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 68 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 59. 1896. ¥·*¤¤¤l- For the purchase of material for use of United States Engineer School and for instruction of engineer troops at Willets Point in their special duties as sappers and miners; for land and submarine mines, pontoniers, torpedo drill, and signaling, and for purchase of and for forage for one team of draft horses required in pontoon, sappmg, and mining instruction, one thousand dollars; _ I“’*"“'“°"*°· For purchase and repair of instruments, to be issued to officers of the Corps of Engineers and to officers detailed and on duty as actmg engineer officers, for use on public works and surveys, three thousand - dollars- ¥·¤»¤·•r:- Lmniuzr or THE UNITED STATES ENGINEER SoHo0L: For purchase and binding of professional works of recent date, treating of military and civil engineering and kindred scientific ubjects, five hundred dollars; In all, nine thousand five hundred dollars. mgqinnu D'P¤'*‘ ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. cumnsupmm. OBDNANCE SEBVIGE: For current expenses of the ordnance service required to defray the current expenses at the arsenals; of receiving stores, and issuing arms and other ordnance supplies; of police and office duties; of rents tolls, fuel, and lights; of stationery and office furniture; of tools and instruments for use; incidental expenses of the ordnance service, and those attending practical trials and tests of ordnance, small arms, and other ordnance supplies, including payment for mechanical labor in the office of the Chief of Ordnance, one hundred thousand dollars. Ammunition rm- For manufacture of metallic ammunition for small arms and ammuni- "“’m ““"" tion for reloading cartridges, and tools for the same, including the cost of targets and material for target practice, ammunition for burials at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and its several Branches, and marksmen’s medals and insignia for all arms of the service, two hundred and twenty-ilve thousand dollars. “f·°1>¤*¤°f °*•*¤¤°°· For repairing and preserving ordnance and ordnance stores in the ` hands of troops and for issue at the arsenals and depots, eight thousand dollars. 0¤1¤¤¤•=•¤ emu For purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to iill requisitions of troops, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. ` ments for cavalry and artillery, two hundred thousand dollars. Presorving.¤tc·.0rd- For overhauling, cleaning, and p1‘0Se1‘Ving ordnance stores on hand "°°° ° ""` at the arsenals, five thousand dollars. _ inning and mn- For iirin g the morning and evening gun at military posts prescribed '“¥ ”""· by General Orders, Numbered Seventy, Headquarters of the Army, dated July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and at the H;:L{¤¤*¤*** S°**·“°¤' National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and its several Branches, including material for cartridges, bags, and so forth, twenty thousand dollars. Artillerykargvw For targets for artillery practice and implements for mechanical maneuvers, six thousand dollars. M¤¤{;¤f'=~¤¤¤¤> ¤f Manufacture, repairing, procuring, and issuing arms at the national nw8g5p;}. armories, four hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That this appro- M··z~·¤¤•= s¤¤· primqion shall be applicable to the manufactiue of the magazine arm recommended for trial by the Board recently in session, and approved frivimm clerks. by the Secretary of War: Provided further, That not more than sixty ' thousand dollars of the money appropriated for the Ordnance Department in all its branches shall be applied to the payment of civilian clerks in said Department. Signal Service. SIGNAL SERVICE. Expenses. For the expenses of the Signal Service of the Army, as follows: Purchase, equipment, and repair of iield electric telegraphs, signal
 * l¤*P¤·°¤** For infantry, cavalry, and artillery equipments, including horse equip-