and without regard to the length of time away from their designated posts of duty under such orders; Courts martial. Expenses of courts martial: For expenses of courts martial, courts of inquiry, military commissions, retiring boards, and compensation of reporters and witnesses attending same, contract stenographic reporting services, and expenses of taking depositions and securing other evidence for use before the same, $450,000; Deserters. Apprehension of deserters: For the apprehension, securing, and delivering of soldiers absent without leave and of deserters, including escaped military prisoners, and the expenses incident to their pursuit; and no greater sum than $25 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 expenses incident to confinement of military prisoners in nonmilitary facilities; Dishonorable dis- for a donation of $10 to each prisoner discharged otherwise than ch a rge . honorably upon his release from confinement under court-martial Discharge tor sentence involving dishonorable discharge; and for a donation of not raudulentenlistment. to exceed $10 to each person discharged for fraudulent enlistment as authorized by law, $150,000; Compensation and Finance service: For compensation of clerks and other employees living quarters. of the Finance Department, including not to exceed $900 for any one person for allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and stat. . light, as authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (5 U. S. C. 118a), $31,286,000; daPagte imprs. Claims for damages to and loss of private property: For payment of claims, including claims of military and civilian personnel in and under the War Department, not exceeding $500 each in amount, for damages to or loss of private property incident to the training, practice, operation, or maintenance of the Army that have accrued, Settlement. or may hereafter accrue, from time to time, $50,000: Provided, That settlement of such claims shall be made by the General Accounting Office, upon the approval and recommendation of the Secretary of War, where the amount of damages has been ascertained by the War Department, and payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full satisfaction of such damages; Claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of the Army for de- struction of private property: For the payment of claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of the Army for private property lost, destroyed, captured, abandoned, or damaged in the military service of the United States, under the provisions of an Act approved March 41 stat. 1436 . 4, 1921 (31 U. S . C . 218-222), $200,000; Pop.a 74. In all: Finance Service, Army, $12,264,510,665, to be accounted for as one fund. QUARTERMASTER CORPS AND TRANSPORTATION CORPS SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORTATION Recreational facili- Welfare of enlisted men: For the equipment and conduct of school, ec reading, lunch, and amusement rooms, service clubs, chapels, gym- nasiums, and libraries, including periodicals and other publications and subscriptions for newspapers, salaries of civilians employed in the hostess and library services, transportation of books and equip- ment for these services, rental of films, purchase of slides for and making repairs to moving-picture outfits, and for similar and other recreational purposes at training and mobilization camps now estab- lished or which may be hereafter established, including expenses for Painting, t., o the entertainment and instruction of enlisted personnel, $30,556,162: war t cenes r por- Provided, That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be avail- traits. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 185-JULY 1, 1943 [57 STAT. 352
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