Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 34 Part 1.djvu/284

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254 FIFTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3078. 1906. such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charge_fo1· such Government transportation, having claims against the United States for transportation of troops and munitions of war and_m1l1tary supplies and property over such aided railroads,_shall be pa1d out of the moneys appropriated by the foregoing provision only on the basis of such rate for the trans ortation of such troops and munitions of war and military supplies ancl) property as the Secretary of War shall deem just and reasonable under the foregoing provision, such rate not to exceed fifty per centum of the compensation for such_Governrnent transportation as shall at that time be charged to and paid by private parties to any such company for like and similar transportation; and the amount so fixed to be aid shall be accepted as in full for all 1***** ““"““"- demands for such service: Pl·)0videdfm·¢her, That the number of draft . animals purchased from this appropriation, added to those now on hand, shall be limited to such numbers as are actually required for the ofwgg ¤¤ ¤¤¤ service, twelve million six hundred thousand dollars: Pmmded, That ` no part of this appropriation shall be applied to the payment of the expense of using transports in any other Government work than the transportation of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, and their sup- . plies; and, when in the opinion of the Secretary of War accommodations are available, transportation may be provided for the families and emplo ees of officers and men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, anti] members of the Philippine government and families, and their employees and families. _ $¤,m,,_ do For the construction and maintenance of military and post roads, bridges, and trails in the district of Alaska, to be expended under the direction of the board of road commissioners described in section two V°l-3* P- ‘”‘- 'of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the district of Alaska, and for other purposes," appr·oved January twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and five and to be expended conformably to the provisions of said Act, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. §*£{fHyg;€gw Bmmsexs Asn oonrrmas, Puinrrrmn Isr,Am>s: Continuing the 'work of providing for the proper shelter and protection of officers and enlisted men of the Army of the United States lawfully on dutyin the Philippine Islands, including the acquisition of title to building sites when necessary, and including also shelter for the animals and supplies, and all other buildings necessary for post administration purposes, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ,,,_‘,E¥,’,f(l]l'{,%,;,‘;,‘],‘g’,_f‘“‘* Croruixo, AND cnnr AND erxamsos r·:oUirAo|·:: For cloth, woolens, materials, and for the manufacture of clothing for the Army, for issue and for sale at cost price, according to the Army Regulations; foraltering and fitting c othing, and washing and cleaning, when neces— sary; for equipage, and for expenses of packing and handling, and similar necessaries; fora suit of eitizen’s outer clothing, to cost not exceeding ten dollars, to be issued u in release from confinement to each prisoner who has been confinedplundera court-martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge; for indemnity to officers and men of the Army for clothing and bedding, and so forth, destroyed since April twenty-second, eig rteen hundred and ninetv-eight, by order of medical officers of the Army for sanitary reasons, three million dollars. “°”P‘“*"· Coxsrnoonou Asn nnnm or nosvrurs: For construction and repair_of hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, including the extra-dutv pay of enlisted men employed on the same, and including also all expenditures for construction and repairs H*·*SP¤¤¤»Mk· required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for the construction and repair of general hospitals and expenses incident thereto, and for additions needed to meet the requirements of P'°'*"·‘°· increased garrisons, five hundred thousand dollars: P1-omded, That the following sums be used in the erection of modern sanitary hospitals