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 r1P·rY-sEvENTH conennss. sm. II. ou. 975. 1903. 939 and munitions of war and military supplies and property over such aided railroads, shall be paid out of the moneys appro riated by the foregoing provision only on the basis of such rate for Exe transportation of such troops and munitions of war and military sup lies 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 that time be charged to and paid by private parties to any such company for like and similar trans rtation· and the amount so fixed to be paid shall be accepted as in fullofor all demands for such service: Provzded further, That the number of draft animals purchased from this appro- D=¤*¢·¤¤i¤¤¤¤= priation, added to those now on hand, shall be limited to such numbers as are actually rezpired for the service, fifteen million five hun·dred thousand dollars: rovided, That no action looking to the discontinu- '1`¤'¤¤¤1¤>¤¤¢¤*i¤¤- aénpe of the transport service shall be taken without further action of ngress. Cxormxo, Aim- cnn- AND cAmusoN EQUIPAGE2 For cloth, woolens, ggggygggmv ml materials, and for the manufacture of clothing for the Army, for issue mgm and for sale at cost price, according to the Army Regulations; for altering and iittiiég clothing and washing and cleaning, w en necessary; for equipage, an for expenses of packing and handling, and similar necessar1es· 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 involving dishonorable discharge; for indemnity to officers and men of the Army for clothing and bedding, and so forth, destroyed since April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, by order of medical ofiicers of the Army for sanitary reasons, four million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. _ CoNsrizUc·r1oN AND REPAIR or HOSPITALS! For construction and H°“’“‘““· repair of hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, including the extra—duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, and including also all e nditures for construction and repairs H°”S*’“‘“· Mh required at the Army andxghvy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, except quarters for the officers, and for the construction and repair of general hospitals and expenses incident thereto, and for ad itions needed to meet the requirements of increased garrisons, four hundred and seventy-tive thousand dollars: Provided, 'lhat sixty thousand dol- v{L’g',{’;-,,,B,,,,c;,_ lars of this amount may be used for the construction at Vancouver Wm- Barracks, Washington, of a modern hospital for forty-eight beds, necessary to accommodate the sick of the contemplated increase of the garrison at that post to one regiment of infantry and two light batteries of artillery. (QUARTERS ron iiosrrni. s·r¤wAm>s: For construction of quarters ,,,§*,$§,'§§Y"°"‘°"’*°"' for hospital stewards at military posts already established and occupied, inclndin r the extra-duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, fifteen ghousand dollars. h Suoorrmc oAi.m·mu·;s Ann RANGES1 For shelter, shooting galleries, J °°°i”“ "‘"‘°°’ ranges for small-arms target (practice, repairs, and expenses incident thereto, thirty-tive thousand ollars. MEDICAL DEPARTMEST. ,,j{,'€fu°°l D°’"°` Mnmcn, AND HosPrrA1. DEPARTMENT: For the purchase of med- S°”u°°'°°°‘ ical and hospital supplies, including disinfectants or military posts, camps, hospitals, hospital ships, and transports; for the lpurchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of ice-making p ants; for expenses of medical supply depots; for medical care and treatment of officers and enlisted men of the Army on duty, and of prisoners of war and other persons in military custody or confinement, at posts