Aliens may enlist in service of country at war with country with which United States is at war. section shall not apply to citizens or subjects of any country engaged with in war with a country with which the United States is at war, unless such citizen or subject of such foreign country shall hire or solicit a citizen of the United States to enlist or go beyond the jurisdiction of the United States with intent to enlist or enter the service of a foreign country. Regulations. Enlistments under this proviso shall be under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War."
Approved, May 7, 1917.
May 12,1917..
[H. R. 13.]
[Public, No. 11.]
Chap. 12.—An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That the following sums be, and they 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, nineteen hundred and eighteen:
Contingencies.Contingencies of the Army: For all contingent expenses of the Army not otherwise provided for and embracing all branches of the military service, including the office of the Chief of Staff; Emergencies, etc.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 at Washington, District of Columbia, or in the Army at large, but impossible to be anticipated or classified; Per diem subsistence. to be expended on the approval and authority of the Secretary of War, and for such purposes as he may deem proper, including the payment of a per diem allowance not to exceed $4, in lieu of subsistence, to employees of the War Department traveling on official business outside of the District of Columbia and away from their designated posts, $50,000.
Office, Chief of Staff.OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF.
Army War College.Army War College: For expenses of the Army War College, being for the purchase of the necessary stationery; typewriters and exchange of same; office, toilet, and desk furniture; textbooks; books of reference; scientific and professional papers and periodicals; printing and binding; maps; police utensils; employment of temporary, technical, or special services; and for all other absolutely necessary expenses, including $25 per month additional to regular compensation to chief clerk of division for superintendence of the War College building, $9,000.
Contingencies, military information section.Contingencies, Military Information Section, General Staff Corps: For contingent expenses of the military information section, General Staff Corps, including the purchase of law books, professional books of reference; periodicals and newspapers; drafting and messenger service; and of the military attachés at the United States embassies and legations abroad; and of the branch office of the military information section at Manila; the cost of special instruction at home and abroad and in maintenance of students and attachés; and for such other purposes as the Secretary of War may deem proper; to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War: Proviso.
Periodicals Provided,
That section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight, Revised Statutes R. S., sec. 3648, p. 718.,shall not apply to subscriptions for foreign and professional newspapers and periodicals to be paid for from this appropriation, $11,000.
Observing war operations abroad. Expenses of Military Observes Abroad: 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, $15,000.
