Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 58 Part 1.djvu/601

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78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 303 -JUNE 28,1944 (5 U. S. C. 103a), including remains of personnel of the Army of the United States who die while on active duty, including travel allow- ances of attendants accompanying remains, communication service, transportation of remains, and acquisition by lease or otherwise of temporary burial sites; $267,600,000: Provided, That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for any expense incident to educating persons in medicine (including veterinary) or dentistry if any expense on account of their education in such subjects was not being defrayed out of appropriations for the Military Establishment for the fiscal year 1944 prior to June 7, 1944, except that nothing herein shall interfere with compliance with the provisions of law authorizing the detail of officers and enlisted men of any component of the Army of the United States as students, observers, and investigators as contemplated by section 127 (a) of the National Defense Act, approved June 3, 1916, as amended; Horses, draft and pack animals: For the purchase of draft and pack animals and horses within limits as to age, sex, and size to 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 purchases (including expenses for encouragement of the breeding of 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), $100; In all, Quartermaster Service, Army, $4,993,451,100: Provided, That all funds heretofore made available under the title "Supplies and Transportation" shall be merged with and become a part of this appropriation to be disbursed and accounted for as one fund. TRANSPORTATION CORPS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, ARMY For expenses necessary for the transportation of Army supplies, equipment, funds of the Army, including packing, crating, and unpacking; maintenance and operation of transportation facilities and installations, including the purchase, construction, alteration, opera- tion, lease, repair and maintenance of transportation equipment, including boats, vessels, motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and railroad equipment; personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; procurement of supplies and equipment; printing and binding; communication service; maps; lawbooks and books of reference; subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals; wharfage, tolls, ferriage, drayage and cartage; conducting instructions in Army transportation activities; transportation on Army vessels of privately owned automobiles of Army personnel upon change of station, $1,850,- 000,000: Provided,That during the fiscal year 1945 the cost of trans- portation from point of origin to the first point of storage or consumption of supplies, equipment, and material in connection with the manufacturing and purchasing activities of the Quartermaster Corps may be charged to the appropriations from which such supplies, equipment, and material are procured. SIGNAL CORPS SIGNAL SERVICE OF THE ARMY 581 54 Stat. 743 . Educating persons in medicine or den- tistry. 67 Stat. 347. 41 Stat. 786. 10 U. . C., Supp. III, § 636. Horses, draft and pack animals. Merger of funds. Charges against other appropriations. Purchase, equipment, operation, and repair of military telegraph g, TB etc.. fr- telephone radio, cable, and signaling systems; signal equipment and stores, heliographs, signal lanterns, flags, and other necessary instru- 58 STAT.]