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 608 six·rY.r11zsr oouemass. sm. 11. cH. 378. 1910. a chief of bureau, in the same manner as is already provided bg ' statute law for such officers upon retirement by reason of age or lengt of service, and such officers, after thirty years’ service, shall be °°””“"·“*°”· entitled to and shall receive new commissions in accordance with the rank and title hereby conferred. ¤§1ui·eau or mviga- BUREAU or Navroarrou. T¤*¤¤P°'*·°“°¤· Transportation: For travel allowance of enlisted men discharged on account of expiration of enlistment; transportation of enlisted men and apprentice seamen at home and abroad, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof; transportation to their homes, if residents of the United States, of enliste men and apprentice seamen discharged on medical survey, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof, transportation of sick or ’ . insane enlisted men and apprentice seamen to ospitals, with subsistence and transfers en route, or cash in lieu thereof; apprehension and delivery of deserters and stragglers, and for railway guides and other expenses incident to transportation, eight hundred and seventy- three thousand and ninety»five dollars. ‘ R°°'“*"”¥ Recruiting: Expenses of recruiting for the naval service; rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaming the same; advertising for and obtaining men and apprentice seamen; actual and necessary · expenses in lieu of mileage to officers on duty with traveling recruiting gw- of an parties, one hundred and thirtgathousand dollars: fromded, That no mmm part of this appropriation shall expended m recrmting seamen, ordinary seamen, or apprentice seamen, unless in case of mmors a certifi- . cate of birth or a verified written statement by the parents, or either of them, or in case of their death a verified written statement by the legal guardian, be first furnished to the recruiting officer, showing applicant to be of age, required by naval regulations, which shall be °““‘ °‘ "¥’P“°“"· presented with the ap lication for enlistment; except in cases where such certificate is imolbtainable, enlistment may be made when the recruiting officer is convinced that oath of applicant as to age is _ ummm, ew., or credible; but when it is afterwards found upon evidence satisfactory ’“’“°“* to the Navy Department that recruit has sworn falsely as to e, and is under eighteen years of age at the time of enlistment, he shzid, upon request of either parent, be released from service in the navy, upon payment of full cost of first outfit, unless, in any iven case, the Secretary, in his discretion, shall relieve said recruit 0% such payment. ceaaugem. Contingent: Ferriage, continuous-service certificates, discharges, good-conduct badges, and medals for men and be s; purchase of gymnastic apparatus; transportation of effects of dieceased officers and enlisted men of the navy; books for trainin apprentice seamen and landsmen; maintenance of gunnery and other training classes; ~ packing boxes and materials, and other contingent ex uses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of lg?/ivigation, unforeseen and impossible to classify, fifteen thousand dollars. G¤¤¤¢w exercises- Gunnery exercises: Prizes, trophies, and badges for excellence in gunnery exercises and target practice; for the establishment and maintenance of shooting ga cries, target houses, targets, and ran es; for hiring established ranges, and for transportation of civiiian assistants and equipment to and from ranges, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. ¤*•¤¤¤i¤¤ •=¤¢¤¢i¤¤¤· Steaming exercises: Prizes, trophies, and badges for excellence in steaming exercises to be awarded to the ships in commission for general efficiency and for economy in coal consumption, under such rules as the $ecretary of the N aviy may formulate; and for the purpose of classifying, complihng, an publishing the results of the competition, ten thousand dollars.