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 904 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 803. 1901. mg, commercial newspalpers, use of telephones, office furniture; for temporary buildings, cel ars, and other means of protecting subsistence supplies (when not provided by the Quartermaster’s Department); for co ee roastersg for commissary chests, complete, and for renewal of E’"“"°“*" "“"· their outfits; for Held desks of commissaries; for extra pay to enlisted _ men employed on extra duty in the Subsistence Department for periods °i"u‘““ "“‘pl°"°°”· of not less than ten days, at rates fixed by law; for compensation of civilians employed in the Subsistence Department, and for other neces- _ sar expenses incident to the purchase, care, reservation, issue, sale, u§{“m“““‘°“ °£ ’“’ andy accounting for subsistence sup lies for tllle Army. For the pay- ment of the regulation allowances fdr commutation in lieu of rations: To enlisted men on furlough, to ordnance sergeants on duty at unglarrisoned dposts, to enlisted men and male and female nurses w en Statione at places where rations in kind can not be economically issued, to enlisted men traveling on detached duty when it is impracticable to carry rations of any k1nd, to enlisted men selected to contest for places or prizes in department and army riiie comtpetitions while traveling to and from places of contest; and to male an female nurses Am°“¤°- on leaves of absence; to be expended under the direction of the Secretar of War, twelve million dollars. T'““‘P°'” "°""i°°· Slrbsistence of the masters, officers, crews, and emdplo *ees of the gespels of the army transport service, three hundred an iifly thousand o ars. I“°’°°?°d °°¤°°"¤· Diiference between the cost of the ration at twenty-five cents r llgilpiigizilmd mw in day and the amount of forty cents per day to be expenyded by comnldisaries on request of medical officers for special diet to enlisted patients in hospital who are too sick to be subsisted on the army ration, four hundred and thirty-eight thousand dollars. °°“““°S°°°°“· Difference between the cost of the ration at twenty-five cents and the cost of rations differing in whole or· in part from the ordinary ration, to be issued to enlisted men in camp during periods of recovery from low conditions of health consequent upon service in unhealthy regions or in debilitating climates, to be expended only under special alugrority of the Secretary of W`ar, one hundred and eighty thousand . dollars. se}$,§égf*°¤ in *°’€ig¤ For ice to organizations of enlisted men stationed in island possessions, fifty-four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Total for the Subsistence Department, thirteen million twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, to be disbursed and accounted for as “Subsistence of the Army," and for that purpose it shall constitute one fund. pa°gt¤x§1*;*,§{}¤¤¤°¤*'¤ D°· QUAR.TERMASTER’S DEPARTMENT. R°g°*¤' ¤“PP“°¤· REGULAR SUPPLIES: Regular supplies of the Qu&1`t€TlD&StB1’,S Department, including their care and protection, consisting of stoves and heating apparatus required for heating offices, hospita s, barracks, and uarters, and recruiting stations; also ranges and stoves and appliances for cookin and servin food, and` repair and maintenance of such heating ang cooking apéiances; of fue and lights for enlisted men, including recruits, guards, hos itals, storehouses, and offices, and for sale to officers; and including also fuel and engine supplies required in the o eration of moder·n batteries at establishe posts; for post bakeries; fo1' the necessary furniture, text-books, paper, and equipment for the st schools and libraries; for the tableware and mess furniture for kilchens and mess halls, each and all for the enlisted men, including F°*‘¤8°· °°°- recruits; of forage in kind for the horses, mules, and oxen of the (.£uartermaster’s eyiartment at the several posts and stations and with t e &1‘IDl€S in the iie d, and for the horses o the several re iments of cavalry, the batteries of artillery, and such companies of infantry and