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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 372. 1889. 833 by the Secretary of Wa1·, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred do lars, or so much thereof as he ma deem proper. For the purchase of machine guns, musket calihre, of American M¤¤¤*¤<> g¤¤¤· manufacture, twenty thousand dollars. For manufacture, repair, and issue of arms at the national armo- Mamuwum, eee., ries, four hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than °fp'¥,m,,,*`;0_,_ sixty thousand dollars of the money a propriated for the Ordnance Department in all its branches shall he applied to the payment of civilian clerks in said Department; Provided further, That hereafter Civi1i¤¤ clerks the cost to the Ordnance Department of all ordnance and ordnance stores issued to the States, Territories, and District of Columbia, arms for militia under the act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty "L 2** **401* seven, shall be credited to the appropriation for "manufacture of arms at national armories", and used to procure like ordnance stores, and tléat sind appropriation shall be available until exhausted, not excee ing wo years. For overhauling, cleaning, and reserving new ordnance stores on rmsemngomnmee hand at the arsenals, five thousand dollars. “°°"°“‘ For firing the morning and evening gun at military posts, pre- _M¤r¤i¤e ¤¤<1 evescribed by General Orders Number Seventy, Head-quarters of the mgguns Army, dated July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, twenty thousand dollars, or so mudh thereof as may be necessary. ‘ For tar ets for artillery practice, Eve thousand dollars. Targets- To enadle the Secretary of War to cause examinations and tests to mwngsion of papbe made in converting the existing cast-iron ordnance of the War ,t.,{,';.um,d“'f,',§$,?§t§e'}s_° Department into steel lined breech loading torpedo howitzers for throwing high explosives, according to the mans heretofore submitted to Congress and to be submitte to the oard of Ordnance and Fortifications fifteen thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessar *. The Bbard of Ordnance and Fortification is hereby directed to ex- smdoggdgggngngg amine and report upon a site or sites for ordnance testing and prov- ,.,p,,,t,,,,,it,,f,,,,,,,,,,_ ing ground to be used in the testing and proving of heavy ordnance, ***8 €'°¤¤¢ having in view in the selection of Said site or sites their accessibility by land and water, means of transportation, and suitability for the pur ose intended, and also the actual and reasonable cost, and value · of the land embraced in said site or sites and the least sum for which the Same can be procuredZ Said Board shall report thereon to the Secretary of War, to be submitted to Congress at its next session; and in case the said Board shall select_a site or sites and recommend their purchase, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to secure written roposals for the sale of `the land so recommended until such tirnie as éoiégressi may upon the recommendation ot said Board an oft e ecrea o ar. For the necessalrjy expenses under the foregoing provision, one E,p,,,,,,,_ thousand dollars so muc thereof as may be necessary. RECRUITING SERVICE. Recruiting mms. For expenses of recruiting and transportation of recruits from ren- E¤r>¤¤¤¤¤» dezvous to depot, one hundred and thirteen thousand dollars. srezun smzvrcn. , · Siwl ¤°"i°°— For expenses of the Signal Service of the Army, as follows; Pnr- K¤I>¢¤=¢¤- chase, equipment, and repair of field electric telegraphs; signal equipments and stores; binocular glasses, telescopes, he iostats. and other l necessary instruments, including absolutely necessary meteorological instruments for use on target-ranges; telephone apparatus and mamtenance of same; in all, five thousand dollars. STAT L-VOL xxv--53