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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss. III . CH. 279. 1931 . Care of animals, etc . For c ompensation of help for car e of materials, animals, and equipment, $2,428,553 . Instruction camps, For expenses, camps of instruction, field and supplemental train- field training, etc . ing, in cluding not to e xceed $1 66,667 f or const ruction at camps , and including medical and hospital treatment authorized by law, and the hire (at a rate not to exceed $1 per diem), repair, maintenance and oper atio n of mot or-p rope lled pas seng er-c arry ing vehi cles , $9,462,132, of which $20,730 shall be available immediately. Service schools, in- For expenses, selected officers and enlisted men, military service struction, etc . schools , includ ing medi cal and hospital treatme nt autho rized by law, $375,00 0 . Property, etc ., offi- cers . For pay of pr ope rty and dis bu rsi ng of fic ers for the United St ate s, . $79,800 . Equipment, instruc- For general expenses, equipment, and instruction, National Guard, tion ex pen ses . including medical and hospital treatment authorized by law, and the hire (a t a rate not to exceed $ 1 per di em), rep air, mai ntenance , and operation of motor-propelled passenger and nonpassenger carrying Travel, Army of- vehicles, $695,969 . cers, etc .

For travel of offic ers, warrant off icers, and enlis ted men of the R eg- Proviso . R" or Dep artm ent ular Arm y in con nection with the Nationa l Guard, $337,469

Provi ded,

Gene ral St aff .

That not to exceed $2,000 of this sum shall be expended for travel of officers of the War Department General Staff in connection with the Nati onal Guard . Transporting su p- plies.

For transportation of equipment and supplies, $225,000 . Army enlisted men .


For expenses of enlisted men of the Regular Army on duty with the National Guard, including the hiring of quarters in kind, . Pay, armory drills. $480 ) 000 . For pay of National Guard (armory drills), $11,632,368 . Interchangeable ap- When approved by the Secretary of War 10 per centum of each of propriations . the foregoing amounts under the appropriation for "Arming, equip- ping, and training the Nati onal Guard " shall be available inter- cha ng eab ly for expenditure on the ob je cts named, but no one ite m Proviso .

shall be increased by more than 10 per centum : Prov ided, Tha t any Report

to Congress .

such transfers shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget . Field service .

ARMS , UNIF ORMS, EQUIP MENT, AND SO FOR TH, FOR FIE LD SER VICE, NATIONAL GUARD Procuring arms, etc ., for issue.

To procur e by purchase or manufactur e and issue from time to . Requisitions from time to the National Guard, upon requisition of the governors of the Governors, etc. several States and Territories, or the commanding general, National Guard of the District of Co lumbia, such military equip ment and stores of all kinds and reserve supply thereof, including horses con- forming to the Regular Army standards for use of the Cavalry, Field Artillery, and mounted organizations of the National Guard, as are necessary to arm, uniform, and equip for field service the National Guard of the sev eral Sta tes, Ter ritories , and the Distric t of Col um- bia, and to repair such of the aforementioned articles of equipage and military stores as are or may become damaged when, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War, such repair may be determined to be an economical measure and as necessary for their proper preservation and use, $5,937,144, of which $884,185 shall be available immediately and exclusively for the production and pur- Newairplanes,e tc. chase of new airplanes and their equipment, spare parts and acces- Prouiso.

sories : Provided, That the Secretary of War is here by dir ected to Clothing, equipment, etc., from Army sur. issue from surplus or reserve stores and material on hand and pu r- plus stores .

chased for the United States Army such articles of clothing and equipment and Field Artillery, Engineer, and Signal material and ammunition as may be needed by the Nation al Guard o rganized