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 H)26 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 831. l901. army depots, and from those depots to the troops in the field; of horse equipments and subsistence stores from the places of purchase, and from the places of delivery under contract to such places as the circumstances of the service may required, them to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small arms from the foundries and armories to the arsenals, fmpiifications, frgntier ppists, andlagmy de%pgts;ffreig1hts, vifiharfagei tolls, ang erriages; e pure ase an ire o ra t an ac animas and harness, and the purchase and repair of wagons, cariis, and drays, and of ships and other vessels and boats required for the transportation of troops and supplies and for garrison purposes; for drayage and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters and other employees; extra-duty pay of enlisted men driving teams, repairing means of transportation, • anhd emplpyed as trainmqsgersé an? gn openingh roads and building W arves; ransportation o · un s o theArmy;t eex enses of sailing public trans orts on the various rivers the Gulf of llliexico and the ° Atlantic and) Pacific oceans; for procurin water, and introddcing 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, Payment to law- and or constructing roads and wharves; for the payment of army gram ""h°ad" transpogtatrons éawfully dueb surih (land-grgnt rzglroads ash have nolt receive aic in overnment om s to be a `uste in accor ance wit `Etl the decgsiops of the Supreme Scart in oasis ilepiided under such japcr- ` P,,,,,,S,,,_ gmount of service be paid: P7·0/vided, That suchycidmpensation shall 1 e ranspor a -1on per orme or i e pu IC at ar e, an s a e accepted as in full for all demands for such service: Igrolvidedfurthw, Finypercenmzmil- That in ex endin the mone appropriated b this Act a railroad mds "°° mud mm cognplpny whicéi hg not repeivgid ai)d)i&1Ibond(p of the United’States, and w ie obtaine a grant o ub ic lan to ai in the construction of its railroad 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, andcother Government services, and ajpo subject to such re ulations as ongress may impose restricting the char e for such Ggvernment transportation, having claims against the Unlilted States for trangportation of troopls anldgmuigaions ofh war and military sulplies an ro ert over suc ai raf oads, s all be aid out of the iiioneys a§prd)pria•iTted by the foregoing provision only Em the basis of such rate for the transporration of such troor§ and munitéioérs of ialvar and militar sup lies an ro rty as the ecretar o ar s all deem just arjfd reagonable ungerlthe foregoing provisiolii, 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 Ammm. the amount so fixed to be paid shall be accepted as in full for all demands for such service, eight million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. · nurses. Honsns Fon CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY: For the purchases of horses for the cavalry and artillery, and for the Indian scouts, and for such infantry and members of the Hospital Corps and Signal Corps in field campaigns as may be required to be mounted, and the expenses incident thereto, five hundred thousand dollars. · c1g>mi¤g.qamp¤¤<i CLOTHING, AND 0AMr AND eARR1s0N EQULPAGE, NAMELY: For cloth, gamsm °q`”p”g°` woolens, materials, and for the manufacture of clothing for the Army, for issue and for sale at cost rice according to the Army Regulations; . . P. . for altering and fitting clothing and washing and cleaning, when necessary; for equipage, and for expenses of packing and andling, and similar necessaries; for a suit of citizen’s outer clothing to cost not exceeding ten dollars, to be issued upon release from confinement to each prisoner who has been confined under a court—martial sentence
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