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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. S3. 1895. 657 MISCELLANEOUS. For pay of not exceeding one hundred hospital matrons, twelve thou- fiveniml mntryns, sand dollars; for pay of not exceeding fourteen veterinary surgeons, ""°""“"°"'g°°"‘ thirteen thousand dollars; in all, twenty-ive thousand dollars. ‘ For pay of not exceeding thirty-five paymasters’ clerks at one thou- P=y¤¤=¤*¤r=’ clerks. sand four hundred dollars each; not exceeding thirty paymasters’ mes- m°°°°°g°"’ °°°' sengers, and traveling expenses of paymasters’ clerks and expert acppuntant of the Inspector-G-eneral’s Department, eighty thousand dollars. For compensation of reporters and witnesses attending upon courts- ¤¤¤¤t¤-martial. swmartial and courts of inquiry, six thousand one hundred and forty-eight dollars and nine cents. For additional pay to officer in charge of public buildings and grounds tfuglét b¤¤·ii¤z¤· in Washington, District of Columbia, one thousand dollars. ° "` For expert accountant for the Inspector·General’s Department, two Expert ¤<=¤<¤¤¤¤·¤¢. thousand five hundred dollars. For commutation of quarters to commissioned oincers on duty with- u‘;j;jr';**;,*,i¤*i¤¤ ¤f out troops,'at station where there are no public quarters, one hundred q ’ °°"‘ and seventy-five thousand dollars. ’ For payof a clerk attendant on the collection and classification of ,!}f:g'Ym;*_*;f°*¤*“°¤ V military information from abroad,‘one thousand five hundred dollars. For allowance for travel, retained and detained pay, clothing not Htl1d0mm. wv-.¤¤· drawn, and for interest on deposits, payable to enlisted men on dis- ° m°°' s charge, seven hundred and ninety thousand dollars. - That upon the transfer and conveyance to the United States of a good §f;§°¤°· Wye; N and sufficient title tonot less than one thousand acres of land without ¤.¤¤tu:1l3_a})°° · cost to the UnitedStates, situated at or near the city of Spokane, in the county of Spokane, in the State of Washington, and on or near a " railroad, and constituting an eligible and suitable site for an army post, if approved and accepted by the Secretary of War for that purpose, then and thereupon the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to establish and locate on said land a United States army post of such character and capacity as the Secretary of War shall direct and approve. For mileage to officers when traveling on du! y without troops, when M¤¤•k¤ ¢¤<•¤i¤¤¤- authorized by law, not to exceed one hundred and forty thousand dollars, to be allotted by the Secretary of War to the War Department Allotment. and to the several military departments, and not more than three-fifths of said amount shall be expended during the first half of the fiscal year and not more than one-half of the remainder during each of the remaining quarters: Provided, That hereafter the maximum sum to be Prwim. allowed and paid to any officcr of- the Army shall be four cents per ,,,’:,f‘"“"“‘ ""°"' mile, distance to be computed over the shortest usually traveled routes, and in addition thereto the cost of the transportation actually paid by the officer over said route or routes, exclusive of parlor-car or sleepingcar iare and transters: And provided further, That when any officer so On 1»¤a.¤m•a,m., traveling shall travel in whole or in part on any railroad on which the "°“"" troops and supplies of the United States are entitled to be transported iree of charge, or over any of the bond-aided Pacitic railroads, he shall be allowed for himself only four cents per mile as a subsistence fund for every mile necessarily traveled over any such railroads: And provided further, That the transportation furnished by the Quartermaster’s rmsmmatu by Department to officers traveling without troops shall be limited to trans- ,?fg‘§°,§'{“"'D°` porttiou in kind not including sleeping or parlor car accommodations, over free roads, over bond-aided Pacific railroads, and by conveyance belonging to said Department, and the Secretary of War shall so upportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein. or traveling expenses and commutation of quarters for civilian C*‘”“*“PhY°*°*•'“· physicians employed by the Surgeon-General, one thousand dollars. aking in all, for pay and general expenses of the Army, thirteen M¤¤¤¤¤- million two thousand six hundred and eighteen dollars and nine cents. STAT—VOL xxv1H——42