SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 225. 1925. 901 therefrom, and including packing and crating; of recruits and recruiting parties; of applicants for enlistment between recruiting stations and recruiting dp-pots; of necessary agents and other employees, including per diem a owances in lieu of subsistence, not exceeding $4 for t ose authorized to receive the per diem allowances; of de- Tg¤¤¤¤<>**i¤¤ de pendents of officers and enlisted men as provided by law; of dis- pw °m’°i°' charged prisoners, and persons discharged from Saint Elizabeths Hospital after transfer thereto from the milita service, to their homes (or elsewhere as they may elect) : Profvrhlizd, That the cost in each case shall not be greater than to the lace of last enlistment: of horse equipment; and of funds for the rgrmy; for the operation Beats. ow. and repair of boats and other vessels; for wharfage, tolls, and fer— riages; for drayage and cartage; for the purchase, hire, operation, m‘;;';*g*,$;;L,Sd*,gg md maintenance, and repair of harness, wa ons, carts, drays, other vehi- ` cles, and horse-drawn and motor-propelled passen er-carrying vehicles required for the transportation of troops andg supplies and for official military and garrison purposes; for purchase and hire of draft and pack animals, includ.i.1§ replacement of unserviceable animals; for travel allowances to 0 cers and enlisted men on discharge; to T”‘Y°1 ““°"°“°°“· officers of National Guard on discharge from Federal service as pre- °‘“'d °" scribed in the Act of March 2, 1901; to enlisted men of National V¤¤·3¤»v·°¤¤· Guard on discharge from Federal service, as prescribed in amenda- V<>*·*¤·v·1°¤¤- tory Act of September 22, 1922; and to members of the National Guard who have been mustered into Federal service and discharged on account of physical disability; in all $15,814,000. _ No money appropriated by this Act shall be expended for the hire, m1}g§$,‘{{ °°h‘°l° "' operation, maintenance, or reapair of any motor-propelled vehicle which shall be employed who y or in part for personal, social, or similar use, except such use as is prescribed by order for the transportation of Army personnel in connection with the recreational ‘ activities of the Army. Not to exceed $17 5,000 from the funds appropriated or made avail- (,r"§$;,“,§°{§?,2§$ able in this Act or from the unexpended alances of any other Act "°*“°‘°°· may be used for the purchase or exchange of motor·propelled passenger or freight carrying vehicles for the Army other than those that are purchased solely for experimental purploses: Provided, That the {',m°’{g°;°, mmm, Sum paid for any passenger-carrying ve icle hereunder shall not vehicles. excee $1,050, includin the amount allowed on any vehicle exchanged 1n part payment theregor. Houses ron cavarmr, Aarrnnmnr, mvormzaas, Arm so` rowrrr H°"°" For the purchase of horses within limits as to age, sex, and size to P°”°h”°’°°°‘ be prescribed by the Secretary of War for remounts for officers entitled to public mounts, for the United States Military Academy, and for such organizations and members of the military service as may be required to be mounted, and for all expenses incident to such En _ bmd_ purchases (including $150,000 for encouragement of the breeding of mg Oman]; naw. riding horses suitable for the Army, in cooperation with the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, including the purchase of animals for breeding purposes and their maintenance), p,,,,,,,,_ $500,000: Provided, That the number of horses purchased under this N¤¤¤*>¤=“¤¤*¤**— appropriation shall be limited to the actual needs of the mounted Service, including reasonable provision for remounts. When prac- cg‘m°’k°' ¤“" ticable, horses shall be purchased in open market at all military posts ` or statrons, when needed, within a maximum price to be fixed by the _ Secretary of War: Provided further, That no part of this appro- S"”’*’°"’ '°‘*‘“‘*"’· prration shall be expended for the tpurchase of an horse below the standard set by Army Regulations or Cavalry and, Artillery horses,
