Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 40 Part 1.djvu/874

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856 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 143. 1918. R‘*“°“'“*"*°“°"· That no competitor shall be entitled to commutation of rations in , excess of $1.50 per day, and when meals are furnished no greater P expense than that sum per man per day for the gprrod the contest e.°}.’{.'§§.°,§§1';0¤ or m. is m progress shall be incurred. For payments: commutation of “°"· mu rations to the cadets of the United States Military Academy m heu reI§°4?.T’§`$ M my of the regular established ration, at the rate of 68 cents per ration; . of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, enlisted men and male and female nurses when stationed at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, including enlisted men of the Reigrrlar Army Reserve and retired enlisted men when ordered to active uty, and when traveling on detached duty where it is impracticable to carry rations of any kind, enlisted men selected to contest fotrdplaces or prizes in departments and Army rifle competitions w `e tr·aveling to and rom places of contest, male and female nurses on leave of absence, applicants for enlistment, and general prisoners while traveling under orders: For payment of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations for members of the Nurse Corps (female) while on duty in hospital, and for enlisted men, a plicants for enlistment while held un er observation, emplbyees who are entitled to subsistence at public expense, and dgeneral prisoners sick therein, .,.,$.§il°°‘°' °°k°”°°d to be paid to the surgeon in charge; a vertising; for providing prizes to be established by the Secretary of War for enlisted men of the Army who graduate from the Armti schools for bakers and cooks the total amount of such prizes at e various schools not to exceed

,,;’§§’§}“°’ °‘P°'°h” $900 per annum; for other necesw expenses incident to the purchase, testing, care, preservation, issue, sale, and accounting for

subsistence supplies for the Army, $830,557,39S. ' ,,§‘;,¤,';‘,*{,F_S‘{““°"““" Rneurnn sm>r>r.ms, Quanmsmsrsa Cours: Regular supplies of the Quartermaster Corps, including their care and protection; construction and repair of military reservation fences; stoves and heating apparatus required for eating offices, hospitals, barracks and quarters, and recruiting stations, and United States disciplinary barracks; also ranges, stoves, coffee masters, and appliances for cooking and serving food at posts in the Held and when traveling, and repair and maintenance o such heating and cooking appliances; H H t and the necessary power for the operation of moving-picture ma- °°°· ""'°°‘ chines; authorized issues of candles and matches; or furnishing heat and light for the authorized allowance of quarters for officers, including members of the Officer·s’ Reserve Corps when ordered to active duty, and enlisted men, including enlisted men of the Regular Army Reserve and retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty; contract surgeons when stationed at and occu yin public Remmmmm quarters at military posts; for omcers of the National Glirarmf attendug I ’ mg service and garrison schools, and for recruits, guards, hospitals, °‘32""m‘ storehouses, offices, the bllllflllli erected at private cost in the operation of the Act approved ay thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two, and buildings for similar purposes on military reservations authorized by War Department regulations; for sale to officers, Bmw and including also fuel and engxine supp `es required in the operation ` of modern batteries at establis ed posts; for post bakeries, includin Ice machines bake ovens and apparatus pertaining thereto and the repair thereoig ` for ree machines and their maintenance where required for the health and comfort of the troops and for cold stor e; ice for issue to organizations of enlisted men and offices at srildli places as the bs Secretary of War_ may determine, and for preservation of stores; L°°°°1" for_the construction, o eration, and maintenance of laundries at mrlrtarjg posts in the States and its island possessions; for the authorized issues of laundrg materials for 1156 of general risoners confined at military posts wit out pay or allowances, and fllr appli-