184 SIXTY·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 24. 1919. apI,;*,'g§,§§f1 *·° ° “ ° No part of any appropriation for national cemeteries or the repair of roadways thereto shall be expended in the maintenance of more _ than a single approach to any national cemetery. _ S0f?1%t1¤;l, *,;a<er··* For GXPGHSBS of burying in the Arlington National Cemetery, or in the cemeteries of the District of Columbia, indigent ex-Union_ soldiers, ex-sailors, or ex-marines of the United States service, either Regular or Volunteer, who have been honorably discharged or retired an who die in the District of Columbia, to be disbursedby the Secretary of War, at a cost not exceeding $45 for such buria expenses HW Mm District in each case, exclusive of cost of grave, $2,000, one-half of whrc sum r°mm°s` shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. ,,,gY§*§‘§Y§m b“°1°' Antietam battle field: For repair and preservation of monuments, F*¤¤¤¤‘¤¤°¤· tablets, observation tower, roads, and fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States upon public lands within the limits _ of the Antietam battle field, near S arpsburg, Maryland, $7,500. _ S“P°"m““°°“*‘ For pay of superintendent of Antietam battle field, said supermtendent to perform his duties under the direction of the Quartermastcr Corps and to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War, at his discretion, the erson selected and appointed to this position to be an honorably discharged Union soldier, $1,500. mg;Q,‘§§m?8' sf; Disposition of remains of officers, soldiers, and civilian employees: ·;um,m. ’ For interment, or of preparation and transportation to their homes or to such national cemeteries as may be designated by proper authority, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, of the remains of officers, cadets, United States Military Academy, including acting assistant surgeons and enlisted men in active serv1ce· interment, or of pwarm tion and transportation to their homes, of the remains of ci employees of the Army in the employ of the War Department who die abroad, in Alaska, in the Canal Zone, or on Army transports, or who die while on duty in the field or at military posts within the limits of the United States; interment of military prisoners who die at military posts; for the interment and shipment to their homes of remains of enlisted men who are discharged m hospitals in the United States and continue as inmates of said hospitals to the date of their· death, and for interment of prisoners of war and interned alien enemies who die at m§¤g*jga*,*jj,§)u°{;*§,;;‘g’ prison camps in the United States; removal of remains from abaneec. doned posts to permanent military posts or national cemeteries, including the remains of Federal so diers, sailors, or marines, interred in fiel s or abandoned private and city cemeteries; and in any case where the expenses of burial or shipment of the remains of officers or enlisted men of the Army who die on the active list are borne by _ individuals, where such expenses would have been lawful claims ,¤§,$},’gf}a‘{’S§°m°¤* ‘° against the Government, reimbursement to such individuals may be made of the amount allowed by the Government for such services out _ of this sum, but no reimbursement shall be made of such expenses §Q;';$e,,,,m¤,,,,,_, incurred prior to July 1, 1910, $8,451,000: Prmxided, That during the wgvvcdrletryed usr vn continuance of the present war the above provisions shall be applicable “° ‘ ° Y' in the cases of officers and enlisted men on the retired list of the Army who have died or may hereafter die while on active duty by proper assignment. C,;‘g§éff°m*" “°““"· Confederate Mound, Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago: For care, protection, and maintenance of the plat of ground known as “Confederate _ Mound" in Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, $500. a_Q"if,‘g§f,f°‘° S‘°°" For care, protection, and maintenance of Confederate Stockade ' _ Cemetery, Johnstons Island, in Sandusky Bay, Ohio, $350, ,,§§’§’°d°'“"’ "“"“* Confederate burial plats: For care, protection, and maintenance of €¤r¤.¤¢¢- Confederate burial plats, owned by » e United States, located and known by the following designations: Confederate cemetery, North Alton, Illinois; Confederate cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio; Confederate section, Greenlawn Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana;
