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 246 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Suss. I. Ch. 3078. 1906. be transferred in the Treasury Department from pay of the Army to the credit of the deposit fund created by section thirteen hundred and five of the Revised Statutes, as herein amended. That sections thirteen hundred and five and thirteen hundred and eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States are hereby amended, ` to take effect July first, nineteen hundred and six, and to read as follows: cnggggafifngfl ¤¤**¤K¤· “Sec. 1305, Any enlisted man of the Army may deposit his savingls, a.s.,¤¤·.1365.p-225. in sums not less than five dollars, with any army paymaster, w o ""°“°°d' shall furnish him a deposit book, in which shall be entered the name of the paymaster and of the soldier, and the amount, date, and place _,_”°rl;<{j,**gm],'*¤d° ° of such deposit. The amount so deposited shall be accounted for 1H ` Wthe same manner as other public funds, and shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and kept as a separate fund, known as R°"""“‘°'"‘ pay of the Army deposit fund, repayment of which to the enlisted man on discharge from the service shall be made out of the fund created by said deposits, and shall not be subject to forfeiture by sentence of court-martial, but shall be forfeited by desertion, and shall not be permitted to be paid until final payment on discharge, or to the heirs ?*°*“°°l°*°'*‘°"“’· or representatives of a deceased soldier, and that such deposits be gyygghment M exempt from liability for such soldier’s debts: Promfded, That the nanny. Gogernment shlall be liable for the amount deposited to the person so· epositin the same.- f}';'·‘,j{';¥ ,,‘;.l““P9f; “Sec. 13(T8. Clothin balances accumulatin to the soldier’s credit tiara. r_ under section thirteen diundred and two shall, when payable to him ,,,;°gE3§qY?‘1m°'P'“b" upon his discharge, be paid out of the appropriation for pay of the Army for the then current iiscal year." _ _ _ _ T’““**“'°'·°“’· For pay of translator and librarian of the m1htary information division, General Staff Corps, one thousand eight hundred dollars. E"P°" °°°°“““““· For pay of expert accountant for the Inspector-General’s Departmint, two thousand five légndred dollars. d E**¤**“‘Y·P°Y· “" or extra to enlist men employed on extra ut for eriods iiiiiiiiieimd Mmmm of not less thisityten days in the oilides bf district artillehy engineers and disgrict ordnance officers, four thousand five hundred and ninety- nine do lars. (_tfm°“g*` ‘° °‘°“"°”· For mileage to officers and contract surgeons when authorized by lirmsos. law, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Prm•1`ded, That hereafter m€imSY'm°°; °°mp“° officers, active and retired, when traveling under com wetent orders without troops, and retired officers who have so traveled since March third, nineteen hundred and tive, shall be paid seven cents per mile and no more; distances to be computed and mileage to be aid over the shortest usually traveled routes, with deduction as he reinaiter provided; and payment and settlement of mileage accounts of officers shall be made according to distances and deductions computed over routes estab- _ lished and by mileage tables Jreparcd by the Paymaster-General of the m{Q,${f_;"‘{‘},'fj{$f‘“ "* Army under the direction of! the Secretary of lVar. The Secretary of ` lVar mav determine what shall constitute travel and duty without troops _ within the meaning of the laws governing the pavment of mileage and ,nfQ,‘;Q(§}{j\',{,§;f§,.,,Q$,f commutation of gluarters to officers of the Army: I` ’mvide¢l j}n·t}u·1·, That vn-. officers who so esire may, upon application to the Quartermaster’s Department, be furnished under their orders transportation requests for the entire journey by land. exclusive of sleeping and parlor car accommodations, or by water; and the transportation so furnished shall, if travel was performed under a mileage status, be a charge against the officer`s mileage account, to be deducted at the rate of three cents per mile by the paymaster payin the account, and of the amount so deducted there shall be turned over to an authorized officer of the Quartermastefs Department three cents per mile for transportation furnished, except over any railroad which is a free or fifty per centum 0 1 A mm t_ land-grant railroad. for the credit of the appropriation for the trans- ,,,,,,l‘,_“" "" ‘° "‘ portation of the Army and 1lZS supplies: And ;n·¢nw'4Ze¢Zj}u·tM>¢·, That _