PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 347-JUNE 11, 1938 Rock Island, nl. Operating bridges. etc. Arsenals. Repairs, etc. Chemical Warfare Service. Purchase, manufac- ture, etc., of gases. Part-time employ- ment of scientists, etc. Vehicles. Plants, buildings, machinery, etc. Civilian employees. Special gas troops. Current expenses. Chief of Infantry. Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. Instruction ex- penses. and Supplies, Army, 1938", such amount of such appropriation being hereby reappropriated; also, in addition, the Chief of Ordnance, when authorized by the Secretary of War may enter into contracts prior to July 1, 1939, for the procurement or production of ordnance material, machinery, and supplies to an amount not in excess of $12,900,000, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof. Of the total sum hereby appropriated $100,000 shall be available exclusively for equipping seventy-five-millimeter guns with high-speed adapters. ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS For operating, repair, and preservation of Rock Island bridges and viaduct, and maintenance and repair of the arsenal street connecting the bridges, $44,835. REPAIRS OF ARSENALS For repairs and improvements of ordnance establishments, and to meet such unforeseen expenditures as accidents or other contingencies may require, $914,855. CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE For purchase, manufacture, and test of chemical warfare gases or other toxic substances, gas masks, or other offensive or defensive materials or appliances required for gas-warfare purposes; investi- gations, research, design, experimentation, and operation, purchase of chemicals special scientific and technical apparatus and instru- ments, including services connected therewith; for the payment of part-time or intermittent employment of such scientists and techni- cists as may be contracted for by the Secretary of War, in his dis- cretion, at a rate of pay not exceeding $20 per diem for any person so employed; for the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of freight- and passenger-carrying motor vehicles; construction, main- tenance, and repair of plants, buildings, and equipment, and the machinery therefor; receiving, storing, and issuing of supplies, com- prising police and office duties, rents, tolls, fuels, gasoline, lubricants, paints and oils, rope and cordage, light, water, advertising, station- ery, typewriting and adding machines including their exchange, office furniture, tools, and instruments; for incidental expenses; for civilian employees; for libraries of the Chemical Warfare Service and sub- scriptions to periodicals; for expenses incidental to the organization, training, and equipment of special gas troops not otherwise pro- vided for, including the training of the Army in chemical warfare, both offensive and defensive, together with the necessary schools tactical demonstrations, and maneuvers; for current expenses of chemical projectile filling plants and proving grounds, including construction and maintenance of rail transportation, repairs alter- ations, accessories, building and repairing butts and targets, clearing and grading ranges, $1,757,300. CHIEF OF INFANTRY INFANTRY SCHOOL, FORT BENNING, GEORGIA For the procurement of books, publications, instruments, and mate- rials, and other necessary expenses for instruction at the Infantry School, and for pay of employees at the Infantry School and in the office of the Chief of Infantry, $83,340, including $19,500 for install- ing an air-conditioning system in the reproduction plant. 658 [52 STAT.
�
