456 FORTY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. H. C11. 93. 1883. Mar. 3 1883. CHAP. 98.—A¤ act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the ————-——¥—-—-— iiscal year ending June thjrticth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for other pU.I'pOS8S. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appmpriations. States of America in Ocmgress assembled, That the following sums be, A¤¤Y· and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as follows : Com mauding For expenses of the Commanding Gener:1l’s Office, one thousand seven G¤¤¤r=¤1'¤ viii M- hundred and Hiiy dollars. Recruiting. For expenses of recruiting and transportation of recruits from rendezvous to depot, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. And no money appr0pri2.ted_ by this acc shall be paid for recruiting the Army beyond the number of twentyfdve thousand enlisted men, including Indian soouts and hospitalstowards; and thereafter there shall be uq more than twenty-five thousand enlisted men in the Army am any one time, unless otherwise authorized by law. Contingent, Ad- For contingent expenses of the Adjuta11t—Genera1’s Department at §¤¤m°¤°F*I’¤ the headquurters~of military divisions and departments, two thousand !’°‘"”"°“l" five hundred dollars. Sizml Swviw, For expenses of the Signal Service of the Army: Purchase, equip- A¤"Y· ment, and repair of field-electric telcgraphs, signal equipments and stores ; binocular glasses, telescopes, and other necessary instruments ; telephone apparatus, and maintenance of same, five thousand dollars. yay_ PAY DEPARTMENT. 0mm;;, Fox PAY or rum ARMY.-—For one General, one Lieut;ena.ntrGeneraI, three majongcncrals, liftccn brigadier-generals; thirty aides-(le-camp in addition to pay in the line; and no more than thirty aides-de—camp shall be paid as such in additmn to their pay in the line; sixty coloncls, eighty-two lieutenant-coloncls, two hundred and forty-four ll13j01'8,th1`60 hundred and eight captains (mounted), three hundred and six captains ‘ (not mounted), thirty-four chaplains, fifteen storekeepers, forty adjutauts, forty regimental quartermasters; adjutant and quartcrmastcr of Engineer Battalion, in addition to pay in the line; one hundred and eighty-six first lieutenants (mounted) three hundred and sixty iirst lieutcuzmts (not mounted), one hundred and thirtyeight second lieuten-
m1ts(m0uut>ed),thr<>e hundred andfive second lientenants (not mounted) ;
one hundred and eighty acting ccmmissarics of subsistence, in addition to pay in line; officer in charge of public buildings and grounds in - Washington ; officers of foot regiments while on duty which requires Additional psy. them to be mounted; additional pay to officers for length of service, to be paid with their current monthly pay; pay to enlisted men for length of service, payable with their current monthly pay; retired officcrs; for the payment of any such officers as may be in service, either upon the active or retired list, during the year ending June thirtcicth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in excess of the numbers for each class pro- Mom vided for in this act; enlisted men of all grades, not exceeding twenty- {tive thousand men ; the allowances for travel, retained pay, and clothing not drawn, payable to enlisted men on discharge; two retired ordnance-sergeants; and for interest on deposits of enlisted men; and B S_,1306,225_ section thirteen hundred and six of the Revised Statutes is hereby so amended as to strike out the word “fifty," where it; occurs in said scc- Mileage, c0mpu· tion, und in lieu thereof inserting the word “five;” for mileage of 0Hitativn ¤f· cars of the Army for travel, over shortest usually traveled routes, not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars; and from and after the passage of this act mileage of ohicers of the Army shall be computed over the shortest usually traveled routes between the points nmned in the order, and the necessity lor such travel in the military Mmeummn service shall be certified to by the officer issuing the order and stated in upeuaeu. said order. For miscellaneous expenses, to wit: Hire of not exceeding
