Chapter 85. Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to lend to the entertainment committee of the United Confederate Veterans two hundred and fifty pyramidal tents, complete; fifteen 16 by 80 by 40 foot assembly tents; thirty 11 by 50 by 15 foot hospital-ward tents; ten thousand blankets, olive drab, num
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CHAP. 85.— An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to lend to the entertainment committee of the United Confederate Veterans two hundred and fifty pyramidal tents, complete; fifteen 16 by 80 by 40 foot assembly tents; thirty 11 by 50 by 15 foot hospital-ward tents; ten thousand blankets, olive drab, numbered 4; five thousand pillowcases; five thousand canvas cots; five thousand cotton pillows; five thousand bed sacks; ten thousand bed sheets; twenty field ranges, numbered 1; ten field bake ovens; fifty water bags (for ice water); to be used at the encampment of the United Confederate Veterans, to be held at Montgomery, Alabama, in June, 1931.
January 31, 1931.[[H. R. 14266](/us/bill/71/hr/14266).][[Public, No. 598](/us/pl/71/598).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryUnited Confederate Veterans.Loan of Army tents, etc., for encampment of, at Montgomery, Ala. of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to lend, at his discretion, to the entertainment committee of the United Confederate Veterans, whose encampment is to be held at Montgomery, Alabama, June 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, 1931, two hundred and fifty pyramidal tents, complete with all poles, pegs, and other equipment necessary for their erection; fifteen 16 by 80 by 40 foot assembly tents, complete with all poles, pegs, and other equipment necessary for their erection; thirty 11 by 50 by 15 foot hospital-ward tents, complete with all their poles, pegs, and equipment necessary for their erection; twenty field ranges, numbered 1, with necessary equipment for their erection; ten field bake ovens with necessary equipment for their erection; fifty water bags (for ice water); ten thousand blankets, olive drab, numbered 4; five thousand pillowcases; five thousand canvas cots; five thousand cotton pillows; five thousand bed sacks; and 1056*Provisos*.No Government expense.ten thousand bed sheets: *Provided*, That no expense shall be caused the United States Government by the delivery and return of said property, the same to be delivered from the nearest quartermaster depot at such time prior to the holding of said encampment as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of War and the general chairman of the said entertainment committee, Mr.
F. J. Cramton: *Provided further*,Bond required. That the Secretary of War, before delivery of such property, shall take from said F. J. Cramton, general chairman of the Forty-first Annual Confederate Reunion, a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of said property in good order and condition and the whole without expense to the United States. Approved, January 31, 1931.