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 152 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ch. 423. 1890. enlisted men on furlough, to ordnance-sergeants on duty at ungarrisoned posts, to enlisted men stationed at p aces where rations in kind can not be economically issued, to enlisted men traveling on detached duty when it is impracticable to carry rations of any kind, to enlisted men selected to contest for places or rizes in the department, division, and Army rifle competitions, whilb traveling to and from rmmmc. places of contest; rn all, one million seven hundred and forty-five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War; and not more than one hundred and ten thousand dollars · Civilian employees. thereof shall be applied to the payment of civilian employees of the Subsistence Department. qmmiansmum qUAnTERMAsTER’s DEPARTMENT. mguumppuar Regular Supplies: For the regular supplies of the Quartermasters Department, consisting of stoves and heating appgratus, and repair - an maintenance of the same, for heating barrac and Eluarters; of ranges and stoves for cooking; of fuel and lights for e isted men, guards, hospitals, storehouses, and offices, and for sales to officers; of orage in kind for the horses, mules, and oxen of the (iuartermaster’s Department at the several posts and stations and wit the armies in the field, including its care and protection- for the horses of the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of artillery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as may be mounted, and for the authorized number of officers’ horses, including bedding for the animals; of straw for soldiers' beddinlg; and of stationery, including blank books for the Quartermasters epartment, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank form for the Pay and Quartermastefs Departments and for printing} division and demrtment orders and repgrts, two million Province. six un and seventy-cig t thousand dollars:That for ‘ the current fiscal year and thereafter there maybe expended from the appropriation forregplar supplies the amounts required for the necesruo unener. saryequipments of e bake- ouse to carry on post bakeries; for the necessary furniture, text-books, paper and equipments of the post schools; for the tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and messhalls; and for garden utensils and agricultural implements for post. gardens, each and all for use_ of the enlisted men o the Army: Pro- P'l¤“¤8- vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended ‘ _ on printing unless the same shall be one by contract, after ue notice and competition, except in such case as the emergency will not P¤¤=¤¤¤¤~ admit of the giving notice for competition: Provided fur! er, That after advertisement all the suplplies for the use of the various departments and posts of the Army s all be purchased where the same can bleepurchased the cheapest, quality and cost of transportation conside. muaenurexpsms. Incidental Expenses: For postage; cost of telegrams, on official business receive and sent by officers of the Army; extra lpay to soldiers employed under the direction of the Quartermastefs epartment in the erection of barracks, quarters, and store-houses, in the construction of roads, and other constant labor, for periods of not less than ten days, and as clerks for post quartermasters at Military posts; for expense of expresses to and from the frontier dposts and armies in the field, of escorts to paymasters and other rsbursing officers, and to trains, where military escorts can not be furnished;. expenses of the interment of officers killed in action, or who die when on duty in the field, or at military posts and on the frontiers, or when traveling under orders, and for non-commissioned officers and soldiers; authorized office furniture; hire of laborers in the Quartermaster’s De artment, including the hire of interpreters, spies, or guides for the Army; compensation of clerks and other employees ' to the officers of the Quartermaster’s Department, compensation of V•l¤.v-¤¤’f- forage and wagon masters authorized by the act of July fifth,