SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 163. 1908. 1].7 fund: Provided fart/wr, That officcrs of the organized militia who O}f;1’{{§;;‘g,§`;g§S""°d may hereafter be furnished, under proper authority, with funds for ` the purchase of coffee, or other components of the travel ration for the use of their respective commands, shall not be required to furnish bonds for the safwkeepiug und disbursement of the same. , Quartermssters De- QUABTERLMSTEB s DEPARTMENT. pmmem. Regular supplies of the Quartem1ustcr’s Department, including R°"“““` ““”“°“· their care and protection, consisting of stoves and heating apparatus required for heating officcs, hospitals, barracks, and quarters, and recruiting stations, and United States military prison; also ranges and stoves, and appliances for cooking and serving food at posts, and repair and maxntenance of such heating and cooking appliances; for · furnishing beat and light for the authomzcd allowance of quarters for oficcrs and enlisted men, and for recruits, usrds, hospxtals, storahouses, aud officcs, and for sale ho officers, auf including also fuel and angina supplies required in the operation of modern batteries at establis ed posts; for post bakeries; for ico machines and their maintc— nance there raguimd for the health and comfort of the troops and for cold storage;or the construction, operation, and maintenance of humdrics at military posts in the United States and its island p0sscssions; for the necessary furniture, text-book , paper, and oqmpment for the post schools and libraries; for the tableware and mass furniture fcr kitchens and mess halls, each and all for the enlisted men, including recruits; of forage in kind for the horses, mules, and oxen l"¤¤8¤·¤*¤· of the Quart;->rmastcr’s Dqautment at the several posts and stations _ and with the armies in the held; and for the horses of the several ragincnts of cavalry, tm batteries of artillery, and such companies of · infantry and scouts as may be mounted, sud for the authorized number of ofHc¤rs’ horses, including bedding for the animals; and nothing “g°"“°° *°' °”’°°‘”· in the Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and v¤1.3s.p.c.s1. judicial expenses of the Government for the iiscul year nineteen hundred aud eight, or any other Act, shall hereafter be bald or con- » ' strued so as to deprive officers of the Army, wherever on duty in the military service of the United States, of forage, bedding, shoaing, or shelter for their authorized number of horses, or of any means of transportation or maintenance therefor for which provision is made by the terms of this Act; of straw for soldiers' bedding, and of stationery, including blank books for the Qum·tm·mustcr’s Department, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the Pay and Quarbcrmastefs departments, and for printing do rtment orders and *”‘°“°*· reports, nine million three hundred thousand doinlarsz Pro=mIded, That no Hart of the appropriations for the Qum·tcrmas¤cr’s Department sha be expended on printing, unless the same shall be done by con tract after duo notice and competition, except in such cases as the emergency will not admit of the giving notice of competition, and in cases where it is impracticsblc to uva the necessary printing done by contract the same may be done, with the approval of the Secretary of War, by the Fxrcharse of material and hire of the necessary labor for the purpose. or tho fiscal year ending June thirticth, nineteen hundred and nine, Ice machines, um whenever the me machines, steam lauudries., and electric plants shall d"°s‘ °°°’ not coma in competition with private enterprise for sale to the public, and in the opinion of the Secretary of War it bwomcs necessary to the economical use and administration of such ice machines, steam laundries, and electric plants as have been or may hereafter be estab lished in pursuance of law, surplus icc may bq disposed of, laundry Pmleéf mmm work may be done for other branches of the Government, and surplus electric light and power may be sold on such terms and in accordance with. such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War:
