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 238 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 228. 1894. ¤¤*•¤¤*- traveling to and from places of contest; for flour used for paste in target practice; in all, one million six hundred and fifty thousand dollars, <>iv¤i¤·¤ ¤¤¤1·¤¤y·¤¤- to be expended under the direction of the Secretary oi War; and not more than one hundred thousand dollars thereof shall be applied to the payment of civilian employees of the Subsistence Department; and B°P°*‘°— ‘ the Secretary of War shall cause to be investigated by the Inspection Department of the Army, or otherwise, and shall report to Congress at its next regular session, as to the number of civil employees of the Army, their distribution, the necessity for their employment, and the $$6 ummm cost attending the same: Provided, That one hundred thousand dol- Plars of this appropriation shall be available for the purchase and delivery in June, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, of such subsistence upplies as may be required to be at posts at the beginning of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninetyfive. !v¤1 ¤f Indian That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to remove to such ""§',§'Q§’,§°#,$’,],,,, B,,. military reservation or reservations as he may select, the Indian pris- ¤~k¤»-·¤=~ oners of war now confined at Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama, and for the purposes of the erection of buildings, purchase of draft animals, stock, necessary farming tools, seeds, household utensils, and other articles needed for said Indians and generally for their support and civilization, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, in addition to the sums herein appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. pgtulzgtlctrmnmr we QUARTERMASTER s DEPARTMENT. K¤¤'¤¤’¤¤PP“°¤· Regular supplies: For the regular supplies of the Quarter1naster’s Department, consisting of stoves and heatin g apparatus and repair and maintenance of the same, for heating offices, hospitals, and barracks and quarters; of ranges and stoves and appliances for cooking and serving food; of fuel and lights for enlisted men, guards, hospitals, storehouses, and omces, and for sale to officers; tbr the equipments of bakehouses to carry on post bakeries; for the necessary furniture, textbooks, paper, and equipments for the post schools and libraries; for the tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess halls, each and all for the enlisted men of the Army; of forage in kind for the horses, mules, and oxen of the Quartermaster’s Department at the several posts and stations and with the armies in the field, including its care and protection, and 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 oi’ricers’ horses, including bedding for the animals; of straw for soldiers’ bedding; and of stationery, including blank books, for the Quartermaster’s Department, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the Pay and Quartermastefs Departments, and for printing division and depart- A·¤•>¤¤¤— ment orders and reports, two million four hundred thousand dollars: rrovam Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended on P’*'“"’g· printing unless the same shall be done by contract after due notice and competition, except in such cases as the emergency will not admit P,,,_,,,,,m_ of the giving notice for competition: Provided jvrther, That after advertisement all the supplies tbr the use of the various departments and posts of the Army shall be purchased where the same can be purchased the cheapest, quality and cost of transportation considered, In open market- except that purchases may be made in open market in the manner common among business men when the aggregate amount required does not exceed two hundred dollars, but every such purchase shall be immediately reported to the Secretary of War. INCIDENTAL nxrmvsns. I¤¢id<>¤¤1•¤¤p¤n¤e¤. For postage; cost of telegrams on official business received and sent by officers of the Army; extra pay to soldiers employed on extra duty
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