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896 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 803. . 1901. Kansas; and the cavalry and light-artilleriygs school at Fort Rileg, Kansas, by the purchase of text- ooks boo of reference, scienti c and professiona papers, and; for all other absolutely necessary expenses, to be allotted in such proportions as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be for the best interest of the militar service, , Y fifteen thousand dollars., _ orricn or rrin ciiinr SIGNAL orrionn. " S*¤¤¤*¤¤w*¤¤· SIGNAL Snizvxcn or run Amir: For expenses of the Signal Service of the Army, as follows: Purchase, equipment, and repair of field electric telegraphs, signal equipments an stores, binocular glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other necessary instruments, including necessary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges; war_balldons; telephone apparatus (excluding exchange serv1ce and maintenance of the same; electrical installations and maintenance at military sts; maintenance and repair of military tele raph lines and cables, P° . . . . . . E . including salaries of civilian emplogees, supplies, and general repairs, and other expenses connected wit the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army, by telegra(ph_or otherwise, one hundred and ninety-two thousand five hundred ollai·s. , mQ·•;EeNwYG¤rdi¤¤r¤ For cable from Goshen Point, Connecticut, to Gardiners Island, ’ ‘lflevg ¥lork, fourteen miles, sixteen thousand two hundred and ninety- _ six dollars. . ‘ imgctricpl xlgmu- For the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of the fu¥§,y?° °t "` necessary lmes and means of electrical communication, including tele- ‘ phones, dial and other_telegraphs, wiring: and all special instruments, apparatus, and matemals connected wit the use of coast artillery, povéw. ded b I t irty-five thousand dollars: Promded, That so much of the approlpriamc§$§¥°§_ Mighggl: tion of four hundred and fifty thousand five hundred and fifty d0•l81‘S, M”k°·°"*“”*"l°· ·made by the army appropriation Act approved May twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred (Thirty-first Statutes, page two hundred and six), for thripurpose of connecting headquarters, Department of Alaska, at Z?;i“'° a$Zh2°}’ ld$§iE°Z?Ll°$i%?£EiZ“d glgblgnrigiilnlfilluzthmaiymllglgl ·y s 1 n n un · nineteen hundred and lone, be continued and made available for thd iamel péirpqpe during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen un re an two. ‘ ‘ · my. ‘ rar or orricnns or mn LINE.

          • 8- For pay of officers of the line, five million dollars.

Longevity- For pay of officers for length of service, to be paid with their cur- ‘ rent monthly pay, one million dollars. .PAY or ENLISTED MEN. E““*‘°d ”‘°“· For paylof enlisted men of all grades, including recruits, fourteen million do lars. _, _ · L°“g°""Y‘ For additional gy for length of service for all enlisted men, exclu- Pmmos sive of Hospital rps, one million dollars. _ _ _ ,,],0,,,,,,;,,,,,,;,,,,,,,,, Pr0·vv:ded, That hereafter all allotments of pay of enlisted men.of ¢¤g¤;<;dt,¤:¤eg;¤,;¤gi{;;P· the United States Army, under section sixteen of Act of Conghress git. cemm creaiié approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, that ave

‘},’§},§i§§{?, ,'§’,,‘},i“,,‘,{‘,§,'{'{, been or shall be paid to the designated allottees, after the expiration

v:·cw¤¤¢¤¢¤*¤¤Ji¤¢¢¤¢¤» of one month subsequent to the month in which said allotments accrued, ° verse, p.sr1. · shall pass to the credit of the disbursing officer who has made or shall Qggggqbv xgdm make such payment: Provided, That said disbursing officer shall, mqgefo§iel_making pagiment of Said allotment? uisle, cp shag hatyleatused, ue igence in o aining an ma ng use o a m orma ion may have been received in the War Department relative to the grantors of