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 750 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 252. 1909. Soldiers’ Home in Washington, District of Columbia, and soldiers and sailors’ state homes, seven hundred thousand dollars. Targevprscucc. SMALL-Anus raaonr rnacrronz Ammunition, targets, and other accessories for small-arms and machine-gun target practice and instruction; marksmen’s medals, prize arms, and ins1gnia_for all arms of the service; and ammunition, targets, target material, and other accessories ma be issued for small-arms target practice and instruction at the educational institutions and state soldiers' and sailors’ o hans’ homes, to which issues of small arms are lawfully .made, undhr such regulations as the Secretary of War may dprescrrbe, provided the total value of the stores so issued to the e ucatronal institutions does nqtsmexcelpd  ltihousand dollars, one m1]l1on three hundred and tthousand dollars. m¤¤r•¤e¤mg,ew., Manuracrurzn or- nails: For manufactruing, re airing, procuring """" and issuing aims at the national armories, one million seven hundred thousand dollars. Pf¤¤¢m¤8·¢¤=··°"*· OBDNANCE sronns AND surrmras: For overhauling, cleaning, rem°°` pairing, and reserving, ordnance and ordnance stores in the hands of troops and) at the arsenals, posts, and depots; for ipurchase and Ea·¤P¤=¢¤¤¤· manufacture of ordnance stores to fill requisitions o troops; for infant, cavalry, and artillery equipments, including horse equipmentsrfor cavalry and artillery, one million dollars. {2g;;g;>¤¤¢@¤· and NATIONAL norm AND MZEDALS Fon umm CONTESTS! That for empty. ’pm°8’ the purpose of furnishin a national trophy and medals and other rizes to be provided and contested for annually, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, said contest to be open to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the National Guard or organized militia of the several States, Territories, and of the District of Columbia, and for the cost of the trophymprizes, and medals herein provided for, and for the promotion of e practice, the sum of nine thousand dollars, to be expended for the pu oses hereinbefore prescribed rmder the direction of the Secretary ofqillrar. b¤{l;f,€eg?“°"°'“°'“ For range finders and other instruments for fire control in field batteries, to be available until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ggmndm M_ eleven, sixty-two thousand dollars: Provided, That the unexpended ance. balance of the sum of one hrmdred and sixty-five thousand dollars appropriated for range finders and other instruments for fire control ··*’“°·P—*25· in field batteries in the Act qpproved May eleventh, nineteen hundred and eight, entitled "Ar1 ct making appropriation for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending dune thirtieth, nineteen undred and nine," shall be available until the close of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten. Purchapesfcr smc For the purchase of material, equipment, books of instruction, °°°‘°°"l E"' range finders, and fire-control equipment for the instruction and use of State coast artillery origanizations, twenty-five thousand dollars: m¤;¥».i¤ um of Provided, That in time 0 war, or threatened war, such equipment w,,_ ‘ may, rn the drscretron of the Secretary of War, be withdrawn from armories or other (places where it is in use by the State coast artillery ‘ grganizations, an may be used in the fortifications of the United tates. . aix5g5g2e5H22a.. or Automatic riiles:_ For the purchase, manufacture, and test of auto- ' matic rifles, including their sights, and equipments, to be available rmtil the close of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, two hundred thousand dollars. 5,,%; eg, ·>*d¤¤¤°*> Sales of ordnance stores are authorized to civilian employees of the ’ army and to The American National Red Cross under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War. nisnursepueurs in Hereafter whenever pressing obligations are required to be paid $§,,c‘Q,Q_ ‘“"“m°l°“° by a disbursrng officer of the Ordnance De artment and there is an insufficient balance to his official credit undier the proper appropria-