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SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 27. 1917. 131 ploy of the War Department who die abroad, in Alaska, in the Canal Zone, or on Army transports, or who die while on duty in the held or at military posts within the limits of the United States; interment of military prisoners who die at military posts; removal of remains from ,,0*,§f”gg;,ij],§1ne{,¤;¤)¤“jfi,§s¤ abandoned posts to permanent military posts or national cemeteries, etc. ' including the remains of Federal soldiers, sailors, or marines, interred _ in fields or abandoned private and city cemeteries; and in any case m§§'§,‘E§§°m"““ ‘° where the expenses of urial or shipment of the remains of officers or enlisted men of the Army who die on the active list are borne by individuals, where such expenses would have been lawful claims against the Govemment, reimbursement to such individuals may be made of the amoimt allowed by the Government for such services out of this sum, but no reimbursement shall be made of such expenses incmred prior to July first, nineteen hrmdred and ten, $60,000. Confederate Mound, Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago: For care, pro- C§§§,‘?‘}T° M°““d· tection, and maintenance of the plat of ground known as "Confederate Mound" in Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, $500. Cmedeme smb For care, E1-ptection, and maintenance of Confederate Stockade ¤do,0hi¤. Cemete , Jo stons Island in Sandusky Bay, Ohio, $250. Cmmmw bum, Confgverate burial lplats: For care, tplrotection and maintenance of i>¤¤zs,ca»c,¤w. Confederate burial p ats, owned by e United, States, located and known b the following designations: Confederate cemetery, North Alton, Illinois; Confederate cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio; Confederate section, Greenlawn Cemete , Indianapolis, Indiana; Confederate cemetery, Point Lookout, hzlymyland; and Confederate cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois, $1,250. Monuments or tablets in Cuba or China: For repairs and preserva— ,,,°,{°(§‘,,‘§',§§““ *“ °“”° tion of monuments, tablets, roads, fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States in Cuba and China. to mark the places where American soldiers fell, $1,000. Lime Rock A k ‘ Burial of deceased indigent patients: For burying in the Little Burial crsoiaitlshy. Rock (Arkansas) National Cemetery, including transportation there- §}§,g1fH°‘SP'“g’H°* to, indigent ex-soldiers, ex-sailors, or ex·marines of the United States service, either Regular or Volunteer, who have been honorabl discharged or retired and who die while patients at the Army and lqavy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas, to be disbursed at a cost not exceeding $35 for such burial expenses in each case, exclusive of . cost of grave, $200. NATIONAL MILITARY minus. _ mlm mm' Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park: For continuing the gmp and establishment of the park; compensation and expenses of civilian commissioners, maps, surve s clerical and other assistance, iucludin $300 for necessary clerical labor under direction of the chairman dl the commission; maintenance, repair, and operation of one motorpropelled and one horse-drawn passenger·car1?i.ng vehicle; office and all other necessary exlpenses; foimdations or State monuments; mowing; historical tab ets, iron and bronze; iron gum carriages; roads and their maintenance; purchase of small tracts of lands heretofore authorized by law, $55,:260. Shiloh National ililitary Park: For continuing the establishment S"“‘“‘· of the park; compensation of civilian commissioners; secretary and superintendent; c erical and other services; labor; historical tablets; ma(ps and_surveys; roads; purchase and transportation of su plies an materials; foundations to monuments; purchase of land; guilduig a superintendents residence; office and other necessary expenses including maintenance, repair-, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, $29,550.