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 FIFTYTHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 301. 1894. 403 LIILITARY POSTS. Military posts. _For the construction of buildings at, and the enlargement of such Construction. military posts as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary, two hundred thousand dollars. And the limit of expenditure for the construction of Fort Crook, Nebraska, is hereby increased Fm Crook- N¤l¤= to seven hundred thousand dollars, and of Fort Harrison, Montana, to Fort nan-non. three hundred thousand dollars. M°"t‘ Foncr ETHAN ALLEN MILITARY RESERVATION: To enable the Sec- §g;*,§*l¤¤ ·’g¤¤g;u retary of War to acquire the title, for military purposes, to additional tienaiiaiiif 0 a ` lands, not exceeding one hundred and ninety acres, required to extend the miltary reservation of Fort Ethan Allen, near Essex Junction, Vermont, to the Winooski River, subject to the right of way through said lands of the Winooski and Essex highway and the right of way of the Central Vermont Railway, seven thousand dollars: Provided, F*<>¤*¤· That in acquiring the land for the purpose the Secretary of War is ““°· authorized to proceed in accordance with the Act approved March V°‘·2"· 1*97** third, eighteen hundred. and ninety-one, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses, under title “Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park." IMPROVEMENT or THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: For the ,,Qfl;,*},g;{{*“°”°N* improvement of the Yellowstone National Park, to be expended under ' the direction of the Secretary of War, thirty thousand dollars. _ _ _ For salary of commissioner provided for in the Act to protect the ff§,‘}‘,“‘,Q‘f‘$f“°'· birds and animals in Yellowstone National Park and to punish crimes ' in said park, approved May seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one thousand dollars. CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL PARK: To enable Cfezvkmaugatag the Secretary of War to complete the establishment of the Chicka- ria;-`k_“"°°*`i° “ ‘° manga and Chattanooga National Military Park in accordance with the terms of existing laws, including road construction, maps, tablets, surveys, continuing the restoration of the field, foundations for State monuments, the purchase of the north end of Missionary Ridge, and monument sites in the vicinity of Glass’s Mill, compensation of two civilian commissioners and their assistant in historical work, labor, clerical and other assistance, and onice expenses; in all, seventy-tive thousand dollars. WAR DEPARTMENT. That the proviso in the paragraph for the Medical Department A““‘“*“°‘ ““'¥"‘“'°· under title “For pay of the general staii"’ in the Act making appro- A""' p` m' priations for the support of the Army for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Provided, That hereatter no appoint- gm:;; 0,. mdb ments shall be made to the office of assistant surgeon until the number ami at no. of assistant surgeons shall be reduced below one hundred and ten, and thereafter the number of officers in that grade in the Medical Department shall be nxed at one hundred and ten. The Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed mfj¤£¤€:t_§g;cy1¤;r¤g§_g to pay, out of any unexpended balance of the appropriation for salaries clerks. of the War Department for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety- four, to those persons who have been discharged as clerks of the War Department since June first, eighteen hundred and ninety-tour, because of the reduction of employees in such Department, their salaries for such period of leave of absence, at the rate of two and one-half days’ leave for each month of service from January iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to the date of their discharge, as may have been allowable to and unused by said clerks at the date of their discharge. _ That all military records, such as muster and pay rolls, orders, and mel;] r§3r·g:¢¤g·¤;_£¤j reports relating to the personnel or the operations of the armies of the rama to sammy ot Revolutionary war and of the W3-I' of eighteen hundred and twelve, WM-