52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS. - CH. 347-JUNE 11, 1938 of the Army at the rates provided therein for commutation of rations for enlisted patients in general hospitals. CORPS OF ENGINEERS ENGINEER SERVICE, ARMY For the design, development, procurement, maintenance, alteration, repair, installation, storage, and issue of engineer equipment, instru- ments, appliances, supplies, materials, tools, and machinery required in the equipment and training of troops and in military operations, including military surveys and the Engineer School; for the opera- tion and maintenance of the Engineer School, including (a) com- pensation of civilian lecturers, and (b) purchase and binding of scientific and professional books, pamphlets, papers, and periodicals; for the procurement, preparation, and reproduction of maps and similar data for military purposes; for expenses incident to the Engineer service in military operations, including military surveys, and including (a) research and development of improved methods in such operations, (b) the rental of storehouses and grounds within and outside the District of Columbia, and (c) repair and alteration of buildings; for heat, light, power, water, and communication service, not otherwise provided for; and for the compensation of employees required in these activities, $1,458,380, and, in addition, the Chief of Engineers, when authorized by the Secretary of War, may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1939, for the procurement of engineer equipment to an amount not in excess of $180,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT ORDNANCE SERVICE AND SUPPLIES, ARMY For manufacture, procurement, storage, and issue, including research, planning, design, development, inspection, test, alteration, maintenance, repair, and handling of ordnance material together with the machinery, supplies, and services necessary thereto; for supplies and services in connection with the general work of the Ordnance Department, comprising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuel, light, water, advertising, stationery, typewriting and computing machines, including their exchange, and furniture, tools, and instru- ments of service; to provide for training and other incidental expenses of the ordnance service; for instruction purposes, other than tuition; for the purchase, completely equipped, of trucks, and for maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse- drawn freight and passenger-carrying vehicles; for ammunition for military salutes at Government establishments and institutions to which the issues of arms for salutes are authorized; for services, material, tools, and appliances for operation of the testing machines and chemical laboratory in connection therewith; for the develop- ment and procurement of gages, dies, jigs, and other special aids and appliances, including specifications and detailed drawings, to carry out the purpose of section 123 of the National Defense Act, as amended (50 U. S . C. 78); for publications for libraries of the Ordnance Department, including the Ordnance Office, including sub- scriptions to periodicals; for services of not more than four consulting engineers as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, at rates of pay to be fixed by him not to exceed $50 per day for not exceeding fifty days each, and for their necessary traveling expenses, $38,232,034, and, in addition, $1,249,000 of the appropriation "Ordnance Service 36525--38- --42 657 Engineer Corps. Equipment, instru- ments, etc. Engineer School, maintenance, etc. Maps, surveys, etc. Rent. Operating, etc., e x- penses. Procurement of en- gineer equipment. Ordnance De- partment. Ordnance service and supplies. Manufacture, issue, etc. Contingent expen- ses. Vehicles. Ammunition for military salutes. Gages, dies, and jigs. 39 Stat. 215. 50 U.S. C. §78. Publications. Consulting engi- neers.
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