cost in each case shall not be*Proviso*.Cost restriction. greater than to the place of last enlistment; of horse equipment; and of funds for the Army; for the purchase or construction, not exceeding $100,000, alteration, operation, and repair of boatsBoats, etc. and other vessels; for wharfage, tolls, and ferriage; for drayage and cartage; for the purchase, manufacture (including both material and labor), maintenance, hire, and repair of pack saddles and harness; for the purchase, hire, operation, maintenance and repair of wagons,Vehicles, draft and pack animals, etc. 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 unserviceable animals; for travel allowances to officers andTravel allowances, enlisted men, National Guard, etc.Vol. 31, p. 902; Vol. 42, p. 102.[U. S. C., p. 197](/us/usc/p197). enlisted men on discharge; to officers of National Guard on discharge from Federal service as prescribed in the Act of March 2, 1901 (U, S. C., title 10, sec, 751); to enlisted men of National440Guard on discharge from Federal service, as prescribed in amendatory Act of September 22, 1922 (U. S. C., title 10, sec. 752); and to members of the National Guard who have been mustered into Federal service and discharged on account of physical disability; in all, Amount for fuel and transportation thereof, Immediately available.$14,975,000, of which amount not exceeding $250,000 shall be available immediately for the procurement and transportation of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1931. 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 Allowance.similar use, except such use as is prescribed by order for transporting children of Army personnel to and from school, and Army personnel in connection with the recreational activities of the Army. Purchase of motor vehicles restricted.None of the funds appropriated in this Act, unless expressly made available for the purpose, shall be used for the purchase or exchange of motor-propelled freight-carrying or passenger-carrying vehicles for the Army, except those that are purchased solely for experimental purposes, in excess of the following quantities and costs per Price limitation.vehicle, including the value of a vehicle exchanged: Thirty ambulances at $3,500 each, ten passenger-carrying vehicles at $2,500 each, thirty such vehicles at $2,000 each, one hundred and fifty such vehicles at $1,200 each, and one hundred and fifty solo motor cycles at $300 each, nine truck chassis at $7,200 each, ten truck chassis at *Proviso*.Cost of transportation charged to appropriations from which supplies, etc., procured.$4,325 each, fifty-seven truck chassis at $2,800 each: *Provided*, That during the fiscal year 1931 the cost of transportation from point of origin to the first point of storage or consumption of supplies, equipment, and material in connection with the manufacturing and purchasing activities of the Quartermaster Corps may be charged to the appropriations from which such supplies, equipment, and material were procured. Horses.horses for cavalry, artillery, engineers, and so forth 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 Encouraging breeding of riding horses.such purchases (including $132,500 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 maintenance), $380,000. Military posts.military posts Construction, etc.For construction and installation at military posts, including the United States Military Academy, of buildings, utilities, and appurtenances thereto, including interior facilities, necessary service connections to water, sewer, gas, and electric mains, and similar improvements, all within the authorized limits of cost of such buildings, as authorized by the Acts approved February 18, Vol. 45, pp. 129, 300, 1258, 1301, 1425.1928 (45 Stat., p. 129), March 10, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 300), February 23, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1258), February 25, 1929 (45 Stat., p. Restrictions waived.[R. S., secs. 1136, 3734, pp. 200. 737](/us/rs/sec1136/sec3734/p200/p737).[U. S. C., pp. 219, 1302, 1303](/us/usc/p219/p1302/p1303).1301), and March 1, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1425), without reference to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 10, sec. 1339; title 40, secs. 259, 267), including also the engagement, by contract or otherwise, of the services of architects, or firms, or partnerships thereof, and other technical and professional personnel as may be deemed necessary without regard to civil-service requirements and restrictions of law governing the employment and com-441pensation of employees of the United States, $16,062,860, of which $125,000 shall be available toward construction of barracks andScott Field, III. quarters at Scott Field, Illinois, and of which not to exceed $3,000,000Incurred obligationsVol. 45, p. 1301. shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the contract authorizations for these purposes carried in the War Department Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1930 and of which the sum of $230,400 shall be available immediately for the construction of aSelfridge Field, Mich.*Provisos*.Amounts from construction fund and the Treasury.Vol. 44, p. 206.U. S. C., p. 1913.*Post*, p. 1454.Additional contracts authorized. sea wall at Selfridge Field, Michigan: *Provided*, That of the amount herein appropriated, $2,859,000 shall be payable from the military post construction fund created by section 4 of the Act approved March 12, 1926 (U. S. C., title 10, sec. 1597), and $13,473,860 shall be payable out of the general fund of the Treasury: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of War is authorized to enter into contracts for the purposes specified in the foregoing Acts, to an amount not to exceed $2,773,000, in addition to the appropriation herein made, but no contract shall be let or obligation incurred that would commit the Government to the payment of a sum exceeding $750,000 forLimit on Porto Rico projects. completing all of the Army construction projects in Porto Rico embraced by the Budget for the fiscal year 1931. barracks and quarters and other buildings and utilitiesBarracks, quarters, etc. For all expenses incident to the construction, installation,All expenses for con struction, maintenance, repairs, etc. operation, and maintenance of buildings, utilities, appurtenances, and accessories necessary for the shelter, protection, and accommodation of the Army and its personnel and property, where not specifically provided for in other appropriations, including personal services, purchase and repair of furniture for quarters for officers, warrant officers, and noncommissioned officers, and officers’ messes and wall lockers and refrigerators for Government-owned buildings as may be approved by the Secretary of War, care and improvement of grounds, flooring and framing for tents, rental of buildings andRentals, etc. grounds for military purposes and lodgings for recruits and applicants for enlistment, water supply, sewer and fire-alarm systems,Water, roads, wharves, etc. fire apparatus, roads, walks, wharves, drainage, dredging channels, purchase of water, and disposal of sewage, $11,000,000: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Outside rent. That not more than $16,000 of the appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for rent of offices outside the District of Columbia in connection with work incident to the assurance of adequate provision for the mobilization of matériel and industrial organizations essential to war-time needs: *Provided further*, ThatRentals for military attachés. this appropriation shall be available for the rental of offices, garages, and stables for military attachés: *Provided further*, That notAmount for fuel immediately available. exceeding $100,000 shall be available immediately for the procurement and transportation of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1931: *Provided further*, That no part of the funds herein appropriatedLimitation on additions. shall be available for construction of a permanent nature of an additional building or an extension or addition to an existing building, the cost of which in any case exceeds $20,000: *Provided further*, ThatStable rent. the monthly rental rate to be paid out of this appropriation for stabling any animal shall not exceed $15. shooting galleries and rangesShooting galleries and ranges. For shelter, grounds, observation towers, shooting galleries,Expenses of. 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 practicable442to the National Guard and organized rifle clubs under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War, $40,000. Rent.rent of buildings, quartermaster corps Buildings, D. C.For rent of buildings and parts of buildings in the District of *Proviso*.Restriction.Columbia for military purposes, $15,300: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not be available if space is provided by the Public Buildings Commission in Government-owned buildings. Fort Monroe, Va.sewerage system, fort monroe, virginia 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. Roads.For rakes, shovels, and brooms; repairs to roadway, pavements, 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. Sewer.For waste, oil, motor and pump repairs, sewer pipe, cement, brick, stone, supplies, and personal services, $6,690; for two-thirds of said sum, to be supplied by the United States, $4,460. Hospitals.construction and repair of hospitals Construction, repairs, etc.For construction and repair of hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, including all expenditures for construction and repairs required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for the construction and repair of general hospitals and expenses incident thereto, and for additions needed Temporary camp hospitals, etc.to meet the requirements of increased garrisons, and for temporary hospitals in standing camps and cantonments; for the alteration of permanent buildings at posts for use as hospitals, Rentals, etc.construction and repair of temporary hospital buildings at permanent posts, construction and repair of temporary general hospitals, rental or purchase of grounds, and rental and alteration of buildings for use for hospital purposes in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including necessary temporary quarters for hospital personnel, outbuildings, heating and laundry apparatus, plumbing, water and sewers, and electric work, cooking apparatus, and roads and walks for the same, $578,880. Acquisition of land.acquisition of land Camp Bullis, Tex.Vol. 45, p. 1073.For the purchase of land at Camp Bullis, Texas, as authorized by the Act approved January 12, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1073), not to exceed $15,000, and acquisition of approximately four hundred and eighty Bolling Field, D. C.Vol. 45, p. 1303.acres of land adjacent to Bolling Field, Washington, District of Columbia, as authorized by the Act approved February 25, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1301), not to exceed $666,000, to remain available until expended; in all, $681,000. Seacoast defenses.Seacoast Defenses All expenses of fortifications, etc., under specified branches.For all expenses properly pertaining to the respective branches below stated as may be incident to the preparation of plans and the construction, purchase, installation, equipment, maintenance, repair, and operation of fortifications and other works of defense, and their accessories, including personal services, maintenance of channels to submarine mine wharves, purchase of lands and rights of way as443authorized by law, and experimental, test, and development work, as follows: United States.—Signal Corps, $115,660;United States. Corps of Engineers, $506,550, of which $85,000 shall be immediately available for construction of shore-protection works at FortFort Screven, Ga. Screven, Georgia, to prevent erosion of the shore line; Ordnance Department, $301,670; Chief of Coast Artillery, $186,495; Insular departments: Signal Corps, $103,031;Insular possessions. Corps of Engineers, $220,000; Ordnance Department, $302,919; Chief of Coast Artillery, $226,575; Panama Canal.—Signal Corps, $43,012;Panama Canal. Corps of Engineers, $359,000; Ordnance Department, $154,488; Chief of Coast Artillery, $252,819; In all, $2,772,219. Signal CorpsSignal Corps. signal service of the armySignal Service. Telegraph and telephone systems: Purchase, equipment,Telegraph and telephone systems.Purchase, operation, etc. operation, and repair of military telegraph, telephone, radio, cable, and signaling systems; signal equipment and stores, heliographs, signal lanterns, flags, and other necessary instruments ; wind vanes, barometers, anemometers, thermometers, and other meteorological instrumente; 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 rentalTelephones. and payment for commercial, exchange, message, trunk-line, longdistance, and leased-line telephone service at or connecting any post, camp, cantonment, depot, arsenal, headquarters, hospital, aviation station, or other office or station of the Army, excepting local Local exemption.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 commercial lines; electrical installations andElectrical Installations. maintenance thereof at military posts, cantonments, camps, and stations of the Army, fire-control and direction apparatus and material for Field Artillery; salaries of civilian employees, including thoseCivilian employees. necessary as instructors at vocational schools; supplies, general repairs, reserve supplies, and other expenses, connected with the collecting and transmitting of information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise; experimental investigation, research, purchase,Experimental research, etc. and development or improvements in apparatus, and maintenance of signaling and accessories thereto, including patent rights and other rights thereto, including machines, instrumente, and other equipment for laboratory and repair purposes; lease, alteration, and repair of such buildings required for storing or guarding SignalBuildings for supplies. Corps supplies, equipment, and personnel when not otherwise provided for, including the land therefor, the introduction of water,444electric light and power, sewerage, grading, roads and walks, and other equipment required, $3,010,000. Air Corps.Air Corps air corps, army Designated purposes.For creating, maintaining, and operating at established flying schools and balloon schools courses of instruction for officers, students, and enlisted men, including cost of equipment and supplies necessary for instruction, purchase of tools, equipment, materials, machines, textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, instruments, and materials for theoretical and practical Aircraft operation, construction, etc.instruction; for maintenance, repair, storage, and operation of airships, war balloons, and other aerial machines, including instruments, materials, gas plants, hangars, and repair shops, and appliances of every sort and description necessary for the operation, construction, or equipment of all types of aircraft, and all necessary landing, etc., runways.spare parts and equipment connected therewith and the establishment of landing and take-off runways; for purchase of supplies for securing, developing, printing, and reproducing photographs in connection with aerial photography; improvement, equipment, maintenance, and operation of plants for testing and experimental work, and procuring and introducing water, electric light, and Helium gas.*Ante*, p. 212.*Post*, p. 572.Civilian employees.power, gas, and sewerage, including maintenance, operation, and repair of such utilities at such plants; for the procurement of helium gas; salaries and wages of civilian employees as may be necessary, and payment of their traveling and other necessary expenses as authorized by existing laws; transportation of materials in connection with consolidation of Air Corps activities; Purchase, manufacture, etc., of aircraft.experimental investigation and purchase and development of new types of aircraft, accessories thereto, and aviation engines, including plans, drawings, and specifications thereof, and the purchase of letters Balloons, etc.patent, application of 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, Marking military air ways.and all necessary spare parts and equipment connected therewith; for the marking of military airways where the purchase of land is not involved; for the purchase, manufacture, and issue of special Disposal of surplus equipment, etc.clothing, wearing apparel, and similar equipment for aviation purposes; for all necessary expenses connected with the sale or disposal of surplus or obsolete aeronautical equipment, and the rental of buildings, and other facilities for the handling or storage Consulting engineers.of such equipment; for the services of not more than 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 Outside printing plants, etc.scientific medical research in the Air Corps; for maintenance and operation of such Air Corps printing plants outside of the District Special services.of Columbia as may be authorized in accordance with law; for publications, station libraries, special furniture, supplies and equipment for offices, shops, and laboratories; for special services, including *Provisos*.Designated allotments.Civilian employees.the salvaging of wrecked aircraft, $35,823,473: *Provided*, That not to exceed $3,692,881 from this appropriation may be expended for pay and expenses of civilian employees other than those employed445in experimental and research work; not exceeding $2,255,930 may beExperimental and research work. expended for experimental and research work with airplanes or lighter-than-air craft and their equipment, including the pay of necessary civilian employees; not exceeding $78,450 may be expended for the production of lighter-than-air equipment; not exceeding $2,724,073 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,New airplanes, etc. to remain available until expended; not less than $17,573,723 shall be expended for the production or purchase of new airplanes and their equipment, spare parts, and accessories; and not more thanDamage claims. $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 War: *Provided further*, That the sum of $175,000 of the appropriation for AirSum available for incurred obligations.Vol. 44, p. 1120. Corps, Army, fiscal year 1928, shall remain available until June 30, 1931, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed prior to July 1, 1928: *Provided further*, That section 3648,Periodicals, etc.[R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/sec3648/p718).[U. S. C., p. 1009](/us/usc/p1009). Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 529), shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation: *Provided further*, ThatExhibition flights restricted. 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 exhibition:Engine equipment restricted. *Provided further*, That none of the money appropriated in this Act shall be used for the purchase of any airplane ordered after the approval of this Act which is equipped or propelled by a Liberty motor or by any motor or airplane engine purchased or constructed prior to July 1, 1920. Medical DepartmentMedical Department. army medical and hospital department For the manufacture and purchase of medical and hospitalMedical and hospital supplies. 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 inspection service and instruction furnished by theService by Agricultural Department. Department of Agriculture which may be transferred in advance; 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*Proviso*.Not applicable, if on furlough. not apply to officers and enlisted men who are treated in private hospitals or by civilian physicians while on furlough; for the properContagious diseases expenses. care and treatment of epidemic and contagious diseases in the Army or at military posts or stations, including measures to prevent the446spread thereof, and the payment of reasonable damages not otherwise provided for for bedding and clothing injured or destroyed Insane Filipino soldiers.Vol. 35, p. 122.[U. S. C., p. 681](/us/usc/p681).in such prevention; for the care of insane Filipino soldiers in conformity with the Act of Congress approved May 11, 1908; 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 Transporting medical supplies, etc.other employees of the Medical Department; 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 supply of the Army and Navy Hot Springs Hospital, Ark.Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas; for advertising, laundry, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, $1,301,358. Canal Zone.hospital care, canal zone garrisons Care of troops at Panama Canal hospitals.For paying the Panama Canal such reasonable charges, exclusive 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 *Proviso*.Subsistence payments.request of proper military authority, $40,000: *Provided*, That the subsistence of the said patients, except commissioned officers, shall be paid to said hospitals out of the appropriation for subsistence of the Army at the rates provided therein for commutation of rations for enlisted patients in general hospitals. Army Medical Museums.army medical museum Preservation, etc., of specimens.For Army Medical Museum, preservation of specimens, and the preparation and purchase of new specimens, $8,500. Library.library, surgeon general’s office Purchase of books, etc.For the library of the Surgeon General’s Office, including the purchase of the necessary books of reference and periodicals, $19,500. Engineer Corps.Corps of Engineers Depots.engineer depots Incidental expenses.For incidental expenses for the depots, including fuel, lights, chemicals, stationery, hardware, machinery, pay of civilian clerks, mechanics, laborers, and other employees; for lumber and materials and for labor for packing and crating engineer supplies; repairs of, and for materials to repair public buildings, machinery, and instruments, and for unforeseen expenses, $95,556. School.engineer school Equipment, maintenance, etc.For equipment and maintenance of the Engineer School, including purchase and repair of instruments, machinery, implements,447models, 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; for incidental expenses of the school, includingIncidental expenses. chemicals, stationery, hardware, machinery, and boats; for pay*Post*, p. 1607. of civilian clerks, draftsmen, electricians, mechanics, and laborers; for compensation of civilian lecturers; for unforeseen expenses; andTravel expenses of officers. for travel expenses of officers on journeys approved by the Secretary of War and made for the purpose of instruction, $23,710: *Provided*, That the traveling expenses herein provided for shall*Provisos*.In lieu of mileage. be in lieu of mileage and other allowances; and for other absolutely necessary expenses: *Provided further*, That section 3648, RevisedPeriodicals.[R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/sec3648/p718).[U. S. C., p. 1009](/us/usc/p1009). Statutes (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 529), shall not 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, $268,970. 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 of surveyors, survey parties, draftsmen, photographers,Surveyors, assistants, etc. 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 depots” and “Military surveys and maps,” $96,740: *Provided*, That when to the interest of the Government, funds*Provisos*.Purchase of options for materials. appropriated under this head may be used for the purchase of options on materials for use in engineer operations in the field:Temporary construction work for training only. *Provided further*, That so much of this appropriation as is necessary to provide facilities for engineer training of troops may be expended for military construction work of a temporary character at camps and cantonments and at training areas for training purposes only. military surveys and mapsMilitary surveys and maps. For the execution of topographic and other surveys, theExpenses of executing. securing 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 available immediately and to remain available until December 31, 1931, $75,000. 448 Ordnance Department.Ordnance Department Ordnance service and supplies.ordnance service and supplies, army Manufacture, issue, etc.For manufacture, procurement, storage and issue, including research, planning, design, development, inspection, test, alteration, maintenance, repair, and handling of ordnance material together with the machinery, supplies, and services necessary thereto; Current expenses.for supplies and services in connection with the general work of the Ordnance Department, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, light, water, advertising, stationery, typewriting, and computing machines, including their exchange, and furniture, tools, and instruments of service; to provide for training and other incidental expenses of the ordnance service; for instruction purposes, other than tuition; for maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn freight and passenger-carrying vehicles; Ammunition for military salutes.for ammunition for military salutes at Government establishments, and institutions to which the issues of arms for salutes are authorized; for services, material, tools, and appliances for operation of the testing machines and chemical laboratory in connection therewith; for publications for libraries of the Ordnance Department, including the Ordnance Office, including subscriptions to periodicals Consulting engineers.which may be paid for in advance; for the services of not more than four consulting engineers as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, at rates of pay to be fixed by him not to exceed $50 per day for not exceeding fifty days each and necessary traveling expenses, $9,719,161. Rock Island, Ill.rock island bridge, rock island, illinois Operating bridges, etc.For operating, repair, and preservation of Rock Island bridges and viaduct, and maintenance and repair of the arsenal street connecting the bridges, $35,000. Arsenals.repairs of arsenals Repairs, etc.For repairs and improvements of ordnance establishments, and to meet such unforeseen expenditures as accidents or other contingencies *Proviso*.Picatinny and Frankford arsenals.Vol. 45, p. 1305.may require, $981,081: *Provided*, That not exceeding $125,000 of this appropriation may be expended for construction of a powder blending unit at Picatinny Arsenal, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved February 25, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1305), and not exceeding $75,000 may be expended for the construction of an intercepting sewer at Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ammunition storage facilities.ammunition storage facilities Completion of.Vol. 45, pp. 35, 028.*Post*, p. 1807.To complete the provision of ammunition storage facilities in accordance with the primary recommendations contained in House Document Numbered 199, Seventieth Congress, as modified by the second deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928, approved May 29, 1928, $351,941, *Proviso*.Hawaiian Department, location changed.including not to exceed $80,000 for the purchase of land: *Provided*, That the plans for storing ammunition in the Hawaiian Department as set forth in House Document Numbered 199, Seventieth Congress, are modified to authorize the construction of the ammunition storage facilities in the Salt Lake Crater instead of the Fort Shafter Gulch, including the purchase of the necessary land and the construction of underground magazines in that area; and that the funds for construction in this ammunition storage area may be449expended under the direction of such of the War Department agencies as may be considered most effective for the purpose: *Provided further*, That the funds appropriated under this title in theFunds available.Vol. 45, pp. 928, 1665. second deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928, approved May 29, 1928, and the second deficiency Act, fiscal year 1929, approved March 4, 1929, shall remain available until June 30, 1931. gauges, dies, and jigs for manufactureGauges, dies, and jigs. For the development and procurement of gauges, dies, jigs, andProcuring, for armament manufacture. other special aids and appliances, including specifications and detailed drawings, to carry out the purpose of section 123 of theVol. 39, p. 215.[U. S. C., p. 1694](/us/usc/p1694). National Defense Act, approved June 3, 1916 (U. S. C., title 50, sec. 78), $75,000. Chemical Warfare ServiceChemical Warfare Service. For purchase, manufacture, and test of chemical warfare gases orPurchase, manufacture, etc., of gases. 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 operation connected therewith; purchase of chemicals, special scientific and technical apparatus and instruments; construction, maintenance, and repair of plants, buildings, and equipment, and thePlants, buildings, machinery, etc. machinery 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; for expenses incidental to the organization, training,Organizing special gas troops. 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, and maneuvers; for current expenses of chemicalCurrent expenses. 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, $1,295,215. Chief of Infantry infantry school, fort benning, georgiaInfantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific andInstruction expenses. 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, $38,433. tank serviceTank Service. For payment of the necessary civilian employees to assist inCivilian employees. handling the clerical work in the office of the tank center, tank schools, and the various tank organization headquarters, 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, $25,320. Incidental expenses in connection with the operation of the tankTank schools. schools, $1,870. 450 Chief of Cavalry Cavalry School, Fort Riley, Kans.cavalry school, fort riley, kansas 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, $20,610. Chief of Field Artillery Field Artilleryfield artillery school, fort sill, oklahoma School, Fort Sill, Okla.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 Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, $23,185. Field Artillery activities.instruction in field artillery activities Instruction at brigade firing centers.To provide means for the theoretical and practical instruction in 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, 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, $3,500. Chief of Coast Artillery Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va.coast artillery school, fort monroe, virginia 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 defense; 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 *Provisos*.Periodicals, etc.[R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/sec3648/p718).[U. S. C., p. 1009](/us/usc/p1009).all, $29,205: *Provided*, That section 3648, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 529), shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this Special typewriter prices.appropriation: *Provided further*, 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. Military Academy.United States Military Academy Pay.pay of military academy Professors.Permanent establishment: For eight professors, $31,000; additional pay of professors for length of service, $12,250; subsistence allowance of professors, $3,723; in all, $46,973. Cadets.For cadets, $947,700. 451 Civilians: For pay of employees, $263,000.Civilians. All of the money hereinbefore appropriated for pay of the MilitaryTo constitute one fund. Academy shall be disbursed and accounted for as pay of the Military Academy, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. maintenance, united states military academyMaintenance. For text and reference books for instruction; increase and expenseDesignated expenses. of library (not exceeding $6,000); 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; epuipment 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 commutation 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 $12,200); contingencies for superintendent of the academy, to be expended in his discretion (not to exceed $3,000); expenses of the members of theBoard of Visitors. Board of Visitors (not exceeding $1,500); contingent 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: fireextinguisning apparatus; machinery and tools and repair of same; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled vehicles, and procurement of two motorized fire engines and one motorized ladder truck at $4,000 each; policing buildings and grounds; furniture, refrigerators, and lockers for Government-owned buildings 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, $1,213,060. Section 3648, Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 529), shallPeriodicals.[R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718](/us/rs/sec3648/p718).[U. S. C., p, 1009](/us/usc/p1009). not apply to subscriptions for foreign, professional, and other newspapers and periodicals to be 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 to, 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. Militia BureauMilitia Bureau. National GuardNational Guard. arming, equipping, and training the national guardArming, etc. For procurement of forage, bedding, and so forth, for animalsForage, etc. used by the National Guard, $1,373,430. For compensation of help for care of materials, animals, andCare of animals, etc. equipment, $2,428,553. For expenses, camps of instruction, field and supplemental Instruction camps, field training, etc.training, including not to exceed $253,000 for construction at camps, and452including medical and hospital treatment authorized by law, and the hire (at a rate not to exceed $1 per diem), repair, maintenance and operation of motorpropellea passenger-carrying vehicles, $9,485,875. Service schools Instruction, etc.For expenses, selected officers and enlisted men, military service schools, including medical and hospital treatment authorized by law, $375,000. Property, etc., officers.For pay of property and disbursing officers for the United States, $79,500. Equipment, instruction expenses.For general expenses, equipment, and instruction, National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment authorized by law, and the hire (at a rate not to exceed $1 per diem), repair, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger and nonpassengercarrying vehicles, $691,018. Travel, Army officers, etc.For travel of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Regular Army in connection with the National Guard, $335,000: *Provided*, *Proviso*.War Department General Staff.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.Army enlisted men.For transportation of equipment and supplies, $225,000. For expenses of enlisted men of the Regular Army on duty with the National Guard, including the hiring of quarters in kind, $480,000. Pay, armory drills.For pay of National Guard (armory drills), $11,541,168. 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 thereof 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 1931. Field service.arms, uniforms, equipment, and so forth, for field service, national guard Procuring arms, etc., for issue.Requisitions from governors, etc.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 reserve supply thereof, including horses conforming 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, $5,894,598, of which not less than $800,000 shall be available only for the production and purchase of new airplanes and their equipment, spare parts and accessories: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Clothing, equipment, etc., from Army surplus stores.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 may be needed by the National Guard organized under the provisions Vol. 30, p. 107; Vol. 41 p. 780.[U. S. C., p. 1034](/us/usc/p1034).of the Act entitled “An Act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes,” approved453June 3, 1916 (U. S. C., title 32, sec. 21), as amended. This issueWithout charge to militia appropriations. 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 1931. Organized ReservesOrganized Reserves. For pay and allowances of members of the Officers’ Reserve CorpsOfficers’ Reserve Corps.Fay, etc., on active duty.*Proviso*.Mileage allowance.Enlisted Reserve Corps. on active duty in accordance with law; mileage, reimbursement of actual traveling expenses, or per diem allowances in lieu thereof, as authorized by law: *Provided*, That the mileage allowance to members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps when called into active service for training for fifteen days or less shall not exceed 4 cents per mile; pay, transportation, subsistence, clothing, and medical and hospital treatment of members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps; conductingCorrespondence courses. correspondence or extension courses for instruction of members of the Reserve Corps, including necessary supplies, procurement of maps and textbooks, and transportation; purchase of training manuals,Training manuals.Headquarters and training camps.Establishment, maintenance, etc. including Government publications and blank forms; establishment, maintenance, and 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 and purchase of thirty such vehicles (at a cost not exceeding $625 each including the value of a vehicle exchanged); 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 expenses incident to 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 not to exceed $613,012 ofPurchase of new airplanes, etc. this appropriation shall be available for expenditure by the Chief of the Air Corps 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 the medical and hospitalMedical and hospital treatment, etc., if injured in line of duty. treatment of members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps and of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, who suffer personal injury or contract disease in line of duty, as provided by the Act of April 26, 1928 (45 Stat. 461,Vol. 45, p. 461.[U. S. C., Supp. IV. p. 82](/us/usc/p82). ch. 436), and for such other purposes in connection therewith as are authorized by the said Act, including pay and allowances, subsistence,Burial expenses. transportation, and burial expenses, in all, $6,542,362, and no part of such total sum shall be available for any expense incident to givingRestriction on flight training to officers of Officers Reserve Corps. flight training to any officer of the Officers’ Reserve Corps unless he shall be found physically and professionally qualified to perform aviation service as an aviation pilot, by such agency as the Secretary of War may designate: *Provided*, That not to exceed $100,000 of thisDivisional and regimental headquarters. appropriation may be used for establishment and maintenance of divisional and regimental headquarters. None of the funds appropriated elsewhere in this Act, except forOther funds not to be used. printing and binding and for pay and allowances of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army, and for mileage, reimbursement of actual traveling expenses, or per diem allowances in lieu thereof, as authorized by law, to Air Corps reserve officers on extended active duty, shall be used for expenses in connection with the Organized454Reserves, but available supplies and existing facilities at military posts shall be utilized to the fullest extent possible. Pay period tor 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, etc.Vol. 41, pp. 760, 765.[U. S. C., p. 171](/us/usc/p171).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 (U. S. C., title 10, secs. 26, 37), 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 civilian military training camps, appropriated Air Corps.Vol. 41, p. 776.[U. S. C., p. 183](/us/usc/p183).*Proviso*.Medical Reserve Corps for Veterans Bureau patients in Army hospitals.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 June 4, 1920 (U. S. C., title 10, sec. 369): *Provided*, That the pay and allowances of such additional officers and nurses or the Medical Reserve Corps as are required to supplement the like officers and nurses of the Regular Army in the care of beneficiaries of Payment from Army funds.the United States Veterans’ Bureau treated in Army hospitals may be paid from the funds allotted to the War Department by that bureau under existing law. Citizens’ military training.Citizens’ Military Training Reserve Officers Training Corps.reserve officers’ training corps Quartermaster supplies 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 a rate to be fixed annually by the Secretary of War; for transporting said animals and other authorized supplies and equipment from place of issue to the several institutions and training camps and Training camp expenses.return of same to place of issue when necessary; for purchase of training manuals, including Government publications and blank forms; 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 remaining therein so far as appropriations will permit or, in lieu of transporting them to and from such Commutation of travel allowances.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 expenses incident to 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 pay for students attending advanced camps at the rate prescribed for soldiers of the seventh grade of the Regular Subsistence commutation to senior division members.Army; for the payment 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 Vol. 39, p. 193; Vol. 41. p. 779.[U. S. C., p. 184](/us/usc/p184).Medical and hospital treatment, etc., if injured in line of duty.the Army, as authorized in the Act approved June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act approved June 4, 1920 (U. S. C., title 10, sec. 387); for medical and hospital treatment until return to their homes and further medical treatment after arrival at their homes, sub-455sistence during hospitalization and until furnished transportation to their homes, and transportation when fit for travel to their homes of members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps who suffer personal injury in line of duty while en route to or from and while at camps of instruction under the provisions of section 47a of theVol. 41, pp. 778,779.[U. S. C., p. 185](/us/usc/p185). National Defense Act approved June 3, 1916, as amended (U. S. C., title 10, sec. 441); and for the cost of preparation and transportationBurial expenses. to their homes and burial expenses of the remains of members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps who die while attending campsVol. 43, p. 365.[U. S. C., p. 188](/us/usc/p188). of instruction as provided in section 4 of the Act approved June 3, 1924 (U. S. C., title 10, sec. 455); for mileage, reimbursement of traveling expenses, or per diem allowance in lieu thereof as authorized by law, for officers and warrant officers of the Regular Army ordered to duty with, relieved from duty with, or traveling on duty in connection with Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units at educational institutions and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps training camps; for transportation of dependents, baggage, and household effects, including packing and crating, of officers and warrant officers ordered to duty with, and relieved from duty with, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units at educational institutions; for transportation of enlisted men of the Regular Army ordered to duty with, and relieved from duty with, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units and to duty with Reserve Officers’ Training Corps training camps and return to stations; and for transportation of dependents, baggage,Transportingdependents, etc., on change of stations. and household effects, including packing and crating, of enlisted men ordered to duty with, and relieved from duty with, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units, as authorized by law; and for the cost of maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles,Vehicles. $4,000,000, of which $547,849 shall be available immediately:*Provisos*.Uniforms, etc., from Army surplus stocks. *Provided*, That uniforms 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 noPrice current to govern payments. case shall the amount paid from this appropriation for uniforms, equipment, or material furnished to the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps from stocks under the control of the War Department be in excess of the price current at the time the issue is made:Additional mounted units forbidden. *Provided further*, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the organization or maintenance of an additional number of mounted, motor transport, or tank units in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in excess of the number in existence on January 1, 1928: *Provided further*, That none of the funds appropriatedUse of other funds forbidden. elsewhere in this Act, except for printing and binding and pay and allowances of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army, shall be used for expenses in connection with the Reserve Officers, Training Corps. military supplies and equipment fob schools and collegesOther schools and colleges. For the procurement and issue as provided in section 55c of theIssue of military supplies, equipment, ammunition, etc., to. Act approved June 4, 1920 (U. S. C., title 10, sec. 1180), and in section 1225, Revised Statutes, as amended, under such regulationsVol. 41, p. 780.[R. S., sec. 1225, p. 216](/us/rs/sec1225/p216). 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[U. S. C., p. 213](/us/usc/p213).Vol. 41, p. 775. 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 articles issued, as the Secretary of War shall deem necessary for proper military training in said schools and colleges, $8,900. 456 Citizens Military Training Camps.citizens’ military training camps Uniforms, transportation expenses, etc., for attending.Vol. 39, p. 193; Vol. 41. p. 779.[U. S. C., p. 185](/us/usc/p185).For furnishing, at the expense of the United States, to. warrant officers, enlisted men, and civilians attending training camps maintained under the provisions of section 47d of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920 (U. S. C., title 10, sec. 442), uniforms, including altering, fitting, washing and cleaning when necessary, subsistence, and transportation, or in lieu of such transportation and of subsistence for travel to and from camps, travel allowances at 5 cents per mile, as prescribed in said section Maintenance.47d; for such expenditures as are authorized by said section 47d as may be 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 expenses incident to 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 $20,000); 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, Medical and hospital treatment, etc., if injured in line of duty.including Government publications and blank forms; for medical and hospital treatment until return to their homes, further medical treatment after arrival at their homes, subsistence during hospitalization, and, when fit for travel, travel allowances at 5 cents per mile to their homes of members of the citizens’ military training camps injured in line of duty while en route to or from and while at camps Vol. 41, pp. 778, 779;Vol. 43, p. 365.[U. S. C., p. 186](/us/usc/p186).of instruction under the provisions of section 47a and section 47d of the National Defense Act approved June 3, 1916 (U. S. C., title 10, secs. 441, 442), as amended, and for the cost of preparation and Burial expenses.Vol. 43, p. 365.[U. S. C., p. 186](/us/usc/p186).transportation to their homes and burial expenses of the remains of civilians who die while attending camps of instruction as provided in section 4 of the Act approved June 3, 1924 (U. S. C., title *Proviso*.Age limitation.10, sec. 455); in all, $2,814,772: *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 Use of other funds forbidden.birthday before the date of enrollment: *Provided further*, That none of the funds appropriated elsewhere in this Act except for printing and binding and for pay and allowances of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army shall be used for expenses in connection Uniforms, etc., from Army surplus stocks.with citizens’ military training camps: *Provided further*, That uniforms and other equipment or matériel 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 Price current to govern payments.incurred in the manufacture or issue: *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. 457 National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, ArmyPromotion of rifle practice. national matches For the national matches and other competitions and the SmallExpenses of national matches and Small Arms Firing School.Vol. 45, p. 786.[U. S. C., Supp. IV. p. 171](/us/usc/p171). Arms Firing School, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved May 28, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. Ill, title 32, secs. 181a, 181b), $500,090. quartermaster supplies and services for rifle ranges for civilian instructionCivilian instruction To establish and maintain indoor and outdoor rifle ranges forQuartermaster supplies, etc., for rifle ranges, etc. the use of all able-bodied males capable of bearing arms, under reasonable regulations to be prescribed by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and approved by the Secretary of War; for the employment of labor in connection with the establishment of outdoor and indoor rifle ranges, including labor in operating targets; for the employment of instructors; for clerical services, includingInstructors, etc. not exceeding $22,500 in the District of Columbia; for badges and other insignia; for the transportation of employees, instructors, and civilians to engage in practice; for the purchase of materials, supplies, and services, and for expenses incidental to instruction of citizens of the United States in marksmanship, and theirParticipation in matches. participation in national and international matches, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, and to remain available until expended, $5,250. national trophy and medals for rifle contestsRifle contests. For incidental expenses of the National Board for the PromotionFurnishing national trophy medals, etc.Vol. 45, p. 786.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 471](/us/usc/p471). of Rifle Practice in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved May 28, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. Ill, title 32, sec. 181c), $5,500. ordnance equipment for rifle ranges for civilian instructionOrdnance equipment. For arms, ammunition, targets, and other accessories for targetArms, ammunition, etc., for target practice at rifle 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, $200,000. No part of the appropriations made in this Act shall be availableNo pay to ofllcers, etc., using time measuring devices on work of employees. for the salary or pay of any officer, manager, superintendent, foreman, or other person having charge of the work of any employee of the United States Government while making or causing to be made with a stop watch, or other time-measuring device, a time study of any job of any such employee between the starting and completion thereof, or of the movements of any such employee while engaged upon such work; nor shall any part of the 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. 458 TITLE II.—Nonmilitary activities. NONMILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT Finance.Finance Department Yellow fever roll of honor.For payment of annuities at the rate of $125 per month, as authorized by the Acts approved May 23, 1908, and February 28, 1929, to Names corrected.James L. Han berry; John H. Andrus.*Post*, p. 809.the persons named therein, including James L. Hanberry in lieu of James F. Hanberry, and John H. Andrus in lieu of James A. Andrus, and the “First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1930”, approved *Ante*, p. 122.March 26, 1930, is hereby amended so as to read “including John H. Andrus in lieu of James A. Andrus”, $28,500. Quartermaster Corps.Quartermaster Corps National cemeteries, etc.cemeterial expenses Maintenance.For maintaining and improving national cemeteries, including fuel for and pay of superintendents and the superintendent at Mexico City, laborers and other employees, purchase of tools and materials; purchase of one passenger-carrying automobile, at a cost not to exceed $1,500, and for the repair, maintenance, and operation of Arlington, Va.*Post*, p. 1608. Cemeteries abroad.motor vehicles; care and maintenance of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, chapel, and grounds in the Arlington National Cemetery, Repairs to roadways.and permanent American cemeteries abroad; for repair to roadways but not to more than a single approach road to any national cemetery constructed under special Act of Congress; for headstones for unmarked graves of soldiers, sailors, and marines under the Acts approved March Headstones for graves of soldiers, etc.R. S., sec. 4877, p. 944Vol, 20, p. 281; Vol. 34, p. 56; Vol. 38, p. 768; Vol. 45, p. 1307.[U. S. C., p. 687; Supp. IV, p. 316](/us/usc/p687/p316).3, 1873 (U. S. C., title 24, sec. 279), February 3, 1879 (U. S. C., title 24, sec. 280), March 9, 1906 (34 Stat., p. 56), March 14, 1914 (38 Stat., p. 768), and February 26, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. Ill, title 24, sec. 280a), and civilians interred in post cemeteries; for the construction of a lodge for the superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, at a cost not to exceed $15,000; for Recovery of remains.Vol. 45, p. 251.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 87](/us/usc/p87).recovery of bodies and the disposition of remains of military personnel and civilian employees of the Army under Act approved March 9, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 10, sec. 916)for the care, Confederate Mound, Chicago, Ill.Confederate Cemetery, Ohio.*Post*, p. 1060.Confederate burial plats.protection, and maintenance of the Confederate Mound in Oakwood Cemetery at Chicago, the Confederate Stockade Cemetery at Johnstons Island, the Confederate burial plats owned by the United States in Confederate Cemetery at North Alton, the Confederate Cemetery, Camp Chase, at Columbus, the Confederate section in Greenlawn Cemetery at Indianapolis, the Confederate Cemetery at Point Lookout, *Proviso*.Encroachments by railroads forbidden.and the Confederate Cemetery at Rock Island, $1,110,418: *Provided*, That no railroad shall be permitted upon any right of way which may have been acquired by the United States leading to a national cemetery, or to encroach upon any roads or walks constructed Repairs restricted.thereon and maintained by the United States: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for repairing any roadway not owned by the United States within the corporate limits of any city, town, or village. Antietam battlefield, Md.For repair and preservation of monuments, tablets, observation tower, roads, fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States upon public lands within the limits of the Antietam battle field, near Sharpsburg, Maryland; for maintenance, repair, and operation of motor vehicles, including purchase (not to exceed $500) of one freight-carrying motor-propelled vehicle, and for pay Superintendent.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 person459selected 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, $7,620. For repairs and preservation of monuments, tablets, roads, fences,Burial places In Cube 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. Restoration of Lee mansion: For continuing the restoration of theLee Mansion, Ar lington, Va.Restoration, etc., of. Lee mansion, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, and the procurement, including gifts, of articles of furniture and equipment which were formerly in use in such mansion, or replicas thereof, or other furniture and equipment of the period, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved March 4, 1925 (43 Stat., p. 1356),Vol. 43, p. 1356. $10,000, to remain available until expended; such restoration and the articles so procured to be subject to the approval of theApproval by Commission of Fine Arts.*Proviso*.Articles to restore in terior, etc., may be pro cured without advertising. Commission of Fine Arts: *Provided*, That in the procurement of articles of furniture, equipment, and furnishings, or replicas thereof, required to restore the appearance of the interior of the Mansion to the condition of its occupancy prior to the Civil War, obligations may be incurred without advertising when in the opinion of the Quartermaster General it is advantageous to the Government to dispense with advertising. 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 superintendent, maps, surveys, clerical and other assistance; 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 State monuments; mowing; historical tablets, iron and bronze; iron gun carriages; roads and their maintenance, including posts and guard rails on highways, $66,000. fort donelson national military parkFort Donelson. For care and maintenance of the Fort Donelson NationalCare and maintenance. Military Park established on the battle field of Fort Donelson, Tennes see, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved MarchVol. 45, p. 368.[U. S, C.. Supp. IV, p. 166](/us/usc/p166). 26, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 16, secs. 428–428j), including personal services, procurement of supplies and equipment, and all other expenses incident to the care and maintenance of the park, $7,200. fredericksburg and spotsylvania county battle fields memorialFredericksburg and Spotsylvania Memorial. The unobligated balances of the appropriations previously madeBalances available.Vol. 45, pp. 1376, 1968. under this head are continued available until June 30, 1931, for the same objects specified in such appropriations. gettysburg national military parkGettysburg. For continuing the establishment of the park; acquisition ofContinuing establishment 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 without praise; preserving the features of the battle field and the monu-460ments 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, $56,359. Guilford Courthouse.guilford courthouse national military park 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 (39 Stat. p. 996), $8,300. Moores Creek.moores creek national military park Continuing establishment of.Vol. 44, p. 684.[U. S. C., p. 1937](/us/usc/p1937).For continuing the establishment of a national military park at the battle field of Moores Creek, North Carolina, in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to establish a national military park at the battle field of Moores Creek, North Carolina,” approved June 2, 1926 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 422), $4,065. Petersburg.petersburg national military park Continuing establishment of.VoL 44, p. 822.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 162](/us/usc/p162).For continuing the establishment of a national military park at the battle fields of the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved July 3, 1926 (U. S. C., Supp. III. title 16, secs. 423–423h), including surveys, maps, and marking the boundaries of the park; pay and expenses of civilian commissioners, and pay for clerical and other services ; mileage and travel expenses; supplies, equipment, and materials; maintenance, repair, and operation of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, and all other expenses necessary in establishing that park, $10,000, and such sum and the unobligated balances of the appropriations previously made under this head are continued available until expended for the objects specified in this paragraph. Shiloh.shiloh national military park 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, $40,000. Resurfacing road in, to Corinth Cemetery.Toward resurfacing the road situated in the Shiloh National Military Park and extending from the original boundaries of the park to the Corinth National Cemetery, such sum to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, $50,000, said resurfacing to be completed within a limit of cost of $100,000. Stones River.stones river national military park Continuing establishment of.Vol. 44, p. 1399.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 166](/us/usc/p166).For continuing the establishment of a national military park at the battle field of Stones River, Tennessee, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1927 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 16, secs. 426–427a), including the maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger and freight carrying vehicles, and other expenses necessary to the establishment of said park, $6,000. 461 vicksburg national military parkVicksburg. For continuing the establishment of the park; compensation ofContinuing establish ment 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, including maintenance, repair, and operation of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, $53,000, of which $30,000 shall be available immediately. survey of battle fieldsBattle fields. For continuing the work of survey of battle fields in accordanceContinuing survey of.Vol. 44, p. 726.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 169](/us/usc/p169). with the provisions of the Act approved June 11, 1926 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 16, secs. 455–455c), $6,300. national monumentsNational monuments. For maintaining and improving national monuments establishedMaintenance, etc.Vol. 34, p. 225.[U. S, C., p. 416](/us/usc/p416). by proclamation of the President under the Act of June 8, 1906 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 431), and administered by the Secretary of War, including Fort McHenry, Maryland, the Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, Brices Cross Roads, Mississippi, and Tupelo, Mississippi, battle field sites, including pay of the caretakers, laborers, and other employees, purchase of tools and materials, light, heat, and power, $25,710, of which not to exceed $300 may be paid to the superintendent of the Shiloh National Military Park, in addition to his salary as such superintendent, for performing the duties ofMeriwether Lewis.Superintendent. superintendent of the Meriwether Lewis National Monument. Monument on Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina: ToKitty Hawk, N. C.Completing monument on Kill Devil Hill, at.Vol. 45, p. 357. complete the erection of a monument on Kill Devil Hill, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, commemorative of the first successful human attempt in history of power-driven airplane flight, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved March 2, 1927Vol. 44, p. 1264. (44 Stat., p. 1264), including mileage to officers and traveling expenses of civilian employees, $232,500, to be available immediately and to remain available until June 30, 1932. Lincoln Birthplace Memorial: For the preservation of the Abraham Lincoln National Park, Ky.Preserving Lincoln Birthplace Memorial.Vol. 45, p. 1162.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 151](/us/usc/p151).birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, near Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved February 11, 1929 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 16, secs. 215–216), including the purchase of necessary supplies and equipment, the salary of the caretaker and other necessary employees, and all other necessary expenses incident to the foregoing, $6,960. Monument at Cowpens Battle Ground: Toward the erection of aCowpens Battle Ground, S. C.Erection of monument at.Vol. 45, p. 1559. monument at Cowpens battle ground near Ezell, Cherokee County, South Carolina, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved March 4, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1558), including mileage to officers and traveling expenses of civilian employees and all other expenses incident thereto, $12,500, to remain available until expended. Tablet to Nancy Hart: For all expenses incident to furnishing aNancy Hart.Tablet to memory of.Vol. 45, p. 1308.*Post*, pp. 1173, 1609. tablet or marker to commemorate the memory of Nancy Hart, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved February 26, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1308), $1,000, to remain available until expended. Marker at Monocacy, Maryland: For all expenses incident to theBattle of Monocacy. Md.Marker to commemorate.Vol. 45, p. 1444. erection of a marker to commemorate the Battle of Monocacy, Maryland, in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved March 1, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1444), including mileage to officers and462traveling expenses of civilian employees, $5,000, to remain available until expended. Old Fort Niagara, N. Y.Rehabilitating, etc.Old Fort Niagara, New York: For the repair, restoration, and rehabilitation of the French gateway, head house, the French and early American battery emplacements and gun mounts, the old French chapel, and early American hot-shot oven, and including the repair and building of roadways and the improvement of grounds, and the completion of the building and/or restoration and rehabilitation of rest room at Old Fort Niagara, New York, $25,000, Equal local donation required.to be expended only when matched by an equal amount by donation from local interests for the same purpose, such equal amount to be *Proviso*.Approval of plans, etc., by Secretary of War.expended by the Secretary of War: *Provided*, That all work of repair, restoration, rehabilitation, construction, and maintenance shall be carried out by the Secretary of War in accordance with plans approved by him. Signal Corps.Signal Corps Washington Alaska cable, etc.washington-alaska military cable and telegraph system Operation expenses, etc.For defraying the cost of such extensions, betterments, operation, and maintenance of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and From receipts.Telegraph System as may be approved by the Secretary of War, to be available until the close of the fiscal year 1932, 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, $300,000. Medical Department.Medical Department Artificial limbs.Artificial limbs: For furnishing artificial limbs and apparatus, or commutation therefor, and necessary transportation, $42,000. Surgical appliances.Appliances for disabled soldiers: For furnishing surgical appliances to persons disabled in the military or naval service of the United States prior to April 6, 1917, or subsequent to July 1, 1921, and not entitled to artificial limbs or trusses for the same disabilities, $600. Trusses.[R. S., sec. 1176, p. 211](/us/rs/sec1176/211).Vol. 20, p. 353.[U. S. C., p. 1202](/us/usc/p1202).Trusses for disabled soldiers: For trusses for persons entitled thereto under section 1176, Revised Statutes of the United States, and the Act amendatory thereof, approved March 3, 1879 (U. S. C., title 38, secs. 247–249), $300. Engineer Corps.Corps of Engineers California Débris Commission.california debris commission Expenses.Vol. 27, p. 507.[U. S. C., p. 1086](/us/usc/p1086).For defraying the expenses of the commission in carrying on the work authorized by the Act approved March 1, 1893 (U. S. C., title 33, sec. 661), $18,000. Alaska.construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, and trails, alaska Roads, bridges, trails, etc., in.Construction expenses, etc., under road commissioners.Vol. 34, p. 192.[U. S. C., p. 1584](/us/usc/p1584).For the construction, repair, and maintenance of roads, tramways, ferries, bridges, and trails, Territory of Alaska, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Road Commissioners described in section 2 of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the District of463Alaska, and for other purposes,” approved January 27, 1905, as amended (U. S. C., title 48, secs. 321–337), and to be expended conformably to the provisions of said Act as amended, $800,000, to be available immediately, and to include $1,000 compensation to thePresident of Board of road commissioners. president of the Board of Road Comimssioners for Alaska, in addition to his regular pay and allowances. hivers and harborsRivers and harbors. To be immediately available and to be expended under the Immediately available.direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers: For the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harborPreserving, constructing, etc., authorized projects. works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore authorized as may be most desirable in the interests of commerce and*Post*, p. 1031. navigation; for survey of northern and northwestern lakes, Lake of theBoundary 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 investigating lake levels with a view to their regulation; forExaminations, surveys, etc. examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors, provided that no funds shall be expended for any preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate not authorized by law; and for the prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within the harborNew York Harbor projects. 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, $55,000,000. muscle shoalsMuscle Shoals. For operating, maintaining, and keeping in repair the works atOperating, etc., works at Dam No. 2, Tennessee River. Dam Numbered 2, Tennessee River, including the hydroelectrical development, $260,000, to remain available until June 30, 1931, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers. flood controlFlood control. Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries: For prosecutingMississippi River, etc.Vol. 45, p. 534.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 475](/us/usc/p475). work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act, approved May 15, 1928 (U, S. C., Supp. III, title 33, sec. 702a), $35,000,000. Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of MississippiEmergency fund for tributaries.Vol. 45, p. 537.[U. S. C., Supp. IV, p. 332](/us/usc/p332).*Post*, p. 787. River: For rescue work and for repair or maintenance of any floodcontrol work on any tributaries of the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood, in accordance with section 7 of Flood Control Act, approved May 15, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 33, sec. 702g), $400,000. Flood control, Sacramento River, California: For prosecutingSacramento River.Vol. 39, p. 498, Vol. 45, p. 539.[U. S. C., p. 1000; Supp. IV, p. 478](/us/usc/p1000/p478). work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act approved March 1, 1917 (U. S. C., title 33, sec. 703), as modified by the Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 33, sec. 704), $1,000,000. National Home for Disabled Volunteer SoldiersNational Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. For the support of the National Home for Disabled VolunteerSupport. Soldiers, as follows: Central Branch, Dayton, Ohio: Current expenses: For pay ofDayton, Ohio.Current expenses. officers and noncommissioned officers of the home, with such exceptions464as 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 *Proviso*.Receipts from deceased members.deceased members: *Provided*, That all receipts on account of the effects of 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 expenditures, $107,500; Subsistence.Subsistence: For pay of commissary sergeants, commissary clerks, porters, laborers, bakers, cooks, dishwashers, waiters, and others employed in the subsistence department; food supplies purchased for the subsistence of the members of the home and civilian employees regularly employed and residing at the branch, 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, $560,000; Household.Household: For furniture for officers’ quarters; bedsteads, bedding, 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, $228,000; Hospital.Hospital: For pay of medical officers and assistant surgeons, matrons, druggist, 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, $477,000; Transportation.Transportation: For transportation of members of the home, $1,000; Repairs.Repairs: For pay of chief engineer, builders, blacksmiths, carpenters, painters, gas fitters, electrical workers, plumbers, tinsmiths, steam fitters, stone and brick masons, and laborers, and for all appliances and materials used under this head; and repairs of roads and *Proviso*.New buildings forbidden.other improvements of a permanent character, $103,000: *Provided*, That no part of the appropriation for repairs for any of the branch homes shall be used for the construction of any new building; Farm.Farm: For pay of farmer, chief gardener, harness makers, farm hands, gardeners, horseshoers, stablemen, teamsters, dairymen, herders, and laborers; tools, appliances, and materials required for farm, garden, and dairy work; grain and grain products, hay, straw fertilizers, seed, carriages, wagons, carts, and other conveyances; animals purchased for stock or work (including animals in the park); gasoline; materials, tools, and labor for flower garden, lawn, park, and cemetery; and construction of roads and walks, and repairs not done by the home, $37,000; In all, Central Branch, $1,513,500. 465 For “Current expenses,” “Subsistence,” “Household,” “Hospital,”Specified expenses at branches. “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: Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Current expenses,Milwaukee, Wis. $88,000; Subsistence, $330,000; Household, $165,500; Hospital, $430,000; Transportation, $500; Repairs, $73,000; Farm, $22,000; In all, Northwestern Branch, $1,109,000. Eastern Branch, Togus, Maine: Current expenses, $75,000;Togus, Me. Subsistence, $160,000; Household, $115,000; Hospital, $95,000; Transportation, $500; Repairs, $40,000; Farm, $30,000; In all, Eastern Branch, $515,500. Southern Branch, Hampton, Virginia: Currrent expenses, $85,200;Hampton, Va. Subsistence, $331,200; Household, $141,000; Hospital, $252,000; Transportation, $1,000; Repairs, $67,000; Farm, $24,000; In all, Southern Branch, $901,400. Western Branch, Leavenworth, Kansas: Current expenses,Leavenworth, Kans.$97,500; Subsistence, $333,000; Household, $168,000; Hospital, $210,000; Transportation, $500; Repairs, $82,700; Farm, $30,000; In all, Western Branch, $921,700. Pacific Branch, Santa Monica, California: Current expenses,Santa Monica, Calif. $110,000; Subsistence, $625,000; Household, $180,000; Hospital, $520,000; Transportation, $1,000; Repairs, $100,500; Farm, $38,000; In all, Pacific Branch, $1,574,500. Marion Branch, Marion, Indiana: Current expenses, $76,000;Marion, Ind. Subsistence, $330,000; Household, $125,000; Hospital, $450,000; Transportation, $1,000; Repairs, $80,000; Farm, $26,000; In all, Marion Branch, $1,088,000. Danville Branch, Danville, Illinois: Current expenses, $91,000;Danville, Ill. Subsistence, $294,000; Household, $136,000; Hospital, $150,000; 466 Transportation, $1,000; Repairs, $61,000; Farm, $20,000; In all, Danville Branch, $753,000. Johnson City, Tenn.Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennessee: Current expenses, $85,000; Subsistence, $330,000; Household, $110,000; Hospital, $275,000; Transportation, $500; Repairs, $67,000; Farm, $35,000; In all, Mountain Branch, $902,500. Bath, N. Y.Bath Branch, Bath, New York: Current expenses, $65,500; Subsistence, $200,000; Household, $102,500; Hospital, $115,000; Transportation, $1,000; Repairs, $80,000; Farm, $27,000; In all, Bath Branch, $591,000. Hot Springs, S. Dak.Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota: Current expenses, $60,000; Subsistence, $119,000; Household, $83,300; Hospital, $155,000; Transportation, $500; Repairs, $26,000; Farm, $8,000; In all, Battle Mountain Sanitarium, $451,800. Interchangeable appropriations.When approved by the Board of Managers, 10 per centum of each of the foregoing amounts for the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named, but the total for each home shall not be increased by more than 10 per centum. Clothing, etc., 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, $240,000. 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, $7,000; chief surgeon, $6,000; assistant general treasurer, $5,000; inspector general, $5,000; clerical services for the offices of the president, general treasurer, chief surgeon, and inspector general, $22,320; 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, $68,320. State or Territorial homes.Continuing aid to.Total, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, $10,630,220. State and Territorial homes for disabled soldiers and sailors: For continuing aid to State or Territorial homes for the support Vol. 25, p. 450.[U. S. C., p. 677](/us/usc/p677).of disabled volunteer soldiers, in conformity with the Act approved August 27, 1888 (U. S. C., title 24, sec. 134), as amended, including all classes of soldiers admissible to the National Home for Disabled *Proviso*.Collections from Inmates.Volunteer Soldiers, $560,000: *Provided*, That for any sum or sums collected in any manner from inmates of such State or Territorial homes to be used for the support of said homes a like amount shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for, but this proviso shall467not 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 hereinbeforeLimitation 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 theAll expenses.Objects specified. maintenance and operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, including the following: Compensation of all officials and employees; foreign and domestic newspapers and periodicals; law books not exceeding $1,000; 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 forClaims for damages. damages to vessels passing through the locks of the Panama Canal, as authorized by the Panama Canal Act; claims for losses of or damages to property arising from the conduct of authorized business operations; claims for damages to property arising from the maintenance and, operation, sanitation, and civil government of the Panama Canal; acquisition of land and land under water, asAcquisition of land. authorized in the Panama Canal Act; expenses incurred in assembling, assorting, storing, repairing, and selling material, machinery, and equipment heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the construction of the Panama Canal which are unserviceable or noDisposal of unserviceable material, etc. 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 anyEmergencies. emergency arising because of calamity by flood, fire, pestilence, or like character not foreseen or otherwise provided for herein; travelingTraveling expenses, etc. expenses, when prescribed 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, etc.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, payment in lump sums of not exceeding the amounts authorized by thePayment to alien cripples.Vol. 39, p. 750.[U. S. C., p. 81](/us/usc/p81). Injury Compensation Act approved September 7, 1916 (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 793), 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, $9,615,225, including $2,000,000 for continuing the construction of the Madden DamMadden Dam.Vol. 45, pp. 363, 1386. across the Chagres River at Alhajuela for the storage of water for use in the maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, together with a hydroelectric plant, roadways, and such other work as in the judgment of the Governor of the Panama Canal may be necessary, to cost in the aggregate not to exceed $12,000,000, togetherAdditional, from revenues. with all moneys arising from the conduct of business operations authorized by the Panama Canal Act; For sanitation, quarantine, hospitals, and medical aid and supportSanitation, etc. of the insane and of lepers and aid and support of indigent persons468legally within the Canal Zone, including expenses of their deportation Artificial limbs, etc., to injured employees.when practicable, and the purchase of artificial limbs or other appliances for persons who were injured in the service of the Isthmian Canal Commission or the Panama Canal prior to September Chief quarantine officer.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, $745,000; 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; codification of Canal Zone laws as authorized by Codifying laws.Vol. 45, p. 596.the Act of May 17, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 596), $5,000; and gratuities and necessary clothing for indigent discharged prisoners, $1,292,915; Available until expended.Moneys from designated sources credited to original appropriations.Total, Panama Canal, $11,653,140, to be available until expended. In addition to the foregoing sums there is appropriated for the fiscal year 1931 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 Net profits to be covered into the Treasury.government of the 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., in 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 1931, the necessary portions of such sums as shall be paid as water rentals or directly by the Government of Panama for such expenses. Approved, May 28, 1930.
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