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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CH,. 163. 1908. 119 Horzsns Fon CAVALHY, ARTILLERY, AND ENGINEERS: For the ur- H°”°°·°°°· chase of horses for the cavalry, artillery, and en ineers, service school and staff colleges, and for the Indian scouts, ang for such infantry and members of the Hospital Corps in field campaigns as may he required to be mounted, and the expenses incident thereto, five hundred and _ fourteen thousand six hundred and seventy-eight dollars: Provided, That the number of horses urchased under this appropriation, added to the number now on hand? shall be limited to the actual needs of the mounted service, including reasonable provisions for remounts, and, unless otherwise ordered by the Secretary of Wai·, no par·t of this appropriation shall be paid out for horses not purchased by contract after competition duly invited by the Quartermasterfs Department and an inspection under the direction and authority of the Secretary of War. When practicable, horses shall be purchased in the open market at all military posts or stations, when needed, at a maximum price to _ _ be fixed by the Secretary of Wa1·: Provided, That no part of this R°“°“°"°"‘ appropriation shall be used for breeding pruposes. ARRACK8 AND Qunxzrrzmsz For barracks and quar·ters for troops, wl?f""°k° °"d q`""` other than seaeoast artillery, storehouses for the safe-keeping of military stores, for omces, recruiting stations, to provide such furniture for the public rooms of officers’ messes and officers’ quarters at military as may be approved by the Secretary of War, and the Auditor _ or the War Department is authorized and directed to remove any sus- ,,,$,Y‘§'i{‘,§’¥:,°'g,,,_°* "“"“' pensions of accounts of quartermasters for the iiscal years nineteen undred and seven and nineteen hundred and eight, for the purchase of furniture where the same has been or may be approved by the Secretary of War; for the hire of.buildings and grounds for summer cantonments, and for temporary buildings at frontier stations, for the construction of temporary buildings and stables, and for repairing public buildings at established posts, including the extra-duty pay o enlisted men employed on the same: Provided, That no part of the m;,,,,,,,,, ,_,_ moneys so appropriated shall be paid for commutation of fuel or for ¤¤¤i¤¤<>¤¤· quarters to officers or enlisted men: I’zm·ided_f}u·t}m·, That the num- cavmm smpit.,-ts. ber of and total sum paid for civilian employees in the Quartermaster’s Department, including those paid from the funds appropriated for regular supplies, incidental expenses, barracks and quarters, army transportation, clothing, camp and garrison equipage, shall be limited to the actual requirements of the service, and that no employee paid therefrom shall receive a salary of more than one hundred and hfty dollars per month, except upon the approval of the Secretary of War, three million seven hundlred and fifty thousand dollars: Prmvuled, That A*’¤Y“'·'C*>“°¥°· no part of the sum herein appro riated shall be used for the construction of officers’ quarters at the rirmy War College. MILITARY rosr nxcrIANeI·:: For continuing the construction, equip- "°“‘°‘°"“"¥°“· °'*‘· ment, and maintenance of suitable buildings at military posts and stations for the conduct of the post exchange school, library, reading, lunch, amusement rooms, and gymnasium, including heat and light for the buildings erected at private cost in the operation of the Act V0!-$?~v·5i6· approved May thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two, to be expended in the discretion and under the direction of the Secretary of War, four hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than fortv thou- fm¥:j$¤:{_*tiglf°“¤° sand dollars of the above appropriation shall be expended in the con- ` struction of buildings at any one post or station. TRANSPORTATION or run Amir AND Irs sUr>rI.rEs: For transpor— T’¤¤¤P°"***i°”· tation of the Army and its sup lies, including transportation of the troops when moving either by land or water, and of their baggage, including the cost of packing and crating; for transportation of recruits and recruiting parties; of applicants for enlistment between recruiting stations and recruitin depots: of persons on their discharge from the United States mditary prison to their homes (or elsewhere as