FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SEss. III. Ch. 423. 1899. 1065 I ing salaries of civilian employees, supplies, and general repairs, and other expenses connected with the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army, by telegraph or otherwise, forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. GONTINGENCIES OF THE ARMY: For all contingent expenses of the Contingentexpenses. Army not provided for by other estimates, and embracing all branches of the military service, to be expended under the immediate orders of the Secretary of War, two hundred thousand dollars. UNrrEn Srurns SERVICE scnoonsz To provide means for the theo- i Ungedlgwws wvretical and practical instruction at the artillery school at Fort Monroe, °° °° °°“ Virginia; the infantry and cavalry school at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the cavalry and l1ght—artillery school at Fort Riley, Kansas, by the purchase of text-books, books of reference, scientific and professional papers, and for all other absolutely necessary expense , to be allotted ID such proportions as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be for the best interest of the military service, eight thousand five hundred dollars. PAY OF OFFICERS OF 2r11E LINE. Pw- For pay of officers of the line, five million dollars. HM- For pay of oiilcers for length of service, to be paid with their current Lmzvviivmonthly pay, eight hundred and twenty-tive thousand dollars. For pay of the company commissioned officers in each regiment of the nyP;)Y;;QLyjngg¤£ special or immune regiments their salaries from the time each organ- em, nnnnne., before ized company reported at rendezvous as a company for service until °°"“'“”*°"°"· °*°· said officers were commissioned; and for pay of the regimental commissioned officers their salaries from the time the regiment was mustered into service until said officers were commissioned, seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, _12g;;, from dm That such company and regimental officers shall be paid only from the espmperung rn- (my. time when they personally reported for duty. PAY or ENLISTED MEN. Pay of enlisted men of all grades, including recruits, thirteen million E¤“·*°** ¤¤°¤· five hundred thousand dollars. For additional pay for length of service, seven hundred and twenty- Lvnpvity- five thousand dollars. ` ENGINEER REGIMENT. Three hundred and seventyfnive thousand three hundred and twenty- E°¤*°*°" "°¢*"*°“°· four dollars. . ORDNANCE DEPAR'l‘MENT. One hundred and seven thousand six hundred and thirtyseven mgg¤¤¤<=¤ ¤¤p¤r¢· dollars. NONc0MM1ssroNEn srur (UNA’1·•1•A.cHEn T0 nEGrMENrs). One hundred and seventy-one thousand three hundred and sixty t§;j¤¤°·¤¤¤i··*°¤°** dollars. SIGNAL conrs. One hundred aud seventy-two thousand two hundred and sixty Sfsw Corr-- dollars. HOSPITAL c0m>s. Seven hundred and nfty thousand dollars. Hospital co:-ps PAY TO CLERKS AND MESSENGEBS xr DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AND AT HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY. Thirty clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each per annum, p2°§;$qm forty-two thousand dollars;
