FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2511. 1907. 1159 UNDER THE CHIEF OF ARTILLERY. mgggder Chief of Ar- _ Scnoor. or Snnmucmrz Dnrnxsn, Foirr Torres, N mw Yonkz For Sc§]¤*>{¤>¤*i¤¤ D¤f¤¤¤¤ incidental expenses of school and depot, including chemicals, station- °°` ery, hardware; extra-duty pay to soldiers necessarily employed for periods not less than ten da s as artificers on work in addition to and not strictly in line with their military duties, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, draftsmen, printers, lithogra hers, photographers, en 'ne drivers, telegraph operators, teamsters, wheelwrights, masons, machinists, painters, overseers, laborers; office furniture and fixtures, machinerg`, and unforseen expenses, eight thousand dollars. or purchase of material for use in instruction of artillery troops in t, M¤¢¤¤¤1i¤ri¤¤f¤¤¤— their special duties in connection with the loading and planting of ‘°°‘ submarine mines, nine hundred dollars. For purchase of sgecial apparatus and for experimental purposes of Al’*’"“‘“"·°‘°· the department of e ectrieity, mines, and mechanism, and the de rtment of chemistry and explosives, Fort Totten, New York, tlhlree thousand four hundred dollars. For purchase of special apparatus and materials for electrician sergeants’ division, Sc ool of `ubmarine Defense, Fort Totten, New ork, two thousand seven hundred dollars. For purchase and binding of professional books of recent date treat- Wh ing of military and scientific subjects for library of School of Submarine Defense and for use of school, one thousand dollars. 01*1*101-: or cmu oumr sroiur. ormcnn. ,,,,°%'g’c,,°,{ °’“"' S"" SIGNAL Smivicm or mr: Amir: For expenses of the Signal Service Ei-;:! ¤¤¤i¢· ¤¤· of the Army, as follows: Purchase, equtpment, and repair of iield N electric telegraphs, signal equipments an stores, binocular glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other necessary instruments, including necessary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges; war balloons; tele hone apparatus (exclusive of exchange service) and maintenance of the same; electrical installations andmaintenance at military posts; fire control and direction apparatus and material for field arti lery; maintenance and repair of mi itary telegraph lines and cables, includ- “§g¤8¤‘¤v¤•¤d¤bl° ing salaries of civi ian employees, supplies, and general repairs, and ` other expenses connected with the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army b telegraph or otherwise, two hundre thousand dollars: Provided, That of the receipts of the Washington- {:;*3*;,mm MMR_ Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System t at have been covered gable, sccé, w beusm into the Treasury of the United States, the sum of one hundred and °'°°‘°°" °‘“"°‘"‘ ninetv thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, made available untibexpended for defraying the cost of such extensions and bette1·- ments of the system as may be approved by the Secretary of \Var, the extentof such extensions and the cost thereof to be reported to Congross by the Secretary of War: Provided further, "hat hereafter Btmmmmm detailed estimates shall be submitted to Congress for any further extension of the cable or telegraph lines in the district of Alaska. rar or orrrcmis or mn Lum. P"- For pay of officers of the line, Eve million five hundred and fifty-six ¤¤¤ 0******- thousand two hundred dollars: Provided, That hereafter all com- mmm. missioned officers of the Army l118V transfer or assign their pay ‘“°ig“m°"°”‘ accounts, when due and payable, under such regulations and restrictions as the Secretary of Var may prescribe. _ For pay of officers for length of service to be paid with their cur- l·°¤¤°“‘>‘- rent monthly pay, one million one hundred and forty-eight thousand
