SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Crr. 143. 1918. 857 cants for enlistment while held under observation; authorized issues _ of soap; for- hire of employees; for the necessary furniture, text- S“m’l‘°“ ‘°' “°h°°“‘ books, paper, and equipment for the post schools and libraries, and schools for noncommissioned officers; for the purchase and issue of instruments, office furniture, statione , and other authorized articles for the use of officers’ schools at ltihe several military posts; for purchase of relief maps for issue to organizations, commercial newspapers, market reports, and so forth; for the tableware and mess runiture for kitchens and mem halls each and all for the enlisted men, mcluding recruits; of forage, salt, and vinegar for the horses, m,$,°T"“°· °*°‘· '°‘ "“" mules, oxen, and other draft and riding animals of the Quartermaster Coizps at the several posts and stations and with the armies in the fiel , and for the horses of the several regiments of Cavalry and batteries of Artillery, and such companies 0 Infantry and Scouts as may be mounted; for remormts and for the authorized number of officers’ horses, including bedding for the animals; for seeds and implements required for the raising of forage at remount depots and on milita.r·y reservations in the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, and for labor and expenses incident thereto, including, when specifically authorized by the Secretary of War, the cost of irrigation; for straw for soldiers’ eddinggsstationery, typewriters and exchange of same, ,,§t°°i°”°"* P'*"“"‘* includingblank boo and blank forms for the Quartermaster Corps, certificates for discharged soldiers, and for printing department orders and 1%-ports, $552,868 390. Provided, at no part of the appropriations for the Quartermaster ,,,,,,.m,,,,_ Corps shall be expen ed o16&rint1ng unless the same shall be done at _ the Government rinting ce, or by contract after due notice and competition, except in such cases as the emergency will not admit of the giving notice of competition, and in cases where it is impracticable to have the necossag printing done by contract the same may be done, with the approv of the Secretary of War by the purchase In H as atc of material and hire of the necessary labor for the p ose. For sue ofproduirts aha the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fil nineteen, ‘°"i°°" whenever the ice machines, steam laundries, and electric plants shall not come in competition with private enterprise for sale to the public, and in the opinion of the Secretary of War it becomes necessary to the economical use and administration of such ice machines, steam laundries, and electric plants as have been or may hereafter be established in pursuance of law, surplus ice may be disposed of, laundry work may_be_ done for other branches o the Government, and surplus electric lrtglht and power may be sold on such terms and in accordance wi such mr/;?u.lations as mafy be UM of prescribed by the Secretary of War: Pr cd, That the unds Pm, ,,_ m8_ ' received from such sales and in payment for such laun work shall be used to defray the cost of operation of said ice, laun , and electric plants, and the sales and expenditures herein dprovided for shall be accounted for in accordance with the metho s prescribed by law, and any sums remaining! after such cost of maintenance and o eration have been defrayed s all be deplosrted in the Treasury to tliie credit of the appropriation from whic the cost of operation of such plant is paid. momma, INomnm·.u. nxrrmsrzs, Quanrsnmasrnn Cours: Postage; cost of ,,,,,,_,,_m&°x°°””` telegrams on official business received and sent by officers of the Army, including members of the Officersi Reserve Corps, when ordered to active duty; extra ay to s0ld1ers employed on extra B‘“'“°“" P°’·°°‘* duty, under the direction of the &uartermaster Corps, in the erection of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, in the construction of roads, and_ other constant labor for periods of not less than ten dayls; as additional school·teachers during the school term at post sc ools, and as clerks for post quartermnsters at military posts, and for over-
