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 934 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I1. Ch. 975. 1903. PHILIPPINE sootrrs. “mPP*“° S°°“'*· Fifty first lieutenants, eighty thousand dollars. Fifty second lieutenants, seventy-tive thousand dollars. Noncommissioned officers and privates, fifty companies, five hundred maomenice and fifteen thousand one hundred and sixty dollars: Provided, That pq- as- suimea men. all enlisted men of the Re ular Army who served as commissioned officers of United States Vohinteers organized in eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, or who have served or may be now serving as such in the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment or in the Philippine Scouts, who, upon their muster out, have returned or ma return to the ranks of the Regular Army, shall have such period oi, service counted as if it had been rendered as enlisted men, and that they be entitled to all continuous-service pay and to count, in computing the time necessary to enable them to retire, as enlisted men. d1’¤r¤¤¤¤¤ of ¤¤¤- Hereafter, in all payments to be made under the provisions of army °° a propriation acts, w en the rate of compensation is annual, payment shall be made monthly at the rate of one-twelfth of the annual rate, and of such monthl rate and of all other monthly rates of compensation one-thirtieth shlall be the daily rate for computation of pay for fractional parts of a month; and for the purposes of this Act each and every month shall be held to consist of thirty days, whether the actual number of days be greater or less. uP0M Rim P¤>*’*· For Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry, composed of two onal Regiment. . . _ battalions of four companies each. · Pay of officers of the line, fifty-four thousand three hundred dollars. Pay of enlisted men, one hundred and forty-three thousand six hunmf·my mm dred and seventy-six dollars: Provided, That citizens of Porto Rico mizegimuxr-my,m. shall. be eligible for enlistment in the Regular Army and the Porto - Rico Regiment may be ordered for service outside of the island of ulgzéxmggjs °* '°l· Porto Rico: Provided, That all volunteer officers now in the Porto ` Rico Provisional Re 'ment shall be mustered out on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred am? four, and their places be filled by detail from the "°°’“"’i°’· line of the Army: Prméded fu*r·the7·, That any vacancy now existin or which may occur between now and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, shall be iilled by detail from the line of the Army. All the money hereinbefore appropriated for pay of the Army and miscellaneous shall be disbursed and accounted for by the Pay De rtment as pay of the Army, and for that purpose shall constitute one gihd. m§;€**¤*¤°° D*P¤¤· suesisrmuoa 1>1·:nn·rm·:m·. Supplies. Purchase of subsistence su plies: For issue, as rations, to cadets at the United States Military Academy. troops, civil emplovees when entitled thereto, hos ital matrons and nurses, generali prisoners of war (inclhding Indians held by the Army as prisoners, but for whose subsistence appropriation is not otherwise made), and to military prisoners at posts; for sales to officers and enlisted men of the Arm r; for authorized issues of candles; of toilet articles, barbers’, laundry, and tailors’ materials, for use of general prisoners confined at military posts without pav or allowances. and recruits at recrnitin stations: of matches for lighting public fires and lights at posts and stations and in the iield; of ilour used for paste in target practice; of salt and vinegar for public animals; of issues to Indians employed with the Army, without pay, as guides and scouts, and for toilet paper for use by enlisted men at dposts. camps, rendezvous, and offices where P¤sme¤¤» water-closets are provide with sewer connections. For payments: For meals for recruiting parties and recruits; for hot coffee. canned meats, and baked beans for troops traveling, when it is impracticable