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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 975. 1903. 929 appropriation: Provided farther-, That section one hundred and mQ_j€’gi°***i°“ ’°* ninety-two, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to the subscriptions to R. s.] sec._1a2, p. ao. newspapers by the military information division for the iiscal years · ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, June ‘ , thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and thereafter. - OFFICE or THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER. 0¤g>(f;¤;¤¤*¢hi¤f¤*8¤¤l SIGNAL SERVICE or THE ARMY: For expenses of the Signal Service EXl>°¤*¤- of the Army, as follows: Purchase, equipment, and repair of Held elec- ‘ tric telegraphs, signal equipments and stores, binocular glasses, telescopes, eliostats, and other necessary instruments, including necessary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges; war balloons; telephone apparatus (exclusive of exchange service) and maintenance of the same; electrical installations and maintenance at military posts; maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines and cables, Including salaries of civilian employees, supplies, and general repairs, and other expenses connected with the duty of collectin and transmitting information for the Army, by tele ra h or otherwise, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: Pmm'de¢§, That hereafter the pu1·- Promo. chase of signal stores and equipment, or the engagement of services ,,;,2§`§§`m"k°° P`"' not personal, by the Signal Corps of the Army, may be made by the Signal Corps of the Army in open market in the manner common _ among business men when the aggregate of the amount required does not exceed two hundred dollars, but every such purchase or employ- ment shall be promptly reported to the Secretary of Wa1·. For the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of the _E1?¤·io¤l communecessary lines and means of electrical communication, including tele- mm °n` phones, dial and other telegraphs, wiring, and all special instruments, apparatus, and materials, and salaries of electrical experts, engineers, an other necessar employees connected with the use of coast artil- _ lery, three hundred, and eighty-nine thousand dollars. For the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of a sub- Cnllalogo Sonrhenslmarine cable for connecting the head uarters Department of the °m °` a' Columbia with military garrisons in southeastern Alaska, said cable to extend from a point at or near Fort Lawton, Seattle, Washington, via Sitka, Alaska, to Juneau, Alaska, to be immediately available and to To oonrlnno nv¤ll¤— remain available until expended, four hundred and eighty-five thousand bm dollars. PAY or ormcmcs or THE LINE. Puy- For pay of officers of the line, five million dollars. Line nmccm. For pay of omcers for length of service, to be (paid with their cur- L<>nge~·lcy. rent monthly pay, one million sixty-tive thousan four hundred and twenty dollars. — PAY or ENLIs*rEn MEN. For pay of enlisted men of all grades, including recruits. nine mil- E““"*°d mmlion dollars. For additional pay for length of service, one million dollars. L°“€°"if>'· For extra pay to expert riilemen, twelve thousand dollars: Promded, §,f€{$8';_““°'”°“- That expert ritlemen, hereafter qualifying as such, shall receive one Extra allowance dollar a month in addition to their pay. ENGINEER BATTALIONS. Two hundred and sixty-two thousand one hundred and sixteen dollars. E“g“‘°$"· Additional pay for len th of service, twenty-seven thousand one L‘°“g°“‘*'· hundred and sixty-eight dollars. vox. xxxu, rr 1——59