Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 40 Part 1.djvu/74

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SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 12. 1917. 55 for clothing not drawn due to enlisted men on discharge; for altering and fitting clothing and washing and cleaning when necessary; for equipage, including authorized issues of toilet articles, barbers' and tailors’ materials, for use of general prisoners confined at military osts without pay or allowances and applicants for enlistment while held under observation; issue of toilet kits to recruits upon their first enlistment, and issue of housewives to the Army; for exipenses of packin and handling, and similar necessaries; for a suit o citizen’s outer cgothing, to cost not exceeding $10, to be issued upon release from conlinement to each prisoner who has been conlined under a Indemmt for d9_ court-martial sentence invo ving tlishonorable discharge; for indem- stroyed eroding. nit to officers and men of the Army for clothingland bedding, and so lbrth, destroyed since April twentg-second, eig teen hundred and ninety-eight, by order of medical 0 cers of the Army for sanitary reasons, $28,640,000. Provided, That $20,100, or so much thereof as may be necessary, §;',§,’§§s”'g§;vme d,,p0t_ is hereby appropriated, in addition to the above sum, for the pur- I8é1g¤¤¤ir}¤iy£irm¤¤u· chase of the necessary machine for the manufacture of clothing in m°° ° ° °g‘ thelJeil’erso{)1yille Depot of theréuartermaster Corps, to be immediate y avar a e. . . Promkled, That all the money hereinbefore appropriated under the a¤lili£ii§;t;€§rl$£.°S’ titles Subsistence of the Army; Regular supplies, Quartermaster ,,,,§§§‘,§’{,§,‘;{‘§}‘,,Qg'u§y‘,§ Corps; Incidental expenses, $artermaster Corps; Transportation of f¤r· the Army and its supplies; ater and sewer at military posts; and Clothing and camp and garrison equifpage shall be disbursed and accounted for by officers and agents 0 the Quartermaster Corps as "Supplies, services, and transportation, Quartermaster Corps,’ and · for that purpose shall constitute one fund. H Honsns ron Cavanav, Anrrnnnnjr, AND Enemnnrrsz For the pur- 1>¤Y°°£§§¤a chase of horses of ages, sex, and size as may be prescribed by the Secret of War for remounts, for officers entitled to public mounts for thdugavalry, Artillery, Signal Corps, and Engineers, the United States Military Academy,-service schools, and staff colleges, and for the Indian scouts, and for such Infantry and members of the Medical Department in field campaigns as may be rechuired to be mounted, an the expenses incident thereto, and for the hire of employees: Provided, That the number of horses purchased under this a pr·opria· Pr,{.@.,,,_ tion, added to the number now on hand, shall be limited to tlie actual needs of the mounted service, mcludrng reasonable provisions for remounts, and, unless otherwise ordered y the Secretary of War, no part of this appropriation belpard out for horses not purchased y contract ter competition d y rnvnted by the qpartermaster Corps and an inspection under the direction and authority of the Ow, mm, puh Secretary of War. When practicable, horses shall be purc ased in ¤¤¤S¢¤- open market at all military posts or stations, when needed, at a maxi- Smhdmqmi mum price to be fixed by the Secretary of War: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any horse below the standard set by Army Regulations or Cavalry and Artillery horses, except when purchased as remounts or for instruction of cadets at the United tates Military Academy: And mopomss providedfurtlwr, That no part of this apjirglpriation shall be expended ` or polo pomes except for West Point tary Academy, and such ponies shall not be used at any other place, $400,000. S X _ Provided, however, That the Secretary of War is hereb authorized ,3.§Zrf" °°””°ls °°l upon the approval of this Act to sell for cash at either ubhc or lprivate sale such horses and mules as are not needed for eitlier the egular Armly or the National Guard and the proceeds shall be turned into the nited States Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Baruracxs asn quarrrnrrs; For barraclm, uarters, stables, store- ,,§'f“‘°“ “° "“"‘ houses, magazines, administration and officeiliuildings, sheds, SME, and other buildings necessary for the shelter of troops, public anim ,