Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 40 Part 1.djvu/845

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SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 139. 1918. 827 MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. Umvquanranuasrrzrz corrrs. Q¤¤*°¤*¤¤¤*¤*C¤*P¤- Storage and shipping facilities: For inland and port storage, in- ,8§i{§,?;g° mdsmwlng cluding all necessary buildings, docks, tracks, handlin , and other ` facilities for Government supplies, including rentals auf purchase of land, $50,000,000. Mileage: For mileage to commissioned officers members of the °,§i**¤=° *° °m°¤*‘¤· Omcers Reserve Corps when ordered to active diuty, contract sur- ` eons, expert accountant Insfpector General’s De a.r·tment Army geld clerks, and field clerks o the Quartermaster ICorps, when authorized by law, $2,750,000. _ Ixcmnrrran nxrnnsms, Quaarnnmsrnn Cours: Postage; cost of I“”"‘°“"°l°"’°“‘°*‘· telegrams on official business received and sent by officers of the Army, including members of the OiIicers’ Reserve Corps, when ordered to active duty; extra ay to soldiers employed on extra duty, Em duty "“"* °°°‘ under the direction of the Cuartermaster Corps, in the erection of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, in the construction of roads, and other constant labor for periods of not less than ten days; as additional school-teachers during the school term at post schools, and as clerks for post quartermasters at military posts, and for overseers of general prisoners at posts designated by the War Department for the coninement of general prisoners, and for the United States disciplinary barracks ard; of extra-duty pay at rates to be fixed by the Secretaréy of Vgiir for mess stewar s and cooks at recruit depots, who are gra uates of the schools for bakers and cooks, and mstructor cooks at the schools for bakers and cooks; for e?enses of expresses to and from frontier posts and armies in the eld; of escorts to officers or agents of the Corps to trains where military escorts can not be f ed; authorized office fruniture, authorized issues of towels; hire of laborers in the Quartermaster Co s, including the ca.re of officers} mounts when the same are furnishedrlby the Government, and the hire of interpreters, spies, or guides for the Arm ; compensation of clerks and other employees to the officers of tlie Quartermaster Corps, and clerks, foremen, watchmen, and organist for the United States disciplinary barracks, and·incidental expenses of recruiting; for the a prehension, securing, and delivering of deserters, including escaped) military prisoners, and the expenses incident to their pur·suit, and no greater sum than $50 for each deserter or escaped military prisoner shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be paid to any civil officer or citizen for such services and expenses ; for a donation of $5 to each dishonorably discharged prisoner upon his release from confinement under co1u·t-martial sentence in- _ volving dishonorable discharge; for the following expenditures re- H°”° °’P°¤***’¤‘°S· uired for the several regiments of Cavalry, the batteries of Field Artillery, and such companies of Infantry and Scouts as may be mounted, the authorized number of officers horses, and for the trains, to wit purchase of picket ropes, blacksmith’s tools and materials, horseslroes and blacksmith’s tools for the Cavalry service, and for the shoeing of horses and mules; chests and issue outfits; and such additional expenditures as are necessary and authorized by law in the movements and operations of the Army, and at military posts, and not ex ressly assigned to any other department, $20,500,000. Clothing and camp and garrison equipage: For cloth, woolens, %¤¤*¤i¤8, ·¤¤:;}_,*;;*£ materials, and for the purchase and manufacture of clothing for the m Army, including enlisted men of the Regular Army Reserve and retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, for issue and for sale at cost price according to the Army Regulations; for payment for clothing not drawn due to enlisted men on discharge; for altering and fitting clothing and washing and cleaning when necessary; for