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 702 r11¤*rY.1·*1Frru concnnss. sms; 11. cu. 571. 1898. oceans; for procuring water, and introducing the same to buildings, at such posts as from their situation require it to be brought from a distance, and for the disposal of sewage and drainage, and for constructing roads and wharves; for the payment of army transportations Payments to land- lawfully due such land-grant railroads as have not received aid g"““ ”‘1"°“°°‘ in Government bonds (to be adjusted in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme Court in cases decided under such land- Mnximmm grant acts), but in no case shall more than fifty per centum of full promos. amount of service be paid: Provided, That such compensation shall be 1********* computed upon the basis of the tariff or lower special rates for like transportation performed for the public at large, and shall be accepted Fifty per ¤<*¤_t to as in full for all demands for such service: Provided further, That in - '°“d° I'" b°"d°"1°d’ expending the money appropriated by this Act a railroad company which has not received aid in bonds of the United States, and which obtained a grant of public land to aid in the construction of its rail- `road on condition that such railroad should be a post route and military road, subject to the use of the United States for postal, military, naval, and other Government services, and also subject to such regulations as Congress may impose restricting the charge for such Government transportation, having claims against the United States for transportation of troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property over such aided railroads, shall be paid out of the moneys appropriated by the foregoing provision only on the basis of such rate for the transportation of such troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property as the Secretary of War shall deem just and reasonable under the foregoing provision, such rate not to exceed fifty per centum of the compensation for such Government transportation as shall at the time be charged to and paid by private parties to any such company for like and similar transportation; and the amounts so fixed to be paid shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service for the following periods: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, nine million dollars. For the six months beginning July first, eighteen hundred and ninety- eight, forty-four million dollars. cnnnug, cmp and Clothing, and camp and garrison equipage, namely: For cloth, g°"‘“°“ °q‘"*’°g°‘ woolens, materials, and for the manufacture of clothing for the Army, for issue and for sale at cost price according to the Army Regulations; for altering and fitting clothing, and washing and cleaning when necessary; for equipage and for expenses of packing and handling and similar necessaries; for a suit of citizen’s outer clothes, to cost not exceeding ten dollars, to be issued upon release from confinement to each prisoner who has been confined under a courtmartial sentence involving dishonorable discharge, all being for the six months_ beginping July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, twenty-six million o ars. couzmgtutexpeum. For contingencies of the Army, namely: For all contingent expenses of the Army not provided for by other estimates, and embracing all branches of the military service, to be expended under the immediate orders of the Secretary of War, all being for the six months beginning gray first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, three hundred thousand o ars. mgfpd ical Depart- MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 4 X1. suppnes, tm. For the purchase of medical and hospital supplies, including disinfectan ts for general post sanitation, expenses of medicalsupply depots, pay of employees, medical care and treatment of officers and enlisted men of the regular and volunteer armies on duties at posts and stations for which no other provision is made, for the proper care and treatment of cases in the armies steering from contagious or epidemic diseases, all being for the six months beginning July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, three hundred thousand dollars.