FORTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 359. 1876. 219 the sum of twenty-tive hundred dollars; and, in addition thereto, a sum . sufficieut to pay his reasonable expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of State. UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT. • SIGNAL SERVICE. Observation and report of storms: For the expenses of the observa- 0l>¤erv¤¤ti<>¤ and tion and report of storms by telegraph and signal for the beuelit of "°P°'* °f °"°“”°· commerce and agriculture throughout the United States; for manufacture, purchase, and repair of meteorological and other necessary instruments; for telegraphing reports; for expenses of storm-signals announcing the probable approach and force of storms; for continuing the establishment and connection of stations at lite-saving stations and light-houses; for instrument shelters; for hire, furniture, and expenses of offices maintained for public use in cities or ports receiving reports; tor river reports; for maps and bulletins to be displayed in chambers of commerce and boards of trade rooms, and for distribution; for books, periodicals, newspapers, and stationery; and for incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And the enlisted force of the Signal Corps shall consist of one hundred Signal Corps. and fifty sergeants, thirty corporals, and two hundred and seventy Enlivwdferve. privates, who shall receive the pay of engineer soldiers of similar grades; and two sergeants may, in each year, be appointed to be second lieutenants; Provided Signal Service men shall not receive extra Pmvieo. duty pay unless specially directed by the Secretary of War. Construction, maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines: Military tele- For the construction and continuing the construction, maintenance, and graph linesnse of military telegraph lines on the Indian and Mexican frontiers, for the connection of military posts and stations, and for the better protection of immigration and the frontier settlements from depredations, especially in the State of Texas and the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona and the Indian Territory, under the provisions of the act ap- 1w-s7r»,cb.1;;0, proved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-tive, forty thousand 1** S*°*··· 388- dollars. For constructing, under the direction of the Secretary of War, a mili- Telegraph lm e tary telegraph line lrom Bismarck to Fort Ellis, via the Missouri and {Wm B'¤m*=“°k l° Yellowstone Rivers, connecting Fort Buford, Fort Keogh, and Fort 1`°"° Eu"' Custer, and from Fort Sully to Fort Keogh, via Deadwood, fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. And the Score Expenses or tary of War is hereby authorized to pay the expenses of operating and keeping the said telegraph line in repair out of moneys appropriated and to be appropriated for the maintenance of the Army: Provided, Pi-ware dnhouvcver, That private dispatches of lawful nature may be transmitted P‘"°'l“· over said line whenever the same is not needed for public use, at reasonable rates, not to exceed the usual rates charged by private telegraph companies, the proceeds thereof to be accounted for and paid into the Treasury of the United States; and the said telegraph line shall be Rules. maintained and operated under such proper rules and orders as the Secretary of War may direct for the benefit of the public service. For constructing, under the direction of the Secretary of War, a mil- Military W¤l§°¤‘ itary wagon-road from Ojo Caliente to Fort Wingate, New Mexico, and '°"‘1‘ from an eligible point on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad to Parrott City, Colorado, five thousand dollars. ARMORIES AND ARSENALS For repairs and preservation of grounds, buildings, and machinery, Springfield Mmnot used for manufacturing purposes, of the arsenal at Springfield, “"‘1· Massachusetts, lifteen thousand dollars. Rock Island arsenal: For general care, preservation, and improve- Rock I¤1¤·¤d M- ment; building new roads; care and preservation: of the water-power; “°““1· painting and care and preservation of permanent buildings and bridges
