Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 43 Part 1.djvu/517

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486 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 291. 1924. in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be pmd to any civil officer or citizen for such services and expenses; for a donation of $10 to each dishonorably. discharged prisoner upon his from confinement under court—martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge; for the operation of coHee·roasting gants; and such_ additional expenditures as are necewary and au orized by law in the movements and operation of the Army and at mihtary posts, and not expressly assigned to ang other department, $4,157,368. _ '*`““¤P°**¤**°¤- Army rnansrorrrnrion: or transportation of the Army and its supplies, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty; of authorized baggage, including that of retired officers, warrant oliicers, and enlisted men when ordered to active duty and upon relief therefrom, and including packing and crating; of recruits and recruiting parties; of aqéplicants for enlistment between mounting stations and recruiting epots; of necessary agents and other employees, including per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence not exceedin $4 for t ose authorized to receive the per diem ai.low·

 “°' ances; otg dependents of officers and enlisted men as provided by law;

of discharged prisoners, and persons discharged from Saint Eliza- ,, , , beths Hospital after transfer thereto from the military service, to cm their homes (or elsewhere as they may elect) : Provided That the costineachcaseshaunotbegreaterthanto the laceof lastenlist· B°°’“·°*°- _ ment; of horse equipment; and of funds for the Army; for the operation and repair of boats and other vessels; for wharfage, tolls, p_*&¤i¤1¤» digg ¤¤<¤ and ferriagw; for drayage and_ca.rta.gle; for the purchase, hire, cp- ’ eration, maintenance, an repair of arness, wagons, carts, drays, other vehicles, and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles, required for the transportation of troops and supplies and for official military and garrison pruposes; for purchase and hire of draft and pack §‘;i':::f'}'i;*:m_ animals, including replacement of unserviceable animals; for travel mea asenmge. allowances to officers and enlisted men on discharge; to officers of _ National Guard on discharge from Federal service as rescribed in sgiigriktcgiimaia. the Act of March 2, 1901; to enlisted men of National (guard on dis- V¤1·42.1>- 1021- charge from Federal service, as gréescribed in amendatory Act of September 22, 1922; and to mem rs of the National Guard who have been mustered into Federal service and discharged on account g,.f§§’§‘g§,“§,d§Y ‘°°d‘ of physical disability; in all, $16,500,000: Provided, That hereafter a ment shall be made at such rates as the Secretary of War siiail deem {ust and reasonable and shall not exceed 50 per centum of the ful amount of com ensation, computed on the basis of the tariif or lower special rates for like trans rtation performed for the public at large, for the transportation oixproperty or troops of the United States over any railroad which under land- ant Acts was aided in its construction by a grant of land on condition that said railroad shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the United States, and for which adjustment of compensation is required in accordance with decisions of the Supreme Court construing such land·grant Acts, or over any railroad which was aided in its construction by a grant of land on condition that such railroad should be a post route and military road, subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charge for such Government transportation, and such payment shall be accepted as in full for all mm hide T _ demands for such seryrce. _ Si;i(.¤.,,{_ "° e No money appropriated by this Act shall be expended for the hire, operation, maintenance, or repair of any motor-propelled vehicle which shall be employed wholly or in part for personal, social, or similar use, except such use as is prescribed by order for the transporpatiorp of1.ArAr;1y personnel in connection with the recreational activiies o the my.