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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 53 STAT. · June 30, 1940 · Public Law 45

Public Law 45.

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(/us/pl/44)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Military Appropriation Act, 1940. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes, namely: Salaries, War Department Personal services.For compensation for personal services in the District of Columbia, as follows:
Office of Secretary of War.*Proviso*.Use of field-service appropriations.Office of Secretary of War: Secretary of War, Assistant Secretary of War, and other personal services, $315,660: *Provided*, That no field-service appropriation shall be available for personal services in the War Department except as may be expressly authorized herein. Designated offices.Office of Chief of Staff, $244,120. Adjutant General’s office, $1,392,308. World War personnel records.For personal services, to be employed exclusively in assembling, classifying, and indexing the military personnel records of the World War, and for the purchase of necessary supplies and materials used in such work, $74,960.
Office of the Inspector General, $29,120. Office of the Judge Advocate General, $112,660. Office of the Chief of Finance, $396,100. 53 Stat. 593Office of the Quartermaster General, $825,310. Office of the Chief Signal Officer, $166,605. Office of the Chief of Air Corps, $258,400. Office of the Surgeon General, $289,960. Office of Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs, $66,480. Office of Chief of Engineers, $139,620: *Provided*, That the servicesOffice of Chief of Engineers.*Provisos*.Services of skilled draftsmen, etc. 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 and flood control, surveys, and preparation for and the consideration of river and harbor and flood control estimates and bills, to be paid from such appropriations: *Provided further*, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscalMaximum expenditures, fiscal year 1940.Report to Congress. year 1940 shall not exceed $585,680; 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.
Office of Chief of Ordnance, $439,420: *Provided*, That the servicesOffice of Chief of Ordnance.*Provisos*.Technical, etc., personnel. of such additional technical and clerical personnel as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Ordnance, to carry into effect the various appropriations for development, manufacture, storage, and issue of ordnance and ordnance stores, to be paid from such appropriations: *Provided further*, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year 1940Maximum expenditures, fiscal year 1940.Report to Congress. shall not exceed $100,000, and the Secretary of War shall each year, in the Budget, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, their duties, and the amount paid to each.
Office of Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, $50,790. Office of Chief of Infantry, $13,880. Office of Chief of Cavalry, $11,100. Office of Chief of Field Artillery, $5,040. Office of Chief of Coast Artillery, $33,160. Office of Chief of Chaplains, $8,240. National Guard Bureau, War Department, $153,952. In all, salaries, War Department, $5,026,885: *Provided*, That the*Proviso*.No increase in certain details. number of warrant officers and enlisted men on duty in the offices of the Chiefs of Ordnance, Engineers, Coast Artillery, Field Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and Chaplains on March 5, 1934, shall not be increased, and in lieu of warrant officers and enlisted men whoseCivilians to fill vacancies. services in such offices shall have been terminated for any cause prior to July 1, 1940, their places may be filled by civilians, for the pay of whom, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as[5 U.S. C. §§ 661–674;
Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c). amended, the appropriation “Pay of the Army” shall be available. In expending appropriations or portions of appropriations containedRestriction on exceeding average salaries.[5 U.S. C. §§ 661–674; Supp. IV, §§ 673, 673c](/us/usc/t5/s661–674/673/673c). in this Act, for the payment for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretary of 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 which only one position is allocated the salary of such position shall not exceed the average of the compensation rates for the grade, except that in unusuallyException. 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 this restriction shall*Proviso*.Restriction not applicable to certain grades of clerical-mechanical service.No reduction in fixed salaries. 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 53 Stat. 594Transfers without reduction.[42 Stat. 1490](/us/stat/42/1490).[5 U.S.C. § 666](/us/usc/t5/s666).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, Higher rates permitted.office, or other appropriation unit,
(4)to prevent the payment of a salary under any grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and is specifically authorized by other law; or If only one position in a grade.(5) to reduce the compensation of any person in a grade in which only one position is allocated. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY contingent expenses, war department Department contingent expenses.*Post*, p. 992. For stationery; purchase of professional and scientific books, law books, including their exchange; books of reference, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, maps; typewriting and adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; furniture and repairs to same; carpets, linoleum, filing equipment, photo supplies, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor trucks and one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges; street-car fares; postage to Postal Union countries; and other absolutely necessary expenses, $270,000, and it shall not be lawful to expend, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, for any bureau, office, or branch of the War Department or of the Army having or maintaining an office in the War Department proper, at Washington, District of Columbia, any sum out of appropriations contained in this Act (or accruing thereto) made for the Military Establishment for any of the purposes mentioned or authorized in this paragraph. library, surgeon general’s office Library expenses.For the purchase of the necessary books of reference, periodicals, and technical supplies and equipment, $25,000. army medical museum Preservation, etc., of specimens.For the procurement, preparation, and preservation of specimens and the purchase of technical supplies and equipment, $10,000. printing and binding, war department Printing and binding.*Post*, p. 992.*Proviso*.Medical bulletins.For printing and binding for the War Department, except such as may be otherwise provided for in accordance with existing law, $546,000: *Provided*, That the sum of $3,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the publication, from time to time, of bulletins prepared under the direction of the Surgeon General of the Army, for the instruction of medical officers, when approved by the Secretary of War. MILITARY ACTIVITIES contingencies of the army Army contingencies.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 lie anticipated or classified, and for examination of estimates of appro-53 Stat. 595priations and of military activities in the field, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of War, and for such purposes as he may deem proper, and his determination thereon shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government, $17,500. educational orders Appropriations contained in this Act for the procurement of munitionsEducational orders.[52 Stat. 707](/us/stat/52/707).[50 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 91–94](/us/usc/t50/s91–94).*Ante*, p. 560; *post*, p. 993.*Proviso*.Maximum expenditure. shall be available for the objects and purposes embraced by the provisions of the Act of June 16, 1938 (52 Stat. 707–708): *Provided*, That expenditures in pursuance hereof shall not exceed, in the aggregate, $2,000,000. General Staff Corps military intelligence activities For miscellaneous expenses requisite for and incident to the militaryMiscellaneous expenses.*Post*, p. 993. intelligence activities of the Army and maintenance of the military attaches at the United States Embassies and Legations abroad, including the purchase of law books, maps, professional books of reference, and subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals; for the hire of interpreters, special agents, and guides, and for such other purposes as the Secretary of War may deem proper, including not to exceedObserving operations of foreign armies. $5,000 for the actual and necessary expenses of officers of the Army on duty abroad for the purpose of observing operations of armies of foreign states at war, to be paid upon certificates of the Secretary of War that the expenditures were necessary for obtaining military information, $125,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, and $10,000 of such sum shall be available immediately: *Provided*, That section 3648, Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C.*Proviso*.Provisions waived.[R. S. § 3648](/us/rs/3648).[31 U. S. C. § 529](/us/usc/t31/s529). 529), shall not apply to payments made from appropriations contained in this Act in compliance with the laws of foreign countries or their ministerial regulations under which the military attachés are required to operate. field exercises For expenses required for the conduct of special field exercises,Participation of National Guard, etc. including participation therein by the National Guard and the Organized Reserves, and including pay and travel of temporary employees and officers and enlisted men of the National Guard and the Organized Reserves, not otherwise provided for, allowances for enlisted men for quarters and rations, movement of matériel, maintenance and operation of structures and utilities, and any other requisiteSupplies and services.Private property damage claims. supplies and services, and for settlement of claims (not exceeding $500 each) for damages to or loss of private property resulting from such exercises that have accrued or may hereafter accrue, when payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full satisfaction of such damages, and each claim is substantiated by a report of a board of officers appointed by the commanding officer of the troops engaged, and is approved by the Secretary of War, whose action thereon shall be conclusive, $382,650. Army War College For expenses of the Army War College, being for the purchase ofExpenses the necessary special stationery; textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, newspapers, and periodicals; maps; police utensils; employment of temporary, technical, or special services, and expenses of special lectures; for the pay of employees; and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, $76,198. 53 Stat. 596 Adjutant General’s Department command and general staff school, fort leavenworth, kansas ExpensesFor the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, instruments, and material for instruction; employment of temporary, technical, special, and clerical services; and for other necessary expenses of instruction, at the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, $75,300, of which $31,100 shall be available exclusively for the replacement of machinery. welfare of enlisted men Equipment and conductor clubs, libraries, etc.For the equipment and conduct of school, reading, lunch, and amusement rooms, service clubs, chapels, gymnasiums, and libraries, including periodicals and other publications and subscriptions for newspapers, salaries of civilians employed in the hostess and library services, transportation of books and equipment for these services, 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, $35,440. Finance Department pay of the army Officers.*Post*, p. 993.For pay of not to exceed an average of thirteen thousand one hundred and six commissioned officers, to include fifty Medical Corps officers and twenty-five Dental Corps officers, authorized by Act [52 Stat. 8](/us/stat/52/8).[10 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 91, 121, 481](/us/usc/t10/s91/121/481).of January 29, 1938 (52 Stat. 8), $36,017,416; pay of officers, National Guard, $100; pay of warrant officers, $1,361,180; aviation increase to commissioned and warrant officers of the Army, including not to exceed thirty-six medical officers, $2,705,533, none of which shall be available for increased pay for making aerial flights by nonflying officers (except flight surgeons) at a rate in excess of $1,440 per annum and flight surgeons at a rate in excess of $720 per annum, Longevity.Enlisted men.which shall be the legal maximum rates as to such officers; additional pay to officers for length of service, $10,201,502; pay of an average of not to exceed one hundred and sixty-five thousand enlisted men of the line and staff, not including the Philippine Scouts, $69,688,888; Regular Army Reserve.National Guard.Aviation increase.Philippine Scouts.Longevity.Retired officers, etc.Regular Army Reserve, $400,000; pay of enlisted men of National Guard, $100; aviation increase to enlisted men of the Army, $774,361; pay of enlisted men of the Philippine Scouts, $1,050,447; additional pay for length of service to enlisted men, $5,535,750; pay of commissioned officers on the retired list, $12,256,977; pay of retired warrant officers and retired members of the Army Nurse Corps, $1,378,033; increased pay to not to exceed eight retired officers on active duty, Civil-service messengers at headquarters, etc.$8,213; pay of retired enlisted men, $13,924,988; pay not to exceed sixty civil-service messengers at not to exceed $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, Contract surgeons, nurses, etc.Rent, subsistence, etc.$72,000; pay and allowances of contract surgeons, $39,576; pay of nurses, $950,320; rental allowances, including allowances for quarters for enlisted men on duty where public quarters are not available, $7,185,834; subsistence allowances, $6,750,087; interest on soldiers’ Payment of exchange by officers serving in foreign countries.deposits, $70,000; payment of exchange by officers serving in foreign countries, and when specially authorized by the Secretary of War, by officers disbursing funds pertaining to the War Department, when serving in Alaska, and all foreign money received shall be charged to 53 Stat. 597and paid out by disbursing officers of the Army at the legal valuation fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, $100; in all, $170,371,405, of which amount $1,000,000 shall be immediately available; and the moneyAccounting. herein appropriated for “Pay of the Army” shall be accounted for as one fund: *Provided*, That during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940,*Provisos*.No allowance to officer owning mount.[35 Stat. 108](/us/stat/35/108).[10 U. S. C. § 803](/us/usc/t10/s803).Citizenship requirements. no officer of the Army shall be entitled to receive an addition to his pay in consequence of the provisions of the Act approved May 11, 1908 (10 U. S. C. 803): *Provided further*, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the pay of any person, civil or military, not a citizen of the United States, unless in the employ of the Government or in a pay status on July 1, 1937, under appropriations for the War Department, nor for the pay ofNo pay beyond enlistment period, etc. any such person beyond the period of enlistment or termination of employment, but nothing herein shall be construed as applying toForeign language instructors.Filipinos in Army Transport Service, etc. instructors of foreign languages at the Military Academy, or to Filipinos in the Army Transport Service, or to persons employed outside of the continental limits of the United States except enlisted men of the Regular Army, other than Philippine Scouts, upon expiration of enlistment, and this provision shall be subject to the provisionsReenlistment of aliens.[50 Stat. 696](/us/stat/50/696). of the Act entitled “An Act for the protection of certain enlisted men of the Army”, approved August 19, 1937: *Provided further*, That, without deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of the UnitedReceipts of public moneys from sales, etc., use of. States and withdrawal on money requisitions, receipts of public moneys from sales or other sources by officers of the Army on disbursing duty and charged in their official accounts, except receipts to be credited to river and harbor and flood-control appropriations and retirement deductions, may be used by them as required for current expenditures, all necessary bookkeeping adjustments of appropriations, funds, and accounts to be made in the settlement of their disbursing accounts: *Provided further*, That there shall beDeposit of funds of disbanded military organizations. deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts the sum of $20,987.39, such amount being the balance of funds belonging to military organizations of the Army, disbanded at the conclusion of the World War. No payment shall be made from money appropriated in this ActPay forbidden to a retired officer selling supplies to Army. to any officer on the retired list of the Army who, for himself or for others, is engaged in the selling of, contracting for the sale of, or negotiating for the sale of, to the Army or the War Department, any war materials or supplies. No appropriation for the pay of the Army shall be available forOfficers, etc., engaged with certain service publications; pay forbidden. the pay of any officer or enlisted man on the active list of the Army who is engaged in any manner with any publication which is or may be issued by or for any branch or organization of the Army or military association in which officers or enlisted men have membership and which carries paid advertising of firms doing business with the War Department: *Provided*, *however*, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit officers from writing or disseminating articles in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of War. travel of the army For travel allowances and travel in kind, as authorized by law, Travel allowances, etc.*Post*, p. 993. for persons traveling in connection with the military activities of the War Department, including mileage, transportation, reimbursement of actual expenses, or per diem allowances, to officers and contract surgeons; transportation of troops; transportation, or reimbursement therefor, of nurses, enlisted men, recruits, recruiting parties, applicantsRecruiting expenses. for enlistment between recruiting stations and recruiting depots, rejected applicants for enlistment, general prisoners, cadets and 53 Stat. 598accepted cadets from their homes to the Military Academy, discharged cadets, civilian employees, civilian witnesses before courts martial, and dependents of military personnel; travel pay to discharged military personnel; transportation 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, the cost in each case not to be greater than to the place of last enlistment; hot coffee for troops traveling when suppliedCommutation of quarters, rations, etc.with cooked or travel rations; commutation of quarters and rations to enlisted men traveling on detached duty when it is impracticable to carry rations, and to applicants for enlistment and general prisoners traveling under orders; per diem allowances or actual costCivilians.of subsistence while in a travel status, to nurses, civilian employees, and civilian witnesses before courts martial, $2,927,020, of whichTransfers from other appropriations.amount $100,000 shall be available immediately, and such total amount may be increased, subject to the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, by transfers from other appropriations for the Military Establishment of such amounts as may be required in addition to those herein provided for travel in connection with development, procurement, production, maintenance, or constructionRestriction.activities; and, with such exception, no other appropriation in this Act shall be available for any expense for or incident to travel of personnel of the Regular Army or civilian employees under the War Department, except the appropriation “Contingencies of the Army” and the appropriations for the National Guard, the Organized Reserves, the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; Citizens’ Military Training Camps, and the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, and except as may be provided for in the appropriation *Provisos*.Travel allowance, expert accountant. “Air Corps, Army”: Provided, That the expert accountant, Inspector General’s Department, shall be entitled to the same travel allowances as other employees of the War Department: *Provided further*, Attendance at meetings.[39 Stat. 199](/us/stat/39/199).[32 U. S. C. § 22](/us/usc/t32/s22).That, in addition to the authority contained in section 67, National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, a total of not to exceed $2,500 of the appropriations available to the War Department chargeable with expenses of travel shall be available for expenses incident to attendance at meetings of technical, professional, scientific, and other similar organizations, when, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, such attendance would be of benefit in the conduct of the Personnel traveling under orders; expenses.work of the War Department: *Provided further*, That the appropriations “Travel of the Army” and “Army Transportation” current at the date of relief from duty station of personnel traveling under orders shall be charged with all expenses properly chargeable to such appropriations in connection with the travel enjoined, including Dependents, etc.travel of dependents and transportation of authorized baggage and household effects of such personnel, regardless of the dates of arrival at destination of the persons so traveling. expenses of courts martial Courts martial, expenses.*Post*, p. 993.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, $40,000. apprehension of deserters, and so forth Apprehension of deserters, 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 $25 for each deserter or escaped military prisoner shall, in the discre- 53 Stat. 599tion of the Secretary of War, be paid to any civil officer or citizen for such services and expenses; for a donation of $10 to prisoner discharged otherwise than honorably upon his release from confinement under court-martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge, $15,000. finance service For compensation of clerks and other employees of the FinanceClerks, etc.*Post*, p. 993. Department, including not to exceed $900 for any one person for allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (5 U. S. C. 118a),[46 Stat. 818](/us/stat/46/818).[5 U. S. C. § 118a](/us/usc/t5/s118a). $1,180,718. claims for damages to and loss of private property For payment of claims, including claims of military and civilianPrivate property damages, etc. personnel in and under the War Department, 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 may hereafter accrue, from time to time, $8,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Settlement by General Accounting Office, etc. That settlement of such claims shall be made by the General Accounting Office, upon the approval and recommendation of the Secretary of War, where the amount of damages has been ascertained by the War Department, and payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full satisfaction of such damages. claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of the army fordestruction of private property For the payment of claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses ofDestruction of private property of officers, etc. the Army for private property lost, destroyed, captured, abandoned, or damaged in the military service of the United States, under the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1921 (31 U. S. C. 218–222),[41 Stat. 1436](/us/stat/41/1436).[31 U. S. C. §§ 218–222](/us/usc/t31/s218–222). $15,000. Quartermaster Corps Subsistence of the Army: Purchase of subsistence supplies: ForSubsistence of the Army.*Post*, p. 993. 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, and general prisoners at posts; 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; forArmy Transport Service. the subsistence of the masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army Transport Service; meals for recruiting parties and applicants for enlistment while under observation; for sales toSales to officers, etc. officers, including members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps while on active duty, and enlisted men of the Army. For payments: Of theAllowances of commutation in lieu of rations. regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, and to enlisted men when stationed at places where rations in kind cannot be economically issued, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty. For payment of the regulation allowance of commutation in lieu of rations for enlisted men, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, civilian employees who are entitled to subsistence at public expense, and general prisoners while sick in hospitals, to be paid to the surgeon in charge; advertising; for providing prizes to be established by thePrizes, etc. 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 forSubsistence supplies. other necessary expenses incident to the purchase, testing, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for subsistence supplies for the 53 Stat. 600 *Proviso*.Butter substitutes, restriction.Army; in all, $29,510,250: *Provided*, That none of the money appropriated in this Act shall be used for the purchase of oleomargarine or butter substitutes for other than cooking purposes, except to supply an expressed preference therefor or for use where climatic or other conditions render the use of butter impracticable. Regular supplies of the Army.*Post*, p. 993.Field cooking appliances, etc.Regular supplies of the Army: Regular supplies of the Quartermaster Corps, including their care and protection; field ranges, field stoves for cooking food, coffee roasters, field bakery equipment, and appliances for cooking and serving food at posts (except fixed installations in buildings), in the field and when traveling, and repair and maintenance of such equipment; authorized issues of candles and Furniture, school supplies, etc.matches; 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 Periodicals, technical books, etc.several military posts; for purchase of commercial newspapers, periodicals, market reports, technical books, and so forth; for equipment and furniture for kitchens and mess halls, each and all for the Forage, etc.enlisted men, including recruits; for forage, salt, and vinegar for the horses, mules, oxen, and other draft and riding animals of the Quartermaster Corps at the several posts and stations and with the armies in the field, for the horses of the several regiments of Cavalry and batteries of Artillery and such companies of Infantry and Scouts as may be mounted, and for remounts and for the authorized number of Seeds and implements.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 Bedding, stationery, etc.for harvesting hay on military reservations; for straw for soldiers’ bedding, stationery, typewriters and exchange of same, including blankbooks and blank forms for the Army, certificates for discharged soldiers, and for printing department orders and reports, $3,626,700. Clothing and equipage: For cloth, woolens, materials, and for the Clothing and equipage.*Post*, p. 993.Purchase, manufacture, etc. purchase and manufacture of clothing for the Army, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty for issue and for sale; for payment of commutation of clothing due to warrant officers of the mine-planter service and to enlisted men; for altering and Laundries, etc.fitting clothing and washing and cleaning when necessary; for operation of laundries, existing or now under construction, including purchase and repair of laundry machinery therefor; 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 existing dry-cleaning plants, salvage and sorting Repair shops.storehouses, hat-repairing shops, shoe-repair shops, clothing-repair shops, and garbage-reduction works; for equipage, including authorized issues of toilet articles, barbers’ and tailors’ material, for use of general prisoners confined at military posts without pay or allowances and applicants for enlistment while held under observation; Toilet kits.issue of toilet kits to recruits upon their first enlistment, and issue of housewives to the Army; for expenses of packing and handling Citizen’s outer clothing.and similar necessaries; for a suit of citizen’s outer clothing and when necessary an overcoat, the cost of all not to exceed $30, to be issued 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 53 Stat. 601man ordered interned by reason of the fact that he is an alien enemy, or, for the same reason, discharged without internment; for indemnityIndemnity for destroyed clothing, etc. to officers and men of the Army for clothing and bedding, and so forth, destroyed since April 22, 1898, by order of medical officers of the Army for sanitary reasons, $12,463,900, of which amount notFuel. exceeding $60,000 shall be available immediately for the procurement and transportation of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1940: *Provided*, That laundry charges, other than for service now rendered*Proviso*.Laundry charges. without charge, shall be so adjusted that earnings in conjunction with the value placed upon service rendered without charge shall aggregate an amount not less than $50,000 below the cost of maintaining and operating laundries and dry-cleaning plants. Incidental expenses of the Army: Postage; hire of laborers in theIncidental expenses.*Post*, p. 993. Quartermaster Corps, including the care of officers’ mounts when the same are furnished by the Government; compensation of clerks and other employees of the Quartermaster Corps, including not to exceedLiving quarters. $900 for any one person for allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1930 (5 U.[46 Stat. 818](/us/stat/46/818).[5 U. S. C. § 118a](/us/usc/t5/s118a). S. C. 118a), and clerks, foremen, watchmen, and organist for the United States Disciplinary Barracks; incidental expenses of recruiting;Recruiting. for the operation of coffee-roasting plants; for the payment ofRifle competition, fees, tests, etc. entrance fees for Army rifle and pistol teams participating in competitions; for tests and experimental and development work and scientific research to be performed by the Bureau of Standards for the Quartermaster Corps; for inspection service and instruction furnishedInspection service, etc. by the 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, $3,691,546. Army transportation: For transportation of Army supplies; ofArmy transportation.*Post*, p. 993.Supplies.Privately owned automobiles. authorized baggage, including packing and crating; of horse equipment; and of funds for the Army; for transportation on Army vessels, notwithstanding the provisions of other law, of privately owned automobiles of Regular Army personnel upon change of station; forBoats, etc. the purchase or construction, not to exceed $242,600, alteration, operation, and repair of boats and other vessels, including not to exceed $180,000 for use exclusively in the preparation of plans, by contract or otherwise, for a new Army transport; 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,Vehicles. and repair of wagons, carts, drays, other vehicles, and horsedrawn and motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles required for the transportation of troops and supplies and for official military and garrison purposes; for hire of draft and pack animals; for travelTravel allowances, National Guard. allowances to officers of National Guard on discharge from Federal service as prescribed in the Act of March 2, 1901 (10 U. S. C. 751),[31 Stat. 902](/us/stat/31/902).[10 U. S. C. § 751](/us/usc/t10/s751). and to enlisted men of National Guard on discharge from Federal service, as prescribed in amendatory Act of September 22, 1922 (10[42 Stat. 1021](/us/stat/42/1021).[10 U. S. C. § 752](/us/usc/t10/s752). U. S. C. 752), and to members of the National Guard who have been mustered into Federal service and discharged on account of disability; in all, $15,525,061, of which amount not exceeding $250,000 for theFuel and vehicles, amount immediately available for purchase. procurement and transportation of fuel for the service of the fiscal year 1940, and not exceeding $3,000,000 for the procurement of motor vehicles, shall be available immediately: *Provided*, That not to exceed*Provisos*.Motor vehicles, etc. $225,000 may be expended for the purchase of light and medium passenger-carrying automobiles at a unit cost of not to exceed $750 for light automobiles and $1,200 for medium automobiles, including 53 Stat. 602Ambulances, motorcycles, etc.the value of any vehicle exchanged, and not to exceed $600,000 may be expended for the purchase or exchange of motor-propelled ambulances, motorcycles, and trucks of station-wagon type: *Provided further*, Not available for designated vehicles except for salvaging.That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for any expense of any character, other than as may be incident to salvaging or scrapping, on account of any motor-propelled vehicle Exceptions.procured prior to January 1, 1920, except tanks, tractors, ambulances, fire trucks, searchlight trucks, three hundred and ninety modernized Class B trucks, and vehicles in use by Reserve Officers’ Training Transportation costs, supplies, equipment, etc.Corps units on February 19, 1935: *Provided further*, That during the fiscal year 1940 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 are procured. horses, draft and pack animals Horses, draft and pack animals, purchase.For the purchase of draft and pack animals and 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, Encouragement of breeding of riding horses.and for all expenses incident to such purchases (including $92,030 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), $307,150. military posts Construction, maintenance, etc.*Post*, p. 1327.For construction and installation of buildings, flying fields, and appurtenances thereto, including interior facilities, fixed equipment, necessary services, roads, connections to water, sewer, gas, and electric mains, purchase and installation of telephone and radio equipment, and similar improvements, and procurement of transportation [R. S. §§ 1136, 3734](/us/rs/1136/3734).[10 U. S. C. § 1339](/us/usc/10/s1339); [40 U. S. C. § 267](/us/usc/40/s267).incident thereto, without reference to sections 1136 and 3734, Revised Statutes (10 U. S. C. 1339; 40 U. S. C. 267); general overhead expenses of transportation, engineering, supplies, inspection and supervision, and such services as may be necessary in the office of the Quartermaster General; and the engagement by contract or otherwise [R. S. § 3709](/us/rs/3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5).without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5), and at such rates of compensation as the Secretary of War may determine, Technical, etc., services.of the services of architects or firms or corporations thereof and other technical and professional personnel as may be necessary; $8,594,878, to remain available until expended and to be applied as Air Corps stations.[49 Stat. 610](/us/stat/49/610).[10 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1343a–1343d](/us/usc/t10/s1343a–1343d).Radio aids to air navigation.Military posts, construction, etc.[50 Stat. 857](/us/stat/50/857).Obligations under contract authorizations.follows: For work authorized by the Act of August 12, 1935 (49 Stat. 610–611): At Hickam Field, Hawaii, $3,086,978; Albrook Field, Canal Zone, $2,014,400; and radio aids to air navigation, $322,500; for work authorized by the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 857–862) : At Fort Clayton, Canal Zone, $689,500; Fort Davis, Canal Zone, $553,000; and Fort Kobbe, Canal Zone, $90,000; and for the payment of obligations incurred in the amount of $1,838,500 under the contract authorizations provided for under this head in the Military Appropriation [52 Stat. 651](/us/stat/52/651).Act for the fiscal year 1939. acquisition of land Hatbox Field, Okla., radiobeacon site.[52 Stat. 652](/us/stat/52/652).Not to exceed $5,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation under this head in the Military Appropriation Act, 1939, is hereby made available until expended for the acquisition of a site for 53 Stat. 603a radiobeacon as an aid to air navigation, in the vicinity of Hatbox Field, Oklahoma, as authorized by the Act of August 12, 1935 (49[49 Stat. 610](/us/stat/49/610).[10 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1343a–1343d](/us/usc/t10/s1343a–1343d). Stat. 610). Acquisition of land, Mitchel Field, New York: For an additionalMitchel Field, N. Y. amount for the acquisition of land in the vicinity of Mitchel Field, New York, as authorized by the Acts approved August 12, 1935 (49[49 Stat. 610](/us/stat/49/610).[10 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1343a–1343d](/us/usc/t10/s1343a–1343d).[50 Stat. 452](/us/stat/50/452). Stat. 610), and July 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 452), $520,000, to remain available until expended. Acquisition of land, West Point, New York: For an additionalWest Point, N. Y. amount for the acquisition of land in the vicinity of West Point, New York, as authorized by the Acts approved March 3, 1931 (46 Stat.[46 Stat. 1491](/us/stat/46/1491). 1491), and July 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 452), $338,000, to remain available[50 Stat. 452](/us/stat/50/452). until expended. Acquisition of land, Ogden Ordnance Depot, Utah: For the acquisitionOgden Ordnance Depot, Utah. of land adjacent to the site of the Ogden Ordnance Depot, Utah, as authorized by the Act of August 12, 1935 (49 Stat. 610),[49 Stat. 610](/us/stat/49/610).[10 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 1343a–1343d](/us/usc/t10/s1343a–1343d). including the removal of existing utilities, $232,000, to remain available until expended. barracks and quarters and other buildings and utilities For all expenses incident to the construction, installation, operation,Construction, maintenance, etc.*Post*, p. 994. 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, includingRentals. not to exceed $900 in the District of Columbia, provided space is not available in Government-owned buildings, and grounds for military purposes, lodgings for recruits and applicants for enlistment, water supply, sewer and fire-alarm systems, fire apparatus,Water, roads, etc. roads, walks, wharves, drainage, dredging channels, purchase of water, disposal of sewage, shooting galleries, ranges for small-armsTarget practice, etc. target practice, field, mobile, and railway artillery practice, including flour for paste for marking targets, such ranges and galleries to be open as far as practicable to the National Guard and organized rifle clubs under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War; warehouse and fuel handling equipment; stoves required for use ofWarehouse and fuel handling equipment. the Army for heating offices, hospitals, barracks, quarters, recruiting stations, and United States disciplinary barracks, also ranges andStoves and cooking appliances. stoves for cooking food at posts, for post bakery and bake-oven equipment and apparatus and appliances for cooking and serving food when constituting fixed installations in buildings, including maintenance and repair of such heating and cooking appliances; forHeat, light, etc. furnishing heat and light for the authorized allowance of quarters for officers, enlisted men, and warrant officers, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, contract surgeons when stationed at and occupying public quarters at military posts, officers of the National Guard attending service and garrison schools, and for recruits, guards, hospitals, storehouses, offices, the buildingsBuildings erected at private cost.[32 Stat. 282](/us/stat/32/282).[10 U. S. C. § 1346](/us/usc/t10/s1346). erected at private cost, in the operation of the Act approved May 31, 1902 (10 U. S. C. 1346), and buildings for a similar purpose on military reservations authorized by War Department regulations; for sale of fuel to officers; fuel and engine supplies required in theFuel, engine supplies, etc. operation of modern batteries at established posts, $14,203,400, of which amount $2,500,000 shall be available immediately for the pro-53 Stat. 604curement and transportation of fuel for the service of the fiscal *Provisos*.Fort Monroe, Va., wharf, etc.year 1940: *Provided*, That the amounts to be assessed and collected by the Secretary of War for expenditure for maintenance purposes at Fort Monroe, Virginia, under the provisions of the Act of August [28 Stat. 212](/us/stat/28/212).1, 1894 (28 Stat. 212), shall be $13,520 for wharf and $5,053 for roads Military attachés, rental of offices, etc.and sewerage system: *Provided further*, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental of offices, garages, and stables for Construction, limitation on cost.military attachés: *Provided further*, That no part of the funds herein appropriated 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: Stabling rental.*Provided further*, That the monthly rental rate to be paid out of this appropriation for stabling any animal shall not exceed $15. construction and repair of hospitals Construction and repair of hospitals.*Post*, p. 994.For construction and repair of hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, including ail expenditures for construction and repairs required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for the construction and repair of general hospitals and expenses incident thereto, and for additions needed to meet the Temporary hospitals, etc.requirements of increased garrisons, and for temporary hospitals in standing camps and cantonments; for the alteration of permanent buildings at posts for use as hospitals, construction and repair of temporary hospital buildings at permanent posts, construction and repair of temporary general hospitals, rental or purchase of grounds, and rental and alteration of buildings for use for hospital purposes in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including necessary temporary quarters for hospital personnel, outbuildings, heating and laundry apparatus, plumbing, water and sewers, and electric work, cooking apparatus, and roads and walks for the same, $494,709. Appropriations for procurement, etc., of munitions of technical design.Use of, for procurement of gages, dies, jigs, etc.The appropriations contained in this Act which are available for the procurement or manufacture of munitions of war of special or technical design may be used for the development and procurement of gages, dies, jigs, and other special aids and appliances, production studies, factory plans, and other production data, including specifications [39 Stat. 213, 215](/us/stat/39/213/215).[50 U. S. C. §§ 80, 78](/us/usc/t50/s80/78).Purchase, etc., of letters patent.and detailed drawings, in accordance with the provisions of sections 120 and 123 of the National Defense Act, as amended. Such appropriations may also be used for the purchase of letters patent, applications for letters patent, and licenses under letters patent and applications for letters patent that pertain to such equipment or material for which the appropriations are made. Signal Corps signal service of the army Telegraph and telephone systems.*Post*, p. 994.Telegraph and telephone systems: Purchase, equipment, operation, and repair of military telegraph, telephone, radio, cable, and signaling systems; signal equipment and stores, heliographs, signal lanterns, flags, and other necessary instruments; wind vanes, barometers, anemometers, thermometers, and other meteorological instruments; photographic and cinematographic work performed for the Army by the Signal Corps; motorcycles, 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 Telephone apparatus, etc.Signal Officer; telephone apparatus, including rental and payment for commercial, exchange, message, trunk-line, long-distance, and 53 Stat. 605leased-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 the local telephone serviceExceptions. 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 telegraphRental of lines, etc. 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 and maintenance thereof at militaryElectrical installations. posts, cantonments, camps, and stations of the Army, fire control and direction apparatus, and material for Field Artillery; salariesCivilian employees. of civilian employees, including those necessary as instructors at vocational schools; supplies, general repairs, reserve supplies, and other expenses connected with the collecting and transmitting of information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise; experimental investigation,Experimental investigation, etc. research, purchase, and development, or improvements in apparatus, and maintenance of signaling and accessories thereto, including machines, instruments, and other equipment for laboratory and repair purposes; lease, alteration, and repair of such buildings required for storing or guarding Signal Corps supplies, equipment, and personnel when not otherwise provided for, including the land therefor, the introduction of water, electric light and power, sewerage, grading, roads and walks, and other equipment required, $7,828,804, of which $1,490,071 shall be available immediately forAmount available immediately. the objects embraced by this paragraph, including the employment of persons and means at the seat of government and elsewhere. Air Corps air corps, army For creating, maintaining, and operating at established flyingInstruction, etc., expenses.*Post*, p. 995. schools and balloon schools courses of instruction for officers, students, and enlisted men, including cost of equipment and supplies necessary for instruction, purchase of tools, equipment, materials, machines, textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, instruments, and materials for theoretical and practical instruction; for maintenance, repair, storage, and operation of airships, war balloons,Aircraft operation, etc.Runways. 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 equipmentRunways. of all types of aircraft, and all necessary spare parts and equipment connected therewith and the establishment of landing and takeoff runways; for purchase of supplies for securing, developing, printing, and reproducing photographs in connection with aerial photography; improvement, equipment, maintenance, and operation of plants for testing and experimental work, and procuring and introducing water, electric light and power, gas, and sewerage, including maintenance, operation, and repair of such utilities at such plants, for the procurement of helium gas; for travel of officers of the AirHelium gas. Corps by air in connection with the administration of this appropriation, including the transportation of new aircraft from factory to first destination; salaries and wages of civilian employees as may beCivilian employees. necessary; transportation of materials in connection with consolidation of Air Corps activities; experimental investigations and purchaseDevelopment of new types of aircraft. and development of new types of airplanes, autogiros, and balloons, accessories thereto, and aviation engines, including plans, drawings, and specifications thereof; for the purchase, manufacture,Purchase, construction, etc., of aircraft. and construction of airplanes and balloons, including instruments 53 Stat. 606and appliances of every sort and description necessary for the operation, construction (airplanes and balloons), or equipment of all types of aircraft, and all necessary spare parts and equipment connected Marking of military airways.therewith; or the marking of military airways where the purchase of land is not involved; for the purchase, manufacture, and issue of special clothing, wearing apparel, and similar equipment for aviation purposes; for all necessary expenses connected with the sale or disposal of surplus or obsolete aeronautical equipment, and the rental of buildings, and other facilities for the handling or Consulting engineers.storage 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 Special apparatus and appliances.days each and necessary traveling expenses; purchase of special apparatus and appliances, repairs, and replacements of same used in connection with special scientific medical research in the Air Corps; Printing plants, etc.for maintenance and operation of such Air Corps printing plants outside of the District of Columbia as may be authorized in accordance with law; for publications, station libraries, special furniture, supplies and equipment for offices, shops, and laboratories; for special Settlement of claims.services, including the salvaging of wrecked aircraft; for settlement of claims (not exceeding $250 each) for damage 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, $94,737,281, of which $3,000,000 shall be available under the [50 Stat. 455](/us/stat/50/455).appropriation “Air Corps, Army, 1938”, and $15,826,894 shall be [50 Stat. 654](/us/stat/50/654).New airplanes, equipment, etc.available under the appropriation “Air Corps, Army, 1939”, for payments under contracts for the procurement of new airplanes and of equipment, spare parts, and accessories for airplanes, as authorized by said appropriations, and of which $26,936,841 shall be available immediately for the objects embraced by this paragraph, including the employment of persons and means at the seat of government and *Provisos*.Helium.*Post*, p. 724.elsewhere: *Provided*, That $10,000 shall be transferred to and made available to the Bureau of Mines on July 1, 1939, for supplying Procurement of new airplanes, etc.helium: *Provided further*, That in addition to the amounts herein appropriated the Chief of the Air Corps, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts between the date of the approval of this Act and July 1, 1940, for the procurement of new airplanes and for the procurement of equipment, spare parts, and accessories for airplanes to an amount not in excess of $32,205,988, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof: *Provided further*, That of the amount herein appropriated and the amount herein authorized for contractual obligation not less than $57,494,962 (exclusive of $18,826,894 for payment of obligations incurred under the above-mentioned contract authorizations for the fiscal years 1938 and 1939) shall be applied to the procurement of Combat airplanes.new airplanes and their equipment and accessories, of which amount of $57,494,962 not less than $56,113,200 shall be applied to the procurement of combat airplanes and their equipment and accessories: Crissy Field, Calif., restriction on use of funds for.*Provided further*, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for any expense incident to the use of Crissy Field, California, as an air station: *Provided Sums available for incurred obligations.[48 Stat. 626](/us/stat/48/626); [49 Stat. 133](/us/stat/49/133); [49 Stat. 1290](/us/stat/49/1290).further*, That the sum of $22,000 of the appropriation for Air Corps, Army, fiscal year 1935, the sum of $331,376 of the appropriation for Air Corps, Army, fiscal year 1936, and the sum of $2,703,230 of the 53 Stat. 607appropriation for Air Corps, Army, fiscal year 1937, shall remain available until June 30, 1940, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts executed prior to July 1, 1937. Medical DepartmentArmy medical and hospital department For the manufacture and purchase of medical and hospital supplies,Supplies.*Post*, p. 995. including disinfectants, for military posts, camps, hospitals, hospital ships and transports, for laundry work for enlisted men and Army nurses while patients in a hospital, and supplies required for mosquito destruction in and about military posts in the Canal Zone; for the purchase of veterinary supplies and hire of veterinary surgeons; for expenses of medical supply depots; for medical care and treatment of patients, including supernumeraries, not otherwise provided for, including care and subsistence in private hospitals ofPrivate treatment. officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the Army, of applicants for enlistment, and of prisoners of war and other persons in military custody or confinement, when entitled thereto by law, regulation, or contract: *Provided*, That this shall not apply to officers*Proviso*.If on furlough, etc. and enlisted men who are treated in private hospitals or by civilian physicians while on furloughs or leaves of absence in excess of twenty-four hours; for the proper care and treatment of epidemic andEpidemic and contagious diseases. contagious diseases in the Army or at military posts or stations, including measures to prevent the spread thereof, and the payment of reasonable damages not otherwise provided for for bedding and clothing injured or destroyed in such prevention; for the care ofInsane Filipino soldiers.[35 Stat. 122](/us/stat/35/122).[24 U. S. C. § 198](/us/usc/t24/s198).Nurses. insane Filipino soldiers in conformity with the Act of Congress approved May 11, 1908 (24 U. S. C. 198); 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 physiciansCivilian physicians. employed to examine physically applicants for enlistment and enlisted men and to render other professional services from time to time under proper authority; for the pay of other employees of the Medical Department; for 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; forArmy and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark. the supply of Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas; for advertising, laundry, and all other necessary miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, $1,551,072. hospital care, canal zone garrisons For paying the Panama Canal such reasonable charges, exclusiveHospital care, Canal Zone garrisons. of subsistence, as may be approved by the Secretary of War for caring in its hospitals for officers, enlisted men, military prisoners, and civilian employees of the Army admitted thereto upon the request of proper military authority, $50,000: *Provided*, That the subsistence*Proviso*.Subsistence payments of the said patients, except commissioned officers, shall be paid to said hospitals out of the appropriation for subsistence of the Army at the rates provided therein for commutation of rations for enlisted patients in general hospitals. 53 Stat. 608 Corps of Engineers engineer service, army Equipment, instruments, etc.For the design, development, procurement, maintenance, alteration, repair, installation, storage, and issue of engineer equipment, instruments, appliances, supplies, materials, tools, and machinery required in the equipment and training of troops and in military operations, Engineer School, maintenance, etc.including military surveys and the Engineer School; for the operation and maintenance of the Engineer School, including
(a)compensation of civilian lecturers, and
(b)purchase and binding of scientific and professional books, pamphlets, papers, and periodicals; Maps, surveys, etc.for the procurement, preparation, and reproduction of maps and similar data for military purposes; for expenses incident to the Engineer service in military operations, including military surveys, and including
(a)research and development of improved methods in Rentals.such operations,
(b)the rental of storehouses and grounds within and outside the District of Columbia, and
(c)repair and alteration Operating, etc., expenses.of buildings; for heat, light, power, water, and communication service, not otherwise provided for; and for the compensation of employees Procurement of engineer equipment.required in these activities, $1,044,340, of which amount not to exceed $180,000 shall be available for payments under contracts for the procurement of Engineer equipment under the authorization contained [52 Stat. 657](/us/stat/52/657).in the Military Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1939. Ordnance Department ordnance service and supplies, army Manufacture, issue, etc.*Post*, p. 995.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; for Contingent expenses.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; Vehicles.for the purchase, completely equipped, of trucks, and for maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn Ammunition for military salutes.freight and passenger-carrying vehicles; 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 Libraries of Ordnance Department.laboratory in connection therewith; for publication for libraries of the Ordnance Department, including the Ordnance Office, including Consulting engineers.subscriptions to periodicals; for 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 for their necessary traveling expenses, Contracts for ordnance material, etc.$53,173,100, of which not to exceed $12,900,000 shall be available for payments under contracts for the procurement or production of ordnance material, machinery, and supplies under the authorization [52 Stat. 657](/us/stat/52/657).contained in the Military Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1939, and of which $2,067,100 shall be available immediately for the objects embraced by this paragraph, including the employment of persons and means at the seat of government and elsewhere; also, in addition, the Chief of Ordnance, when authorized by the Secretary of War may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1940, for the procurement or production of ordnance material, machinery, and supplies to an 53 Stat. 609amount not in excess of $8,000,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof. rock island bridge, rock island, illinois For operating, repair, and preservation of Rock Island bridges and Operating bridges, etc. viaduct, and maintenance and repair of the arsenal street connecting the bridges, $32,835. repairs of arsenals For repairs and improvements of ordnance establishments, and toRepairs of arsenals.*Post*, p. 996. meet such unforeseen expenditures as accidents or other contingencies may require, $1,050,000. Chemical Warfare Service For purchase, manufacture, and test of chemical warfare gases orPurchase, manufacture, etc., of gases.*Post*, p. 996. other toxic substances, gas masks, or other offensive or defensive materials or appliances required for gas-warfare purposes; investigations, research, design, experimentation, and operation, purchase of chemicals, special scientific and technical apparatus and instruments, including services connected therewith; for the payment of part-timePart-time employment of scientists, etc. or intermittent employment of such scientists and technicists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of War, in his discretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $20 per diem for any person so employed; forVehicles. the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of freight- and passenger-carrying motor vehicles; construction, maintenance, andPlants, buildings, machinery, etc. repair of plants, buildings, and equipment, and the 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 civilianCivilian employees. employees; for libraries of the Chemical Warfare Service and subscriptions to periodicals; for expenses incidental to the organization,Special gas troops. training, and equipment of special gas troops not otherwise provided for, including the training of the Army in chemical warfare, both offensive and defensive, together with the necessary schools, tactical demonstrations, and maneuvers; for current expenses of chemicalProjectile filling plants and proving grounds. 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, $1,663,000. Chief of Infantry infantry school, fort benning, georgia For the procurement of books, publications, instruments, and materials,Instruction expenses. pay of employees, and other necessary expenses for instruction at the Infantry Schoo], $60,027. Chief of Cavalry instruction in cavalry activities For the purchase of textbooks, books of reference, scientific and professionalInstruction expenses. 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; and for the instruction of the Army in cavalry activities, $28,120. 53 Stat. 610 Chief of Field Artillery instruction in field artillery activities Instruction expenses.For the pay of employees; the purchase of books, pamphlets, periodicals, and newspapers; procurement of supplies, materials, and equipment for instruction purposes; and other expenses necessary in the operation of the Field Artillery School of the Army, and for the instruction of the Army in field artillery activities, $30,990. Chief of Coast Artillery coast artillery school, fort monroe, virginia Instruction expenses.For purchase of engines, generators, motors, machines, measuring and nautical instruments, special apparatus, and materials 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 newspapers and periodicals; for incidental expenses of the school, Printing and binding.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; for machinery; for maintenance, operation, and repair of motortrucks; and unforeseen expenses; in all, $28,260. Seacoast Defenses ExpensesFor all expenses 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, ammunition storage, maintenance of channels to submarine-mine wharves, purchase of lands and rights-of-way as authorized by law, and experimental, test, and development work, as follows: United States.United States, $2,965,012, of which $887,537 shall be available for construction work by the Corps of Engineers until June 30, 1941; Insular departments.Insular departments, $1,710,014; Panama Canal.Panama Canal, $2,575,497, of which $1,146,000 shall be available for construction work by the Corps of Engineers until June 30, 1941; In all, $7,250,523. United States Military Academy pay of military academy Cadets.*Provisos*.Army detail, pay restriction.Cadets: For pay of cadets, $1,375,920: *Provided*, That during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, no officer of the Army shall be entitled to receive any increase in pay or allowances because of detail or assignment to duty in any capacity at the Military Academy: Retired Army officer as librarian.*Provided further*, That the duties of librarian of the United States Military Academy may be performed by an officer of the Regular Army retired from active service under the provisions of section [R. S. § 1251](/us/rs/1251).[10 U. S. C. § 933](/us/usc/t10/s933).Civilians.1251, Revised Statutes, and detailed on active duty for that purpose. Civilians: For pay of employees, $320,880. maintenance and operation, united states military academy Designated expenses.For text and reference books for instruction; increase and expense of library (not exceeding $6,000); office equipment and supplies; stationery, blank books, forms, printing and binding, and periodicals; 53 Stat. 611diplomas for graduates; expense of lectures; apparatus, equipment, supplies, and materials for purpose of instruction and athletics, and maintenance and repair thereof; musical instruments and maintenance of band; care and maintenance of organ; equipment for cadet mess; postage, telephones, and telegrams; freight and expressage; for commutation of rations for cadets 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 $7,100, of which $900 shall be available immediately); expenses of the members of the BoardBoard of Visitors. of Visitors (not exceeding $1,500); contingent fund, to be expended under the direction of the Academic Board (not exceeding $1,000); improvement, repair, and maintenance of buildings and grounds (including roads, walls, and fences); shooting galleries and ranges; cooking, heating, and lighting apparatus and fixtures and operation and maintenance thereof; maintenance of water, sewer, and plumbing systems; maintenance of and repairs to cadet camp; fire-extinguishing apparatus; machinery and tools and repairs of same; maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled vehicles; 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, $1,635,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $3,750 of this amount shall*Proviso*.Liquidation of certain debts to cadet store. be available to liquidate the indebtedness of cadets separated from the service for any reason during their first year, who at the time of their separation are in debt to the cadet store. National Guard arming, equipping, and training the national guard For procurement of forage, bedding, and so forth, for animalsForage, etc. used by the National Guard, $646,393. For compensation of help for care of materials, animals, andCare of materials, animals, etc.*Post*, p. 996. equipment, $2,768,332, of which $210,000 shall be available exclusively for the compensation of employees engaged upon Federal property custodial and accounting work in the offices of property and disbursing officers for the United States. For expenses, camps of instruction and air fields, field and supplementalInstruction expenses. training, including construction and maintenance, and the hire (at a rate not to exceed $1 per diem), repair, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, $10,896,937: *Provided*, That not to exceed $25,000 of this appropriation shall be*Provisos*.Settlement of claims. available for the settlement of claims (not exceeding $500) for damages to or loss of private, property incident to the operation of camps of instruction, either during the stay of National Guard units in such camps or while thereto or therefrom en route: *Provided further*, ThatConstruction at concurrent camps. not to exceed $500,000 of this appropriation shall be available for construction at concurrent camps. For expenses, selected officers and enlisted men, military serviceService schools, instruction, etc. schools, $444,570. For pay of property and disbursing officers for the United States,Property and disbursing officers. at a rate not less than $2,400 per annum, $126,900. For general expenses, equipment, and instruction, National Guard,Equipment, etc.*Post*, p. 996. the hire (at a rate not to exceed $1 per diem), repair, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- and non-passenger-carrying vehicles, and the medical and hospital treatment of members ofMedical, etc., treatment. the National Guard who suffer personal injury or contract disease in 53 Stat. 612line of duty, and other expenses in connection therewith, including Burial expenses.[49 Stat. 1507](/us/stat/49/1507).[10 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 455a–d](/us/usc/t10/s455a–d).pay and allowances, subsistence, transportation, and burial expenses, as authorized by the Act of June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1507), $913,606. Travel, Army officers, etc.*Post*, p. 996.For travel of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Regular Army detailed to, or while on, duty with the National Guard, including transportation of dependents, transportation of mounts, and transportation, packing, and crating of household goods and effects as authorized by law, $280,586. Transportation of equipment, etc.*Post*, p. 996.For transportation of equipment and supplies, $387,942. Army enlisted men, details.*Post*, p. 996.For expenses of enlisted men of the Regular Army on duty with the National Guard, including payment of an allowance for quarters at the rate of $35 per month to each man not furnished quarters in kind, $334,375. Pay. armory drills.*Post*, p. 996.For pay of National Guard (armory drills), $14,711,365. No pay to National Guard officer, etc., drawing pension.No part of the appropriations made in this Act shall be available for pay, allowances, or traveling or other expenses of any officer or enlisted man of the National Guard who may be drawing a pension, disability allowance, disability compensation, or retired pay (where retirement has been made on account of physical disability or age) *Provisos*.Surrender of pension.from the Government of the United States: *Provided*, That nothing in this provision shall be so construed as to prevent the application of funds herein contained to the pay, allowances, or traveling expenses of any officer or enlisted man of the National Guard who may surrender said pension, disability allowance, disability compensation, or retired pay for the period of his service in the National Guard: *Provided Adjutants general, continuation in present status without pay.further*, That adjutants general who may be drawing such emoluments may be continued in a federally recognized status without pay under this Act. arms, uniforms, equipment, and so forth, for field service, national guard Procurement of arms and equipment.*Post*, p. 997.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 as are necessary to arm, uniform, and equip for field service the National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, including Motor trucks, etc.animals, motor trucks, motorcycles, field ambulances, and station wagons 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 for their proper Increase in strength.preservation and use, $14,067,299, and of the total of such amount $500,000 shall be available exclusively for defraying the cost of increasing the strength of the National Guard above approximately two hundred Accounting.and five thousand officers and men, and all of the sums appropriated in this Act on account of the National Guard shall be accounted for as one fund, and of the total of all sums appropriated in this Act on account of the National Guard, $1,500,000 shall be available immediately: *Provisos*.Specifications for motor vehicles.*Provided*, That specifications for motor vehicles, which shall be so drawn as to admit of competition, shall to the extent otherwise practicable conform with the requirements of the National Guard: Contract obligations.*Provided further*, That the sum of $30,000 of the appropriation for National Guard, fiscal year 1937, shall remain available until June 30, 1940, for the payment of obligations incurred under contracts for airplanes, spare parts, and accessories executed prior to July 1, 1937: 53 Stat. 613*Provided further*, That the value of issues made to any State, Territory,Replacement of damaged property.[39 Stat. 204](/us/stat/39/204).[32 U. S. C. § 47](/us/usc/t32/s47). or the District of Columbia to replace property surveyed in accordance with section 87, National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, shall not be charged to the apportionments required by section 67 of that Act, but no such replacement issue shall be made[39 Stat. 199](/us/stat/39/199).[32 U.S. C. § 22](/us/usc/t32/s22). in excess of receipts theretofore collected and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts pursuant to said section 87, as amended, and section 4
(a)and
(22)of the Permanent Appropriation[48 Stat. 1227](/us/stat/48/1227).[31 U. S. C. § 725c](/us/usc/t31/s725c).Clothing, equipment, etc., from Army surplus stores. Repeal Act of June 26, 1934: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to issue from surplus 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 of the Act entitled “An Act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes”, approved June 3, 1916 (32 U. S. C. 21), as[39 Stat. 199](/us/stat/39/199).[32 U. S. C. § 21](/us/usc/t32/s21).Issue without charge against fund; exception. amended. This issue shall be made without charge against National Guard appropriations except for actual expenses incident to such issue. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for anyIncrease of mounted units, etc., restriction on use of funds for. expense for or on account of a larger number of mounted units and wagon companies of the National Guard than were in existence on June 30, 1932: *Provided*, That officers, warrant officers, and enlisted*Provisos*.Participation in national matches. men of the National Guard and Organized Reserves, who, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War, volunteer to participate without pay as competitors or range officers in the national matches to be held during the fiscal year 1940, may attend such matches without pay, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, but shall be entitled to travel and subsistence allowancesTravel and subsistence allowances. at the same rates as are provided for civilians who attend and participate in said matches, but this proviso shall not operate to prohibit the pay of such competitors or range officers, provided funds for such payment are available from the appropriation “Promotion of*Post*, p. 617.Reserve officers. rifle practice, 1940”, nor shall any provision in this Act operate to deprive a Reserve officer ordered to active duty incident to the national matches of pay for the full period of such active duty, provided funds for such payment are available from the appropriation “Promotion of rifle practice, 1940”: *Provided further*, That officers,Care, etc., of ranges. warrant officers, and enlisted men of the National Guard and Organized Reserves may be ordered to duty, with their consent, for the care, maintenance, and operation of the ranges used in the conduct of the national matches, and such officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men while so engaged shall be entitled to the same pay, subsistence, and transportation as officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of corresponding grades of the Regular Army are entitled by law, which expense shall be provided by the appropriation “Promotion of rifle*Post*, p. 617. practice”; and after being duly mustered may be paid for the period from the date of leaving home rendezvous to date of return thereto as determined in advance, both dates inclusive. Organized Reserves For pay and allowances of members of the Officers’ Reserve CorpsOfficers’ Reserve Corps, members on active duty.*Post*, p. 997. 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*Proviso*.Mileage allowance. of the Officers’ Reserve Corps when called into active service for training for fifteen days or less shall not exceed 4 cents per mile; for 53 Stat. 614travel in kind, or reimbursement in lieu thereof, as now authorized by law for officers of the Regular Army, of dependents of Reserve officers who have been ordered to active duty for periods in excess Enlisted Reserve Corps.of fifteen days; pay, transportation, subsistence, clothing, and medical and hospital treatment of members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps; Correspondence, etc., courses.conducting correspondence or extension courses for instruction of members of the Reserve Corps, including necessary supplies, procurement of maps and textbooks, and transportation and traveling Training manuals.expenses of employees; purchase of training manuals, including Government publications and blank forms, subscriptions to magazines Headquarters and training camps.and periodicals of a professional or technical nature; establishment, maintenance, and operation of Organized Reserve headquarters and of camps for training of the Organized Reserves; for miscellaneous expenses incident to the administration of the Organized Vehicles.Reserves, including the maintenance and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and purchase of thirty such vehicles; for the actual and necessary expenses, or per diem in lieu thereof, at rates authorized by law, incurred by officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army and Reserve officers ordered to active duty for periods in excess of fifteen days traveling on duty in connection with the Organized Reserves, and for travel of dependents, and packing and transportation of baggage of such personnel; for expenses incident to the use, including upkeep and depreciation costs, of supplies, equipment, and matériel furnished in accordance with law New airplanes.from stocks under the control of the War Department, except that not to exceed $1,083,440 of 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 Baggage transportation.accessories; for transportation of baggage, including packing and crating, of Reserve officers ordered to active duty for not less than Medical and hospital treatment.six months; for the medical and hospital 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 [49 Stat. 1507](/us/stat/49/1507).[10 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 455a–455d](/us/usc/t10/s455a–455d).the Act of June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1507), and for such other purposes in connection therewith as are authorized by the said Act, including pay and allowances, subsistence, transportation, and burial Flight training restriction.expenses; in all, $12,802,557; and no part of such amount shall be available for any expense incident to giving 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: *Proviso*.Organized Reserve headquarters.*Provided*, That not to exceed $171,000 of this appropriation may be used for establishment, operation, and maintenance of Organized Reserve headquarters. Restriction on use of other funds.None of the funds appropriated elsewhere in this Act, except for printing and binding, field exercises, 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 usd for expenses in connection with the Use of available supplies, etc.Organized Reserves, but available supplies and existing facilities at military posts shall be utilized to the fullest extent practicable. No pay to officer drawing pension, etc.No appropriation made in this Act shall be available for pay, allowances, or traveling or other expenses of any officer of the Organized Reserves who may be drawing a pension, disability allowance, disability compensation, or retired pay from the Government of the *Proviso*.Surrender of pension.United States: *Provided*, That nothing in this provision shall be so construed as to prevent the application of funds herein contained to 53 Stat. 615the pay, allowances, or traveling expenses of any officer or enlisted man of the Reserve Corps who may surrender said pension, disability allowance, disability compensation, or retired pay for the period of his active duty in the Reserve Corps. No appropriation made in this Act shall be expended for the payReserve officer on active duty, pay restriction.General Staff detail excepted. of a Reserve officer on active duty for a longer period than fifteen days, except such as may be detailed for duty with the War Department General Staff under section 3a and section 5
(b)of the National Defense Act, as amended (10 U. S. C. 26, 37), or who may be detailed[41 Stat. 760](/us/stat/41/760).[10 U. S. C. §§ 37, 26: Supp. IV, § 26 (note)](/us/usc/t10/s37/26).Other details. for courses of instruction at the general or special service schools of the Army, or to Corps Area staff schools, or for duty as instructors at civilian military training camps, appropriated for in this Act, or for duty with the Air Corps, under the provisions of section 1 of the Act of June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1524), or who may be detailed to[49 Stat. 1524](/us/stat/49/1524).[10 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 292b–2](/us/usc/t10/s292b–2).[49 Stat. 1028](/us/stat/49/1028).[10 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 369a](/us/usc/t10/s369a).*Proviso*.Medical Reserve Corps, Veterans’ Administration patients in Army hospitals. active duty with the Regular Army under the provisions of the Act of August 30, 1935 (10 U. S. C. 369a) : *Provided*, That the pay and allowances of such additional officers and nurses of the Medical Reserve Corps as are required to supplement the like officers and nurses of the Regular Army in the care of beneficiaries of the United States Veterans’ Administration treated in Army hospitals may be paid from the funds allotted to the War Department by that Administration under existing law. Citizens’ Military Training reserve officers’ training corps For the procurement, maintenance, and issue, under such regulationsSupplies, etc. 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 return of same to place of issue when necessary; for purchase of training manuals, including Government publications and blank forms; forTraining camps, etc. 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 camps and subsisting them while en route, to pay them travel allowance at the rate of 5Travel allowance. 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 matériel furnished in accordance with law from stocks under the control of the War Department; for pay forStudents attending advanced camps. students attending advanced camps at the rate prescribed for soldiers of the seventh grade of the Regular Army; for the payment of commutationSubsistence commutation, senior division. of subsistence to members of the senior division of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, at a rate not exceeding the cost of the garrison ration prescribed for the Army, as authorized in the 53 Stat. 616[39 Stat. 194](/us/stat/39/194); [41 Stat. 778](/us/stat/41/778).[10 U. S. C. § 387](/us/usc/t10/s387).Medical, etc., treatment.Act approved June 3, 1916, as amended by the Act approved June 4, 1920 (10 U. S. C. 387); for the medical and hospital treatment of members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, who suffer personal injury or contract disease in line of duty, and for other expenses in connection therewith, including pay and allowances, subsistence, transportation, and burial expenses, as authorized by the Act of [49 Stat. 1507](/us/stat/49/1507).[10 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 455a–455d](/us/usc/t10/s455a–455d).June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1507); for mileage, traveling expenses, or transportation, for transportation of dependents, and for packing and transportation of baggage, as authorized by law, for officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Regular Army traveling on duty pertaining to or on detail to or relief from duty with the Reserve Vehicles.Officers’ Training Corps; for the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor vehicles, including station wagons, $4,964,544, of *Provisos*.Issue of Army horses.which amount $400,000 shall be available immediately: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War is authorized to issue, without charge, in lieu of purchase, for the use of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, so many horses now belonging to the Regular Army as he may consider Uniforms, etc., from Army surplus stock.desirable: *Provided*, That uniforms and other equipment or material issued to the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in accordance with law shall be furnished from surplus stocks of the War Department without payment from this appropriation, except for actual Current price not to be exceeded.expense incurred in the manufacture or issue: *Provided further*, That in no case shall the amount paid from this appropriation for uniforms, equipment, or material furnished to the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps from stocks under the control of the War Department be in excess of the price current at the time the issue is made: *Provided Limitation on number of mounted, etc., units.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: No additional students in designated units.*Provided further*, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be available for any expense on account of any student in Air Corps, Dental Corps, or Veterinary units not a member of such units on May 5, 1932, but such stoppage of further enrollments shall not interfere with the maintenance of existing units: *Provided further*, Restriction on use of other funds.That none of the funds appropriated 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 for schools and colleges Procurement and issue.[41 Stat. 780](/us/stat/41/780).[10 U. S. C. § 1180](/us/usc/t10/s1180).[R. S. § 1225](/us/rs/1225).[34 U. S. C. § 1129](/us/usc/t34/s1129).For the procurement and issue as provided in section 55c of the Act approved June 4, 1920 (10 U. S. C. 1180), and in section 1225, Revised Statutes, as amended, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, to schools and colleges, other than those provided for in section 40 of the Act above referred to, of such arms, tentage, and equipment, and of ammunition, targets, and target materials, including the transporting of same, and the overhauling and repair of articles issued, as the Secretary of War shall deem necessary for proper military training in said schools and colleges, $8,900. citizens’ military training camps Uniforms, transportation expenses, etc.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 [41 Stat. 779](/us/stat/41/779).[10 U. S. C. § 442](/us/usc/t10/s442).Act of June 3, 1916, as amended (10 U. S. C. 442), uniforms including altering, fitting, washing, and cleaning when necessary, subsist-53 Stat. 617ence, or subsistence allowances and transportation, or transportation allowances, as prescribed in said section 47d, as amended; 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,Vehicles, maintenance, etc. repair, and operation of passenger-carrying vehicles; 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; 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, and for the travel expenses of enlisted men of the Regular Army, traveling on duty in connection with citizens’ military training camps; for purchase of training manuals, including Government publicationsPurchase of training manuals.Medical and hospital treatment. and blank forms; for medical and hospital treatment of members of the citizens’ military training camps, who suffer personal injury or contract disease in line of duty, and for other expenses in connection therewith, including subsistence, transportation, andBurials.[49 Stat. 1507](/us/stat/49/1507).[10 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 455a–455d](/us/usc/t10/s455a–455d). burial expenses, as authorized by the Act of June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1507); in all, $2,275,000, of which $200,000 shall be immediately available: *Provided*, That the funds herein appropriated shall not*Provisos*.Age limitation. be used for the training of any person in the first year or lowest course who shall have reached his twenty-fourth birthday before the date of enrollment: *Provided further*, That none of the funds appropriatedRestriction on use of other funds. 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 with citizens’ military training camps: *Provided further*, That uniforms and other equipment orUniforms, etc., from Army surplus stock. matériel furnished in accordance with law for use at citizens’ military training camps shall be furnished from surplus stocks of the War Department without payment from this appropriation, except for actual expense incurred in the manufacture or issue: *Provided further*, That in no case shall the amount paid from this appropriationCurrent price not to be exceeded. for uniforms, equipment, or matériel furnished in accordance with law for use at citizens’ military training camps from stocks under the control of the War Department be in excess of the price current at the time the issue is made. National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice Army Promotion of rifle practice: For construction, equipment, and maintenancePromotion of rifle practice.Instruction expenses, etc.*Post*, p. 997. of rifle ranges, the instruction of citizens in marksmanship, and promotion of practice in the use of rifled arms; for arms, ammunition, targets, and other accessories for target practice, for issue and sale in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and approved by the Secretary of War; for clerical services, including not exceeding $25,000 in the District of Columbia; for procurement of materials,Supplies, etc. supplies, trophies, prizes, badges, and services, as authorized in section 113, Act of June 3, 1916, and in War Department Appropriation[39 Stat. 211](/us/stat/39/211); [43 Stat. 510](/us/stat/43/510).[32 U. S. C. §§ 183, 186, 181](/us/usc/32/s183/186/181). Act of June 7, 1924; for the conduct of the National Matches, including incidental travel of rifle teams and of individuals and of Marine Corps and other detachments required in the operation of the matches; and for maintenance of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, including not to exceed $7,500 for its incidental expenses as authorized by Act of May 28, 1928; to be expended under[45 Stat. 786](/us/stat/45/786).[32 U. S. C. §§ 181a–181c; Supp. IV, § 181b](/us/usc/t32/s181a–181c/181b). the direction of the Secretary of War, $645,656. 53 Stat. 618No pay to officer, etc., using time-measuring device.No part of the appropriations made in this Act shall be available 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 Limitation on cash rewards.upon such work; nor shall any part of the appropriations made in 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. Sec. 2. Private use of Government vehicles. No part of any money appropriated by this Act shall be used for maintaining, driving, or operating any Government-owned motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle assigned for the exclusive use of persons other than the Secretary of War and medical officers on out-patient medical service. Sec. 3. Limitation on use of funds for post exchanges. No part of any appropriation made by this Act shall be used in any way to pay any expense in connection with the conduct, operation, or management of any post exchange, branch exchange, or sub-exchange within any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, save and except for real assistance and convenience to military personnel and civilians employed or serving at military posts and to retired enlisted naval personnel in supplying them with articles of small personal needs, not similar to those furnished by the Government: *Provisos*.Report required.*Provided*, That the commanding officer of the post at which any such exchange is situated shall certify on the monthly report of the post exchange council that such exchange was, during the period covered by such report, operated in compliance with this section: Isolated posts.*Provided further*, That at posts isolated from a convenient market the Secretary of War may broaden the nature of the articles to be sold. Sec. 4. Short title. This Act may be cited as the “Military Appropriation Act, 1940”. Approved, April 26, 1939. To permit the President to acquire and convert, as well as to construct, certain auxiliary vessels for the Navy. 1939-04-26 89 Chapter 53 Stat. 618 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 89] AN ACT To permit the President to acquire and convert, as well as to construct, certain auxiliary vessels for the Navy. April 26, 1939[[S. 828](/us/bill/76/s/828)][[Public, No. 45](/us/pl/45)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Navy. That section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of certain [50 Stat. 544](/us/stat/50/544).auxiliary vessels for the Navy”, approved July 30, 1937 (50 Stat. 544), is hereby amended by inserting after the word “authorized”, in the fifth line thereof, the words “to acquire and convert or”, so that the said section as amended will read as follows: " Auxiliary vessels, acquisition and conversion or construction of certain, authorized.“That for the purpose of furnishing or replacing auxiliary vessels urgently necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of the Navy, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to acquire and convert or to undertake the construction of about thirty-six thousand and fifty tons (light displacement tonnage) of such auxiliary vessels as follows, at a total cost for all vessels of not more than $50,000,000; “(a) Types. One seaplane tender of about eight thousand three hundred tons; “(b) One destroyer tender of about nine thousand tons; 53 Stat. 619 “(c) One mine sweeper of about six hundred tons; “(d) One submarine tender of about nine thousand tons; “(e) One fleet tug of about one thousand one hundred and fifty tons; and “(f) One oil tanker of about eight thousand tons” " Sec. 2. Sums heretofore or hereafter appropriated or made availableSums available; usage. for the commencement or for the construction and machinery, and armor, armament, and ammunition of auxiliary vessels for the Navy shall be held and considered to be available either for the acquisition and conversion or for the construction of such vessels. Sec. 3. The Act entitled “An Act making appropriations to supplyCertain cost provisions deleted. deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes” (50 Stat. 755), is hereby amended by deleting therefrom,[50 Stat. 768](/us/stat/50/768).*Post*, p. 1551. at page 768, the words “and the cost of either shall not exceed the estimated cost thereof set forth on pages 524 and 525 of the hearings of the House Committee on Appropriations on the Third Deficiency Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year 1937”: *Provided*, That nothing*Proviso*.Limit of cost not to be increased.[50 Stat. 544](/us/stat/50/544). herein contained shall be construed as increasing the limit of the total cost of $50,000,000 imposed by the Act of July 30, 1937, on the auxiliary vessels authorized therein. Approved, April 26, 1939. To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station on the east coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. 1939-04-26 90 Chapter 53 Stat. 619 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 76 1 public [CHAPTER 90] AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a Coast Guard station on the east coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. April 26, 1939[[H. R. 899](/us/bill/76/hr/899)][
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