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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 803. 1901. 905 scouts as may be mounted, and for the authorized number of oii‘:icers’ horses, including bedding for the animals; of straw for soldiers’ bed- **·’”°““‘~ ding, and of stationery, includinglblank books for the Quartermaster’s Department, certificates for disc arged soldiers, blank forms for the Pa and Q,uartermaster’s Departments, and for rinting department orders and reports, nine million dollars: Promldevlg) That no part of the ggogaosia I I tr appropriations for the Q,uartermaster’s Department shall be expended mg, ° ”° °” pt ° on printing, unless the same shall be done by contract after due notice and competition, except in such cases as the emergency will not admit of the giving notice of competition, and in cases where it is impracticable to have the necessary lprinting done bwontmct the same may be done, with the approval of the Secretary of ar, b the hire of the necessary ` labor for the purpose: Provided fm·t/lm-, 'ihat hereafter, except in byPa“,{$§°rg|?;,{,;§,QP§$,° cases of emergency or where it is impracticable to secure competition, ' the purchase of all sugplies for the use of the various departments, and osts of the Army an of the branches of the army service shall only be made after advertisement, and shall be purchased where the same can be purchased the cheapest, quality and cost of transportation and the interests of the Government considered; but every open-market "’°P°’“· emerlgency purchase made in the manner common among business men whic exceeds in amount two hundred dollars shall be reported for approval to the Secretary of War under such regulations as he may prescribe. INCIDENTAL Exrnxsns: Postage, cost of telegrams on official busi- I¤°‘d°¤°*l°¤P°¤¤°* ness received and sent by officers of the Army; extra pay to soldiers employed on extra duty, under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department, in the erection of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, in the construction of roads, and other constant labor for periods of not less than ten days, and as clerks for post quartermasters·at military posts, and for pr1son overseers at posts designated by the War Department for the confinement of general pr1soners; for expenses of expresses to and from frontier posts and armies in the iield, of escorts to paymasters and other disbursing officers and to trains where militarly escorts can not be furnished; expenses of the interment of officers 3 kil ed in action or who die when on duty in the field, or at military posts or on the f1‘OHl`»lB1‘S, or when traveling under orders, and of noncommissioned officers and soldiers; and in all cases where such expenses would have been lawful claims a ainst the Government reimbursement may be made of ex enses Eeretofore or hereafter incurred by individuals of burial ang transportation of remains of officers, including acting assistant surgeons, not to exceed the amount now allowed in the cases of officers, and for the reimbursement in the cases of enlisted men not exceeding the amount now allowed in their cases may be paid out of the I'OpB1' funds appropriated by this Act, and the disbursin officers shall be credited with su,<:l1. reimbursement heretofore mageg but hereafter no reimbursement shall be made of such expenses incurred prior to the twenty-lirst day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; authorized office furniture; hire of laborers in the Quartermaster’s Departmentjincluding the hire of interpreters, spies, or guides for the Army; compensation of clerks and other employees to the officers of the Quartermaster’s Department, and incidental expenses of recruitin ; for the ap rehension, securing, and delivering of deserters, inguding escaped) military prisoners, and the ex enses incident to their pursuit, and no greater sum than fifty Eollars for each deserter or escaped military prisoner shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of W ar, be paid to any civil officer or citizen for such services and expenses; for a donation of five dollars to each dishonorably discharged prisoner upon his release from confinement under court-martial sentence mvolving dishonorable discharge; for the following expenditures