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 210 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 586. 1900. t,g‘,f‘g§@§§_‘“‘°’m“‘ For pay of a clerk attendant on the collection and classification of military information, one thousand five hundred dollars. Expert eeeeumur- For pay of expert accountant for the Inspector-General’s Department, two thousand five hundred dollars. Mileage te officers- For mileage to officers and contract sur eons, when authorized b * _§[,§§'j*°S· law, five hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That officers so traveiing shall be paid seven cents per mile and no more; distances to be computed and mileage to- be paid over the shortest usually traveled agieggggiljgg of mile- routes, with deduction as hereinafter provided; and spayment and ' settlement of mileage accounts of officers shall be made according to distances computed over routes established and by mileage tables pre- _ pared by the aymaster—General of the Army under the direction of the Secretary of War; and all payments made by paymasters on account of mileage previous to the passa e of this Act shall be settled in accordance with istance tables officiagy promulgated and in use at qu'?}/S’§SP°"°‘i°¤ ’°· date of payment: Provided further, That officers who so desire may, upon application to the Quartermaster’s Department, be furnished with transportation requests, exclusive of slee ing and parlor car accommodations, for the entire journey under their orders; and the transportation so furnished shall be a charge against the officer’s mile- I age account, to be deducted at the rate of three cents per mile by the ·` paymaster paying the account, the amount so deducted to be turned ` over to an authorized officer of the Quartermaster’s Department for the credit of the appro riation for transportation of the Army and its sup- . u'§gd“‘Q§Q_ ‘;§u}§,‘§,‘§j plies: Andprovidedfur¢ho1·, That when the established route of travel ere- ’ l shall, in whole or in part, be over the line of any railroad on which the troops and supplies of the United States are entitled to be transported lg Per eemum free of charge, or over any of the bond-aided Pacific railroads, or over ‘ ` the railroad of any railroad company which by law or agreement is entitled to receive only fifty per centum of the com ensation earned by such company for transportation services rendered, the United States, oflicers travelin as herein provided for shall, for the travel over such roads, be furnished with transportation requests, exclusive of sleeping and arlor car accommodations, by the Quartermaster’s Department: De¤¤<=¤<>¤- Andp provided further, That when transportation is furnished by the Q,uartermaster’s Department, or when the established route of travel is over any of the railroads above specijied, there shall be deducted from the officer’s mileage account by the aymaster paying the same three cents per mile for the distance for wgich transportation has been mi{;gg*;})S*;§Sg§l’;';S‘? °° or should have been furnished: And further, That actual expenses only shall be paid to officers or Sea travel when traveling, as herein pgovided for, to, from, or between our island possessions: 0uT3?s*g<i}&rggl*°W¤¤°€ Provided a o, That hereafter when an officer shall be discharged from ` the service, except by way of punishment for an offense, he shall receive for travel allowances from the place of his discharge to the place of his residence at the time of his appointment or to the place of is original muster into the service, four cents per mile; and an enlisted man w en discharged from the service, except by way of punishment for an offense, shall receive four cents per mile from the place of his discharge to the place of his enlistment, enrollment, or original muster chiizetggvglagg gg; into the service: Provided further, That for sea travel on discharge, ¤ess1¤¤s,em. to, from, or between our island possessions, actual expenses only shall be paid to officers and transportation and subsistence only shall be furnis ed to enlisted men. S C*"*“¤“PhYSi°*°°S· For traveling expenses and commutation of quarters for civilian physicians employed by the Surgeon-General, one thousand five undred dollars. C°”"“°‘ S“’g°°“S· For contract surgeons, not exceedin four hundred and eighty in all, §f)‘Q§§g1St€wMds_ seven hundred and twenty thousand do%ars: Provided, That the Secretary of War is empowered to appoint as many hospital stewards as in