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 536 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1069. 1888. of not exceeding one hundred and twenty-fivesergeants, twenty corporals, and one hundred and seventy-five prrvates, mcludrng pay- ment due on discharge, to men now in the service, one hundred and forty-one thousand five hundred and sixteen dollars and eighty-two 1j»·owm. cents; Provided, That no part of this money shall be used in pay- e1;`rlZli.`ivlr°¤i.il¤.i:£i.l ment of enlisted men of the Signal Corpis on clerical or messenger nueage. duty at the office of the Chief Signal O cer; for m1leage to officers when travelin on Signal Service duty under orders, two thousand five hundred dollars: Prm·1`decZ further, That this amount shall be disbursed under the same limitations prescribed for payment of mileage to officers in the act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending lune thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; for commutation of quarters to commissioned officers at p aces where there are no public quarters, four thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars; in all, one hundred and eighty thousand and forty-three dollars and eighty-two cents. · And the nmucmmumy. Secretary of War is authorized, in his discretion, to detail for the service in the Signal Corps not to exceed five commissioned officers of the Regular Army, to be exclusive of the second lieutenants of the Signal Corps authorized by law; and the Regular Army officers herein authorized to be detailed for the Signal Corps shall receive their pay and allowances from the appropriation for the support of the Army; and no money herein appropriated shall be used for pay uN¤mbc¤€ g§uis¢e$<>¤d and allowances of secon lieutenants appointed or to be appointed °“t°"°" Sfrom the sergeants of the Signal Corps, under the provisions of the - Vol.¤),p.S19. act approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, in excess of the number of fourteen, or for the pay and allowances of Exceeding three hundred and twenty enliste men of the Signal orps. Subdsume. SUBSISTENCE. For commutation of rations of not exceeding, after September first, eighteen hundred and eightyeight, three hun red and twenty Signal Service enlisted men of the Signal Corps, and for sales of subsistence stores to officers and enlisted men of said Corps, as authorized by R.S.,sec.1144,p.i507. section eleven hundred and forty-four of the Revised Statutes, and aragraph twenty-one hundred and ninety-nine of the Army Regulations, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one hundred and five thousand five hundred and sixty-two dollars and eighty-two cents. Regular supplies. REGULAR SUPPLIES. Fuel. FUEL; For various offices on the United States telegraph lines and at stations of observation outside of Washington, District of Columbia (for fires the year round when needed;. and for sales of the regulation allowance to officers of the Signal orps, as allowed by section Vc!-¤>.v.¤50. eight of the act of Conpess approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eig t (twentieth Statutes at Large, page one hundred and fifty), seven thousand dollars. fu€l¤¤m¤¢¤¢i¤¤ M Coymorarros or FUEL: For commutation of fuel for not exceed- ' ing, after September first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, three hundred and twenty enlisted men of the Signal Corps on duty at the office of the Chief Signal Officer and at si al-stations throughout the United States, thirty-four thousand fivegl-ilundred and forty dollars. F•>¤z¤- Forman: For forage for fourteen public animals (four to be horses), as allowed by paragraph eighteen hundred and eighty-six of the Army Regulations. one thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars; straw for fourteen public animads, as allowed by para aph eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, Army Regulations, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, ninety-eight dollars; for forage for thirteen horses actually kept by officers in the public service, as allowed b paragraph eighteen hundred and ninety and twenty-three hundred