480 SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 28. 1918. P“Y“‘°"‘°“*"°'i”°d· or the amount of the damage thereto, as the case may be; and the amount of such value or amage so ascertained and determined
- ’·°P‘°°°¤°¤“¤k*¤d· shall be paid from appropriations made therefor, or such property
lost, destroyed, captured, or abandoned, or so damaged as to be unfit for service, may be rgplaced in kind from Government property on hand by the supply 0 cer or quartermaster of the organization to which the person entitled thereto belongs or with which he is Hmm 1 no b serving upon the order of the commanding officer thereof. S.,c,m,yy0Yw°§,_ “Y Tender of replacement or the determination made by the Secretary of War upon a claim presented as provided for in the foregoing paragraphs shall constitute a final determination of any claim cogmzable under this Act, and such claim shall not thereafter be reopened or considered by any accounting officer or court of the T_ mm so United States._ _ _ _ m§$§a.».m, ” P"` No claim arising under this Act shall be considered unless made within one year from the time that it accrued, or presented within Ap wpmmn M, six months after peace is established. swmis. For the {payment of any awards hereunder there is appropriated the sum o $200,000. M°d`°m°°°m”°°°‘ mmrcar. Dm>AETm•:N*r. gxleigiliiiuwpeat Hospital care, Canal Zone garrisons: For tpaying the Panama "°‘P"°"°'i Canal such reasonable charges, exclusive of su sistence, as may be agiroved by the Secretary of War for caring in its hospitals for o cers, enlisted men, military prisoners, and civilian employees of hom the Army admitted thereto upon the request of proper military subsrézeuee pay- authority: Provided, That the subsistence of the said patients, "‘°“°" except commissioned officers, shall be paid to said hospita s out of the appropriation for subsistence of the Army at the rates provided therein for commutation of rations for enlisted patients in general M°dj%] y¤sBum_ l1OSpllZ8,lS, $20,000. Army Medical Museum: For Army Medical Museum, preservation of specimens, and the preparation and purchase of new specimens, Gssmasks. $2*500 . . . . . . naeurizepaag ex- The {provision made m the appropriations for the Medical and §$§§°nZ,,i§n§‘§,_ l“°‘* Hospit Department for the purc ase of gas masks shall be deemed
- ’*”· PP- “’°·3*”- and construed, until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen
to include the manufacture of said masks and all expenses involved in their factory production except the procurement of factory sites and the pay and allowances of commissioned and enlisted personnel E,.,g,¤”, Dlpam engaged therein. mom. ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. whiz; Opmmm ex Engineer operations in the field: For expenses incident to military engineer operations in the field, including the purchase of material and a reserve of material for such operations, the construction or rental of storehouses within and outside the District of Columbia, the purchase, operation, maintenance, and repair of horse-drawn and motor—propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and such expenses as are ordinarily provided or under appropriations for "En.gineer gggigvpmlmntmts depots/’ "Civilian assistants to engineer officers " and "Mz;ps, War- ` Department," $70,000,000; Provided, That the Secretary o War is authorized to enter into contracts and otherwise to incur obligations for the purposes above mentioned not to exceed $70,000,000 in addition to the appropriations herein and heretofore made. ¤3rii1°3°°° Dwmi onnxaxcn DEPARTMENT. $¤ii.ii§`}gi”° M Ordnance stores, ammunition: For manufacture and pm-chase of ammunition for small arms and for hand use for reserve supply,
